The corner was further than I thought....

Turning the corner took a little longer than I hoped. Tee was wheezing this weekend. In hindsight, I probably should have taken him back to the Dr. on Friday but didn't. I really like to see only his Dr. I am sure that all of the other Drs. are very competent but his Dr. knows his history. So first thing Monday morning I called and got in to see his Dr. After listening to him, she agreed that he did not sound good. She gave him a special nebulizer treatment. It didn't take long after that for him to start feeling better. Today was his first day back at school. He told me this afternoon that one of the little girls came up and gave him a hug at school. I told him that she was probably glad to see that he was back. It is nice to get back into our routine. ****************************************************************************

This evening, Tee and Jay were showering in my bathroom. I was folding clothes in my room. Jay was having a conversation with Tee but I didn't clue into it until a bit after they were talking. Jay was explaining that it was good manners to chew with your mouth closed. He told Tee that he did it sometimes but not all the times. Then Tee was singing the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song. Jay said do you want me to teach you the song. Then Jay proceeded to go through each of the lyrics letting Tee repeat them. Yes, the TV has been on way tooooo much during Tee's illness. I wished I would have tuned into their conversation before I did. It is funny to hear what they talk about. And how nice that Jay is giving Tee such good advice. I can't imagine what there talks will be like as they get older.

Turning the corner......maybe

Tee has been sick for the last 5 days. It started with a little cough then escalated to a non-stop cough and a fever. He has been fever free today but still hacking a bit. I have had him on nebulizer treatments which have helped.

I am thinking he will be home from school tomorrow. He can relax and recover without spreading our germs to others.

Tee and I were playing Wii downstairs this morning. He got a little difficult and I warned him I would stop playing with him. He chose to continue being difficult so I stopped the play.

He came upstairs and started crying and this is what happened:


He fell asleep in that position. So after I took my picture, I moved him up onto the couch. He woke up, started crying again saying he didn't want to nap and then fell back to sleep.

I am hoping today is the day where he starts to feel better and gets rid of the cough.

I look at my calendar and find it hard to believe that we are almost at the end of March. We had a fairly busy month. Sports, scouts and the never ending appointments.

The husband and I actually got 2 date nights this month. I know not nearly enough but enjoyed the two we had. We went to an auction for a local private school with some friends. It was fun and my husband got a little lucky, like always. Another weekend, we drove down to DC to eat at Carmine's. It was so yummy and can't wait to go back.

The husband was gone for a week for a leadership class in Pa. It was a long week for both of us (different reasons of course) but we managed to make it through.

I am sure most of you know that I am a reality tv fanatic. I don't know why I am so intrigued. When I found out Bethenny Frankel was coming to our city on her conversation tour, I decided I needed to go. I went with a couple of girl friends. Ok, she was 30 minutes late. Really! Big huge turn off. She did start off strong and then kind of fizzled with the long conversation of her new book. The worst part was listening to the questions from the audience. Funny how everyone relates to her and needs to tell her. I am glad I went. It was my first try of the skinny girl margarita, which was very good.

We have enjoyed some really nice days this month. It brings hope that warmer weather is on its way. However, this weekend is not looking so good. It is supposed to be cold with the possibility of snow. Someone needs to explain that it is almost the end of March and snow should be out of the picture. As luck would have it, the boys are set to play in a pre-season baseball tournament this weekend. The tournament is over 1 hour away, north of us of course. So my husband/coach is trying to figure out what he needs to bring in order to keep them warm in the dugout. They are possibly staying the night up there somewhere because of a 9am game time on Sunday.

Well, it was a short nap today for the little one.....off to feed him some lunch.

Ouch!

There are some things that you just wish you could make go away for your children. But you know that you need to move forward and take care of it to ensure there are no future issues.

A few months ago, we were at the orthodontics place when the Dr. was baffled as to why Jay's front teeth had separated. So instead of making a mold for a retainer, he sent us to an oral surgeon. Apparently, his Frenulum on the upper lip was too tight. Leaving this as is would mean that it would wedge between his two front teeth leaving a gap. I asked the Dr. to look under his tongue and he felt he was tongue tied.

The oral surgeon agreed with the ortho. He also said if we did not take care of under the tongue, it would eventually start pulling at his gums, thus causing receding. So we decided he needed to have a frenectomy on upper and under the tongue.

Surgery day was this morning. What was interesting, Jay had a classmate and friend who also had to have oral surgery and was done right before Jay's.

I got Jay there at 7:30 but they didn't call him back until closer to 8. This was nice as Dad was able to join us before they knocked Jay out. We were able to stay in the room as they gave Jay laughing gas and then started his IV. Once they got it in we left so they could finish putting him under to start the procedure.

