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Saturday, November 28, 2009

A lot to be Thankful for

We spent the week in Mississippi with Steve's family for Thanksgiving. It was a really great week. With two small children you just never know how travelling will go. Of course they both have colds so I was worried about their ears- but I am thankful neither of them had issues. Kylie slept and Jace was entertained- I am also thankful for that. In fact when we landed today Jace pointed to another plane and said "ride that one next." A lady even commented how good they both were- I was of course worried she had just jinxed it.

Jace loved being at his Meme's. I wondered how spoiled he was going to get. He was the center of attention a lot but never really acted up too much. The weather was great- cool but not too cold to go outside, which was good because Jace loved running around and playing in the leaves. Here are some pictures from the week.






Before we left we put up the tree. So when we got home today we got out the ornaments. Jace loved getting them out of each box. He hung a couple up but was content to let mom and dad do that part.



Kylie continues to be a trooper. At one point her nose was so red (because it was constantly running resulting in constant wiping) that Steve was affectionately calling her Rudolph. But all the while she was just smiles.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Always something

I guess with two small children I should expect no different, but we seem to be sick a lot lately. Nothing bad (so far) just lots of snotty noses, coughing and a low fever every once in a while. It all started 5 weeks ago when Jace got a runny nose and cough. Then it spread to Steve and I. Kylie got the runny nose. Two weeks ago Jace wakes up from his nap with a fever- went to doctor and he has pneumonia. Early last week his lungs are clear again and he is down to just the runny nose, Steve and I are feeling better, and Kylie is good. End of last week Kylie got her runny nose back, and Jace has the cough back (never got rid of the runny nose). Ugh... It is always something.

So that all being said, our doctor got swine flu shots in and I debated getting it. We obviously are germ magnets, and Kylie cannot get it so I felt like we all needed to get it to help protect her. Though there is such a shortage that the people at the daycare still cannot get it. So we all got it- the nasal spray. As we are filling out the paperwork I am asking questions like, "since the nasal is a weakened, but live virus, do we have to worry about exposing Kylie" and the nurse at first said she would avoid kissing her or any close contact the next couple days.. what? then she retracted and said it was very safe- that is why they were suggesting it for all parents for children under 6 months. As if the stress was not enough worrying about Jace being harmed by the vaccine I was now worried we would actually be giving it to Kylie. So far we are all ok. Jace had a small fever Friday night, not really sure if it was related, but nothing one dose of Motrin could not cure.

Saturday Jace and I went to Disney on Ice. He had a lot of fun- based on the fact that he only got slightly bored once. I had fun as well- I love my Disney movies- I knew all the songs. On the way home I was singing Little Mermaid and Jace says "me no like it." Nice- gotta love kids' honesty.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Neverland

We started Saturday morning with a trip to Dewberry Farms. It was a little bit of a trip (about an hour), but Jace had a lot of fun and the weather was gorgeous. It was pretty muddy since a front had come in the day before, so luckily I packed extra clothes.





Jace was a dragon for school activities, but Peter Pan for Halloween night. I had seen this Tinkerbell costume for Kylie back in August, and could not resist. And since Jace is not really old enough to have too much of an opinion on the matter he was Peter Pan. He really got into Halloween this year which was fun. We practiced saying "trick or treat" up the driveway but when someone answered the door he went mute- maybe next year. We just went up and down our street. After coming home he was excited to hear the doorbell ring- he would say "kids coming."





Kylie rolls to her stomach now instantly almost every time we put her down. The downside- she does not like being on her tummy, and she has not figured out how to roll from her stomach to her back. Not a big deal except for when she does it at 4AM. If she is real tired she finds her thumb and goes back to sleep, but often times she just gets super mad. With Jace he liked sleeping on his stomach and once he was rolling we could not stop him, so this is all new to us..


Jace has been suffering from a runny nose and cough for over three weeks. I called to take him in last week to the doctor, but the nurses convinced me that since he did not have a fever or having a hard time breathing there was not much they could do for me. Well Sunday he woke up from his nap with a 102 fever. The poor thing was having chills and throwing up. Luckily by the early morning the fever broke. The next day we took him in and he had a slight case of pneumonia. Poor kid. So the last two days we have been home with him. I took him up to the school today and he looked up at me with those big blue eyes and said "momma, go home", so we turned back around. By noon I felt like a sucker- he ran around all day and had to be convinced to take a nap. Oh well, luckily the weather was nice so we spent a lot of time in the backyard.