Get Together

Last night we all jumped in the car and headed off to my brother's house for an early Christmas dinner and present exchange. It is nice to live near family so you can spend some time together (and not have to ship every present). My sister-in-law made and amazing homemade lasagna and I made an amazing bagged salad (I forgot the actual salad in our hurry to get on the road and had to stop at a local store for a bagged one). We had to leave early because Andrew just did not look good. At one point his face had no color in it. His little cold is causing him to get little sleep (and he broke the humidifier in his room, which doesn't help) because of all his coughing. But before we jumped back in the car we let the kids open their presents:
Andrew jumped right in and started opening his first.
Andrew got a Webkin police dog and a sheriff's badge. He named is dog, Duke, because that is Uncle Travis' dog's name and he thinks his uncle is so cool because he has a police dog. Duke slept with him last night to protect him.
I was going to help Jonathan but he said he can do it, and he did. It was fun to watch him tear into the paper. This makes me extra excited about Christmas this year.
A Big Truck. Perfect. Jonathan played with that and cried when I didn't put it in the crib with him. Mean mommy.
Andrew's cousin Kirsten opening her present. We got her a really cute necklace and a candle. I think she really liked it.
Jonathan was done and he wanted to play.
Sorry guys we had to leave early (I forgot the presents for the FL family). We had a blast.

Update...

Jonathan has an ear infection in his left ear. She gave us medicine and tips to ease the pain while the medicine gets to work.

Yeah nothing serious!

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He woke up from his nap yesterday with no fever but in serious pain. He cried for a good 45 mins. solid. About a 30 mins into the cry feast we got the bright idea to use the ear drops the doctor gave to us for the pain. Once they settled into the ear he ran around like nothing was wrong.

Andrew has been the healthy one but now he has a cold. All he wants is medicine because "Boo Boos gets medicine." They make he laugh with the 'if he gets something I get something too' mindset.

Last night as they were jumping on their beds, Jonathan would do whatever Andrew would do. If Andrew got up at the end of the bed, then he would call for me to help him. Andrew started to roll around on the floor and Jonathan started to roll around too. But my favorite, when they make each other giggle over silly things. It makes my heart happy. They also 'fighted' in the bathtub because Jonathan was holding Andrew's legs down and he didn't like that.

104.5

I was wrong to say he had the rotavirus, he does not. Monday and Tuesday he ran a fever of 100-102, nothing too serious. Wednesday, he woke up from him nap and he was on fire. I took his temperature (under his arm) and it read 103.5. It scared me to see that number, knowing that it was actually a little higher than that. We called the Dr. on call and he was not worried. He thought it might be a cold related temperature and told us to keep an eye on him. Yesterday, he woke up fine and acted fine all morning. He took his nap and woke up on fire again. I took his temperature and again it read 103.5 (under his arm). I gave him some medicine and then later that night he looked so bad and felt hotter and I took his temperature again and it read 104.5 (under his arm). That scared me and the Dr. calls and says he isn't too concerned because he doesn't have any other symptoms with the fever. He said if I didn't feel comfortable with those numbers (is anyone comfortable with them) I could bring him in tomorrow. That's where we are now. He had a horrible night last night waking up and wanting something to drink. I plan on taking him in today so I'll keep you up to date. Here's a picture of his sick face not wanting to eat his snack. He looks so said.

Rotavirus...

So when deciding whether or not to vaccinate Jonathan from the rotavirus I opted out. It is still so new and I thought, "What are the chances he'll get it?" I think he has it. I'm about to go to WebMD and figure out what it is and how do we get rid of it. I can't afford the diapers he's going through.

Speaking...

Last night, Jonathan rode past a Wall E poster and said, "Waaaalllll EEEEEE." He sounded a lot like the robot in the movie. It was adorable. Of course you know what I did, I find every possible knick knack with Wall E on the cover and make Jonathan tell me what it is. By the end of the trip, he didn't even look at the stuff, he would just say Wall E. They like to humor me.

As for the movie, I wanted to hate it because of the whole environmental undertone, but I couldn't. It was adorable and sweet (and we're watching it right now).

Christmas Pictures

Just some Christmas pictures. Rach, I'll forgot to take pics of your tree but I will.

This picture looks worse than it really was. This was Andrew's attempt to keep Jonathan still.
So close to a great picture.

Hay Ride

I forgot I took some pictures when went to a horse farm for lunch. My camera batteries died shortly after the hay ride. After the hay ride we roasted hot dogs over a campfire, and rode their horses. It was a lot of fun.
Jonathan catching a little shut eye.
Still chilling...
He absolutely loved this...

Puddle Jumping

We had a great Thanksgiving. They boys even ventured into eating some of the food. Andrew ate anything he could dunk into ranch dressing and Jonathan ate the turkey and rolls but that was it. They both loved my sweet potato casserole but that is just straight sugar so I'm not sure how much nutritional value is left.

It has been raining here for a few days. Yesterday, it rained hard all morning but then it just stopped. The boys and I dressed warmly and went out puddle jumping. Our neighborhood basketball court is very bumpy and has some great puddles. They boys would run and jump into them. They found a deep and muddy one and played in that one forever. It was fun watching them run and run and run.