* Got Some Pics *

We'll start with Em first...I told y'all she was getting big! She had her first belly laugh the other night. We were shopping at the outlet mall, and I had her and Trey facing each other in the stroller. Trey was hitting her seat and yelling, "NO!" and she thought it was HILARIOUS. It was fun to see that she gets such a big kick out of her brother.


Now on to Trey. He STILL has a fever. Grrr. I talked to the Dr. today and he had me go into Urgent Care by the house to get some blood work done. The doctor and the nurses looked at me like I was a nut-so first time mom when they caught one look of him. Yes, he was running around the waiting room. They did decide to draw some blood, only after my dr. asked for it. The dr. at the urgent care did NOT want to do anything. His white blood cell count came back normal, even on the lower end, but he's been on antibiotics for 4 days which can do that. I really think Dr. Parikh wanted to introduce the urgent care dr. to Trey's LOVE of needles. (sense the sarcasm?) Trey blew the first pull of blood, and we had to get it out of the other arm. Not pleasant! The urgent care doc thought it was probably just a viral infection, and Trey simply hasn't 'turned the corner'. I think I have to agree with him because Emery has been congested, I am now getting the crud...and I really think Trey's bout with this just came with the fever too. The pics below are how Trey handles sickness...This was tonight after his bath. His temperature before his bath was around 101...he looks terribly sick, right?

Sidenote with this pic:
Who needs a $30 Elf on the Shelf,
when you have your own Santa to keep an eye on him? :)

More evidence that Trey is sooo sick.
The kid wanted to jump off of his bed,
I had to encourage him to simply jump ON the bed.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Oh yeah, Joe's team won by 1 point! I think it was just as nerve racking getting the text messages as it would have been to be there! I'm glad we opted out of going, I hear it was REALLY cold! The Wildcats now play Klein Forest Friday night at Klein stadium.

:: Fever, Fever, Go Away! ::

I did have full intentions of breaking out the camera this weekend, I swear. However, my children thought otherwise. Trey hung on to his fever today like it was his best friend. He has had 101-102 ALL day, with Tylenol. The good thing is...he is his usual non-stop, always-talkin', totally boy, self. Tonight, while at Luby's (mmmm), I decided to text the Dr. (yes, I text the pediatrician), and he called me within 2 minutes! (LOVE IT) He said since he is acting fine, just keep an eye on him, but another day and he'll want to see him again. Trey is still coughing and has a bout here and there with whiney-ness (is that a word?) Emery is on the down-side of her cold, knock on wood. So with all that said, we did not go to Joe's play-off game today at Kyle Field. I figured I might just get the award for Worst Mother of the Year if I tried to pull that off. We stayed home today and got some stuff done around the house with the help of Mimi. Hopefully tomorrow we will get the camera out so you can see how ridicuously big the kids are getting. Trey might have skipped 3T all together, this morning his 3T sweat suit looked like an 18 month outfit on him. Emery will be 4 months old next week and she is now in 6-9 months clothes. They grow up way too fast. I think with your first child, you are looking at them like, "Come on, crawl, walk, talk..."...the second go round you want to put a brick on their head! :)

We did manage to make it out to the Coles Crossing garage sale this morning. Another year, another successful trip. Trey is a great scout for toys as we drive by houses..."No mommy, those are girly toys!"..."Mommy, go get me that!"..."We don't need that!" Each of those statements came out of his mouth at least once today. Let's re-call the purchases made today! Probably 5 or 6 outfits between Trey and Emery. A radio with microphone for Trey=$1. Some more little things, and then the best deal of the day??? This car seat for $25!!! I know it's probably tacky to talk about how much I paid for something, but I am such an advocate for garage sales!

I'm a little bummed because we are going to have to stay home from church in the morning, and I was really looking forward to going. Just to start getting back into a normal routine, but I am not that parent that takes a sick kid to the nursery! :) Hope everybody is enjoying the fabulous weather, and please say a little prayer that Trey and Emery can kick the 'crud' this week!

