I wasn't going to post anything else until I got at least one comment on any of the last three entries. I know you people look at it; just let me know that you do so I have motivation to keep posting!
As a result of the lack of comments, the blog is very behind on the latest family updates. We're talking sophisticated vocabulary, a knock-you-on-your butt cold, and teeth! No specifics yet though because it's late and I'm tired but I'll try to get something up tomorrow.
"Life's an adventure with the Clines." I married into this but now I'm a full-fledged contributor.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Grover love
A few weeks ago I bought Madeleine a small Elmo doll and a small Grover doll because she loves Sesame Street so much. She loved Elmo but wasn't thrilled about Grover so we decided to let Parker have him. Although Grover's blue fur is more reminiscent of Cookie Monster, he still has the classic Grover look about him that we all love. And now we can add Parker to the masses who love the blue furry super hero (he's now known as Super Grover).
Community
The Super Bowl has come and gone (go Steelers!...no need to add new pictures since we wore the same clothes as before) and I've only received one more package since the last post and it was one I ordered off Ebay. So I'll move on to new news.
Despite Parker's continued efforts to wake me up every three hours during the night (this MUST end soon!), we've finally gotten in to a routine. We have a lot of fun going to the grocery store on Mondays, story time Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, except every other Tuesday when we'll be now attending MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers. Yesterday was our first visit and I was thrilled to see so many young Christian moms gathered in one place! For the first time since moving here I felt at home in a place where I could meet and become great friends with quite a few of these women. I'm actually meeting one of them with her kids on Friday at the library for story time!
I had been meaning to join the MOPS group for a while but with the job, move, Parker's birth and the holidays all happening sequentially, I ended up waiting until now. Parker did great in the nursery but Madeleine wasn't ready to be in the classroom so she stayed with me. We'll give the classroom another go in two weeks; once she heard all of the kids laughing and playing she became really interested in finding out what they were doing. I hope she'll get brave and participate so I can have a little kid-free time. It's exciting to realize there's an un-tapped community out here waiting for me to join in!
And speaking of community, it was just announced two weeks ago that Community Medical Center here in Missoula is taking over the Birth Center where I had both Madeleine and Parker. Back in October the head doctor, Lynn Montgomery, died suddenly and unexpectedly. This left the Birth Center with no managing doctor and a sudden drop in patients and therefore revenue. After soliciting the other hospital in town to take them over and being turned town, the Center's only other options were to close completely, find a replacement doctor, or hope that Community would take them over but let them continue to operate as the Birth Center. Community did agree to take over the facilities but they are converting it to a family practice office. I was crushed when I first heard this! I had been in regular contact with a woman at the office named Theresa who I had become pretty familiar with over the last few years and she told me that this was a blow to everyone. This means all births have to take place at Community (they want to be the only birthing facility in town) unless one opts for a home birth. Fortunately for those of us committed to natural birth in as a home-like setting as possible, my midwife Jeanne has gone into private practice and has agreed to do almost exclusively home births. I'm no where near ready to have another baby but I'm relieved to know that the vision of Dr. Montgomery isn't dying completely. Jeanne has also promised to dedicate herself to opening another birth center as soon as possible.
Most of you know how meaningful my prenatal, labor and delivery care was and I'm sorry so many other women will not get to experience the same treatment I did. However, I'm staying committed to Jeanne and her vision and will help in whatever capacity I can to bring the Birth Center back to Missoula.
Despite Parker's continued efforts to wake me up every three hours during the night (this MUST end soon!), we've finally gotten in to a routine. We have a lot of fun going to the grocery store on Mondays, story time Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, except every other Tuesday when we'll be now attending MOPS: Mothers of Preschoolers. Yesterday was our first visit and I was thrilled to see so many young Christian moms gathered in one place! For the first time since moving here I felt at home in a place where I could meet and become great friends with quite a few of these women. I'm actually meeting one of them with her kids on Friday at the library for story time!
I had been meaning to join the MOPS group for a while but with the job, move, Parker's birth and the holidays all happening sequentially, I ended up waiting until now. Parker did great in the nursery but Madeleine wasn't ready to be in the classroom so she stayed with me. We'll give the classroom another go in two weeks; once she heard all of the kids laughing and playing she became really interested in finding out what they were doing. I hope she'll get brave and participate so I can have a little kid-free time. It's exciting to realize there's an un-tapped community out here waiting for me to join in!
And speaking of community, it was just announced two weeks ago that Community Medical Center here in Missoula is taking over the Birth Center where I had both Madeleine and Parker. Back in October the head doctor, Lynn Montgomery, died suddenly and unexpectedly. This left the Birth Center with no managing doctor and a sudden drop in patients and therefore revenue. After soliciting the other hospital in town to take them over and being turned town, the Center's only other options were to close completely, find a replacement doctor, or hope that Community would take them over but let them continue to operate as the Birth Center. Community did agree to take over the facilities but they are converting it to a family practice office. I was crushed when I first heard this! I had been in regular contact with a woman at the office named Theresa who I had become pretty familiar with over the last few years and she told me that this was a blow to everyone. This means all births have to take place at Community (they want to be the only birthing facility in town) unless one opts for a home birth. Fortunately for those of us committed to natural birth in as a home-like setting as possible, my midwife Jeanne has gone into private practice and has agreed to do almost exclusively home births. I'm no where near ready to have another baby but I'm relieved to know that the vision of Dr. Montgomery isn't dying completely. Jeanne has also promised to dedicate herself to opening another birth center as soon as possible.
Most of you know how meaningful my prenatal, labor and delivery care was and I'm sorry so many other women will not get to experience the same treatment I did. However, I'm staying committed to Jeanne and her vision and will help in whatever capacity I can to bring the Birth Center back to Missoula.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Package central
Today I got our fourth package of the week! (Keep them coming :)) On Monday I got two packages: one from Carol full of baby clothes and a book and JoAnn sent Madeleine a package of nursery rhyme cards. Yesterday we got another package from JoAnn full of things we hadn't been able to bring back with us from Christmas. And today I got the smallest package yet but (no offense to everyone else) it's my favorite! Carol's younger sister Stacy sent me this:
I'm thinking I'm going to put the rings I inherited from my grandmother in it until summer and then make it my summer wallet. Stacy has been quite crafty the last few months and I've been awed by her talent. I've seen pictures of an amazing and beautiful mobile she made for a friend's nursery and a purse for her step sister. Creative people like Stacy and my Aunt Janet who made the kids' quilts inspire me to be more creative, even if it's in the small things like playing with Madeleine. Someday I hope to pull out my sewing machine and do more with it but for now I'll stick with things I have more experience in like stockings. I ordered another applique kit to make Parker a stocking yesterday. I should get it the beginning of next week which gives me 11 months to finish it :) Then it should finally be my turn to make a stocking for myself. Maybe all of this inspiration will help me get them both done before Christmas 2009!
*Injury update*
Madeleine broke her 1-day streak of not getting hurt by falling into the foot board of our bed last night face first. Her nose swelled up instantly and is still swollen today but there's no sign that she broke it. I realized the last two times she got hurt on our bed Justin was there supervising. I'm starting to think I should supervise them both, but not even that is guaranteed to keep her from getting hurt. So far she hasn't gotten hurt today.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Toy box fun
I dug out a box full of fun, random things I've collected over the years and let Madeleine go through it today. She instantly gravitated to the stethescope. She's been following Maggie, Oreo and me around trying to listen to our heartbeats. She wasn't as fond of the glasses that match the stethescope but Parker decided he liked them. I got a good laugh out of this!
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