Friday, January 30, 2009

How to Scare a Grandma


Tyler has had a fever for a few days. It seems my kids have inherited the "if any virus approaches us, we will fight it with high fevers" gene. Drew once topped out at 105 for 2 days straight. We have been to the ER a few times for blood, urine, and various other tests. Not recommended. So anyway he has had a fever, but then after lunch his lips turned blue. Im talking very dark blue/purple as if he had sucked on a grape popsicle and then a black crayon. His hands and feet were cold, the rest of his body burning hot, but he was breathing, eating, walking fine. I called the Dr's office, they were all on lunch. I called a nurse friend, she made me nervous and told me to either go to the Dr or the ER now. I finally got the Dr's office and they told me to come immediatley. Now I was panicked. I called Mike and started to cry. I was imagining all the tests they would run on my little guy. So I called my Mother in Law and this is what she heard through my tears, fast talking, and what she says is a Boston accent (although no one else can hear it!):

"Hi, It's Lauren. Tyler...blah, blah, blah....lips blue....blah, blah....tests....blah, blah....can you come watch Ella and Drew?"

Needless to say she was here in about 15 min. She is awesome.

Tyler is fine. They did hook him to an oxygen monitor in the office and everything checked out fine. Just a virus.

My Mother in Law is still recovering :)

Snow Days




What a great winter to live in the Burbs! While in Hoboken, it was tough to play in the snow - up and down stairs in snow gear, yellow snow everywhere, hard to push the stroller to the park, etc. But now we have our own backyard and deck to play in! We have had quite a few nice snowstorms and they love it. We dug out the sand toys to make snow castles. They love when Mike shovels big piles to jump in. Sticks are used for decorations and for hitting anything with snow on it. Tyler especially loves to walk, fall, and eat all the snow he can. I love the rosey cheeks.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Pizza Party


Ella and Drew are very into cousins lately. They love to visit with them, talk about them, and any new friend they come to like they immediately call a cousin. I love that they have absorbed the specialness of family. If only we could see them all more often.
Last week we had McKenzie and Luke over for a Play Doh and Pizza Party. The kids all helped make the pizza which was entertainment for us all!