Sick Kids...

So, the sick kid saga continues in our house. Drew started with coughing and congestion on Sunday and by Monday was running a fever. We had him at the doctor Tuesday and we decided to wait it out to see if he could fight it himself and not start an antibiotic yet. He is doing better (no fever) but still sounds horrible. The joys of his non-asthma asthma! He has until Tuesday to get through it on his own.
My little Allen started with a fever Tuesday evening and yesterday it just kept going up. By this morning it was at 101 so into the doctor we went. He has his first ear infection (oh boy) and RSV. Our doctor said she has not seen a case of RSV since early January. Leave it to one of my kids to get something crazy! He's on meds for the ear and we're watching his breathing to make sure he's getting enough air on the RSV front. If he has labored breathing then we have to call the doctor or head to the ER if it gets really bad. So...I'm sleeping on his floor tonight just to be safe.
It's so frustrating to start this so early in his life! I'm destined for breathing treatments forever!!

I've always said I wasn't crazy...

...now maybe everyone will believe me! They have now classified all our new mom brain issues...read all about it!

Postpartum changes may bring on ‘momnesia’
Coping usually takes a few adjustments — plus, a sense of humor helps!
By Mike Celizic

There’s probably not a new mother alive who can’t identify and share a smile with Andi Silverman’s stories of memory lapses. Like the time she went shopping and left her groceries in the store. Or when she went on vacation with her two small children and forgot the diapers.
With two toddler sons, Nate, 3, and Teddy, 2, commanding her total attention, this kind of forgetfulness is to be expected, say medical experts. They even have a name for it — “momnesia.”
“It’s a state of the female brain that is a bit forgetful after she’s had a baby,” Dr. Louann Brizendine told TODAY correspondent Savannah Guthrie.
The author of the book “The Female Brain,” Brizendine said that the condition is brought on by the wildly fluctuating flood of hormones that accompanies pregnancy, childbirth and breast-feeding.
“It alters brain chemistry,” she said. “All these hormones are in a stew in the brain that are changing the way a mother focuses.”

Read the rest at:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23501326/

First Cereal!

Allen had his first cereal on February 16 and did pretty well. He's picky about when he wants it and when he doesn't, but hopefully he'll get used to it soon.

I'm ready!

This is messy!
(I'm such a slacker getting Allen's "firsts" in print. I'll get better...I hope!)

Priceless...

Drew loves for me to put Allen in his bed when I am getting him up in the mornings or after his nap. Allen gets so still and just looks around. It's a really cute time!

Choo Choo!

On Saturday, we went to the House & Garden Show with Nana and Grandaddy. No, we weren't shopping for anything...just went to see the cool model train display. Drew was amazed and could have stood there and watched for hours...he was so excited about each train - where it went and what kind it was (a steamie or a diesel, a freight train or passenger train, etc.). I must admit, it was a very impressive setup! Enjoy some photos...I attempted to catch his priceless expressions on film but a video camera would have been easier with as much as he was moving! (As you can tell by his shirt, it was a game day...it's odd to plan to wear your orange during the winter around here but we're loving it!)

Oh...and I do!

Little Gym Graduation

Drew "Graduated" from his Little Gym class in January. He started right back the next week so it was purely ceremonial, but he did get a medal! Mommy and Allen went to watch and see all the fun things he has learned. Enjoy!

Promised Photos

I promised photos of the boys...here are some from the last 6 weeks. I'll try to be better at keeping up!

Brothers?

Hmm...do you think they are brothers?!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day! This morning I gave the boys their Valentine cards from mommy and daddy and their new puppy dogs. We all missed Daddy - he has been in Scottsdale all week and won't be back until tomorrow night. Both boys went to school today and Drew had a little party in his class (and ate a cookie, he told me). He was so excited to take Valentine's to all his friends and "hearts" to his teachers. (I didn't tell him they were full of chocolate!) He came home with a goodie bag full of fun candy and new glasses! Tonight, Nana and Grandaddy came over for dinner and brought fun presents and chocolates. They stayed late to play with Drew and Allen and help out with the nightly routine.
Enjoy a few photos from today!