Girl's Night

Okay - I'll admit it - my children are starting to wear on me a little and I need a time out. Girl's Night Out tonight at the La Madeline across from Stonebriar @ 7:00. See you there!

Psych!

Can not wait for this to come back on! This show cracks me up!

Wesley!

How cute is that little face! Wesley is starting to smile, and I just love that he can express something other than the sad pouty face that he and Emilee share. They both do the bottom lip quiver thing and it is so sad. We love to see him smile!!

On a little bit of a side note, this is my new midnight snack. I know I shouldn't, but I can't help myself! Wes is still dealing with some tummy issues (although they are vastly improved after switching to a ridiculously expensive formula) and this is what keeps me going at midnight. This is also why I don't think we'll ever be able to leave Texas - I can't love without my Blue Bell!

Please take note of the chunks of buttery crust that are dispersed throughout this frozen treat. And as I told Renee the other night, I'm not sharing - please go and get your own, you won't regret it!

What A Difference A Year Makes

As many of you probably know, fourth of July 2007 was kinda a mess for us. David has a history of becoming freakishly ill on Thanksgiving, so when we found ourselves in the ER last year with him not being able to breathe, on yet another holiday, I thought this had to be some kind of sick joke. Last year we spent the 4th of July ( and the next 5 days) here - in the lovely ICU.

Which then resulted in this:

Two major surgeries, 3 hospitalizations, 7 months of IV antibiotics, and a full year of oral antibiotics. He took his last antibiotic on July 3, 2008! Yippee!!

Last year when all the hoopla was happening, this is what Emilee was doing.

We didn't make any real plans for the 4th because we were anxious there was going to be a repeat. Dave also has a history of doing a one year relapse, but it looks like he has broken the curse - knock on wood. This 4th of July David is healthy, Emilee is a big sister, and Wesley has joined the family. What a difference a year makes!

This Is What Happens...

... when I do Emilee's hair. Em loves to look at herself in the mirror, and loves to watch her hair being done. Please take note of her sideways look that screams, "Mirror, mirror on the wall, I'm the fairest Em of all."

She is starting to get cute little curls in the back - she also likes to play with her toothpaste!


This is what happens when I let David do Emilee's hair. He was giving her a bath while I ran to the store and I came back and found this.


He thought it would be funny to comb her hair back into a mohawk and then let it dry like that. Notice that Emilee is not pleased. She likes to be pretty.


Her hair was going everywhere. When she woke up the next morning it was still in the mohawk.

Fun in the Sun

So it's been a while since my last post. All I can say is colic is not cool!

On to better things. Emilee and Wes have been exploring all the summer water activities. One must always start with the proper equipment when going out in the sun.


Cool dude sunglasses courtesy of cousin Garrett who came to visit for a few days.


So stylish!

Emilee's first summertime foray was to the splash park with Dave. She loved it, but she is still not walking on her own and the bottom of the park is concrete, so she came home with little cuts all over the side of her chubby little feet. Not cool! When our friends from Fort Worth came to visit I decided to do our own splash park in the backyard.


Party in the pool!



Em loved to splash in the sprinklers - and she was cut free! We've had enough infectious disease in this house - no staph here!!

Em loved to splash so much that we made plans to go visit Aunt Laurie at her pool. Emilee just wanted to make sure that her shades would fit before we left.


Wesley is apparently not as excited as his sister about the pool. Or it could be his colic - hard to tell...




...maybe it's the hat - don't think he likes it.




The little fishy! Girl has so much junk in the trunk that her booty kept on floating!


Then she found out she could walk around the edge of the hot tub.


She kept her cousin Jen in there playing with her for almost 25 minutes going around and around.

Yea for Summer!!

These are a few of our favorite things...

Emilee loves spaghetti...



...and the tupperware cabinet...



...and eating chocolate cupcake from a friend's birthday party...



...and pointing to Wesley with a face that says, "I can't believe he's staying."

Deciding that maybe being a big sister isn't such a bad thing. She keeps likes to keep watch over her little brother.





The pink baby rose bush is in bloom and I love seeing it in the backyard.




Chocolate covered apples, with a peanut buttery caramel layer of goodness. Thanks Jen for the fabulous mother's day treat!



Em helping Dave pick (eat) peas from the garden.



Last but not least, one of our favorite things is sleep!

Em does it with a little more flair than Wes right now, look below for the propped up feet.

The Picture Says It All

This was right before she started to push him off her lap.

I think she's still adjusting to having a little brother.

Oh My! Having two children 15 months apart is quite the handful, but we are hanging in there. Here is how last week went.

6 - The number of days that Emilee threw up last week

5 - The number of days that David was out of town while Emilee was throwing up last week

12 - How many loads of laundry I did during the stomach plague last week

2 - The number of bath toys that Em threw into the toilet while I was rinsing out her crib sheet that she had just thrown up on, in the bath tub. Hence - all her bath toys were out of the tub and on the floor.

2 -The number of fishies that are now in the trash
1 - The number of tongs that I used to retrieve and throw away the above mentioned fish.
1 - The number of tongs that are now in the trash. It was totally worth going to Target and paying a couple of bucks for a new set of tongs.
5 - The number of days David's parents came over last week to help. THANK YOU!! Especially since we gave you the plague :(
Gazillion - The number of times Wes has "sprinkled." The kid is a mess - boys are soooo different! When I saw this shirt in the store I had to get it.


2 - The number of children that we now have. We are so blessed...that last week is over and a new one can begin.

*Notice the pointer finger approval that Wes has finally gotten!

So Tired!

Just wanted to start out this post by saying that I am crazy tired! A happy tired, but tired none the less. David's parents have been great about coming over during the day so I can take a nap, and that is the only reason I am still coherent with David being out of town so much this last week.

Here is what has been going on at our house.
Emilee has figured out that this little person is here to stay and has started paying some attention to him. Good that she realizes he is a keeper, bad that she realizes she can touch (hit) him and get some attention. At 15 months she just doesn't understand soft and gentle. This is one of the few moments she used restraint while touching Wesley.



Wes is going to fit into this family just fine - we already have him doing SOLID in his sleep!



Wesley likes to have his awake time at 2:00 AM. I do not like to be awake at 2:00 in the morning. I have already had several discussions with him about this, to no avail. Which then results in...

...eating this as my very early morning snack. Melissa dropped this off earlier this week, and yes, it tastes as good as it looks. If I have a little more junk in the trunk at the pool this summer you'll know why.


















Em was getting bored staying in the house, so David took her out for some grass time in the backyard with him. She is doing much better with grass and will walk on it now if she has shoes on.



















This came in the mail this week and David exclaimed,"We're rich." Those of you that feel the pain of formula feeding know that this is a small fortune in formula, and every little bit helps. These two canisters will last about a week and a half and their combined cost in the store is about $30. Yea for Enfamil samples!!

To round out this week, Em started throwing up on Friday morning, and now that it is Sunday, she has stopped hurling and it is now coming out the other end. Not pretty!

And lastly, many thanks for the meals and well wishes, they have been much appreciated with a traveling hubby and two little ones. I also have to say that I have the best VTs ever - THANKS!!