I've been waiting...

for two things:
#1 My three to be ready and willing to take a picture together, AND
#2 for Coda James to actually say "cheese" when you ask him to.
Mission Accomplished x 2

More traumatic than childbirth...

Last night I encountered something that I will day was more traumatic than childbirth. However I was not the one in pain, it was my baby, Aidan. At about 7:15pm he and Coda were playing "tag". Nick and I were in our room, oogling over Téa. When all of a sudden we heard a scream, not a get-off-me-brother scream, but a real, my-heart-started-racing scream. I ran out to the living room to find Aidan on the floor bleeding from his eye area. Nick to say the least, was not at all calm. Coda was crying and I was trying to keep calm, praying that it was not his actual eye that the blood was coming from. I held Aidan, Nick called "E". By this time the bleeding had slowed and I was able to see that it was a cut next to his eye, Thank God! He told us that he had been playing tag with Coda and fell and hit his eye on the bottom corner of our leather ottoman. Sam "E" arrived about 3 minutes after we called and we were off to the Emergency Room, where we proceeded to wait almost 2 hours before being seen by a doctor. ARE YOU JOKING ME!!!

Aidan was in very good spirits, entertaining the fellow Emergency Room "waiters". Once seen by a doctor, he determined that it would be best if they could glue it shut. Well to say the least that did not work. So we were faced with stitching the cut. The nurses then put him in a papoose basically wrapped him tightly in blankets with his arms at his sides. He was not ok. The doctor assured me he was not in pain. He was in a panic, sweating, screaming. I was trying so hard to hold back the tears. It took Nick, me, 2 nurses, a paramedic to old him down, we were all sweating, we were using all of our strength just to hold him still. He has 5 stitches, it took about 15 minutes. The worst 15 minutes of my life. Aidan was beside himself. He is so expressive, he was able to communicate exactly what he was feeling and it was heartbreaking. "I want out of this, I am hot, Mommy, Daddy, take me home, please Papa, help me, just get me out of this place, I want to see my brother, I can't move, I am hot", all of this screaming. It went on and on and my heart broke. But once it was over he was fine, he was given a popsicle and stickers and off we went. If you talk about getting the stitches he will begin to cry, and then he'll say "the doctor said I was the bravest boy in the whole wide world". This morning he told me, "mama, 'member in the car on the way to the hopibal", yes Aidan I remember, "'member when you prayed to our God and Jesus in heaven," yes Aidan, "well God came withs us to the hopibal and made me all better." Out of the mouth of a child, he knows that God helps him, heals him and is with him everywhere.

It looks worse than it really is,
there is some left over glue mixed with blood still stuck on his face.

The doctor said, "in two months, there will be a pretty good scar, in 6 months, it will be fading, in a year you will hardly notice it AND by the time he is caring what girls think about him, you will have to show him a picture to remind him he once had a scar." I told the doctor, my baby will never care what girls think about him...YEAH RIGHT!

Nap Time

While I was pregnant with Téa I napped with the boys. Well not *with* them, but at the same time as them. Since Téa has been born, I have napped three times, accidentaly...you know the naps you weren't planning on, they just happen, then you wake up feeling anxious and worse then before you fell asleep. Well, today I will not be napping, not on purpose or accident, my sister Samantha(or "E" as they call her) is coming over and watching a movie with me. All three are napping, so I can watch a movie in peace!

My sister will probably get frusturated with me as I have some laundry to fold, ironing to catch up on and sewing to do, which I plan on doing while the movie is on. When did I become my mother?? When I was a kid, my sister and I woud get so *mad* at my mom, she could not just SIT and watch a movie, she was always doing something. I never realized that it was because she couldn't just SIT there, there was to much to be done. So now I too multi-task. A trait my husband said God forgot in him!

Our weekend in a nutshell...

On Saturday Night...

Nick and I went to "Casino Royale" a fundraiser for a local Alzheimers DayCare Center, Nick's parents invited us and we had a blast. There was tons of food, Blackjack, Poker, Roulette (for prizes not for money), but my favorite part was the 6 foot tall chocolate Fondue Fountain, to die for!!! And thank you to my mom who was up for the weekend and took care of our kids.

View from the Adorni Center, this is the Humboldt Bay and the Marina

Téa in the dress my sister ("E") bought the day we had our Ultrasound

On Mother's Day/My Birthday we went to Church and then went to Kent and Sue's (Nick's parents, well now they are mine too) for a BIG BBQ, the guys planned it all
The answer is "yes" I became #2 when this little girl was born

Yes, he is really holding her (and he is standing on cement), YIKES!

Nick's Aunt Jovoné with Téa (Téa is wearing a hat of Nick's dads when he was a child)

Téa laughing at her daddy, Nicks Uncle Jeff in the background

Aidan playing soccer, against himself!

Mommy and Baby

Mommy with Aidan
(and my two Mother's Day gifts, a necklace and a rose)

The water was just too hard to resist...

Aidan, Coda, and Jyden (my nephew) stripped down

Coda is just a little wet

I think the fun is over...

Somehow my mom is in none of these pics, well somehow she is rarely in pics, I will have to find some and post them later.

Well I thought...

I would never do laundry on Sunday's but when I see a pile I have to do something with it. So last evening two more loads of laundry were done.

For a GRAND TOTAL of 15 loads in 7 days!!!

Laundry Update

So here it goes, we are on day 6 of the 7 day Laundry Extravaganza...
MONDAY - 2 loads
TUESDAY - 3 loads
WEDNESDAY - 2 loads
THURSDAY - 1 load
FRIDAY - 4 loads
And Saturday - 1 load

That makes 13 loads in 6 days, I usually don't do laundry on Sundays and this week I am definitely not doing laundry on Sunday as it is Mother's Day and my Birthday...so I guess we have a total 13 loads of laundry in one week! WOW!

