Talking and walking

A few months ago I took Riah and Jonah to my mom for the weekend and while they were there I think she found Riah's talking on button and accidentally cranked up the volume because before he barely said any words at all and a language of his own that he communicated in. But now he is a non stop talker. The other day I said Riah where's your sippy cup and he was standing in the kitchen and pointed to the sink and said it's in the sink mama, again I asked where is your sippy cup and he gave the same response and we we did this for a good 4 or 5 rounds because I wasn't listening to him telling me exactly where is sippy cup was. He talks and our jaws drop because it like uh huh on the little rascals all of a sudden he is talking and you can understand every word if you just listen. He favorite thing to say is that's silly or your silly. He is also my bug boy. We have a HORRIBLE moths at our house right now and he finds them dead or alive and picks them right up and throws them out the door or in the trash. He is fearless when it comes to that stuff... I am not looking forward to being outside this year with the creepy crawlies and witness how brave he really is. YIKES!

Jonah is finally showing a little interest in walking, he will walk with you when you hold his hands if it's his idea of course altho I don't think he's going to be walking for very long once he starts because all he really wants to do is run. I am in for it big time and I'm pretty sure he's just on the verge of taking off any day now. Jonah has also picked up on his vocabulary, and communication skills. He will now wave and say bye. Yes he is a year old and just figured this out. Well more like he just decided it was something he'd like to do. I think if he wanted to walk at 4 months he could've and he could be speaking full sentences and has by now but he is his own person and he does what he wants and watch out brothers or anyone else that blocks him from mommy, biting pinching and hitting are all fair game to him when he is on a mission.

Micah is our informant. He wants to know when, why and how about EVERYTHING and will then report back to his siblings or vise versa. His newest thing is Riah telling him no he doesn't understand that we really don't care if Riah tells him no only if he tells us no and Micah just can't wrap his little mind around it. He definitely  prides in being the big brother tho. He takes extra long turns on everything but eventually shares un asked. If you tell him to do something he immediately delegates it to Riah or at least tries to.

New Stroller, Parade, 1st camping trip,1st hair cut

I am back tracking about a week or so and don't have the pics yet so just bare with me I will post them later. We finally broke down and bought a double jogging stroller and I LOVE IT, I was a little hesitant since we have 3 kids not just 2 but Tom put a strap on one side of the stroller and Micah walks with me just fine so I think it just might work out. We did our test run on the River Walk by our house as a family a few weeks ago and it was wonderful, Micah kept up with us just fine and even after a good 45 mins of walking didn't act tired and still ran and played at the playground towards the end and finished the journey just fine.

Tom was working during Blossom this year so I took the boys to the Parade with a good friend Casey and we sat and watched our small town parade for 3 hours, Casey's dad found us a great place in the shade so the hot wasn't too un bare able but sitting on the sidewalk for that long def took a toll on my back. But the boys had fun having candy thrown their way every 2 mins and watching all the trucks go by.

We decided to go see Tom's side of the family this past weekend. Jonah had not met Tom's Aunt, Grandpa or cousins yet so we went to Denver for the day to his Grandma's house and gave them an introduction to our crazy/sweet 1 year old. Then we decided to test out the new camper that his parents just purchased and did a trail one night run in Golden that night. So that was Jonah's 1st official camping trip, even tho it was just one night and morning. I think he had fun tho, Our bed was right up against the boys bed and Jonah took full advantage of crawling right over once he woke up in the morning. The boys had fun watching the 2nd Madagascar movie in bed before night time also. Then Tom's dad made the boys Mickey Mouse Pancakes for breakfast, they thought that was pretty cool.

On Monday I reluctantly gave in and we went and got Jonah's his first hair cut, he's not a baby anymore :( . He sat in his daddy's lap and did pretty well for sitting in Tom's lap during the process. He's not a big daddy fan yet  so sitting there at all was a HUGE feat and he didn't fuss to much having his hair cut off and even let the lady use the razor on the back to make it even. I mean't to get a picture of all the boys because all 4 got hair cuts but , I forgot so maybe I'll catch a few days later pic sometime soon.

