Pajama Party at Church

 

Whew! What a party! There was a bouncy house, lots of crafts, a Polar Express Movie theater, sugary snacks, hot chocolate station, reading of The Night Before Christmas and a visit from Santa!

I caught this while all the other kiddos were playing, here is Sutton (4) and Stratton (3) reading in the Santa chair! So sweet!

Arden (almost 3 months) and Sawyer (6 months)

At the craft table with Amy and Juliet

Aren’t their matching Jammies cute!

Stratton DID NOT want to sit in Santa’s lap. He didn’t really like Santa holding Arden either!

Just a few pics

The past week has been busy, we're getting ready for Christmas and preparing for our trip to Branson next week for the MAP conference.

Arden had an appointment with an audiologist this morning. They said she has fluid on her ears, but since she's so little there isn't much they can do. Especially since she is (hopefully) on the upside of her ear infection. We will go back in January for follow-up tests. Worst case senario if fluid remains on her ears for 3 months they will put tubes in. The Dr wasn't too worried she said most of the time the fluid drains out on it's own. We go back to her pediatrician on Friday for follow up from her sinus infection and ear infection. She is still really snotty and coughing so I am curious to hear what she thinks. This crazy weather doesn't help. We actually had to turn the air conditioner on last night! It was like springtime! Then today was nasty and rainy. I will be glad when winter gets here and stays here. My allergies are ready to hibernate!

Stratton got his own tree and decorated it by himself. He asked for one last week and we happened upon this one while shopping Saturday. It's in his room now and he is one happy little boy.

Sweet moment while watching Santa Paws 2. Glad I had my camera handy!

In other fun news, ASU is going to the GoDaddy.com bowl in Mobile on January 6th! We got our tickets yesterday! We are excited about going to the game. . . AND seeing the Graham's! It's going to be so fun!

Just some cute pictures

Arden has started chewing on her hands all the time! She is just smiling and grinning at us and has let out some squeals, but has yet to bust out a real laugh. She has also started noticing her feet and other objects and really started “reaching” for stuff. She has also started to really take an interest in snuggling one of her rattle dolls and/or a blanket right up close to her face. . .like some other kid I know! She is on the verge of rolling over, I try not to leave her on any raised surface unattended anymore. Gone are the days of leaving her laying on the changing table or couch while I turn my head. . .I already know how that can turn out from experience!

I took this Sunday night after church. We went to eat at Lazzari’s with the Jones family. I think they were playing Angry Birds. Stratton and Juliet could be siblings with their blonde hair and blue eyes! I hope they grow up to be great friends. . .heehee, like they have a choice?!

Thanksgiving 2012

We had a rough start to the Thanksgiving “break”. With two sick kids I was worried, but by Thursday both were feeling much better. I ended up taking A back to the doctor on Wednesday and they put her on a antibiotic since her ears were a little red and we didn’t want to chance it getting worse over the holiday. I’ve had the crud, but thought I could deal with it. Well, after a busy weekend I was miserable by Saturday night. So Sunday morning I got up and went to the urgent care clinic and sure enough, I just have a nasty sinus infection. Now me and all three kids are on antibiotics! Hopefully we will all be better soon! We are too busy to be sick. . .I think I’ve said that before??

We went to HR late Wednesday night so Jarrod could get up and duck hunt on Thursday morning. We had lunch with the Wilson side of the family at my grandma and grandpa’s house. Stratton and his cousin Wilson played and played! So glad we got to spend time with my family. Then after eating and eating and eating some more we left and headed to Searcy. We ended up not doing the big Thanksgiving we had planned, since one of Jarrod’s cousin’s kids came down with strep. We just enjoyed some time with Jarrod’s parents and Jennifer, Daniel and Archer. And you would think the way Stratton played earlier in the day he would be out of energy, on the contrary. He and Archer were full of it! They were like little monkeys! We stayed the night in Searcy Thursday night, and we came back Friday afternoon leaving Stratton to spend a couple days with Nan and Pa by himself! He and Archer got to play together a lot over the weekend!

Arden all dressed up for Thanksgiving!

We tried to have my mom take some family pictures. . . .

. . .it turned out SO well. . .

We even took the dog on our Thanksgiving trip.

No surprise, Arden was the center of attention. She got passed around a lot!

At Nan and Pa’s having ice cream with Pa

Arden discovered her feet this past week!

Archer wasn’t too sure of sharing his daddy.

Archer, Arden and Stratton

MONKEYS!!

We tried & tried & tried to get a good pic of them together. This was the best one!

Sweet girl : )

While S was in Searcy he ran into Santa! He didn’t sit in his lap BUT he did touch him! That’s progress from last year!

Sickly start to the week

We took both kids to sick call Monday morning. They both sounded awful! Stratton has bronchitis and they put him on a zpak and Arden just has a cold with lots of congestion so she is taking some meds to break all of that stuff up. Stratton had a fever so I took him to work with me and he was pretty good. He made a pallet in the floor and took a two hour nap. I hope the meds kick in before the end of the week. We are too busy for sickness! But it seems we always come down with something right around Thanksgiving. I started feeling bad last night too, but I'm going to have to just deal with it. There is just too much to do, getting sick is not an option for me! Mind over matter, right!?

Stratton sounded and acted much better this morning, but Arden is the same. I really hope she doesn't get worse. The doc was worried about her developing RSV and I remember all too well Stratton having it when he was a few months old. I don't want to go through that again. Poor baby is already on three different meds right now, I hate to add a breathing treatment on top of that.

I am looking forward to Thanksgiving. I will be off tomorrow after lunch through the rest of the week, and Jarrod is off Thurs & Fri. I don't plan on getting out and shopping. Fighting the crowds is not my thing. I'd rather sleep! Maybe we'll try and get the Christmas stuff out?

Sunday with the Wilson's

Sunday, Nov. 18th

We went to Hickory Sunday for church and then celebrated my dad's birthday.

Arden is grandma's girl!

What a mess.

He opened all of Pop's presents for him.

Juliet's birthday party

Saturday, Nov. 17th

Juliet turned two this past week! Amy and Dustin had her party at the church and rented a bouncy house so Stratton was in heaven!

After most of the guests had left, Stratton found the podium and started leading singing.