Beach Trip 2009

We left on Saturday the 16th for the beach. We had a good trip down and the boys traveled well. Here is a brief "synopis" of our trip
Sunday-- Beach and pool time
Monday- Shopping in Destin.. and some yummy seafood for lunch
Tuesday- We went to Pensacola to visit the National Naval Mueseum. The Blue Angels are based here so Will was thrilled to see the moc-ups.
Wednesday-Beach time and out for a very yummy dinner! Thanks Pop!
Thursday and Friday-Beach and pool time. We also vistied a local park that the boys loved!
Saturday-On the road to HSV! We had a pretty good trip back. Thank goodness for DVD players and recorded PBS shows on DVD!

Happy Birthday Uncle Robby!

We wanted to wish Uncle Robby a Happy 27th Birthday today! We celebrated at the beach! He was such a help with Ben! Ben loves Uncle Robby and picks him over mommy and daddy!

Another ear infection!

Ben has a double ear infection!! I got to look in the otoscope and the ear drums were bulging and pussy!! I had a feeling he was not quite right...no fever though. This is the fourth one in 3 months. We are hoping with the summer months (less sickness) that we will get over this ear infection hump.

Been a while

Ok... I have not posted for a while but we were off enjoying our vacation to Navarre Beach, Florida. I do have lots of pics but they are still on the cameras. The boys had a blast. Here are a few pics of Will at his last day of school.. (He missed his real last day but his teachers were happy to have their pictures made with him). Will had a great first year of preschool! Ms. Crystal and Ms. Lisette were wonderful and enjoyed our little guy! I pray that he has a great year in his 3 year old class too.

Plenty of Platelets

Well, Will started sneezing on Saturday and his nose was running. I thought is was just allergies. He seemed fine Sunday morning other than the sneeezing but by dinner time he was in tears that his ear hurt. He had petichiae all over his face and some on his arm, stomach and back. Needless to say I took him to Dr. Laue today and Will has an ear infection. He checked Ben's ears while we were there and they were clear...thank goodness!!! Dr. Laue ran a CBC and Will's platelets were at a nice 187,000! I was a little worried but infections can do weird things to his platelets so I was expecting some kind of a drop. We then went to eat with Daddy and pick up his medicine. We got home at 1:30 and he has been sleeping since (it is now 4:00).

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother figures in everyone's life!! We went out to eat yesterday to celebrate and Daddy is grilling mommy some shrimp tonight for dinner yum yum!!! We went to church this morning and afterwards Will made me a card. (Daddy says I have a gift coming via UPS sometime this week...we will see!!!) Mother's Day is a special day for me because both of boys were baptized on Mother's Day...Will in 2006 and Ben in 2008.

Bad weather

During breakfast yesterday our weather radio went off for a Tornado warning in a neighboring county...before I knew it the radio was going off again for us and the sirens outside. I got the boys in the bathroon with shoes and bike helmets on! Well turns out we had a EF-2 tornado and it came pretty close to our house! We live at the end of our street which backs up to another subdivision and a field. I drove through that subdivison today and there was damage to the homes the street over from ours!!! There were a ton of trees down, windows blown out (plywood over them now), and fences down everywhere! I am so glad no one was hurt. Chip sometimes thinks I overreact during storms but after the EF-4 tornado of 1989 (which killed 21 people) being less then a couple of miles from my house...I don't mess around!

Spring School Pictures

These are the Will's and Ben's spring pictures done at Will's school by Melissa Tash from Spoiled Rotten Photography (www.spoiledrottenphotography.com). It was so hard getting a pic of them together...I sure hope it gets easier when they get older!!

Rain, Rain, Rain

It has rained soooo much the past few days. Chip has a rain gauge in the backyard and we have got 7.75 inches of rain! The garden is still doing ok..it did not get washed away. The boys and I have tried not to go stir crazy with this weather and "swine" flu scare. I have been trying not to take them to stores. We got word today that school will start back tomorrow. Will did not even realize he missed 2 days of school. Mommy sure did so we went to Gigi's house last Thursday and she did some crafts with Will. He is now cutting really well with scissors. She also let him loose with a glue stick. Needless to say he had lots of fun.

Nothing too exciting has been going on around our house. Ben continues to get into everything and never ceases on trying to hurt Will. Will on the other hand has been more loving to Ben. He even tried to wash Ben's hair the other night during their bath....It was so sweet! Will gives him hugs and says "You are a sweet baby." Ben then tries to either pinch, scratch or bite him...oh I hope he outgrows all three!!! Ben's last day of antibiotics is tomorrow and we will return to the doc at the end of May for an ear re-check.