Mia and Wes' 9 month picture at the park down the street.
Title: The answer is 4 straight hours of screaming....
question: What is the difference between a baby with no teeth and one with part of one tooth?
Yes, it has been scream central in our living room lately. Wes is starting to get his teeth. He hasnt been very happy since it started about a week ago. He pretty muched screams from the time he got home from daycare until he went to bed. Luckily he took time out to eat. I can honestly say his three favorite things are his binky, food and screaming at the top of his lungs. One of the bad things about him getting teeth is that we almost had him broke of his binky. He was going to sleep without it and didnt miss it most of the time when he was awake. But now, it is the complete opposite, he cant live without it. It is one of the few things that make him stop the noise. We arent really sure what is louder, the fighter jets taking off from Buckley Airforce Base or the little baby with the new tooth. I'm sure it is only a matter of time before we get a letter from our HOA telling us our kids are too loud and we will have to build a soundwall around our property.
So, what else has been happening in the world of Wesley....we had to baby proof the house because he is crawling all over the place. He likes to say ma ma and da da between between the bouts. He pulls himself up to stand on whatever is convenient. If you lay down on the floor it is a race between Wes to crawl over and show you how he can stand on his own and one of the dogs to give you a nice wet kiss.
Mia has started her own version of crawling. She is like the little engine that could with her army crawl across the room. One of the funniest things I have seen is her crawling over to where Wes is at and grab the binky right out of his mouth. She will then hold it up and play keep away from him with it. She will do this until she gets tired of it and Wes understands that she is in charge. Now, where does she get that from? It is still one of the many unsolved mysteries of the world. Could it be the next Area 51 or is it as simple as being just like Diane?
The young lady still cant sit from a laying position, but will sit on her own and play with the toys on the floor. She likes the ones she can pound on and make noise with the most. She has a drum and xylephone that get constant attention. She also likes to stand and chirp ma ma ma and da da da. One sure fire way to make her do the Mia giggle is have Wes crawl over the top of her. She thinks it is hilareous.
now on to the current events....
Been spending lots of time at the Vet lately. Allie got a really bad cough about a week ago. Waited a couple of days, but it only got worse. So, took her into the vet to figure out what is going on. Thought, just a little cough, no big deal. The vet detected a slight heart murmur, so she wanted to do xrays to determine if her heart was enlarged or not and to see how her lungs looked. Fortunately, everything came back normal. She decided to put her on anti biotics. We waited a few days, but she didnt get any better, worse actually. Back to the vet on Saturday morning. She was much worse, but they couldnt hear the murmur anymore. Still, they wanted to xray her abdoment. I couldnt figure out what her abdomen had to do with a cough. They said they just wanted to check everything and it was part of the total workup. I reluctantly agreed. Once again the xray came back normal. Now they were really confused. Since I fought not wanting to do another xray of her abdomen, they arent cheap, they decided to do another on her lungs free of charge. This time, there was a lot of cloudiness and saw something was wrong. So, they sent all the xrays to a specialist. He narrowed it down to fluid in the lungs from a slightly elongated heart or pneomonia. Even though we are paying them hundreds of dollars, they wont definately say which they guess it is. They put her on a couple of more drugs to help with both of the conditions. She is supposed to be scheduled for an ultrasound on Monday. Sunday morning seems to be going much better for her. She isnt coughing nearly as much and is breathing much easier. We are thinking about skipping the ultrasound since she is doing much better and to save the $350. I guess all the doctors bills from the twins in the past year werent enough.
I was over here typing nicely, then it happened. It was only a matter of time, I was hoping I could finish before it ventured away from the dining room. Diane was working on the kids scrapbooks out in the dining room and she decided to take what she refers to as a 'creative break'. Her idea of a creative break is to sit right next to me staring and nibling on a cookie. I told her to take a real bite, it will make it go faster. About every couple of minutes I get a, 'your typing something about me' or 'why are you typing lies about me'. I can honestly say, I dont lie about anything on this blog. I started sneezing when she sat down next to me, I think I'm allergice to her 'creative breaks'!!! If anyone knows what is creative about nibbling on a cookie and staring, please let me know. At least I was able to talk her into going downstairs and getting me a beer....and she did do it, bless her heart.
I guess one of the reasons I havent typed a blog in a few months is that nothing much has changed. They are both crawling around like crazy, pulling themselves up and walking along the furniture. Wes has 4 teeth now and Mia has three. They are eating solids three times a day. Diane usually makes our own baby food in little food cubes. It is pretty easy and a lot cheaper than buying it at the store. It is amazing the difference in taste between real food and what they consider baby food. Baby food you buy at the store tastes crappy. Wes will walk around a little bit if you hold his hands or put him behind a little car with an elevated handle that allows him to walk behind it. He wont go far, but it is a start. Wes likes to whistle through his teeth. Mia really likes to clap her hands and play the little electronic drum.
Probably one of their favorite things to do is take a bath. They get a bath every other day. When they hear the bath water running, they both take off towards the bathroom to be first in line. They will stand there and watch the tub fill up. Pretty cute site watching it. We took a picture to prove our point.
Our latest home improvement project was to put in a sunsetter retractable awning over our elevated deck. It looks great and we should get a lot of use out of it next summer. Costco had them 30% off, so we went ahead and took the plunge. We got lights and side shields to keep the sun out during hot days.
One of our other dogs Jameson has a sock infatuation. He likes to eat baby socks. He hadnt had a good sock meal since this past spring. The kids didnt wear socks all summer, so he had to go cold turkey with eating them. I think the first time we put them on the kids this fall, he found a pair laying around and ate them. A couple of days later, he puked them up in the spare bedroom. What is amazing is that he doesnt tear them up to eat them, just swallows them whole. I guess if we wanted stomach acid colored socks, we could just wash them and reuse them. Anyone know the color of stomach acid? Bueller, Bueller !!!! I think they would go nicely with a pair of kahkis. Just the other day, Wes took off one of his socks and left it on the floor....thinking we learned our lesson, we picked it up and put it on the end table. About an hour later, we were looking for it and saying, I know we put it here on the table....guess we arent as smart as we thought. We are still waiting for it to show up....get it...the wait is over, or is it??? and you thought it was about me not updating the blog.
Mia with the famous Tepen smirk.
another 9 month picture at the park
Diane's friend Deni from Texas with the kids.
Happy Halloween Everyone !!!
