ear infections, oh my

It has been a couple weeks since I have posted....sorry! Right after the boys' baptism, Logan came down with an ear infection. He wouldn't sleep, wouldn't eat and only wanted to be held by me. I realized that he is the first "baby" to have an ear infection. Lauren and Josh were both right around two years old and could tell us that their ear hurt. All Logan did was cry! It was really frustrating and I felt so very bad for him. On top of it, Brian and I were exhausted from being up with him, Logan was exhausted from being ill and Lauren was exhausted from being awake everynight from Logan's crying. Josh slept through it all.
I also think that he had a case of hand, foot, and mouth disease. For those of you not familiar with it, it is really common and most adults and older children that get it don't even know it. But for little ones, it shows up as painfuls little red sores in their mouth, on their hands and/or on their feet. Lauren had it once as a young toddler, but just on her hands and feet. Logan didn't have anything on his hands or feet (one little dot on his finger), but I could see sores in his little mouth and I'm sure it was painful for him to swallow anything.
After almost a week of endless crying, hardly any eating (at one point I was using a medicine-dropper to get apple juice into him to keep him from getting dehydrated), he turned the corner and started to perk up. WOO-HOO!
Now he's back to his old self, but he's extra HUNGRY!!!!
When my kids get sick, I don't ever really worry about the not eating 'cause my kids ALL have plenty of reserves!! I just worry about the dehydration and them being in pain.
Oh, and my own lack of sleep!
So here's to none of my kids catching the four-day fever/flu-ish yuckiness that seems to be going around the neighborhood!

Happy Father's Day, Dad!

This is my dad, Smiley. I've never met anyone's dad that was quite like mine. He is definately a character! Growing up, he had nicknames for all my friends - silly nicknames, right Boohe? He was always singing nonsense songs and chattering away about random silliness. He teased me a lot and built a lot of character in me that way. He has his own language - mittens/gloves = handshoes; tires = screamers. Like I said, I've never met anyone quite like my dad!

Through all the silliness, teasing, and chattering, I always knew that he loved me. He is such a great dad and I'm lucky to call him mine! He always provided for me, made sure I was taken care of, and supported me.

Dad, thank you for being you and for being such a great dad. I'm very lucky and my kids are very fortunate to call you "Bumpa." I love you very much!

Gone Baptizin'

We got Joshua and Logan baptized today!! It was such a great day.....very busy, but wonderful! The boys did really good and we had many friends and family members here to celebrate with us. I get very emotional about our children's godparents. It's a big deal to me, to name people as my children's godparents and to be a godparent myself. I know that I maybe don't do all the things I should as a godparent, but I truly hold my three godson's so close to my heart and pray for them every day.



So, to Melissa, Levon, John, Katie, Brenton and Stephanie, THANK YOU for being such a significant part of our boys' lives. You are all a blessing to us!

Sorry, Katie, I know your eyes are closed, but this is the only with where Josh didn't have his finger up his nose!

our little ball player

Josh is a beginning ball player! He loves playing catch and also loves hitting the ball with his bat. He can actually hit the ball with the bat (little bat, not big fat bat), which I think is pretty good for two years old!
So, I think that instead of investing in our 401K, we take all our money out of it and start Josh on private ball lessons and really start pushing him to play. That way, instead of a retirement 401K fund, we'll have a major league ball player and won't need a 401K!
Okay, so we might be better leaving things the way they are and let him have fun learning to love sports. I guess we should reevaluate when he is three to see which is the better investment - Josh's ball skills or the stock market!! I'm going with Josh on this one!!