Veteran's Day

It's because of them, that we live in a free country!Thank you to all who have served!

Happy Birthday Jennifer!

My sweet friend, hope you have a wonderful day today! You deserve it! Love you!

Happy Birthday Abel!

Anthony's little brother, Abel had a birthday last week...
Happy Birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day!! We love you!

How many times in a week can I go to the Medical Center?

How 'bout three?
Yep, Monday, it was for an appointment with the pediatrician, about Austin (he was not sick), Tuesday, it was because Carli left Baby Doll at the pediatrician the day before, and today, Friday...because last night Carli woke up complaining her ear hurt. This morning, she asked for me to rub the ear that was hot! OH NO! Last week she had a runny nose, so did that turn into an ear infection? If so, that would explain her behavior and sleep patterns lately. Sure enough, her right ear was very infected. He said it looked really bad and that she's had it a while now! The left ear was starting to get infected. She also had a fever of 100 when we got there. I would like to mention that I was surprised by the fever. Remember, she has febrile seizures (the rise in body temp. causing a seizure), and here we were with a fever and no seizure?! Hmm, maybe she's grown out of them? HOPE SO! We just got back and we'll both be taking a nap pretty quickly. Yes, I need a nap too. I originally took off of work today, because I was sick! I sneezed and felt congested some of Wednesday, chalking it up to allergies, but then Thursday it turned into major congestion, coughing, and a low grade fever.
Oh, and while we're on the subject of sickos, I also forgot to mention that last Thursday night, Austin was coming to tell us good night, and he said, "look at this". WOW! His finger was swollen, red, cuticle was greenish looking, and there was a line down the side of it. YUCK! He didn't know when or how it happened! It was scary! Anthony took him to the ER, they drained it, said it was a staph infection! More than likely from him biting his nails! A week later and it's looking better! So, Austin's on an antibiotic, Carli's on an antibiotic, and I feel like I need one! PHEW....

"She's in my heart"

If you know Carli, you know that she's had "Baby Doll" since before she was born. Her godmother Deyanira gave it to her. She's slept with it starting around 5 months old and hasn't let it out of her sight. You ask her the baby's name and she says, "Baby Doll". She has lots of other babies, but has nothing to do with them. Baby Doll goes everywhere. She does however leave her in the car; we'd hate to loose her. There have been exceptions to taking her out of the car. Well, after yesterday, Baby Doll will not even be leaving the house!! I let her take it to Austin's appointment. Let's fast forward to bed time..."Carli, get Baby Doll, it's time for bed". Moments later after everyone in the house looking for Baby Doll, we realize we didn't come home from the doctor with her..OH NOOOOO!!!!!! After we explained that maybe we left her there or in the restroom down the hall from the doctor, I would call the in the morning to see if they had her. My sweet baby girl was so sad! She said things like, "You hear that sound? That's Baby Doll crying for me", "I think in my brain her got left at doctor", "I always protect her from stormin' rains", "I love her so very much", and if that wasn't enough to make us all want to cry, she said,"She's in my heart!" Oh bless my Carli. I couldn't wait for the night to be over so that I could call to see if we left her. She didn't want to go to bed without her. I convinced her to get two of her animals and sleep with us. But first thing in the morning, she was asking for her. We called and....THEY HAVE BABY DOLL!!!! (if you look in my previous post, Baby Doll is sitting right behind Tyler!) That's where she was found, in that same spot!! Carli had big ol' tears in her eyes when I told her! We went all the way to the medical center to pick her up! Carli was super happy and said she "will always leave Baby Doll at home for safe keepin". Ahhhh...such a relief to have her back with us!!

Oh the joy...

of taking ALL 3 KIDS to the doctor!!! No one was sick, thankfully. Austin, actually Anthony and I, had an appointment with the pediatrician about Austin. It was at 3:45, so the boys needed to be picked up early from school, we had Carli with us, and there was no one to leave them with. Anyway, it was somethin' else having all five of us in a small room waiting for the doctor. We were there an hour, so you take pictures of your kids and the view from the 21st floor to pass the time away (pics are of Herman Park, Memorial Herman Hospital-Carli likes to say, "that's where I was a baby just born."). We did make it out alive! There was one mishap, but you'll have to tune in tomorrow for that post!
FYI: Austin is now 5 ft. tall!!! Perfect hearing! Perfect vision-20/20!

Carli's Fall Fest and Party

Last Friday, Carli had her fall festival and party at school. She loaded up her class treats andteacher gifts too.Now, I wasn't with Carli during this time, but Daddy was. SO, these next pictures are all from him.
This bit of info explains her hair and some of the shots. Just kidding dad...well, sort of! :)
There were lots of decorated pumpkins made by the pre-k classes. This was her fave! Ahh, class parties...always a wild, fun day!
Thank you Anthony for documenting! Carli LOVED having her Daddy there!