Well... Cole has more hives... they are getting worse. Grrr... and hives are nearly impossible to figure out! So we just have to deal.

We have poop. Yesterday there was NO poop (there was a shocker) and today we had a NORMAL poo! YAY!

Hunter has a double ear infection. He had 2 glasses of juice and a half of an apple along with his medicine and an hour or so later... BLECH! He napped for awhile and he just ate lunch and seems fine... feverish but belly is OK. I dunno if he isnt' agreeing with this medication or what (Amoxi/Clav liquid). I sure know he hates the way it tastes. I feel bad.....

I'm trying really hard to get the sick outta this house.. HOPEFULLY soon... doesn't help Tom is now sick too!

OK, well, yesterday Owen only pooped twice (hallelujah!). Only thing is, last week or so he wake up at night and needs a bottle. Last night he had 4 (between 7 pm and 6 am)... so it's weird.

Today, he hasn't even pooped once!

n another note, all the kids are sick. Cole has a slight cough and stuffy nose. Owen's is a bit runny but nothing major. Hunter's was runny with clear stuff and now its thick and green and his little cough is now a big one. He also is running a fever. So, he goes to the doctor at 1:30 today.

Ellie called it... for kids who were NEVER sick, they can't seem to get better lately! It's ridiculous!

Of course at my feet right now is a screeching Owen. But doctor's swear nothing is wrong with him!

Well... so far its only 5 poops. 2 of them not QUITE as liquid. He did eat well today. I don't know if tat added to the little bit less liquid. I dunno. We'll so how tonight and tomorrow goes.

Well, yesterday ended with 8 poops. He was kinda cranky too.

Today (the 14th) i was kinda happy for. Granted he again woke up at 5:15 am and was super scary but no poop until about 8:30. But then before his nap, which is at 1pm, he had another 3. He seems to be very hungry today but wow has he been a crank-pot!

Last night and today he had a super-low-grade fever.. maxing out at 99.9.

OK... Still more poop!

Monday totalled out at 9.

Tuesday was 8. Tuesday the 10th, we went to the doctor. Both his and Hunter's ears are perfect and all care. She thinks the Omnicef screwed up his insides that bad (maybe) or he had a virus and they run its course in 2 weeks. But what she found weird is it isn't getting any better. So he get acidophilus stuff in his bottle(s) to help with the Omnicef remnants if it is that.. and we sent in 4 jars of poop which got sent out to the labs yesterday (the 12th).

So we wait.

His birthday went over fine..... he had a blast. We had maybe 7 poops.

Yesterday the 12th, we had about 9 poos.

Today, so far we are up to 5! He had been cranky and screaming and I dunno. He pulls at his left ear and rubs the left part of his face sometimes. Something is NOT right!

So Monday, i its still liquid poop and so many times a day, and the labs come back fine, then we have to figure something out! I will demand blood work and seeing an allergist. My baby is hydrated but still losing weight!

My mom keeps saying how skinny his face looks. I know he's lost weight... we'll find out tomorrow how much!

He pooped this morning (liquid). and when I got him home after errands... He pooped SOOOO much... it was liquid and he sat down and it was all over the wood (squirted out). Then I put him on a pillowcase on the floors to change him and it all oozed out the side (HUGE pile) and out the back (so up his back).. It was the MOST he's had a once so far! So nasty!

He has his re-check tomorrow (as does Hunter for their ears) so they will be advised that something needs be done for this kid! Something isn't fight! It can't be a virus that no one else in the house got!

I just want my Owen all better. At his 1-year visit he is gonna weigh so little because he lost so much weight (his well-check is the 20th).... I mean this poor kid is gonna feel crappy on his 1st birthday (Wednesday) which totally sucks! :(

ETA: He pooped again. :(

Today was pretty good actually. One of the best in a week and a half.

But STILL he has liquid poop about 9 total today! That Si not normal.

And if it was a virus, in the 9 days he has been sick, don't ya think SOMEONE her would have gotten sick? WTF?

at 7:30 he pooped again... he was standing in the kitchen at my feet and I heard it. Kinda nasty.

at 9:00 he ate 1/2 a banana and then he had a poop explosion... It was all over me (on my clothes)... I cant wait until this crap (no pun intended) ends!

