Life is Hard Being A Baby...

Sunday...

Sunday Crew stayed home from church sick.  I was hanging out in my bed reading my camera instruction book and trying to take pictures on manual mode.  I was the only one home and Crew was napping and I didn't want to get out of my warm bed, so these were my practice shots.  If anyone wants to get together and teach me or learn together, please call me.  I need HELP!

Mommy's Boy...

Friday when I took Crew to the doctor for his well child check up, he had to get a few immunization shots.  That night he had a fever all night and the Tylenol/Ibuprofen were not helping it drop.  He was up all through the night.  Saturday he wanted nothing to do with anyone but me.  He wanted me to hold him all day.  He always is fine going to daddy, but not this day.  I enjoyed the cuddling, just not the whining!  On top of not feeling good from his shots he is getting a ton of teeth all at the same time and he also has some sort of cold virus.

His stats from his appointment...

Weight 23 lbs

Height 32 1/2 inches

Costco Trip...

Friday we decided that we wanted to drive down to the big (little) city of  P... and open a Costco account.  We love Costco.  There are just certain things at Costco that are so much better than Sams Club.  The boys were so good on the drive down and Greg and I were actually able to have some adult conversation.  There are also a couple restaurants in P... that we don't have that we like to eat at.  So, we decided that this will be a fun little trip we can take once a month to go shopping and out to eat.   We ate at Buddy's, an Italian restaurant and bought a lot of salt for our water softener.  We forgot our cooler, so that was the extent of our shopping trip.

Flowers...

A friend brought me these gorgeous flowers.  Every time I look at these spring colored flowers, it brightens my day.  I am so thankful for good friends!

When Mom Is Away...

Wednesday night this is what I came home to find.  All the boys were asleep and the T.V. was blaring with the Laker basketball game.  I am grateful Greg loves to spend time with his boys.

The Mischief Maker...

He is thinking, "What can I get into next?"

Crew is definitely a mischief maker.  He is learning more everyday and learning how to get into more stuff everyday.  Today he learned how to open the cabinet that the garbage can is in.  He was taking garbage out of the trash all day and carrying it all over the house.  He learned how to open Greg's desk drawer and was going in the office all day and taking whatever he could reach out of the drawer.  He got into all of my bathroom drawers and cabinets today and half of the day he would carry around my lotion and nail polish and leave it all over the house.  He also wore my headband half the day.  If it wasn't around his head it was around his neck.  Wow, he is going to keep me on my toes.  But, he sure is cute and easy to love. 

Colton's Reading...

Colton is turning into a pretty good reader.  He is suppose to read everyday for school.  Right now, he is reading the book series Horrible Harry.

The Boys...

Crew is always wanting to do what the big boys are doing.  We pulled out Cannon's old Game Boy and Crew loves to carry it around with it turned on, pretending to play.   

Happy Valentines...

I thought this shirt was so appropriate for Valentine's Day.

Crew's Stitches...

This is what our little Crew boy looks like with his stitches in his cheek.

ER Visit...

Colton and Cannon passing the time by watching Cartoons.

Crew before he got his stitches.  He was all over the place.  Of course he didn't want to lay on the bed with his brothers and watch Cartoons.  

Our little Crew was walking around last night with a pen in his hand and fell.  Then pen cut his cheek when he fell and off we went to the Emergency Room.  The nurse took us back to our little cubicle and said, "Wow, you have 3 boys and this is only your first visit here."  I guess we are really lucky that this was our first visit.   It took 2 hours to get a plastic surgeon called and then it took another 2 1/2 hours before we were able to come home.  They had to put Crew under sedation while they were stitching his face so he would stay still.  Only minutes after he had fallen asleep, his oxygen levels plummeted.  They asked us to leave the room and the nurse was yelling to another nurse to call respiratory and to get there fast.  It was really scary to be standing outside of the room and hearing Crew struggle to breath.  They were able to get his oxygen levels under control and started to stitch his face.  It took him one hour to wake up from the sedation.  It was a stressful night.  I was not expecting that just to get a few stitches.  After Crew woke up, he was sick to his stomach from all the medicine.  After throwing up a couple times, we were ready to come home.  He had a rough night, but has been fine today.

Sisters...

Monday my Mom and Sisters came to visit.  We went to Johnny Carino's and then came home and my sisters and I all watched the Bachelor together.  So fun.  

Wii

The boys love to play the Wii.  We try to limit the amount of time they play on Sundays, but tonight we played the Wii as a family.  Wii Fit is our new favorite game.  Crew loves to carry the controllers around and pretend he is playing with the rest of the family. 

Basketball Again...

Cannon and his best friend Payton after the basketball game

Today we spent the day at basketball games.  It is fun to watch the boys and their excitement when they make a basket.  It makes for some busy Saturday mornings though.  After the 3 basketball games, Cannon chose to go to IHop for Breakfast/Lunch.  He has been asking us for months to go out to eat there.  He was so happy to get his silver dollar pancakes and ate all 5 of them.  Then we came home and took naps and I am embarrassed to say that we went out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse.  The boys had the best day.  2 of their favorite restaurants in one day.

I Am So Glad When Daddy Comes Home...

Last night Greg had to stay the night in Twin Falls for work.  We all miss Greg when he is gone. But, tonight he got home and Colton treated us to pizza at Pizza Hut from his school coupons.  It was a good night!

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

I love bedtime.  At our house, bedtime means clean bodies and clean PJ's.  It also means a little quite time for Mom and Dad.

Haircut & School Project...

I love when my boys have a fresh haircut.  They look so handsome and their hair stays combed so much better.  So here is a picture of Colton with his haircut.  

Colton had to do a project for school.  He had to come up with anything to do with 100 things. Colton takes a water bottle to school everyday with a flavor packet to add to the water.  Colton came up with the idea to do 100 kinds of flavor packets to add to water.  Here is the finished project ready to go to school.

By the way, why do we comb his hair for school just for him to put on a hat and mess it up?

Pop-A-Sot

To my surprise, one day last week Greg came home from Target with a Pop-A-Shot.  The reason I was surprised is because Greg usually never buys anything without telling me first.  He probably didn't tell me because I would have said no.  It took him and Ryan the whole evening to set up this big contraption.  But, the kids love it, Greg loves it, and I even like to play a game every now and then.  Last night after our FHE lesson, we had a family friendly tournament on Pop-A-Shot.