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Kayden Elfed us last night. He was giggling up a storm!! Even Hannah was enjoying watching them all. This is the one Kayden picked to put on here. I know - you are all wondering where Eric has been hiding those sweet moves?? :)
Monday, December 20, 2010
It's Saturday Night...Let's Hang Out at the ER
What do you guys do on Saturday Nights to "have a good time?" We hang out at the ER!! :) As you can see our patient was a very, very good boy. Even labeled the "perfect patient" and "patient of the day" by the first doctor. Little bit of a scare for Mom and Dad, but K was fine the whole time. On and off all week K has been complaining of a tummy ache on his right side and sometimes other random aches. It always went away and nothing that seemed to serious. Saturday afternoon he kept waking up from his nap screaming, and wouldn't lay back down. Kept complaining of his tummy ache on the same side. We ended up calling the Nurse Line, and went through an array of questions, and she said since he did keep saying it was the same side and same spot they thought we should have him seen.
I have never seen the ER that busy, and I work there! There were people laying on gurneys lining the hallway, laying on the floor in the waiting room, INSANE BUSY! Luckily the Peds area is separate after check in and we got right in. I would not let Kayden onto the floor or touch anything until we got into a room! UCKY! If Jodi would have been there she would have needed to be put into a rubber room!
The Dr's checked K's tummy, kidney's, lungs, etc. And bottom line - he's two. We aren't sure what it is! As you can see in these pictures, he was just fine which made it hard to bring him in, but they did reassure us it wasn't kidneys, lungs, appendix, etc. The last Dr actually said - they could do an X-ray or an ultrasound, but said he didn't want to keep us all night and he was fine. No fever, no anything. He said to come back if anything changed or if the pain really stopped him in his tracks (which it has yet to do). So we are very thankful we went in to just get reassured everything was fine, hoping him complaining goes away b/c it makes him awfully whiney.
Enjoying a little "Buzz & Woody" and "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" on the little mini TV. He was good to go!
The one thing they did see was a big sore on his tonsil, as well as this giant sore on his tongue. While we were waiting for the Dr the 2nd time he practiced showing him his tongue sore, so he got really, really good at it! They said it wasn't strep, just a "virus" as usual. But good thing...last night his appetite was BACK! Ate steak, all his veggies, our garlic bread and lots of mashed potatoes. Hoping he's all better!
Check out the right side...giant sore, huge and swollen!
Funniest thing of the trip (besides him fist-bumping & high fiving the two Dr's) was the 1st Dr saying "do you know when your birthday is?" He looks at him, points at his arm band (where his BIRTHDAY IS WRITTEN) and says "well its right there." :) The Dr burst out laughing and said, "well yes it is! Thank you Kayden!" Love our little comedian! :) hehe
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Hannah's Update
Hannah has been a busy little girl. She is the most determined little thing that we've ever seen. She just wants to be up and playing w/ Big Brother. She does the same at daycare, trying to keep up w/ all the little ones and making loops around the house! Here's an update on our baby girl. I'll post pictures later!
CRAWLING / WALKING - She crawls like a crazy animal. Never sits still. She pulls herself up on EVERYTHING, and sometimes comes crashing down. She's a pretty tough cookie, most of the time w/ out crying. The other day she pulled herself up on my magazine basket, looked at me and walked herself closer to it. This past week she started pulling herself up in her crib so she stands in there and jabbers and talks until we go get her, then its ALL SMILES! Needless to say, its as low as it can possibly go. She walks a bit w/ us if we are holding her hands, and she goes along our window bench. Our since July 2008 has become the toy bench! :)
We are so blessed to have such a happy girl. She is always smiley and happy. But don't get me wrong, she gets upset. If she is hungry, and there is not a bottle near her - you WILL KNOW IT. Giant Alligator Tears and all. If she is upset or crying Kayden usually yells, "Hannah's mad, she needs a bottle."
SANTA - Hannah got to go see Santa TWICE! Holly and I took her to go see Santa at the Stew. Civic Center Tree Festival before all of our dancers arrived, and one shot later we had a giant smile! Then she got to sit on the Mall Santa's lap w/ Kayden. She wanted to make sure she could see us, and then she was just fine.