Today I decided to take my 3 hours away from children to go shopping. I went to Walgreens, City Market, ran to Walmart and then to Safeway.

I spent $110.07 between all 4 and have a TON of stuff.

Now I will show what I got at each store except Walmart and City market will be together because I price matched at Walmart when City market was out.

Walgreeens

I bought 4 sippy cups  they were on sale buy one get one 50% off and then I had a $1 manufacture coupon for 3 of them  and then an additional $2/2 Walgreens coupon  =$2.36 per cup 

Then I bought 3 bags of Indian Popcorn on sale for $1.99 and I had 3 $1 off coupons 

= $2.97 

Next I bought 3 bags of Kettle Chips on sale for $1.99 and I had a coupon for $1 off each of those

=2.97

Finally I bought 4 bags of  medium sized M&M's 

on sale for 2/6  plus there was a coupon in the May Walgreens book for a $1/2 and I also had manufacture coupons $1.50 off 2  making each bag $1.75  = $7 

Altogether my total was $24.45

with a total savings of 36.56

Safeway 

I bought 8 jars of Classico Spaghetti sauce/ Alfredo Sauce 

There was a sale 2/$4 plus 2 free boxes of Barilla Pasta and I also had 4  $1/2 Classico sauces 

So for 8 boxes of Pasta and 8 Jars of Sauce I paid $12  or if you break it down it's .75 cents a box and jar 

Then I bought 5 Star Bucks refreshers  and had completely free coupons for that = free 

I bought 20 boxes of Maurchan Yakisoba they were on sale for a $1 and if you looked in the Safeway add they were buy 1 get 1 free. It didn't ring up that way so I had to show the cashier but he took care of it effortlessly.  so for 20 boxes of pasta I paid $ 9.90

I bought 2 20 count bags of chips on sale for $5 and I had a $1 coupon making them $4  or .20 cents a bag 

so I paid $8 for both bags 

I bought 2 Frito Lay Stacks on sale for $1 and I had a .55 cents/ 2 coupon doubling to a $1  making each one .50 cents 

 so I paid $1.00 for both 

I bought 2 boxes of Honey Nut Cherrios on sale for 1.88 and I had a $1/2 making them 1.38 a box or $2.76 for both

Lastly I bought 4 boxes of Egg Wafflers on sale for 1.99 and I had a .55 cents /2 doubled to a $1 making each box $1.49 or  5.96 for 4 

My total all together was 36.97

Last but not least Walmart price match and City Market 

At City market I bought 10 Protein Plus bars on sale for $.99 plus I had a $1/2 making each bar .49 cents or $4.90 for all 10 

Then i got 5 Good n natural Bars 

I had a completely free coupon for those making them Free 

I bought 20 bags of Gold fish on sale .99 cents when you buy 10 =$19.80 

Then at the cash register I noticed that Mentos Gum was on sale 10/10 and I happened to have .55 cents off  1 coupon that doubled to a dollar making them FREE 

next I ran to Walmart since City Market was out of Country Time lemonade and I bought 10 and price matched to City Market for $1 and then used $1/2 making each one .50 cents  paying 5.00 for all 10 

my total for both stores was $30.34

Then for fun well it was ALL fun I took a picture of all of my FREE things

Tom enjoyed  setting this one up once he got off work :) 

Jonah's 1st Birthday!!!

I can hardly believe that my BABY is a year old. Still not walking but crawling everywhere and he can pull up and walk around the coffee table or couch, he just doesn't have any interest in standing or walking alone or even holding onto someone for that matter.

He wasn't so sure about his cake he grabbed it and then looked at us like what is on my hand? So then I took a swipe of the frosting and gave him a taste and he thought I needed to feed it to him, He never quite figured it out, eventually I just gave him a fork and he got it covered in cake then would lick it off, silly baby.  He is still super tiny, he only weighs 16lbs and wears mostly 6-9 month clothing. But he's happy and healthy and that's all we care about, plus it just means I get to old onto my baby just a little longer :)

What the boys are up to

Micah  Loves preschool and put his dishes in the sink and be very helpful, he’s recently learned to put his shoulder straps on in the carseat and buckled the top and one of the bottom pieces .

