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December 13, 2007

He laughed!

I know the picture is dark, but just listen. Lexie made us wait until she was almost 6 monthes old before she laughed. Nathan is 2.5 monthes old. He is so ticklish! This video is from two nights ago when Brad was tickling him and he laughed over and over again.

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November 21, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving!

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November 07, 2007

Arrgh!

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October 10, 2007

check it out

Hey, the links on the side to Stephen and Lexie's pages have changed. I thought I could build them myself, but that was too time-consuming w/ this blog's set-up. So, I discovered a site called Totsites and have decided to try and do individual pages for each of the kids. Don't know how often they'll get updated now that I have three, but I'd like to think I'll try. Anyways, make me feel better and go check them out.

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October 09, 2007

Introducing

Nathan Isaiah Bourgeois
7 lbs. 9 oz.
20 inches long
September 24, 2007

The big sibs

And then there were five:

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August 15, 2007

full blown boy

Wow. I'm not sure what else to say but wow. This morning I had one of those moments where I didn't know if I was going to laugh, cry, or yell. Here is what happened...
I am in the kitchen fixing a cup of coffee and visiting with my sister when Stephen comes running back down the hall (Stephen always runs. He only has one speed) and into the kitchen and says with an absolutely boyish grin of pure delight, "Mommy, when I was tee-teeing in your bathroom I was moving my wee-wee all around and I was tee-teeing on your wall."
My first inclination was to laugh with amused incredulity. But that would not have been good. I don't want him doing it again! I think he was pretty scared of the consequences by the look on my face as I asked him to go down the hall and show me what he was talking about. Sure enough there is tee-tee on the seat and a small trickle down the wall. Very sternly, I told him that was not funny or cool and he was most definitely not to ever do that again.
You just don't have to tell little girls not to go tee-teeing on the walls! I am finding myself saying all kinds of things I didn't imagine I would have to say. I am discovering that just like little girls don't have to be taught to flirt or pout or prance there are certain things that little boys don't have to be taught either. They are just inherently boy. There are so many things that he finds funny now and I am realizing he is not a toddler anymore, but a strange creature called a boy. It is fun to throw things, destroy things, hit things, anything. Fast is always better. There was another story that went with this post but now I can't remember it. (darn pregnant brain) Oh, well. If I think of it I will post it later. I sure do love my little boy.

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August 07, 2007

Fun times

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July 15, 2007

Happy Birthday, Superboy!

Wow, Stephen is 4. He has been asking me since Thursday (Lexie's bday) if he was 4 yet. This morning I could finally tell him he was 4. How has it been 4 years since this:

We love you Superboy!!!!

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July 12, 2007

Happy Birthday, Lexie Lou!

Our Lexie is 2 today. I can't believe it. I remember bringing her home from the hospital so clearly.

We love you, squishalicious!!!

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June 20, 2007

ultrasound pics

We went to the ultrasound for the new baby on Monday morning. Due to scheduling difficulties I am a good 5 weeks later than when we had ultrasounds with the other two munchkins so that made the picture only that much better because he is so much bigger. Yes, I said he. I know we have been telling everybody that we were going to let this one be a surprise, but we couldn't do it. Brad was the one who really wanted the surprise. But the morning of the ultrasound Brad saw some of the pictures of Stephen from the hospital hanging in the hallway and noticed the picture of Stephen in the special pre-selected to go home from the hospital outfit and that started him thinking. How would we do little things like that if we didn't know what this baby was? It was all downhill for him from there. I am not disappointed that it will be a surprise. I have really enjoyed picking our kids' names the day we found out their gender and making everything special just for them before they get here. It felt like we already knew who they were and had bonded with them before we ever even got to the hospital. That is just the way we like it.
Stephen and Lexie went with us to the ultrasound and that actually worked out really well. It made it a little harder on daddy not being able to devote all of his attention to what was on the screen, but hey aren't we just adding one more to juggle? Lexie didn't know what was really going on, though she kept saying 'baby.' Stephen, I think, followed stuff much better. This baby being bigger was easier to see and identify. I think Stephen was able to see the face and arms and things. When the technician told us that it was a boy (something we could clearly see for ourselves!) Stephen was excited. He told us right then and there that he was going to teach this baby to tee-tee standing up. Good for him. Isn't that the job of every big brother everywhere?
We are very excited. I had been feeling like it was a boy all along anyways. She would have had a hard time convincing me that it was a girl. His measurements all averaged out to move up my due date a little bit which makes me very happy. So now we know we are expecting Nathan Isaiah sometime around October the 1st!!!

