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Tomorrow night!! 2 hour premiere!

Boils are bad....

Saturday we took Jacob to the ER, he has been having some problems off and on with boils. They are very distressing to him and us too! He has had some problems with them off and on since May! Every so often one seems to get really bad, but never this bad. The ER doc did a little procedure called an I & D, or incision and drainage. Basically just numbing the area and opening up the abscess so it can drain. Needless to say it was very hard on him and us. Afterwards we took him to Fuddrucker's to eat and play games. Later that evening he went to the movies with Daddy to see Alvin and The Chipmunks movie. He seemed ok (we were trying to make up to him for having such a rotten day!)

After church on Sunday we went back for a wound check, and everything was looking good. Jacob was feeling alot better, but still doesn't like anyone touching or even looking at his "bo-bo"
Scott wasn't feeling good either, so he was seen as well, and long story short he has bronchitis. One of these days we are all going to be feeling good at the same time!!

Happy 5 months!

Isabelle is 5 months old today!!! I can't believe it, already! We have been struggling with baby excema. Poor baby just claws at her head... I had to go to Babies R Us and buy some more of those hand mittens like you use for newborns! They help keep her from digging her fingers into her skin, even though it seems I cut her nails every other day!! It is very hard to treat right now since it is like 47 degrees outside, and we have been running the heater in the house.

Here's a pic of the back of her head, this actually looks really good compared with how it was this past weekend. It is hard to keep the lotions and ointments on it because she rubs her head like a little cat on whatever she can, and it all comes off!!

These pics were in her swing this morning before I went to work. I try to take pictures every month so I can compare each month.

Tonight Scott and I went to Pappa's, with his boss and 3 co-workers from France. The food was really good, but I was tired, and would have rather been in my pj's at home!! I need to work on that though, it is just hard for me to be away from the kids, even though I know it is healthy to be away from them some too!

Jacob has a field trip tomorrow! He is really excited, especially since he missed the last 2 field trips because he was sick. Tomorrow they are going to a cool place called Shankz. I have never heard of it until now, but I think he will really have a good time. He wants me to go with him, but I have to go to work :( I am sure he will forget about Mommy as soon as he sees that cool looking dinosaur! I am sure he will come home talking a mile a minute about how cool it was!!

Wordless Wednesday

Dinner....

My babies.......

My little rabbit....

Well she's not really a rabbit, no bunny ears!

But she did have her first few bites of carrots!!

AND

We have 2 teeth now!!

The beginning of this week Isabelle's 2nd tooth started breaking through.

She has been pretty miserable, and I have been pretty tired as a result!

I tried to get some close-ups but she kept licking my fingers!

I think if you click on the last picture though, you can see the pearly whites pretty good!!

Sweet Potatoes

Isabelle really liked the sweet potatoes!!! She kept sticking out her tongue, trying to lick her lips

So funny my silly little girl!!!

A Family Needs Prayers........

So I have been keeping up with this little family lately through their blog. (Blogging is so addictive.. I have no idea how i found their blog by the way)

Anyway they seem like a really cute and sweet young couple..Their names are Nate and Tricia, this is Nate's blog....

Tricia has CF (cystic fibrosis), and was preparing to have a double lung transplant when they found out they were expecting.... This blog is Nate's day to day accounts of his time spent with Tricia, who is in ICU, and sweet little Gwyneth, who is in NICU.....

They need lot's of prayer, so if you have some time, go over and read a little about their little family and wish them well...

Click HERE to link to Nate's blog
He seems like a really great husband and daddy!

Blue eyes....brown eyes

I love this picture of the kids, their eye colors are such a neat contrast.... still not sure where those blue eyes came from!!!

Isabelle's 4 month check-up

Well I am a little late in getting to this post, but better late than never, right? So last Monday, January 7th, Isabelle had her 4 month check up. Dr. S. said she looks really good and healthy! Yea!! Even though everyone else had been sick, Dr. S. said it was still ok for her to get her shots! Poor baby, she did so good, and she hardly cried for very long at all.

