Go FSU!!!

This post if for my family in Florida. My sister Leanne and her husband Keith moved to Florida when my neice Melissa was about 7, My neice Lauren was 3 and my nephew Travis was 1? Not to sure on the ages. Now, Melissa is 21, Lauren is 17 and Travis is 13. Crazy how time flies by. Anyway, it was really hard to see them go, but boy is it awesome to go and visit them! :)

My neice Melissa goes to FSU. And when Owen was born they sent him this outfit. I thought it'd never fit him. Well, it finally does. He wasn't to happy during the "photo session," but I managed to capture a couple of cute ones!



"It's the beginning of the game, and we're winning!!!"


"Oh know guys, their starting to kick our butts!"


"We've lost!"

We miss you guys soooo much! Hope to see you soon. Love you!!!

A trip to the dentist, the patchie is GONE, and a first haircut!!

Finally, the house seems back to normal. Everyone is healthy and for the most part happy!:) So here we go with an update of the goings on in our house...

Well, Chloe has officially gotten her first cavity filled. It's kind of bitter~sweet for me, because we had originally thought that she had cracked her tooth. Turns out it was just a bad cavity. We were glad that we didn't have to get a cap or anything, but we were a little sad that she got a cavity. She LOVES to drink apple juice, and the dentist said that is NOT good. So, we've put an end to that, and she gets water or milk all day, except at lunch ~ she gets a glass of juice at lunch. It's gone over well so far, and Brett doesn't seem to mind no juice either. Owen has never had juice, so I'm just keeping him on water and milk too.

Now on to Brett. The patchie is a thing of the past ~ THANK GOD! It took about three nights for him not to ask for it. Nap time is still especially hard, but I'm sure we'll get through that too. He doesn't even ask for it anymore!!!


Here he is the first night when I told him the patchie was going bye-bye. He obviously isn't too happy...


And here he is, the next day. He cried and cried for that thing. I'm actually quite surprised that I was as strong as I was and didn't give it to him.



And Owen got his first haircut a couple of weeks ago. It was "all business up front, and a party out back!" :) He wouldn't sit in the chair by himself, so I'm taking the picture with him on my lap...



All done...



My little Owen is getting so big these days. He's starting to say more things, and play a bit better on his own. We still have alot of the day with him on my hip, but we're working on that. He's just such a joy!!

Don't cry over spilled milk...

Have you ever heard the saying "Don't cry over spilled milk?" Well, I did this morning. If you've kept up with my blog this week, you'd know that I've had a pretty crappy week. (No pun intended.) Well, Owen woke up at 4:00a.m. I think that he may have ear infections. I know, he's got tubes, but he's been tugging at them for a few days now, so it's just an instinct that I have. Anyway, I gave him Motrin, and Teething Tablets (just for good measure) and then we finally went back to bed about 5:30. I woke up and noticed that the top of the Motrin was off the bottle, and Brett's mouth was a bit sticky. Now I knew that their wasn't more than half the bottle left, but I felt I needed to call Poison Control. Turns out that even if he drank the whole 4 ounce bottle, it wouldn't hurt him. "Give him a glass of milk." Well, stupid me ~ I put it in a cup without a lid. I then realize that Brett has poop. I go to change his diaper, and leave the cup of milk on the counter. Well, let's just say that Brett's poop has been a bit "loose." (TMI) Anyway, it got all over the carpet, and before I could even clean that up, I run back to the kitchen to get some cleaning supplies, and I see that Owen has stepped on the step-stool that Brett put there and got the cup of milk and it spilled down him, down the cabinets, and on the floor. I literally "cried over spilled milk."

And yet another update...

Well, I ended up getting it yesterday. Along with Owen, getting it for the second time. Thankfully, Ryan stayed home from work yesterday to help me. And I'm also thankful that I'm feeling ALOT better today! This flu is just SOOOO wicked. That's all I can say about it. It went through our family of five in just 3 days, and now I'm thinking Chloe may have it again. She keeps running to the bathroom to puke, but nothing. Luckily, we have a snow day for school today, so she didn't have to miss the Valentine's Party.

