Busy Week

Things have been pretty busy. Last weekend we went to the Dill Twins' 1st B-day. They are so cute! Then we jumped in the mini van (yes, that is how we role these days) to Christine and Bob's to watch the draft. This week we have been getting things ready at the house for Frances' b-day party this weekend (Frances is my little helper and helps pull up weeds and spread pinestraw). Thomas just turned three months and is really starting to interact. He smiles at you and also has started laughing at things. Frances is her usual crazy self.

A few of the kids at The Crutchfield's


Frances in the rocker we got from Aunt Mary (she likes to get on the chair by climbing over the side-lovely)


trouble?


Fat Boy (seriously, we went to a b-day party two weekends ago and there was a baby girl who was one day older than him and he was like twice her size)

Where is Frances?

Ok, so tonight we go to put Thomas in his room and check on Frances.....not in her bed and all is quiet. Usually at night, she is pretty noisy (pulling out drawers and playing in her room until she climbs back in her bed to fall asleep). We had put high locks on her bathroom door and her closet (it appears we did not lock her closet). I go to push on her closet door and I couldn't because her legs are in the way. That is right, she was asleep in the closet. I guess she went to go play with her clothes and the giraffe (it is a six foot giraffe that her Boo and Wildcat gave me that I temporarily put away in the closet so she couldn't break it) and closed herself in the closet. Her monitor isn't far away from the closet so I am guessing she wasn't upset because we did not hear any screaming. She did have three pacifiers so she just wore herself out and fell asleep. I had to stick my hand under the door to move her feet away so that I could open the door. The kid was out. I picked her up and her face was covered with indentions from the carpet.

First Day of Work

Yes, it was that time again- time to go back to work. I had a lot of fun with the kids, but it was time to head back to work. With Frances, I was itching to get back (probably because she was the easiest kid ever and I really liked what I was doing at work). Thomas is a momma's boy so we have had a lot of quality time together. He is just now getting fun.
The kids go to Grandma and Granddaddy's house. I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel to send the little fellow and I am sure you know how much that ends up saving us. I mean have you seen how much daycare costs. We have Frances in part time and it is costing an arm and a leg. If they were both in full time we would be paying a solid chunk of money (more than tuition for them at a pretty nice private school). However, we feel it will be time to send Frances to Mt. Pisgah full time in September (3 kids are a lot for mom- don't forget the 4th will be here in December).
Even though I am now back at work, I am lucky because I have a lot of vacation days still left for this year and my schedule is still pretty flexible.
Rusty was very sweet and sent flowers to work for me. I love Gerber daisies! Aren't they pretty?

Last day before returning to work

Here are just a few pictures of me and the kids on the last day before I went back to work.

Big Girl Bed

We never had any problems with transitioning Frances to her big girl bed. It does provide us with a lot of entertainment. She never really starts in her bed, but luckily she always ends up in bed. My favorite is that she doesn't get onto the bed from the foot of the bed or the side without the rail, instead, she decides she wants to climb in over the baby rail. Lovely, that is just typical Frances. You should hear the songs that she sings while she is upstairs playing in her room. She usually asks to go to bed before 7 (I think she really just wants some alone time). She plays and sings (occasionally we hear thumps and odd noises). Last night Rusty found her standing between the blinds and the window. Fantastic!

Thomas has been a different kid now that he is getting on a schedule. Poor guy must have not been getting enough sleep. I also think whatever tummy problems he had for the first few weeks are definitely gone. Now I do think he has allergies and asthma like his daddy. He does talk a lot more than Frances ever did. He just sits around and coos. I will try to get it on tape because it is so stinking cute.

Dancing Fools

Frances Singing

Dad's Big 75th

Last Week

Another busy week. I go back to work on the 22nd so there are just a few more things I am trying to get done. It will be strange not having my third kid around (Ansley has been hanging out a lot - which is great because she entertains Frances). Good news, looks like Christine and Bob have another one on the way. The 12th was my niece's b-day (Katherine) and the 13th was Dad's so we had a party for him at Tom and Wendy's (It was his 75th- I will post pics later).

More pictures of the kids

Thomas' trip to the doctor

It has been a pretty long week for Thomas. I took him to the doctor on Wed. because he was kind of wheezing and I didn't like what I was seeing when he took a breath. Poor little man has Bronchiolitis (I think that is how you spell it). Anyway, after a lengthy visit we came home with a nebulizor. He has to have breathing treatments around every six hours. Luckily, this treatment has been working so he is breathing a lot better. The poor kid is not a fan of the mask you have to wear. The mask is a fish and so Frances thinks it is funny (which is a good thing because sometimes when Thomas gets upset she starts crying and trust me- he does not like the 15 minutes he has to wear the thing). I am taking him back tomorrow, but I think he will be able to stop using the mask for right now.

Nothing much going on

Nothing much going on. We did have a pretty busy weekend last weekend. We went to church with Boo and Wildcat's and then over to their house to celebrate Wildcat's B-day. Then Thomas and I went to Oakwood to celebrate Nana's 90th. Now we are dealing with two sick kids. Luckily, Frances is a very easy going kid and not bad when she is sick. She has had a fever for a few days and Mr. Thomas now has a little cold. Fun stuff. For some strange reason Ansley has yet to get sick (I find it hard to believe that she is not going to join her cousin since they share everything). We were supposed to head to Hilton Head this weekend (The kids, myself, Christine and Ansley), but it appears that is not happending- sad, we will have to wait until the summer to see Heather and the twins. On a good note, Frances did go potty on the toilet the day before yesterday thanks to her aunt. We have not done a great job on training her (we started to and I really think she could have been by now, but Aunt Christine will work on that this summer).