beautiful day outside

Yay! Finally hung Jai's swing up! I been painting it blue durning my spare time over the last few months.. and finally finished two weekends ago. Then it was the hassel of getting it hung. Josh gets home so late- and most weekends we are packed with other stuff or down in New Orleans visiting. At that rate it was never going to be hung. Soooo.... today i busted out the tools and did it myself. The weather is so beautiful & i was getting really impatient!

 

 

 

Gabby wanted to swing! & she loved it!

                        Jai is much more of patient character.. he watched and waited his turn!

                                                               Ju & Gabby swinging

                                                           Finally Big boy's turn!!

 Man did he have some sleepy boy eyes! & the swinging wasnt helping the situation! shortly after came in for a good after lunch nap!

 

 

 

giving bugg the boot take 2?

Despite my absolute best effort to protect the family from the bugg again.. i failed. Monday night Josh came home... all was fine. He got home around 7, due to a late run to New Orleans to bring a applicant. We watched some mondaynight football and  then hit the hay. IT was a super rough night for Jai, and after running after 3 kiddos all day i was to tired to fight with Jai so i put his butt in our bed.*bad mommy i know* Anyhow.. at 4 am.. Jai woke for his bottle. I couldnt sit up.. i tried for almost 30 minutes to keep him quiet and try to sit up.. it wasnt happening. then i heard Julian stirring.. i was concerned bout his blood sugar since i hadnt checked him since 11*bad mommy again..:/ * Anyhow.. finally Josh woke hearing my moaning, and crying, && asked what was wrong. I've been having some pretty bad pelvic pains and menstrual type cramps. In full blown tears i told him & begged him for help! I dont usually ask him to get out of bed to help just because he has to wake early & head to work everyday...but I was desperately in need of a helping hand. No sooner he stood up to help.. his tummy let out a loud growl. after checking ju & handing me a bottle he bee lined for the bathroom where he stayed the rest of the morning. The bugg hit him harder than Ju & lasted longer as well. Thankfully, my friend had some zofran & other meds to knock out the symptoms of this virus. I ran out to get it from her & he began to feel a little better & was able to get some rest. Poor thing was completely zonked & exhausted. So once again i got down to business scrubbing, spraying, and tearing my house apart to sterilize. i even busted out frozen breast milk for Jai.. in hopes it could help him fight any of the germ i missed.

The kids and I hung low, cooked soup, and watched Christmas movies all day! It was nice to be able to relax some after cleaning but my insides still shake in nervousness. I dont want my babies getting sick again- Nor do i want to get sick either. My house would shut down lol.. & it would effect joshs work bc he would have to behome with me & i wouldnt be able to watch his LPO's daughter which means she would have to be home too. I CAN NOT GET SICK!

Thankfully, later yesterday afternoon Josh was back to his normal self. even though his stomach didnt sound normal, he was able to eat & hold food down. Boys got their bath & headed to bed for 8:30 & daddy and I laid around and waited for SOA season finale!

Today I have Gabby & its such a gloomy day the kids seem stir crazy. We havent been able to go outside. :( I think this afternoon ima scrub the back porch(the dog got it all fonky) so that on days like today we still can get some fresh air.
Julian was excited with Piper today as well... we found her on the window seal building a snowman with Marsh mellows!.. little stinker. So we decided to do a snowman craft today as well. I been collecting our coffee creamer bottles for this craft, and today just is the perfect day!

 

 

 

my sweet jai was all smiles watching Ju & I make snowmen & puppy chow!

My poor bubba is miserably with this teething stuff! ive tried Tylenol, orejel, frozen fruit in his munchkin, teething toys... mothing makes him happy!

 

 

i must show this off. i was really impressed.

 

and thats about all our day consist of. im now worn completely out & ready for bed lol. its only 5 oclock...

Mondays are never any fun. today was def no different.

No new from the doctor visit today. only a referral. :( hopefully answers will come soon. I should get an appointment with in 7-10 business days.. so i will surely keep everyone posted. As for today.. it was very low key- and i dont have much to update. I was up at 5:30.. after sharing my side the bed with Jai- meaning i got little sleep last night. But i got dressed & got to the hospital at 7:20 am! then came home at 9 to be met by my friend Christina, who was bringing me her little girl, Gabby. I am going to be watching her this month.. so dont be surprise if you see a little girl in some of my photos/post.

All kids were very well behaved today, and i can only hope & pray everyday goes as smoothly!!! Jai decided today that he was going to sit up. i was shocked.. blow away, dumb founded. Proud- but sad. i can not believe my baby is getting so big!