* Well... *

Okay, this is going to be a random post. We have not been up to much this week. Joe has been working lots to get prepared for this weekends Play-Off game. The Wildcats are playing at Kyle Field Saturday at 3. Go Cats!

Miss Emery decided to get her first cold this week. She is taking it like a champ. God blessed me with 2 kids that will sleep thru almost anything, even Ike. Even though she sounds like a rattle box, she still sleeps. Thank goodness for Vapor Plug-ins! Trey in turn followed suit and started coughing Wednesday and sounded like a barkin' dog! I wouldn't have taken him to the doctor, except yesterday he was pretty warm when I picked him up from Grammy's. Have I mentioned I LOVE my 'pediatrician', that is better known as the Cy-Woods team doctor? Dr. Amit Parikh, if you wanna look him up. Let me just tell you about how Trey can play thru any illness, so he's runnin' thru the office asking them for their toys and turning the dr.'s rollie stool into a missile. The doctor took one look in Trey's mouth and his exact words were, "Have you looked in his mouth lately? His tonsils are MASSIVE." Diagnosis: Tonsilitis Remedy: Antibiotics! He then told me that he would see me at the game Saturday. Yep, that's my pediatrician!

Can I tell you how SUPER-PSYCHED I am for the Annual Coles Crossing Garage Sale? I already have my alarm set so I can get out there in the morning. If you don't know me, well I LOVE a bargain, and I am not ashamed to buy my kids second-hand stuff. For instance, I got this toy at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago for Emery, for one dollar! So as all of you are sleeping in tomorrow morning, I will be out runnin' thru the streets of Coles! :)

Anyway, the following picture is an example of the project we are doing in my class at school. The kid's get to pick a coloring book picture out, from about 500+ images. Then they have to color it using PhotoShop, but they can't just click and put one color. They have to use lots of techniques to make it look better. Nope, I don't teach Kindergarten, I teach Juniors and Seniors. I was finishing up their example today and thought to myself, "Wow, I get paid to do this!" Just had to throw that out there! :) Well, that's all for now. I hope to get the camera out this weekend so I can get some more pics on here!



P.S. Come on cold front!!!!

:: Cuteness ::

As I was putting Trey down for bed tonight, we decided we would read 2 books. One truck book, and then his new favorite...the Walmart Toy catalog. After I read them, he had to read them back to me. Make note that his Mickey cell phone was in bed with us. As he was 'reading' the catalog to me, and asking me if I wanted a new Transformer.....he snatches up his cell phone and says, "Hello Santa?" Okay, at this point I'm losing it and he matter of factly looks at me and says, "Shhh, I am on the phone with Santa!" If you could only see his face when he says that, because it is very animated and strongly resembles the way I tell him to get quiet when I'm on the phone. I'm STILL laughing and he is STILL telling me to zip it. He finally decides he has told Santa all that he has to say, and tells Santa goodnight. It's moments like those that make all of these temper tantrums worth it.

P.S. Don't tell on me...YES I'm using Santa as leverage and it's only November 9. ha!
Another P.S. Congrats to Joe's team (Cy-Woods), they made play-offs! They play at Kyle Field Saturday 11/15 at 3. This will be my first game at Kyle Field!

:: PC ::

