A fun (and busy) little weekend

A few weeks ago (I am SO behind in blogging....!), we had an action packed and fun weekend...

Cal was just getting over his funk, and unfortunately, I was picking it up.  Blah! It was a nasty virus that spread to us all-- Eddie got a cold from it, Andy got the cold and runny eyes, and I got pink eye.  Yes, PINK EYE.  Ugh.

But, despite all of that... it was a fun weekend!

Saturday:

CalBoy had his last teeball game of the season.  All in all, he loved it! It was HOT most of the games, but the last game was the most perfect weather! We all enjoyed this last game...

Andy started acting a little bit like he wasn't feeling great at the game.  We chalked it up to just being tired...

After teeball, we tok advantage of the amazing weather and headed to the pool for the rest of the morning! Andy played with Charlie, his buddy. 

See the enlarged belly above? Well, Andy was having a little trouble...umm...going to the bathroom and was not feeling great.  He ended up walking around the pool grabbing his bum and screaming "I want to pooooopoooooo!" It wasn't real pleasant.  So we headed home, gave him some dulcolax and put him down for his nap.  He woke up with a fever and still hadn't pooped.  He was grabbing his tummy and his bottom and was clearly in pain.  Eddie went and got a suppository for Andy, which worked wonders, by the way....and worked wonders ON the potty-- not in a diaper! yaaahooooo!

Sunday, we woke up and my eye was really not pretty.  It was red and uncomfortable, but I just assumed I got some shampoo in it, or some sunscreen.  We went to the pool for the morning and then that afternoon, Cal had a birthday party.  Andy and Eddie stayed home so we could go. 

This little boy is Cal's friend from the gym- he was SO surprised and excited to see him at this party! He is in the same class as the birthday boy. Cal couldn't believe it!

The bunch all lined up waiting to hit the pinata...

Cal taking a swing...

Monday morning, we woke up and I could barely open my eye.   Andy's eyes were runny, but not red, but his fever was still constant.  We were leaving for Texas on Wednesday and I knew if we were to get on medicine, we needed to get on it ASAP.  I did not want to take fever babies on an airplane.  SO, I called the pediatrician and we were able to get in.  Our sweet doctor took a look at my eye and told me to call my eye doctor.  

We headed home and everyone was all smiles in the back seat.  I headed to the eye doctor to confirm that my pink eye was, in fact, pink eye.  ugh.  He gave me some steroid eye drops and sent me on my way!

And, I have to end this post with one of my favorite pictures.... is there anything cuter than a tan line booty?

 

Swim Team

A while back, we were at the pool and a few kids gathered with the swim team coach for a "mock swim team" practice.  Basically, he was just working with some of the kids in the "after season" to keep their skills sharp.  I asked Cal if he wanted to do it and he said he did!

Prior to this, Cal had swum (swam?) the length of the pool once....but he was all about doing this! Jesse, the coach, was SO sweet to Cal and Cal was quick to try to impress Jesse. 

The first practice he did, I think they swam 12 laps.  Cal was DEAD when it was over-- and it's only 30 minutes.  They swam down to warm up and then they worked on different strokes with the kickboard and they finish the practice by working on jumping/diving off of the swim blocks. 

Cal LOVED it! He felt like such a big kid getting to do this. 

Unfortunately, he came down with his funk the day after his first practice.  I am trying to tell myself it wasn't because of him swimming in the cold water....  : /

He has gone back a few other times and loved it each time.  I love his love of swimming! Jesse made him promise to be on the swim team next year....I can't wait! I grew up on the swim team at CHCC so it will be really amazing to get to watch my son do it too!

Andy wants to participate too-- we will see if Andy is ready for swim team next summer too!

 

I'm about to blow up this blog

I am SO over due with blog posts... here they come.... a whole lotta blog posts coming up!


 

sick week

Last Friday, Cal woke up with a fever and didn't really kick it until about Tuesday.  Unfortunately, Andy woke up yesterday from his nap with a fever...praying this is super short-lived.  It was inevitable that Andy would get it since they were together constantly.

I still managed to take an unheard of amount of pictures...

Andy wanted in on the snuggle time. 

In an effort to contain the illness to one kid, we did separate baths-- Andy loved having the whole tub to himself!

Without his playmate to keep him entertained, there was a lot of iPad time happening at our house since we couldn't go anywhere to PLAY! I am going to do a post on favorite iPad apps-- we have discovered some awesome ones that are actually super educational!

More iPad time for Andy! Hank was willing to play...

Andy needed to rest on Hank for a bit...

At one point of this sickness running its course, Cal's fever was 103.4...and the only thing that would touch bringing it down was a tepid bath.  He was so pitiful and SO hot, so I told him he could take a bath in the big tub, which cheered him right up! 

One day Toy Story was on TV...all three boys watched some of it together.  Love this!

Cal was really only content when his momma was holding him-- not easy to do when there's another kiddo needing me too....but I love the snuggles. 

