Labor Day Weekend

We had Kyle's family in town for Preston's baby blessing, and had a great time with everyone. I tried to pack in as many fun activities as possible. We appreciated everyone making the drive. When Kyle's brother Bryce and his wife Alysia got into town, Bryce must have called Michael dude because from then on out, Michael referred to Bryce as Dude. He'd always say, "where's dude?"

For the first time in Michael's post-newborn-life, he fell asleep on Kyle after a long day with no nap at Kyle's cousin's house. We went to the farmer's market, Vierra's Bakery, Atomic Foods for their tortillas, a Taco Wagon for lunch, Cool Slice, an apple orchard, fishing, swimming, shopping, and four wheeling. Man, no wonder I was tired. If you know anything about my husband, he's the king of FREE. I once had a homeless man tell me, "if it's free, it's for me." I think I should make Kyle a t-shirt that says that. Anyhow, when we were living in Utah a few years ago, Kyle got a free jet ski that didn't work. He finally got around to fixing it, so we took it out for a ride while the family was in town. I still can't believe they got it working. Too bad it was at the end of the summer!

Results

Eye Infection: Preston & Michael
Ear Infection: Michael
Sinus Infection: Michael
Post Nasal Drip Cough: Michael
Fever: Preston
Worn Out: Everyone

For those who asked if they have the swine flu? I don't know, the doctor said they don't test for it here right now and even if she did test, she said it would take too long to get the results back and they don't have the medicine for it. She didn't seem to think that was what they had though.

Sickies

My babies are sick, like really sick. You know, the kind of sick where they take turns waking up in the middle of the night with a fever, cough, gooped over eyes. There wasn't much sleep to be had around here last night. Michael's asthma is not giving him a break (he's had a cough and been wheezing for 3.5 weeks now and the nebulizer is NOT working). The cough turned into full blown nastiness this past week (fever, runny noes, goopy eyes, hacking, canker sores all over his tongue and gums, and drainage in his ears). On Friday we took him over to Seattle for his eye doctor appointment, and the drive home was terrible because we couldn't brake his fever. It didn't help that it took almost six hours to get home thanks to a traffic accident in the middle of nowhere. We finally broke his fever when we got home at midnight. Poor Michael can't catch a brake when it comes to being sick. We were so happy a few weeks ago because he was finally eating better and gaining weight. Now he's losing weight again thanks to the canker sores and lack of appetite. Preston seemed to have some baby gas last night, and was really unsettled. My fears that he was getting sick were confirmed when he woke at 1 am with a high fever. Let's hope at the boys 4:40 doctor's appointment, we can get some relief.

Today while the boys get caught up on their zzzz's, I'm going to try and get caught up on some posting. We'll see if it happens.

Swimming

We love swimming at my parents house, and hopefully next summer we can take more advantage (something about having a baby this summer put a cramp in my plans). Last week we decided to go one last time. The water was the perfect temperature so we let Preston go for a dip. He LOVED it, and while we were taking pictures Michael crept up from behind and tried to lay on top of the water like Preston. Where do kids learn this stuff?

Michael has no fear of the water and will jump in at any opportunity, so I have to keep a very close eye on him. He LOVES the water and is quite the fish. We were all done swimming and Kyle was putting the vacuum back into the hole, and Michael was all dried off and on the opposite end of the swimming pool. Kyle heard a splash and turned around to see Michael not on the pool deck, and sure enough he had jumped in. Kyle had to hurry and swim over and get him out. Scary! Since I've written this post, Michael has gone and put his floaties on and told me 20 time he wants me to take him swimming.

I'm sure in 10 years my boys will love that I put them in Little Mermaid swim diapers. I'm cracking up that they fit into the same size. Preston definitely fills his out more.

Life in Pictures

Is summer really over???? Having a baby at the beginning of summer has made this summer fly by! Last week I was busy posting over at HACD....I think everyone should submit a post, I had a lot of fun doing it. Don't be scared! You can check out my week here: Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

Have A Cute Day

You can find me this week over at "Have A Cute Day." I got brave and decided to send them my outfits for a week, which might be a little daunting, but I think I can do it! This blog is inspiring me to try a little harder. Check it out, it might just be your new favorite blog too.

I Love the First Smiles

Shhhh, don't tell Michael but while he's napping everyday (Yes folks, he's still taking two long naps a day) Preston and I have some quality bonding time. Preston has given us smiles every now and then, but lately he's really started to cheese it up. Isn't he adorable? Tomorrow he turns 2 months old...sniff, sniff.

It is blowing my mind that he is so chubby. When I had Michael I just assumed that all my babies would be skinny, stiff, strong, alert, active, and allergic. Preston's proving me wrong with most of those! Preston is chubby, laid back, sleepy, cuddly, sweet and so far no signs of milk and soy allergies, although going on that special diet (NO DAIRY, NO SOY) I had to with Michael would help me shed this weight....that's a whole other blog post for another day!