Playdate

Wyatt's teacher Ms. Amber came over today with her cutie patootie Allie, who is 2 months older than Whitney. We made hair bows and played with the kiddos. We had a lot of fun. I'm pretty sure Wyatt was over the top that his teacher was at our house. He was so sweet with Allie. He amazes me everyday how his little heart shows so much love and compassion for others around him. Sure makes me a PROUD mommy! We wanted to get pictures of the girls together and took them outside. Little did we know we would have such perfect models and ended up having a little mini photo session! Such Cuties! Can't wait for them to come back for another play date! This was the VERY 1st picture I took. How perfect are they!?! Allie absolutely, positively LOVED being in the grass. She was crawling super fast all over the yard. Whitney on the other hand just sat there. Pretty sure she'll be my girly girl who doesn't want to get dirty. Wyatt was so precious with the girls.

Such a sweet girl. Allie girl your welcome over anytime!

Toy Story 3 on Ice

Last Saturday we took Wyatt to see Toy Story 3 on Ice. Before we get to that I should tell you how our weekend started. Friday at 12 had to take Wyatt home with a 101.4 fever. Selfishly, I thought, oh no we have toy story 3 tickets - we are going to see this! So took him home gave him Motrin and he slept for 4 hours! That evening his fever got up to 102.6 and he started complaining of his mouth hurting. Totally thought it was strep. Took him to the doctor in the morning and it was not strep just a virus but this virus was causing blisters on his throat (poor baby) he wasn't kidding about his mouth hurting. He stopped running fever Sat am so we gave him Tylenol and later Motrin right before we left. My friend Amy had a brilliant idea to ride the train to the AAC. What a great idea! Until the train got there and we had to sit on the floor. It was so crowded that at the next stop the conductor announced to the awaiting passengers to NOT board the train because it is OVERLOADED and if you do you enter under your own duress. REALLY!!! I went into prayer overdrive, please dear Lord let us get there safely and not be on the news about a train disaster. Luckily we made it there safe and sound. It was a great show and riding the train was great! We will definitely be doing both things again! Wyatt, Lindsey, and Miles patiently waiting for the train.

Wyatt in his seat. He was so excited even though he was sooooo not feeling 100 %. See how his shirt is all nice and clean. I'll explain later.

Mommy and Wyatt. Can't wait for the show to start!

The army men's entrance was awesome. Some of them even came in flying.

Ah. Now to explain the clean shirt. In the picture below you will see traces of nacho cheese. David got us nachos and drinks before the show started and when he came back HE accidentally dumped them all over Wyatt. (Yes honey, YOU did it. Like I told you last night.....Everyone who knows you and everyone who knows me, knows YOU are more prone to weird freak occurrences). If you talk to him about this and he says I DID please just give him the courtesy nod like I'm sure she did David.

Back to Toy Story 3. This was Buzz's entrance. Awesome!

Wyatt's favorite characters....Woody and Buzz.

The Aliens and The Claw

See the Buzz Sword in Wyatt's hand.....YES I AM that mom who buys her children the stupid little event trinkets. I asked Amy if she was going to get Miles anything and she said only if HE asks for it. I thought to myself well crap, that's a good idea. OK self, DO NOT get anything for Wyatt unless he asks. Not five minutes later Wyatt said "Mommy, I want that". Pointing to a little boy in front of us with the sword. YES, I get to buy him something because HE did ask for it!!!!

Had to include this picture. See the smirk on David's face. That's pretty much how he felt about the sword. He is not that DAD who spends money on event "rip offs". Whatever. Life's too short.

Woody flying on his kite to get out of Sunnyside DayCare.

Couple minutes before the show was over we scrambled out to get a seat on the train. Lucky us we all got seats. Wyatt had so much fun looking out the window.

Blast Ball!

Wyatt had his first blast ball practice tonight with his teammates the "Sneaky Kleets". For those of you who don't know blast ball is so stinking cute! It's really the level before T-Ball. It's basically just teaching them the concept of baseball. After they hit the ball off the T they run to first base and jump on it and it "HONKS"! After that, they stand between what would be 2nd and 3rd base to wait and catch (really chase) the next batter's ball. Wyatt had alot of fun. Which I'm sure had alot to do with the fact that one of his lifelong friends (Jacob) is on the team. He caught on quick on hitting the ball and chasing after the ball. Got to throw it a couple times too. I clearly think we have an athlete........had to stop typing for a second. Got a call from the Texas Rangers. Can you tell I'm a proud baseball Momma! Wyatt running to 1st base. Look at that face! He's so proud of himself. Jacob and Wyatt sizing up the next batter.

Happy Baseball Boy!

He looks like he's ready to steal a base. Little does he know he's NOT on a base.

I think Wyatt is trying to trade his glove for Jacob's bat so he can go hit!

The other morning at 2 am:
David: (barrels into the bedroom where his amazing wife is SOUND asleep): "Where's the camera"
Amazing Wife (that would me!): "The what?"
David: "The camera"
Me: "It's 2 o'clock in the morning. WHAT in the world do you need the camera for?"
David: "There's a racoon on top of the house and he's eating our house!"
Me: "Seriously? I gotta see this"
We then find the camera and sleepy head me goes outside to investigate such silliness.

Sure enough on top of the house by the skylight there seems to be a very large racoon picking at what looks like to be the sealing around our skylight. I tell David "racoons don't eat houses, maybe he drug something up there." Oh gross, now there's a racoon and who knows what else up there. After more discussion the events later unfold to be an episode from the animal version of candid camera. David takes pictures of the racoon in hopes the gigantic, lighting bolt simulator flash will scare the racoon off. Nope! He poses for the camera instead.

