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A Little Bit More Easter!

Here are a couple more Easter pictures from Dori. If you want to see all of them click here. Dori and Jay are awesome at capturing the moment. Good thing our kids are so gorgeous- they are perfect for showing off Dori and Jay's talent! These eggs were (mostly) dyed by the boys and Dacy. Mom, Dori and I dyed our share too. We have to boil at least four dozen so there are enough eggs for everyone to dye! How many more will we have to boil when the kids get older and their attention spans are longer than 15 minutes??
Wyatt is feeling better. His fever comes and goes depending on how tired he is, but at least it is pretty low and not constant. He still feels crummy. The last test results from the blood taken on Tuesday have some back and everything looks fine. They found some bacteria but it is one common to our skin. So they think it contaminated the samples when the blood was drawn. Still just watching him and keeping him hydrated.
Greg has had a busy and streeful week. We are really looking forward to the weekend!

103.8

103.8 is the highest Wyatt's temperature has reached today. He woke in the middle of the night with a burnin' hot fever. When it continued to hover around 102 with Tylenol until about noon, I made a doctor's appt. In the doctor's office they got the highest reading. Since he has no other symptoms they ran some blood tests to check for bacterial infections. It was awful. He was slightly dehydrated so it was really hard to get a vein. Both his arms are all bruised up now. The good news is the blood test came back okay so we are just watching him to make sure things don't get worse and keeping him loaded with fluids and Motrin. Probably just a virus. We have determined that his body fights viruses a little differently than most others. Instead of developing cold symptoms and fighting it for several days, his body cooks it out. Greg has the same immune defense. It is just really scary to hold a baby that hot and see him barely be able to keep his eyes open he is so exhausted. He laid on my shoulder all day, dosing in and out of sleep. Poor thing. These types of fevers can be an indication of really serious problems, so I guess we will be going through these blood tests every time this happens until he is about 3 when the risk of bacterial infections are really slim. Better to be on the safe side. No pictures with this post- nobody wants to have their picture taken when they are ill.

And He's Off!

Wyatt is officially crawling. He began last week. It is a kind of crooked little crawl with one foot that pushes off. He looks like a little bug with a leg injury. He is all over the house and tries to pull up on everything. When I go to get him from the crib he is standing at the side. He loves to have 'conversations'. I say 'Ah' and he says 'Ah'. We go back and forth varying the length and inflection. This can go on and on. He 'talks' to himself often- it is loud and wild. His top teeth are on the way making him a little cranky. It is late and I can't think straight. I will try to keep up better this week!

Easter... a Week Late

Sorry I am tardy with the Easter pics. These are all I have for now. There are more of egg dyeing and hunts. We spent the Saturday before Easter at the lakehouse. We dyed eggs and had a couple egg hunts with Jon, Noah and Dacy. The kids had lot of fun finding eggs in the yard. We enjoyed a Sunday Easter service and spent a beautiful afternoon on our deck with some friends and tasty steaks. Great weekend.

Awwwww

Happy Palm Sunday!

We had a pretty fun weekend. On Saturday Greg put the metal roof on the deck, we went out to eat in San Marcos (Wyatt had his first tortilla and peach cobbler) and we grilled fajitas on the deck with some friends. Sunday we headed out to Point Venture for a Palm Sunday/early Easter celebration with Greg's family. The whole crew met out at Mama G's house for a meal and an Easter egg hunt. There were six kids in all- Noah was the oldest, so he and Mckenna pretty much dominated the hunt. Noah filled a couple buckets and was stuffing eggs in his pockets. Mckenna only picked up the purple eggs and a select few pink ones. Avery slept and Wyatt just watched. Noah went on a bike ride with Greg and Papa G- he conquered some pretty gnarly hills out there. A good time was had by all.

Big Boys Are Cute Too

Mom said I do not have enough pictures of Noah posted. So here is Noah playing cars on the deck. Since Greg completed the deck Noah spends just about every waking minute on it. He even insists on eating all his meals out there. Greg is planning to get the cover on this weekend so Noah doesn't fry out there this summer. The most exciting milestone for our family right now is that Noah is potty trained! I won't go into all the details, but he is doing very well and has 'earned' numerous cars and suckers. We told him the gravy train of potty treats has ended now that he has the whole process perfected. We may begin a little household chore chart so he can earn more cars. He seems excited about the idea. We'll see if it works. Since we are on the topic of cute big boys, here is a great picture of my good-lookin' husband- at least I think so, but I am pretty biased. Dori took this a couple weeks ago at the lake.

