Doc Updates

Yesterday our dear sweet Ewan had his 15 month well visit.  Time does fly by quickly!!  He did fine until we put him on the exam table.  Anybody who knows Ewan knows that he doesn't like to be laid down on his back....so he pitched a fit and never recovered.  They measured him to be 32 inches....but since 3 months ago he was 32 3/4 inches is was definitely inaccurate!  I'll try to measure him again this week.  He weighed 25 lb 2 oz (I'll check last time, but I think that's pretty much the same weight, just a little taller).  And then the little guy had to suffer through 3 shots.    So he spent the rest of the day fussy, between the teething and shots he was miserable.

As most of you know by now.....we have another update.  D3 is on the way.  That's right, I'm pregnant again.  The due date is October 2, though it will likely be mid to late September since it's another c-section and our babies are so big!  So for a month or so we'll have three kids under three!!!  Question our sanity???   We're looking forward to another little one....and Jack already says he wants a little sister.  We'll just have to wait and see what we can do about that.  Somehow I don't think he knows exactly what is going on anyway!

So that's all our news, big though it may be.  I'm thrilled this is Josh's last week out of town for a while.....between the nausia and extreme fatigue of early pregnacy and the boys being full of energy, I'm absolutely drained by the end of the day!

Random Updates

Just a few random updates on the gang.....Jack continues to be SUCH A TWO YEAR OLD!!!  That child is giving me a run for my money, I'm exhausted!  We continue to search for the sucessful discipline method that will work for him!

Jack had his first trip to the dentist the other day.  Overall he did pretty well.  After a meltdown in the waiting room (I think he thought he was going by himself with the hygenist) he was good.  He let the hygenist brush his teeth (cleaning them was out of the question), and he LOVED the water gun and "Mr. Thirsty" (the tool that sucks the water out of your mouth).  So after going through all that he apparently didn't want to open wide and let the dentist simply count his teeth. It took some convincing but he finally did.  He was happy to pick out two presents before leaving the office!!!

Ewan is growing right before our very eyes.  He is talking more and more every day.  Some of his favorite words are cracker, tractor, dog, Hi Dada, and cheese.  He now likes the phone....when he sees me on it he starts saying "hi Dada" and wants to hold the phone!!  We're all looking forward to Daddy coming home tonight!!   

Ewan is also working on getting his eye teeth.  So the drools works are in full swing!!  One of his eye teeth has been in for a while and another tooth is now trying to come down on top of it...that should be an adventure.

We enjoyed a fun visit with Uncle Nick.  The boys had fun playing with him and showing off.  They do so love a good audience.  Unfortunately we didn't take too many picures, we'll upload a few soon enough.

The weather is finally going to warm up a little...we're all so sick of this cold crap.  Yes, I know it's not nearly as bad as many other places, but it is cold for here.  We're all ready for spring!!

Snow, Day Two

It continued to snow all night and looked absolutely beautiful this morning.  We knew it wouldn't last long so we got out and had some great fun!!  Of course Wal-Mart didn't have any sleds, after all it is South Carolina and everything is spring merchandise now anyway.  So after bagels at Panera (thankfully open and not crowded) we headed to the Children's Garden area to sled.  It was the only hill we could think of...worked relatively well but still not steep enough to maintain speed all the way down.

Ewan is upset  after falling face first in the snow!!!!

Jack seems to enjoy being hit with a snowball!!!!

Snow, Day One

Yesterday late afternoon it began to SNOW in South Carolina!!  YEAH!!!  Even better, Josh made it home before it got too bad.  We took the boys out in the snow to play and of course they LOVED it!!  Jack and Ewan have both seen snow before (last year), but it's unlikely either of them remember it.  So it was great fun for everyone.  Jack really enjoyed eating snow and they both liked sledding down the front yard on our makeshift sled.

Complete Madness

It's a madhouse around here.  We are in week two of Josh being out of town (home over weekends though) and I'm just barely surviving.  The boys are absolutely WILD!!  Well, it's more like Ewan is still himself (absolutely adorable and relatively well behaved), Jack is missing Daddy terribly and acting out.  The other day I wasn't sure I would make it to bedtime.  I actually put them down a little early because I just couldn't handle them anymore (probably didn't help that Jack refused to nap that day)!  Yesterday was much better though and today Jack is with Oma picking up Uncle Nick at the airport so it's just me and Ewan for a while.  MUCH BETTER!!!

What lovely capers have we had lately....pooping on the carpet (Jack has NEVER done this before), complete ignoring of nearly every single house rule, yelling at the top of his lungs at the dinner table with Oma and Opa, refusal to nap, refusing to go to bed at night unless I stay until he falls asleep, constantly hitting and pushing Ewan....  enought to drive anybody crazy.  I'm absolutly exhausted!!

The good news is Jens is visiting from Germany (arrived yesterday) and Uncle Nick arrives this morning.  They will keep the boys distracted and entertained.  Jack has been talking about Uncle Nick coming for about a month now!!

I haven't really taken many pictures lately but here are a few from a playdate at out house Monday...everyone enjoyed decorating Valentine's cookies (and of course eating them)!!  Who knows how many Jack snuck...I caught him with several I didn't give him!!!  There will be more photos soon as I'm sure we'll take some while Uncle Nick is here and we've got another big family photo shoot Saturday with the whole gang....if only it would warm up a little bit!!!