We are loving this milder weather :) It's so nice to be able to go outside for more than 5 minutes! We've been taking advantage of our sunny days. Most days when Cal gets home from work the kids and I are outside playing, ready to greet him! Yesterday we took the kids for a wagon ride to the park. Blake had fun! He's loves wearing his Thomas The Tank Engine rubber boots and splash pants!!
Emerson was so sick this week, it was so sad :( I felt like crying every time I heard her cough and choke. Broke my heart. Cal had a Dr. appt. on Thursday, so we brought Emerson in too and she was prescribed an antibiotic. We noticed an improvement in her after just a couple of doses. I spent quite a few nights sleeping with her in Cal's lazyboy, because she couldn't breathe very well when she was lying down. She still has a bad cough, but it's not as frequent and she is back to sleeping well in her crib. And she smiled through it all! Baby grins have to be one of the best things in the world! I love it when I'm talking to her and she gives me a huge grin, full face. She's also been smiling at Blake when he's talking to her! I really hope they'll be friends as the grow up, although I'm sure there will be the typical sibling fights! Recently Blake has started helping me with Emerson. I let him "carry" part of the carseat to the car, "carry" her to her chair, etc, etc! He feels quite proud of himself when he helps!!!
Blake is really enjoying playing outside. He's going to love it once the snow melts in our back yard! He is talking so much now. Not just one and two words, whole sentences. It's crazy how fast they learn!! He repeats EVERYTHING!!! On Friday and Saturday we went to the Mom, Pop and Tots fair at Northlands. There was a petting zoo, horses to ride, big blow up slides and trampolines and lots of vendors selling great stuff! On Friday Blake took up most of our time playing in the ETS bus!! He loves to point out blue and orange buses when we're driving, so to see one up close in person really made his day! He was more interested in the bus than anything else. So we went back with my Mom on Saturday and he spent some more time playing on the bus and we did a little shopping! We also went to the petting zoo for a few minutes and watched the horses. He didn't want to go for a ride on the horse and he got quite irritated when a baby goat touched his hand!! It was very funny! He also was very excited when the duck started "quacking"!! He is quite the character, that's for sure. He's all done his antibiotics, but I've noticed his left ear is still very red at times. I'm not sure if it's just because it's a bit itchy or if it's still infected. He doesn't seem to bothered by it and isn't being woken up by it, so I'm not sure? I hope he grows out of these ear infections soon. I hate him being on antibiotics all the time. A couple more infections and we'll have to see the E.N.T. about putting tubes in his ears.
I had my 6 week check up on Thursday and everything is great. Now I have no more excuses for not exercising! LOL! I started using cloth diapers with Emerson. It's going really well. My Mom and I bought a couple of new cloth diapers at the fair this weekend. They're really easy to use and a very pretty pink color! I actually like washing my own diapers better than using the diaper service. I plan to use cloth diapers the majority of the time and disposables at night or when we go out for a long period of time. I wish we would have invested in these good cloth diapers when Blake was a baby and then we'd already have them!
Cal had school this weekend. He has two more weekends after this and he has his Project Management certificate. Then he has to write the certification exam, which involves a weekend prep class and then another weekend for the exam. It'll be awesome when he's done! It will be nice for him to be done, but it will be great for his career and resume too!
We are now even more excited about our Vegas trip this winter! Our flights are booked!! We leave for sunny Nevada on Saturday November 28 and return on Thursday December 3. We'll be doing some wedding prep and partying before Lindsay and Jeremy tie the knot on the 30th and then the next few days we'll do some sight seeing and relaxing! Can't wait!!
We're wishing Cal's sister Kathy a very happy birthday today! Enjoy your day :) Now let's hope the Spring weather is here to stay and Summer is not far behind!!! Have a great week everyone!
Luv Tracy
