7/29/2011

Tubes

After a very long night, I was with Payton bright and early at 5:30 Monday morning at Boys Town Hospital for her to get tubes in both ears and a scope done. She did great. In fact, the anesthesia worked backwards and has actually made her crazy ever since. If you notice, the clock behind her says 5:40. We were already in her room and changed into her XS hospital jammies. She's checking out the little socks they gave her to wear too.




 If you've ever driven by Boys Town and seen the little round windows all over the building, they are in the patient rooms and you can sit in them. They are just Payton's size.
Her nurse was great, she even remembered us from last year when we were there twice with Parker. We were home early in the day. Her only problem was that she wanted to know where Bubba (her name for Parker) was. Daddy had taken him to respite care so that we could make sure we had things with her taken care of. Not a problem, everything came out fine. Now, let's hope its a while before she gets any more anesthesia.

7/24/2011

Battles

While not all in a bad way (and some that totally entertained me), this weekend was all about battles with the kiddos.
 Parker vs. the almost empty formula container




 Payton vs. the recycleables

 Payton vs. two pairs of shorts


 Kiddos vs. lunch feeding themselves
 Payton vs. nap time
 Parker vs. toilet paper
 Parker vs. the newly mopped kitchen floor
 Payton vs. the pony
 New week = new battles. Happy last week of July!

 P.S. We has a play date this past week with Emelie and Asa. It was so much fun! Looking forward to doing it again when they get back from vacation and Payton's feeling better from her procedure.

 P.P.S. We went to Stacey's house Saturday night to hang out with the cousins, play, watch them sing and dance with the Wii and Playstation. Thr kiddos did so good and it was so fun. Hoping to do that again soon, too. Thanks for inviting us!

7/22/2011

Hello toddlerhood

I've been thinking alot lately about the kiddos turning 2. The summer is going very fast and it really will be here before you know it. Some days are so busy, so long, so much running, not enough running, that it all runs together and it's already the end of July!



When I picked up the duo from respite care earlier this week I was given a letter with all their papers. I didn't have a chance to read it until after 10:00 when Payton finally decided she would go to sleep. It was letting me know that for the next month they will be transititoning them to the toddler room, with them to be there full time by late August. What? Really??? I don't want them to! I know their rooms and the teachers so well that I don't want to start over. This was after a week of finding out three of their teachers were leaving - one is moving away, one is going back to college for the fall, the other is leaving for grad school in California. I don't really know if the kiddos notice they're gone but I sure do. Having three people who spend all day with them and love them almost as much as I do leave ended up tripping me up more than I expected. And now they want to move them to the toddler room?

I know they can't stay little forever...but if we can just take one small step at a time.

7/20/2011

And, we're back

The past week has been a little crazy here and thrown me out of sorts. Things are just as crazy but I'm the tiniest bit more put together. This is what the dynamic duo have been up to since our last check in.


We visited the botanical gardens. They were very confused by the big statues from the Japanese artist. But we loved the train garden. 


Parker and Linus got comfy at bedtime in their recliner.

They helped pull veggies out of my garden.
 They acted just plain goofy. 

We built stuff with blocks so we could knock them down.

We made faces during snack time.

 We nursed Payton's first injury from another kiddo at respite care - a good bite to the arm. Ouch! At least it didn't break the skin.
 After playing outside, we were silly in the bathtub. (Daddy did it!)



 Then we had a late dinner all squeaky clean.
 After a a busy Saturday of the kiddos playing at Sarah and Joe's house while I worked at Baby Fair and riding in the Owl Ride late Saturday night, we were all ready for a nap by Sunday afternoon.

Then it was off to dinner at Kathleen's house. Faith was nice enough to share her new book and read the babies her Clifford stories. 







We're in the middle of a busy busy week, and preparing for Payton's procedure on Monday. Hope you're all staying cool!

7/14/2011

Yep, we're still here

Things are a little out of whack this week around here. Promise to bring new updates and stories soon! Hope everyone's week is going well.

7/07/2011

Top 10 List

Hi everyone! Mom was telling us that we're going to be 21 months old this weekend. She was also telling us that people are always asking questions about us. So we put our heads together and came up with a Top 10 list of things about us that you might not know!

*We HATE crowds and loud noises but LOVE to be scared.

*Favorite soft toys-
      Payton - her baby doll or Handy Manny
      Parker - gloworm (only the pink one) or cookie monster

*Favorite not-soft toy-
      Parker - balls or balloons
      Payton - whatever Parker is playing with

*We do NOT eat normal food on a consistent basis. It drives mom crazy.

*We are AWFUL at drinking out of sippy cups. And we hate them most when there's milk in there.

*Favorite foods-
      Parker - grilled cheese
      Payton - watermelon

*We start screaming any time we see a dog because we're so excited

*At this point, we still haven't been discharged from any of our doctors.

*We still don't talk, but we do some sign language. On a good day, we can each do about a dozen signs.

*We LOVE the giant red balls outside Target and have to touch every single one.

Hope you have a good weekend! Remember, if anyone wants to play, let us know!
Love,
Parker and Payton

7/05/2011

A long 4th weekend

The babies (especially Parker) don't do really loud noises. For example, Parker goes into total meltdown if I try to vacuum or use the blow-dryer. And they tend not to last too long when there are very large groups of people around. So it was an easy decision to stay away from fireworks this year. Next year they'll be bigger, pay more attention, not so scared (hoepfully) of fireworks or people if we go somewhere to watch them.

We went to Farmer's Market and bought some goodies. It didn't last too long before Parker got nervous and upset at the crowd and we had to go. We checked out a new park. We played with our water table to help cool off. We tried to get Payton to keep a clip in her hair to keep the bangs out of her face (which didn't work)...

and Parker wanted to try on mom's head band...
We had a great time at the zoo on Sunday with Grandpa. We took them on their first ever trip to the grocery store to grab a few things. They did really well. I'm guessing it helped that we had a list and didn't get stuck waiting in line for too long. After the store, we hit the hardware store to grab something. The babies love pieces of PVC pipe. They can put stuff through there and they can't hurt it so they each got a new piece while we were there and when we got home, Payton was asleep and casted in it.:)

And other than a BBQ with Aunt Bo and Uncle Dave on the 4th, we just hung out at home.






Hope everyone else had a good long weekend. Work (for the adults), respite care (for the kiddos) and some appointments this week. Time to get some rest!


7/01/2011

The ENT

June 1st, Parker had another follow-up with the ENT for his 1st ER visit and to checkon his tubes and airway. I didn't know that 4 weeks later we would be back there with Payton.

Miss Payton has spent the past 7 months with persistent fluid in her ears. Every time we end up with the pediatrician she's on the verge of another infection if it's not already there. After her follow-up from her ER trip, the ped agreed it was time for her to go. With a little sweet talking I was able to get her in in 10 days. I got a little squeeze from the doctor when he came in (we're buddies now). They did a hearing test which she passed, but there is still fluid in both and a brewing infection in the left. He agreed, it's her turn for tubes. He will also look and see how her adnoids look and whether they need to come out as well. He's going to also review her chart and see what he thinks about doing a scope while she's under. They found cysts on Parker's airway when they did it to him from being on the vent for a long time and he may double check she doesn't have the same thing.

Scheduling called within a couple hours and we're on for July 25th at Boys Town. If I can just keep her well until then. :)