Palmer Family Blog

The other night we had dinner upstairs with the Lees and boy was it a blast!! Her girls are soo much fun to watch with Jacey. They can make him laugh so hard! The only time I ever hear him laugh like that is when Jeffrey's playing with him. And of course, we took a bunch of pictures. Not of him laughing unfortunately, we got that on video. :)

The next morning, Cari, Crystal and I got together with our kids and had a playdate. We haven't gotten the three of us together for a long time. Especially with our kids. They played well together and we girls certainly had fun! We watched an old home video that Cari and I made for Crystal's birthday when she was at Ricks back in the day. Man, we are so dumb!! We thought we were so funny, but we just embarrassed ourselves. It was fun to watch anyway. :) I've been so happy the last couple of days, because Jacey has finally gotten back into his normal routine. Actually, a new and improved routine!! Since he was sick he wouldn't go to bed by himself, and if he woke up in the night, he needed us to console him. I never mind doing that, especially if he's sick, because it's no fun to be sick alone. But it's so hard to get him to go to sleep by himself after he's well again. But he's back to normal now, and this time he doesn't wake up at 7am. He sleeps stll 8:30!!!!! Almost 12 whole hours!!! It is amazing how much of a difference that makes in our day! I LOVE it!! Since Jaclyn's been born, Jacey has shown no signs of jealousy or resentment towards her. Until this past week. He doesn't resent her, I'm so glad about that. Actually, he doesn't even really show jealousy, he just makes sure he gets as much "mommy-time" as she does. I think he sees that I see to her every need, feeding, changing, rocking etc. and now he won't take a bottle or be put in bed, unless I do it. He's never cared whether Jeffrey or I did that for him, but now he only wants me. Which melts my heart, but it's not the most convenient thing. And sometimes I don't think it's necessarily me, but my hair. It's the only thing that can calm him down if he's upset, or help him get sleepy, or get him through a whole bottle without getting bored. He constantly plays with it. And he likes it soo much better straight, than curly. Which is too bad for him, cause I rarely have time to do it. I LOVE that he loves my hair though. It's a good thing I like long hair, because I probably won't ever cut it too short for him to hold.Jaclyn has been sick for so long now. I don't even know what to call it. She just has a really stuffy nose. Constantly. I give her saline drops all day long, but it's only a temporary solution. I feel so bad for her when I hear her trying to breath. I hope it is just a really long side effect of her cold and not anything to do with her lung problem. I hate that I'm paranoid about that. Every problem or sickness that she'll come across will constantly have me worrying about her lungs! We're going to the doctor on Monday. Hopefully he can ease my mind about it all.

Most of you probably know that Jeffrey has been able to take some time off work to be at home with me to deal with postpardum junk and help out with both kidlings. It's been WONDERFUL to have him here and I know it's been too good to be true. Next week is his last week with me and June 2, he'll start working again. I'm nervous and excited to move on and try to handle things alone. I'm hoping that it will help me start losing weight. :) Having to run around and do everything for both kids. I don't know if I'll ever be able to lose weight, I CAN'T say no to food. It's the dumbest thing. I look in the mirror and I hate what I see. But when I see a bag of chips, or candy or whatever it may be (even healthy stuff) I can't resist. What will it take to be motivated enough to actually do something about it? *SIGH* :) I'm so impressed with all the moms out there that do it. What is your secret??