Sicky boy

Max still isn't feeling so hot today. Can you tell?  :(

Fingers and Toes

I have orange toe nails. They make me happy. That is all.

P.S. Not to be outdone, David wants me to post pictures of his toes as well...

 ...and his fingers too.

Who needs sleep?!

Apparently, my boys think sleep is lame. They would not go to sleep last night for anything. No matter how hard I tried they laid in their beds laughing and playing with each other across the room. I finally gave up and figured they'd pass out when they were tired. It was much less stressful for me and it sounded from the living room like they got some good bonding time. :)

Finally at 10:15pm (2 hours past bedtime) they got quiet. I waited a few minutes to make sure they were out then I snuck in to check on them. They were out hard. Finally! Isn't he sweet when he sleeps? *sigh*

Does that shadow look like a dinosaur head  or is it just me?


Then do you know what they did to me?!? They woke up early. Early. Can you believe it? After all that trouble going to bed last night and they got me up early. I've been awake with David since 4:30am and Max since 5:30. Somebody didn't get the memo that Mama likes sleep.

Yay for Disney channel's early morning programming!!!



New Words

Max is learning new words just about every day. I've lost count now of how many words he can say because he pretty much repeats anything back to us now. Today was still a sort of exciting day though because he said his first ever three syllable word - basketball. His daddy is so proud! And not only did he say it, but it was unprompted and spontaneous. He pointed at a ball here in the house and correctly identified it. Clear as day. Just like that. It blows my mind how quickly kids learn! 

24 hours

Oh, what a difference 24 hours can make! Just yesterday Max was happy and healthy. Now this morning - just 24 hours later - we're working with a low fever and runny nose. Yuck. He looks super tired and yucky feeling. He's trying his very best to be happy and keep playing, but the poor guy just looks a little off today. Maybe a long nap this afternoon would help...

Belly Pics!

At first Mr. Camera didn't get the memo that we were taking clear pictures so I got a bunch of these. Nice silhouette though right? Just tryin' to find the positives. :)

20 weeks, 4 days.

 Once I got him straightened out I had messed up the angle of the picture so my shoulder looks all scrunched and silly. When you're working with a tissue box and a roll of toilet paper as a tripod and you've got the camera's self timer on for the first time ever you're not expecting perfection right?

20 weeks, 4 days.

The Hershey's Syrup Incident

I had the boys freshly bathed, toenails clipped, ears cleaned and teeth brushed. We were so close to bedtime. ....And then I had to pee. It's pretty selfish of me really. Taking a whole 30 seconds to myself is just asking too much. I heard some banging and clanging while I was locked in the bathroom speed-peeing. I bravely made my way to the kitchen hoping for the best, expecting the worst. I found this.....

Earlier in the day I had dropped a bottle of Hershey's syrup off the top of the fridge (where it was safely being kept out of kid reach). The top broke off and the bottle was all messy. I was busy getting ready for some company to come over so I set it on the counter top by the coffeemaker so I could deal with it later. The boys had been eyeing it all day. Apparently, the temptation became too overwhelming and my little climbers worked out a plan.

Max opened the oven - his new favorite naughty thing to do - and used it as a step ladder to get to the counter top. From there it was a race to chug-a-lug as much as they could before I got back to the kitchen. It appeared that Max was the main culprit having been the messiest and eaten the most.

Not only did I not want to clean the sticky, messy, mess but I was just positive I'd be up all night with a puking boy. Max is very sensitive to sugary foods. As a baby, he'd get a horrible diaper rash when I'd eat lots of sugar then nurse him. As an older infant he'd get cranky and have belly aches. He spent the whole night after his 1st birthday awake and puking after eating 3/4 of a cupcake. I put him to bed and said a prayer, but secretly kissed my sleep goodbye. Luckily, we both slept alllll night last night. No one was sick, no one had a belly ache. Hallelujah!