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February 03, 2007

you gotta watch out for those girls

This morning there was a battle of the wills. Parents v. Lexie. It started with Brad and Lexie first thing this morning. She likes to have a cup of juice and a banana. We have been trying to get her to say something that we at least know means banana. But she points and she pleases and because she knows we know what she wants she refuses to say anything else. A few times this past week we have gotten her to say something like 'nana' and been happy with that. But this morning she refused. Over an hour before she said 'nana' and got her banana.
Before she ever gave in and said banana though she was into sharing my cup of coffee. I asked Stephen to go get her sippy cup off the counter for her and he gladly did and handed it to her ever so sweetly. I asked her to say 'ta-ta' (means thank you in our world) which she does all the time no problem. She wouldn't say it. I ended up popping her on the thigh twice and still she just stood there with her lips tightly closed. You could almost see the lines drawn. She understood what was going on. I think more than obeying me she just didn't want to say thank you to her brother. Brad took her to the back and applied some loving discipline. She came back out and finally said 'ta-ta' but to Brad. She refused to look at her brother and say it to him. We coached her on, but no go. She just looked at all of us and kept her mouth tightly pursed. Brad took her back there again. This time she was ready to obey. She looked her brother in the eye, said 'ta-ta' and gave him a hug. And we could tell her spirit was different.
As parents we knew a moment of panic because she really seemed like she had no intention of giving in. We don't enjoy disciplining our children. I definitely had no idea that sending Stephen for her cup would turn into a battle of the wills. But I also know that it is very important for her to understand that when Mommy and Daddy ask her to do something she needs to obey, whether she feels like it or not.
As she is getting older and beginning to show off her personality we are learning how truly different each of your kids can be. And those second kids are a special case unto themselves. Even at younger ages you can expect more from them than you did the older ones. Because they are watching. They are watching everything those older ones do and get disciplined for. I can see her working these things out.
She has finally learned to say something like Stephen and now she squeals all the time running down the hallway to find me. Then she will point and emphatically say her version of Stephen. I am learning to investigate these incidents. A few months ago any time she squealed I pretty much automatically would holler for Stephen to leave her alone. It was a pretty safe assumption that he was sitting on her or some such aggravation. But she has watched all of this and learned. Now she thinks she can squeal and I will just holler at him. But not anymore. I am finally on to her. I am trying to teach her to say "Stephen please stop." Not much luck yet.
She may be the cutest thing since sliced bread but she has her own sin nature just like the rest of us. Lord, please grant us the grace and wisdom to help shape her into the woman you want her to be. Amen and amen.

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January 17, 2007

It's raining, it's pouring

So in all this rain (but before it turned so absolutely cold) Stephen got a chance to play with his new Spiderman umbrella as it was actually intended to be used. ;) And Lexie got to wear her cute lil raincoat. So of course I had to get pictures.

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Thanks Pop

When we were in Houma over Christmas Pop taught Stephen that little (and big) boys can pee outside. We had to refine the whole thing a little bit... like not in the middle of the yard or in front of people but find somewhere to hide and go behind a tree or something. Thanks Pop. (insert rueful smile and just a touch of sarcasm here)
So then last week (sorry just posting about this now but we have been without internet for a week thanks to a mistake from our cable company. We cut the cable TV and they accidently cut the internet too. Then couldn't come for over a week to hook us back up. Only just slightly annoying) Anyway, back to last week... The weather was pretty and the kids were in the front yard. I had all the doors open and then I hear Stephen yelling for me. I go running outside and find him off to one side of our driveway with his pants down around his ankles.!?!?!
"Stephen, baby, what are you doing?"
"I just poo-poohed, Mommy."
"What?!?"
He then waddled like a duck and took me over to the fence, the neighbor's fence, and showed me where he had apparently popped a squat and taken a dump right there in the grass. (with neighbor's very large Golden Retriever watching) I am just about without words... except for
"Get inside. Hurry, run to the bathroom and let's get you cleaned up."
Over his bent-over butt I ask him what he was thinking.
"I was just being like a doggy, Mommy."
I asked. I hold you responsible Pop.

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November 21, 2006

Right Motivator

Well, so pooping on the potty is a pretty crucial skill we all agree on, right? Yes, and um, one that my son has been having a pretty hard time with. Stephen had ~~progressed~~ regressed back into pull-ups and we were pulling out our hair. We weren't being consistent with him on how we were handling it other than being consistently very frustrated. He was consistently freaking out and crying about how much it hurt to poop on the potty. But I knew he had to know when he had to poo-poo because I would always find him hiding in his closet or in my back bathroom. If you can go hide and poop you can march yourself to the bathroom and get on the potty and poop.

