Pink eye lives on...

I had a gut feeling that Jai' was doomed to get pink eye. :( Its so difficult to keep the boys apart, and not basically ON TOP one another,(literally most of the time). Julian seems to be on the tail end of his and sure enough, Jai started with it... & its only got worse. And today was the day of his 1 year pictures... :(

not to meantion, he is cutting 2 top teeth, having tons of soiled diapers(as always when he teethes), which is causing a rash... so we are using disposables most of the time now, and praising coconut oil.

 .. it was prolly one of the most difficult days for our family in a long time. Two very cranky kids..

 

however you cant tell can you? I am in no way a photographer...nor am I trying to be. I am just a mom wanting bday pics of my baby boy. But i just couldnt bring him to heidis a d takethe chance   of  spreading the germ to her kids/-

or/ clients....so we stayed local and got a few done.

 

 

 

 This is only a few of the 100 I took. I may post more later.....& might I add... Despite how happy he was while I snapped a few pictures- this is what was going on

Doggie Bag?

Nothing about this day came easily, starting from OPENING our eyes. Opening my eyes, is never easy- but today was especially difficult for my dearest sugar baby. me, struggling to open my eyes, stayed in bed for a extra hour, all while daddy woke up with Juju. He had to pick eye boogies from Ju's eyes, because his eye lashes were fused together. A hour later when I woke, I didn't know anything about the boogie picking, but asked Julian to come closer, because his eyes looked fonky. After hearing what Josh had to do a hour prior, I had a sneaky suspicion of what we were dealing with. I gave it a little while, hoping it was a fluke, or allergies.. but nope.. things only progressively got worse! Strings of gunky, fonky covered his eye ball, and began weeping out the corners. After hearing his pedi couldn't see him, we went to the optometrist, for the walk in hours. talk about a night mare to do alone with two cranky, kids who missed their naps. After sitting there for two hours we were finally seen, and sure enough, Julian has pink eye in both eyes. we came home, both boys lounged, as well as myself. Daddy came home early this Friday, thankfully... and we ordered out,  since dinner never jumped out the freezer to cook itself. humppsh.

Dinner was consumed with lots of whinnying, and eye rubbing. Jai' (tired.. hope that's the only reason) and Ju.. well because he is simply miserable. Nike is spending the night with us, as her lucky 'masters' are in Destin again. :) We love having her, and I have a good feeling she is pushing the boundaries of these non pet owning humans. LOL seeing what all she can get away with. For instance, the empty 'doggie bag' Box was still on the table from our delivery dinner. I was taking a test online, josh and Julian engaged in transformers, and jai asleep.. Julian comes telling us ' come see, some see.. you have to see what the pup is doing..' I don't jump since I am taking a ONLINE timed test.. so im trying to get joshs attention, to tell him to listen to Julian, and sure enough.. Nike was on top the table licking the ketchup and left over fries out the doggie bag. Irony. Guess they don't call it a doggie bag for nothin'.

Then it was bath time.. I threw Jai in first, because poor baby wasn't going to make It much longer... we did a quick bath, with little play time. I turn around to get a towel for him, and little turn right back around to find the water brown and full of poop. BLAHHHHHHHHHH. had to drain, wash tub, rewash baby.. and then try all over again to get him down for bed. By now he is a basket case, and wanting his BAAAAAAAAAA-BAAAAAAAAAAAAA(bottle).. at which he wasn't in fact receiving for the first time in a year! This was the planned weekend to break the baby of the bottle. .. SOooo said prayers, and into bed with his CUP. walk out. silence.. 5 minutes later, crying. more crying. Not screaming, not a in pain cry.. but the 'im annoyed. Come get me' crying. I assumed it was because of the bottle thing.. so I wait a minute before jumping to go sooth him. just to walk in and see he's got his leg stuck in the slacks of the crib. Poor babyyyy! Of course this is the first time this happens, so I wouldn't have ever thought that's why he was crying. I simply felt awful!

