Dunson Adventures

Tonight was a very special Family Home Evening. We sang carols and Olivia and David did their own nativity plays. Olivia was all dressed up and dramatic while David used our little people nativity for his play. Alexis was just dancing around. Excitement was certainly in the air! We then decorated our Christmas tree. Well, they did and I passed out ornaments from the couch. It is our first real Christmas tree. The house really smells of Christmas! The kids picked out the tree themselves and that was a really special moment. Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree, how long until you fall and get knocked over.

Yesterday I had my first OB appointment. Well it was my registration and physical. I have been so sick :( I had an ultrasound and the best part was that Mike and the kids were there! We saw the baby moving around. We even got to hear the heartbeat! We are calling this baby SPECK. I found out about a month ago in the Emergency room. I had a cyst rupture and my blood work showed I was pregnant. It was way too early to see anything though. Mike and I are excited. The kids are hoping for a little brother so we can have the same number of boys and girls in our family. On December 16 I will meet my doctor. The midwife told me that at 20 weeks I would go in every 2 weeks. She said I would have at least 3 more ultrasounds and at 28 weeks I would need to start coming in twice a week. We live in Stafford and the closest MTF is Dewitt at Fort Belvior. It looks like this pregnancy is going to be a real adventure for sure!

So, Olivia started kindergarten on September 8, 2009. I had the hardest time with it. I felt as though my heart just might brake if she went. She has been in preschool but this is full day kindergarten! After much hesitation on my part I got her enrolled in school. I toyed with the idea of homeschooling. My husband felt very strongly that we home school only if we feel in our hearts it's the right thing to do. I knew it wasn't I was just scared! Olivia is in room 8. Her class is the "Smarty Bears". She loves her school and her teacher! Even more she loves riding the school bus! She checked out her first Library book on Monday. I was so proud. My little girl went to the Library with her class and checked out a book! Every little thing she does I'm so impressed with. I think it's because she is my oldest. This would have been so much harder if she would have been resistant at all. But she hasn't been. We are in the first month of school and there have been n...

So it all started with the kids Dr telling me to use cloth wipes "like they did in the old days". I had no idea what he was talking about so I asked my Face Book friends and did a lot of Googling. What I ended up with was being on cloth diaper web sites. I liked the "green" aspect and money saving aspect but it just seemed weird that I was still throwing my diapers away. So my search began for cloth diapers. They needed to be economical and easy. So I searched and searched and found G diapers. They looked easy enough and they had a cloth insert or a flushable insert. So I thought these would be perfect for my youngest Alexis who is 17 months old but still in 12m and weighs 19 pounds. My David who is 3 is in pullups and has no intrest at all in using the potty. I stumbled apon a company called Antsy Pants. They are training pullups that are also suppost to be diapers. I thought that was purfect because there is nothing like that on the market. I have had the GDia...

So I am a stay at home mom of three ages: 5, 3, & 1. I know I'm not alone out there but when I talk to other moms or read their face book status's they are always out doing something. I am wondering how this is even possible. I have little ones and it is so hard for us to just go and be out. After lunch time we just have to get home so that Alexis can get her nap. If we are out she is a pill, and no she doesn't sleep because there is so much to see out there. David on the other hand needs time where he can just run around crazy and the grocery store isn't exactly the best place to let out all that toddler energy. Olivia my oldest just needs to go to school to be around other people. She has way too many questions and it is time for her to share that with other people :) Another thing that has been on my mind is all the classes that are out there. There are so many to choose from. The costs are pretty high and I wonder how people afford them. What would you do with y...