Azariah loves to catch and throw balls all day long and to cuddle up whenever possible. He’s also decided that he’s done with pull ups, hopefully that means he will be potty training for good SOON.

Jonah is the fastest crawling baby I have seen and he loves to pull up to anything including people just standing around and he enjoys walking around the coffee table or navigating the couch. He’s also recently learned how turn himself around and slide off of the couch safely. But is NOT interested in standing up or walking on his own.

Next year we hope to have Micah and Azariah in preschool. Riah is signed up for Family Christian Preschool where Micah went this year and I am in the process of getting Micah signed up for Head Start next year so this fall I will have 2 preschoolers. 

I have taken on the Coordinator position for MOPS this year and also the Coordinator Position for Sharefest for our church . So It looks like a busy year ahead for all of us. It's nice to be involved with things again tho, I have truly missed it. 

April 2011 Pics

Riah in the ER finally waking up a bit


Crashed in the ER

During his CT scan




me and Jonah

Jonah



Mallory with Jonah and Mallory and Haddie with Jonah


Jen with Jonah


Daddy and his boys on Easter in the Hospital


Going home from Memorial Hospital with Riah


Riah and his balloon from the Vanderveers


Starting to feel better


hanging out with daddy


Brotherly Love





Micah napping in brothers crib

Back to April 2011

I havn't blogged for almost a whole year, life has been CRAZY busy but I'd like to catch everyone up on the happenings of the Kugler household. We'll start back in April cause that was VERY memorable for us.



On April 12th Tom and I headed to CO Springs after he got off work to check in and see how his mom was doing since she just had surgery that day to remove one of her none working kidneys. She seemed to be doing well and was somewhat able to communicate with us which was a good sign. We headed home that night probably around 11pm was when we picked up our kiddos from Jen's house and went to bed. The next day I had a docs appt so I had another friend Mallory keep the boys so I could go for that because I thought I would be checked being a few days shy of 38 weeks in my pregnancy. I wasn't checked but it was still nice to go alone. I went back to pick up the boys and I was visiting with Mallory when Azariah started acting really strange and Mal said I think he just has a mini seizure. I was concerned but not OVERLY concerned and just thought he was over tired and that we should head home for nap time. I got him in his seat and he was OUT, since the drive home would only be about 5 mins I decided we'd take a drive and bring daddy drink on the hot day. We barely left the drive thru and not only is Riah awake he thrashing and screaming in his seat now, we are about 10 mins from daddy and I already have his drink so I head to him and he immediately takes Riah out of his seat and holds him and Riah is as stiff as a board then he goes limp. I say ok were headed home now I'll put him down for a nap and see how he is later. We get home and I put both boys down for nap time.

