The flu is NO fun...

...and we know because both boys have had it this week, and are still recovering from. My poor babies. Will had his flu shot, but he still got it. Scott started running fever last Sunday, and he was so fussy. Patrick stayed home Monday and took him to the doctor, where his flu test came back positive and then they sent him for a chest x-ray because they were afraid of pneumonia. Luckily, the x-ray came back clear. I picked Will up that afternoon and by the time I got him home he had fever. He went to the doctor Tuesday, and his flu test came back negative, but they did not feel that was accurate and put him on Tamiflu. His fever spiked up to almost 103 on Wednesday, and Scott's fever came back yesterday. It has been a long week. They do seem to be on the mend though. We have decided that Scott is going to stay with my Mom until the end of the school year, then will be home with Patrick and I all summer. So, he will be almost a year old when he goes back, and hopefully able to fight all of this off! We know he will get sick, but seeing him so sick right now is so hard.

Tomorrow is opening day for Montgomery Little League so we are hoping Will is ready to go! Keep the boys in your prayers!

Sick again...

Poor Baby Scott. Grace called me Wednesday around noon to tell me he was running fever, so I went and picked him up early. He didn't seem to bad so we made an appointment for the next day. I met Mom at the doctor, and they tested him for flu!!! Thank goodness, the nurse practitioner decided it was the beginning of an ear infection, and just a cold, not the flu. He cannot breathe...which means he can't sleep. We are back to waking every hour!! Thursday night as pretty miserable for me, last night Patrick got up with him. Hopefully once he gets over this, he will start sleeping better again. We all miss our sleep. If not, I have downloaded Ferber's book, and we will be doing some sleep training come Spring Break!
Pray for baby boy to feel better soon!!

Where have we been??

BUSY! Life with 2 children, and 2 full time working parents is busy. Busy, busy, busy. And tiring. I was so glad to have an extra day off this past weekend due to "snow" ... or ice. It was just nice to have an extra day!! I was actually able to really clean my house. I am not sure if I have cleaned it as well as I did since before Scott was born, and he is almost 6 months old. Patrick and I are both training right now (he for an IronMan and me for a half-marathon) so our weekends are spent training separately while the other one watches the kids, grocery shops, cleans, watches the kids, etc... Patrick and I had a date to WalMart a few weeks ago to grcoery shop. How sad is that?? But, anything childless counts as a date these days! Will starts t-ball in a few weeks, so throwing that into the mix as well is going to make life even busier! I know, I know, people everywhere work and have multiple children in mulitple activities, but this Mama and Daddy are just getting used to it! So, excuse my lack of blogging!!

Another reason for my lack of blogging is the fact my USB cable to download pictures from the camera has been broken (since Christmas, oops!) so here are a few from my phone....
Trying out his sippy cup!!

Big brother trying out his batting helmet

Always our happy boy

Loving being the center of attention on his real birthday...Pa, YaYa, Nonnie, Poppy, Mommy and Daddy were singing to the birthday boy!

FOUR! Yes, I said 4...

I do not know where the time has gone...Will is 4. How did this happen?!? We had our family party Saturday and he had a blast. Everything he opened he said, "Just what I wanted!" So sweet. We are blessed to have an amazing,loving, big boy who is such a good big brother.

He is starting T-Ball in March ... Aunt Kelley picked out a great present.

Aunt Amy did great ... he LOVES his fireman raincoat and boots.


Pawpaw with his grandchildren...



We finally got a good family picture!!

Sick boys!

Well, Christmas pictures will be posted at some point ... but, unfortunately we have had 2 sick little boys. Will started running fever on Christmas day. On Monday we took him in and he had bronchitis. He was one sick little boy - an antibiotic, cough medicine, motrin and 4 breathing treatments a day. Needless to say he became a pro, he put on the mask, turned on the machine and usually played a game on one of our phones. However on this day ...


Then on Tuesday Scott started coughing and by Wednesday afternoon he started sounding like he was barking...so back to the doctor we went. He was diagnosed with RSV - Respiratory Syncytial Virus. Of course this scared me to death, but apparently most children have this before the age of 2. Of course some cases are more severe than others. He is feeling better now, but his sleep and eating habits have definitely been effected. I am hoping over the next week we get our sweet, happy baby back to normal!!
Please keep our boys in your prayers! We are hoping for a healthy 2011!

4 Months Old

We had Scott's 4 month appointment today ... he is weighing in at 18 pounds, 25 1/4 inches, and has a big head! The boy is huge, and healthy! We are so blessed. He smiles all the time, and it takes a lot to make him upset. This 4 months has flown by, but we all love being a family of 4. Life is good!

Santa and Cookies!!

For the first time I was brave and Will and I baked some cookies ... he had a blast, we made a mess, and it was worth it! So, cookies are ready for Santa, and so is Will! I have a feeling little man is going to be very happy Christmas morning. He has let Santa know he wants a police car. I cannot wait to see if he gets it :-)
We visited Santa today also. The boys did great. Will was all smiles, and Scott was prefectly content with some stranger holding him!

San Antonio

Patrick and I took Will to San Antonio for a night...just the 3 of us. He has settled in so well to being a big brother, but we know he misses having us all to himself. So, we thought a little getaway would be perfect. At first he was upset that Scott was not going ... he thought we were leaving him by himself! Once we explained he was going to Baytown, it was okay. We left Scott in Baytown Saturday night and headed home so we could get up and get on the road early. Will is a great traveler. He looks around, sings, talks to us and enjoys being in the car. Once we got there (after a stop at Bucee's of course!!) we checked into our hotel, and headed out to explore. Will wanted to see guns and swords (totally random request, he is ALL BOY) so, we took him to the Alamo. He enjoyed it, but it got old pretty quick...you do have to be quiet! We then took him to the Children's Museum and he had a blast! He played, learned, and grocery shopped. Afterwards we grabbed lunch and all took a nap in the hotel (heaven!). We wanted to wait until dark to do the boat ride so that we could fully enjoy the lights. He thought the boat ride was the greatest thing ever ... and kept telling people, "This is my first time in San Antonio!" We had dinner afterwards, and took him to eat ice cream. This morning we enjoyed a little San Marcos outlet shopping, then rushed to Baytown because we all missed Scott. It was a wonderful day/night alone with our oldest boy. We wanted him to know Mommy and Daddy love him very much...even though he has to share us now!

They grow up so fast...

Big Brother and Little Brother ... where did my itty-bittys go??

November in Pictures....

Busy, busy month! I am back at work, Scott is staying with YaYa until January, and Will also stays with her 2 days. Getting back into the swing of things with two kiddoes is WORK! I feel like there are not enough hours in the day...below are a bunch of pictures from the month (and they are not in order because Blogger posts them in a funky order...and like I said, I have 2 kids so I am too tired to fix it).

Scott updates: He is sleeping pretty well. Some nights he wakes up, others he doesn't. Either way, we are blessed because he goes back to sleep.... He loves his exersaucer, and prefers to stand. He just turned 3 months yesterday and is fitting in 6 month clothes, some 9 month things. He smiles, laughs, coos, and is an absolute joy!

Will updates: He is a character. The child cracks us up...he can also make us really mad! He can be such a stinker. I joke with him (but he does not know I am joking) that his ears are broken and we are going to have visit Dr. Herrin so he can fix them. But, overall I still think he is one of the sweetest, smartest little boys around. He loves school, and has never met a stranger. He loves everyone.