What a disaster of a week!

First, I'm very thankful for our many blessings.

But, Fudge, we had/are having a rough week.
Two blogs ago (in real time: exactly 1 week) Adam came down with Pinkeye in his left eye. Silly me thought I could prevent it from spreading to the right eye. WRONG! On Thursday, we began drops in that eye too. Now we must continue all that medication for 7 more days. Then, Friday at exactly 5:30, Adam falls to the floor screaming and holding his right ear. Thirty minutes later, he and I are at the Urgent Care (b/c this kind of thing always happens 30 minutes after the Pediatrician's office closes). The Doctor tells me he's surprised the ear drum hasn't already burst b/c it's bulging so much. So, Adam is prescribed 2 more meds to treat the ear infection and I'm to watch for discharge in case it does burst. Nice. Then, Sunday afternoon, after all the hand-washing and precautions, Caleb's eye starts to show signs of pinkeye. WONDERBAR! He has to wait until Monday morning to call the doctor, after much crusty goop wiping later. Now he's on eye drops. Not so easy to administer drops to an infant who hardly has eyelids and likes to grab your hand while you're doing everything. I finally had to sit on him (yes softly). Seven more days of that!! I'll have to write about part B of the yucky weekend later.

Taking Out A Limb

We have quite a few giant trees in our backyard and a few are worrisome come hurricane season. One Water Oak has grown out over our garage and the fingertips of it were starting to scratch the roof. Plus, closer to the trunk, the same limb had a nasty crack in it. We knew it needed to come down. So I called a tree surgeon yesterday and he came out after a morning storm we had. Well...that limb during that morning storm had twisted to where it was now laying ON the roof. Now it needed to come down ASAP. He got a crew out here today and in about 1 hour that limb was no more. They even blew off the patio when they were done and did not damage one thing (not that my backyard is a show-stopper thanks to our dogs). Anyway, it was pretty impressive the way they swung each piece down with precision. We feel much better now, except that the tree guy said we had 2 whole trees that need to come down soon. Well, uh, we'll start saving for that.

Before: Limb On Roof


Guy on ropes with a chainsaw!


Swinging a large part of the limb down on ropes


Guys cutting up the larger chunks of the limb


After: No more limb

Pink Eye! Yuck!

So Adam has gotten his first case of pink eye. I am trying my hardest to keep him and Caleb apart and wash all of our hands constantly. Those eye drops 3 times a day are fun!!

This Is Only One Afternoon

Adam and Caleb attempt to destroy my house everyday, multiple times. This afternoon I lost the battle. And this is only one vantage point of one room.

Happy Father's Day!!

First, Happy Father's Day to all you Dads!

I wanted to take a blog moment and say a special Happy Father's Day to my boys' Daddy. He makes their worlds magical and he makes my world hysterical. We love you so much!!
The boys have been camping in the driveway this weekend. Adam and Chris spent the night out there and Caleb has been joining in when not sleeping or eating. He's only fallen off the bed once. Chris and Adam went to Toy Story 3 in 3-D right after church and then we are all going swimming after naps. So lots of Daddy time!

Coming out of the movie!


p.s. Caleb has cut his two top teeth and is not happy about it. Poor kid.

H-O-T

I went out to check the mail today and I'm pretty sure I tripped over the equator!!!

Classic

Upon picking up Adam from Vacation Bible School, I got a shock. Apparently, as he got himself dressed the 5 minutes before we were leaving this morning, he decided to put his shorts on over his new Buzz Lightyear PJ shorts that he wore last night. Well, in the rush of leaving, I didn't notice something was bunchy under his shorts. So, as he's buckling himself in his carseat at pick-up, he informs me, "Look Mom, I wore my Buzz Lightyear shorts!" At first I was confused and then embarrassed and then I just laughed. He says nobody saw at VBS, but yeah right. They were sticking out in plain sight.
Moral of Story: Do a dress inspection before leaving the house from now on.

Look What I Ate!

Anniversary morning, Chris and I went out to breakfast and i ordered the Stuffed Brioche French Toast! This thing was bigger than my foot and D-Licious!




Then, weird thing happened over our neighborhood....

Back To Just One Kid

So Adam is visiting Mema and Pop for a few days and that leaves just me and Caleb at home all day. I know Adam is having a blast and being spoiled which leaves me time to spoil Caleb a bit here at home with one-on-one time. Even though I'm still handling a 6 month old, it is nice to have more freedom (Adam, when you read this later in life, don't take it the wrong way). You moms of 2, and at least 1 is walking, know what I'm talking about. If I want to go to a store, I go and Caleb rides my hip. If I want to stay out through a nap, he sleeps his way through the store. If I want to get things done around the house, I have 3-4 of Caleb's naps to do it in. When both are here, I have to stick more to a schedule so that we still have peace and sanity by the end of the day. Naps are important, eating lunch on time is important, and keeping an active 3 year old occupied is important. So, my parents are keeping Adam's schedule for a few days and I get to recharge my batteries and welcome him back after missing him terribly. Benefits for all. I will tell you that calling him on the phone everyday is hilarious. He sounds so much smaller over the phone.
So, Caleb and I have been playing and working on his crawl. He's close, but I think he's still head-heavy. He's got a serious noggin. Plus, his little frog butt doesn't have the proper proportion to balance it out. We'll do some jumping to work on that. I'm also weening him. There are two very good reasons poking out of his bottom gum in this picture. I'm down to 2 feedings per 24 hour period and hope to be totally done in a few weeks. It's been a good ride. He's finally eating baby food...I really think he just didn't know how to work the spoon when we first started.
So, I'm actually writing b/c I have the time and energy instead of just posting pictures!!
p.s. Chris and I are celebrating 6 years this Saturday!!

We Went Camping...Sort Of

We were planning to go to a lake to go camping this weekend, but with non-stop rain Friday and a chance of 70% on Saturday, we blew it off. However, telling Adam we weren't going camping was horrible so we went to plan B. We popped a tent in the living room, Bar-B-Qued Kabobs on the back porch (then Adam ate off his camping plate), and ate Smores (actually we call them Smosts now b/c we have upgraded from just plain chocolate to using Reeses Cups, Crunch, and Kit-Kats instead) in the garage.





Chris also finally cooked a successful brisket. In his own words, "It only took me until June of 2010 to get it right!!" Let me just tell you this thing was delicious!!!

Memorial Day

We spent part of Memorial Day with some friends and their twins who are almost exactly the same age as Adam. We had a great time and it wasn't until I was loading the last set of pics onto the computer that I saw this video Chris took of Adam and B "playing with" the crawfish we were to eat later. Typical boys.