Photo Shoot

Wyatt has now dedcided that he loves the camera. He starts performing as soon as I point it at him. I just had to post these pictures. There are so many cutes ones I had a really hard time picking just a couple. In the pics he is holding a shaker egg that a friend on our chruch's praise team gave him. He is rock'n and roll'n!

Who Needs Crawling?

Wyatt's preffered mode of transportation is log rolling. He rolls all over the place, tumbling over most obstacles and picking up dog hair as he goes. He tries to crawl (unflattering picture #3), but just gets frustrated. Even though he can not crawl, stand or balance, he is trying to pull up on everything. As you can imagine, his attempts usually end in a bump and tears. Such a crazy little guy.
Just about an hour ago Noah was playing on the deck in his 'big car' and drove it off the side. Some how he either jammed or smashed a pinky finger. He got over it quickly and I didn't even realize he had done anything serious to it until about 15 minutes later when it was swollen to twice its normal size and turning purple around the nuckle. He can move it and it doesn't seem to bother him unless I squeeze on it so I just iced it. I'll let you know if we need to take further action. I guess from now till he moves away I can pretty much count on one to two major injuries in a week.

Happy Birthday Jon Conal!

This weekend we celebrated Jon's 6th birthday at the lakehouse. As you can see he had an army theme.
All his guests were issued army hats, shades, watches and a satchel of goodies. Noah had a blast playing with the big kids and whacking his first pinata. Wyatt enjoyed being held by different people all day. Greg got to take the sail boat out a few times. On Sunday we went to see baby Avery get dedicated. In Dene's family there are a bunch of little girls (5 to be exact- I am the only one with boys). I think Noah is a little intimated by that situation. Sunday night Mama G came over and watched the boys so Greg and I could go to a concert with our Church youth and leaders. We saw David Crowder Band and Third Day at the Austin Music Hall. It was a really great concert, but my ears were ringing afterwards. We were pretty worn out after standing for three hours bombarded by soul shaking loud music and crazy lights. It had been so long since we had been to a concert- we feel so old! Greg even wore ear plugs. I didn't bring my camera so no pics. Busy weekend! There are supposed to be four days of rain this week. I forsee a breakout of cabin fever.

Catchin' Up

I'm behind in my blogging! Let's see... last week Noah got a haircut at the mall. It was crooked and not very even so this week I bought some bigger guards for my trimmers and did it myself. It is a little shorter but a whole lot more even. Last weekend we went to the lakehouse. Mom, Dad, G&G Stalcup, the Reuscher family and us all went to Longhorn Caverns. It was a lot of fun even though a little crazy and tiring. We worked on some lakehouse projects and just hung out since it was kinda cold and rainy all weekend. This week seems like it has been really busy but now I can't think of all the reasons why. I did have to take Wyatt to the doctor for a bad rash that kept getting worse with my own treatments. Turns out he has a bad outbreak of Excema. So we have to slather him with Lubriderm and a special cream twice a day. He has to use gentle soaps and we have to be careful of materials and chemicals he comes in contact with. He is already looking better. Hopefully this is something he will out grow. Today was a Molly Day. Here she is hammin it up for the camera.
I got some good pics of our little family while at the cave. This may be the family picture that I mail out to all ya'll if another opportunity doesn't arise.

Brothers in the Bath

I just had to put these two pictures up so everyone can properly compare the two boys. The first is Noah and the second is Wyatt. They are the exact same age. This is one of my all time favorite pictures of Noah. But I don't think this is the best of Wyatt. I think they just take to the camera differently. These pictures help confirm my idea that the flash on my camera is going bad. Anyhow, this was fun!