EARS - Hannah has had a rough couple of weeks, an ear infection in her right ear the week before Thanksgiving. Then the first weekend in December we noticed she was tugging on her ears...AGAIN! Brought her in last Monday and double ear infection, both ears. The Dr. looked at them and all she was was WOW. So they put her on some different medicine, and I am still not completely convinced that it is gone. Poor thing!
WEIGHT - Our little moose is at 20 lbs. At her ear infection appointment she was 19 lbs. 12 oz. She is snug in some 12 month clothes, but we've gotten out mostly 18 month clothes for her. Too bad the legs on the pants are like twice the size of her legs and the waist is snug! :) Love my chunka monka!
We are waiting for our new car seat to arrive (gotta love ebay stores) and then she will officially be out of her infant carrier. This is the same carrier that I can no longer lift very far. I have to get into the truck w/ it b/c I can't lift it in there. I really, really hope that she will like it. And hopefully it'll fit next to Kayden so she can see Big Brother!!
Hannah's most current fascination is with Kayden's cars. She knows where they are, where he hides them, and how to get to them. And it drives him CRAZY! He grabs as many of her toys as he can hold, carries them over to her, and then piles them all up on top of her, snags his car, and then says "there you go Hannah...your toys," with a giant grin on his face!
SLEEPING - Hannah is not the best napper, she loves to fall asleep in her car seat, and that's about it. She's never been a super napper, not at our house or daycare. This doesn't always make for the best evenings - but not sure how we can force her to nap. She gets up once a night for a bottle and then she's good until breakfast. She slept through the night this past weekend, that was AWESOME, but short lived!
EATING / PUKING - Hannah's spitting up has gotten a bit better. Some days she doesn't even spit or throw up at daycare. This may seem like a weird post, but for those that know Hannah this is HEAVEN! I can't wait until the day I can wear the same shirt all day! :) She's also started spitting, she loves spitting, and with me its recently been while she's eating!! She's gradually going through the jars of the thicker #2's...but she's starting to be pretty picky. We're going to maybe start moving to food food in the next few weeks. Its just so hard to know with her poor little tummy, we want to make sure we don't rush it. I'm calling today to schedule her 9 month appointment and we'll go from there!
CRAWLING / WALKING - She crawls like a crazy animal. Never sits still. She pulls herself up on EVERYTHING, and sometimes comes crashing down. She's a pretty tough cookie, most of the time w/ out crying. The other day she pulled herself up on my magazine basket, looked at me and walked herself closer to it. This past week she started pulling herself up in her crib so she stands in there and jabbers and talks until we go get her, then its ALL SMILES! Needless to say, its as low as it can possibly go. She walks a bit w/ us if we are holding her hands, and she goes along our window bench. Our since July 2008 has become the toy bench! :)
We are so blessed to have such a happy girl. She is always smiley and happy. But don't get me wrong, she gets upset. If she is hungry, and there is not a bottle near her - you WILL KNOW IT. Giant Alligator Tears and all. If she is upset or crying Kayden usually yells, "Hannah's mad, she needs a bottle."
SANTA - Hannah got to go see Santa TWICE! Holly and I took her to go see Santa at the Stew. Civic Center Tree Festival before all of our dancers arrived, and one shot later we had a giant smile! Then she got to sit on the Mall Santa's lap w/ Kayden. She wanted to make sure she could see us, and then she was just fine.
EARS - Hannah has had a rough couple of weeks, an ear infection in her right ear the week before Thanksgiving. Then the first weekend in December we noticed she was tugging on her ears...AGAIN! Brought her in last Monday and double ear infection, both ears. The Dr. looked at them and all she was was WOW. So they put her on some different medicine, and I am still not completely convinced that it is gone. Poor thing!
WEIGHT - Our little moose is at 20 lbs. At her ear infection appointment she was 19 lbs. 12 oz. She is snug in some 12 month clothes, but we've gotten out mostly 18 month clothes for her. Too bad the legs on the pants are like twice the size of her legs and the waist is snug! :) Love my chunka monka!
We are waiting for our new car seat to arrive (gotta love ebay stores) and then she will officially be out of her infant carrier. This is the same carrier that I can no longer lift very far. I have to get into the truck w/ it b/c I can't lift it in there. I really, really hope that she will like it. And hopefully it'll fit next to Kayden so she can see Big Brother!!
