if you (or any small folks you know) watch diego, you know about "click the camera". if not, basically "click the camera" shows a picture of an animal. then you have to ask "click" to zoom out to see if the animal is in trouble.
so here's my version of that.
(ok, josie isn't an animal, nor was she in trouble. but when you zoom out you can see what was really going on."
zoom out a little more
almost there...
click to see our lovely food...complete health nuts. HA
in a very serious tone olivia asked me, "mom, can i turn on my portable electronic device yet?"
tonight we had about 5 minutes of decent turbulence. garrett was across the aisle from me and thought the bouncing around was pretty funny. so he yells across the aisle to me, "my penis is shaking!!! my penis is shaking!!!"
my first reaction was to bust out laughing. obviously that made him repeat for the next 5 minutes :)
we just got back from disney tonight. once we dig out from laundry and other assorted trip stuff i'll post some pictures. we had lots of fun...but we are happy to return to temperatures less than 95, scheduled naps & bedtimes before midnight :)
tomorrow morning we leave for a week at disney world. yikes!
pray for our sanity
pray that it's not too hot
pray that we don't lose any kids
pray that ryan thinks it's fun to wait in long lines for rides in the 90 degree heat
ha ha, well we've lived through it once. and we will again. plus we'll return with lots of fun memories & pictures :)
just for fun i'm posting some pictures of our last trip.
(sorry sarah, i know this is one big tease!!)
drew & ben
yum yum! the kids want "swirly popsicles" as soon as we get there :)
cheer up alex :)
ahh, the fun of strollers on the monorail or shuttle bus at night with tired kids...
(double click to see how huge ryan was!!)
i'm fat AND my mom has me in a pumpkin hat. yeish!
i have no idea how olivia came upon this phrase, but here's what it means to her...
...here's what he'd say.
it's been a while since i've written a whole post about josie. so here goes...
at 4 months, we can finally say that josie sleeps through the night. (and that sentence guarantees me that she'll be up every 2 hours tonight!) she gets 1 bottle a day at around 10-11pm and then she sleeps till 5-6am. after that she nurses every 3hours-ish and usually sleeps most of the time in between feedings. unless, of course, we are in the car. that in case she's awake and mad :)
at 4 months, josie has become a "regular" at the hospital. today we were waiting to get her follow-up chest x-ray taken. one of the blood draw lab people walked past, saw us, came back and told me how big josie is looking. that's when you know your kid is a "regular" at the hospital.
at 4 months, josie has lots of nicknames. at some point during the day you'll hear her being called: josie posie
posie
pos
jo
jo jo
little sister
joseph (garrett thinks he's pretty funny when he uses this one)
at 4 months, josie is too big for her preemie clothes. she's moved up to the newborn size and occasionally wears some of the cute 0-3m clothes that line her drawers. they are big, but not huge. she hasn't been weighed in a few weeks, but i think she's pretty close to 7lbs.
at 4 months, josie still gets the "ohh, how old is your newborn" question. or the "is she a newborn?" sometimes i say she's 4 months and sometimes i just let them think she's a newborn.
at 4 months, josie loves her sling, her papasan chair, her swing...and most importantly, her pacifier :)
and finally... at 4 months, josie wishes her mom would update this blog header. what girl wants a picture of a feeding tube taped to her face? and she also wants her mom to update her shutterfly pictures. well...a girl can dream :) someday...
this picture just cracks me up. ryan has his "excited yet devious" look on his face. an expression we see quite often these days. and josie looks more than a tad petrified at the prospect of growing up with ryan has her big brother :)
and when 1 kid gets to hold josie...everyone gets a chance...
ok, in all fairness to ryan, josie has that petrified look all the time :)
the rehearsal dinner at the elholtz's house
congrats matt & stacy!!!
tornado warning = fun in the yacht club basement
here are a few pictures from a recent soccer game. i've had a little fun trying my hand at photoshop. it's amazing at what you do to a picture. i know that i'm only scratching the surface of what a "professional" could do.
well i'm no pioneer woman, but have a look...
wow. it's been a while since i've written anything. well things here have been busy.
to sum it up....we've been at the doctor lots in the last few weeks.
our trips went a little something like this...
*failed hearing tests - olivia (her 3rd failure) & garrett (his 2nd failure)
*ear infection - garrett
*respiratory infection - ryan
*eye check up - josie ( she passed!)
*chest congestion - josie
*more chest congestion - josie
*more & more chest congestion - josie
the bright side of all these appointments is that we've gotten to weigh josie quite a bit. as of yesterday she's up to a whopping 6lbs 6oz :)
in the next few days josie should be seeing a pediatric pulmonologist to make sure her lungs haven't suffered from her congestion. yesterday, her chest x-ray showed some fluid on her right lung, so it's just a precaution. then olivia & garrett are off to an pediatric ent to see if they really can't hear. the solution could be tubes, allergy meds, etc. we shall see...
but it hasn't been all stethoscopes and antibiotics. we've had plenty of summer fun.
i have plenty of fun pictures to post... stay tuned.
