GO PIRATES!

First T-Ball Game

Kyan had his first t-ball game today! He looked like such a big boy in his uniform! He had lots of fans there today too! Thank you so much to grandma, grandpas, and cousin Michelle for coming and watching Kyan's first game! He was so excited to get out onto the field - but not until his eye black was on his face. I forgot it at home and had to drive back to get it! Good thing they have the kids there half an hour early, guess it is for the mommies just in case they forget something! He is a little man that knows what he wants already!

His buddy Gianni wanted some eye black too!

Hey batter, batter...

SWING BATTER!

Run, Kyan, RUN!

Taking the field for a little defense - something he could do without! I think Kyan would rather hit the ball!

Even though defense wasn't his favorite part of the game - here he is with a sweet dive for the ball!

Kyan's #1 Fan!

Loooooooooong Overdue!

So it has been a busy two weeks and I haven't found a whole lot of time to post....so, sit back and enjoy the show, this is a looooooooooooong one! Thought it would be easier to just do it all at once, in pieces that will hopefully make sense! Thanks for the patience!

We started off my week off of school break with Kyan getting sick early Sunday morning at 2:30. He was screaming mommy, I thought he just had a bad dream until I saw him and realized that he threw up in his bed. Poor thing and poor mommy - I do HORRIBLE with puke and called for Chad. He is AMAZING - and got the daddy of the day award for sure. I can clean it, but I just don't know what to do with myself when my kids are actually puking. I feel so helpless and it makes me so sad, so Chad had to take care of Kyan. The 24 hour stomach bug was definately going around, with me getting it on Thursday, so it was obvious what Kyan was sick with. I was hoping that Lola and Chad wouldn't catch it too! We skipped the football game that day against the Bills and took care of the kiddos. By about noon Kyan was feeling pretty good. I was so thankful that I would be hopefully getting a good nights sleep...

...boy was I WRONG! At about midnight, Lola woke up screaming her head off. She has not done this ever - nothing would comfort her. I tried just about everything: bottle, tylenol, rocking chair, laying with her...did I say nothing worked? This went on until about 4:30 in the morning. I had to wake up Chad to take her so that I could get at least an hour of sleep, if I wanted to be any sort of a good mother, before Chad went to work. Went to the doctor that morning and found out that she had a double ear infection and teeth were coming in on the top and the bottom! The first prescription that they gave her didn't end up working, so Thursday we went back to check what was going on, and got a new prescription. So far, so good with that medicine, and she actually takes it really well. I am hoping that it is just her teeth that bother her every once and a while. Poor thing has taken so much medicine over the past two weeks, she even fell asleep one time with the medicine syringe in her little hands! She took it away from me - I guess she didn't want it anymore! She also found comfort while sleeping on her belly!

We also found a little time to be crafty...not as much as I would have liked with Lola wanting to be held constantly while she was sick, but I did get one sign done for my classroom and helped Camille do her daughter to be, Avery's, letters! Camden and Candis even stopped by for a little visit - but had to leave when Camden just wouldn't fall asleep. She likes her own bed!

My parents came into town at the end of the week and my kids got some much needed grandma and grandpa time and vice versa! It is so neat to watch the four of them together, they don't live here - but are here all the time, and it is nice to see faces light up every time they get to see each other.
My brother and his wife and daughter also came to town as a surprise to everyone but my dad, who knew and kept the secret for about two weeks! My mom was so excited, especially to see little miss Ava. Now that they live in North Carolina they don't get to see them as much. Kyan was so happy to see his cousin Ava and got to spend lots of time with her. One of their favorite things to do with grandma and grandpa is to climb the mountain and look for "Indian Poop"! They find it everytime...not exactly sure what this is, but I always hear about it.
Lola has had a major growth spurt these last couple of weeks and has been in need of a couple new outfits as she is now wearing 18-24 months! Grandma took her shopping at Old Navy and bought her a few little things...THANK YOU GRANDMA!!!
Here are a few of my favorite pictures that I took of them together...


Lola had some firsts as well - sand and grass. We went to the park now that it is finally cooling off and played for over an hour. Lola got to put her feet in the sand and the grass! She like the sand so much more than the grass, but played in both very well! Kyan was everywhere - from digging treasures in the sand to walking up the bars to go down the twisty slide! It was fun and nice to get out of the house.
I found time to get stuff together for a garage sale too! My friend Susie and her daughter Jayla came over to help and hang out! She even caught a good mommy and Lola picture for me, one of those rare moments as a mommy where I was caught on camere! "Jay-Lo" were ruinited and had fun together. Lola is fascinated with Jayla's earrings and reaches for them everytime she sees Jayla! They took turns taking naps and did find some time to play together in the playpen Chad brought outside! The sale was a success and I got to hang with the girls, all in all, a great morning!

After the craziness of dealing with Lola when I was off all week - Chad and I got to make it to the Cardinals game on Sunday against the Cowboys! This is how we spend our Sunday's during football season! Season tickets have been our Christmas present for the past three years (and hopefully going on four)! It is our time to get away and enjoy some time together! This particular game was so fun to go to with a Cardinals win in overtime!

Funny Face

Lola has this new face that she makes and it cracks me up! She does it when she whines (her new thing!)

New Season...New Hair Color!

Went from blond to brown today! Quite a shock, but I think I like it! Will just take some getting used to! Kyan told me that he didn't like it at first when he saw me with it wet! In fact, he told me over and over that he didn't like it (little turd!) Once it was fixed he told me that it was pretty! I guess he recognized me again or something! Gotta love kids - they are so honest!

Happy Halloween!

Despite the chaos that was my life yesterday - I managed to sneak in some time and get my Halloween sign done! Love it!

Double Ear Infection

As Kyan is feeling better, now Lola is sick! She is definately my drama baby for sure! Took her to the doc this afternoon and she has a double ear infection :( Poor thing. As if that isn't bad enough, she also has teeth coming in on the top and bottom!!! They gave her some medicine for her ears for the pain - it numbs them - and we have to rotate motrin and tylenol every three hours, plus amoxicillan twice a day! One more ear infection for her this season and we have to see an ear, nose, and throat specialist. Hopefully this is the last of the sicknesses at this house for the week (make that for the next couple of months), I can only hope Chad doesn't catch something, as I had my share of it on Thursday, and Kyan on Saturday! He has been taking that AIRBORNE stuff, so I guess we will see how well it really works! I can only wish for sleep tonight and a healthy family tomorrow!

Ready to pull out my hair!!!

I didn't really realize how lucky I have had it...Lola sleeping through the night for so long that is, because last night was a doozy. She was up from about midnight to 4:30 this morning - just screaming and crying and a fever. Nothing was making her feel better, I tried about every trick I knew how with her. I thought maybe it was her teeth, but usually Tylenol fixes that and she goes right back down. She is still not herself this morning, although she is asleep right now, so we are off to the doctor this afternoon to find out what the deal is.
On a positive note though, Kyan is feeling MUCH better and is back to his normal self AND my house is sparkling clean thanks to my mama! She sent money to have the cleaning ladies come over! Did I say how much I love those cleaning ladies? (and my mother too, of course, but that one is a given - THANK YOU MOM!) They do an amazing job at a very reasonable price, so if anyone is interested please let me know and I can pass along their number!