This kid was in a good mood for the most part though!

On this day- he wanted the attention Cal was getting so he asked me to help him get "cozy on the couch" just like his brother:

Towards the end of this funk, advil was keeping the fever down and spirits were lifting!

Andy also mastered TCU Frog Fingers this week-- and he was SO excited! The level of concentration that was taking place for this picture was pretty much tangible.  He was grunting and mumbling as he was doing it.  ha! The season can now begin!

And, I can't leave out my 3rd son, Hank.  He was ON TOP of me the entire week.  Not sure if he was upset over Cal being sick or what, but this kid pup was attached to his momma!

He's pretty cute though, so I can't complain!

Here's hoping Andy's fever is SHORT-LIVED and that he stays happy.  We are flying to Texas on Wednesday and I do not want a sick baby on the airplane (or in Texas!). 

 

Dentist

Along with what felt like everyone and their cousin, the boys had a dentist appointment this week.  Cl has been once before and this was Andy's first time. 

I had NO idea what to expect of Andy.  He bit Cal the morning of the appointment and left a HUGE mark, so really, I was kinda expecting him to bite the tar out of the technician... ;)

Thankfully, both boys did GREAT and I am so happy and proud to report they are both cavity free!

I made their appointments back to back so that Cal could go first and Andy could watch and then Andy could go... but they ended up cleaning both teeth at the same time, on side by side chairs.  If you are local and need a pediatric dentist, I can NOT recommend Chapel Hill Pediatric Dentistry enough.  They are so so so good with kids (as you would expect, I guess), and really made the experience enjoyable and fun. 

The last time Cal went, he had just given up his paci and his teeth were measuring at a 3 or a 4 (that relates to the teeth jutting out, or something like that) and his teeth had since corrected themselves to a 1/ close to 0.  I am thankful he gave up the paci when he did! Andy is measuring at a 3, which stunned me...I thought he would be way worse than that with his finger sucking!

Of course, I mentioned the finger sucking to the dentist and she said to wait until he is a little bit older and able to reason and then start making finger sucking off limits in certain areas of the house (i.e. there is no finger sucking allowed in the kitchen, and then move it to the whole downstairs and then move it to only the car and the crib...).  I feel like that's pretty doable.  I was about to purchase the horrible tasting stuff that you paint on his fingers.  I have a friend who used it for her daughter who bit her nails and she said her daughter was gagging and foaming at the mouth.... not sure I am ready for *that* yet....

Cal walked right over to the table and hopped up there like it was his day job.  He was totally fearless and loved it! Having Cal be so brave was awesome for Andy-- Andy didn't want to be the cry baby!  For kids Andy's age, they have them sit on their mom's lap facing their mom with legs on either side and they lay their heads back on the technician's lap on a pillow.  Andy did GREAT with this! He loved having her count his teeth and he thought the toothpaste they used to clean his teeth was just the greatest tasting thing ever.  Andy is always very concerned with "where ____ go??" He must ask me 908 times every single day "where daddy go???" It is actually really sweet of him to be concerned! Well, half way through the cleaning, he asked (with the lady's hands in his mouth): "where Cal go??" We had to let him sit up and see that Cal was still right next to him... made my heart swell a bit :)

I am proud of my boys and their cavity free mouths!!!

 

Random pictures from the iPhone

Sickness is still hitting our house.  Yesterday was day 3 of CalBoy having a fever, and it was around 103 all day.  I took him to the doctor today and he thinks it was just a virus, but Cal also has developed a huge welt-like thing under his arm, so he looked at that and thought that was from some sort of infection, SO we got on an antibiotic.  Whatever it takes to kick this thing! We have NINE more sleeps until we are back on an airplane and we need to all be healthy. 

Cal's fever is weird-- yesterday, Advil would bring it down to about 101, but the only way we could get it below 101 was a bath... so we had a bunch of baths yesterday trying to manage this thing and keep Cal comfortable. 

All of that said, I don't have much to report to the ol blog... so I am going to share pictures from my phone since we've been home from Mexico...

These two can fight/bite like little terrors, but when it comes time to snuggle, they can be SO sweet.  Andy loves laying his pillow on anyone/anything to snuggle up.  

No.  He didn't peepee.... but I thought his little tan lines were pretty cute while trying...

More snuggle time.  I love my dog...

Heyyyy, sweet pup...

After bath time, they were helping me do laundry...

Rest time ended, but he wasn't quite done resting...

I went in to check on Cal the other night and this is how he was sleeping...

 I moved him to the other side and this was his after...

Andy woke up from a nap and thought grandma was going to be here.  She wasn't.  

These boys love their daddy!

We were heading outside to play-- Nug found some boots and was ready to go!

Andy loves to drive this truck!

Going to get the mail...

Brothers in boots!

Hopefully, I will be doing a post tomorrow saying we have had a fever free night! Momma is looking forward to sleeping! ha!