No, today in our house that does not stand for politically correct...it stands for POISON CONTROL. I'm only able to laugh at this now, 2 hours later. I'm not really laughing, maybe I'm just nervous. Here's the story (b/c I know you are all still hung up on POISON CONTROL): I was feeding Emery in the living room, and I thought Trey was playing with his ABC's on the refrigerator. That's what I get for thinking. The next thing I know he's running into the living room with his mouth open pointing to the kitchen. I FLY off of the couch and immediately look by the sink...no cabinets open, nothing out. WHAT IS HE POINTING AT?...then I see it. There has been a small bottle of flea dip way back in our pantry. I thought the stuff was gone..but even if it wasn't the lid was supposed to be child-proof. I look in the bottle, thank GOD there isn't much out of it, but none-the-less Trey had some in his mouth. I am shaking at this point. I am running around the kitchen trying to figure out what to do. I got some water in his mouth and was making him spit. I then decided I better call poison control...they are FAST. I was on the phone with someone in no time. I'm telling her that he probably ingested about a tablespoon and that it didn't look like much was gone. She informs me (learn something new every day), that when a child swallows, it is about a teaspoon and that is a huge difference. Really? Yep, really. Anyway, she very calmly told me to keep an eye on him and look for things like difficulty breathing, seizures, etc. Yes, she is calmly telling me that. We hang up and I can't take my eyes off of Trey. Emery can scream, but I'm going to keep an eye on him. The lady calls me back within a minute of hanging up and tells me to get the kid some sweets...cookies, chocolate, juice. I said that is not a problem, he'll probably think that he should ingest some more of that stuff if that's what he gets! Anyway, Trey went on to eat 4 cookies, drink a full glass of non-diluted apple juice, a sweet potato, corn chowder, and mandarin oranges for dinner. I think he is fine. :)

* Sticky *

Well, the last couple days have been a little trying in our household. Trey has decided that it is time to buck the system. I say up, he says down...I say black, he says white. Doesn't matter what the situation is, it will be one way...HIS way.

Example #1: Yesterday at Walgreens we had one of those "where are your parents?" moments. I have to take the blame myself, because the whole situation could have been avoided had I taken them in in the stroller. I LOVE my stroller but it takes a few minutes to get it down and set it up, and I didn't feel it necessary for a 2 minute run into Walgreens. So, I opted to carry Emery in her carrier and make Trey hold my hand. All was well, until we passed the stinkin' dancing Christmas penguins on the end of the aisle by checkout. He had his heart set on that penguin, and I had my heart set on getting out of there to get home. Picture this...Trey on the floor kicking and screaming in the aisle at Walgreens b/c I was telling him it was time to go home and that we would not be taking the silly penguin home with us. Can we say embarassed? I have learned my lesson...the stroller is ALWAYS worth it!

Example #2: About 30 minutes ago. Trey has a house FULL of toys, but if there is something better that catches his attention than he would rather play with that. I.E. the CPU, the printer, Mommy's sunglasses, the Dr. Pepper's left on the kitchen counter. I was on my way into the kitchen when I noticed Trey's hand digging in the DP's on the counter....it was slow motion at that point. Out came his hand and about 3 other DP's. Straight to the floor. They couldn't just fall on the tile and get shaken up. Nope, they needed to spew DP all over the kitchen and on my face/hair/arms/clothes while I played hot potato with 3 cans. Yes, situation could have been avoided again by me had I just put them in the pantry. I will learn...one day.

Wednesday nights are good margarita nights, right? Hmmm...why can't we have drive-thru daquiri shacks like Louisiana? I could keep them in business on nights like tonight! :)

Thank goodness Trey is such an easy little boy to love...he does have his moments. He seems to know just when to come hug my leg and say "Mommy, I love you"...I'm waiting for that tonight so I can take a deep breath! :) Hope everyone is having a good week! Last district football game on Friday night, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!!

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P.S. I needed some scrapbooking therapy so I went ahead and prepared the blog for Christmas time! My favorite time of year....

Halloween and More...

Well....we got a costume on!!! I painted his face with glow in the dark paint, but you can't tell. I'm okay with that, because I was just glad he had a costume on! Hey Joe, let's not tell everybody that we had to pin him down kicking and screaming to get it on....Before you start tracking down the CPS number, he actually ended up loving his "bones" and didn't want to take it off....just took some convincing, that's all!

Candy!

Trick or Treating in Prestonwood!
That's Emery with Mrs. Schier...

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I had to dust off the camera today...Enjoy!
Plus, I needed a good excuse to get Emery in this dress before she out grows it!

Aww...he does sit down...sometimes.

Fists up...Ready to throw down!
(Or just keep her brother away!)Sweet face...
I'm this many...but not for much longer.
This is the dress....too cute!

Emery's face says it all...

Poor girl...I didn't post the one where the
octopus ended up on her face.
She is a good sport!