Well now you all know I am kind of fanatical about housework and laundry, and you will never come to my house and find the laundry room looking like this...now if it is Sam's (my sisters) laundry day that is a different story!

A little sad...

I just talked to my mom and she told me that my Grandma won't be able to make it up here this weekend. My mom and she were set to leave Santa Rosa at about 4pm today, but prior to that my Grandma would have to make a 2 1/2 hour trip by herself. I am bummed, first because I was looking forward to spending some time with her and second because I did not send her Mother's Day card as she was going to be here, and sending it today won't get it there until Monday. I haven't talked to my Grandma yet, so I hope that she is ok, my mom said she had just overdone it lately. Prayers for good health and lots of strength are coming your way Grandma! You will be missed this weekend. 

All is quiet

It is 9pm and all is quiet at the Lende home. Daddy and Téa are sleeping peacefully, as you can see! Let me tell you, this is the ending of today that I needed, as it did not run smooth at all.

Coda woke up with 103 degree fever, and even though he slept a good portion of the day, I worried. He tried to act as though he wasn't sick, one minute he was playing cars in the hallway and the next I look down the hall, to see him laying on the floor with his butt up in the air (classic Coda sleeping position), smoochie in one hand and his "paci" in his mouth. We are only using the "paci" at nap and bedtime, but I thought today was an exception.

Then at about 3:30pm Nick called needing me to pick him up from work, he was fevered and his hands and feet were numb and prickly feeling. So my unshowered self packed all three kids in the car (had to wake Aidan from his nap) and went to get Nick. Well bless his heart he is definately sick. And Nick and sick are not a good combonation. He is a wuss (his word not mine) to say the least. Nick will be staying home tomorrow, which will be a strain on the finances as his work does not have paid sick days, but we will figure something out.

As for me I am still unshowered, so off I go. Sleep Well World!

P.S. I almost forgot, in the laundry department here is the tally...Monday = 2 loads, Tuesday = 3 loads, Wednesday = 2 loads, YES you read that right in three days I have done 7 loads of laundry! No wonder why I feel like I am constantly doing laundry, I am.

Power Guys

"We are POWER GUYS!"To be a POWER GUY you need:

#1 a hanger (stuck in the back of your shirt)

#2 a flashlight

#3 a jump rope

#4 and most important, a brother

As a mom of these two, life can get a little crazy, to say the least. It is moments like these when they are playing "POWER GUYS" that makes it all worth it. Aidan made sure Coda had a hanger and a flashlight. However, there was only one jump rope (a purchase of mine to get in shape, haha), so they had to share. When they are playing so nicely it makes me forget (maybe just for a moment) about the havoc they have caused today...took the cushions off my couch 4 times (5 pillows x 2 couches x 4 times removed = too many pillows Mom had to put back), see it is funny how that works, they are more than capable of removing the pillows, but they CANNOT put them back, took apart my "fake" Cala Lilies, guess it is time to get out the hot glue gun, unfolded the folded laundry, scattered about 150 diapers around their room. Well I guess they figure I wouldn't have anything to do if they didn't go behind me and mess up everything I put away!

Do you ever wonder...

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Poor Aidan

Well it is official Aidan has hand-foot-mouth disease. But as of right now it is only in his mouth. It started yesterday as a high fever with a sore throat (it is very nice that Aidan is old enough to tell me what is hurting). I looked in his mouth this morning and there are a lot of sores, PLUS my bestest friends son has hand-foot-mouth and Aidan and he accidentally shared chocolate milk last Wednesday.

So my goals for the day:
1. Help Aidan feel better
2. Pray Coda and Téa do not sick
Ohhh...plus catch up on the bazillion loads of laundry this family produces. I have estimated before, but this week I am actually going to count. From Monday, May 8th to Sunday, May 14th, I am going to tally up how many loads of laundry we do. YIKES, I am not sure if I want to know.

Introducing...

Aidan Kent, 3 years and 9 months


Coda James, 2 years and 1 month


Téadora Diane, 3 months, 2weeks and 5 days

And so it begins....

Well it has taken us awhile, but the Lende Family Five starts a BLOG. Me and my perfectionistic tendencies would never just start it, because it would never be perfect....well it's not going to be perfect, but atleast the BLOG will be in existence.

Now I cannot recreate the last 5 years (almost), so you are going to have to jump where we are. Occasionally I will reminisce to when it was just Nick and I (yes there was a time, a short time), or when Aidan was a baby or that short time we lived in Santa Rosa (well it was just long enough to get pregnant with Coda and have him).

As of today our Lende Family Five consists of:

Nick, 24 tomorrow (Happy Birthday Nick), working at Advanced Security, playing music, leading Worship Band, trying to keep up with Aidan and Coda and constantly in awe of his daughter!

Stephanie, 24 in 9 days, home all day with the kids (not as relaxing as it sounds), on the leadership team for MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers, a Christian mothers group), finally getting her Mary Kay business off the ground, www.marykay.com/stephanielende

Aidan, 3 years and 9 months, cannot wait until he is 4, which is when he gets to play soccer, loves his baby sister, say "I just lub that cutie gurl", not so sure about Coda, as Coda is into everything right now.

Coda, 2 years and 1 month, wow, and you thought Aidan was into everything at 2, has the best "CHEESE" smile, has not figured out that he cannot fly.

Téadora (Téa), 3 months and 2 weeks and 5 days! Wow time goes fast! Could a girl be any cuter?! Loved by all, adored by alldefinitelyly a great addition to our family.