Chills, fatigue and a fever could only mean....

......a breast infection. Ick! Sorry for those who think that's just too much info, but it's the truth.

I've been dealing with a breast infection since Sunday. It took until Wednesday for me to actually pin down what it was, but I finally did. I was running a fever of 102 until yesterday- haven't taken my temp yet this morning though.

On the baby note- Gracen is doing well. She's getting big and has already outgrown some clothes that fit her a week ago. The big siblings are officially obsessed. Raelyn is very proficient in picking her up and can support her very well, Morgan is a great help around the house and in getting Gracen to quit fussing and Jack just loves to pat her and kiss on her. I do have to say that Josh has been such a great husband through all this. :)

Gracie is now asleep in the sling so I better go get a little bit of work done while I can.

Introducing....

Gracen Carole Long

February 17, 2008 at 2:22am

10lbs 22 1/2 inches

more pictures here: share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8Aas2jNk0cNGMc

I almost forgot Jack's newest signs....

....apple and cereal. How sweet!!! (and wouldn't you know it would be MY son to learn all the food signs first)

My addictions.....

I think I'm a pretty easy-to-please person (for the most part!) Yes, some of my friends and family (husband included) will quickly admit that I'm very opinionated about several things and outspoken regarding these things (which we're not getting into tonight) but seriously- I'm low key. :)

I don't require a lot of 'primp' time, don't require fancy shmancy clothes (but what girl wouldn't take 'em?), etc, etc.

I do, however, have my 'addictions'. They are as follows.......Route 44 Cherry Limeades from Sonics (yes, they have to be a route 44- even if I only plan on drinking a little- it's got to be the big one!!); birth stories- I'm addicted to talking to people about birth and the beautiful process (my adreneline (sp?) starts going when I even hear the word contraction!!!); trashy TV- I'm not going to lie- I LOVE brainless TV- we don't even have cable but thank goodness ABC puts all their shows online- and I'm not even going to mention the fact that I have all 10 seasons of Friends on DVD where I can just pop one in at anytime; and last, but not least, my baths. Aaaaaaahh- nothing nicer than a hot bath- my dream is a claw footed tub, but for now the garden tub will have to suffice.

Now I'm sure if Josh read this (short!) list he could come up with about 800 more addictions of mine (all better than drugs and alcohol though!!) but for now- these are my top ones.

And no sillies, I haven't had this baby yet! :)

Signing Time

My girls both talked fairly young- they were definitely talking in little 'phrases' by Jack's age (16 1/2 months). I had been told over and over that boys generally don't talk so young and that Josh didn't talk for FOREVER so I kept trying to prepare myself. I like it when they can finally communicate exactly what they want, but true to form Jack isn't much of a talker. He was grunt/screaming everytime he wanted something. So....we started a little sign language and he picked up so quickly. Now he talks AND signs, but as long as I understand him I don't care.

Here's the words he can SAY:
Ma
Da
Klack
Pop
Kitty
Light
Dog
Ball
Car
cracker (which sounds like 'cra-ca')
no
yes
hi
shoes
I think that's all!!!!!

He can sign:
more
please
thank you
cheese
water
hot
cold
ball
car
shoes
eat
cracker
and some of the obvious (like love, hi and bye)

Raelyn is 3!

And she's very proud of it! She got a special new rocking chair to rock her babies in (amongst many other presents) I just can't believe she's so old......

Long time no update....but Christmas is over...

....so I can update.

We've had my birthday (Dec. 8th), Morgan's birthday (Dec. 11th), Christmas (if you don't know the date of that- then quit reading and look it up!) and Raelyn's birthday is coming up on the 1st of Jan!! Quite a busy month. My goal has been to get through all of it and then it's baby time- so here we are.

My birthday: Was nice and relaxing. My parents took us out to Thai food, Josh and I went to dinner at a delicious place (Milner's for my local readers) and some of my girlfriends took me out to Macaroni Grill and then we went and purused the mall for a couple hours. Perfect, although I probably gained about 15 lbs this birthday with all the eating!

Morgan's birthday: I can't believe that I actually have a six year old. She wanted a Hannah Montana party at Klacki's house even though she doesn't even really know who Hannah Montana is (although Rae will tell you her 'real' name is Miley- cause Klacki told her that). So Morgan had Hannah Montana out the wazoo and takeout chinese at my parent's and with our tiny immediate family she wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese (ick!) so we went. She raked in the presents with a telescope, some jewelry, a wallet, money, gift cards, a book light, a science kit, and the list goes on.....

Christmas: Our usual busy schedule of two places on Christmas Eve and then two (plus our house) on Christmas day! I'm not even going to try to list all the Christmas presents everyone got, but I'm so self-centered I'll talk about my own! :) Josh spoiled me with a new double stroller (I've never actually had one so this is exciting!), a rockin diaper bag (a bumble bag) and some new cloth diapers for Baby Bourne. I also got money from lots of sources and some new Le Creuset cookware (which, if you've never cooked on the stuff then you're missing out).

Raelyn's birthday: She'll actually be three on January 1st. We went to BounceU today to celebrate a little early and she's requesting I make Chicken Noodle Soup for her birthday and is wanting to have a Dora cake at Klacki's house.

Pictures to follow.......