Tonight was fun. We went trick-or-treating with our gang: Amy, Jeremy, Eddie and Caroline, Jeff, Julie, Ava and Andrew, and Heather, Steven and Evie. Austin and Cody had a BLAST. Tyler had a nap. Cody was mad about his costume until he figured out that if all he did was walk up to a door, hold out his pumpkin and say, "Pees", that someone would put candy in it and tell him he was cute. That did it. I even got one picture of Cody handing his sword over to some guy so he could dig in the guy's candy bowl! He was so hyped and kept up with everyone...he was sweating! And then when it was time for me to break off and take Cody and Tyler back, Cody threw a fit because he wanted to stay with his daddy and Austin. Austin was going from house to house on a mission. He quickly figured out that the houses with lights were the ones to go to and lead the pack...we had to keep up with him! Here are all the pics tonight...I'm posting the pics of the kids in the order I mentioned them at the beginning...
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October 31, 2008
October 30, 2008
Errands and Aaliyah
This morning I loaded everyone up and we drove through at Walgreens, drove through at the bank, and went into Walmart to buy Halloween candy. Last year we had 98 trick-or-treaters, the year before, 85. So, we are expecting more and I needed to load up. Scott and I are not the type to give 1 or 2 pieces of candy...we like to give a small handful. I remember how disappointed I would get when I was little when someone would put one piece of candy in my trick-or-treat pumpkin. After naptime the boys went outside. Aaliyah, the adorable black girl that used to live across the street and now lives a couple streets over, came by today to help me out. I took Ang's advice and talked to Aaliyah and her mother about her coming over to help me with the boys once a week, and maybe even on the afternoons that Scott is out of town and I have no help or relief. It was great! She held Tyler while I made dinner, played with Austin and Cody while I fed Tyler, and just helped out in general. She's so cute. She is in the 8th grade, and was telling me about all her little friends and their middle school problems...ahh those were the days! Actually, you couldn't pay me to go back to 7th and 8th grade. Yuck. I'll just say this: 7th grade-- 5'3"-- 100 pounds -- size 10 shoe -- braces -- bangs. Nuff said. The only male that gave me compliments was my dad. Then again I could have a horn growing out of my upper lip and my dad would still think I was beautiful. Tomorrow is a BIG day. We have Austin's allergy test , and of course, Halloween! I tried and tried to get action footage of Cody taking down Austin, but just could never grab the dang camera in time. I'm not giving up. In the meantime, here are 3 pics of Tyler snuggling on my boppy. He went from sitting up, to rolling over onto his side, to rolling over onto his belly to lay down, and then found the tag!
October 29, 2008
The Pumpkin Master's Master...heh heh
Finished my pumpkin today...it pretty much rocks. And now I have some severe pumpkin-carving hand cramps. Seriously. Anyway, yesterday the only thing that we did was go take Austin to an allergy specialist. After getting the results from his blood test from his pediatrician, I thought Scott would be on board to get rid of the dogs immediately. But he wasn't and we argued a lot about it this weekend. It is no secret that I have HAD IT with the 2 dogs basically since having Tyler. It just proved to be too much for me to handle 3 kids under the age of 4, and 2 dogs. Well, after getting the results from his test, we had a REASON instead of just my excuses, to find them good homes. Scott has argued that the results of the test are on a scale of 1-6, and Austin tested a 3/4 for the mold/fungus and a 1 for dogs. We also found out through some research of our own though, that the allergy blood testing isn't that accurate. Scott's other argument for keeping the dogs was that our pediatrician isn't an allergy specialist. I want to get to the bottom of this, and we know there are more accurate tests that are done, so I called an allergy specialist first thing Monday morning and made him an appointment for Tuesday. We went yesterday and it was GREAT. Things we DO know right now: he has an "allergy salute" and the definition for that is: habitual nose rubbing is sometimes known as
"the allergic
salute" - pushing the nose up with the palm of the hand until a
crease develops across the skin of the nose. It means that he is allergic to something in our environment and it's bothering his nose everyday. Literaly, there is not one day that goes by without Autin having a runny, stuffy, or itchy nose and it has bothered me for a long time. I am going to guess ahead and assume that's where the dogs will come in. Anyway, the other thing we found out is that he does NOT have asthma (we knew that though). He does, however, have what is called, infection _________ (something starting with the letter 'P' that I cannot remember) asthma which means that any time he gets sick, he has asthma symtoms, and needs to be treated as if has has asthma. For some reason, and we will find out Friday, every time Austin gets just a little sick, it gets out of control and we end up with this dramatic wheezing episodes that are scary and stressful. It has happened 4 times that we can remember this year, and the last 2 times have been one in September and one this month. He also has "allergy shiners" which are dark circles under his eyes that seem to appear right before he gets sick. They are thought to be caused by increased blood flow near the sinuses. The doctor also supplied us with an alternative medicine to give him when he's having trouble breathing. The few times this year that we have dealt with this, we have had to hook him up to a breathing machine that contains albuterol to help him start to breath normally again. This medicine makes Austin go nuts. I mean we've never seen anything like it. It's like he's on speed and there is nothing he can do to control himself. I hate that it makes him react that way. Anyway, the doctor provided us with another, better form of this medicine that is missing the stimulant that causes him to react so badly. So it basically just treats his lungs and THAT'S IT. On Friday at 9:30, they are going to perform a 'scratch test' on Austin. It's a simple and relatively painless
procedure. A series of drops, each containing a specific antigen,
is placed on a child's forearm or back. Next, with a small needle, the
area of skin at each drop is pricked very gently. After a 10-minute
waiting period, if there is an allergy to a specific substance,
a small bump will develop at the site of the scratch. The size
of the bump, and the size of the surrounding redness, indicate
how much a child is allergic to the specific substance tested. We have been told this test is MUCH more accurate than the blood test.
