Adamant

about what, I don't know. This is Reese's new thing, no more sweet coos and babbling-just outright screaming. I don't know what this is all about.

Oh and one more thing, please notice how messy my living room is with kids toys and never-ending laundry, thanks.

Some Detective Work....

Let me start off by saying that I truly believe in spoiling your kids when they are sick. When my kids are sick with their pitiful little sunken-in eyes, and their pitiful little faces, with their little coughs, and just laying around because they don't feel good, they can get pretty much whatever they want.

Especially when they aren't eating. Abram-you could tell- was losing weight because he wouldn't eat because his throat hurt, so if he felt like eating anything particular I would get it for him.

Thankfully they are not yet aware of the manipulation this could allow them.

Or are they....

and by they....I mean he.

You see Reese totally gets out of this one. Being almost 5 months and all, however my oldest (and Reese as well) are thankfully feeling a lot better. In all of the sickness we have had in our household, something has happened.

SOMEONE has taken my sweet and polite Abram and replaced him with a little whiny booger who thinks all of his needs should be met immediately, and if not, it's as if a tornado of fury occurs with all of the weepng, wailing, whining. SO I became desperate and sought out to hire a detective.

I will admit, he looked a little young, but he had a mustache-and don't all good detectives have mustaches?

He was perplexed. Who would want to take my sweet little boy and replace him with such a ball of fury?


He even called in his assistant....


Although super cute, he was equally confused.

So there you have it, a great mystery in our house. I am hoping (and praying) that my sweet almost three year old will come back soon and this alien will leave, but only time will tell.

He Got It

......we knew he would.

Weekend Update and Trivia Question......

Took the boys to the doc today-that's right boys as in plural. The seal bark coughing subsided, but the cough and fever still there. I was up with Abram from 1-3am and Reese from 3ish-5am. I had to be worked in, so we waited forever in the waiting room. Abram tested positive for strep. SO scratch that--I. HATE. STREP. Reese tested negative, however he is definitely sick, and definitely threw up almost an entire bottle on me an hour ago. What is more pitiful that one sick little boy? A sick little boy and a sick baby. -WHICH can I just say that the sick baby at 4 1/2 months weighs 19lbs 10oz!!!!! That wasn't the trivia question, by the way. SO without further suspense, for all of you trivia lovers out there, I pose this question:

I was told to keep the boys separate and not to let them touch/handle the same things, obviously so that Abram wouldn't pass along the illness. Knowing that they are brothers, and live in the same house, and will be extra pitiful wanting to cuddle with the same mom-how is this going to be possible???? Any ideas? Maybe it's not a trivia question, but more like a riddle??

Weekend

I. Hate. The. Croup. Abram has it, he is extra pitiful. Thought we were going to have to go to the ER last night, instead we sat out on the porch at midnight eating popsicles. Urgent care is not open on the weekends. We are doing all home remedies and will be seeing the doctor tomorrow. My poor little guy. Stupid croup.

Not that I am a stalker or anything...........

....but there are certain blogs that I L.O.V.E. and this is one of them. I want to be her friend, and I am serious. I am friends with two of her sister in laws, does this count? Anyhoo-she is doing a giveaway, and to get two entries, you have to link her up. SOOOO even though this may ruin my chances, because you are going to want to enter, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to get the goods. Here it is, and when you see her blog, you will want to be her friend too! Click here.

Just in case you were wondering........

To answer a few questions you may be wondering....


1. Yes, we are still alive.

2. I have had my hands full and yes, I have been neglecting my blog. Sad, but true.

3. If you were wondering what is on Reese's forehead (his little red strawberry), no-Abram has not been left alone with him as many have thought. It's a hemangioma (click on word) which is a fancy pants word for birthmark. Might get bigger, should fade. In the meantime, I think it's pretty cute.

4. Remember when I started potty training Abram oh, almost 4 months ago? Some days are awesome, some days I am cleaning poop piles/pee spots off the floor or out of underwear. Kind of like a cat or dog, he frequents the same spots in the house, bizarre. Yes, I think this is going to be the death of me. Some days I feel like I should have photographic evidence for the purposes of guilt or blackmail.....I haven't, but the thought has crossed my mind. I love Woolite carpet cleaner.

5. Yes, our job is winding down, and no we have no idea where we are going. Yes, this is a stresser. Times are hard, which plays big time on the construction industry. We have been very blessed to be able to have a job, and are very grateful in times such as these Kris still has a job.

6. I have heard so many times, but still can't get over how fast Reese is growing and how it seems as though he is doing everything a lot faster than Abram did. Yes, he still melts me.

7. Yes, I am still hating (ok, may I should use the words "strongly dislike") people who can drop baby weight quickly. Yes, maybe I am a little bitter, and yes this is why you do not see many pictures of me recently. I'm working on it. And yes, it sucks.

8. No, I haven't found what the smell in the kitchen is yet, ugh.

Hmmm, I think that's all for now, any questions?