Then David gets the brilliant idea to throw sticks at him (no worries the sticks never hit him). Nope.

David makes somekind of weird animal noise called "squalling". We're making progress because he comes down to the patio roof line. Then stops and sits.

Hmmmm. What to do now. I know. The previous owners left a grocery bag full of marbles and a slingshot. Now I know why. At this point in the morning it's 3 am and the stupid racoon is mocking us so you bet I had the idea to sling marbles close to him to get him off my roof so I could go back to bed. Well, the slingshot was really old and broke so we threw marbles at him. Stupid racoon was trying to CATCH the marbles. I think he thought it was food! At this point I am very, very MAD. So I tell David good luck and good NIGHT! I get snuggled back in bed when what do I hear outside but a raging war of water hose vs. racoon. Guess who won.....a very wet and mad racoon! Stupid thing never came off the roof. Haven't seen him since though! We won, we won!!!


Say cheese!



We went out to eat with David's dad on Thursday. It's so much easier to go out to eat now that Whitney can sit in the high chair. It will be even better when she can eat table food. She's just now getting her first tooth and it's taking FOREVER!



Big girl with her big girl sippy cup.

These pics are great! They were taken right before I had a major allergic reaction to something that got on my hands then I touched my eye. My eye was swollen shut within minutes. Benadryl didn't work so Friday am had to go to the doctor to get a shot! We must have a running theme in our family to having allergic reactions.

Can you tell how much she has him wrapped around her little finger. Watch out David this is just the beginning.

Evidently this is what Wyatt thought he needed to wear on the way to take his sister to the doctor yesterday. Safety goggles and binoculars! Only he can pull that off!

After we got back from the doctor for my allergic reaction we got a call from the school saying Whitney has cried all morning (which she never crys) and was running a 101.7 fever. So we got back in the car picked the kids up and took them both to the doctor. Wyatt was working on a yucky nose all week so we decided to have him looked at too. Whitney has a virus with a bad sore throat and Wyatt has a sinus infection. $90 in copays in one day. Crazy stuff but so grateful it's just minor illnesses and everyone will be better soon!

February Catch Up

Can't believe it's been a month since my last blog...Oh wait, yes I can I have 2 babies! Well, Wyatt doesn't think he's a baby but he will always be my baby :). So let's get started.

2 weeks after Whitney finished her antibiotic amoxicillin from her double ear infection she broke out in this horrible rash. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what it was from. We hadn't changed any soaps or detergents at home and she wasn't eating anything new or different. Within 24 hours the rash got worse. She didn't seem to be in any discomfort despite how bad it looked. She wasn't running a fever and she wasn't scratching it. We decided to go ahead and take her to the dr. As soon as the dr opened the door she said "She's allergic to penicillin."Evidently you can have an allergic reaction up to 3 weeks AFTER you've taken medicine. I questioned the doctor heavily on this because I wasn't exactly convinced about it. But at the end of the day I couldn't imagine it being anything else but the reaction. So we kept her on Benadryl for a couple days and it went away. But when Whitney gets asked for the rest of her life are you allergic to any medicine, she'll have to say yes penicillin.

She is officially crawling now! No more putting off the deep clean(at a little persons level) of the house. The time is NOW!!!

David was messing around with the camera and actually got Wyatt to stop and pose for a second in this picture. I was impressed because it was a beautiful day and we were making the best of it.

Could she BE any CUTER?!?!?! Yes I cropped myself out of this picture.

She loves watching her brother play outside. I think she could sit in the stroller for hours watching him.

We love this cutie patootie to pieces!!!!

Ice/Snow Day #4

Am I really blogging about Ice/Snow Day #4....Yep!!! This is crazy but I sure am enjoying the time at home. So here's how our day went today....

We have ducks in the pond behind our house. Now those have to be some cold ducks. Aren't they supposed to go south for the winter?


I'm surprised I got this smile out of Whitney. Shortly after this picture we braved the drive to her pediatrician to find out she has a double ear infection. Poor baby. I knew something was wrong with her last night. Glad we made the choice to take her today, that would have been one miserable weekend.


After the doctor we finally got Wyatt out in the snow. He had a blast!!!


The pond started freezing up. Those ducks are crazy for staying here.

Getting ready to make a snowman. Didn't notice this while I was taking this picture but that smile on David's face sure looks suspicious. No worries. Nothing happened. Thanks to the expensive camera and baby monitor I was holding.

Wyatt threw snow up and it went right in his face. Wasn't too fond of that.

Helping Daddy build a snowman.

Does he have his "cheese" pose down or what. Snapped this after I told him to stop and say cheese.

The boys attempt at a snowman. Hey, we're Texans we don't know anything about building snowmen. Maybe we'll get another shot at it next week. Heard there's more snow on the way.

Playing Snow Soccer.

Bet you didn't know you can mow snow.

Baking cookies. Wyatt had to line the cutters up in a choo-choo first.

Rolling out the cookie dough.

Taking the cookie cutter job very seriously.

The best part of the job....eating the icing.

Look at that focus on his face!

Adding the final touches.

Enjoying the final product. He only had 1 cookie and it took 1 full hour to burn off the sugar.

We have thoroughly enjoyed the time off this week. So glad it's Friday and we have 2 more days to stay home!