Monday, April 28, 2008
Lots of Love
Well, lots has happened since our last post ( as you can imagine w/ a family of 6 ). The boys got better and we all got rested! YAY! Just in time to start working again. Frank (Dwayne's Best Friend since childhood) came into town and I put him straight to work. We painted our formal rooms and arranged my "anniversary furniture". IF you didn't know I got a new dining room set and a gorgeous bar set for our anniversary. I painted the dining room Wed and Frank and I started on the living Thursday. I ended up getting food poisoning and was sick all Thursday night and Friday. Dwayne took great care of me on Friday while taking care of the boys and painting! But we got it done before the BIG party. Saturday we had a housewarming/anniversary party and OMG, it was incredible. We had a fabulous turnout, probably 50 people. We have made some incredible friends over the years and have new friends that we have made more recently and I have to say, we thank god for them everyday. We had a blast til wee hours of the morning! Thanks to everyone that came and celebrated with us! I will post pictures of the new rooms very soon. I have family coming in Wed and we leave Friday for Lake Charles (a mommy and daddy getaway). Can't wait to float the Lazy River and have a massage w/ my Hubby!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Sick Babies
Wow! When it rains it pours. We started out last week with Jimmy being sick, just lathargic and feverish. Kept saying he had a boo-boo in his mouth. I noticed a little blister, but didn't think too much into it. I kept trying to get him to let me see his teeth. The waking up screaming in the middle of the night and whining was the 1st sign that it could be teeth. Well..........he had 4 molars coming in.
Starting Thursday night Donnie wasn't sleeping either, it was every hour if not more frequent. I would go and get them settled and get back in bed and one of them would be crying again. So, we started w/ the tylenol. Didn't work!!! The next day we found teeth in Donnie's mouth as well and Jimmy still telling us he had a boo boo. Come Saturday, still no sleep, Donnie was running a good fever, 101. That is another sign of teething, so didn't worry too much until lunch. He was crying and rubbing his tongue. I had him open his mouth and his tongue was lined w/ white blisters all along the edge and his tongue was white. I called my mom who is a retired nurse and she thought maybe it was Stomatitis. I did some more research and the symptoms matched. After his fever persisted and they weren't eating or drinking I immediately called the Dr on call and found that it was Stomatitis. The only thing we could do for them is to spread a mixture of benedryl and malox on their tongues. YEAH RIGHT! Try doing that to 3 year olds. He said that it generally lasted 5 days and we were on day 6 with Jimmy and day 4 with Donnie. We continued with the advil/tylenol/motrin with no luck. After 8 days of no sleep or either sleeping on the floor w/ the boys or in seperate beds w/ the boys they are finally over it! YAY!!! It was the hardest thing ever. No sleep, them crying in pain and nothing helped. They lost weight bc they couldn't eat. Just terrible.
We are blessed to say that they are back to themselves and into everything again. LOVE IT! Wouldn't trade this for anything. I felt terrible for them, but we made it through and they are doing fine.
Starting Thursday night Donnie wasn't sleeping either, it was every hour if not more frequent. I would go and get them settled and get back in bed and one of them would be crying again. So, we started w/ the tylenol. Didn't work!!! The next day we found teeth in Donnie's mouth as well and Jimmy still telling us he had a boo boo. Come Saturday, still no sleep, Donnie was running a good fever, 101. That is another sign of teething, so didn't worry too much until lunch. He was crying and rubbing his tongue. I had him open his mouth and his tongue was lined w/ white blisters all along the edge and his tongue was white. I called my mom who is a retired nurse and she thought maybe it was Stomatitis. I did some more research and the symptoms matched. After his fever persisted and they weren't eating or drinking I immediately called the Dr on call and found that it was Stomatitis. The only thing we could do for them is to spread a mixture of benedryl and malox on their tongues. YEAH RIGHT! Try doing that to 3 year olds. He said that it generally lasted 5 days and we were on day 6 with Jimmy and day 4 with Donnie. We continued with the advil/tylenol/motrin with no luck. After 8 days of no sleep or either sleeping on the floor w/ the boys or in seperate beds w/ the boys they are finally over it! YAY!!! It was the hardest thing ever. No sleep, them crying in pain and nothing helped. They lost weight bc they couldn't eat. Just terrible.
We are blessed to say that they are back to themselves and into everything again. LOVE IT! Wouldn't trade this for anything. I felt terrible for them, but we made it through and they are doing fine.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Been a while.....................
Just as anyone can imagine, we have been pretty busy. Since the last post quite a few things going on, but always good stuff.
It started with Savannah making the cheer team and we all went to dinner to celebrate. I am going to be with a GREAT group of ladies. Can't wait to spend more time with them. The girls will be attending a Cheer Camp at Texas A&M University. Savannah is very excited. I will take her up there on Monday and then I will be staying w/ the ladies Wednesday night in College Station, going to dinner/drinks and then we watch the girls perform Thursday and bring them home. It should be a great time. I already have my roomies! he he Savannah has also picked her classes for next year and we are getting some High School credits down. YAY!
