Happy Halloween!

I just wanted to post some pics of the kids and a few of Carson from his previous Halloweens.

Tyler didn't have a costume because I couldn't find one I liked in his size and I figured he wouldn't know the difference anyway. But today I really wanted to get a cute pic of him so I put the hat from Carson's first Halloween costume on his head and hit fit. The rest of it was way too big since Carson was 6 months old when he wore it.

So here is the cute little pumpkin!

He could care less what I put on him and how many times I take his picture but what I discovered is that you get to dress them in cute costumes that YOU like for the first two years and then they get an attitude and an opinion and actually want to pick out their own costume and you have to just relax and go with it even though you don't like it!! Oh and they also start to hate getting their picture taken too. (((rolling eyes))))

Carson was Diego because at the current time he LOVES Diego. And here is he is telling me that he doesn't want me to take his picture and to stop. And the costume was so thin and cheap that he had to wear it over his clothes as you can see here.

He even had a rescue pack like Diego too and Dan had to fill it up with his favorite cars and random things from around the house. The imagination of a 2 year old is just so much fun!

And here is my sweet innocent Carson at 6 months old on his first Halloween...

And as a monkey on his 2nd Halloween.....

Oh and what am I going to do with all this leftover candy?!! We live in a neighborhood full of kids and got like 10 trick-or-treaters total. Ugh.

Wordless Wednesday.

Long story about our long week.

I am sick and typing this all out because I am feeling sorry for myself and can use some happy thoughts please!

I have a terrible cold and a cough, I can't stop sneezing, my nose is running like a faucet, and up until last night I was achy for 2 days and my throat was on fire. I don't think there really is anything worse than being sick when you have 2 kids to take care and work full time.

Let me rewind a little bit to give you the full story. Last Monday, Carson went to bed just fine but woke up at around 2 am (I guess that would be Tues morning!) crying. This is so out of character for him and he felt a tad warm so I gave him some motrin and he came into bed with me. He has never slept in our bed before but since Dan had fallen asleep on the couch and I was very tired having just finished feeding Tyler, I thought one night won't hurt anything. I went to work as normal and got a call around noon that he was running a fever and I needed to pick him up. I got there about an hour later and he was burning up. I gave him more motrin and lots of cuddles the rest of the day. Then at bedtime, he sounded terrible. His breathing was definitely off and it was making me nervous so I let him sleep in my bed. I always tell him that when he is sick we have to see the doctor and that he has to speak up and tell me so we can fix it.

So around 9 pm, he is crying for me from my room and I go in there and through his tears he tells me he can't breathe and wants to go to the doctor. He had a pretty high fever and I was definitely scared since he was gasping a bit to speak and you can hear how his breathing was very labored. I quickly got ready and took him to the ER while Dan stayed home with Tyler. As soon as we got there and they heard him breathing/gasping (it was very loud even from a distance) they took us right back to pediatrics and got us into a room. Within minutes he was given a steroid shot and a breathing treatment. Turns out he had stridor which is basically like croup where his upper airways were inflammed from a virus he had caught. We were there until about 3 am because they wanted to monitor his oxygen levels and make sure he was breathing ok.

He ended up sleeping in on Wednesday because he was up all night and when he finally woke up he came busting out of my room to show off his hospital bracelet and stickers. He continued to have a terrible cough but his fever went away. Then on Thursday he was acting fine and still no fever so he went to school. Thankfully I was working from home because they called me again after naptime to tell me his fever is back and is pretty high. So I go get him again and we repeat the motrin and cuddles. etc etc. He's not allowed back into school at this point since the fever has to be gone for more than 24 hours so he stayed home on Friday and Dan took him to the pediatrician. Turns out he has croup and it's lingering which is why the fever is coming and going. Also, the ER doc should have given him a prescription for a 3-day oral steroid but didn't. So we get that filled and going and cross our fingers he is better for school on Monday.