We had tried bribing with rewards of candy, ICEEs, and toys. None of that worked. On Friday Brad caught him just starting to poop and rushed him to the bathroom. Stephen, like usual, freaked out and made a big production about it hurting and that he didn't want to sit on the potty. So Brad gave him two choices: sit and poop on the potty or get a very big and bad spanking (Stephen phraseology). Stephen opted to poop. And he did. He was very excited and saying that it didn't hurt and asking Brad if he was so proud of him. Of course Brad was. We were both doing the happy parent dance that only a parent who is watching the poop flush away without having had to touch it can do.

Saturday we had some friends over to help us lay down new floors (separate coming entry w/ pictures) and Stephen kept wanting to play with the various tools esp. the tape measures. He broke one so he was told no. Then Brad got an idea, an awful idea, Brad got a wonderfully awful idea. (Who can recognize that line? and where is it from? ok, enough w/ the random and on with the getting longer and longer story...) He told Stephen that the next time Stephen pooped on the potty he could go to the store and get a new tape measure just for him. Stephen got all excited and told us he needed to go poop. He ran for the bathroom and managed to squeeze out one terd on demand and then asked to go get his tape measure. Brad didn't say how much he had to poop and one terd on demand is a such a huge difference from the ongoing trauma that has been his pooping history that a tape measure was definitely a great buy.

So, Stephen has his tape measure. Actually two. A little one and a big one. One for him and for his daddy so they can have one together.

Was this a random fluke in order to tease us and then we go back to the trauma? I so very sincerely hope not. Monday morning he told me he thought he needed to go. He wanted a book and he wanted me to shut the door. I did and when I went back a minute later to check on him he had done it and was trying to wipe himself. Please, oh please, may it stay this way. It should. He keeps talking about being a big boy and acting like the past few months never even happened. Good for him, better for us!

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October 05, 2006

Now you see it, now you don't

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October 02, 2006

My life in a nutshell

This morning while sitting on the barstool watching me cook his eggs and sausage, Stephen asked me where we were going today. "School, church, Ma-mart? Which one? Let's go to Ma-mart, kay?"
There ya go, my life in a nutshell: School, church, Wal-mart.

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Party pooper, Poop party

Wow, it was an awesome and busy weekend in spite of the poop. There were friends in town, a potato gun, lots o' little kids, a nose piercing, a trip to the zoo, a night out with the girls, a birthday party, and poop. Obviously poop is a normal thing and in a house with small children even a normal part of conversation.
Stephen has developed a fear of pooping on the potty. He says it will hurt. I'm not sure where this fear came from. But he is also becoming afraid of pooping in his underwear because he knows it drives mommy and daddy crazy! So there were long drawn out sessions of sitting on the potty wriggling in agony fighting the urge to poop with huge amounts of emotion/hysteria/panic and crying because "it's gonna hurt me." So we would let him up and then remind him to not poop in his underwear. Then a little while later he would be dancing and trying not to poop in his underwear so we run for the bathroom and get him all set up and more of the above described scene. This happened friday night and off an on all day yesterday. Do you know, it feels like being a labor coach, sitting on the floor in front of him, trying to calm him and urging him to just push and then it will all be ok. Anyways, finally last night after off and on all day he did it. Major Relief. He was so happy. But when Brad bent over to wipe Stephen his glasses fell in the toilet. Eww, gross, we know. Even funnier was him yelling "CRAP!" and of course I had to say, "well, yeah it is, honey." Stephen thought it was pretty funny.
And Lexie, oh Lexie. Yesterday morning I gave her a quick bath before getting her dressed for church and let her run around naked for just a minute and went up front to check on my food cooking (for lunch at church later). Here comes Stephen a minute later dragging Lexie by I'm not sure what now that I think about it because her hands were covered in poop. She was still naked and it was on her foot and down one leg and yes, around her mouth. Ew, gross, panic. Can you put antibacterial stuff in their mouth?! So I grab her and hold her at arm's length and run back to the tub. Brad runs for the bedroom armed with Lysol and Resolve in each hand to find out where exactly she was when she pooped. She was in her room. There was poop on the carpet and poop on some of the toys. There isn't anymore of course, but man it was a pooping party weekend.