Today Austin had school and he did great. After school we came home and the kids played outside. Scott was home late because he was on the 6:30 news, so I did the whole bath routine, and now I'm wiped! I better get used to it. Ugh. The pictures are of my pumpkin, Cody using his take-down techinique on Austin, Tyler watching his big brothers jumping in the bounce house longingly from his walker, and the boys playing and watching TV. On a sidenote, I will be shocked and surprised if Cody does not play football. He constantly walks around with something tucked football-hold style, and even runs and gives Austin the 'stiff arm', he headbutts people and things regularly and it never hurts him (he gave Austin a bloody lip the other day with his forehead) and now has this takedown thing he does when he wants Austin on the floor. He will chase after a screaming Austin (because he know what's coming), catch him and wrap his arms tightly around his back, and then collaspe his legs and use his death grip to drag Austin to the floor. It's hilarious.
October 27, 2008
Brrrrrr
It got well into the 40s last night and today the high only got up to about 65. I was a happy camper. I took Austin to school this morning, then came home and got some stuff done. Once again, I did laundry, cleaned up the kitchen, fed the boys and put them down for their naps, and then switched the car seats. Tyler has outgrown his carrier. He is much too tall for the shoulder straps and I have to pull them up and over his shoulders, instead of the straps starting above his shoulders. So, Scott got down another car seat from the attic and I put Cody in that one, and then switched Cody's to rear-facing for Tyler. While I was doing this I thought about Cody when he was Tyler's age and had to laugh. Cody was only 2 months old and 14 pounds when I had to got to Babiesrus and by a rear-facing car seat because he had already outgrown the carrier. Tyler is 5 months old and 14 pounds. Boy Cody was sure a HUGE baby, and still is. Anyway, I had to wake Cody up from his nap to go and pick up Austin. Tyler has finally been on somewhat of a schedule and does either one of two things: He either takes a tiny morning nap, followed by a long afternoon nap from about 11-2, followed by another tiny nap from about 4-5. OR, he takes a longer morning nap from about 9:30-11, followed by a long afternoon nap from about 1-3:30. I honestly like the second option better because I feel like he's getting more sleep, but on the 3 days Austin goes to school, I have to leave by 2:10 to pick him up and that means the other boys take their long naps before that. It all works out somehow. Cody was a little confused when we got in the car to go pick up Austin. He kind of looked at Tyler and his car seat and then looked at his and got this weird look on his face. I was relieved when he figured out that he was in a new seat, Tyler was in his old seat, and he didn't care. I get so paranoid because Austin is the opposite. He never liked getting new stuff or getting moved around...he's better about it now! The rest of the day was hectic as usual. I fed Tyler more prune juice but the kid hasn't pooped since Friday and it isn't working. I've given it to him everyday and hopefully he will poop tomorrow...if he doesn't I'm calling the pediatrician. He seems pretty happy though, and grunts his little heart out, but nothing is in his diaper...just smelly pookies! Austin was HYPED after school and had to go to his room to calm down a few times. He was being a little rough with Cody. I tell him all the time that pretty soon Cody is going to get bigger, and that one day Cody is "gonna pop him" for all the times Austin has knocked him around. Today while I was gathering his stuff at school, Austin went over to the stroller and was smacking Cody around (somewhat playfully). I said, "Austin, Cody is gonna be bigger one day and..." and Austin finished my sentence and said, "...and he's gonna pop me?" His teachers cracked up. I started carving my pumpkin today. I got the top cut off and the insides scraped and that's about it! I'll work on it more tomorrow! I only have this one picture that I took of Cody yesterday morning in his Elmo slippers and hat...
October 26, 2008
Halloween Party Pros
Sunday my parents drove up to vote and to babysit for us so we could too. They got here at about 10:30, and all 3 boys were excited to see them (and so was I!!). Scott and I went first and voted quickly. There was really no wait and it was awesome. I can't imagine what it's going to be like on the 4th and don't want any part of it! After we voted we grabbed lunch. We didn't talk much and just looked at each other and laughed. I told Scott I was enjoying the quiet and eating while sitting down! When we got home, we visited with my parents a little more and then they left. After all the boys woke up from their nap we headed to the UTA Halloween party. I was really worried that Cody would freak out about his costume like he did the last time, but Scott gave him one of the little swords Austin won at the fair, he was could care less about being Yoda....sweet! We had fun at the UTA party, and then grabbed something to eat and headed to the carnival at Austin's school. It was from 5:30 to 7 and was inside. They had the youth group working all the little games around the perimeter, and Austin played them all. He did bean bag tosses, went fishing, threw footballs in targets, and played a version of musical chairs, over and over and over. Then he spent a lot of time in the huge bounce house. We passed on the haunted house. We were home by 6:45 and the kids were in bed by 7:30 and 8. I emptied out the camera!
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