¡Hola Luna!

G1: Hi Luna!
Matt: ¡Hola Luna!
G1: ¡Hola Luna!
Me: Say, ¿Cómo estás?
G1: I can't say that.

Love-Marcia

3-year check-up

Matt took G1 for his check-up this morning. He is 28 pounds (25th percentile) and 36 3/4 inches tall (just under the 50th percentile). He doesn't go back until he is 4.

Celebrating G1!!

G1 had been looking forward to his birthday for a couple months and was very excited Monday night before going to bed because he knew when he woke up it was his party day. We had a wonderful day at the zoo with Grammy, Uncle Rob, Aunt Katilyn, Lydia, Uncle Jacob, Aunt Marcia, Uncle Ricky, Aunt Ginny and Skyler. After the zoo we went to Chuck E Cheese's and had a lot of fun there as well. It was a great day and G1 loved it.

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*I have been in a blogging funk lately--that's why I don't do much "blogging" just mainly pictures/videos. Hopefully I will be out of this funk soon and can really post about what the kids have been up to in more details.

Happy Birthday Bug!!

Today is Gavyn's 3rd birthday!! We had his "party" yesterday at the zoo. I will post pictures and videos from yesterday and today later (probably tomorrow).

Last one for the day...I think

Potty Training

G1

What does an "Uh-Oh" say?

G1 has been saying the funniest things lately. Here are just a few examples (I have more to add another time):

*When someone has a runny nose he says: Nose is running around
*He calls pasta "pa-stuff"
*Almost everyday he tells me he is something; ie: dinosaur, monster, dog, etc... Yesterday he was an "Uh-Oh." After deciding that he says to me "What does an "Uh-Oh" say?" I replied "I don't know what does an "Uh-Oh" say?" "Uh-Oh!" It was so funny.
*When he hides things he tells us "You'll never find it!"

G1's new way to climb stairs

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School Bus

G1 has a slight obsession with school buses. Well, today Poppy was driving the bus so Grammy and G1 got to ride on it. G1 passed out on his way home from Grammy's after the bus ride so I have yet to hear all about it from him. But I am sure he had a great time.

Update on G1

He is still wheezing a little bit. He also has a bad cough still; enough that it makes him vomit. He now has an ear infection in his left ear too. So we have his breathing treatment, an antibiotic and a cough medicine to give him. Poor boy--when he gets sick he gets it all. :-( Good thing is he (and his sisters) are rarely sick. We go back in a few weeks to follow-up about the ear infection. That's about it...

My little bugger

G1 spent Tuesday night (4/8) in the hospital. Nothing serious; he was out the first thing Wednesday morning. He was in because of his breathing issues--which coincidentally he was in the hospital last year for the same thing during the same time (4/7-4/9). The good thing about this year as opposed to last year is he didn't have to have an IV and he was in for less than 24 hours (so I guess that's two things).

When we noticed he was having issues with breathing Tuesday morning Matt called the doctor to try to get him in. With this being a new doctor he had never seen him before. Matt was told that since the doctor hadn't seen him yet that we needed to take him to the ER and then the doctor would do a follow-up after. We weren't very pleased with this but there was nothing else we could do. Since Matt was going to take him to the ER rather than the doctor I figured it would be best if I went too. So, Mom came up and stayed with the girls.

We got there and they did a breathing treatment right away as well as Influenza and RSV tests. Then we did a lot of sitting around waiting for the tests. By the time they came back to tell us the results (which were negative) my bug was breathing hard again. The doctor order a CBC and x-ray. He told us at that point that they would probably keep G1 overnight. UGH! I called Mom to tell her what was going on and then called Marcia to see if she would be able to come up that evening and stay the night (she was already planning to come up Wednesday morning to help out). X-ray and blood work all looked good but after the ER doctor talked with Dr. Peppers (our pediatrician) they did decide to keep him for observation.

G1 thought the idea of having a guys' night with Daddy in the hospital sounded like fun. I'm glad he wasn't as upset about it as I was. Right before being taken up to his room they gave him his first dose of steroids. Boy oh boy is this bugger wild on steroids! Dr. Peppers came in shortly before I left the hospital and told me that as long as G1 didn't have any problems through the night then he should be okay to go home first thing in the morning. (That was good because I had an OB appointment mid-morning.)