Well.. he was cranky after that (he was happy before that)... and he eventually napped. He just woke up cranky and let harig still and I gave him a bottle.

Rest of Friday he ate ok... tried some pasta and such. No puke at night again! (woohoo, it must be over, right?)

Well, Saturday he had a good day... well... that is until he puked up tons of stuff.. That was around 4:15-ish time. He as a complete crank after that until about 6:30.

I should add he had 7 poopie diapers (1 exploded out but luckily he had on pants so I saved me floors) still liquidy.

Well, he woke at 5:45 and was hungry. I made him 8oz and went to give it to him and he had poop again. So I changed poop, he drank his bottle and went back to sleep (it was dark out).

He's still asleep although with his psycho brothers being up before 6 as well, I don't know how!

Monday I think I am gonna demand blood work be done on him. This isn't normal!

Well, no puke last night (1st time in 6 nights). He woke up and had a few ounces of formula. He didn't want breakfast. I offered him juice and still wasn't impressed. He took a nap on the floor after being a total crab. After he wake up, he had a poo explosion! I cleaned him up and gave him a bath. He happily then played naked on my clean bed. I offered him another bottle and he pooped again. So 2 liquid poopies so far today. He drank maybe an ounce of juice and 8 ounces of formula so far (normally i would be close to 16 ounces plus juice plus breakfast and snack). He has been much sign on a few Multigrain Cheese puffs.... hey, at least it's something!

Let's start at the beginning.

January 23rd - Tom came home sick from work. He ended up vomiting and spent the day and night in bed sleeping.
January 24th - I got sick as did Owen. Owen just wasn't up to par and I ended up vomiting and slept most of the 2nd half of the day.
January 25th - recouping day
January 27th - brought Hunter to the doctor and had a 9.5 (out of 10) ear infection. He started Amoxi chewables.
January 30th - Owen still runs a fever off and on and tugs at his ears and puked all over dad.
January 31st - Own went to the doctor. He had a double ear infection. Started Omnicef. Threw up that night.
February 1st - About 9 liquidy poopie diapers. Throw up again at night.
February 2nd - not eating much, still liquidy poo, and threw up at night.
February 3rd - threw up at lunch-time. Went back to doctor. Still has fluid in ears but not infected. Stopped Omnicef. Throw up at night.
February 4th - eat a little better. last meal was at 5:30 (1 jar baby food and a little dessert). Bed at 7:15 and he grew up at 11:30 and then again a few more times later. 1 poopie diaper for the day - liquidy but a little more slid then total liquid).
February 5th - Feet 7 lips cyanotic in the morning. Cyanotic feet all day (not super blue just bluish). NOt eating his normal self. I poopie diaper of A LOT of very soft/liquidy poo.

Called the nurse-line at his pediatrician on the 5th (today). She said it must be a nasty bug and her suggestions were:
Eat no later then 2 hours before he goes to bed. Make it light food like pasta, jello... Offer him stuff like the Gerber Fruit water.
Watch the cyanosis. If it gets worse, or he is lethargic or starts coughing call. he might has aspirated some of the vomit.

I explained how he just isn't himself.. I know my son and there is something amiss.... hopefully it goes away or they figure it out soon. I miss my Happy Owen!

So THAT is why I haven't' posted much.... too much sickness around here. I haven't been at the computer much!

Ok - so once in awhile something like this will sleep in.
Sorry.

So, I was looking at FaceBook which is one of my guilty pleasures.

Anyway, looking at friends* pictures I see group shots. While people who wouldn't have given me the time of day back then, I now chat with online. People whom I shared a mutual dislike for, now seem more appealing and we get along well (again online).

So while the "walls" are broken down through all this time, the cliques are still there. It's sad for me to see everyone posting pictures hanging out with friends that they've had for years. Last picture of me & a friend I have is from back in high school.

I am jealous of the people who maintained those relationships. I guess they had more to offer then I did. I am jealous of their social life whereas mine consists of playing board games with my husband after the kids go to bed (while I totally love and value this time, getting out with him and some friends would be a nice change of pace).

So that's my pity-party vent. Thanks for reading (if ya did).

* the term friends is used loosely. Basically it means people i went to school with for years.