Micah goes to sleep NO problem, Riah on the other hand is still crying so after a few minutes I go and pick him up and rock him, he's still not happy so I decide I'll lay down with him in my bed since I needed a nap too. He sleeps for about 5 mins then starts crawling towards me but can't find me, I pick him up and he's STILL looking for me and he starts doing this weird shaking thing like before at Mal's house. I IMMEDIATELY call Tom and say GET HOME NOW I think RIAH just had a seizure. Tom's home in about 15 mins mean while I call his pediatrician and get the nurse and she says take him to Parkview in Pueblo. I call Mallory again and BEG her to keep Micah and she more than willingly says bring him right over. SO we get packed up and drop Micah off and head to CO Springs. We figured since Gloria was already there and they have a better children's wing we'll just go there. Riah Sleeps the ENTIRE way there. We get there and there are about 30 people in front of us GREAT so we are finally checked out by a nurse and she says he has a temp I'm giving him motrin and tylenol and sends us back to the waiting room. Riah wants to get down at this point and play but can't even walk so he just snuggles into daddy. What seemed like an eternity( and this preggo lady is ready to kill the next nurse who takes a kid back that is running around the waiting room when my baby can't even walk) we FINALLY get into a room. Doc comes in and gives us worst case scenario of course FIRST and freaks us out talking about spinal meningitis and things of that nature. Then they call for a bajillion tests and put him on oxygen right away because he was saturating at 70% when he shouldn't be under 90%. The nurse didn't think he needed it and she kept taking it off and he'd drop down again so we just put it back on him and he did fine, he was just laying on the bed lifeless not moving not talking no crying just sucking his fingers and holding his blankey. They took him for numerous tests and then decided to start an IV. The stupid nurse went right for the hand that he was sucking his fingers and tied him down and then tied that arm down he couldn't move it ( I was TICKED to say the least) He gave up pretty much immediately and went back to sleep so I decided I'd step out and find something to eat or drink since it was about midnight by now. I come back and instantly I hear HI MAMA with a HUGE smile on my precious boys face ( I was relieved and shocked) Then the doc comes in and says he'll be staying the night because they don't know what happened and they want to watch him for 24 hours ( that should've been times about 4) So we go upstairs and get into a Room around 3am and meet WONDERFUL and helpful nurses. We got him all settled and he went back to sleep so we decided we'd update the worried family and return about 20 text messages and figure out the next step. We also went away from the hospital and picked up some snacks and medicine since it was FULL swing allergy season and we were miserable. I think we finally got to bed around 5am, I say bed loosely because it was pretty much an extended toddler bed that folded out of a chair. So needless to say we got 0 sleep. The next day we got up and were hopeful that we'd be leaving a few hours later once we saw the doc. NOPE now we are here for a another 2 days minimum, they wanted to do a CT scan and he was still on oxygen so they didn't want to send us home. We were freaking out because Tom was VERY short on PTO and we had an Induction for baby # 3 in less than 2 weeks and wanted to save as much time for that as possible. We went up to see Tom's mom and have lunch with his dad and figure out yet again our next step. It was thursday so we figured if Tom went home that night and worked fri we'd be ok because then he would have the weekend and hopefully by then we'd home... We actually hoping to go home Fri so he was going to leave the van for Riah and I to go home. We call Mal and check in on Micah and he's made himself at home and is loving every minute of hanging out with his friend Haddie and Mal is gracious enough to keep him for us another day and Tom plans to go get him that night and spend some time with him then return him the next day. We also at that time found out that someone from our church was also in the hospital and on the same floor as Gloria so we went to say hi and low and behold Tom finds a ride home with her husband.

The next day they FINALLY come to do the CT scan which consists of Riah needing to hold completely still while they attach about 100 wires to his little head and then continue to NOT touch them for 30 mins while they run the test. He was a trooper and just watched Mickey Mouse and sucked his fingers the whole time. I then think ok we should be headed home now right? WRONG now we have to wait for THOSE test results. So I called Tom and he was already done in for the day so I told him to call Paul and Mal and see if he could catch a ride back with them since they were headed up to bring Micah for a visit and to see another friend. So he got off work and packed me a bag since I was still in the SAME clothes I arrived in and they headed to us. We hoped to get out the next day so we asked a VERY good family friend Darla to keep Micah for one night and figured by the time he came back the next day we'd be headed home this time for SURE. SO she came and got him and kept him for the night and then we went to get him the next day and come back to find a another NEW doc in Riah's room that says we have to stay ANOTHER night. At this time someone also decides to put a HAZARD sign on the outside of the door and make it mandatory that EVERYONE wear masks and gowns and gloves to see Riah. Again they ticked off the preggo lady that with all the stress of being there could give birth at any moment. We freak out because I had been going up and visiting with our friends and with Gloria EVERY day thus far and now they say he's HIGHLY contagious I DON'T THINK SO.

