My little man

Learning how to sit and share

Crabby Abby

and I now know why!!

If you look closely in her mouth you can see a little speck of white and it's her first tooth!!

Abby has been chewing on anything and everything she can get into her mouth lately and today when I let her chew on my hand I got a painful surprise! Abby is finally the first of the twins to do something- teething! Her bottom left tooth has popped through and I can see the bottom right on it's way so I imagine it will be in the next day or two. Abby's teething also explains so many of her recent behaviors. For example..... I now completely understand why she had an absloute MELTDOWN while I was at the Dr. yesterday! {Both of the babies were crying and screaming so much that I asked Dr. Wheeler if it was too late to put them back in!} I have also learned that Abby is like her big brother ..... ear infections just before teeth pop through! Now that I know what's bothering her so much- I can try to help ease the pain and discomfort and hopefully make her feel better faster!

Sick and tired of being sick and tired!

Any fans of The White Tie Affair out there??? As the lyrics to their song Candle go......I started thinking out loud, I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired......I'm burning out now, I'm so sick and tired of beinf sick and tired.

Brian and I have become very frustrated with the fact that all of our little Hams are constantly sick these days. I knew that with Luke attending Mothers Day Out, he would be exposed to germs and would catch a few- but had I only known that he would catch EVERY. SINGLE. GERM! Being that he's only 2 1/2, he also kindly shares the germs with Abby and Jack and that is how I have found myself now for MONTHS!

Luke began Parents' Morning Out at our church in March and being that there were only 3 others in his class, the germs were few and far between. He enjoyed it so much that I started him at another program that had a summer session. He is in a bigger class now and at a large program, but I never anticipated the amount of germs that he would bring home! He first got sick in May when the babies were only a few weeks old and Dr. P warned that we needed to keep Luke away from the babies- which he did say was easier said than done- but we did try and he didn't share anything with them that time. He was also not so "loving" with them when they were very little and new.
As they have gotten older, he enjoys hugging and kissing them more and more....which leads to germ spreading. Out of the 5 months that he has been in this program, he has been sick 3 of them and so have the twins. This round began at the end of September and is STILL HERE! I first took him on September 23rd and it wasn't quite infected yet, but we got a prescription decongestant to dry it out and help it go away which it did........for about a week. Mid October- sick again. This time we took all 3 kids and 2 of the 3 were infected- a round of antibiotics for Luke and Abby with an RX on standby for Jack. They finished this round on October 24th and by Halloween Luke had the funk again! Sunday was Jack's turn and he came down with the green gooey nose- does this ever end????? I called Dr. P on Monday and we started Lukers on a new round of stronger antibiotics and we will look at his progress in a week. Jack is now taking his standby prescription- which he HATES and spits out every time- oh, so much fun! Abby is super congested and had junky eyes yesterday -a sign of a possible ear infection- but they seemed to be better today, so we are watching and waiting.
By the end of the evening and listening to Luke and Jack cough endlessly and wiping yucky noses ......... Brian is questioning whether or not it is beneficial for Luke to continue going and I do see his point- constant visits to the Dr.'s office, lots of antibiotics, and lots of germs to spread- I have to ask myself the same thing. Is it really worth it to keep him there?

Short and sweet!

Happy Halloween!!!!! The rain moved through last night into this morning and thankfully it was all gone by lunch time! We had a great Halloween this year, but the little babies only made it to 4 houses, yes that 's right.....only 4! Short attention spans! I headed back to my parents' house with the babies while Marissa and Brian trekked on with Luke and Bella. Luke WAS NOT a fan of the hat that goes with the Cat in the Hat and he refused to wear it- but last year he refused the helmet, so I am spotting a theme here....note to self......no costumes with hats for Lukers next year! Here is the recap in pictures =)

Luke loved Abby's costume!

Attempting to get a family picture- try #1

try #2

try #3....enough already, we gave up
A wagon full of babies!

