Difference Between Boys and Girls

This past weekend Tim and Carrie and their 2 little girls came to visit. Their little girls are so cute and sweet. They are so quiet and just sit and play with their toys, unlike my boys who are running and jumping around 24/7.I had forgotten what it was like to have a girl, it is so much more quiet and peaceful.

While the girls were here Becca picked up one of Alan's swords and asked her mom, "what is this mom?" She said, go ask your dad. They had no idea what most of his toys were. They had a good time even though there were mainly only swords and guns to [play with.

I think Carrie was thankful that she had girls and not boys. Boys are very tiring sometimes but they are alot of fun too. It was nice to have friends visit.

Kids

I finally finished making Alan's baby clothes quilt. Once I actually sat down and worked on it it didn't take me very long. The pictures aren't real good quality so I hope you can see what it looks like. Now I have to start working on Trevor's, I just have to be in the right mood to do it.

I took Elise to the orthodontist today to get her retainer. I tried to take a picture to show you what it looks like. Can you believe that you can choose what color you want your retainer to be? Craziness. She has to go back every month for them to check it and make sure it is tight enough. Once she loses all of her baby teeth she will probably be getting braces. She was really excited to get her retainer. Isn't she beautiful?

Heat Wave

It is supposed to be in the 30's this week! Wow, 30 degrees. It is going to feel like spring after being below zero for so long. Isn't that sad that it gets into the 30's and we are like, wow it's warm today. I am so over the cold weather.
Alan said yesterday, "I want to go outside and play with my sand shovels." He goes outside for 2 seconds and wants to come back inside, we are whimps. Hopefully this warmer weather is a sign that spring and summer are coming.

Happy Birthday Grandpa Maxwell

This past Saturday we went to a Birthday party for Grandpa Maxwell. 95 years old! A good time was had by all especially when grandpa told his story about a little boy eating prunes 2 times. Happy Birthday Grandpa Maxwell.
Sorry the pictures aren't real clear, our camera isn't the best camera, but at least it takes pictures.

Success!

We went up to Dartmouth Hitchcock Thursday February 15 for Trevor's circumcision. Of course the night before we had a huge snowstorm so we weren't sure if we were going to be able to make it but we braved the weather and made the drive. It is normally an hour and 15 minute drive but that day it took us about 2 hours to get there. There was a bad accident when we first got on the highway and we sat for about 30-45 minutes. After we got through that the roads weren't very good so we had to go pretty slow. We finally got there but we were an hour late. It was ok because we didn't have to wait very long before they called us back. After that we had to wait quite a while but the kids were surprisingly great.

The doctors finally came to the room we were waiting in and talked to us about the procedure and what was going to happen. They told us that they would let one of us go back with Trevor while they were putting him to sleep so of course I went back. It was so hard to see him like that and then have to leave him. The doctor came out about an hour later and told us that everything went fine and there wasn't any bleeding which was good. Now we just had to wait for him to wake up. Of course he decided to take a little nap, which was well deserved.

He woke up about an hour after the doctor came out so I was able to go back with him and sit with him until he was fully awake. Anyway, to make a long story short, they said that he did wonderfully and we could take him home. When we got home he did so good, it didn't even look like he was in pain. They told us that we were supposed to give him Tylenol with codine and Motrin but he was playing happily so we didn't give it to him. We had to give him the Tylenol once before he went to bed and that was it. Since then he has done so well and has been in such good spirits. We are so thankful that everything went well and he seems to be healing well also. And if anybody is wondering the doctor did a good job as far as we can tell. I am so glad it is over.

While we were there we were able to visit with Kerri and Paige. She is such a sweet little girl. At first she didn't want us there because she didn't know us but Alan quickly got her playing and out of her shell. Her and Alan had a good time playing. We are praying for her.

What goes around comes around

One night for dinner we had something that had broccoli in it and I knew that Alan didn't like vegetables so I only gave him 2 tiny pieces and one piece of cauliflower. He ate everything else that was on his plate but didn't touch any of the veggies so I told him that he could either eat the one piece of cauliflower or the 2 little pieces of broccoli. Well, I thought he ate the cauliflower then I see him spitting it back out again so I told him that he had to eat the 2 pieces of broccoli. Do you think he ate them? Of course not, that would be too easy. He said, I don't like it. I told him he had to eat it and he couldn't play or get up until he ate them. Well, for the next hour or so he kept telling me that it wasn't fair that he had to stay in his seat and eat all the while crying. Finally he fell asleep in the chair but never ate his broccoli. I know, I am such a mean mom.

I was telling my sister about what happened and she laughed and said, "He is just like you." She said I would sit at the kitchen table, when I was little, for hours because I wouldn't want to eat my food and my brothers and sisters would walk by and say, Katina, just eat and you can get up. I guess what goes around comes around.

Back to Old Self

Alan is back to himself again after 5 days of laying on the couch doing nothing. He is back to shooting guns and running and jumping around. He has been on the antibiotics for two days now so they must be working. Now he thinks that he can wake up in the middle of the night and have gatorade because we would give him gatorade when his fever was real high. It is good to have him feeling better though.

Trevor isn't feeling so hot, he hasn't been eating and for him that isn't normal. He is getting 2 bottom teeth in so I think that is part of the problem. Hopefully his cold clears up before his surgery next week. We are so looking forward to it.

Alan

We just got back from the dr.s office because Alan was still running a fever and his ear was still hurting. The Dr. said that his ear looked the same it did when she first looked at him so the ear drops weren't doing anything. She said that his ear was filled with puss and stuff so she tried to get some of it out and she was able to but she still prescribed an oral antibiotic to clear up the infection. Hopefully this will work.

Alan Update

Well, our bed was soaked early this morning so I am guessing that his fever broke last night. His temp this morning is only one hundred so that is better than one hundred and three. My numbers aren't working on my keyboard so I have to spell everything out. He is still complaining that his ear is hurting but we still have more days of drops.

Trevor's cold really hasn't gotten any worse so that is a good thing. It will be so nice to be able to go outside and get fresh air again without turning into an icicle as soon as you walk outside.

Keep them in your prayers please.

Winter Sickness

I thought I was going to make it through this winter without the kids getting sick. Well, I was wrong. Two days ago Alan woke up in the night crying so we went to him to find out what was wrong and of course he was half awake so we couldn't get a straight answer out of him. He was up about every hour crying because something hurt. Morning finally came and we were able to find out that his ear was hurting and of course he had a fever to go with it so we gave tylenol every 4 hours and waited to see how he would do. Last night his fever broke a little but he was still warm so I called the dr. this morning to make an appointment.

The prognosis is that he has some goopy stuff in his left ear which is weird because he still has tubes in his ears. Anyway, he has to have drops twice a day. Let me tell you, you would think I was torturing him or something, we had to hold him down to put them in. The tylenol isn't any better. He has to take it for a week and if it isn't better they have to give him an oral antibiotic. Oh Lord I hope not.

Trevor has a stuffy nose and cough too, but thank goodness he actually enjoys taking his medicine.

I won't be able to post any pictures for a while because for some reason our usb cables aren't working, It's always something.