Brooke is still deciding what she wants to do w/ her time. She has picked her classes and is pretty excited. She has talked about Tennis, which Dwayne and I both would LOVE for her to do, but ultimately it's up to her. Whatever she decides is fine by us.
As for Dwayne, WOW, he is kicking butt at work. He has just been notified that he won a out of state trip. We are going the 1st weekend in May. I am very excited bc it's to the L'eberge in Lake Charles. It's gorgeous! Check it out! http://www.ldlcasino.com/accommodations. We have a family member from Virginia flying in and she will be taking care of the boys for us and the girls will be staying with their dad. THANKS EVERYONE!
As for me........................ha ha Where do we start? I attended a Zumba Workshop with the Creator of Zumba, Beto Perez! I had an amazing time. He is one heck of a man. Met a lot of new people we call our Zumba Family and hope to see them again. There is an Instructor Convention in October in Orlando, but unfortunately it's on Halloween. I will not miss my children's Halloween, so maybe next time. I am also working on my Pilates and Yoga certifications. Pilates will be happening a lot faster than the Yoga (that's a long process). I have picked up a couple of classes at the Y and I am working on our dance for the Dance Recital. I will be performing 3 numbers this time around. I am very anxious bc it has been a while since I have performed. Can't wait. I will also be dancing in Carolyn Robert's Dance Recital to promote my Zumba classes more. Thanks to some of my girls, we will be getting down~
Dwayne and I are coming up on our One Year Anniversary and I can't believe it's been a year. We will be celebrating in style. We have a childhood friend of D's coming to stay with us and will be having a party with friends to help us celebrate. We will be doing some portraits about the same time. We are feeling truly blessed for all we have and our marriage. It is still in the Honeymoon stages and boy, we love that.
We are hoping this summer to take a family vacation somewhere (South Padre or Corpus) bc for the 1st time, we will not be going home. Then D and I hope to take a honeymoon at some point and time. Just hoping all things continue they way they are bc we couldn't ask for more.
Friends and family that read this, let's get together at some point and time and celebrate our friendship and love. Have a great rest of the week and weekend~We love you all.
It started with Savannah making the cheer team and we all went to dinner to celebrate. I am going to be with a GREAT group of ladies. Can't wait to spend more time with them. The girls will be attending a Cheer Camp at Texas A&M University. Savannah is very excited. I will take her up there on Monday and then I will be staying w/ the ladies Wednesday night in College Station, going to dinner/drinks and then we watch the girls perform Thursday and bring them home. It should be a great time. I already have my roomies! he he Savannah has also picked her classes for next year and we are getting some High School credits down. YAY!
Brooke is still deciding what she wants to do w/ her time. She has picked her classes and is pretty excited. She has talked about Tennis, which Dwayne and I both would LOVE for her to do, but ultimately it's up to her. Whatever she decides is fine by us.
As for Dwayne, WOW, he is kicking butt at work. He has just been notified that he won a out of state trip. We are going the 1st weekend in May. I am very excited bc it's to the L'eberge in Lake Charles. It's gorgeous! Check it out! http://www.ldlcasino.com/accommodations. We have a family member from Virginia flying in and she will be taking care of the boys for us and the girls will be staying with their dad. THANKS EVERYONE!
As for me........................ha ha Where do we start? I attended a Zumba Workshop with the Creator of Zumba, Beto Perez! I had an amazing time. He is one heck of a man. Met a lot of new people we call our Zumba Family and hope to see them again. There is an Instructor Convention in October in Orlando, but unfortunately it's on Halloween. I will not miss my children's Halloween, so maybe next time. I am also working on my Pilates and Yoga certifications. Pilates will be happening a lot faster than the Yoga (that's a long process). I have picked up a couple of classes at the Y and I am working on our dance for the Dance Recital. I will be performing 3 numbers this time around. I am very anxious bc it has been a while since I have performed. Can't wait. I will also be dancing in Carolyn Robert's Dance Recital to promote my Zumba classes more. Thanks to some of my girls, we will be getting down~
Dwayne and I are coming up on our One Year Anniversary and I can't believe it's been a year. We will be celebrating in style. We have a childhood friend of D's coming to stay with us and will be having a party with friends to help us celebrate. We will be doing some portraits about the same time. We are feeling truly blessed for all we have and our marriage. It is still in the Honeymoon stages and boy, we love that.
We are hoping this summer to take a family vacation somewhere (South Padre or Corpus) bc for the 1st time, we will not be going home. Then D and I hope to take a honeymoon at some point and time. Just hoping all things continue they way they are bc we couldn't ask for more.
Friends and family that read this, let's get together at some point and time and celebrate our friendship and love. Have a great rest of the week and weekend~We love you all.
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