I call this Pepto Bismol....

And I mean that with all the love in the world but HOLY PINK!!!

This picture is for Kira's cousins, David, Anna, Sarah and John....this is the stuff that she used her Build-a-Bear gift cards for.  She was sooooe excited to get to go!

And just so Dylan isn't left out...this is how he sat for about 20 minutes this morning!  Don't ask...I have NO idea!!!

RSV in da house....

Well, I guess that Eva was feeling worse because she has RSV....luckily we caught it early. Eva and Mommy had an exciting Friday evening at Urgent Care. We were there about 3 hours. BLAH! She had to have a neb treatment there, chest xrays that involved her being strapped into some strange torture device that made Mommy get all teary-eyed listening to her scream, take a dose of nasty tasting oral steroids and then she had to pee since it had been several hours since she had a wet diaper. Exciting stuff.

We came home with an rx for 4 days of oral steroids that we'll be filling this morning and neb treatments every 4 hours (through the night if she needs them). Last night she was sleeping so well (thanks to the torture device that made her scream like I have never, ever heard her scream) that I didn't wake her up but you can be sure that I was awake checking on her frequently. We have her sleeping back in our room for now.

We did a neb right away this morning and it really did make a difference...she actually enjoyed her jumper for a few minutes. :-) She's napping again right now and I hope that she sleeps a long time, she hasn't slept well in over a week. (Oh and let's make it clear that she does not just sit patiently on my lap like Kira did for her nebs at this again....Eva is like a raging, thrashing animal.......not a fan of the neb!)

I'm hoping that by tonight she's starting to show signs of improvement...right now she just needs to start having wet diapers!!! I really don't want to end up in the ER for an IV.....she did nurse good this morning so hopefully that's a good sign.

Now...we just need to keep everyone else healthy!!

YES!

Miss Eva cracks me up! She has started nodding her head yes...but does it with lots of drama which I find very funny! Last night she started saying "hes" when she does it!

She's really starting to try and repeat words..she says hi, yes, up (ALL THE TIME) and bye now...and uses them correct!

So her she is, in the tub, showing off!!! (Ignore Dylan throwing a fit in the background!)

Ahhhhh.....3 1/2 year olds!

Dylan has been wearing these for several days now......not hooked up to anything but yet, he's convinced he "finks he hears some music!"

Gotta love a 3 1/2 year old!

And when someone is in the bathroom, this is where you will often find Dylan....laughing likes he's the funniest thing in the world!...laying on the floor, trying to look under the door!

Gotta love a 3 1/2 year old! :-)

OUCH!

As most of you know, we are experiencing gross motor delays with Eva just as we did with Kira and Dylan.  Bummer, yep!  We were hoping that it would be different with her but no such luck.  She started therapy around 5 months old.  We started out seeing her therapist just a couple times a month but then in September we agreed that we needed to increase her therapy to once a week.  It has really helped Eva get more comfortable with Katie and now Eva lets Katie touch her which is pretty important when it comes to PHYSICAL therapy! :-)

Eva has very low tone in her trunk muscles.....more than even Kira did.  Her trunk muscles are definitely what is causing most of her delays.  We decided to try Kenesio Tape with Eva in hopes that it would give her muscles the extra support and "reminders" that they needed.  We had tried this tape with both Kira and Dylan too.  With Kira, it really didn't do much and Dylan had a pretty bad reaction on his skin.  We did a trial on Eva and she did fine.  She's actually been wearing it for about a month now.  You can kind of see it in these pictures.

I was surprised when Katie put it on Eva at the difference we noticed right away with how straight she was sitting up.  I was excited because if the tape doesn't work then we may have to think about TheraTogs and I REALLY hate those things!  Kira and Dylan both had them...I DO NOT LIKE THEM.  They REALLY are a pain!....but as always, if Eva would need them, we'll get them for her.

Anyway, I was bummed when over the weekend I noticed that she looked red under the tape so I soaked her in baby oil (fun times) and got the tape off.  This is what I saw. :-(

Luckily it didn't really seem to be bothering her but it sure made Mommy feel bad!  I emailed Katie who said to leave the tape off and after she's healed we can decide what to try.  I guess there are some things you can put on before the tape that can sometimes work to keep this from happening.  We'll see!  Like I said, it doesn't seem to be bothering Evie at all...thank goodness!

GULP! She's 11 months!!

Oh my!  Eva is 11 months!  I really doesn't seem like that should be possible at all.  When Kira was born, I started taking a monthly picture of her by a big bear that my cousin passed on to her.  I did the same with Dylan and have been doing the it with Eva too.  I had to laugh when I tried to take her 11 month picture with the bear yesterday....and quickly remembered trying to do it with K and D at 11 months....their pictures are about as amusing as Eva's are!!

I call this "take one!"

And let's call this "take 2" after nap!

And just as Mommy is ready to give up...enter Dylan who growls at Eva and......

All I can say is thank goodness for digital cameras!!  DELETE!

Princess Valerie and the.......

This morning Dylan told me that he had a great dream last night.....it went like this:

Dylan: "Mama, I had a great dream!"

Mommy:  "What was it?"

Dylan: "Princess Valerie was at my house!"
Mommy: (trying hard not to crack up!) "What did you do with her?"

Dylan: "I kissed her on the nose.  She's really pretty!"

Mommy: "Was baby Lily with her?"
Dylan: (looking annoyed that I asked) "No!  I think she was sleeping!"

Mommy: (trying to not laugh again) "Oh.  Was Uncle Jeremy with her?"

Dylan: (looking excited!) "YES!  He was the frog!"

So that's the story of Princess Valerie and THE FROG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE END.

(For the record, Princess Valerie is his aunt and Jeremy is my brother!  And when Dylan was into the movie Shrek...Jeremy was ALWAYS the donkey!  Donkey and now a frog....hmmmmm! I'm just sayin'! This makes me laugh!)

Wordless Wednesday

Dance Eva Dance!

Eva has started dancing....with or without music! I love it when does it on her tummy...so stinkin' cute!!! When I ask her to say hi, she does it the 2nd time...it's kind of hard to hear though!

"Let's tackle Daddy!! PLEASE!!"

These are just a few pictures of "tackle-tickle-really-loud-time" at our house!!  Keep in mind...they beg him to tackle and then just lay down on the floor in front of him, giggling before he even touches them!

Eva checking it out...but the brush is really cool too!

Look what I got mom!

Yep...good brush!

Kira's birthday "was the best ever!"

Kira had such a great day yesterday!  Her teacher said that she beamed as her class sang happy birthday to her and she loved getting her 6 tickles too!  We had a great birthday dinner....tacos, chips, salsa and rice at her request.  Her presents were a hit and she's so excited that she got Build-A-Bear giftcards and can't wait to go use them.  She loved talking to Eema and Bumpa on Skype and getting to talk to Grandma and Grandpa VK on the phone.  Her pink cake was "awesome" and once she was done with her bath, the excitement wore off and she was begging to go to bed!!  Fun day!!

Cupcakes that she took to school

Her taste-test to be sure they were "good enough!"

Presents!!

Remembering to atleast look at the card! :-)

Bananagrams and a Build-a-bear gift card from Bantas

Buikld-a-bear tierra and wand, cupcake and gift card from Woods

Cake time!  Glad she was excited!  Told her afterwards that Mommy DROPPED the 1st cake that she made all over the floor!  Oops!

Checking out the pink in her cake!

Time to EAT!!!