What a week

Well, I will start off saying that I have no new pictures of the kids. Still having camera issues, so will have to wait until my sister sends them my way. We had a great Thanksgiving. I didn't have to do any cooking which made my life easy. We headed to my sisters around 11:00 and came home around 7:00. The kids were so tired from no naps and a lot of playing. Last night Luke we had to take Luke to the ER after he woke up twice complaining of pain and shaking. This strange waking has happened in the past, but he usually fell right back asleep within minutes. Not this time. It took him a good 20 minutes to calm down the first time and 1 1/2 hour to calm down the second time. After he woke up the second time and I couldn't get him to calm down and stop shivering we decided to be safe and head to the hospital. Matt took him while I stayed with Mackenzie. Anyway, they said he was having night terrors. It is pretty crazy because he won't remember anything and he is so out of it both mentally and physically. We are to watch him, clock it when and if it happens again and just tell him we love him while he is going through an episode. They say not to try and ask what he is scared of b/c it could make it worse. The also said that the lack of sleep (no nap) could have triggered it last night. On a positive note, they think night terrors happen to extremely creative kids.

Also, Mackenzie seems to be having her breathing issues again. Tonight I gave her a treatment and hoping that things are better in the morning. If not I will be taking her to the doctor before things get worse. She also has the ugliest hacking cough for such a sweet little girl. This is the same time last year that she had breathing issues for a couple weeks.

Hopefully I will have some pictures this weekend.

Photo Book from snapfish

http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/home/20081029_tows_messyhouse/7

Naptime w/ mom

I am having to blog early today b/c I have GNO tonight! Yippee!

So Mackenzie has this new thing where she wakes up after 45 minutes of her afternoon nap. I am convinced it is because she wants to come snuggle with me on the couch! I am taking it as a sign that I need to rest and so as a result I have taken a nap with Mackenzie the past 3 days. I know it is going to turn into a nasty habit, but just not worth the battle this week and it is so sweet.

Luke had gymnastics this morning. He did great! I am so thankful that he is so well behaved for his teachers. His group of four did not have a great day, but after class the teacher told me how every week Luke does such a great job listening. Now, if I can tranfer that behavior to home...I would be one happy mom 100% of the time! Next week will be interesting b/c Luke's friend Christopher will no longer be in his class.

Mackenzie has a couple new tricks. She learned how to go down the stairs by herself and she nods her head yes! She thinks she is pretty hot stuff! She is also one tough cookie. I can already tell she will be a tomboy! All her "elected" friends are boys and she hangs with the best of them. She will even knock them around if needed. Sadly, she has started hitting. Everytime she hits Luke I laugh inside. She learned it from him and now it is payback. She just randomly walks up to him, pops him and walks off. YOU GO GIRL! He did the same thing to her for months!

Lastly, I am going to order a book of Luke's artwork from snapfish. I saw it on Oprah. As you can see from the picture, his artwork is taking over our bulletin board in the playroom. I hate to throw it away, so I figure the book is a great idea!

Life in the slow lane

Not a busy weekend for us! Saturday consisted of a lot of hanging out at the house due to the weather, fairly cold for playing outside. I finally started running again. Allergies got the best of us for a couple weeks, but we are all well and kicking now. It wasn't pretty, but I did it anyway. The kids played great together. Surprising consiering Mackenzie is a little ball of fire when Luke takes things from her now. I was wondering when enough was going to be enough. So I guess another chapter of mommy pain will begin.

Sunday we went to church and the Galleria. Luke was on a mission to see Santa (he saw him at a different mall earlier in the week) so he was well behaved. Mackenzie on the other hand wants NOTHING to do with her stroller. All she wants to do is walk. She gets so side tracked that it takes us forever to get anywhere. This of course is another reason why I don't dare go shopping with the kids. Too much drama. The kids naped great and Sunday evening I got to take Luke to see Madagascar 2. He enjoyed it, but I think he liked the popcorn and drink better.

As for Christmas...Luke's list is getting out of hand. We are going to have a serious talking too about Santa's abilities!

So, here is to a fab weekend with the family!

Such a slacker!

Sorry guys. I am such a slacker with blogging. I don't have any new pictures, b/c something is up with my camera. But I can feel you in on what's been going on!

This past weekend I got to go home to Amarillo. My best friend was having her baby shower. I was hoping for some downtime, but the trip was a whirlwind. My flight got in late (10 pm) Friday night so by the time we got back to her house, it was a little bit of chat time and off to bed. Saturday was the shower and just hanging out. Sunday I left early. It was great seeing Carey, but just didn't get enough time with her this time around.

Matt kept both kids. He claims things went okay, but he would never admit if anything went wrong. I do think they lived on Cheerios. The box was nearly empty when I got home. Sunday he spent all afternoon/evening golfing. WHATEVER!

Not much else has been going on. We are all still fighting colds so have spent a lot of time inside resting. Mackenzie can't figure out if she wants to go down for one nap or two. Such a hard time as it messes with her night time sleep as well. Luke decided it was best to take a nap, so glad that is all cleared up. It would have been ugly otherwise!

My goal it to blog Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. So wish me luck!

Yuck, yuck, yuck

I have a cold. It sucks! Yesterday I felt so bad for both kids because they were so bored, but I just didn't have the energy or voice to deal with them. Luckily Luke had gymnastics which helped him burn some energy and Mackenzie got to play with her boyfriend Ryan (his brother is friends with Luke and in the same gymnastics class). Then we came home I fixed the kids lunch and off to naptime. I knew if I could get some rest I would be able to deal with life at home much better for the second half of the day.

Luke can be so concerned and gentle when he wants to. After naptime he came up kissed me and asked me if I felt better. It melted my heart. So much kinder than Matt is about the whole situation! I think Matt is secretly hoping that I am too sick to go to Amarillo and that I will be forced to stay at home with him and the kids.

The picture is of Mackenzie riding Luke's old trike. She can only go backwards.

Update

So I finally am sitting at the computer and "seem" to have enough time to attach the kids Halloween pictures. They had a blast. Everyone wanted to give Mackenzie candy...lucky for Luke. Luke is so shy that trick or treating just isn't his thing. He is too scared to go up to the door, ring the bell and say trick or treat. I guess I should be glad he is nervous to go to some strangers house! He loved being a cowboy. Everyday since Halloween he asks me to help him put on his costume. I guess he has some of that Amarillo blood in him!

The time change is killing me. I think Luke has got it down, but Mackenzie is up so early. It sucks b/c she was finally sleeping until 7:00 one week before the time change. Oh well. With time, right! One day I won't be able to get her out of bed.

Mackenzie new thing is trying to figure out how to run. She now realizes that with walking she can't keep up with Luke. It is so funny. Hopefully I can get so video of it today. I really wish she would start talking b/c her drama attitude is killing me. She would be so happy if she could just tell me what she wanted.

Ah, til next time.