This is when I start to feel like I am coming down with something too. He has been sleeping w/ me every night so it was inevitable that I was going to catch something. So we go about our weekend and didn't really do too much at all. Carson slowly got better as I got worse and still has a yucky cough but thankfully no more fever. Much to his disappointment, he had to sleep in his own bed last night too. He begged and pleaded to sleep with me but in the end we won and all was good. Now I know what it's like when my friends tell me they can't get their kids to sleep in their own beds. It's much more comfy with mommy!! And secretly I sort of enjoyed it too. I loved his snuggles and the middle of the night hugs but I didn't like the kicks that woke me out of a deep sleep or finding his stinky lovey on top of my head.

So now I just need to feel better and make sure that Tyler doesn't get sick too. I love my husband to death but if he felt as yucky as I have been feeling, he would have spent the weekend in bed but noooooooooo, I had to be supermom too. Maybe he will read this and realize that he should have let me stay in bed all day yesterday!!

This is getting long and if I continue I will start to sound really whiney which is totally unlike me since I am normally very happy and grateful for my family and the life I've been given.

I will come back in a few days hopefully feeling better.

He will hate me for posting this some day.

But I have to! I keep telling my mom that he does this with food and so I finally took a video. Tantrums are few and far between in our house thank goodness but when it comes to eating, Carson is a nightmare. This is an example of him wanting snacks and not dinner. Oh the drama!

Feel sorry for us?!

Mommy brain or what?

Not sure if it's the fact that I am now a mom of 2 or just that I am exhausted but I totally forgot to post the news that my maternity leave ended and I am back at work now. I confess that I was practically running out the door on October 5th which was so different from July of 2007 when I went back to work after having Carson and I cried for days that I had to leave him. Gosh, typing that out made me feel so guilty.

I do love my boys to death BUT I also love my paycheck and using my brain in such a different way then making bottles, getting tyler to nap, washing clothes, cleaning the house, playing with trains, begging carson to eat, and all that other stuff I was doing all.day.long!!! I give stay-at-home moms SOOOOO much credit because it is so hard and probably the hardest job in the world. Quite frankly, it's just easier to work. There I said it!

So I am back at work and it's all good. Tyler goes to the same school as Carson and the infant care is top-notch. We LOVE the teachers and feel 100% secure with the care he is receiving. Plus, Carson gets to visit him when he wants and I love hearing him tell me that at the end of the day.

Three months old.

Baby Tyler is getting so big. He is such a little love and his little personality is starting to shine through already.

You can see in this pic that all of his hair is officially gone. Now we wait and see what color it will come in as and I secretly hope it's dark like me!

Happy 3 months baby boy. We love you!

Last night was a good night.

Tyler only woke up once to eat at 2:30. Woot!! The night before he was up about 5x between 4:30 and the time I left for work at 6 which means I was up from 4:30 on. Thank you Tyler for letting mommy sleep last night. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

It's not too late for a summer recap is it?!

Yeah yeah yeah it's already the first week of October BUT I have a great excuse to be a slacker since I was on maternity leave and my hands were full (literally) all the time with no time to download pics.

So, I would like to recap our summer of 2009 if you don't mind....we stayed home and didn't go anywhere really but we still had a nice summer.

-Carson got a new tricycle and a helmet too. He got to take his bike to school on Fridays in the summer for "bike day" and ride around the parking lot with his friends.

- Carson and daddy enjoyed MANY trips to Home Depot.

- We hit a local fair on the 4th of July and Carson won his first goldfish.

-Daddy and Carson also enjoyed swimming in the pool while I watched with my big pregnant belly since I wouldn't dare put on a bathing suit!

-Carson washed cars, rode his bike, cleaned the garage, and played lots of t-ball.

- We decorated and got ready for baby Tyler's arrival

- The papi fairy came and took away the papi!!! She left behind lots of new presents too.

-We played with a spray bottle day and and day out and also had to deal with a tantrum when it was empty!

- We welcomed baby tyler into our family

And watched Carson fall in love with his baby brother

-And last but not least I fjnally got a double stroller that met my needs and did a ton of walking and got this baby weight off!! Only a few more lbs to go.

Oh and I realized I had tyler in july and I didn't include any updated pics of him but I am getting there, I promise!!