Random May Pictures

May was a month of travel and fun. We did lose Queenie and Grandad to Idaho for the summer but we gained Aunt Funny and Eagle for good. Here are random pictures from the month:

Brayden and Kate(friends forever!)

Picture speaks for itself...

Sisters

Silly goose

Kate making dinner(we always have eggs & pancakes when Dan is out of town)

"Going to Target"

Little Miss Martha Stewart

Sea World

We took a May trip to Sea World with good friends from law school. It was a reunion of sorts because we had not all been together in years and years. It was a time to introduce some of our children to one another but also to catch up. SO great to see them and it will likely be an annual trip....

The Group

The kids(2 per couple)

Going on the tunnel system(best workout for dad's ever!)

Lauren had enough of Sea World for the day...

Girls go swimming with Faith(they just adored her-she was a great mom to them!)

Miss Priss preens for the camera

Swimming with Dad

A fun time was had by all....

Jeremy's Birthday

Jeremy is a special little boy in our lives(as is his family). We love to celebrate his birthday each and every year just as we do Kate's. Their lives started in the NICU but you would never believe it looking at them today. Happy Fourth Birthday Sweet Jeremy! As you can see from the pics, the party had a pirate theme(had the best looking cake ever! I will try to get Sue to send me pics to post!).

Lauren and Miss Sue(she FLIES into her arms whenever she sees her)

Lauren and Mabrie play with the ducks(getting totally drenched in the process)

Not sure what she was planning to use this for??

Lauren and the birthday boy enjoy some sweets(is Lauren moving in on Kate's man??)

The Ranch

Here are the girls getting used to being at the ranch(and the "oklahoma" dogs getting used to the water). Both will be spending bunches of time there I predict:

Happy Mother's Day!

The girls and I spent most of the weekend on the couch, in pajamas, getting well. I am happy to report that both girls are MUCH better and will likely go to school tomorrow(yea!!). We did make brownie cupcakes(testing more JL recipes-would not recommend this one...). Here are some shots of us cooking:




Also we are happy to report that my cousins Brian & Wendy have a new baby boy! Jake was born on Friday and both mom and baby are doing great. Here are some shots of the new babe:

Wendy, Jake and proud dad Brian

Wendy, Jake and Princess Lily(who will be a great big sister!).

Thursday-Hour by Hour

8am-girls wake up-both are pretty snotty but acting FINE...running throughout the house, screaming and laughing.
9am-Kate tells me her "ear is still messed up". Girls are both pretty snotty and Lauren has a cough so I decide to call the dr and make an appt-better safe than sorry. Appt not until 4pm.
9:30-10am-I think they are well enough for their swimming lessons. They both do great but their instructor says Kate was being more quiet than usual.
10:10am-As I am putting Kate in the car, mucus starts pouring out of her left ear. I panic and call everyone I can(including the nurse at the drs office).
10:23am-Nurse calls me back and assures me that the mucus is not a big deal-likely just an ear infection but it is a good thing I have an appt with dr later.
12:30pm-Girls go down for a nap and seconds later Lauren is throwing up in her crib. She and all of her babies are covered in lunch.
1-3:15pm-Lauren throws up three more times(twice in her crib and once on me) and has a fever of 101.
3:55pm-Lauren starts throwing up in the drs waiting room-we are quickly moved to an exam room and Lauren's cloths are removed(since she is covered in vomit-before you ask, all she had from home to dr is water and that is what came back up...).
4:40pm-We are on our way home from the doctor with three prescriptions. Kate has a ruptured left ear drum and an infection on the right. Lauren has a respiratory virus and needs breathing treatments 3-4times a day for the next five days.
4:50pm-Dropping off the prescriptions at Walgreens I hear a funny nose from Lauren. She is throwing up again-all over herself and her car seat.
5:30pm-Lauren is on the couch and has not moved since her breathing treatment. Kate starts coughing and ends up throwing up all over the kitchen floor and sink.
6pm-Put Lauren to bed-she wants no dinner. She falls asleep within minutes-we have never seen her so sick(she has no color in her face and she can barely walk)
7:30pm-Put Kate to bed.
9pm-Kate wakes up with a coughing fit. I medicate her, take her into the living room and she falls asleep on me.
10:30pm-finally in bed and will only wake up once to give them both medicine

A WILD Thursday but it made me appreciate being a stay at home mom. Although it was not easy, I would not have wanted anyone else taking care of them today.

Friday we spent the day getting better-mostly in our pajamas on the couch.

They are both MUCH better now! We made it to the Farmer's Market and Vivo today. Right now they are creating works of art at their table(in their favorite "outfits")

Dentist

Kate had her first dental appointment today. She did great and we really like her dentist. Sadly, she has my teeth and needs three filings...poor thing! At the end of June, we will go back to the office to get those done and hopefully that will be the end of her teeth issues!

Kate fills in for Queenie

Even after a LONG day of Farmer's Market, Vivo and 2 birthday parties, Kate makes sure that the mushrooms are perfectly cut and prepped. Soon Queenie will take her place next to me on the couch while Kate does it all. Lauren continues to supervise and sample...

Kate and Lauren Sing

Some of my family will like this video-others will not. You be the judge...