Who needs sleep..?

Lots happening around here. I feel like my life is bullet points.

• I haven't had a chance to say- the Hill Country rocked. Super sad that Karen was rained out and stuck in Chicago- but Connie and I attempted to drink her share of cold beers. It was fun. (way fun). Sarah met us in Fredericksburg for some shopping one day too.
• Kyle is doing better after the croup episode - he went back to daycare today.
• Justin had another successful haircut - he ate about 8 dum dums in the process- but hey- whatever it takes. 
• Justin pooped in the potty yesterday. Not the big potty- the gross little one that sits on the ground. That thing disgusts me. It's gross. But he pooped in it. We now have an M&M reward system we are trying. I may have to offer more M&M's when he goes in the normal potty...I can't take that gross little thing sitting on my floor for much longer.
• Justin was up most of the night last night- had a fever - and pooped 400 times. He of course wanted M&M's each time. (Did I mention Dave is out of town?)
• Justin saw the allergist today - did the allergy tests. He's not allergic to ANYTHING. He just gets colds all the time. Awesome. I guess it's good news - but seriously? He did prescribe him Augmentin for a sinus infection - which evidently tastes terrible. I'm going back to the pharmacy to have it flavored tomorrow- why they don't offer this automatically for terrible tasting things for 3 years olds- I'm not sure. But there is no way I will get him to take it as is. I totally gagged him with it tonight- I thought he was going to throw up.
• So I stayed home from work again today with Justin - as I wasn't quite sure what was going on with him. Fever hasn't come back. He has had major poopisodes. I've laid off the Miralax for now. Hopefully back to daycare tomorrow.
• Mom Mom and Pop Pop arrive on Wed - yay! Cleaning lady comes tomorrow - yay! 

I have some videos I uploaded to You Tube- but I don't have time to look at them - I must go to bed before the night erupts with screaming children. I need more than 3 hours of sleep tonight.

ROAD TRIP

By some random creek we stopped to check out

Meeting the newest Madsen back in Dallas!

Hanging with my boys

Oh yeah- I fed Kyle cereal - cause I thought I had to do it before daycare did.
This is what he thought of it.

Bottle please- thanks

HAPPY baby while we were home from work with him!

Haircut!

I mean really- how cute can he be? 

Awesome - right?

The reason I have not slept...

Croup

Croup.. What croup? Do I look sick?

Kyle was miserable and had a nasty cough that had me worried tonight - so we headed to the ER around 12:30 or so. He was the hit of the ER- such a happy guy- then he would cough and the whole ER staff diagnosed him from the hall.

A breathing treatment and steroid later- we are waiting to be discharged. It's going to be a long day at work tomorrow.

Time for an update!

We're due for a blog update! Here is what's been going on:

• Justin's poop problem is still a problem. As of yesterday we are doubling the Miralax and feeding him "dinosaur raisins" (prunes) to help clean him out. So that's awesome. He's also decided that peeing on the floor is fun - so we're dealing with that. I realize someday he will be potty trained but that sure feels like a long ways off! Today we brought back inside the gross little potty that sits on the floor. He peed in it like 6 times. He yelled "AND GO TO THE FARM" after that (cause Grandma has mentioned he needs to be peeing in the potty before he goes to the farm). Then he proceeded to walk out of the bathroom and pee on the floor. He's like a dog. 
• EAR INFECTION!  Yup - Justin has an ear infection in the tube-less ear. So he's on an antibiotic  which I hope will also clear up what I think is a sinus infection.
• Kyle was a whopping 14lbs at his 5 month visit- so he's back on the growth curve. Still a peanut - but the doc was happy with his progress.
• I've been traveling for work some- off to Houston again tomorrow and spent most of last week in D.C - where it was BEAUTIFUL and Connie was in town too - so that was fun! And one night I had dinner with my friend Shannon - love catching up with friends!

Reunited!

Cherry Blossoms were awesome in DC!

That pretty much catches us up to this weekend! Last night we went to a charity auction for the daycare. It was fun to hang out with the other parents minus kids! I ended up winning the "art" done by Kyle's class.  They had a western themed week leading up to the "Buckaroo Bash." One of the mom's took photos of ALL of the kids at school and they sold the photos for $5 - see below. They were super cute.

We recycled the Halloween get-up

Construction equipment next to daycare! Look mom- a bobcat over there!

The art project I won at the auction.

Kelly watched the boys last night and sent these pics - guess we wore them both out playing around the house yesterday!

Today Justin went to a birthday party - and then we stopped to see the Madsen's for a bit - and well Justin crashed when we got home and I can't seem to get him to wake up.

