Love,Our Favorite Sunbeam
(who still is having a hard time not going to nursery)
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Our Not So Great Start
This is a journal post, probably very typical for all young mom's, so feel free to skip!
Today didn't start off so great. Maybe because for the second day in a row I had to take the boys to the doctor. Yesterday for a follow up from their surgeries and today Michael had a well-child checkup. Neither of the boys cooperated today. They were both upset to be leaving the house without breakfast, but I had nothing to offer them for breakfast. We are not a McDonald's family, but since they had an appointment first thing, and I had no groceries since we were out of town for 10 days, and I had yet to go the store, we had to settle on an Egg McMuffin. Gross. After that I had to hurry and get gas because my tank was on empty.
We made it just in time for their doctor appointment, but as soon as we pulled in, Michael kept telling me he wanted to go to his boy doctor not the girl doctor (his ENT is a fun guy, and the office is kid friendly). Preston did not want to stay in the room and he was throwing a fit to get out the ENTIRE time. The nurse was not impressed with my boys running around the office, but it was impossible to hold on to one, talk to the doctor, and try to keep track of the other one. Michael was not happy when he found out he had to get "shocked" also known as immunizations. The nurse did not do a good job of prepping him. She pretty much just stuck him without explaining what she was doing. Not a good idea. After we were done, I felt like I needed a deep tissue massage. We spend way too much time at the doctor's office, but I'm hoping with ear tubes in and adenoids out, we won't have to frequent as often. The good news is, Michael is not in the 5 percentile for weight like he was during his allergy period. He is now in the 35th percentile for weight and the 55 percentile for height.
I had to take the boys to Costco because as I mentioned we were clear out of groceries. I knew I needed to make it quick. The boys did okay and we survived. I had to go get gas because I only filled up half way earlier since gas was so pricey. Of course as I'm pumping Michael is crying and screaming that he has to go potty. So I hurry and get him out of his car seat and take him to the rocks to go potty, only to find out he had already gone potty. To his credit it was his first "public" accident. Needless to say, we didn't go to Winco as I had planned.
Can you say, nap time?
Today didn't start off so great. Maybe because for the second day in a row I had to take the boys to the doctor. Yesterday for a follow up from their surgeries and today Michael had a well-child checkup. Neither of the boys cooperated today. They were both upset to be leaving the house without breakfast, but I had nothing to offer them for breakfast. We are not a McDonald's family, but since they had an appointment first thing, and I had no groceries since we were out of town for 10 days, and I had yet to go the store, we had to settle on an Egg McMuffin. Gross. After that I had to hurry and get gas because my tank was on empty.
We made it just in time for their doctor appointment, but as soon as we pulled in, Michael kept telling me he wanted to go to his boy doctor not the girl doctor (his ENT is a fun guy, and the office is kid friendly). Preston did not want to stay in the room and he was throwing a fit to get out the ENTIRE time. The nurse was not impressed with my boys running around the office, but it was impossible to hold on to one, talk to the doctor, and try to keep track of the other one. Michael was not happy when he found out he had to get "shocked" also known as immunizations. The nurse did not do a good job of prepping him. She pretty much just stuck him without explaining what she was doing. Not a good idea. After we were done, I felt like I needed a deep tissue massage. We spend way too much time at the doctor's office, but I'm hoping with ear tubes in and adenoids out, we won't have to frequent as often. The good news is, Michael is not in the 5 percentile for weight like he was during his allergy period. He is now in the 35th percentile for weight and the 55 percentile for height.
I had to take the boys to Costco because as I mentioned we were clear out of groceries. I knew I needed to make it quick. The boys did okay and we survived. I had to go get gas because I only filled up half way earlier since gas was so pricey. Of course as I'm pumping Michael is crying and screaming that he has to go potty. So I hurry and get him out of his car seat and take him to the rocks to go potty, only to find out he had already gone potty. To his credit it was his first "public" accident. Needless to say, we didn't go to Winco as I had planned.
Can you say, nap time?
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
I Love....
I LOVE finding a picture that someone else took that you've never seen before. My new favorite picture of my boys....
Now back to unpacking. We got home at 1 am last night from our trip to Portland and Vancouver and now I've got 10 days worth of stuff to unpack and put away. Too bad Preston is teething all four canines right now!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Valentine's Makeover
Go nominate someone....or yourself! This one will be a good one, I promise!!!
Go HERE to see the details.
Go HERE to see the details.
I Love My Preppy
I wonder when he chipped that front tooth? Maybe he wanted to be just like his brother.
I want to be just like Preston when I grow up.
*Loving
*Forgiving
*Sweet
*Easy Going
*Happy
*Smiley
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Double Dose
This is probably a boring post for most of you, but this is life.
The funny thing is Michael is so used to his ears hurting that he doesn't even complain. He did have a rough night last night though, and this morning when he woke up he told me, "Mom, I don't want the bubbles to pop in my ears anymore." Maybe we will all get a little bit more sleep around here because quite frankly, I need it!
Today I took the boys to the ENT for both of their appointments (Preston had another doctor appt, yesterday too), Costco, the surgery center for their pre-op appointment, and then the eye doctor to get Michael's glasses fixed....all before 12:30! They were so good for me, so that made it a lot easier. Thank goodness it's nap time because now I need to clean the house, fix dinner for the missionaries, and then Kyle and I both have a meeting tonight.
At Costco the boys were being so good....I didn't know what to do with myself. They were enjoying how their voices sounded when they yelled/sang in the wide open spaces of Costco, so they were hollering and singing the entire time we were in there, but it was actually really funny, and everyone was loving it. I could not believe how much noise those two could make. I would try to get them to be quiet, but they weren't having it. People kept telling me I was lucky to have such happy boys. I agree, especially two boys with ear problems.
(Preston before his dad cut his locks off--it was needed!)
My boys have had non-stop ear infections the past couple of months. I'm sick of going to the doctor and giving them antibiotics everyday. Found out today at the ENT that Michael's ear drum ruptured and is still rupturing and that's why his ear has been draining blood and puss for the past month. Preston's has been draining too, just not blood. Both boys will have tubes put in next week and their adnoids taken out. Yippeee!! This will be Michael's second set of tubes, and hopefully he will outgrow ear infections before he needs them again. The doctor said both boys have a 30 percent hearing loss in both ears because of the amount of fluid in their ears, so hopefully they'll be able to hear better too, not that they've been complaining. The funny thing is Michael is so used to his ears hurting that he doesn't even complain. He did have a rough night last night though, and this morning when he woke up he told me, "Mom, I don't want the bubbles to pop in my ears anymore." Maybe we will all get a little bit more sleep around here because quite frankly, I need it!
Today I took the boys to the ENT for both of their appointments (Preston had another doctor appt, yesterday too), Costco, the surgery center for their pre-op appointment, and then the eye doctor to get Michael's glasses fixed....all before 12:30! They were so good for me, so that made it a lot easier. Thank goodness it's nap time because now I need to clean the house, fix dinner for the missionaries, and then Kyle and I both have a meeting tonight.
At Costco the boys were being so good....I didn't know what to do with myself. They were enjoying how their voices sounded when they yelled/sang in the wide open spaces of Costco, so they were hollering and singing the entire time we were in there, but it was actually really funny, and everyone was loving it. I could not believe how much noise those two could make. I would try to get them to be quiet, but they weren't having it. People kept telling me I was lucky to have such happy boys. I agree, especially two boys with ear problems.
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