Well we are back from our wonderful summer vacation. One big thing that is different is that my niece, Aviana is back home with her mom( Steph ) so my family is back to 5 with a part time Uncle David! I really loved all of the quality family time. In South Carolina we stayed at the Breakers! The kids loved the lazy river and kids crafts. My favorite part was the view! So I would say our highlights were Medieval Times Dinner show, Nascar Speed Park, and of coarse the beach! Now that the dust has settled from the trip I've decided that I want to be able to have more family vacations like that. It was a lot of fun but can be on the expensive side. I have been looking at ways to cut costs and be a little greener. The worm farm is doing good as well as my topsy turvies . The aero garden lettuce died. I forgot to change the water level before we left so it was all dried out. (On a side note I've been working all week on how to put pictures on the blog.) Alexis has had a bad ra...

We went to Williamsburg and were excited! We stayed at the Patrick Henry Square a Blue Green Resort. We really enjoyed our room. We stayed in a 1 br W/den. It had a little mini kitchen and two fold out couches. It comfortably accommodated out family of 2 adults and 4 children. (my niece was with us) It was a good thing that we liked our room because that was where we spent most of our time. We tried spending the day at Colonial Williamsburg . I had done research online and asked around and was told it wasn't the most toddler friendly place. My husband really wanted us to go, so we did. We came home feeling bummed. And spent the rest of the time in our room. We were going to go to the pool but...I felt like it was motel quality and didn't want to get in it. It was also at another building so walking across the parking lot with wet tired kids wasn't my idea of fun. I know I'm a party pooper :) We ended up leaving early. If I had to do it all over again I would ...

Rain, rain, and more rain! The kids are going crazy inside the house.Next week will be the officical start of our family's summer! We are heading to Williamsburg, Myrtle Beach, and last but not least camping(in a cabin for father's day!) I can't wait! All the worms are alive. Thankfully our most high maitenance pets are our fish and we can just put in some fish feeders. We bought 3 topsy turvies and they seem to be doing well. I'm not liking the strawberry one because the birds think that it's for them. We are also growing some lettuce inside with the aero garden. It's fun! Mike said it's the most expensive salad we have ever eaten. I'm sure over time it will pay for itself. Maybe ;) We are in the process of having our backyard cleared. The rain just won't stop! Our backyard looks like a huge mud puddle. Olivia wants to plant more seeds! She is too cute. We've been planting on the game farmtown on face book because the weather is so nasty. All I...

Well the other day our worm farm arrived! I don't know who was more excited me or the kids!  So I'll say this is the end of week one. They are still alive and no major incidents.  We have a small farm of about 200 worms. I think the idea of vermicomposting is really cool. I would love to get a large composter to put the worms in but I want to wait and see how this all turns out first. I am trying to find small little things that my family and I can do to help the enviroment.

There are no doctors appointments currently on the calender. It's a miracle! Kids seem to get into all kinds of things. I think my problem is that there are too many young ones at home."(Ages 5,3,2,1. 2 is my niece Aviana)  I'm at a really yucky point in my life right now. I really don't like transitions. I'm wondering when I will feel settled.

Tomorrow Alexis will be getting her MRI at Walter Reid. I'm scared because they are going to put her to sleep. She is such a wild little girl and I know it's going to be hard for me to see her slowing down. I'm going crazy waiting and watching to see if anything is going to happen. Her face hasn't done the drooping thing anymore. Maybe what ever it is it is gone. Well it's going to be a long day tomorrow and I know I need to get some sleep but my stomach is all tied up in knots!

So it's late . All the kids and the husband are asleep and what am I doing....on the internet . I thought I might as well make it productive. So I'm on facebook now and twitter. I have not logged into twitter though. Mike my computer savy husband does that. This blogging thing just hasn't caught on for me. Then I saw on probably Oprah a person described her blog as an online journal. That sounds pretty good to me! Right now our family is dealing with medical stuff. That's always nice going back and forth to the  doctors office with 4 kids in tow. (my niece Aviana is staying with us right now) I have had some pain in my tummy for a couple of months now. I hope that they can find whatever it is and I can get on with things. Mike working on his back.....I think that will always be an ongoing battle for him. Alexis had something strange happen to her face. The doctors are all freaked out and trying to figure out what happened. I on the other hand, think that there...