Hannah's most current fascination is with Kayden's cars. She knows where they are, where he hides them, and how to get to them. And it drives him CRAZY! He grabs as many of her toys as he can hold, carries them over to her, and then piles them all up on top of her, snags his car, and then says "there you go Hannah...your toys," with a giant grin on his face!
SLEEPING - Hannah is not the best napper, she loves to fall asleep in her car seat, and that's about it. She's never been a super napper, not at our house or daycare. This doesn't always make for the best evenings - but not sure how we can force her to nap. She gets up once a night for a bottle and then she's good until breakfast. She slept through the night this past weekend, that was AWESOME, but short lived!
EATING / PUKING - Hannah's spitting up has gotten a bit better. Some days she doesn't even spit or throw up at daycare. This may seem like a weird post, but for those that know Hannah this is HEAVEN! I can't wait until the day I can wear the same shirt all day! :) She's also started spitting, she loves spitting, and with me its recently been while she's eating!! She's gradually going through the jars of the thicker #2's...but she's starting to be pretty picky. We're going to maybe start moving to food food in the next few weeks. Its just so hard to know with her poor little tummy, we want to make sure we don't rush it. I'm calling today to schedule her 9 month appointment and we'll go from there!
Kayden's Recent Update
So I have been horrible at updating lately!! And since I put blog address on the back of all the Christmas Cards, I figured I'd put an update in for each of the kids - and then I'll add pictures later!
I can't believe how big Kayden is getting, and how much of a little man he is. He's super good at saying his numbers, can count to 10 w/out us and then sometimes after 10 says 17, 14, 2, etc. He also is really liking to sing and dance (that's my boy!). At Kenzie's birthday party last week he was singing "birthday to you, birthday to you," and kept going w/ his own verses after she had blown out her candles and was eating her cupcake. He does enjoy the birthday song. One thing we have been blessed w/ (most days) is how polite Kayden is. He's even been made an example at daycare, although I am guessing that's not the case 100% of the time! hehe He ALWAYS says please and "sank you" and we are so proud at how polite he is to everyone!! Don't get me wrong - its not that way every day. Like yesterday whenever I asked him to do something I got a NOOOOOOOOO at top scream range.
Last week we also went and visited Santa Clause, and Kayden did much better then last year. Santa sat down on the floor and thanked Kayden for calling "this corporate meeting." Kayden barely let him sit and he was on his lap. I got it all on our mini video, maybe I'll figure out how to edit and put a clip on here. Then Kayden and Hannah both sat on his lap, we got some really good pictures. I bought their package, and then of course get home to realize the one I snapped turned out better! Oh well!
Yesterday Kayden was running around the living room while I was feeding and rocking Hannah, and all of a sudden he takes his shirt off and yells "TA DAA!" Here's my cell phone picture of it!
Here are some of our most recent sayings from our favorite 2 year old:
Eric pulling in the driveway w/ the kids the 1st night after we put the Christmas Lights up outside. "CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DADDY!!!!......They are just beautiful."
If he finds a treat (he most likely shouldn't have), "OOOH YUM. That's yummy, that for me?"
To Grandma Loretta after his morning treat, "That's delicious Grandma...no wait that is YUMMY!"
Telling me about his day at daycare, "Mazzy is my best buddy, and Mazzy is Hannah's friend." (Maybe one day I'll be telling that at Kayden and Mazzy's wedding, they are the best of buddies!)
I had a towel wrapped around my head yesterday after I got done showering, "Mommy, you shower? That's good."
"Look! Look! I make Hannah smile!"
And boy does he ever, she hears him coming from a mile away and is grinning hear to hear until she spots that crazy big brother of hers!
"Hello Gorgeous!" He is our lady's man! He loves telling the neighbors that, and really made our neighbor, Kiley's, day when she went to her homecoming dance! She was all snazzed up and he had to see her and give her a hug and tell her that before she left!
"One at a time, ONE AT A TIME."
"Oh, Oh OKAY."
"Santa coming? Christmas Presents, I want two of them. I be really good boy. I open them ONE AT A TIME, OKAY?"
When we were at church for Hannah's Baptism w/ Uncle Kyle (we'll put pics of that up, too!) we put him in the truck and he said "brrr...I don't like it." Me either buddy, me either - Winter and Mommy do not agree!! :)
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