As I was leaving for the hospital Wednesday morning Matt called me to let me know Dr. Peppers had just been in and they had to draw up the papers and we could go home. We didn't end up leaving the hospital for another 2 hours!! When I got to the hospital G1 told me he wasn't going to go home with me; he wanted to stay in the hospital. Silly boy!! He did however ask me a few times where his sisters were and told me that he missed them. I guess he does love them...

It was fun to have a girls' night at home with Marcia. The girls went to bed shortly after Marcia and I got home Tuesday night so it was just us older gals hanging out. It was nice to be able to just chat with her. I miss my sister all the time... I know we "chat" on the computer all the time but in person is so much better!

Anyway, G1 is still not 100% but he is certainly a lot better today than he was then. We go see Dr. Peppers in the morning for a follow-up. Hopefully this doctor can help us figure out a way to get this all under control so we don't end up in the hospital again.

Here is a video of a tame G1 on steroids. The longer they are in his system the less he can hold still. This video was taken probably less than an hour after his 1st dose. He tried to hold still and just couldn't. The only reason I have the song I do on is because he likes it and I was trying to cover up Rachael Ray's voice. lol

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Playing in the yard

This morning we went out for breakfast. Afterwards we went to the store to get milk, eggs, buns, etc. When we got home the girls were asleep in their seats so we decided to let G1 play outside for awhile and let them continue to nap. Him and Daddy had a lot of fun playing soccer (after he rode his motorcycle of course), while Mommy took pictures and kept an eye on the girls. While taking pictures I got to thinking about how much fun this summer is going to be watching the 3 older ones play in the yard with Matt as the baby and I sit on the porch taking pictures. Our yard seems so huge too! I never really realized that (basically because it's been winter the entire time we've been here so I've had no reason to really be in the yard).

Matt and G1 playing 3/20/08 Click on this link to watch the video. (I have no idea why it won't let me just post the video on here like I normally do. It's starting to frustrate me a lot!!!! ARGH!! I wish blogger would work for me to upload videos so I didn't have to worry about using a different site!!)

27 weeks

We are 27 weeks pregnant today. And oddly enough I am starting to feel a lot better than I had for a LONG time. We are due 3 months from yesterday. While I am very excited, I still can't help but stress about everything we HAVE to get done before she arrives.

Here are some pregnancy pictures from today. G1 decided he wanted to be involved in the pictures--as you will be able to tell. In the last picture he is giving the baby kisses. He is so sweet and just loves his sisters (all 3) so much.

Daddy's big helper

Here is G1 helping hammer in some nails for the flooring for our new laundry room (hopefully should have the room "completely" finished by Wednesday night). Matt said that G1 got pretty good at it. Matt would start the nail (down most of the way) and then let G1 at it. Towards the end Matt would only have to do a quick tap just to make sure it was flat against the floor. My baby boy is growing up!! *On another note--G1 says Marcia correctly now--no more "Dar-da" from him...now it's from G3.

**By the way..G1 dressed himself today. lol

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More exciting!

G1 got to feel the baby kick this morning!! He was so excited. He's been putting his hand on my belly everyday and saying "Baby kick!!" It's so cute!

Here is a goofy picture of me from Wednesday evening--21 weeks along.
Here is how I look from the front.

2 1/2 year check up

G1 had a well-child check-up this morning. He is weighing in at 26.9 lbs and is 2' 10.75" tall. He's not as tall as I had expected him to be at this age-but that's okay. He did however weigh more than I was expecting and it was a wonderful surprise. It's great to finally see him gaining weight.
We had a good day-just me and him. It seems so strange to go anywhere with only child--especially when we have an hour drive to get there and an hour back.

This was taken in the rear view mirror. Shhhh-don't tell Matt, it drives him nuts when I pay attention to the kids instead of the road.

This is one I took with the camera pointing at him but I was using the rearview mirror to make sure he was actually in the shot.

This one I took at a stop sign--such a great smile!

Goofy boy was hiding under this basket for a little while.

Since today was all about G1 the girls don't get there picture on here right now. But I have posted pictures of them without him so I guess it evens out. :-)