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Speedy is 5 Months Old

Rachel — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:02:04 +0000

Time seems to be flying with Little Man. He has grown so much this past month. He weighs 16.5 pounds and he has outgrown all his 3-6 month size sleepers and most of his shirts.

Speedy is a very busy baby. His little legs are almost always kicking while he is being held. They kick faster when he sees something he likes, like his big brother. He is very proficient at rolling from his back to his tummy. He can roll from his tummy to back, but why would he need to do that? He loves being on his tummy, kicking his legs and pushing up on his arms. He scoots backward across the floor while playing on his tummy and can turn around in a circle, reaching for toys. He desperately wants to move around, but all in good time. He likes being in the exersaucer, but any other baby containment device elicits fussing within minutes.

Speedy was sleeping fairly well, but has been waking up a lot more at night. I’m not sure what is going on. There were a few nights of excessive (like every hour or hour and half) night wakings, but he is going a little longer these days. At the beginning of the month, his naps lasted 45 minutes, max. Now, he is napping anywhere from 45 minutes to 2.5 hours. He stays awake for 1.5-2 hours before needing to go back to sleep. Our days have a bit more flow with the longer naps.

His hands are working more purposefully, grabbing whatever is in sight with razor sharp nails (no matter how often I clip them!). He grabs burp cloths, faces, shirts, hair, toys, cups, his own feet, etc. with abandon. He laughs very easily and often, little giggles to great big belly laughs. He will laugh while being tickled, tossed around the air, while big brother makes a face at him (he laughed this way the whole way through HEB last week, all Bud had to do was raise his eyebrows and Speedy was busting a gut laughing), if Sugar does a dance for him, he laughs and laughs. He has been laughing since he was two months old, but then it was mostly in his sleep. He is such a smiley, squealing, giggling cutie! We sure love him.

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So Long, Mullet!

Rachel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:53:31 +0000

I finally got the go-ahead to cut off little man’s mullet. It was surprisingly long when I got it all off!

This is what it looked like before the big chop:

And the remnants:

And a most-recent picture of Mr. Wiggle Worm (taken by Bud.)

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It’s a Boy!

Rachel — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:49:43 +0000

Speedy Supercinski
August 25, 2011 at 5:42 a.m.
7 pounds, 8 ounces, 20 inches long
Everyone is home and healthy and doing great

Birth story coming soon!

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Out with the Old

Rachel — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:09:55 +0000

I woke up a few days ago loathing my hair. It was too long, too stringy, too messy, took forever to dry, I kept finding pieces of it all over the place, etc., etc. Those of you ladies who know that feeling, know that it often results in a haircut. For me, it was a rather drastic one. I measured it and realized that it was long enough to donate. You can see the before and after shots below, along with a preview of the baby belly at 13 weeks.

And afterward… (I’m getting flashbacks from high school since my hair was very similar back then)

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January in Our Home

Rachel — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:03:51 +0000

We had a fun-filled month here in the Supercinski household this January. We got back into the swing of doing school after having several weeks off around the holidays, though we were consistent with math and phonics lessons. The kids have been enjoying all of their new Christmas gifts, especially the little in-house trampoline my grandparents helped us get them for Christmas. Bud has been keeping very busy building and creating things in his room while listening to books on CD, and Sugar loves to dress up and hates having to change to go out.

I hosted a reunion for one of my latest Bradley classes, and it was so much fun to get to meet all those beautiful babies. I was able to attend my final birth as part of my doula-training requirements, and it was a really great birth, even with pitocin and breaking her water early, she did amazing. I just need to buckle down and write some papers and then I can submit all my work and get certified soon. I don’t intend to help at a so many births, but it something I enjoy doing and hope to continue doing as our family circumstances allow.

I’m thinking about doing just a monthly update and tossing the books in that section, we’ll see how long it lasts. I only read one book this month, but I have a good excuse.
Uncharted by Angela Hunt – this is a Christian fiction book that I cannot remember where I heard it recommended, but I did, so I read it. It was fairly well written, and it tells the story of a group of friends from college that reunite 15 years later. They end up going on a trip to build a school in a remote island, but are shipwrecked along the way. The rest of the story follows the story of Lazarus and the rich man from Luke 16. It was interesting and thought-provoking, and would make an interesting book club selection.

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Merry Christmas!

Rachel — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:25:18 +0000

For those of you who did not get our Christmas card, you can consider this your online version, along with a bonus mini-letter.

This year has been a wonderful year for our family. We began homeschooling Bud in pre-K/Kindergarten and have enjoyed all the changes and community that have come along with it. Bud is almost five years old, and keeps himself busy with blocks, cars, and drawing. Sugar is two-and-a-half and enjoys playing with babies, changing clothes, accessorizing, and coloring. Thomas continues to enjoy his job and expanding our garden season-by-season. I have taught 20 couples this year in childbirth classes, gotten certified as a lactation educator and been able to serve in the community teaching free breastfeeding classes. I have also been able to attend a few births this year as a doula-in-training. The Lord has been so good to us.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to any blog readers that have stuck around this year!

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2000s in Review

Rachel — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:06:20 +0000

I saw this on my friend, Megan’s, blog, and I thought it was so interesting that I had to do it myself. Our blog tends to be a little kid-focused these days, so perhaps this will give some of you a bit more information about me than you ever wanted to know.

2000
Celebrated Y2K asleep in a recliner at my best friends’ house on my first outing after back surgery.
Spent about four months in a fog recovering from said surgery.
Started my freshman year at Texas A&M University, majoring in education, thinking I was going to be a math teacher or go to nursing school.

2001
Spent spring break in London.
Decided teaching wasn’t really what I was supposed to do, changed my major to community health intending to go to nursing school someday.
Spent eight weeks in Nepal that summer. Got worms, made some great friends, experienced an earthquake and was robbed at gunpoint by Maoist rebels who stole all our stuff and attempted to burn down the house I was staying in. It was a life-changing summer, if you couldn’t tell by my brief description.

2002
Junior year of college, got really involved in the college ministry at our church, met Thomas and made more wonderful friends.
Applied to a bunch of nursing schools to transfer to a BSN program. Didn’t get into a single one though my grades were really good. God firmly closed that door, though it was shocking to me at the time.

2003
Lived with a wonderful family who taught me a ton about marriage and family.
Thomas and I started dating in November.

2004
Internship at Hope Pregnancy Center the semester before graduation.
Thomas and I got engaged in August.
Graduated in December.

2005

Thomas and I were married on January 8th. Had an awesome two-week honeymoon in Paris.

Found out we were pregnant in early May.
Bought a house in September.

2006

Bud was born in February.
Made some great mom friends who helped in the transition to motherhood.

2007

Lived it up with one kids and lots of fun friends (that picture is horrible, but one of the few I have of most everyone.)
Started training to become a Bradley Method childbirth instructor.
Found out I was pregnant with Sugar in October.

2008

Sugar was born in May.

Became fully certified as a Bradley instructor.

2009

Enjoying life with two beautiful kids and a wonderful husband.

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