Weekly Update

It's been kind of a boring week for us so far I guess. I feel like more has been going on but as I sit to write this blog, I realize hardly anything of importance has happened. So, I will just give you some updates.

Elise has been so fun lately. She has started coming up with these words and phrases that I find to be pretty amazing for a 3-year-old. The other day I was just staring at her and it made me realize that she isn't a baby anymore. She has really lost most of the babyness and now looks like a little girl. Ellie really loves preschool. She wants to go every day and often talks about the fun things she gets to do there.

We continue to try new things with Ellie's hair. Gives me something to do and it gets the hair out of her face (which drives me nuts), so we like it. She is even into it. She tells me things like, "I don't want swirls today, maybe like (holding up both her fists) two things like this instead". Translation: I don't want braids, I want two pig tails. I suppose half of the 'excitement' of doing Ellie's hair is translating what she says she wants done.

Here are the puppets that the kids made the other day. They are pretty cute and they have actually had a lot of fun playing with them. Elise has always been really into doing crafts and different projects. Speaking of projects, I taught her how to dust with furniture polish this weekend. She was pretty good at it. I also taught her how to disinfect all of the door handles, light switches and other handles around the house. This is something I try to do frequently to keep the germs and colds at bay.

Now Owen, he has an actual update. So, this last week I have gotten about 2 hours of sleep each night. Owen has had a cold, but on top of that he has had some problems breathing at night for a long time. I think that allergies have exacerbated the problem. Anyways, sometimes he will stop breathing for a time and then gasp for air in his sleep. It was never really too bad (meaning he only did it occasionally and when he was a baby which is normal for babies who breathe in strange patterns anyway) so I never took him to the doctor, but the past couple months it has gotten bad.

Not only was he waking up frequently, very frequently, but the snoring has gotten worse and his disposition has even been different. The last couple weeks I have noticed him not being himself. Either being kind of a zombie or really irritable, plus he has lost a bit of weight from not eating. He hasn't been his happy, independent self that he usually is. What I realized is that he has sleep apnea.

Anyway, to make a long story shorter, I took him to the pediatrician who gave him some allergy medicine to at least help while we go to an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor. We see the specialist today who will let us know if he either needs more tests or needs his tonsils and adenoids removed (which fixes sleep apnea in 90% of the cases). So, I will have to update when we get back from the doctor today.

I bought the kids footed pajamas, but they turned out to be a hassle. Owen's feet were too big for the foot part (I know, usually the foot part is totally oversized... the boy has huge feet). Plus they were too much pajama for my kids.

Owen and Elise doing some preschool books together.

Miss Magdalyn ready to leave. She isn't much of a car seat baby, but dad was entertaining her in this picture. Maggie continues to be a pretty easy baby. She does have a bit of a cold right now and loves to be held, but what kid doesn't?

Here is Maggie sad that mom isn't holding her. She has recently just become enamored with me. She follows me with her eyes wherever I go and just smiles at me the whole time I hold her. She is too sweet!