ANd.. that wasn't the end of the crying for the night. More, because then Julian needed more drops for his eyes, which he says hurts, burns and itches. Poor bubba... but his little eyes look awful, and need to get better.. so we do what we have to do to nurse him to good health...2 books and snuggle later.. both kids are finally asleep...leaving two tired parents, with headaches, and who want nothing more than bedtime themselves.

so. Goodnight. :)

our life lately...

I wish so badly 'busy' was capable of covering the explanation.. but sadly, it falls short by a long shot.

School has been very demanding* as to be expected during summer semester*, I've also been helping and learning photo editing from one of my dearest friends, and well known photographer, Heidi Weinmann. All while continuing to keep up with the boys, their needs, doctor visits, etc and house. phew, im exhausted again just thinking about it all. But it's nice to keep busy.

We finally traded in my clunker, gass guzzler, sweat box. and got me a *new to me* car! I absolutely LOVE it.. and don't see myself going back to a SUV any time soon.

 

 Ive been feeling like the kids just are being robbed of play time. I separate my day into shifts, mommy by morning, student by middle day(naps), house wife/mommy mid day-bath time... 7-10 gym rat, editing, or whatever... and then 10-1am student again. 1am-6am zombie-dead to the world. then it starts all over again, haha. Josh and I have been taking the kids on daily bike rides after dinner, its the best family time ever, and good exercise. we all enjoy that part of the day, but it just isn't what the boys or myself is use to. we are use to having that play time around the clock.. so today was devoted JUST to the kids. We went get birthday stuff for Jai, and snacks for the house, then headed home for short naps, followed by a crap ton of park play time and bike riding!
We met some friends at the park too, Cj, as well as Brian. Both boys had a friend to play with!

                       Jai' clearly love the water.. Both my kids are the biggest water bugs I know

I think Josh and I have decided we are going to go ahead and have Jai's part here at this park. Less stress on clean up, set up, entertainment for a bunch of kids, etc. There's tons of park equipment that is shaded with canopies as well as the splash pad. I just am not stressing birthday's like I did once upon a time. Don't get me wrong, I have tons planned and bought for Jai's party, as well as Julian's, but we will be keeping them small & easy from now on out.

We are very proud to welcome another new member to our family, Alexa Claire! She was born this morning, weighing under 7 lbs and was 19 inches long.

 

That's about all folks. Going to be a busy weekend,(2 bday parties, 1 graduation party, Jai's 1 year pictures, and a endo appointment) followed by another hectic week! xoxo

 

Father's Day 2013

Our morning started off with NO COFFEE. No Coffee= bad morning. no coffee on fathers day= bad fathers day. So BRIGHT and EARLY kids were loaded up, still in pj's and yucky breath, and headed to the store for coffee. We came back home to find daddy standing in the yard looking like a lost puppy.... wondering  where his family went. haha. he was elated to find out it was to fetch coffee grinds.

 

After a yummy crawfish, omlett, and pancakes we started out day, sipping our coffee on our front porch, watering the grass, and doing 'dad' stuff like working in the yard. well, he and Julian did. Jai and I played inside, and cleaned indoors until nap time.. and then we took a nap. LMAO

After was more outdoor time. Julian had went swimming with his best friend Brian, across the street at his house. This is where he stayed 80% of the day, so he isn't in many of my photos. :(

However, my Jai' butt was being a ham for mommy.

                                                          Daddy taking a break

                                                      cooling off inside again..O:)

                                                     me & my bae. Best father in the world!

                                          Jai' butt waiting for the LSU game to come on..;)

 Jai and I went for a long bike ride... he fell asleep on me three times..haha, then we came home again to find daddy at the grill & Juju actually home!

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 Look at this cute baby? They don't come much cuter than Jai' Elias Danford. I mean the smile, the eyes, the cute curles.. Mm' makes me want to go snatch him out his crib to love on him!

Oh ps. daddy got his father's day present early. I made him a photobook, got him a bike, and e cigg. Classy, I know.

Bikes!

 

We enjoyed our day very much. we had some friends come over and took out a sack of crawfish.. yummm.. oh then had nerve to go out and eat FRO yO. LOL then came home to bike ride again :)

 

 

 

Sorry they are blurry and pictures of pictures.. but ya know.. im lazy. I need to start using my good camera more. *note to self*