Allergy season is here

D has been coughing for weeks. The nose started running a couple days ago. Today she woke up and said it hurt when she blew her nose. My guess? Sinus infection. I took her to the doc and yep, she has a sinus infection. The doc's first comment was "definite allergies." Don't ya love genetics? She takes after her daddy. I'm starting to wonder about B too. He's been sneezing here and there. He was super fussy today. I just hope he's not getting sick. I think he has another tooth coming in and since giving up his first nap, he is always tired. So I just can't tell. I'm trying not to anticipate and just let it be. I'm really trying. D is on antibiotics and is allowed to go to school tomorrow if she is up to it. The weather is going to drive us all nutty. It's been in the 80s and this weekend is supposed to be cool. Monday it's going to be in the 80s again. No wonder we're all sniffling!

So in other news.... Yesterday I took D to her Jewish cooking class. They made chicken soup and challah. How cute! They learned how to bless the candles too. It's the most Judaism she's had. I feel like such a bad Jew. The only thing she knows is the holidays. I really have to step it up and read a book or something. She's going to ask me about G-d one of these days. What will I say? OY!

B is starting to babble more. There's hope.....

Giants won game 2 tonight.

Cute kids and a fun weekend

We had a fun weekend. Took the kids to the park on Saturday. B was EVERYWHERE. He really is nonstop these days. And so cute!! :)


He has such a great personality when he's happy!



Today was a birthday party for a classmate. She got her face painted and had a blast!



After nap, it was trunk or treat at her school. This year she's a pixie...or a fairy...or a butterfly. Maybe all of the above? Who knows. She's darn cute though!

This has been a good day

D summed it up at dinner tonight. "This has been a good day!" First off, B slept through the night after his screaming at bedtime. I think he was super exhausted. The one-nap days are tough and he's not used to it just yet. That will change in time. Also, his belly seems to be getting better. Finally! So other than just tired and fussy as usual, this was a good day for him! D had a good day at school, a good nap and a good afternoon. The only bummer was when she tried on her Halloween costume tonight and it didn't fit. It's a pixie costume from Target that she picked out herself. It's a child medium and it's just too tight around her belly. She's so my child. I was such a bulky kid! She was so sad that it didn't fit. I hope I can find it in large. If not, guess it's another princess costume.

Is B sick or allergic?

So we introduced B to peanuts a couple weeks ago. Really slowly. A bite at a time. Thought he was fine. But then after giving him more, his stomach revolted. He's been having diarrhea for about 5 days now, on and off. The thing is, I stopped the nuts. So we don't know if he's sick or what. He has no fever, seems happy. He's really tired though because he's giving up his first nap. Not sure what is going on but it's giving me so much anxiety. Tonight he flipped out after I put him to bed which he never does. I had to go back into his room and get him because he wouldn't calm down. He still wasn't running a fever but anytime he acts out of sorts, it means he's getting sick. So now I'm in panic mode. Fortunately, after taking him back in his room, he fell asleep on me so I put him back in his crib. He was awake, fussed a little and went right to sleep. That was 2.5 hours ago. Here's hoping he stays asleep and is just really tired. He napped almost 2 hours today though. UGH! I hate not knowing! And it's always at night!

D made me feel better. After I put B down again, D and I cuddled on the couch while we watched the baseball game with David. I think she knew that I was in need of some love. That's exactly what she gave me. And then, she went pretty much right to sleep after we put her down too. A good night for her.

I know I can't control when my kids get sick. And it makes me so anxious when they get don't feel well. My stomach literally flip flops. I don't know why I feel like I can't handle it but logic just doesn't work when I'm in the thick of it. I know I can deal if I have to. So why the freak out? Does all this go back to D's RSV? No clue. Time for therapy because this is ridiculous. I shouldn't be this wound up. I know it will be better when B can talk. Hope that starts soon. Something else to worry about. Not good at this mommy thing sometimes.....

Telling time

So last night I was listening to D's monitor after she had been in bed for awhile. It had been quiet for awhile so I thought she was asleep. Until I heard...."It's 8 o'clock! 8-1-0. That's 10. It's 8:10!" I know it's just a digital clock but how cool that she figured that out on her own! And how not cool that she was still awake!!

Toots are funny! Part 2

So tooting is still funny in our house. I tooted one early morning and David said, loudly, "There's a duck in mom's pants!" Of course B was already giggling as he always does when anyone toots and D immediately started repeating David over and over and over again. Fun stuff. Well, a couple days later, I was giving the kids snack in the afternoon and D tooted rather loudly into her booster seat (which is a vinyl spongie material so it resonated!). She said laughing, "There's a helicopter in my pants!" And of course, B was giggling and I had a much needed laugh. There is a small chance I might keep my sanity if they keep making me laugh.

The weather is back in the 90s. It's killing me. Earlier in the week, it was pouring rain and cool. So nice! And now it's summer. We went to Devan's 2nd birthday today at Travel Town. Fun but soooo hot! And chasing B is so not fun in this weather. I don't know how I'm going to get through the week. David and I had a date night last night. It was only a few hours but it was nice. Unfortunately, it's not going to hold me over until the next date night. Ugh.... Oh well, hopefully D will make more funny comments and B will keep giggling.

Chocolate covered hot dogs

No, we didn't have them for dinner last night. D and I have been making up stories instead of reading for bed the last several nights. The first night we did it, I came up with a story in which we ate chocolate covered hot dogs. It wasn't the story that was funny. It was her response. "That's TERRIBLE!" I've never heard her use that word before and her expression was hilarious. She loves chocolate and hot dogs but apparently, she has no desire to eat them together. So funny. She is getting very imaginative in her play and is playing more by herself. She is enjoying that B is more interactive as well although he's still not talking.

I will be calling the doctor tomorrow to get a referral for a speech therapist. B sounds like a caveman. He points and tries to communicate but doesn't seem to make any effort to babble or make words. He says "dah" every now and then but that's it. It makes me sad that he gets frustrated because he can't tell us what he wants. We get frustrated too. I just hope it's nothing serious and that once we do therapy the words start flowing. He's almost 17 months old. I did notice this morning that he has 4 more teeth coming in. That might be the reason why he's been so fussy the last few days!

September was a hard month. I didn't post a lot because we had some "issues" that I didn't want to advertise. I'm hoping I will be much better about posting in October! I have to do Snapfish for Sept so at least there will be pictures to remind us of the good things that happened.