Fighting!!

Okay - My kids are driving me crazy!! They have started fighting. I don't mean the regular sibling rivalry stuff I mean knock down drag out fighting. They stand nose to nose and just scream at each other and nothing I do seems to help. I've put them in time out and then Ethan starts saying things under his breath, "Thanks a lot Holly", etc. They end up yelling across the room from each other. To top it off I caught Ethan trying to throw a block at his sister and I caught Holly walking up and spitting on Ethan. They chase each other and knock each other down, everything.

They play great together one minute, all hugs, they share and all is well. Then the next one of them gets the idea it might be fun to spit on the other. Holly hates to be without her brother too. She won't go to bed without him. When he gets into trouble she will sit with him in time out and put her arm around him to make him feel better. I just don't get it?

I've been really careful to make sure it is not one or the other of them starting things, because I know when my brothers were little that Ryan would always get Jeff into trouble by starting something, but it is both of my kids starting the fight.

I don't know where they are getting this from because Ryan and I don't fight like that, if anything we give each other the silent treatment. We don't yell at our kids except to be heard over their fighting... I just don't know where this is coming from. They even yell at each other at bed time. Ethan will start singing and Holly will yell even scream at him to stop.

Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks for any advice...

Baby Update

So it looks like I have gestational diabetes. My sugar was 168 on my first test and it is to be below 130. I didn't take the three hour test because after talking with my midwife we decided that it was a pretty good bet that my sugar would still be pretty high, due to the fact that all my tests with my last two kids were boarder line at 130 and I am heavier with this one than the last two. Add in the family history of diabetes we decided that I should go on the diet and get the sugar/blood testing stuff, that way I can be informed about everything and be able to change some things in my life to help keep the real diabetes at bay.
So I have an appointment with the Diabetes Center at Davis Hospital next week. No more ice cream for me!

Potty Training Woes of Mommy

Holly has made up her mind that it is time for her to learn to use the potty. Now I am all for her getting out of diapers, but I don't think she is ready yet. She is two years and two months old and she has a new little brother on the way, which I know can cause potty training hang ups. Ethan wasn't interested in the potty until he was three and didn't really get the hang of it until he was 3 1/2. I know that girls are easier to potty train and are usually ready earlier than boys, but I was planning on starting with her when she was 2 1/2. That way she would have new baby brother around for 3 months and she would have some time to adjust, but NO... she what's to be a big girl now!

Now I don't want to discourage her in anyway, but she wants to "I go" every time I turn around! Most of the time she just sits there with this big grin on her face and doesn't do anything. She has been successful a few times with both #1 and #2 - which is great! and I reward her for it and make a big deal...BUT I am getting to be as big as a house, which makes it hard to run with a two year old the the potty all the time! To make matters worse she has to use the potty seat that goes on the big toilet, like her big brother, not the little potty that is her size. She also can't have Mom help her up, we have to find the stool so she can get up there her self.

She has also decided that clothes, all clothes are not a great thing because they get in the way with her potty time. Ryan and I will find her clothes everywhere, a shirt here, shorts there and then a diaper. We find her playing and once asleep, naked as a jay bird. Of course then we have to chase her down to get at least a diaper on because we don't want to clean up little accidents. Holly has also learned that Mommy can't run after her as fast as she once could so I have had to enlist Ethan's help running after her. Ethan really likes that when I have to pull him away from his "playing figures". Oh well I will just have to embarrass her latter on in life, right? But she is doing pretty well potty training herself, dragging Mommy along for the ride.

Sometimes it is not so hot having an independent child!

Last Day of Swim Lessons

Yesterday was our last day of swimming lessons for the summer! The kids and I took two sessions at North Ogden's Pool and we had so much fun. It helped me to keep cool in 100+ heat and I even got a tan! Ethan past both of his courses, to our delight, because when I first signed up for classes the manager of the Pool said it was really hard for a lot of kids to pass the "pre-level two" class so we should plan on Ethan taking that class at least twice. He did great and passed the first time around so he will be ready for "the big kids"class, as Ethan calls it, next year.
Ethan just jumps in the water and can swim under the water for a couple of feet, blowing bubbles and his eyes open. By the end of class his eyes are so red! But he can't wait to to get back in the water.

