"Mommy's Cycle"

Dillon thoroughly enjoys his tricycle, but now he also enjoys "Mommy's cycle"! This morning Dillon and I tried out the bike trailer around the neighborhood and he had an absolute ball! We obviously went a little faster than he goes on his trike, so I am sure he liked that part. But we were not going so fast that he could talk to all the neighbors! I pointed out each time a dog was coming up, and then we said "good morning" to those walking the pups. It was a lot of fun, and I am very excited to be able to have a new activity to do with my Dillon! It's a two seater, so I have probably a year to work up the strength in my legs in anticipation of carting both Dillon and Carly around! Fun fun!!

What's That in Your Ear?

Oh yeah - your eyes are not playing tricks on you! Those are earrings! Dillon noticed right away! I also sported some lip gloss earlier in the day! I know I sound pathetic ... mother of 2 finally puts on earrings ... but it is the little things in life! :) (NOTE: Still wearing stretchy pants in public. There will be another post when that changes!)In other news, Carly Mae is now wearing some things that are not "newborn" ... this is quite exciting! She has a lot of really really cute dresses and I cannot wait to put them on her! Today she wore her first fancy outfit out to eat ... it is a Friday night afterall and her mama was wearing earrings (did I mention that earlier?)
In Dillon news, he had roseola. For all my parent friends who don't know what this is (because I didn't), it starts with a very high fever (102.5 and higher) and lasts a couple of days. This is what Dillon had Friday - Sunday. It can also cause a bacterial infection, hence Dillon's earaches. Then a day or so later, a rash breaks out on the belly. For Dillon, I noticed this Tuesday night, but thought it was because he had been playing outside and was just hot. Anyway, very interesting. No other side effects, and there is no vaccine. I had it as a child ... I guess it's more common than I realized. Kind of scared me when the doctor first said he had roseola, but turns out to be no big deal. We go back to the ENT in 3 weeks - - - hopefully no ear infections between now and then!

Success Day 2 - what a week!

This morning I buttoned some jeans!!! Whoo-hoo!! I mean, they are the boyfriend kind that are supposed to be loose and they look painted on, but I mean - I BUTTONED SOME JEANS! :) Headed to Weight Watchers in 30 minutes ... so far things are going well!!

Success!

This morning I felt like I conquered the world!!! And let me tell you it was a GREAT feeling that lasted approximately 2 1/2 minutes ... let me explain! To back up, Dillon has been very sick. He had a 103 fever Friday while at the beach, so we came home that night and took him to our Doctor's office Saturday morning. Saturday he had a 102.5 fever and Sunday a 102.6 fever. He has a slight ear infection in each ear, but we think there's something else going on as well since he has had quite a few ear infections and never had a constant high fever like that. Saturday Dillon was given a shot of Rocephin, and then we had to take him back Sunday and yesterday for additional ones - poor thing! He did great, as always. He is such an angel; seriously, a perfect child (except when he throws food on the floor and says "oh no, not nice" ... but I digress!)
OK - so back to me! Ha ha ... This morning Dillon had a follow up appointment with the ENT Doctor who put his tubes in in January. 9:20am. Me home alone with the youngins. Me in need of a shower. 7:45am Carly and I wake up. Oh no! The countdown is on! To sum it up, I got Carly fed, Dillon up and watching Sprout TV in my bed, and my rear end in the shower, then got Carly and Dillon dressed and out the door by 9am and in the Doctor office building by 9:18am! WHOO-HOO!! Seriously, that was the biggest accomplishment I have completed since I don't know when. Felt fabulous!
So, why'd it only last 2 minutes? Because when I got there, the receptionist said that whoever scheduled Dillon's appointment scheduled it for NEXT Tuesday ... ugh!!!!! Rescheduled for tomorrow at 2:30. Game on again tomorrow I guess! :)
And to give an update on Dillon - he is acting perfectly fine. In fact, he was almost acting perfectly normal this whole time. He is so resilient. No fever Monday or today. Tomorrow we go see the ENT and then Thursday we are going to see his regular Doctor for a follow up. Hopefully all will be well, and Carly will not get any of this mess!! Will update later in the week when we know more.

First Ever Beach Trip

Mom and I ventured to the beach this past Wednesday. Dillon absolutely loved the water and sand! He was so precious! (As I am sure you can all imagine!) Much like his mama, he was not a fan of the sand on his hands, but other than that, he had a ball! He loved when the water came up over his feet, almost fell over every time the water went back out, had a blast looking for the tiny fish in the tide and had a ball knocking down the sand castles Grandmommy built! Carly had a good time too. She was very content snoozing in the canopy ... almost too content! It was HOT HOT HOT! I think we'll head back this Fall when things cool off a little!!
On the way down! Somebody has their party hat on!Not a great pic of me, but this one cracks me up!Carly in her canopy!Grandmommy and DillonDillon eating his breakfast!Since the Pavilion is gone ...Dillon turning into Poppy!! :)Milk time!Carly in her "new" outfit!

Carly - One Month

Carly had her one month appointment last Tuesday. She is doing very good - growing like a weed! And cute as ever!
Weight - 7 lbs 8 oz
Length - 20.5 inchesNot to compare, but here's Dillon's one month update! :) As you can see below, Dillon and Carly love each other very much still!

Need to Nest!

We put our house on the market in April and yesterday we had our 5th showing. On average, that's roughly one showing a week, which I guess is good, especially "in this economy". BUT - I am soooo ready to move! I mean, I love our house, don't get me wrong. But the thing is, now that we have to be ready at any time to show our house and now that we know we aren't going to be here for that much longer, I don't really feel like it's our house. Dillon's toys are mostly put away, Carly's room is not at all done - all that we did was put the crib and amour up. The paint doesn't match, we hung nothing on the walls, there are no pictures of Carly up in the house ... ugh! I am ready to move! (Have I mentioned that?!)
My initial thought was 6 showings would be a quick sell - - - the 6th showing will be the next one! Maybe lucky number 6! What is your guess for the "lucky" showing number?? Surely by Christmas we'll be in our new home ...