Happy 21 months

 

If anyone has seen our sweet, calm and innocent children will you please return them to us immediately.  I am not sure if its because we are nearing the terrible two’s but oh my it was like a light switch turned on one day.  Suddenly we are into everything, climbing and standing on anything, we do not listen to anyone, we fight with each other because we all want the same toy, we are constantly on the move and we are always seeking trouble, we can tear up a room in 5 seconds flat, forget child locks, barricades, and gates we have them all figured out too and please mom and dad no more diaper changes we don’t have time for those. I do not know these children they are not ours and we want ours back pronto…please! 

As for me…If I am not making a meal, cleaning up a meal, picking up a mess, breaking up fights, changing diapers, then its time for a snack or someone is crying then at the one second of silence I honestly do not know what to do with myself.  House cleaning well who has time for that…time is non existent anymore and I do not plan to do anything.  If I get something done for me or that really just needs to be done well that’s just a bonus!!!  But I am ok with that because these three little monsters won’t be little forever and soon enough they will be off to school and I really will have no idea what to do with myself.  So for now I will deal with mess and the piles that need gone through and just enjoy my babies as long as I can.  Some days are harder than others and sometime I loose my cool but all in all I find myself right back to this thought…cherish your yesterdays, dream about tomorrow but LIVE for today!

Lila has really fallen in love stuffed animals and dolls. This particular day she wasn’t feeling the best so her stuffed animals made her feel so much better.  Can you find her???

Every morning and after every nap we have to drag all of the stuffed animals out of our bed into the living room!

All the kids loving pushing the strollers but Lila also has to carry her purse and she usually has a bracelet or two on!

Always ready to say cheese and pose for the camera!

Lila decided she wanted to take a trip into Madelyn’s bed during naptime. When we put her back in her crib and walked out of the room she ended up on the floor next. So immediately her crib was moved away from Madelyn’s where it is staying for now and I think it scared her enough not to do it again because its been several weeks and so far so good!

Well Carter is in trouble all of the time and I have used several methods of punishment but nothing seems to phase this child.  I put him in timeout the other day for one minute. After it was over he decided to go get his water and sit back in the timeout chair.  I guess he likes the timeout chair which initially I thought was not a good thing. But hopefully he can find it a comfortable place to plow off steam and maybe that’s what he needs is a getaway form those silly sisters! 

Cool DUDE!!!

This kid loves trucks, car and anything with wheels!

He loves getting into the kitchen cabinet although now they are all locked up except the dish towel drawer which just isn’t as fun.

Madelyn loves signing any kind nursery rhyme but lately she is really into head, shoulders, knees and toes and she does the movements right along.  She has also started saying a few more words like row, go or anything with the long o sound!

Playing dress up

Playing ball with Mags!

The fish face! Aunt Shell taught her how to make the fish face and it’s the cutest thing ever!! 

Madelyn loves writing, scribbling,and coloring.  Showing me her artwork.

Can you spot Carter?  This is what we did on the days it was too hot to venture outside!

Or we just went swimming

We all love mega blok legos…they keep us busy for quite sometime.

Lila building a tower.

Stirring in our bowls like mommy.  We really love playing pretend!

And at the end of the day….We love reading with Dad

Lila’s weekend at Children’s

 