Holly and I took the Parent Child class twice because she had a hard time trusting me not to dunk her the first time around and the fact that she was too young to move on to any other classes. Besides there was no way I was not going to be in the water while Ethan took his second class. It is just too hot!!

By the end of our second time around Holly was letting me hold her with just my hand on her back and floating. She was also confident enough to walk out into water up to her chin, with me close at hand of course.

Next year Holly will be ready to take the "pre-level one" class on her own, Ethan can move on the "Level 2" or starfish I think it's called and then I can take the Parent-Child class with our new little one.

Anyway it is nice to be done for now and have a little time to get ready for our new little boy. I hope time goes fast because I am ready!

The Worry's of Motherhood

Well I got a call from my doctor's office saying that my test for gestational diabetes was "abnormal" and that I needed to go in for a three hour glucose test. I had to take the three hour test when I was pregnant with Ethan and it was a pain to take then. Now with two other kids to worry about Ryan has to take time off of work for me to take this test. I don't want anything bad to happen to this baby, or any complications but I've only got 6 weeks before I deliver and I don't see what good it will do. Just put me on a diet and I will watch my sugar for the next 6 weeks. Don't worry I'm going to take the test, but I'm just really frustrated by the whole thing. I know the test is going to come back Okay because for some reason I always mess up the first one.
Holly also woke up last night at 12:30 am all stuffed up and not wanting to go back to bed because see couldn't breath very well. I got her back down around 2 in the morning and then she or should I say "we" were up for the day at 6 am. She got a good nap this afternoon but she is still stuffed up really good. I put a humidifier on in the kids room but the only medicine I could find for her only lasts 4 hours so I'm looking at maybe another long night. Someone please tell me I will get a good nights sleep someday!!!
Now I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst and counting down the days until this new little one can be born. That way I can at least have Ryan to help me worry and take care of him, Right?

Lego Fun

Okay - I'm officially into the Lego Star Wars Game with Ethan. I don't really like video games because I can never play them but this one is really fun and Ethan has a blast playing with me. I have let him play just by himself for a little bit each day, if he is good and earned his time, but he always yells at me to come play because he needs help. Well I feel guilty about letting him play by himself because I don't want to try the game into a baby sitter so I will join in. Maybe someday he will remember his Mom playing video games with him as a kid and they will become a good memory for him. Anyway if you are looking for a fun way to play with your boys but are not good at video games like me give it a try. You can even find "helps" on the Internet to make you look even better. Just don't tell where you got them from then you'll look really good!

Trying Something New

Okay - since I send out mass emails to everyone in semi frequent intervals and I'm not sure if everyone I send them to really cares, I have taken a page from my cousin Heather and started this blog. That way anyone who does care how my boring yet stress out life as a mother of soon to be three kids is going.
So I hope that you all will check back often because I will try to have pictures lots of pictures of Ethan and Holly on here for one and all to see. I will also keep you updated on our new little one who I hope will be here in about 7 weeks. I have been have some contractions that got a little scary yesterday so I hope he will stay were he is for awhile but not so long as to put me right up to my due date (Sept. 8th) and beyond.
Speaking of Ethan and Holly we just started our second round of swimming lessons today and the kids are so happy to be out side and in the water again. I can't handle the heat, which has been between 95 and 100 degrees for the last little while, except when I'm in the water. So I go through the guilt of having to keep my kids inside for most of the summer. Leave it to me to be pregnant the summer with record breaking heat!!
Anyway we are loving the swimming and to be outside. Ethan also loves coming home to play "Star Wars Lego" the video game with Mom after lunch. It has help with is coordination so much! The hard part is keeping it to an hour a day and getting him to work on writing his letters and numbers so that when he goes back to school he will be were he needs to be for the start of the school year.
Well the days is coming to a close and I should get some rest. Harder said than done, eh?