World Record

We're pretty sure Connor was going for a World Record today....in
puking! He started puking a little before 4pm and by the time I called
the dr two hrs later he'd puked 16 times. In all this evening I think
he was up to 21 times in 4 hrs!

We took him to the after hours clinic and the dr was concerned that
maybe he'd swallowed something and that was his body's way of trying
to get it out. So they did a chest x-ray and found nothing. He started
feeling better while we were there. He didn't talk during this whole
torturous ordeal but started asking for juice and was very excited
when they gave him a Pedialyte Popsicle...which he threw up on the way
home. But he seems to have stopped puking and we're hoping it was food
poisoning which would mean the rest of us won't get it!

Also between his 3rd and 4th round, Marley decided she wanted to join
the fun. She puked all over the breakfast nook and into the family
room. I promise you wouldn't believe how much it was! So Dave is steam
cleaning the carpet at 10pm so we can let Evan crawl on the floor
again tomorrow. Poor baby was locked in walkers and bouncy things or
moved to the front room for the whole evening. Let's just hope all
this is over and never ever comes back!

Sarah
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Wild Man

Evan has been crawling for a month now and he's just a wild man! He can get anywhere! He loves to crawl over to whatever Connor is doing and get in there and make him scream. The other day he crawled over to Connor made him scream, turned around and went to Marley and smacked her (she growled at him) then went to the couch where Sophie was sitting and pulled her tail. He can pull up on most things and is starting to cruise around things.

He's getting picky about meal time too. He wants to feed himself and smacks the spoon when I try to feed him. I think I looked just as bad as he did after this episode. He still doesn't have any teeth so it's hard to find things that are hard enough that he can pick up but soft enough to gum.

Connor wanted to get in on the picture taking! Connor has moved into Pull-Ups which he calls underwear. He is also voluntarily sitting on the potty. We haven't actually used the potty yet, but he's interested. He can even get his "underwear" off by himself and sit on the potty alone! Big boy! He's also grown 1.25" in the last 3 months! He's turning into a boy!

We started sleep training with Evan. He gets mad when I set him in the crib, but the first night he only cried for 34 min before rolling over and falling asleep...on my hand. The second night was 30 seconds and the third night he just went to sleep. We did do some naps in there too so he's getting lots of practice in going to sleep in there. The problem seems to be staying asleep. The first two nights he was done around 2:30 am and I brought him in, but last night it was 12:30. I tried to let him cry back to sleep but 45 min later and I just brought him to bed. Poor little guy is so sad in there. So we're making great strides but still have a ways to go...but he's only 8 months old! He's also too busy wreaking havoc during the day! So he's not nursing which means he wants to "fill up" at night...which is our main problem! We'll get there soon though I'm sure.

San Antonio

We went to San Antonio for Memorial Day/my birthday weekend and had lots of fun. We went to the Zoo. It was really hot and crowded so we didn't stay too long.

Then we went to a dinosaur exhibit. That was lots of fun. We also did a boat tour of the Riverwalk. Connor thought that was cool too....but again very hot and crowded. We stayed on the Riverwalk to make life a little easier. We were able to walk to restaurants and do a bit of sight seeing.

Then we went to Sea world. Connor was very excited to see Shamu. The hotel had a picture of Shamu on the elevator that we had to look at A LOT.

We missed the first Shamu show so we decided to get our souvenirs first. I think Connor would have been ready to go with just this stuffed Shamu. He sleeps with it and sometimes says "Oh Shamu!" and squeezes it really hard. Evan on the other hand isn't too interested and spent most of the time at the park dangling Shamu over the edge of the stroller and dropping him.

The penguin house is my favorite. Connor wasn't too happy about this giant penguin though. It kept trying to turn his head so Dave could get the picture, but each time it touched him he almost jumped out of my arms.

We finally got to see Shamu!

It was a long day, but lots of fun!

We also got to see some of my friends and family that live in San Antonio. We packed a lot into a couple of day and had tons of fun! Can't wait to go back!

8 Months Old!!!

Evan is 8 months old today! It's amazing! He's so big and fun!

He can get anywhere and almost anything he wants now. He's all over the house and following Connor and making him scream..just the beginning of that I'm sure! He can crawl on his knees or his hands and feet and pull up on things. He's become attached to these little finger puppets (in his left hand). He carries them around everywhere, but he doesn't sleep with them.

He still has no teeth, but is getting good at feeding himself Puffs. He's starting to learn some words. He knows Connor, Sophie, milkies, all done and Evan. He claps and we say "Yeah" and he waves and we say "Hi!" which he thinks is funny.

