Sign you've been reading too much Berinstein Bears...

Your son says to you, "Mom, when you were a cub did your parents spank you?"

Home of the Germs

Callie fell asleep outside yesterday wearing her cool shades, so I brought her inside:

Tate thought he was pretty cool in his lion shirt:

I forgot to post this picture of Hunter helping Brent put up the bunk beds. He had out all his tools and said, "Wow, this is tricky!" :

I took the boys to the doctor yesterday afternoon. They both woke up at a little before 6:30, and were both acting cranky and sick, so I called right away at 8 and made them appointments. Hunter then started saying his ear hurt, so I figured they'd have ear infection, which they both did. Tate came to Brent and I at 9:30 and said, "Nap, nap!" so we took him in his room and he layed right down and went to sleep. Hunter wanted to take a nap, too, and slept for about an hour till he woke up crying saying his ear hurt. Tate slept from 9:30-1!! Then we were outside playing and at about 2:30 he came back to me and said, "Nap, nap!" so I took him in and he went right back to sleep. I had to wake him up at 3:30 for the doctor appointment. I can't believe how much he slept yesterday. I even put them to bed early b/c Hunter was falling apart, and they both slept till 7 this morning. So, it was obvious that they weren't feeling well.

Today they have been acting better, we were outside for most of the morning. The boys discovered how cool mud is, and were making "Mud pies for Mother"(just like a book we have). Hunter found some sticks and was putting them in the pie and singing happy birthday to me. They were such a MESS by the time it was all over. I'm seriously going to go through a TON of Shout this summer.

They wanted to have a picnic outside today so we ate on the porch. Well, I should say that I ate on the porch, they just sat there putting their food on the ground. I told them the birds were going to come and eat it all up, so they should eat it quick, but that didn't get them to eat.

I'm catching the boy's cold. It's either that or allergies, but I have a runny nose, sore throat and feel on the verge of a sneeze constantly. I could go for a nice, long nap. I'm hoping we start to feel better soon, I haven't really been outside the house except for a couple quick errands, so it'd be nice to get out to the park tomorrow.

I'm off to do laundry(muddy laundry)...

Callie is THREE months!

Well, I've been saying that these past three months havne't gone by too fast it seems, but I'm starting to think maybe they have. I can't belive she is already three months! Here is what she's doing at three months:

-rolling to her side.
-putting her fist in her mouth. She does this a lot of the time now, I know its crazy but I think she might be teething already. Hunter had his first tooth around 4 months, so it does happen.
-drooling a lot! Another teething sign. I was kind of hoping to avoid the drool after Mr. Tate and his insane amoung of drool.
-cooing and blowing bubbles. I've noticed a difference between her and the boys. She really likes to talk, more so than they boys did. She coos and coos if you'll sit and listen to her(which I do as often as I can, she is so cute!)
-squealing. I caught her with the video camera making the silliest noises last night.
-going to sleep a little earlier than she was. She goes down around 9-9:30 now and sleeps till 4 or 5.

Some new things she'll be doing this month:
-meeting her Aunt Anna and Uncle Justin for the first time!
-going on her first big roadtrip to Iowa.

She is growing out of some of her clothes now, and we are in size 3 month, so she is staying in the normal size for her age. I took a look at her pictures next to her bunny from the last two months, and she is getting longer!

And the bargain of the day is...

We got bunk beds! My Saturday morning routine is to as soon as I get the shopper, peruse the for sale section and look for bunk beds. We have been planning on buying them for the boys this summer sometime. I've found a few listings since I've been looking, but nothing too great of a deal. This morning, though, I saw one for sale for $50! We called right away on it, borrowed Brent's dad's truck and went to check them out. We ended up buying them and it is such a blessing!! They are exactly what we wanted(and for much cheaper than we anticipated getting them for!) They are made of solid oak, have the full size bottom bunk(didn't really initially want that but after Brent got the full mattress for free..)and have three HUGE drawers for storage underneath. We always need more storage. I feel really blessed to have gotten them, it was a great deal! Brent and I were nervous to see how Hunter would tolerate having to go up and more importantly DOWN a ladder, but he wasn't scared at all. He thought it was the coolest thing ever and he feels like a big kid now. I was also worried about Tate getting out of bed a million times, but he didn't. I stuck my ear to their door and heard Hunter talking to Tate. He said, "Look Tate, there is a tree house!" They can see their tree house mural now that Tate's crib is down.

Tate seems to be feeling just a LITTLE bit better than yesterday. He woke up after his nap with a temp of 103.5, so I called the clinic right away, but they were full and I talked to a nurse. She said the main thing was to keep him hydrated. He wouldn't take but a tiny bit of milk, so I was concerned. He only ate a few raisins and a few pretzels for the whole day, and last night he slept on me on and off. He seemed a little more himself this morning, but still lazier than he usually is and he had a temp of 101.3. I absolutely hate it when kids get sick on the weekends and you can't easily get into the clinic. Hunter seems perkier than Tate, he has just been coughing and sniffling. He sneezed yesterday and I heard him say, "Bless myself." I thought that was cute. I kept trying to hydrate Tate, and gave Hunter lots to drink also, and I think Hunter was tired of having to pee, b/c as he was playing with his toys I heard him say, "Awww, not again!!" and then head off to the bathroom. I'm still chuckling about that.

