A few days with one kid- was supposed to be a break..

Foolish me- I thought that Dave taking Justin to Philly for a few days would be a little break and that I would get a ton of work done. How stupid of me.

Justin was on day 9 of diarrhea when Dave got on the plane with him. The doc had said- no reason not to take the trip. So we had already been juggling work, babysitters and taking turns staying home with him for a week. 

Kyle had been on three breathing treatments a day for a week and has a terrible cough and had been up at night with it. I took him to the doc Wednesday afternoon (couldn't get our doc so saw his colleague). Doc thought we needed to just keep doing what we were doing and gave a steroid prescription and said he wasn't really sure it would help. 

What? Me? Coughing?

I was foolishly waiting until morning to give the steroid because the previous night Kyle had slept till 4 without waking. Well at 12:30 he was having coughing fits. I went in his room and there was puke in his bed. He proceeded to cough so hard he threw up again. I gave him a breathing treatment. He had coughing/throw up fits a few more times. Tried to give him the steroid and he basically coughed and threw it up on me. 

I finally decided it was time for the ER. So off we went. The nurses and doctors loved him - everyone who walked in said "that's one good looking baby" - so either they say that to all the moms- or my kid is super cute..

Outfit number five...for both of us..

They did an additional treatment there and gave him an oral steroid. He had a reaction to the breathing treatment and threw up. Sigh. We got settled and they had me feed him as the reaction to treatment could cause him to still be nauseous. Sure enough- thought we were in the clear and up came the whole bottle - so anti-nausea meds were given and we had to hang out a bit longer. We finally arrived home at 7am.

We saw his doc last night and talked through it all. They did a whooping cough test -just in case - as there are quite a few cases down here and vaccines aren't 100%- but doc doesn't think that's what it is. So we are continuing steroids and breathing treatments..and hope it starts to get better! Poor kid!

So two more days home from work with a different sick kid..who also now has Justin's diarrhea bug on top of the breathing issues.  I just hope Justin's bug is cleared up by the time they get back tomorrow..it's been a long couple of weeks around here! Every time we hit one of these rough patches I'm extra grateful that these are the only problems we're dealing with - I realize many parents out there are dealing with much worse situations!

Having fun while home with Mommy..

Go Hawks!

We had fun watching the Hawkeyes yesterday!  

Winnie is not so excited that Kyle has discovered he can climb in the crate..

Sporting Eagles colors today.

It's hard work getting a good picture..

Weekend with the Madsen's in Tyler, Texas!

Some of our favorite friends left Dallas a couple months ago and moved out to Tyler, Texas. We took advantage of the long weekend and went for a visit! We had 5 kids age 5 months to 5 years under one roof. Justin practiced his swimming skills, Dave and Shad golfed, and Shannon and I managed to escape for a few beers.  Oh - AND we went to the circus. How could I forget the circus. It was a small little circus..they did have Tigers. Shannon thought the tiger-dude was also the motorcycle daredevil...it's likely everybody had two jobs at this circus ;)  Justin liked the tigers...and then proceeded to ask where they were the rest of the time. We left at intermission -the kiddos had their fill by then.

We're looking forward to visiting Tyler again! (And Shannon and I are really looking forward to October when we sneak away for a weekend to visit Connie in Iowa! - NO KIDS!)

At the circus!

The grocery store had a bar..and live music so our trip took a little while.

Molly and Justin - out looking for fish.

Swim practice...wearing him out before the drive home!

Two minutes down the road...
we had said we were going to get ice cream...he couldn't make it!

Family Photo

Finally - a picture of the four of us! When daycare asked for one for Kyle's room...I couldn't find one since our Christmas Tree Hunt in November!

Check it out

Look who stood up in the middle of the room all by himself at daycare yesterday! The sweet teachers took a picture!

God Dammit

Yes - my 3 year old is saying "God Dammit" - I was hoping it would go away. But it hasn't and it's totally worth a blog post because even though I wish he'd stop saying it - it's funny how clever he is about it.