Connor got a new Tag Reader this weekend. I had been wanting to get him one for a while now, but I found it on sale for 50% plus I had an additional $5 off coupon so now was the time! He loves it. He knows that if he touches the words with the pen it will read it for him. (He's upset that it doesn't work on all books so we have to work on increasing our Tag Reader library.) He's also shown us that he knows some letter sounds by playing some of the games in the back of the books. We've been having a heck of time with getting him to sleep lately. Let's hope it's just a phase and not the way things are going to go from now on. It's been taking him 2 hrs to fall asleep at night...I'm exhausted!

We've been doing a little curb appeal improvement on the house. As you can see the money we spent on the sprinkler system last fall was definitely worth it. We planted some flowers in front and Dave painted the shutters black this weekend making it all come together to look like a real house and not a neglected shack! We've lived here for a year last week and I think we've made some positive improvements. We are definitely happy we're here and have all this room to run around in.

BTW, I was elected President of my Moms Club this past Friday. I'm looking forward to a fun year of being more involved in my community!

I also found out last week that I may only have 6 years to complete my Master's degree and I'm already 4 yrs into it and still have 6 classes to go. So I'm trying to get a definite answer on the time limit and trying to figure out if I want to take classes this summer (which I KNOW I don't but may have to to get it done).

Crawling!

Evan chowing on his first corn on the cob in Kansas City.

Here he comes!

Almost there...

Hi Mommy!

Evan learned to crawl last weekend. On Sat. morning in the hotel he was trying very hard but not quite getting it. When we got to Kansas City later that afternoon, I set him on the floor in the living room and crawled right across the room. It was amazing. I guess that's why he was fussing so much in the car on the way up there. He had places to go and he wanted to get out! He is all over the place now and even occasionally pulls up on things. Just before we left KC I heard him crying downstairs. I went down and he was stuck on the stairs with his hands on the second step and his feet on the floor. He had no idea how to get down. He is into all of Connor's toys and as you can imagine..that's not going over well. It's all downhill for Connor from here...he's gotta learn to share and his reign as king of all toys is OVER!

Kansas City

The boys and I made the long drive to KC to visit my aunt and uncle. It was rough to say the least. Connor actually did better than expected but I'm pretty sure that was due to the 101 fever he had for the entire drive. Evan on the other hand started screaming 20 min into the two day drive. He was either asleep or awake and crying the entire drive. It took us 10 hrs the first day to drive what should have been 7.5 hrs. We did better the second day though.

Connor has been working very hard on his quest to be the world's worst house guest. He's spilled almost every drink he's had (and one of mine) and he even peed on the carpet! We also think he might have passed his cold onto Uncle Roger.

Yesterday we went to the zoo. It was a lot of work for the mommy but that was just because I had to push 50 lbs of kids in a stroller around a gigantic park with surprisingly few animals. Tomorrow we're going to try a dinosaur exhibit. Hope he doesn't knock one down!

My aunt is doing really well. Hopefully some of my suggestions will help in her recovery.

Our Week

Connor got a "new" bike last week from our MOMS Club garage sale. He thinks it's VERYYY cool! We found out that it makes noise too...GREAT! He's still working using the pedals but he can make it move without those...we just have to remind him not to run over his brother!

Connor had his first ice cream cone last night. It went just as you'd expect...more on his face, hands and shirt than in him, but he sure liked it! Also if you look under his nose you can see a new sore. The kid is covered in boo-boos these days. Not really sure what happened with the nose but it was bad. He came inside crying and covered in blood. I just hope it doesn't leave a scar.

Poor Evan had to sit and read books while we ate ice cream. Sometimes it sucks to be the baby! He is soooooo close to crawling. He can get the hands going and even one knee, but then he either falls to his belly or backs off and sits up. I'm sure it will be this week though!

Messy eater!

We went down to the Capitol Bldg. It was a gorgeous day!

Dave's Aunt Joyce was touring TX with her travel group so we met them for lunch. It was nice to catch up.

Poor Evan was sick again this week. He was VERY crabby last Sunday and then woke up with a fever around 1am than night. I took him to the dr and they did all those same blood tests and holding him down to look in his ears for extended periods of times. he screamed and screamed this time. It was not fun! Turns out he just has an ear infection, but it must have been very uncomfortable for him. We got some antibiotics (his 2nd round in 2 months) but then his nose got bad a couple days later. He sounds pretty stuffed up and of course it was the day before he was supposed to have shots so we had to reschedule those, again. This kid will do anything not to get his shots!

I finished up my graduate class this week. I had to do a presentation and a paper, but now I'm done for the semester! I have 21 hours out of 39 so there's still a ways to go.