Two Sickies

We have two sick boys right now. Tate seems worse, but they both have fevers. I'm not quite sure what is wrong, they don't really have runny noses or anything. I'm kind of thinking it is in the throat b/c Tate didn't eat breakfast OR lunch. He has had plenty to drink and some raisins as a snack, but won't eat meals. I hate that it is Friday and if they get worse will have to wait till Monday to go to the doctor, but I don't know what I would tell the doctor besides that they have fevers. Under the arm Tate's was 101.4 and Hunter's was 101.3. They are both sleeping now. Hunter woke up crying at 6:30 and has been crying on and off all day. I'm finding it hard to handle all of them. Tate and Hunter both want to be held, and Callie is sticking to the "three month growth spurt" everyone talks about. She wants to nurse a little more frequently, sometimes twice an hour. So, I am wishing there were more of me right now. I went to the library and got them the Little Einstein DVD they both really enjoy, so they have been watching more TV than usual in hopes they will rest. Its too bad, though, b/c it is BEAUTIFUL out!

The new store opened in town yesterday. It is big news up here, and so the kids and I had to go check it out. I was very impressed with the variety of stuff they have. Hunter saw a squishy toy shark that he begged for. I said no. He kept talking about it all morning and I told him maybe he could save his money up for one and he picked up all his toys and came to me shaking his piggy bank. I was telling this to Brent and he told me I should go get it for him, so while he was still asleep(oh yes, naps are back...for now) I went and got it. When he woke up his first words were, "Can we go get that shark now???" He was delighted when I gave it to him. He really likes sharks and underwater creatures.

Yesterday he was asking if my owie(C-section scar) still hurt and I said a little. He wanted to see it and I asked him what it was from just to see what he'd say. He told me, "Well, the doctor man cut you open and Callie just popped out! And then you got married!" I had to laugh.

Callie was particularly smiley this morning so I took a bunch of pictures. They're basically all the same, but here are a couple:

Jeep on the move

Ugg, it is 10:23 pm and Callie is still crying in her bassinet. The girly will not go to sleep! I've been up since 4 something and am ready for bed already! I put her down awake eventually when I know she is tired and just fighting it. I got a cute picture of her wearing her new sunglasses I got her. The sun is too bright for her even with a hat on.

The other night I caught her sucking her thumb. I was so surprised, b/c she hasn't really tried since she was born. We got out the pacifier and she used that tonight.


We were all five outside this evening before supper. Brent was messing around with a few things, and he washed the van. Hunter and Tate were playing and Hunter was driving his Jeep around. Callie was in the stroller lounging and I decided to try out my roller blades. A friend had recently replaced my bearings and wheels so I wanted to see how they worked now. I told Brent and took off down the road and went around the corner down a different street and turned around and came back towards our house again. As I rounded the corner to the street that goes to ours I saw a lady biking with her kids and in the middle of them was Hunter driving his Jeep!!! I thought, "What on earth?!?" and stopped him and the biker(who I know, sort of) and asked what he was doing. She said he was by himself, and by the time she said that I saw Brent come rounding the corner rather fast pushing Callie and holding Tate. Hunter saw me leaving and decided to follow in his Jeep evidently. We had him drive directly home and into the garage. We gave him a talking to about how dangerous that was, and he said a few times during supper how sorry he was and that he wouldn't do that ever again.

Blessings

We had our last MOPS meeting this morning. Tate is going through a phase where he doesn't like to go in the nursery, so I had issues with him. He started crying as soon as he saw the church, and I had to pry him out of his car seat. I was nervous, and kept looking at my pager, but when I went to pick him up he was doing fine. I'm not sure what brought the whole nursery hating thing on. I am going to be a table leader for MOPS next year. The speaker they had today really touched me. It was a woman who had lost her first daughter at around 6 months to heart failure. She said they found out about her heart at three months, and as I sat there holding little Callie I was struck with how lucky I am to have normal, healthy children. Its a great blessing to have been able to even have had children, let alone three healthy ones! I just really need to be more thankful of that in my day to day life. I get so weighed down with the demands of having three small children that I forget what a BLESSING it is to even have them!! I remember talking with a girl at church in the nursery one Sunday while I was still pregnant with Callie and she was telling me about her miscarriage at twenty some weeks and how she had a huge ordeal with it all and I saw her at church on Sunday for the first time since I had Callie, and I asked her what had happened b/c I forgot the name of it and she said it was a placental abruption(just like what I had) She said it was awful and she had to have surgery to get the placenta out and she had a stillbirth and lots of pain and a blood transfusion. That also made me extremely thankful that my situation turned out fine and that Callie was born healthy. It could have been so much worse. So today, take time to thank God for the blessings that you have, there is always something to be thankful for.