Ok... Owen is a sweetheart and in THAT sense, yes he is a doll but a physical doll... not quite!

My niece is infatuated with Owen (rightfully so). He is cute and sweet and usually happy and well... the baby of the family.

Let me start off saying we were at my mom's for New Year's dinner. Apparently, Cole said he liked my nephew best (leaving my niece out). I spoke to him and told him that wasn't nice and while he may have a favorite, you should never say that in front of someone. He agreed my nephew was his best friend (he doesn't know the meaning... as my husband says, "he thinks he's gonna marry me." so obviously, he's still too young for certain concepts). Anyway.. I know this is crap because he asks for HER to come over all the time, NOT him. As soon as he wakes up he asks for her. He loves her to pieces even though they have NOTHING in common. Anyway... she was in a sad mood because of that.

She wanted to play with Owey. He lets her do most things. I ask she stay on the floor with him and not carry him. What does she do? Keep carrying him and trying to put him on her tiny lap on the couch. I ask to put him down and she doesn't listen. her mom is right there and doesn't say anything. He slipped down her one time Ont the floor and no one saw but me and she saw that I saw and stopped for a minute and proceeded back.

Owen is adamant lately about walking,. He is trying his darnedest to get this walking thing down. He doesn't like to be held onto and likes to do things on his own. I asked that she leave him as he was trying to walk. I told her one or 2 times more as did my mother. She went over to her mom and Owen, who was next to me, turned around and walked half-way across the room to my mom (about 15 steps or so). I quickly told my niece what he just did. I went back to watching him. He crawled back to me after falling 1 or 2 times more attempting to come back. She came over and tried to hold his hands and take them off of what he was holding onto. I asked her to please leave him alone because he is trying to walk and wants to do it on his own (he snapped his hand back from her and started batting it in his "get away" motion"). My sister-in-law (I forgot the wording now as it was 2+ hours ago) grabbed her and on the way out of the room said something like, "She doesn't nee dot be crushed anymore then she already is."

EXCUSE ME? back the F-up here.. My 10 month old is being dragged around by a 5-1.2 year old and she wont leave him alone when he wants to be left alone and I am the bad guy? WTF? So, Tom said, time to go and we all packed up and left...

Tom was now in a piss-ass mood and took it out on everyone.. welcome to my life.. i walk on eggshells with that man and he is seriously worse then the kids. UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK... Maybe it's because they aren't out of bed yet and there is still peace in the house but... I am proud of my kiddos.

I sent a message to a friend whose phone lost a tooth. I didn't even think he was old enough for that and he isn't much older then Cole. That made me think...

Cole. He's 4-1/2 years old.

He taught himself to read. He can read the chapter books but kinda gets bored but he can read them. He can read just about anything even words you think would be too tough.

If that weren't enough, apparently the kid can spell too! Yesterday he wanted to add something to his Santa List (a black & white marble notebook like the ones we grew up using in school). I helped him spell it (I don't remember what it was right now). I had to run to the store and pickup Tom's prescription (right around the corner and it's a drive-thru so it was quick). I get home and saw another page in his book.

"Marro Supr Sggs"

OK... so he was a bit off but I knew exactly what it was! Mario Super Sluggers. I think he didn't really try for the last word but man! He's 4-1/2 and can spell? And this came as a surprise to me? We already have to spell fast in front of him or he can figure it out... in his head!

I should also add... he can add! Yup, my kid id teaching himself how to add and subtract.

Talk about a geekling... I guess what else could the spawn of me & Tommy be BUT a geek?! :)

Hunter. 2-1/2 years old.

1st off, this kid is more charismatic then you can imagine. It's everyone he sees. It's an amazing thing to watch but his smile.. OMG do i melt every time I see that Hunter smile with those little teeth and that little gap and the eyes that scrunch up. And his bear hugs.. seriously it's one of the best hugs ever!

OK... Now... Hunter ain't no fool either. He, I think, is also at the VERY beginning stages of reading. He can do some sight words already and he knows the kids names in his class (from seeing their names by their coats and associating it with them). Example: I made a list for his Halloween party so I knew what names had to go on the buckets.I wrote in script and kinda messy. It was upside down to him. He was like, "Abby, Ariane, Mina, Evan, Braxton, Hunter" I was floored. I spoke to the teachers and they hadn't tried to teach them other kids names. That was totally him. He's done stuff like that a few times. You can just see the gears going on his head.

