Big changes for Baby Will!

Will is growing, growing, growing, and each day he discovers new things. In the last couple of weeks, he's found his hands, his feet, and his voice! He smiles and laughs all the time, and during the last week, he's discovered that he can scream really loud and high! He's also pushing up on his forearms very well and he's close to rolling over front-to-back and back-to-front. He's been a really good sleeper. He goes to bed at 5:45pm. I feed him a bottle at ~9pm, and then he sleeps until ~6:30am (I do have to get up a few times at night, mostly after 3:30am, to give him his paci). He usually takes a ~30 minute early morning nap, a ~2 hr. mid-day nap, and another short 30 min. late afternoon nap.

Tomorrow Will will be 4 months old.....I just can't believe my little guy is growing up so fast!

Here's a quick video of Will playing with Daddy...


...and here's a big smile for you!


Nikki

Allie's first Winter Pageant

Last night, I was a very proud Mommy! Allie experienced her first stage performance at the International Preschool's Winter Pageant, and she did excellent (read between the lines here: she got on stage in front of an audience of ~250 adults and SHE DIDN'T CRY! So yes, she did excellent!)! Before we left for the pageant, Allie was kind enough to let me snap a couple of photos of her at home with her "Kissmas" tree.


Unfortunately, because of poor lighting in the auditorium, the photos that I took during Allie's performance didn't turn out so well, but luckily we have the video. Now, before any of you get too excited about watching this video, let me set the stage for you:
This is a group of about a dozen 18 month-2 year olds (Allie is the youngest in her class, the oldest is 6 months older than she). They have only one teacher (Ms. Ashley), so there are a few other adults helping Ms. Ashley get these kids on stage to "perform". The performance is supposed to be a "sing-along" to Frosty the Snowman, where the kids each get a snowman that they've made in class and play with it during the song. In case you have trouble finding Allie (and you will likely have trouble, as they put her in the back and kept putting kids in front of her until someone picks her up in the middle of the song), she is wearing a light blue dress with a white turtle neck, white leggings, and silver shoes (see pics above!). You'll see her being brought in by a gentleman holding her and another child. Now again, don't get too excited.....she won't win a Tony award for this performance, but she did make me a proud Mommy!



Nikki

Merry Christmas!

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Where to begin? Thanksgiving and such...

Well, if I've learned just one thing over the past few weeks, it's that traveling with two babies is hard....I mean, the amount of stuff that you need to travel with two babies is unbelievable. This, I learned, over Thanksgiving. Atlanta to Albertville to Auburn and back to Atlanta. Whew....that was a tough one! Lots of stuff, but fortunately not as many tears in the car as I imagined.

During our travels, I had the great experience of going to the Auburn/Alabama game with my Dad, brother, and sister. We had a great time, and I think this might actually be the first time that just the 4 of us have done something together. To make things even better, the game turned out just as I hoped. Auburn played a great game, but Bama pulled out a win to continue their quest for the National Championship. (Side note: David kept BOTH babies while I went to the game....THANKS, HONEY!)

Unfortunately, over Thanksgiving weekend, Allie came down with a horrible cold. She was absolutely miserable. After unsuccessfully trying to have her seen by a doctor in Auburn on Saturday afternoon, we got her home Sunday, and when she got up last Monday morning, I noticed that her eyes looked really red. Off to the doctor we went. Diagnosis: Pink Eye and an ear infection. Treatment: 10 days of oral antiobtics and eye drops (3 TIMES A DAY!!!). UGH....how many of you have tried to put eye drops into the eyes of an 18 month old?....not my idea of fun!

So, we've spent our last week and a half treating pink eye and an ear infection, wiping runny noses, and dealing with the horrible side effects of an antibiotic (the most horrible diaper rash that you've ever seen resulting in Allie walking around all day saying "hurt, booty, hurt" and crying each time she had to have her diaper changed). As expected, Will ended up with the cold too which made his feeding and sleeping really difficult (have you tried to suck on a bottle or a paci when you can't breath through your nose? me either, but apparently it's virtually impossible!). He did manage to dodge the pink eye and ear infection though.

Just when I thought we were through the worst part, today Allie developed another fever...pretty high this time (almost 103). I'm hoping this is just an unfortunate side effect of the H1N1 vaccine that she got yesterday....I guess tomorrow will tell.

During all of this sickness, we did manage to watch the SEC Championship game....


and we also managed to get the Christmas decorations up for the babies....Allie is already talking about how Santa brings toys to good girls! She's trying really hard to be one of those good girls....



Can't wait for Christmas morning!!!

Nikki

I'm so behind!!!

Ok...so the kids are keeping me busy and I'm getting really behind on my blog updates. I will try my best to update "the happenings" with the kids soon...very, very soon. But, in the meantime, enjoy this video of Will "talking".


Nikki