So - I may have said God Dammit at him a time or two. Especially during the pooping drama when I was at the end of my rope. I wanted to let out a string of curse words- trust me. But I haven't uttered these words recently.

On Friday morning I'm cutting up a pineapple in the kitchen. When I go to take the cutting board to the sink I manage to get pineapple juice all over the floor and I say "arg!" and Justin chimes in with "God Dammit."  Well at least he understands the context. So I say - Justin - we don't need to say that word. It's not nice. And I move on.

He says it again when we're getting in the car. Now I know it's just because I told him not to say it and I wish I had just ignored it the first time. So I just ignore it this time and pretend like I didn't even hear it.

He said it once or twice after that over the weekend and I just ignored it.  Then last night he finishes dinner and goes to the living area. He gets my attention with  "Mommy" and then whispers "God Dammit" and I say "I'm sorry buddy but I can't hear you. You're going to have to talk louder." This happens 3 times. Then I say "I still can't hear you. You are going to have to come in the kitchen if you want to talk to me."

He walks in the kitchen and I say "Did you have something to tell me?"

He stops and says "Nothing."

Then this morning when he wakes up - he gets in bed with me and we're laying there for a minute and he whispers again "God Dammit"

I again just act like I didn't hear anything.

So..my kid is the one at the church daycare- likely uttering God Dammit all day. Teachers haven't mentioned anything yet..so maybe he's reserving this fun just for me.

I don't want to make it a big deal - but I can't ignore it forever. Let's hope it just goes away this week!

No nap leads to sleepy boy..

Walking by Labor Day?

Kyle is always on the move - and putting everything in his mouth along the way. I swear he will be walking any day now. He is also climbing on anything he can. He is going to be a tough one to keep up with! 

He also has 2 teeth now- one on top and one on the bottom. I think the other two are close- but who knows. The first two certainly took their sweet time.

He also tries to climb this thing..

No hands!

Practice..

While we were at the park - Kyle climbed a slide - several times. If I wasn't right behind him to catch him in case he fell I would have grabbed a picture. But I figured if I grabbed the camera he would launch himself off the slide somehow!

Picnic at the park!

On Friday we had a little party at daycare in Kyle's room. Some of the kids (including Kyle) are getting ready to transition to the next room. We'll miss our current teachers!  

The older babies all made a beeline for this little table when we pulled it out- it was cute. 

Swim Lessons!

Justin had his last swim lesson tonight. He's come a long way in two weeks- though if you watch the video you might not appreciate it. He screamed bloody murder the first couple nights when they took him away from Dave. Then he still cried the next two nights. He would be better once they got him back there but the initial walk back was not so good!

At the beginning he wouldn't even put his face in the water. Now he's going under! He still needs some work - he doesn't quite have the hang of it just yet but he's much better. I think we might sign him up for a few private lessons and then enroll him in another class that meets once or twice a week to keep him going.

Arg!

This video is still making me laugh - days later.

Baby Klye is 9 months!

Kyle at 9 months- has 1 little tooth. Those others are evil and won't pop through. Stats from the doc today:

Weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (10th percentile - little guy!)

Height: 27 3/4

Head: 17 3/4

Kyle is a mad man- he's all over the place and pulls himself up on everything. I have money on him launching himself out of his crib before Christmas. 

He's eating puffs/cheerios and some table food now- and he does not want to be fed baby food any more. He puts his hands in front of his face and turns his head. He wants to do it himself. He's been doing it to me at home for a couple of weeks -and now that daycare has been giving him some table food he does it to them too. Guess we're done buying baby food!

9 months!!

Fun at the Museum last weekend

Justin at 9 months- was nearly 22 lbs! He couldn't sit up very well - so was always sitting in the middle of pillows and blankets- cause he would fall backwards constantly.  He wasn't crawling. He had 4 teeth though! And some crazy hair!

I haven't seen these jammies in Kyle's stash yet..
my guess is they are all 12 mo size and Kyle will have them out come December!