7/23/08

Nothing much to update today.. but I am sitting here sick and bored so I needed to do something.

Gwyn had her 15 month appointment last week. She is 22 pounds 30 inches tall. Happy and healthy. Got one shot. Was suppose to get alot more but We have made the decision not to get her shots till she is 2 years. It turns out that she is also getting her back molars. Not fun. Lots of drool. She is really getting into me reading her books. Her favorite is the Jungle Bus book. Though she gets a little impatient for the page turning.

Chandler is sick today too. Fun Fun. It makes for an even sassier Chandler. Sassier.. is that a word? I don't know.. don't care. Well there's not to say about Chandler right now. He is getting alot better at his letters. He is going through a little regression with his potty training for some reason. I have figured that one out yet. I am looking into putting him in a dance class. I think that wilkl be good for him. Get some of his energy out and he such a little performer. I think he might enjoy it.

I finished my ballet classes this week. Kinda sad. I was alot of fun. But she told us about an adult ballet class on Tuesday nights so she is going to send me some information on it. Hopefullyl it won't be too much.

We are starting to work on the house more.. Mike is working on the bathroom right now.. attempting to put a new light in that comes with a ventalation system in it. There's no fan in our bathrooms right now and the master bath is so small that it gets alot of mold. But it is proving to be alot harder than we thought to install. *sigh*

Anyway.. nothing else to report.

Jespersen Update

Wow... I haven't updated this in a long time. I am horrible at these things so if you ever see that I haven't updated in awhile.. give me a kick in the rear. I want to get better at this. Anyway..

Whats new.. The kids.Gwyneth is getting bigger and impossibly cuter by the day. She is now 14 months. She's a little chatter box but not a whole lot of words yet. She has the sweetest little voice. Her favorite word is "NO" =) Other words shes says are Baby, Silly (see-lee), Ni- Ni (nite-nite), juice, and of course mama and dada. She is a huge Daddy's girl.. its amazing how much they look alike. She is getting more into her baby dolls but still loves outdoors and sports and playing with Chandler's cars and dinosaurs (when he's not looking of course) She is also still into her veggies.. first thing she eats on her plate. Unfortunately she got sick this week out of the blue. Was vomiting on Wednesday and got pretty dehydrated on Thursday. She refused to drink anything so I had to force liquids down her. And yesterday and this morning she was constipated.. lots of screaming. We gave her lots of apple juice and fruit and gave her a warm bath and she finally went and was a lot happier as was everyone else in the house. She has her 15 month appt on the 17th.. will update than.



Chandler is growing up way too fast. He is definitely not my little baby anymore. I came to the realization that he will be 4 in two months! 0.O Holy smokes! We are working on his ABC's right now. And he is picking up on it fairly quickly. He is starting to recognize his name when he sees it now and he can write the letters C, G, H, K, O, and W. He is such an amazingly creative and abstract little boy. I would love to spend a day in his mind. He is quite the little artist. For a 3 year old he puts so much detail into his work. Every little thing that he does amazes me. Here are some of his drawings.. they are older ones.. my camera is broken so I haven't been able to take any pictures.

We started putting on some preschool waiting lists for next year. Unfortunately the deadline for school is September 1st so he wasn't able to get in this year since his birthday is on September 18. Which also means of course that he wont be able to start kindergarten till he is 6. =/ But anyway *hopefully* he will be going to the Montessori school here in town. So anyway, we still have some things to work on with him.. he is still very headstrong, very controlling, and tends to get frustrated very easily but I am so proud of him. He is definitely the coolest kid ever.

I had my oral surgery this week.. on Tuesday to be precise. Things went really well actually. My surgeons name was Dr. Randall Canton. He is such a wonderful surgeon. I wasn't in any pain afterwards and I didn't swell at all. I do have a bruise along my jaw line and I am still having trouble eating but all is well. I did however get sick this week though. I thought it was because of the surgery but everyone else got other than Chandler. Doing better today.. just tired.

I started my ballet classes a few weeks ago. Its a lot harder than I thought it was. But I am carrying it through.. haven't given up yet which is an accomplishment. I'm looking forward to taking another dance class in the future whether another ballet or maybe tap =) I believe taking this class has opened my eyes to a lot of things and there are so many things that I want to learn to do now.. its amazing what doors that little bit of courage has opened up. I'll post more about that on a separate blog.


Mike is doing well with work. He hasn't been traveling which is nice. Working hard so we can fix up the house and move. He is getting really into Golf. He took a community beginners golf class and did pretty well and looking into personal professional lessons. It'll be nice for him to have something to do for himself every once in awhile. He is also looking into taking guitar lessons.. but that was just something mentioned in the breeze. I don't know if it's still something he wants to do.

Anyways that was a nice long update. Hopefully I do better =) Happy reading.

