Ear Infections and such.........

Well Julia started not "feeling" well on Saturday. She had a severe runny nose and started coughing that night. She did fine and I thought she was better on Sunday. By Sunday night she was winy again and was not her usual perky self. She went to bed with no problem and later that night when I went to check on her she was still up but very groggy and tired. About and hour after that she was crying in her bed and saying that she had an ear infection. She was able to tell me which one was hurting so I got her some Motrin and she went to bed. At 3:45 am Wyatt and I awoke to a VERY loud BANG!! followed by Julia crying right by Wyatt's side of the bed. It was soo scary. We both had no idea what was going on. Wyatt acted fast and reached down and grabbed her up and took her back to her bed and got her back to bed. When he came back he said she was complaining about hurting her elbow...... We headed to the doc at 10:30 after many assurances that there would be no shots this time ect.... she does have an ear infection so we have our meds and she is on the mend. Late yesterday afternoon when Julia was "all better" since she had taken her medicine (once) she noticed these 2 black bruises on her elbow.

How pitiful does she look? The funny thing is the first thing she said about the bruises was, "Mama they are just like the Princess and the Pea." She really was looking rough yesterday. She would lay around for about an hour and then play for an hour. I could tell she was not her normal self. Last night she slept great (no late night bumps or screams) and this is what I saw this morning when she got up.

The child absolutely despises getting her hair brushed AT ALL and yet she wakes up with this rat of a tangle in the front of her hair. I guess she was sleeping on her face. It totally baffles my mind. For the most part we are doing fine and I am sure that Julia will be back to normal within a few days.

Hot Steppin with Make up and more......

All moms can relate on some level to the video above. If you have not had this happen yet then just wait because in time your little one will indulge his or herself in your toiletries or make up at some point. This one was too cute not to share. Notice her strategy of deny, deny, deny. She just doesn't get it yet. The video does not really show the vast amount of my Bare Minerals foundation powder that she used so I am including this picture for you to reference.

Maggie's latest trick is one we have named "Hot Steppin." It is soo cute! In this video it is tame to say the least. She really goes crazy right when Wyatt comes in from work. She steps (very fast) and screams and claps. It is priceless. I will have to rig up a video of him coming home from work sometime soon to capture the celebration for you. Mags is also talking a little. She says "Oh Wow!! What is that?" on occasion but she says WOW alot. She does the Mama, Dada, sister...... I can't believe all the stuff she is doing these days. It is a constant reminder of how fast time flies and my baby is growing up (sigh, BIGGER sigh......).

It has been a while....

Warning: These pictures will be in no particular order as I do not have time to organize them like I usually do.

Julia at her 4th Birthday Party
Granddaddy showing Maggie the flowers

The cake

Making a wish

Julia, Maggie, Gracie, and Danny.

Julia at her new picnic table with umbrella. Thanks Mimi and Pop!

Swinging

Making the cake

posing

Mags and Grandmama.

We had a great visit with G & G this past week. We did somethings around town since the weather was basically perfect here. It was awesome because G&G have never been here when we have had good weather. It is always cold and snowy when they come. We played outside, went downtown, went to the park and when we were not out and about we were playing nonstop at home. We really had a great time. It is back to being cold now so we are still waiting on spring to arrive. Next week is spring break for Julia so we will have a full week of no scheduled activities. Please pray for me (my sanity)and that the weather will be nice so we will not be cooped up in the house. Enjoy the pics. I have more from our day at the park to come soon.

Have a great week!

Julia Grace is 4!!!!

Well since I am almost positive we will be celebrating Julia's birthday for at least a week, Wyatt and I decided to let her pick out her own present at Toys R Us yesterday. We did the usual and tried to "talk up" various toys but to no avail. We are now the proud owners of: ........

THE CUPCAKE MAKER






I am sure you are thinking "Wow, that looks like a child size Kitchen Aid mixer" rest assured it is not.

While we were preparing to make cupcakes Mags made herself busy.

Really the big contraption only ices the cakes and before you can use that you must make the cup cake. This involves mixing batter (add water to a packet of powder) and cooking it for 30 seconds in the microwave.

Sure enough out came a golden fluffy cupcake (IN 30 seconds). Then we prepared the icing. Same as before add water to a packet. It was about here that we got a little off track and Wyatt decided that the icing was too runny. So I thought we will just add some powdered sugar and thicken it up a bit. (we needed it to be thick because when you put the icing in the contraption it squeezes the icing out onto the cupcake for you and the cupcake spins around).


The cupcake that only took 30 sec to cook.

After being iced and sprinkled.

The finished product.

See below is a video of Julia's sugar rush that I guess is our fault for adding powdered sugar to already sweet enough icing.

Crazy Maggie

I think the title says it all. This was Friday night and Wyatt had just gotten home from a one day trip to DC. Needless to say Maggie was very excited to see her daddy.

I doubt they even missed me......

Mama is back and I really don't think I was missed one bit. The girls had a blast with Wyatt this past weekend and I had a great getaway in NYC!! We have been on the go since I got back Sunday night. Now if we could just get some spring time weather it would be just perfect!! Julia will be turning 4 next week and Grandmama and Granddaddy will be coming for a visit!! So we have a lot going on in the next few weeks. I can't believe my baby is going to be 4!! I will be putting some "through the years" pics up by this weekend (as soon as I pull them off the old computer) so be on the lookout. Meanwhile here is a video of Maggie in her squeak shoes and Julia being shy for the camera.........Have a great week.