Naps, bed head and the budding alcholic!

The past 5 weeks have been so stressful here as most of you know. Jolee has been suffering from a bad asthma attack that we just can't seem to get under control. After 5 weeks of difficulty sleeping, constant coughing and complaining of trouble breathing she is starting to improve slightly. She is now on Advair( just like me) , as well as Albuterol via the nebulizer 3 times a day. She has finally finished her second round of strong Antibiotics and luckily the oral steroids too. Since finishing the oral steroids she is already sleeping better. As many of you other parents know Steroids are awful with little ones. It affects their ability to sleep and their behavior. The past few weeks have not been fun! I am really hoping that we are going to start to get this under control soon. We are awaiting allergy testing results that will hopefully give us some answers and help us move proactively! We'll see :)

Since we have been staying indoors alot, I have some silly pics of the girls from around the house. Enjoy!

Rory cuddling with her Zorilla for nap time


The girls playing in Rory's room

Rory is always curious about me having something that I tell her she cannot have. So I figured if I gave her a sip of wine , she will hate it and leave me alone. Boy, was I wrong!!
Rory is now obsessed with wine. She loves it and the second she sees a glass in my hand( which has been a bit more recently) , she runs up and begs for some. Here she is dunking her hand in once I tell her no.... then trying her best to drink some when I won't tip it. We know that we are in trouble since she also loves beer.... oh well!

Rory singing some babbling songs

Flock of seagulls bedhead ?

When Jolee throws a tantrum, she gets time out in her room. The Tantrums have been so bad recently due to all the meds that she has been in time out quite a bit. The other day I put her in time out and went and checked on her to take her out and this was what I found. Her room was trashed and she was asleep tucked half under her bed. So silly. She slept like that for an hour and a half!

beautiful weather

With the weather being so nice we have been trying to spend as much time outside as possible. Especially with Jolee not feeling great for the last month, it seems to help to get outside and play a bit. There are some pictures playing in the pool and our backyard. There are also a couple of pics of my little monkey and where I found her yesterday. Keep in mind ... that is not her toothbrush in her mouth! :)

Rory and Falko


Wanting to swing on the big kid swing

Rory sitting in the sink

That is not her toothbrush

snacking poolside

Jolee swimming

Daddy and Rory

Park square fountains

Hi Everyone,
I have decided to stop playing catch up and just post blogs whenever I can.
Today we spent the morning with Jolee's playgroup at park square. Rory loves water so she has so much fun running through the fountains the whole time. Jolee , on the other hand , went in the water for a few minutes and then spent the rest of the time running and dancing with all her girlfriends . My girls are so completely different! Enjoy :)


Rory and some one's ball that she fished out


Jolee soaking wet after her first run through

Rory getting surprised by the fountains

Jolee, Ashlyn, Luiza, and Caroline

Caroline, Andrew, Jolee and Ashlyn

The girls playing again

so bad at this!

I am so bad at this! I want to be updating the blog more frequently but life and a lack of sleep have gotten in the way. Rory is going through a phase where she is not going to bed till about 10pm. By the time I get her down, all I can do is barely check my email before crashing.
So here is a little bit of what's been going on the past 2 months... Enjoy.


Pics from our family photo session

Our movie watching tent on a rainy day

Sickie napping on the couch

Jolee modeling my glasses

Mohawk bathtub fun

Rory and Falco sharing some hug time

Jolee , Caroline and Hayden at the park . None of them really get the whole camera idea!

Jolee posing with her barbies( her newest obsession)

Jolee as Snow white

Rory at the park

budding artist

My budding artist during her very first finger painting session.

Our newest edition

For those of you who don't know, we unfortunately lost our dog Moe this fall due to old age and some health issues. Our house was definitely alot more quiet without him, so when a family member had to find a new home for their dog, we stepped in quickly.

Here is Falko our new horse.... I mean dog! He is a beautiful German Shepherd but a bit bigger that we originally thought. We had a rough first 2 weeks as everyone adjusted, but now we have all settled in nicely. Falko had really become part of the family. Here are a few pics :)

holiday card out-takes

Here are a few out-takes from our Holiday card this year. Anyone who has kids knows how hard it is to get one good picture. I think I took about 30 pictures to get the 3 that went on the card! The girls had fun though :)