Vital Statistics (4mos)

weight: 13 lbs.

length: 23 1/2 in.

head circ: 40 1/4

Here's a few random pics from our visit........

We got the go ahead to start baby foods! (we have already started with a little rice cereal) How fun! Dr. S. wants us to start with veggies first and finish those before moving to fruits. Makes sense but I know with Jacob I did fruits first. maybe that's why he's not much of a veggie eater now! Of course he's really not a big fruit eater either, oh well!

So I ran by Target on my way home to pick up some baby foods. I didn't know what we were going to start with first so I bought every veggies in Gerber 1st foods! We ended up starting with squash!! I thought that sounded particularly yummy!! (at least it didn't smell too bad!)
Here's a few pics of her reaction!!!

She still is trying to 'figure out' this baby food thing, but I am sure she'll get it. She not really eating very much at all, but it's fun to watch her facial expressions in reaction to the different tastes!! So fun! Keep on a look-out for many more pics as we navigate our way through the veggies!!

1st tooth!

Just a little note to document Isabelle's 1st tooth coming in!!!!

Jacob's favorite commercial

This commercial is so cute and always makes us laugh, even whe we're sick...

My poor baby...

My poor baby is so sick, he got his own cold wash cloth and put it over his forehead. I walked back in from the kitchen and found him like this! Doesn't he look pitiful?

Keep checking back, I have a couple of things to blog about, mainly sisters 4 mos. check up.

Well... It's +....I got a pink line!

Well... I bet that got your attention!!!

This is definitely NOT the kind of pink line I would like to have about now.

But this will be gone in about a week, vs. 9 months!!!

Scott took me to the Minute Clinic yesterday because I wanted to be screened for strep throat.

Good news is I don't have strep throat, but I do have the flu! :(

They do a nasal swab and stick the swap in this little test thing, anyway if the line turns pink in 10 minutes, then you have the flu.

Mine turned pink in like 3 minutes!

It sucks but at least I know for sure what I have (I didn't take the flu shot this year)

Anyway, Scott has started on Tamiflu, which I cannot take (breastfeeding & must be within 48 hrs. of symptoms).

Unfortunately Jacob crawled into bed with us last night, burning up with fever!

So he too now has that horrible flu bug! :( Poor baby, he looks so pitiful....

I am taking a few days off from blogging as I have been sick.. :(

I started feeling bad Thursday as my shift was ending, and then felt horrible Friday at work, and it has just gotten worse! I feel like I swallowed about a box of razor blades! Also my ears feel like they are going to POP!! So until I get better I will have no updates. I have been in bed most of the weekend alternating from several layers of blankets to having the ceiling fan on full blast!

Thankful Thursday....

I am thankful for my babies.... They sure look sweet when they are sleeping!!!

Cheeky Monkey.....

Santa Claus brought my little monkey a sock monkey for Christmas to match all her little "Cheeky Monkey" clothes I bought her at

Crazy 8.

It is the cutest little line I found before Christmas! She has 3 outfits, and 1 pair of jammies.

I think this one is my favorite though, scroll down and you will see why!!

Making monkey lips!!!


Too cute huh???

She has been so cute lately cooing and talking. This week she has also been blowing lots of spit bubbles and making 'rasberries' at you too. I also caught her laughing and giggling in her sleep this week, so sweet and cute!

Happy New Year!!

Our New Years festivities were pretty low key this year, we both had to work on Monday, and I was oncall New Year's day, so Scott went and bought some fireworks for Jacob and we stayed in. Jacob had such a good time watching Daddy pop off all the fireworks. We usually have some neighbors behind us that pop off some really good ones too!

This train was pretty cool... it's a little hard trying to capture a shot at a firework in the dark!

Isabelle stayed inside playing with her toys and watching her rainforest soother...

Jacob really enoyed his sparklers!He almost made it... It sure got really quiet so I went and checked, Jacob crashed out on the couch thirty minutes before the new year!! He was so tired!