I really am not ready for him to grow up! & its happening right before my eyes.  man oh man. I had been noticing that he is always trying to use his ab muscles.. so i sat him down to see how he'd do.. & he did it!! i could hardly believe my eyes!

 

dont mind his dirty socks, he was zoom zooming outside in his walker!.. i know i need to invest in some shoes for my bub. all he has is dress shoes!

 

Not the best update, but like i said. things were busy today with three kids- & I was exhusted from a sleepless night & being up at the buttcrack of dawn for the doctor appointment!

More tomorrow.. or the next day! ;)

giving the BUG.. the BOOT!

Today has been all about giving the bugg the boot & trying to get our boy feeling better! He woke up dry heaving this morning, but around 10:00 he was asking for Eggs, Bacon, Toast with jelly & Orange Juice. So guess what.. HE GOT IT! and to our surprise, he held it down! Around 1 he went play outside, around 2 he had lunch & at 5 had dinner. Never had any more problems! I on the other hand, spent most of the day Cleaning everything! sofa, floors, bathroom, all toys & crip & craanny that a germ might be.. opened the windows to get some fresh air in & did laundry. 

Oh & got some more presents out under our tree!

 Julian also go to pick our dinner tonight. he of course wanted pizza since he didnt get to eat any yesterday at the party! he even got to make it himself!!!

 lmao he accidentally got sauce on his finger & was fussy because of it. LMAO he has no idea he was flipping me off, but i was dying laughing!

                                                     again fussing because of the sauce! Notice Piper in the background. she had to get moved off the coloring table because we were using it in the living room! :P

                                                                  so josh's son!

                                                 letting them cook....

Daddy also got the lights out and on the house!* just missing some on our garage, so i just didnt include the garage in the pictures!

What a good day it turned out to be! Now going snuggle my boys on the sofa & watch abcFamily, how the Grinch stole Christmas! :)

stomach virus..yuck

I wish I had a happy update for you all. But truth is, this one STINKS- literally. Yesterday, was pretty low key. We tinkered around the house in the morning & around lunch Ju & I snuck off to grocery shop while Dad & Jai napped. I knew Santa was at Walmart so we went to get groceries there. Julian was so excited to see Santa. After collecting out groceries for the next 2 weeks we headed home to get ready for one of his best buds* our neighbors little boy* birthday party!  Julian was so excited for that as well, because it was at a huge play place filled with inflatable jumper things. I was leery bout going, & purposed more than once that we should play hooky.. but Josh insisted for a good reason! They are our neighbors and friends, they are always there & Julian adores them. SO we headed out around 3:30. Seems like the minute we walked in i heard someone from across the building hacking up a lung and i wanted to cringe. im not typically a germ freak, but there has been so much going around lately I was being overly cautious...or was i? Julian played his little heart out and around the time it was for us to set and indulge in pizza I knew something was up. Julians blood sugar was 98 with .68 on board. ( which would put him crashing in a matter of time) so we HAD to get him to eat & there was going to be absolutely no activity unless he ate enough for the BG & left room to burn some carbs. BUT the plus side was, THERE WAS PIZZA & BIRTHDAY CAKE sitting in front of him. seriously? wasnt like we were going to have to force feed him something crazy like Gumbo. HA. he threw a fit. WOULDNT EAT pizza. Cake, NOTHING. WOuldnt drink koolaid. Nothing. we were in trouble. we tried threatening if he didnt eat we were going home..but nothing fazed this tantrum(unlike julian to begin with). Finally he took a bite of his pizza, and right away spit it in his hand and started yelling. Julian always yells before throwing up. SO daddy rushed him to the nearest trashcan where it all began. It didnt take long for myself & joshs newly detailed car to be covered with vomit.&& not long after being home that the bugg was finding its way out both ends. We were in a pickle bc his BG still was going low. After a little bit, it began to climb. THANKFULLY... usually when kids are sick they run high. This is a blessing because in the case of a stomach virus, its nearly impossible to get a child to eat, and then for them to keep it down. So jUlian has not have a single unit of bolused insulin since yesterday for breakfast( he ate a carb free lunch yesterday by choice) We are still fighting the virus today. Daddy is actually out renting movies and stuff to keep us entertained today.


But i must say, despite him feeling puney, he still woke looking for Piper!

here is what she was up too..

 silly elf was coloring in his coloring book. and clearly she has a crush on the hulk!