Hopefully my next post will be a little bit better news! :)

Update...

Chloe got it. Since about 4:00 this afternoon she's been throwing up. She's in bed now, so hopefully she's past the bad part and I won't be up again all night.

Pardon my french, but THIS SUCKS!!!!

A weekend of sickness, and a trip to the E.R.

Well, this post was going to be one of updates and cute pictures, but I'll have to save that for a later post.

This weekend was such a long weekend. Saturday night, Brett got the flu. We were up pretty much all night with him. Throwing up, changing sheets, in the tub, throwing up, changing sheets, in the tub. By morning, I had run out of blankets to give him, so I was doing laundry at about 5:00a.m. About 1:00a.m. though, Owen got it. Owen, wasn't too bad, he only woke up a couple of times, but I was really worried about Brett. Absolutely everything I gave him, he vomited ~ even Pedialyte. At about 3:30, he told me he was so thirsty, so I went and got him a cup of water. 10 minutes later, he puked that up. This went on all night. Finally about 7:00, I called my doctor. I was really concerned about him getting dehydrated. She called me back a bit later, and asked me how many times he had vomited in the last 15 hours (that's how long it had been going on by this time.) I told her 10-15, but probably more like 15. She told me to get to the E.R., because he needed IV fluids.

So, I prayed the whole way to the hospital that he wouldn't puke in the car. He didn't!! We got there, and we were the only ones there, so they took us in right away. The doctor came in right away, and he said that he was happy, because Brett still had tears and snot! A sign that he didn't have severe dehydration. Just as we were getting him hooked up to the IV, Ryan's parents walked in! I was so relieved to see someone I knew. I knew that Brett was going to be fine, but it's just reassuring for someone else to be there with you! Thanks guys! :) Anyway, he did really good with the IV going in, but he wanted it out so bad! We finally got a urine sample, and it said that their were keytones in it that showed dehydration. We already had the IV fluids going, so that's what they would've done anyway.

To make a long story short, we got out of there about 2:30p.m. He appears to be doing just fine this morning. He's eating a banana as I'm typing this, and he hasn't thrown up since yesterday! Owen is doing a lot better too! For a while I was thinking I was going to have to take him in too, but I think he'll be o.k.

And now, Ryan has it! He woke up about 4:00a.m. with it. This wicked thing spreads so fast!! I'm just praying that Chloe and I don't get it!!

Bye bye patchie... :(

I'm not sure if this is more sad for me, or more sad for Brett, but we said goodbye to the patchie tonight. Chloe went to the dentist today, and Ryan asked her if the boys should get rid of their patchies. She said by the time they were 2 they should be done with them. So, you know what that means...

He did pretty good at bedtime. I don't think he's quite asleep yet, but he's playing with a couple of toys in bed. We don't normally allow that, but considering the circumstances, we had to submit to that, otherwise Owen wouldn't fall asleep.

I took a picture of him crying hysterically for his patchie, but I can't load it now. I'll post it later ~ it's pretty cute, in a sad sort of way! :) Wish me luck, hopefully we have an uneventful night. I'll keep you posted!

A little trip down memory lane...Oh how "I'll" miss that patchie, but it's going to be so much easier not having to track it down everywhere we are.

Let it snow...Let it snow...Let it snow!!!

O.K. ~ so not too bad ~ not even a week since my last post! These pictures are about a week old, but that's o.k.! :)

It FINALLY snowed here, and the kids were SO excited to play outside. We only got a little less than an inch, but it made them happy to play in it!!

All dressed up and ready to go!!


This was Chloe's first time making a snow angel!


Brett's too, but I can't help but think ~ "Ralphie, I can't get up!!" :)


And this was their "snow slide."


A couple of Sunday's ago, we went to Ryan's mom and dad's house, and it was snowing then too, so we sent the kids out to play there, and they had a blast!!





And because Owen wasn't in any of those pictures, I couldn't leave him out, so I'll leave you with this one...this is on Christmas Eve, taking some of his "first steps!" He's cruisin' now though! :)