So now completely tapped out on all resources Grandpa Paul steps up and agrees to take a turn with Micah . Tom then convinces me that I too should go to Paul's house and get a shower and sleep in a REAL bed for the night so I reluctantly agree and we head off in that direction as well for a good nights sleep. Sun comes and we were back by about 9am to the hospital and FINALLY we receive the good news that we get to go HOME!!!! YAY Good news ... but the bad news is they STILL don't have his CT scan results and he has to go home on 24/7 oxygen BOOOO. So that was the 17th of April. I also got home that night to find out that MY Doc is DONE working and will NOT be delivering my baby and that I have to pick a new doc.

The week followed with every other day visits to the doc office to check in on Riah because they hospital gave him the WRONG meds and to check on his breathing. On fri I meet my NEW doc and she does a Ultrasound and sees that Jonah is head down and I was at 2 cm and 75% effaced so I should be good to be induced the following Wed.

I went home and just felt WIPED out Tom came home and took the boys to the park across the street and played and then we decided we'd take them to Mcdonalds to play more and eat dinner. I was feeling some contractions off and on but thought nothing of it. We went to bed that night and I fell right to sleep only to be awoken by HORRIBLE contractions at 2am and so I timed them and sure enough every 5-6 minutes so I woke up Tom and said call Jen we need to go to the Hospital NOW. He timed them and said I don't know they are kind of jumping around just go take a bath and relax and try to go to sleep I have to work tomorrow. SO I got up and took and bath and felt a TON better and then got out of the tub. YEP didn't make it back to bed I just layed on the floor and called for Tom and I told him I needed to push he came back in and said your water hasn't even broken yet come back to bed and sleep. He went and layed back down and GUSH ( my water broke) I said TOM??? and he said YEP I heard that I'm calling 911. So he called and said you need to get to my house my wife's water just broke and she has babies fast, he then called our friend Jen to have her come stay with the boys and while he's ON the phone with her Out comes Jonah. He frantically explains to her what just happened and then throws the phone across the room and catches Jonah just as he's coming out. ( 3:23am) He came out and Tom handed him to me and whole ALL I was thinking is was he too early? did we get the date wrong? He's SO tiny and his cord is TINY. The phone is still on speaker and I hear Jen say Chris they just had the baby I heard him crying and that was NOT the other boys, Quick find their address I don't know where they live ( click) Then I hear Tom yet again on the phone with 911 yelling this time get here he's here you've run out of time and I dont' know what to do and I'm not going to listen to you so I'm just going to hang up now just GET here. Meanwhile Tom had already wrapped up the baby in a towel and handed him to me and then proceeded to call my mom at my request who I found out heard the phone ring and wasn't going to answer but my dad told her it was ME and that I just had Jonah so she was SHOCKED to hear the 1 min story and quickly said MAKE HIM CRY I want to hear it. SO we unwrapped him and sure enough he started wailing for Bonnie and then she said you called 911 first right? and we said yes they are on their way and so is the sitter, at that time I hear Tom say Thank God they are HERE so i got off the phone and frantically tried to grab whatever I could since I was COMPLETELY naked on my bathroom floor. 5 guys walk in GREAT ( I was hoping for our Paramedic friend was going to) I hand them the baby and they cut his cord and check him out, I then ask if I'm supposed to push out the placenta and they say if you want to if not you can do it at the hospital and they pull me up so I can walk to the gurney in the living room since it wouldn't fit in the doorway and out comes the placenta then I get on the gurney and see Jen and say thank you and head off to the hospital. During all of that Tom grabbed my hospital bag thank goodness and got in the ambulance and called his parents to tell THEM the crazy story. We get to the Hospital and we are greeted by a nurse that we know from before because she'd witnessed the other 2 boys births so I say Hi and we head up stairs to find our friend Krystal is working and is shocked to see us come through the door.

We were wide awake yet exhausted and poor baby Jonah just hung out in his little warmer for a good 2 hours I think actually until Grandma and Grandpa came to the rescue with food and to hold the baby.

We stayed for 2 more nights I say that because we arrived around 4am in the first place. Jen had our sweet boys All weekend and brought them to meet their new brother a few times.

I'll post pics in another post since I forgot to get them in first.