Mid Term Update (Momma got a new purse)

About the title...Diane asked me what I was doing and I said, 'I'm trying to think of a title for the kiddos 6 months in this great family' (just ask the Nuetzels how great we are since they are always striving to be like us) and the response I get back is, 'I got a new purse, she how nice and shiny it is'. Now take a few minutes and feel for me. This isn't an unusual occurrence, neither me getting a totally off the wall comment or Diane getting a new purse. We are taking donations for my counseling sessions that I will probably need in the near future. Just yesterday, she starts having a conversation with me, which isn't unusual, but the unusual part is that she was in the kitchen and I was in the backyard. Now I know why she says that she told me stuff, but I don't remember the conversation.

The kids just had their six month checkup with the doctor a couple of weeks ago. They both got an A plus on all their skills. Wesley came in at 18 lbs 3 oz and Mia weighs 12 lbs 14 oz. Wes is 26.5 inches long and Mia is 24.25 inches. They didn't find anything wrong and said they are progressing perfectly.

Wes and Mia posing for their 6 month pics











We started them both on solid (I am told there is supposed to be an 's' placed here but I disagree), actually mushy, food a couple of weeks ago. Wes took right to it and Mia is getting there. She has gotten much better since the first day. The first day she would open her mouth and then do raspberries with her mouth full of the food. At least her mouth was full of food when she started. It ended up all down the front of her face and bib.

Wes had another episode the first day at daycare after we started him on the solids. It wasn't a total stop breathing episode, but the workers were worried since he was pale and a little blue around the mouth. Diane did some research and found out that kids with gerd sometimes don't do well with applesauce. We were mixing applesauce into the rice cereal. So we re-evaluated what we were doing and switched to bananas. Have not had a problem since then. This past weekend they got to try out butternut squash.

We decided to make most of our own foods to give the kids. Diane cooked up some carrots, applesauce and squash so far. It is all frozen in ice cube trays in one serving sizes.

Wes' first real meal


















Mia's first meal






I think Mia is going to be a true Chiefs fan. She really likes to do the tomahawk chop with her hand. It is really funny to watch. She will even get so into it that her matching leg will go in rhythm with her arm.

The kids really like to go on walks in their stroller. It is nice that we are finally able to use it some. We went several months without being able to use it. They like to look around and see everything. It also seems to calm them and make them sleepy, so we like to do it right before we feed them before bed.

When we go out in public, we are quite the circus show. People love to stop us in the middle of doing whatever it is we are doing and ask us questions. I don't think there has been a single time out of the house with the kids where we haven't been stopped by someone. Diane suggests putting a donation cup on a rope around each of their necks. We could collect donations to help pay off all the hospital bills we have accumulated. It isnt just when they are in their strollers. People in restaurants like to stop eating and come on over. It doesn't matter that we are in the middle of a meal. Mia has started to develop 'stranger danger', whenever strangers come over and bend down to get a better look at her, she thrusts out her bottom lip and then starts screaming. They bolt upright and pretty much run away. Another great laugh every time it happens.

An update on the purse....she says it is fabulous, was 30% off, and is woven fabric as she rubs it. I am supposed to feel jealous since I don't have one like it. According to the wifey, it is me tormenting her....not the other way around. Can you believe that she doesn't consider the pellet gun in the kitchen a decorative part of the house. I guess she would rather have pigeon crap all over the deck.

And I want to wish myself a Happy Fathers Day...twice over.


Wes air drying his arse from a bad case of booty rash out on the deck.













Mia's reaction from us taking Wes out on the deck to air dry his arse from a bad case of booty rash.

It is a lot like Diane's reaction when I walk out onto the deck in my boxer shorts.