Easter..pictures!

Much awaited I know! Finally some up to date pictures!

Somethings wrong with this picture. I got a whole bag of yogurt covered raisins and only 4 pieces of candy!

Elijah loves on Jonah a lot.

Quick! Take a picture!

Exhaustion

After waking up feeling as though I could barely move, having Jake's Mom and Dad draag 5children along to take me to the nearby urgent care and then to the ER followed by waiting with a slew of characters (including a twenty something guy with a needle imbedded in his arm from shooting up) I was finally tended to. Labs were drawn, an IV started andsome much needed pain medicine was received as by this time the slowly evolving back pain had evolved into something raging and causing me to do nothing else but rock back and forth in agony. Narcotics can be a wonderful thing when used appropriately! With the back pain, lethargy, fatigue, muscle and joint soreness, headache, low grade fever and thirst I thought it was dehydration, the flu, a kidney infection...anything other than the diagnosis I received. Exhaustion. Really? I got a litre of fluid and was sent home being told to work out my sleeping schedule better and take a vacation. I left with my discharge instructions on osteoarthritis (the only explanation they had for the pain) and insomnia thinking "Ha! A vacation, who are you kidding. Sleep schedule? I have 3 kids under 3 and woork full time 12 hr NIGHTS! Lets be realistic." I  then went home to sleep to be woken up at 4 am bc apparently a giant spider lives under Elijah's bed. Next time I think I will tell them I hear voices or see dead people. Maybe then I will get some real rest.

New thought Noah's 4th tooth popped up and he promptly bit Jonah

Also, Elijah knows all his animal sounds...except a turkey. Elijah what's a turkey say. Response "I'm a turkey"

Oh, and by the way, I really don't hear voices or see dead people...just thought I should clarify. there may be someone as niave as myself reading and start to worry about me. Don't I'm fine. Just suffer from some dry humor right now.

I SOOOO wish

that I could update my blog with pics from my phone! I have over 200 to download to a disk but have a ton on my phone...oh well. my hope is to download soon. I owe some people pictures! I work Easter Sunday but am hoping to get some preview pictures since I have to miss it.

anyway. gotta go. cranky boys! tomorrow we find out if the ear infection is gone. green is pouring out his nose so i am thinking not :(

8 Months Old

It's hard to believe it but my babies are 7 months old! What?!?! It is truly mind boggling! They are doing well, despite the fact the Jonah STILL has an ear infection! We are on yet another different antibiotic and are hoping that the third time is a charm. Measurement wise they are both 18 pounds and 26inches long. We are wearing 6-9month and 9month clothes...size 2/3 Pampers. Wow! Noah still just has the bottom 2 teeth and Jonah..well, he's toothless :)  The boys love to play with their big brother and have even started (one at a time) taking a bath with him. Noah enjoys this the best. He SPLASHES like a crazy fish! He is my water boy for sure! Noah enjoys sitting to take the world in..Jonah loves his belly. He scoots around to get wherever he wants and has decided that Elijah's toys are the best...doesn't matter that there are little pieces (YIKES!)

Elijah is doing wonderful at going on the potty ALL DAY LONG! He still wears a pullup/diaper at night but that's okay. In fact, when we went to pick up Jake the other day I wanted him to wear a pull up for the long ride and I was yelled at..."I GO PEE PEE ON THE POTTY! I NO NEED A PAHYUP!" Ok little dude. And yes, he did NOT have an accident...he went on the potty like a big boy! YEAH!

As always...short..sweet..to the point! Later!

Elijah the BIG boy

I am so proud of Elijah. He has been going on the potty for the past few days now. Of course, we have been bribing him to do so. We tried stickers. We tried dum-dums. What worked? Cars. Cars movie cars that is. Elijah pooped on the potty a few days in a row so I gave him a car. When he did it again we took him to the Disney store to find a "the King" car. While there we found a set of larger die cast race cars including "the King", Lightning McQueen, and Chick Hicks. Of course he wanted it. Lightbulb. New deal. Now if he goes on the potty ALL DAY without accident he gets to pick one of the 10 cars in the set. So far its worked. It's amazing what you can do if you put your mind to it. I figure after 10 times we should have a good habit started. I guess we'll see!