Kyle is enjoying Masters Sunday with Daddy.

Next weekend is GIRLS WEEKEND! Connie and Karen are flying in and we're heading to the hill country- I am SO EXCITED! I'm sure Dave is too- lol. 

Easter Eggs!

Justin had fun hunting down the eggs this morning - and of course enjoyed the goodies in his Easter basket. He had a breakfast of champions today - Juice with Miralax, Peeps, Reeses' eggs and a real egg. I'm sure his pooping episode will be awesome today. Sigh...oh well.

Oh and on a not-funny note - Justin"tinkled" on the floor this morning. So obviously potty training is going pretty awesome. I had a hard time not laughing because Dave was out there yelling "Tanya, how do you want to handle this" and of course Justin started yelling "Tanya" from the other room. We made him clean it up..I really don't know when this potty training thing will stick. The minute I think we're making some progress he pretty much decides to revert to his old ways.

Enough potty talk - on to Easter photos:

He counted them  - correctly! 

Checking out Kyle's basket

Thanks Aunt Kathy for the Peter Rabbit Book!

Where did March go!?

It has been one busy month- and April is not going to slow down for us. Dave and I have both been busy at work and our weekends have mostly been spent just trying to catch up around the house and spend some time with the kiddos!

I know typing this will just jinx me - but the sleep situation around here has been MUCH better recently. Kyle is now on more of a schedule and Justin has for the most part stopped climbing out of bed in the middle of the night. We've sort of figured out a morning routine (if Dave and I are both here- it's still a free for all if it's only one of us). I must say - I was sooooo run down - I'm not sure how much longer I would have lasted if the sleeping situation hadn't improved!

Here are some photos from our last couple of weeks!

An exhibit outside the Dallas Museum of Art

We visited Mommy's office yesterday!

He is LOVING this game - Thanks Bonnie!

I'm biased- but how stinkin cute is this baby?

Grass!

Dear Mom

Mom,
I really hope my pooping episodes were never as dramatic as Justin's. If so...I am so so so sorry...

-T

Justin - 3 Year Stats

Justin's 3 year stats:

Weight: 33lbs 6 oz
Length: 38
Head: Well they quit measuring the head at 3 - much to Dave's disappointment.
BMI: This is what they measure instead of head..is is in the 55th percentile so he's good!

In other news- we get to start him on some Miralax to hopefully help him with is pooping issues - which should also help us with the potty training we hope.  I put big boy underwear on him yesterday and he proceeded to poop and pee in them twice.

He was a total whine-bag this week. Crying at everything - and one minute saying "I want my mommyyyy" and then the next "I want my daddyy"  - it was not a fun week. We stayed home yesterday and it seemed to help a bit to get back in our routine. Hopefully this week will be a better week..

Kyle - 4 Month Stats

My peanut is indeed a peanut!

Weight: 12lbs 3 oz (for comparison sake - Justin was 17lbs!)
Length: 25 1/4
Head: 16 3/4

Kyle's weight was less than 10th percentile so the Doctor recommended giving him more calories per bottle (more powder per oz) and switching him to Enfamil AR for his spit-up issues. We go back in a month to see how that's working.

Kyle also has a rash- which the doctor said looked like heat rash- but I'm not so sure. It flared up again this weekend. I sent pics and discussed it with our friend Shannon (MD) - and since there isn't anything else going on we pretty much just need to ride it out- hopefully it will disappear soon!

Thanks Mom-Mom, Pop-Pop, Lori and Carol!

We left the kids in South Jersey Friday and Saturday while we went to NYC for a night and then to Melissa's wedding. It was fun to get out and feel like "youngish" folks again! Hey- Mommy and Daddy are still capable of partying until the wee hours of the morning- who knew!?

Kyle stayed at Dick and Sue's  - and Aunt Carol came for a visit too. Justin stayed at Lori's and got to spend some quality time playing with Ethan! 

Thanks for keeping the kids!! Hopefully Lori has some better photos that I can steal and post..but here are a few that I snagged with my phone.

Hey -we remembered how to have fun!

The only one I have with all smiles- though Ethan decided to squint his eyes..

Sue and Lori organized a birthday party on Sunday - for all of the February thru April birthdays we have! The boys enjoyed the cake! Thanks for hosting!!

The best one I have..great to see James and Hanna!

Cartoon watching..

Weekend Fun

While Daddy was away- the kids did play..

My favorite Justin moment is when he gave Kyle the combine to play with and he said "nooo- don't chew on it- roll it..no don't taste it!"