Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Eating, Sleeping and Finger Painting

James was feeding Jude the other night, and Jude just could not keep his eyes open. Notice the moving mouth, even with the eyes closed!


Nate was happy to be able to sit up in the Bumbo chair and play with some toys.


Jude is teething, and really likes to chew on this frozen Oreo cookie.



We introduced Gage to the wonderful world of finger painting the other day! He had so much fun squishing the paint between his fingers.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Measurements

I just had the boys weighed and measured today, they are 5 months old. Nate has gained two pounds this month (!!!!!) and is 15 lbs 6 oz and 25.75 inches long. Jude has gained about a pound and a half, and is 16 lbs 10 oz, and 26.25 inches long. They are both sitting up for very short periods of time, and Jude made it about three feet across the floor today on his tummy, pushing with his feet. They both got a kick out of Gage crawling around last night, and dancing for them. They sure do like their older brother.

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Lollipop Lollipop

Just some pictures now that everyone is feeling a little better.

Jude's rattle. He's actually licking it like a lollipop.


The boys eating cereal...




and cereal with carrrots... mmmmmm



Gage playing with his blocks.


Gage talking to Elmo on the phone.


Nate was totally possessive of his bottle the other day. Whenever I tried to take it away, he would open one eye and glare at me.


And finally, Jude just hanging on the floor.

Friday, October 13, 2006

And I thought that was bad...

Well, so much for last week being the worst week ever! Let's see... Gage started to feel better around Friday and that's when the tantrums started. All day, and all night. James and I took turns lying next to his bed, he screamed and screamed all night long. All day Saturday, everything made him upset. Same on Sunday. By Monday, I thought I was gonna lose it. Nate and Jude couldn't sleep because Gage was screaming at night. Tuesday, James was sick and stayed home (he must have been sick, I would have preferred work to that!), and Gage broke out in a rash. Back to the medicentre we went, where they said his tonsils looked better, but he's allergic to Amoxicillin. Great, that's all we need. Took him off the medication, but the screaming continued and the rash was worse. Called Health Link (again!) on Thursday and off we go, me and all the boys this time, thinking it's the measles. Nope, it's just the reaction he's having, but his tonsillitis is coming back. No wonder he's throwing such bad tantrums. He feels like absolute crap! Drag all of the boys to Safeway to get arithomycin, and a nice taster lady gives Gage juice and a clacker toy. Turns out she's allergic to the meds too. So last night, he slept. Today I was at the metabolic centre FINALLY having my biopsy, and Elizabeth watched the boys. Gage was back to his old self, playing and laughing. We had the best afternoon, giggling and playing, building with blocks. It's so good to have him back. He's still a little cranky, but nothing like he was.

So, no new pictures right now. I should know the results of my biopsy in a couple of weeks. And James is feeling much better, too.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Updates

Well, it's been a while, this has been the worst week ever! Nate decided that he needed undivided attention yesterday, right about the same time that Gage got tonsillitis! Today was much better, so here I am with pictures from about a week ago.

Gage wearing James' boots. Actually, one boot and one shoe, he walked all the way through the kitchen to show us, he was so proud!


Jude and Nate in their saucers together for the first time. They were so excited when they saw eachother, it was like they were saying "Hey, did you know there were two of us?!"



We went to 97th street and 137th avenue and took pictures there again this year. It's the first picture of all three of our boys together all sitting up.



Nate and Jude together in the chair... 4.5 months already! They both roll over from their backs to their fronts now, and Jude can sit up for a few seconds before tipping over.



Gage being pathetic watching TV on the couch. I could tell he was getting better this afternoon because he was into everything! It's like he's making up for lost time!