The "Bug"

This has been a long week at our house. Our little throwing up episode on Saturday set the mood for our entire week! We have now passed this flu bug through our entire family. (Too bad Meaghan doesn't share her toys as well as she shared this little "bug".) Kaiden held out the longest, but now he is sick too. We actually had to take him to the doctor today because they were afraid he was getting dehydrated. It seems he is dehydrated, but is still well enough to manage with Pedialyte for now. His weight didn't help them evaluate him very well. He is up to 10lb 14oz. That's almost a 2lb gain in 3 weeks! At that rate, he will pass Meaghan up before he is 6 months. She's only 24lbs!
I will be going back to work next week - like it or not. This is not really how I imagined spending my last week off. At least when I go back to work, I will get paid for cleaning up these messes!!

"The Greatest Show on Earth"

It has been a busy weekend! Friday night Jenny and Wesley, friends from our college days, came over and we took Meaghan to the circus. (I say that as if we weren't all looking forward to it!) It was alot of fun. Meaghan was on the edge of her seat - literally! She sat so close to the edge of her seat that it flipped her out at one point. Every time I looked over at her, she was smiling from ear to ear. She wasn't much into the tight rope walker though. She watched him with her hands over her mouth. Seems she inherited my fear of heights. Her favorite part I think were the "elphaphants"! I think I was as amazed by the prices of the things they were selling as I was by any of the acts. Who in their right mind would pay $15 for a snow cone in a cool circus cup?!!

On Saturday, we met my parents in Indy for supper. They had not seen Kaiden since he was a week old. We went shopping for awhile and then to Chic-fil-a. It was a wonderful evening with lots of laughter and kisses for the kids. We ended our nice little evening with Meaghan throwing up all over in Chic-fil-a. It's much more distressing when you are the parent of the puking kid because then you get the pleasure of cleaning it all up!

Finally a Picture!

Finally we have a picture on our blog. It gave me alot of grief! Thanks so much Sarah for your help!

This is the picture that we took for our Valentine's Day cards. It took me hours to get Meaghan to smile and Kaiden to hold his head up at the same time, but it was worth every minute of my time! When Daddy saw his card, he was very surprised and happy.

I can't believe how big they are getting. Tonight Meaghan came over and rubbed Kaiden's leg and said, "I like him. Bubby is cute!" As she walked away she added, "I'm cute too!" So humble!

Late Nights!

I have decided to try to share the happenings of our little family with you since I am up a good part of most nights anyways with nothing to do! My new son Kaiden has yet to get his days and nights straightened out - maybe its because I worked third shift throughout my entire pregnancy!

Kaiden was born Jan. 12, 2008. He weighed in at 8lb 0oz and was 20 1/4 inches. That was quite a change from Meaghan's size at 6 lb and 18 inches! I started my labor on my way to work and somehow made it through the first nine hours of my shift before coming home at 4:30am. Kaiden was born at 1:17pm. I will try to put some pictures on here but no promises since I don't know what I'm doing yet!!