It seemed to go quickly. They called us back to recovery. Jay was definitely groggy. We talked about his friend being there. It was Dad's little joke with him. Every few minutes, he would say, Jay did we tell you we saw your friend. And Jay would go no.

We left and I stopped to get him a shake. I got him home and set him up on the couch. He got very emotional. He started crying because it hurt. He wanted his Daddy. Yes, he is definitely a Daddy's boy(Dad stopped by before going to work). I was finally able to calm him down enough to get him to let me put some shake in his mouth so that he could swallow it. Once he was able to get some food in his stomach I was able to give him pain med.

He spent the day on the couch watching tv. I tried to keep him on his pain med. for the majority of the day. One of his friend's came over this afternoon and they built one of his Lego sets. I think that was a nice distraction.

Dad made him an omelet for dinner which he had a hard time eating but eventually ate it all. I am hoping he is able to sleep through the night with no pain. I can't say I was the very best with keeping him iced down. Although he did have a few popsicles and some other cold foods.

It is really hard to see your child in pain. We know it was the right decision but it is heartbreaking.

One of my friends took Tee home from preschool with her daughter. I actually didn't see him until she brought him home at 5pm. I missed him.

We will see how he sleeps tonight and how he is in the morning.

My baby turned 4

My little baby turned 4 on February 27th. It is so hard to believe that it has been 4 years since he entered our lives. He came 4 weeks early and he has not stopped.

This we Tee's first birthday party with friends. We invited all of his friends from preschool and one neighborhood friend. I was a little shocked when I got all of the yes responses.

We did a gymnastics party. I guess those are very popular. And they are fun because the gym person takes all the children out on the floor. Tee had such a great time at his birthday.


Waiting in line to go into the gym. Talking to his girlfriend!

One of the many fun activities.

All the kids. E and Jay were very happy that they got to go out and play with the 4 year olds.

The pit was a favorite.

The trampoline!

This was the surprise for the birthday boy. He was able to take a ride on the catapult. He got to go way high up in the air and he was able to swing. He enjoyed it. The video was really funny.

Tee's cars cake. He didn't understand that he had to wait until after we sang Happy birthday to blow out his candles. We had to light them twice.

Happy Birthday Tee!

I had such a hard time explaining to Tee that we were having his party on one day and how his real birthday was on the next and how we were taking treats in to class the next day. I don't think he ever got it but it all worked out.

He has mentioned to me several times that he is 4, sometimes I wonder if it is more of a question than a statement. Now he is looking forward to turning 5. Me, well, I would just like time to slow down. All my boys are growing up way too fast.

From vacation to bridge

Jay was chosen by his teacher to take part in an enrichment program at school. There are only a select few that are chosen. This program was about bridges.

He would be pulled one time a week to go to this class. To end the class the kids were given a project to make a bridge out of anything they wanted. The only requirement was that it is able to hold the weight of 40 pennies.

Because Jay was out one week because he was sick, he missed getting the assignment. So we got the project late and did not have the opportunity to complete it early.

So once we got home from our trip we had to run around to get the project moving. As luck would have it, we had snow fall the Tuesday after the kid's were off for President's day. But unlucky for Jay, Mom is not a builder of bridges.

So Dad came home from work and helped Jay finish his bridge. Dad did try to have Jay do the bridge but he needed some help and guidance.

I think the bridge ended up turning out pretty good.


Making sure the bridge would hold the 40 pennies.

Jay and Dad so glad to have the project completed.

Jay said there were some pretty elaborate bridges brought in. There was one that was floating in water. We will get to see them at school during the enrichment fair held later on in the year. Should be interesting.

The long weekend in February

And what do you think this is about?

Well, if you guessed a very tired boy after a weekend of skiing you would have guessed correctly.

We spent President's day weekend in the Poconos. We were able to rent my cousin's home which had a great layout. My friend and her family from Ct. joined us for the weekend. She has a girl that is a little younger than the twins.

E and Jay were not excited about going skiing. They told us they did not want to ski. Tee on the other hand was counting down the days for the ski trip.


Tee getting ready to go down the slopes with his Dad.

The boys in the morning ski lesson session. They did not want to have skiing lessons. I think they could not forget how cold it was last year when they did snowboarding lessons all day. It was so cold that weekend. We were fortunate that Friday was a nice day, the sun was shining.

All of the kids were getting ready to go skiing for a little while.

Warming up in the lodge. Saturday was much colder and windier. But that didn't stop Tee from wanting to ski. E also wanted to ski. Jay was done after a few runs in the morning.

The kids had a great weekend together.

Me and Molly. We had such a nice time catching up.

The kids had a great time skiing.

I did not ski. I sat in the lodge and read or tinkered on the computer.

We had such a fun weekend! Skiing is done for this year but I think we will try to get them out a little more next year.