Alex the Frog

Ready to roll

The Cat in the Hat and Bella Ballerina

The first house of the night...... The Johnsons!

Abby snacking on Jack's wig

House #2 The Zurchers!
Thing 1 annoying Thing 2

Luke trick or treating

Luke and Bella scoring some candy!

Hope that you all had as much fun as we did!

Awww........bummer

I don't think that I can actually recall the last time it rained on Halloween. Unfortunately in years to come, I will be able to recall that it rained this Halloween =( The forecast had said that it would rain today- Friday- the beginning of the week and then late Tuesday into early Wednesday, it changed to rain on Saturday and from the looks of the radar on The Weather Channel, I think it's going to rain on Halloween............and I am really bummed.

***Update on the weather!!***
Now the forecast has changed to rain in the morning and clear skies by evening! YIPPEE- we just might get to Trick or Treat after all!!!!

We love Halloween in my family and my parents' live on the best street to Trick or Treat! Apparently a lot of other people think it's great too because they gets tons of children every year! Mother makes a huge pot of chili and my entire family comes over to eat, hang out and help hand out candy. It's a blast and we always look forward to it! And while we are still going to my parents' house, eating chili, and dressing all the kids up in their costumes, I am sad that they will not get to get out and about and trick or treat this year. I will make sure that we take lots of pictures of all the kids and I'll post them for all to see.

I will leave you with a few shots of last year- Luke was an Auburn football player and Bella was and Auburn cheerleader. They had so much fun together that night!

Happy {Early} Halloween and if you think of us, pray for no rain!!

Out of the mouths of babes.....

He looks sweet and innocent doesn't he? Well, he's apparently bad news to a fireman in Irondale who was trying to be nice to a sweet looking kid.

While we were in Birmingham last week, we ran to Wal-Mart one morning with Brian's mom. There was a fire truck and a fire rescue truck in the parking lot close to where I parked, so Brian's mom took Luke over to check them out while I loaded Abby and Jack into their stroller. Luke thought that they were pretty neat and while we were walking up to the register, we saw a nice young fireman. I told Luke to look at the fireman and Brian's mom explained that he was the man who drives the fire truck outside. Luke was excited, but shy as he talked to us. We all ended up at the same register and that's when Luke decided to have a meltdown. I quickly scooped him up and took Luke and the twins out to get loaded into the car while Brian's mom finished up inside. After we left, the nice fireman bought two candy bars and as he left, turned to Brian's mom and said to give one to Luke- I know, too sweet right? Later that afternoon, after his much needed nap, we showed him what the fireman gave him and let him eat some of the KitKat.

Fast forward to later that evening.........the kids and I are out to dinner with our best friends Keith and Rachel. After dinner, I asked Luke to tell Aunt Rachel what the nice fireman gave him. His answer, dead faced and never skipping a beat........."He gave me some crack."

Rachel and I looked at each other for a split second to be sure that we heard that right, and oh yes, we did!!! Y'all, honestly I have never in my life laughed so hard! It was hilarious! Now for those who are wondering where on earth he could have heard such a thing? I must own up to this own- it's me. When Brian says something proposterous, I like to respond with "Are you on crack?" to let him know just what I think about his idea. And while I know that Luke hears EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. we say and often repeats them, I never imagined that he would not only repeat this word, but in another context!!! Lesson learned, I will now only say things that I wouldn't mind hearing from the mouth of Luke, but I must also admit that just thinking of that night makes me smile and start laughing again! Luckily, Luke didn't say that statement to anyone who could really think something of it. Here was a nice guy doing something sweet for a child and he would have ended up losing his job for being a drug supplier to small children! Oh my!

And speaking of the mouths of babes.....guess what DIDN'T come out of the twins mouths today- the baby food we tried!!!!!! YIPPEE!!!!!! I am happy to announce that Abby preferred the peaches, while Jack liked the oatmeal & apples. Now I can only hope that it continues to stay in their mouths =)