11/8/07

I keep forgetting to update this blog.. *sigh*

Anyway.. updates. Here are some pictures of the kids halloween costumes. Chandler had alot of fun trick or treating.. he said trick or treat a few times but ainly he just old everyone happy halloween.. very cute.
Right now Chandler has a middle ear infection in both ears.. poor guy. the doctor said it was hte wrost he has seen this week. He has alot of pressure behind both ears and lots of fluid. He is on antibotics for 10 days. Then he will go back in to see if they have gotten any better.
I started homeschooling Chandler and his friend Suvi this week.. its going very well. Not perfect but they are only three and I haven't done this before, but its a learning process for all of us. Its nice to have special time for me and Chandler. He also loves having a play mate twice a week. Hopefully she will teach him alot.

Gwyn will be 7 months this month. She is scooting all over the place trying her best to crawl but all she can accomplish is about one step and than a face plant. hehe. She likes to straighten her legs all the way so I am thinking she might skip crawling all together and go straight to walking. But who knows. Two days ago she said her first word. Mike is thrilled cause it was dada. They are so cute together.

I am getting use to being a teacher. its fun but stressful at the same time. I haven't been going to the gym unfortunately. The last 2 1/2 weeks the kids have been sick *sigh* I guess I'll have to start going at night. Anyway.. thats all I have to report right now..

Both kids had an appointment yesterday. Gwyn is now 16 lbs and 25 inches long. Everything is looking good and on schedule. She has been sick with a cold for the last three days though. Poor baby and since all children's cold meds have been recalled I can only sit and do nothing to make her feel better. She also now scooting. She can get up on all fours so I think the crawling is coming soon. She scoots differently than Chandler did. I remember Chandler did the wounded soldier scoot lol. Gwyn kind of looks like a sea lion =) She gets on all fours than kinda flings her self forward. Funny looking. No teeth yet but the nurse said yesterday that it looks like she is working on her bottom teeth. She is also all done with her yellow veggies and is now starting on peas. It doesn't seem like she cares for them much.
Chandler has not gained a single pound in a year. He is still at 32 lbs but he is getting taller 3'2. He is also doing well though she is kinda concerned about his eye. Apparently when she was looking at his eyes, when he was focusing on the light, his left eye would drift. But she couldn't quite tell so we have to keep an eye on it but it hard to get him to focus on anything. So if he does have this problem than he will have to see an eye doctor and go from there. Anyway.. we have ordered the joy school program for him and I just received it in the mail so when when I print out everything and get all the materials I need, I will start homeschooling him.
Mike and I are doing well. Nothing much to report. Mike is leaving tomorrow for California for a few days. I am still doing well at the gym though I haven't been able to go yet this week since Gwyn is sick. (can't take her to the kids club if she is sick) Saturday I did a charity walk for breast cancer. It was a lot of fun except for the fact that I didn't have anyone to walk with. Next time I will know to bring someone. It was a 3 mile walk 0.0 I didn't realize it was that long . My legs and ankles were so stiff the next morning. Anyway.. I can't think of anything else to say though I am sure there is more. =) Can you believe Gwyn is 6 months old?

just a little update

Just a little update on how we are doing..

Chandler just recently turned three as you all know. Full of energy and alot of fun though sometimes that energy get him into trouble. No luck with the potty training. Haven't even attempted. I was always told to wait till they show an interest in the potty, which Chandler has not done. We are lucky if he even tells us that he has gone. Hopefully he will spark an interest soon cause pull ups aren't cheap when you have to buy baby diapers and formula.
I am looking into a Joy School program for him to start homeschooling him at home. I've look into some friends doing it with me but it might have be a one on one thing. Which is okay. I lack the confidence to teach him.. I definitely have no confidence teaching other kids.
He is very independent. Wants to do everything himself. He makes his own drinks and breakfast. And he makes his own sandwiches. Now if only he would do that with his diapers. =/

Gwyneth is about 6 months old now. She is in her own room now. .. no longer beside us. Yes I cried. =P She was doing well but for the last few days she has woken up to eat.. which is weird cause since she was about 2 weeks old, she has slept the entire night. I hope it's just a fluke.
She is getting so big and more beautiful by the day. She is trying to crawl but all she can accomplish right now is pushing herself up and rolling over. But she's going to get it soon. No teeth yet. She also has started foods. She gets oatmeal in the morning and rice cereal for dinner. And for lunch she gets carrots right now. She has been on carrots for about a week and no reaction so far, so next its squash.
Her and Chandler are getting along very well. Chandler loves to give her hugs and kisses and sings her twinkle twinkle little star from time to time. Very cute. He always wants to make her bottles and give them to her but he doesn't realize that she can't hold them yet and so he will put it in her mouth and than just walk away. He is learning that he can't lay down next to her. She Likes to get fist fulls of his hair. Lol.


I (Marissa) have been going to the gym 5 days a week. I have lost 5 lbs. YEY! All my clothes are now very loose so i walk around kinda frumpy all the time. Michael took me to go shopping on Thursday to buy clothes but we found nothing. Gainesville does not have very good stores. We are probably going to go to Orlando soon and hit all the strip malls there. Its hard to find modest clothing now a days. Other than that there isn't a whole lot going on with me.

Michael isn't traveling so much anymore. Its nice to have him back home. Work is going well.. though a little stressful. He is still doing well with his church calling (young men president) He bought a Xbox 360 the other day w/ Halo 3.. so he is a happy boy.