The Swine Flu

Right now everything is still business as usual.  However, we are up to 1 school closed, and two others with suspected cases of Swine flu.  As many probably know, Ft. Worth closed the entire district until the 11th.  This is making many here antsy.  It is all people can talk about right now.  

We discovered last night that Claire seems to be cutting her 2nd set of molars, which we believe was adding to her irritability and clinginess.  Once we gave her some motrin, she definitely had an improvement in her disposition.  

Evan is doing Ok.  He still seems to be suffering from some fatigue due to his stomach bout earlier this week.  We think that this may be due to some minor dehydration, so we are pushing the fluids.  Other than that...life goes on as usual.

Evan and Claire

Well, last Saturday had his first baseball game of the year.  He did great.  He got two outs while playing 2nd base, and almost got a 3rd one.  He was even more pumped about baseball after that and said that he wished he had a game every day.  Unfortunately, he was struck with a very violent episode of either a stomach virus or food poisoning on Sunday night.  I felt so sorry for him, and it was a very rough night.  We were up pretty much straight from 10:30 to 5:30 with both vomiting and diarrhea.   I didn't know a little boy's body had so much fluid!  I stayed home with him Monday, and he was better.  His appetite and energy level still seem to be down though, so hopefully he will be back to normal soon.  

Claire seems to be suffering from quite a bit of separation anxiety.  She gets upset with me when I start loading the car, and will not calm down until I put her in it.  Last night, I was getting ready to walk the dog, and when I did not put her in the backpack right away, she laid it on its side and tried to crawl into it backward--crying the whole time.  It was pretty pitiful.  When she is in the backpack she hugs my neck and loves on me nonstop.  She is also having issues with sleeping in her bed at night.  She will wake up every 45 minutes or so and wimper--unless she is in bed with us, and then she will only does it every few hours.  Hopefully, this too shall pass.  I am sure that one day I will miss the days when she couldn't stand to be parted from me.  

Terrible Twos

Claire is such a little booger sometimes.  She is sweet and loving, and boy can she make you laugh.  She is also prone to little temper tantrums.  Most mornings she is just fine going to day care, but then others she will throw herself on the floor, and cry, and be angry when I drop her off.  Evan will give her almost anything she wants (his ice cream) if it keeps her from getting upset.  I swear she has everybody wrapped around her finger, and heaven help anyone that doesn't do what she wants!  The terrible twos are here!

Undie Underwear

This morning, Evan once again proved himself to be all boy.  He told me that he learned a new Alpha Friend (they learn a new one with each letter sound).  He said that the new one was the letter U, and was Undie Underpants....boys and the bathroom humor!

Where we are today

OK--to date.  

Ladd is working at Texas Instruments doing IT (storage).  Kate is the Technology Coordinator and teaches technology at a Magnet school.  

 Evan is our little boy, who will be 6 in May.  He likes to play football, baseball, frisbee, computer games, and video games.  He is a very physical little boy and frequently can be found climbing or jumping on something.  He is very sweet and loving, (especially with his mom, dad, and sister) and has a great deal of empathy for others.  He is currently finishing out his Kindergarten year and is learning more every day.  He is very excited about learning how to read, and his reading skills are improving with leaps and bounds.  He is playing baseball this spring.  

Claire is our baby girl, who iwll be 2 in May.  She is Daddy's little princess, but is such a Momma's girl.  She loves playing with her dolls and playing in her kitchen.  She also enjoys using markers, but frequently ends up with them all over her.  She is finally learning to keep a hair bow in her hair (and finally has enough hair to hold one), which Mommy does like.  She is also a swinging maniac.  The kid can sit in her swing outside on the swingset for an hour at a time if you keep pushing her.  She says all sorts of things, but we only understand about 1/2 of it.  She always fights going to bed at night, but we can tell when she is exhausted.  

Our dog Nox, is an 10-month-old female American Bulldog.  Right now her body is definitely too big for her brain!  She will chew on anything you leave around, and jumps and licks way too much, but we love her!

Now that you are all caught up on the players, stay tuned for more updates on all the goings on in their lives!

My first Post

I decided to start this blog for two reasons.  I have lots of stories and anecdotes about my children and family life that I never get to share with my family and friends because I don't get to see them regularly, so I am starting this blog in order to do just that.  I also am starting this blog in order to save some fo this stuff for future memory purposes.  So, it is kind of an online baby book.