A wedding!

and other fun stuff...

This is my brother Jason and his new bride Jennifer. They were married on 

6-7-08. 

What a cool wedding date. I am so happy for them. It was a really sweet wedding at my dads house. 

Welcome to the family Jennifer!

My dad built this huge playground in his backyard and it was perfect. All the kids had a blast playing on it. Even during the ceremony.

Here is Sophie all dressed up. She is growing up way too fast. She is at church camp this week and from what I have heard, having so much fun. We miss her though.

Uncle Jason and little Shep. 

Before we all headed back home, we met up with my brother Andy and my sister in law Megan and Hayden and Hattie for lunch. Hayden and Sophie were really good. G.G. and Hattie were little stinkers though :). Terrible twos were among us for sure :):).

This was G.G. and Shep's first bath together. G.G. thought it was great. She sure loves her little brother. 

We were all supposed to leave Monday to go to St Augustine Florida with Josh. He had a conference there for work and we thought it would be fun to make a little vacation out of it. We woke up Monday and Shep was really congested and had a little fever. We decided that Sophie would go with Josh and I would stay home with the little ones. We didn't feel comfortable with being so far from home if he got really sick. He was just 5 weeks. It was a good decision because he did not sleep at all on Monday and by Tuesday morning had a fever of 100.2. We went to the DR and he had an ear infection in both ears and bronchitis. He got an antibiotic shot and just told me to give him saline drops in his nose and run a cool mist humidifier. I was doing that already. I had to bring him back the next day for a re-check and they also told me if his fever went up at all, to take him to the emergency room that night. Fun. A toddler and a newborn in the er in the middle of the night, by myself! Luckily Josh called his mom and she immediately drove 6 hours to come and help me. Thank you Linda! She stayed the rest of the week and just helped me with everything. Mostly with G.G. so I could take care of Shep. I appreciate it sooo much.

So below are some pictures of Sophie and her Daddy's trip to St Augustine. They had so much fun and I think it was really good for them to have some time away from the little ones. Sophie helps me so much so I was happy she was having time with just her daddy. 

What a crazy couple of weeks we've had! I'm on my way to take Shep back to the Dr. I think his ear is still bothering him.

On the mend

Well, G.G. and I are on the mend I think.  She slept a little better last night and hasn't been as cranky today. 

This is her not wanting to be a part of the pictures I was taking of all of them. She's a rebel.

Her sissy takes such good care of her. 

She was not having it this morning. This was before she went and got on her ladybug chair. 

Sophie and Shep 

Ready for a nap

A not so fun filled week

What a week we've had! Not the kind you want when you've got a newborn in the house. Last week, around the  23rd, G.G. came down with a fever and congestion. And per usual, I did too. We went through the weekend just treating symptoms but by last Wednesday I was feeling WAY bad. I gathered up the little ones and Sophie went with me to help and went to the DR. I ended up having to leave because Shep decided to cry and not stop and I just couldn't take it. So on Thursday I was just feeling even worse and decided I had to go. We all loaded up again and tried to make it through. I was there for over three hours. Not fun but so glad that I stayed this time. It turns out that I had walking pneumonia.  They gave me some antibiotics and sent me on my way. Today is Sunday and I have actually started to feel better.  Friday I decided to take the two little ones to the DR just to get checked out because I was having a panic attack that maybe they had it too. G.G. was still coughing and acting VERY cranky. She ended up having an ear infection in both ears so now she is taking medicine. Shep has a clogged tear duct so he gets to have drops in his eyes. 

Add to all that the intense sleep deprivation and postnatal hormones and you have one fun mother and wife. 

So yeah... I've had better weeks. :)

G.G. was a bit cranky last night so I introduced her to the kitchen sink. We pulled up her stool and she helped me wash dishes. She loved it and I think would have played for hours. I finally remembered to grab the camera for some pictures.

Shep is getting so big. He was 8 lbs 2 oz at birth and 7 lbs 2 oz at about 5 days old. When we went to the DR on Friday, he weighed 10 lbs 8 oz.  Three pounds! I was surprised. He is such a good little baby. He actually has been doing fairly well the last few nights. He'll go down at about 9 pm and wake up at about 1 am. Last night he didn't wake up until almost 3 am. Wow! I really needed to get a few hours of continuous sleep in. So, thank you little man!

Oh! He's also one month old today. Happy one month sweet guy! 

I love you with all my heart!