I cant think off-hand anymore of what he does but yeah... another smart kid. Oh yeah, he potty-trained himself before the age of 2... pretty good for a boy!

Owen. 10 months.

Hard to compare but he does some cool things.

He is up to 9-steps. He probably would been walking already if it wasn't for a raging ear infection he had. It made him feel like crap and well, ear infections lead to balance issues so.... another early walker.

Owen basically said good-bye to baby food. He doesn't like most baby food... he wants real deal stuff and would rather feed himself.

Owen is also a charasmatic little fella. He loves people and his smile is too precious. He smiles and then scrunches up his nose which makes him over-the-top cute! And to top-THAT-off, when he's exited that smile comes with a snorty noise.

It's hard to tell Owen's intelligence but motor skill-wise, he blows the other 2 out of the water.... while they were advanced.. he's just that much more. I thin Owen's gonna be the one we gotta watch out for... and they say IQ drops subsequently with each kid. HA! We laugh at that statement (especially since i am the baby in the family!).

It had ot come to an end like all good things.
This time in blood-curdling screams!

I was cleaning downstairs. They were playing nicely. My mom called to tell me something. I had to cut her short because of the muffled screams.

I threw down teh phone (I presume Owen ot it and is playing with it) and started walking briskly until I heard teh way teh cries were and I ran!!!

There was Hunter with his head in between 2 cabinet doors with a child-lock on them (so they couldn t open and his head was VERY tightly stuck! I couldn't leave him and I couldn't get the damn child-lock off. So, I unscrewed teh handle it was being held into and freed him that way. His lip was bleeding, his neck beet red (from being scraped by cabinet doors), his face red from screaming. Through his tears he said Cole did it. I wasn't sure if he would and they do the blame game all the time so I didn't know at this point.

I finally calmed my baby down and made sure he was OK.

Then, I went to speak to Cole (who I had previously yelled at because he didn't not tell me Hunter was hurt and stuck - I didn't know who did it, but Cole should have told me). I sat him on teh bed and talked ot him. I told him I did NOT want any lies and tell me what happened.

"We, me & Hunter, were playing cars in the bookshelf and I closed the doors and locked it. It was a mistake and by accident."

I told him that Hunter could have been very badly hurt and maybe even died because he couldn't get enough air.

"I tried so hard to get him out but I just couldn't."

I told him he should always just come and get Mommy and Mommy will always help.

Hunter is still mad at Cole and will not let him apologize. i don't blame him!

Ok.. so the kids had their Christmas show at their preschool last night. Tom was late or cutting real close at last years 2 (Christmas and end-of-year) and Cole was upset by this. I made sure that he made sure he'd be there. I assured Cole we'd be there and in the front.



We got their early (my mom and I) and we saved seats. Tom got their right before it started. He too was right in front.



Cole walked out and saw his Dad.



"My Dad is here! My Dad is here!"





"Ms. Jenny, My Dad is here! He's right there!"

They all came out (including the young 2's which is younger then Hunt's class). They were all so cute! They sang 2 songs all together. Then the young 2's got picked up by their parents. The whole time, Hunter was half-asleep. He didn't nap during teh day and fell asleep a SOLID sleep on the way to school for the show. It was hard to wake him up... He was in such a daze up there.

There is Hunter & Abby... he likes Abby :) They sang like 3 more songs... :)

...and then we had a cookie social and went home to bed.

I got 2 different kinds of cookies baked whole Owen was napping (still is). So 2 kinda of cookies in less then 2 hours is pretty good. the boys fought over a spot on teh coach for like half-an-hour. They fought over putting the rocking sheep on teh rug or not on teh rug... it's just a constant battle. Even when they're being angels to each other, you still have to be on high-alert. An hour-and-a-half left until we leave for the Preschool Christmas show..... I cant wait to see them singing.. how cute are 2-year olds singing Christmas stuff? I am dying! Last year it was Cole & Lauren and Cole didn't say a peep. This year he is raring to go and Hunter will be performing too.... SO exciting!