Lila woke up on Friday Aug 12th like any other morning in a great mood.  I went to change her clothes and noticed a strange bump on her and looked like a blister with a little bit of a yellow tint to it.  So since we had just been to PT on Wednesday and the zoo Thursday I assumed it was just a blister. As the morning went on she started getting very fussy and it wasn’t getting any better.  I decide to take them outside since everyone was a bit uneasy and Lila refused to get down and walk.  When she would finally try to get down and play, which didn’t last too long, she was really favoring the foot with the blister. This wasn’t too much of a surprise to me since she can sometimes be a little dramatic.  Right before lunch she was starting to feel a little warm and I really started to worry at this point.  I took her temperature and it was around 101 so I called the pediatrician and the nurse recommended I come in since she was favoring it so much. Her blister was now starting to look more like a blood blister and was a little larger than before. She didn’t eat anything for lunch and as soon as everyone was done we went straight to bed for a nap.  Everyone went right down and seemed to be sleeping very well.  So after a few hours of them sleeping I decided to cancel her appointment thinking sleep was better for her than waking them for the appointment.  She woke up shortly after me canceling screaming uncontrollably.  I ran into the room and as I went to pick her up realized she was burning up and her blistered foot was hot as well while the other one was really cool.  So I immediately called back to reschedule and threw the kids in the van (leaving all of their shoes behind).  Luckily Mamoo and Papoo Hopperton were in Florence that day and said they would meet us there to take care of Carter and Madelyn in the office while I took Lila back.  We were turning on the road to the office when Lila threw up everywhere, the next bad sign. It didn’t take too long for us to be called back to a room. When the nurse came back to check her out she had a panicked look on her face as she examined her foot and I described what had happened.  The doctor came in pretty quickly and immediately after looking at it and hearning her symptoms he told me to take her children’s and we would be staying at least one night.  So thankfully Mamoo and Papoo had met us because otherwise I have no idea what I would have done.  So they took the kids home and Lila and I headed to children’s. 

Brad was coming home from Indy so he met us at the hospital. After a long wait in the ER we finally seen a doctor.  They put in her IV in which was the worst part and then made an incision in her foot to allow the infection to drain…which was a piece of cake.  She was such a trooper the whole time.  We were then admitted us to the hospital where we would be in isolation for at least one night.  They collected a culture of the infection and said it would grow over the next day and then be tested with several different meds to see which one worked.  They started her on Clindamycin because 99% of the time it works against strep and staph so either way we were covering her.

Here is what her foot looked like before we headed to the doctor 

The first night in the hospital was a little rocky since it was late and she hadn’t eaten at all that day.  At 10pm that night she actually ate pretty well considering all that had happened to her.  I was worried she wouldn’t sleep in the crib but once I rocked her for a little while she went right to sleep and slept cozy in the crib.  The nurses came in twice during the night to give her medication and to check her vitals. The doctors were in around 6am and a constant flow from then until 10am or so.

Daddy stayed with us that night and we both commented on what a piece of cake one child would have been.  Not that having one child is easy but it’s a whole lot easier than three the same age!  Lila was pretty worn out the next day but she never complained.  We found out that morning we would probably be staying another night so she could continue taking the meds through the IV.  At about 3pm on Saturday afternoon she started bouncing off the walls and she was thoroughly enjoying all the one on one attention from Mom and Dad.  Although the situation could have been better it was nice spending some quality time with her.

In isolation…let me out of here!

Keeping the hospital gown on her was becoming a bit of a challenge

Eating dinner with daddy.

Sleeping peacefully on night two.  Daddy went home to take care of brother and sister. 

 

Sunday morning playtime with mommy and we were given the okay to go home.  We were also told the culture grew a type of staph infection and a few hours later we were also told the medication she had been taking did not react against the staph.  We were basically in the hospital the second night in order for her to get the medication via IV and to find out it wasn’t even working against the staph was frustrating although not a shock.  We always seem to stump the doctors.

On our way home….immediately she fell asleep. 

They were all excited to see each other at first but that didn’t last too long!!!

 

What a weekend

A trip to the ZOO

 

August 11th we visited the zoo for the first time this summer.  It was a beautiful day to be outside and I was so excited to see how the kids would react to seeing the animals!

Getting ready for some fun!

With our friends!

Lila and Madelyn headed to see the giraffes.

LOOK mom.

Mesmerized by the giraffe

These penguins were talking very loudly and the kids just couldn’t figure out where all the noise was coming from!

Carter loved the Wallaby

And so does everyone else

Look mom!!!

Carter just can’t get close enough…pressing his face up against the glass

Look at these crazy pigeons

Madelyn loved the turtle

We got to in with the goats….oh yeah Madelyn says

Lila didn’t know what to think! She wanted so bad to pet the goat but was afraid.  She seen everyone else doing it so finally got the guts to run over to him really fast and peck him with her fingers and then just laughed…too cute!

Madelyn was all about the goats…she loved them.

And so did Carter.  When we first got into the goat area he did his little excited dance and laugh.

Then we found a cool tunnel to run in and out of!!

What a fun day at the zoo!!! We loved seeing the animals!!!!