Jason

Jason's Birthday Gift

Please note that he has lost ANOTHER tooth since his birthday. He is now missing 4 teeth, and the top middle right tooth is VERY loose. Th kid looks like he got into a fight and had his teeth knocked out! But he is getting very rich thanks to the tooth fairy!! I love this picture because you can see that the teeth are gone. And he is smiling all by himself, without me asking him to!

I know he needs a haircut, and I need do a birthday post for him. They will both happen, eventually!

Ice Skating

Haley and I went with Mary Ruth and Sage to the ice skating rink over the holiday break. Both of the little girls had been before, but not for a long time. It was very fun, and a good workout. I had to hold Haley's hand the whole time, so it was good that none of the boys wanted to come. I would not have been able to help anyone else. I just would not have had enough hands. After and hour and a half both of the girls had spaghetti legs. We all had a great time.

Enjoy this picture of me, you do not get many of them on here....

The Cutest Ornament

We got the CUTEST ornament from Allison and Marty for Christmas. I meant to post this before we left for Disney but the pictures were still on the camera so I did not get it done. I don't know where they found this ornament but it matches our tree perfectly and it has the exact amount of elves on it! The kids love looking at it and reading all of the names. It was the only new ornament that we added this year, and it is the favorite one on the tree.

Thanks!!

New Years Eve

We tried something new this year, and stayed home for New Years Eve. Usually Lewis and I go out. In years past we have gone downtown for the night, gone to dinner and movie with friends or family, but this year we were so tired from being gone all week to California that we decided to stay home for the night with the kids. We got a babysitter for the afternoon so we could go to the movies. We went to see a matinee of The Day the Earth Stood Still. It was very "green". It was the third movie that we have seen this fall/winter that is all about being environmentally friendly.

When we got back from the movie we played Monopoly with the kids. Then they ate a late dinner/snack of cereal (that is when Abigail had regular milk and vomited for the last time; another post on this later). Abi fell right to sleep, as did Lewis (boo!). Jason and Haley had a slumber party in the living room until midnight and Adam watch television in the basement. I managed to reread the 3rd book in the Twilight series and went to bed afterward. All in all a very quiet and nice way to start the year.

Lewis and Seven sleeping at 11:00 pm

Grosgrain: The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain: The Lunch Date Blouse GIVEAWAY!!!!

Check this out. I love her stuff, and to win a top like this would be great too!

http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2009/01/lunch-date-blouse-giveaway_13.html

To Whom It May Concern:

Dear M.R.,

You do know that if I had a picture of the vomit I would post it. Alas, when my child is violently ill my hands are usually otherwise occupied holding hair, blocking splash back, or rubbing their back. Next time I will be sure to set the camera on the bathroom sink to catch these wonderful moments.*

Sincerely,

The V.V.V.**



*I know this was a gross post. But I thought it was too funny not to post. I laughed the whole way through.

**Voluptuous Vomit Vixen :)

Got Milk?

Tomorrow morning I am taking Abigail to see an allergy specialist from her pediatrician's practice. Abigail has, what we think, is a severe allergy to milk. When we got home from Disneyland we noticed that her nose was still runny (she had been sick for over a month), she was almost not breathing at night because of congestion and phlegm, her cough was horrible, she still had a low grade fever, bad cramps, and she was VIOLENTLY vomiting everyday. (The rest of us had colds but by the time we got back everyone was better, except for Abi.) Once she vomited she would be fine... usually. We finally figured out the trigger to the vomit. On New Year's Eve she was having a bowl of cereal at about 10 pm before she went to bed, and half way through she got the bad cramps and ran to the bathroom and violently vomited. We were like "THE MILK!!!!" Milk was the only common denominator, she drinks milk or has milk products everyday. Since then we have not let her have any milk and she is better. Until.... Monday was Jason's birthday and we went out to eat. She got ice cream for dessert. Her phlegm came back immediately, she coughed, and ran a low grade fever all night. She is better now that it has been 24 hours, sleeping now without the struggles.

Tomorrow is the preliminary visit. They want to know what we know. They will meet with her and see what she has to say. The doctors did tell me that this can happen. Since she was a preemie she is more likely to develop allergies and develop other problems as she gets older. This is unlike the rest of us that usually out grow allergies and problems as we get older. Hopefully we are on track with this, and will be able to figure this out. Wish me luck. I will update tomorrow with the results.

Picture Problem

As you can see I fixed the picture problem... temporarily. I had to go on and delete some photos so that I could load more on. I need to just pay the $20 for the year and upgrade to the ton of storage. I am sure that is what I will do. My other option is to have the first year of my blog bound into a book, which I wanted to do anyway, but have not gotten around to doing. Most likely I will do both, but maybe not until summer time, when I have more "free" time. (But as we all know, when you have 4 kids, your times is never free.) But until then, I will have to try and refrain from using pictures on each post, even though I am morally opposed to it.