Deck Days

Wyatt LOVES the new deck. It will give me a little relief during the day. I can set him down with a few toys and do work in the yard or just relax. Right now there is no cover, but that is coming soon so we can enjoy it in the summer without roasting. It is great being married to someone so handy! Greg is designing and building the whole thing.
Noah has had an exciting week. He is riding his bike (with the training wheels) so good now we can go on family bike rides around the neighborhood. We load Wyatt into a trailer behind my bike and we take off. Noah can go for 4 or so miles without a pause and climb some pretty big hills. He loves it much to our excitement. He had a pretty bad crash last week. He wasn't paying attention and got too close to Greg, realized it, over corrected and got himself all twisted up. He fell, busted his chin open and chipped off half a tooth. He waited until they made it all the way home and got the bikes put up before he started crying. Such a strong little guys. We got him all fixed up and the next day he was playing on the half done deck, fell and hit his head on the corner. He had a not the size of a large grape on the back of his head. I was a little freaked out having never seen a bump that size on a head, but Greg assured me that he has had several. The numerous injuries Greg suffered growing up has made him quit the expert on emergency medical care and assessment. Looks like we're going to need it!
Here is Wyatt eating his beloved sweet potatoes. He isn't picky, but he doesn't always enjoy eating as an activity. So when he is being a pill and won't sit still to eat I bring out the sweet potatoes. We keep saying how much like my dad he is, but that is the only food I have ever seen my dad absolutely refuse to touch.

You missed a spot...

Wyatt's mohawk is finally starting to lay down, but it still seems to be growing about 10 times as fast as the rest of the hair on his head. Here he is showing off his first collared shirt. Such a little man. Noah is just showing off. Wyatt is eating more food now. His sensitive stomach is adjusting. He is working on picking small things up with his fingers instead of fisting everything. He had a few sleepless nights last week, of course it had to be when Greg was out of town. However, the past few days he has developed a pretty good sleeping pattern- sleeping for 5 hour stretches and going down at 8:30 and getting up at 7. It has been wonderful even though the doctor says he should be sleeping 8-10 hours straight. But he is just so hungry...

Here Wyatt is 'helping' mow the lawn. He is generally a fussy baby that insists on being entertained so if we want to get anything done we have to do things such as this. He spends a lot of time in a carrier of some sort. That is our veggie garden in the background. Not a lot in it at this time of year, but soon we will planting the good stuff for spring and summer. Noah loves the garden- mostly becuase it is great terrain for his big trucks and there are fun bugs to catch.

Bathing Beauties

Here are Mckenna and Noah after their bath. We visited Mama G's house last weekend. Geoff and Dene were also there with Mckenna and new baby Avery. Noah and Mckenna love playing together. Hard to believe their dads look so much alike.
Someday Wyatt and Avery will be the best of buds too!

Wagging His Tongue...

This is about as happy as Wyatt gets. The title to this entry is appropriate not because Wyatt is a gossip, but because his tongue is always hanging out and his initials are WAG. He will be 6 months on Sunday. We went to the doctor this week because he has a cough. Turns out he has some respiratory virus. Poor thing just can't seem to go more than a month without coming down with something. Noah didn't have a major sickness until he was two. My doctor says Noah is a little vector passing all the little toddler germs to Wyatt. Hopefully all this early exposure will make Wyatt into a tough, disease resistant little boy. At the doctor Wyatt weighed in at 16.5 lbs and 26.5". that means he is long and skinny.

Cave Dwellin'

This past weekend we visited Cascade Caverns near Boerne. We found cave exploring is a great activity on freezing cold winter days in Texas. The caves stay a balmy 65-75 degrees. Warmer than I set the heater! Greg and Wyatt are standing under a ceiling of 'soda straws' that are millions of years old and still growing.

This is my new favorite photo. This is a rare picture of Greg and Wyatt smiling. Noah is a ham, but the other two usually give me a blank look when I point a camera at them. Like father, like son. I think they are the handsomest trio I've ever seen!

A Quilt, A Friend and A Mohawk

I finally finished the quilt I have been working on for Noah. Between a few moves, babies and just the day to day bustle, it took me over two years to get it done! I made it with the scraps from the quilt I made Jon Conal. So Noah and Jon have matching quilts with different designs. Noah is somewhere in this picture.
Yesterday Christie and Ben came over for a visit. The babies were amused by each other and Noah, providing a great break for Christie and I. I love this picture. Ben looks so cherubic while my rascally Wyatt looks a little silly and wild. The tongue sticking out means he is really happy. It comes out everytime he smiles now.
This picture I have to include because it shows off his super funky hair-do. A guy at church asked how a baby with such a cool do could ever be grumpy. Good question...

The Cutest Little Boys Ever!

Really- have you ever seen cuter little boys? We had some pictures taken at The Picture People on saturday. Here are some of the proofs from the sitting.
They turned out pretty good, but I still think Dori takes better pictures!