August 9th....

Yesterday was August 9th, Audrey turned 4 years old. She is such a big girl now, capable of doing so much already. Wants to help whenever she sees me doing something, wants to teach her brother to do stuff, wants to be a very grown up girl now...but from time to time, she will still act like a little baby. We didn't have a party for her this year, I was just not in the mood. We went to Peter Piper, had some pizza and breadsticks, then the kids play a bit. Nicholas loves running around and had a great time himself. We joined up with Joyce and her family for dinner at TOMO, Japanese food.

After dinner we went home. On the way home they kids were talking and having a nice time. After I pulled in the garage and opened Audrey's door, I was going to go check the sprinklers, but she said: Mommy, what is brother doing....I looked over and saw him in a seizure! He was blue, so blue...his lips were pale, and he was white stuff was coming out the corner of his mouth. His eyes rolled up and barely opened. I pulled him out of the carseat and started calling him. He opened his eyes but they were looking up. I knew he was in a seizure again! Took him inside in my arms and started stimulating him, blowing his face, tapping his feet, calling his name...nothing was working, he was limp...didn't have any response. I called 9-1-1. The dispatcher was on the phone with me while the paramedics and fireman came. Those few minutes of waiting seems like a lifetime. Next time you see a fire truck with its sirens and lights on, get out of the way as much as you can! There is a reason why they are rushing to go where they need to go.

They arrived and I hung up the 9-1-1 call. They immediately gave him an oxygen mask, I was holding i to his face. Started checking his response and air passage. Asked me some questions relating to the incident that led up to this case. After a couple of minutes, they took him, push him out in a stretcher with the oxygen mask at his face. I called Joyce to go over to find Nicholas while I took Audrey upstairs and shower and got to the hospital as fast as I could.

He was in room 8, I walked the room and he was crying. It was like hearing him cry for the first time. I love that cry...the sound of that cry will always be in my memory. Joyce was there, the doctor was there, I immediately picked him up and held him to my heart. He hugged me. His fever was down, and his response was back. I am so relieved.

Middle ear infection. Maybe something viral. Maybe some complications that we will never know. Something caused the fever to shoot up like that. Anyhow, we need to keep a close watch on his temperature.

Falling in L O V E....

How can a little boy at 18 months melt my heart everyday! Am I in love with him!! you betcha! Silly Nicholas is a bundle or two...of happiness and forever loving! Just can't begin or stop after I do beging...on all the wonderful and silly things he has done to brighten my day. Today he decided to draw on himself...first with sidewalk chalk...then after I got that cleaned off, it was a black ball point pen. He polish off his dinner plate, ate a chocolate cover ice cream bar...making a little mess along the way.

Lemme bite ya...

When my Audrey was a baby, her butt was really round and soft, like cheeks! and we would always tease her about biting them...of course she has no idea what you are talking about when you say "I'm going bite your butt."

Well...Nicholas has the same cute butt cheeks! And naturally we tease about taking a bite of it! Does he know what we are talking about?....

Yesterday, I stood there washing my dishes in the afternoon. Nicholas was playing in the kitchen with Audrey, playing with their toys. Then suddenly he grabs hold of my leg, left leg...and hugs me. How sweet he is!! "OUCHHH" I yelp! dear dear dear...my sweet little bugger took a bite into my butt!!

Lesson..do not tease about biting a baby's butt, it will come and haunt you! He did it again today!! must of like my YELP! I better just keep my mouth shut!

On Learning

As I sit in here in the wee hours, wondering how I learn what I know today, I realize how amazing the learning process is. From watching Nicholas copying Audrey's every move to ones he create, I am so thrill by just watching. My little man can put on shoes, not his though, but hers...Audrey's shoes, ones that are a couple of sizes too big. Then he sees me wearing slippers one day, slippers that are too big on me, the very second I take him off, he picks them up, walks away with it, and then puts his tiny feet in those huge slippers. Flopped around the room like a little penguin. Bring tears to my eyes just thinking about how funny it was.

Oh, but it doesn't end there...we were upstairs getting bath tub ready for their bath, turn around he has my lavender headband on, yes, the one I use daily when washing my face...he had placed it on just as I put it on! For a second or two I swear he look just like little Audrey when she was a year old.

And not to forget the YOGA! I've got a yoga nut girl and a funny yoga baby! Its truly an amazing thing to see, these two on the floor doing those silly poses. Some time ago, I don't know when or why, but he would walk up and around me and kiss me at the neck and back. Then causally walks away. Such a romantic little guy!

Beautiful weather brings bugs...

March and April have such lovely weather, birds chirping, sun shinning, breezy all day long, everything is so nice...even the bugs enjoy it. So they come out and attack our kids!! Left and right, kids are sick. Mines got their share. Audrey came home from preschool with a runny nose that turn into a cold. Gave it to Nicholas, who in turn toss it to me. But poor baby had a fever for 5 days, ended up with Roseola! Thank goodness it only lasted one day!

So the kids are good now but I'm stuck with the cold to deal with. So happy they are well though and they are so understanding that I am not feeling that well. They ate breakfast quietly and then took naps afterward. They are such good sports. Totally love them!

Wet baby SOAK diapee

Today was such an adventure, days go by when nothing much happens, not much you care to write about. Then there are days that have so much going on, its crazy to jot it all down. Today was one of those, I'm sore tired and sore that I should just go soak in a hot bath. But I got too much work to do still!

Before I do anything else, I just have to share a little story. I went abouts my routine, turning on the water to fill the baby tub, then ran to their rooms to get clothing for them. Audrey comes running to me, "MOMMY!! Nicholas went in the water but he didn't take his clothes off!" Great job son, you are so good, you can almost bathe yourself. Shall I help you blow dry yourself after you finish with the bath?? Yah..right. So I got him out and took his clothes off, since I have not started potty training, his diaper is still on, a size 5 huggies. I had no idea it can hold that much liquid! That things was like 10 pounds! OK, maybe 5 or 6 for the very least. It was fully soaked for sure! and he was just enjoying himself! What a day.

New Meaning...

I gave the kids apples for dessert. They didn't like it with the skin on, so I peeled it. Nicholas so casually dropped it on the floor. He decided to use that to his advantage and give me new meaning to 'eating off the floor.' You think he picked it up and ate it? Guess again. Sat on the floor and ate it? Almost but not quite. He got on his knees and hands and just dived at the apple as it lay on the floor. Maybe he has been playing with the dogs too much, learning from them as well! Thank goodness for my wonderful habit of keeping the floors clean!