Yay - Kevin's top tooth is finally showing it's face. He's been suffering for about 2 weeks but after sticking my finger in his mouth about a hundred times a day, I can finally feel the tooth. He's crawling and pulling up on things like crazy. He even gets brave and tries to stand on his own.
We continue to enjoy every second we spend with our little man. He's so much fun and constantly makes us laugh.
We're having another boy!!!!!
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Waiting for my boys....
....TO WAKE UP!!!! Ben is still fast asleep after a long night at work. And then there's Kevin. We made our monthly trip to urgent care this morning. He has been feeling under the weather the past week and nothing has seemed to work. The last couple of days he's been fighting a fever and bad cough. This morning he woke up with fever, cough and his right eye swollen shut. Bless his little heart. He looked miserable. He was eating great but I was still thinking it was possibly an ear infection. Thank goodness it wasn't!! He has a bad URI and pink eye. Now we get to fight to get eye drops in him 3 times a day. Who is the genious that thinks you can put eye drops in any child under the age of 10? There has got to be an easier way.
Kevin has been sleeping so much this weekend. I'm talking 12 hours of sleep at night and several naps during the day. Hopefully all this sleep is making him feel better. As of now, he's been asleep since 1:30. Total, he's had about 6 hours worth of naps today since waking up at 6:00.
Praying for a fun and uneventful week! It's going to be a crazy week at work with staff out so Kevin needs to feel better and make it all day.
Kevin has been sleeping so much this weekend. I'm talking 12 hours of sleep at night and several naps during the day. Hopefully all this sleep is making him feel better. As of now, he's been asleep since 1:30. Total, he's had about 6 hours worth of naps today since waking up at 6:00.
Praying for a fun and uneventful week! It's going to be a crazy week at work with staff out so Kevin needs to feel better and make it all day.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Swim lessons are over!
We finished up swim lessons Thursday night and enjoyed having daddy home for 4th of July. Thinking back, we realized that this was the first time Ben has been off for the 4th. We didn't do anything special but enjoyed being together for a couple of days. Kevin is still feeling yucky. He has a terrible cough but has been in a great mood and so far he's eating great. He was running a fever when he woke up this morning so I'm hoping he's not trying to come down with anything. The antibiotic seems to be keeping those ear infections away!!
Enjoy the pictures!
Enjoy the pictures!
Monday, June 23, 2008
Swim lessons for Kevin
It doesn't get any better than this. Kevin's first swim lesson was tonight and he and 4 other kiddos had so much fun. He is the youngest of the group. The next is a little girl who is almost 2. We actually know the family of the 2 year old...so that was kind of fun! Enjoy the pictures. We do this Monday-Thursday for 2 weeks. We're going to be exhausted by the end of next week.....
There are a few "bonus" pictures included. Yes, he pulled himself up to the couch to see the laptop! And for some reason, the end table in the livingroom is very exciting to crawl under.
There are a few "bonus" pictures included. Yes, he pulled himself up to the couch to see the laptop! And for some reason, the end table in the livingroom is very exciting to crawl under.
In MY perfect world….
We finished up the abortion topic we’ve been discussing in Sunday School yesterday. We had some great conversations about it and all in all, everyone in the class was on the same page. There was one particular comment made by a girl in class that surprised me and then upset me. She asked if we thought that these babies weren’t “better off instead of being born into a family that doesn’t want them”. Better off? Seriously??? I held in my comment for a while as I put all my words together. And then came my speech.
I began…”in MY perfect world”…and then I started to cry (darn it – I hate it when I cry while trying to say something really important). I pulled myself together and started again. In MY perfect world, an abortion clinic would sit in the middle of a fertility clinic and a high risk OB clinic. Why? I proceeded to ask them if they had any idea how many babies we lose a week at work? **in case nobody knows, I work at a Children’s hospital* Do they have any idea how many pregnant moms have sat in my waiting room knowing full well that they will never bring their baby home from the hospital? Do you know how many couples enter fertility clinics that would give their right arm to become pregnant? Yes, I know – we were that couple in the fertility clinic praying our hearts out for a baby. I want those people who enter the abortion clinic and those who work there for that matter to be able to look to the right of them and see the high risk OB clinic. I want them to see the mothers who are fighting for their babies’ life and praying every day that God gives them just a few moments to spend with their child before they go to heaven forever. And then I want them to look to the left and see the fertility clinic. I want them to see the couple in the back holding hands as they pray that their procedure finally worked. I want them to know that even though they may not want their baby that someone else does. Someone else that would love and take care of their baby if they cannot.
A baby is a baby at conception…not at birth. My son smiled at me when I was 20 weeks pregnant. He smiled to let me know that he was okay and was growing like crazy. 20 weeks later, I held him. 8 months later, he is the joy of our lives. He’s such a happy baby and loves him family very much. I thank God every day that we were that couple in the fertility clinic praying that this time it worked. Yes, I am thankful that it truly took an act of God to bring Kevin to us. I never forget that he is a miracle.
I began…”in MY perfect world”…and then I started to cry (darn it – I hate it when I cry while trying to say something really important). I pulled myself together and started again. In MY perfect world, an abortion clinic would sit in the middle of a fertility clinic and a high risk OB clinic. Why? I proceeded to ask them if they had any idea how many babies we lose a week at work? **in case nobody knows, I work at a Children’s hospital* Do they have any idea how many pregnant moms have sat in my waiting room knowing full well that they will never bring their baby home from the hospital? Do you know how many couples enter fertility clinics that would give their right arm to become pregnant? Yes, I know – we were that couple in the fertility clinic praying our hearts out for a baby. I want those people who enter the abortion clinic and those who work there for that matter to be able to look to the right of them and see the high risk OB clinic. I want them to see the mothers who are fighting for their babies’ life and praying every day that God gives them just a few moments to spend with their child before they go to heaven forever. And then I want them to look to the left and see the fertility clinic. I want them to see the couple in the back holding hands as they pray that their procedure finally worked. I want them to know that even though they may not want their baby that someone else does. Someone else that would love and take care of their baby if they cannot.
A baby is a baby at conception…not at birth. My son smiled at me when I was 20 weeks pregnant. He smiled to let me know that he was okay and was growing like crazy. 20 weeks later, I held him. 8 months later, he is the joy of our lives. He’s such a happy baby and loves him family very much. I thank God every day that we were that couple in the fertility clinic praying that this time it worked. Yes, I am thankful that it truly took an act of God to bring Kevin to us. I never forget that he is a miracle.
Monday, June 16, 2008
No more being lazy
This is for Kevin's Papa who has asked that I quit being lazy and put new pictures of his grandson on the blog. Enjoy dad!
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A Cookie?
I picked Kevin up from school yesterday and was told by his teacher that he had snack with the “big kids”. Since I had sent green beans and carrots with him, I assumed she was referring to one of those. I smiled and continued packing up his things. She stopped me and said “no, mom…he had SNACK with the big kids”. I repeated back…”snack?” Yes, Kevin crawled over to the table and was grabbing at the snack the big kids were eating. They decided to sit him at the table where he helped himself to a cookie. And by “helped” I mean he ate the entire thing!!!! My no baby food eating child ate a cookie? I couldn’t believe it. We’re so proud of our growing little boy. Who needs baby food when you can eat a cookie?
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