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September 18, 2006

Snaggletooth

Stephen had his front left tooth pulled this morning. He looks so cute, even though it is sad that he is a snaggle tooth a few years early.
Ok, here's the deal. He had banged this tooth a few times before and from those times it was already grey and kinda crooked. Well, he banged it again yesterday morning dancing in church (insert finger wagging here for those who don't like dancing in church) and it started bleeding and there was a large purple knot on his gum above the tooth and it was loose and wiggly. This morning the gum looked alot better, though still bruised, but he didn't want me to touch it. He said it would hurt. So I didn't push him. But because of the history with this tooth we decided to take him to a pediodontist(sp?) here in Houma. Good thing we did. She took an x-ray and said it was abcessed and that the roots were almost all gone. So she had to pull it.
He was so brave. He did great. He picked the red (strawberry) "smurf nose" for the laughing gas. But they said the laughing gas didn't really do much for him. Probably cause he wasn't really breathing through it. The only part he cried on was the numbing shots. They had to hold him down for that. But the tooth-pulling wasn't any thing at all. She just wiggled and out it came. It is currently sitting in a little plastic green case on the counter.
He didn't know about the tooth fairy. I hadn't told him about the tooth fairy because he is only three. We weren't supposed to be dealing with this yet. Oh well. Now he knows. It is so sweet and sad... He keeps asking to go to the store and buy a new tooth. He just keeps saying where is his new tooth, and can he just have his new tooth already. Poor baby, gonna have to wait a few years until God makes his new tooth grow.
I took some pictures, but can't upload them down here. So I will post some pictures when we get back home.

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September 07, 2006

Action shot

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Calling all one-liners

Ok, I came up with a few fun and witty one-liners that could have been the title to go with this picture, but none of them seemed just right. So what do you think?

*and for bonus points what is he really doing?

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September 06, 2006

Recent hairtrends of the Bourgeoisie

Yeah, Lexie actually has enough hair to do pigtails! Getting her to let me put them in is another story. But I did and I got some pictures. To understand my jubilation you will have to see some pictures of me at this age. (and even much older. took me a while to learn how to grow hair) Anyways, with all the attention focused on Lexie and pigtails and Lexie and the bows of course Stephen would want his own share of this attention. But boys don't wear bow or pigtails, so hmmmm, what can we do? Being the resourceful and creative mommy that I am---We spike his hair up. So Brad put gel in Stephen's hair and spiked it up. Absolutely precious if you ask me. So here ya go, the most current hairtrends of the Bourgeoisie.

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First Day of School

Stephen started school yesterday. He will be going 3 days a week this year. I think it will be good, but it is really weird having him gone 3 days in a row. (last year it was just tues. and thurs.) His teacher is Mrs. Misty and she seems really great. He cried when I left him yesterday, but she said later when I picked him up that he quit pretty soon after and joined them in 'circle time' for a story. He seemed fine when I picked him up and was very informative about his day. (that is a great improvement over last year. last year I had to read his take home reports and then question him. mostly all I got were yes or no answers. I know a year in his age makes a big difference, but sometimes this stuff just sneaks up on you. Just when you think you know what they are capable of it changes.) He told me about playing on the playground and going to sleep and that he painted me a big red apple.
He is a big boy now. Seems to be doing fine with going potty at school. No accidents yet. (hallelujah!)
So far Lexie hasn't really had a chance to miss him. When we get home from dropping Stephen off it is time for her nap. Then it is a late lunch and off again to pick him up.

Well, you might not can tell, but this is a picture of him from his first day of school last year. He looks so little. And now he is so big and grown-up. Sniff. Ok I don't usually do this, but gosh it can getcha sometimes, ya know?

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July 12, 2006

Happy Birthday!

Happy 1st Birthday, Lexie Lou!

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June 21, 2006

Kids say the darnedest things

Earlier I prepped Stephen for tomorrow morning's agenda. Brad and I are taking Lexie to Monroe to see the cardiologist and Stephen will be spending the morning at the Pierce's with Mrs. Nancy, Clark and Jack.
Brad just got home from prayer meeting a few minutes ago and Stephen informed him right away that he was taking Baby Yexie to the Doctor and that Stephen was going to stay with peoples.
I guess remembering Mrs. Nancy, Clark and Jack was a little too much, but he got the general idea!

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May 19, 2006

Dance Baby Dance

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She can be a B-52!!!

Adrienne and I are up late getting ready for the trip to Little Rock tomorrow (where Saturday I will re-attempt conquering Mount Pinnacle - with the goal of enjoying a breathtaking view at the top, while continuing to have breath to take)...

We're going through some li'l girl clothes for Lexie and we found a shimmering BLUE POLYVINYL CHLORIDE DRESS! Isn't that fun?! Like, it's wearable PVC, and it's blue!

Hallucinating Plutoooooo - Oh, yeaaahhh!!

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April 22, 2006

testing...It worked!

Ok, here is a video of the kids. Mostly I grabbed this one to be able to show everybody Lexie crawling. She makes pretty good time for army crawling. Sometimes she tries to get up on her knees and she is even trying to pull up on stuff a little bit. Check Stephen out in the background too. He is so fast we are calling him Dash from The Incredibles!

If all you get is sound and not picture then you need to go download the newest Flash player here. I'm excited we can do this. More videos will definitely coming!

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