Illnesses

Seems like it's that time of year for EVERYTHING to be passed around from snotty nose to snotty nose! Today is day 3 for Jace to have a temperature averaging 103 degrees. Doc says it's a fever virus and there's nothing to be done for it, go figure! That poor guy has been coughing and having a snotty nose for over a month now. He has been on an allergy medication which didn't help, Amoxicillin which didn't help, and today we're trying Omnicef to see if we can get rid of his upper respiratory infection. He's so pitiful laying in our laps ALL day long. I don't blame him, when I have a temperature at all I want to be in my pajamas and lay in bed all day too!

Also, my Nana is having surgery tomorrow to try to remove as much of her cancer as possible. She was initially diagnosed with ovarian cancer about 4 months ago. She has been receiving chemo treatments and has had a really tough time with them. They have decided that it's time to go in and remove as much cancer as they can. We now know that she has cancer not only in her ovaries, but also in her abdominal wall and in her lungs. Her husband, my Pop, has been sick off and on for the past couple of weeks with a fever and such. He is in the emergency room tonight (in the same hospital where my Nana is) with fever, chills, chest pain and some other scary symptoms. My family is not telling my Nana that he is in the E.R. She just thinks he's with family at a house in Little Rock and that he can't be with her because of his fever. It's so sad to watch them get old and have so much trouble. Please pray for them.

ABC's and 123's

Last night Jack, unprovoked, finally put all the letters together and said his ABC's to the very end. Neither Cody nor I asked him to do it but we both noticed it was happening about half way through it. Normally I say a letter or two and he says about 5 or so and then I add a letter and he continues and so on. But, this time he did it all! The only letter he missed was 'E' but he misses that one every time. Also, the L M N O P was more like "eliminopeee", but what two year old gets it all right, right? Anyways, it was fun and we got out the video camera and did an 'update' as I call them. My updates are where I realize one day that it has been a while since we videoed the boys. So, I get out the camera and press record. I announce the date and how old each of them are and just interact with the boys. Jack did say his ABC's for the camera with a little bribery!

Quote of the Day.....

I was just looking at my friends' blogs and linked off of one of theirs to another one and found this quote. Thought it was worthy to pass on, so here goes...

"Woman was created by the rib of man: Not from his head, to be thought of only, nor from his hand to be owned, nor from his foot to be beneath, but from under his arm to be protected, from his side to be equal and from his heart to be loved."

Perfect!

Just some pics of the summer and Jack's first day of Mother's Day Out in September! I just got my camara fixed, so I'll actually be putting pics in my blogs now! We went to my Aunt Amanda's in Hot Springs one day this summer and had the pool to ourselves! So, the only way I could take pics was to put them in a float or on the side of the pool!

My Kids

I have to admit that I am now realizing the benefits of having my children so close together. Jack is now 28 months old and Jace is 13 months old. As I am typing, Jace is hiding in the corner and Jack keeps running up to him and saying, "Pee Pie" and Jace just laughs hysterically! They really are starting to play well together and love on each other. It's pretty fun to see one of them lay down in the floor and the other one come over to lay their head on top. They typically do not take toys from each other (but they have NO problem taking toys from other children) and they are pretty loving towards each other. Jace is extremely mobile now that he learned to walk about 3 or 4 weeks ago.

Jack is in a big learning phase right now. He recognizes letters on road signs, tells me, "Momma don't run over that tree" or car, or person, or whatever he happens to see in or next to the road. The other day Jack and I had a day alone together and we went shopping! While we were in Linens 'N Things (which the Little Rock store is going out of business) he was in the cart. I was backing up out of an aisle and he said, "Momma watch out for that lady!". There was an older lady in the main aisle behind us. She laughed and said something about how cute kids are.

Jace has an attraction to the TV remote and can always find it no matter where we have put it. I just laugh when I look down to see him "running" as best he can off to a corner or another room once he finds it and snatches it! He has started stomping his feet when he wants something. Not in a throwing a fit kind of a way, but in a getting my attention and letting me know he wants something kind of a way. It's pretty cute, I think! He's my baby and I hope to keep him that way for a while! I still rock him to sleep and as soon as I lay him on my chest to start rocking I always ask if he wants momma to sing to him. He always grunts and shakes his head 'yes'. I love it.

Halloween

Just wanted to share about the fun the boys had this Halloween. The boys are in Mother's Day Out at our church on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This past Thursday was October 30th, so they all got to dress up in their costumes and "trick or treat" around the church offices and the staff all gave them something in their bags that the teachers made for them. One of the teachers and a friend of mine, Kristen, took pics of them all and had them developed in a one hour lab so all of them had a frame with their pic in it from that day! They were adorable!

Friday Jack and I were talking about how it was Halloween and that we were going to be trick-or-treating that evening. He asked if "miss mewanie" (Mrs. Melanie) was going to be going with us. I told him that she was not, but that daddy was coming home and was going with us. He started crying and said he wanted Mrs. Melanie to go and that he did not like daddy! He's started saying that he doesn't like people lately???

Guess I should say that the boys both went as Cowboys this year. Jack wanted to keep his hat and all his gear (chaps, hankerchief, etc.) on because he was a "real cowboy". Jace threw things off faster than we could get them on him. He was supposed to be a horse, but an ebay mishap made me redirect and just do both of them as cowboys.

We went to our church Fall Fest on Friday night just in time to miss the costume contests with all his friends in it. We let Jack play for a little bit in the bounce-arounds and that sort of thing, then we left to actually go trick-or-treating. Jack enjoyed going up to all of the houses and getting candy but he wasn't actually that interested in talking to them. He just wanted to hold his bag open and have them drop in the candy, then turn and do it again at the next house! It was pretty funny. We didn't really get Jace out of the stroller to go up to the houses much. He didn't have a clue what was going on.

Hope you all had a great Halloween. It's much more fun for me now with kids!