Happy Halloween!

Yum Candy! (Kiley)

Kara loved all of the people and their costumes. There was even a group doing the Thriller Dance!

Abby recieved many candies... and borrowed a few of the babies' too. We went trick or treating at the mall for awhile and later went home to trick or treat around the neighborhood with my brother, sister and mom. The guys stayed back to hand out the candy. I'm sure we missed most of the kids because we couldn't get our 'porch lights' to work and it took awhile to fix them... oh well... plenty of candy for us to eat!

My Sweet "Spooks"

This is the famous 'ghostie' that Abby loves... it's hanging on the tree outside.

Little Bo Peep is playing "Peek A Boo" with her sheep. It's really hard to get three children in costumes to look at you. Still super cute. We are excited to go out and Trick Or Treat this weekend. We might even hit up the mall and do a little Mall Boo. 

This is more typical of what Kiley likes to do with her hats. 

Hey Kara!

And Little Bo Peep :o)

returning home

Well we are headed back home after a quick overnight and day mini trip. We visited a pumpkin patch but that doesn't really do it justice. Its like a Disney Fall festival with so many things to do and so many great things to eat! We had a good time. Tom and I chose to stay at a hotel the night before and I'm so glad we did. The girls screamed the entire last hour of our trip. We never would have survived two car trips like that. I can pack toms of snacks, games, movies, toys... but if they get bored it's all over. The screaming levels they can get to when they work off each other. The hotel was spectacular. I found us a great deal and the girls enjoyed the beautiful room. Abby slept on the couch and the babies slept in a pack and play. It went well. The next morning they woke up around 7am and so we got up, got dressed, and went down for breakfast. I'm still amazed how much they can eat.

After breakfast we went down to the pool and swam for a bit. I need to remember to bring floatees. It would have made watching the girls easier. After swimming k&k took naps.

Toms cousin was one of the main reasons we went down. She had never met any of the kids and it was so fun to see her again. Abby's cousin was there and she loved playing with him today. Two peas in a pod! The babies were incredibly fussy and made it difficult to do much at the festival. I'm not sure if they are teething or have ear infections or what... lol... but they ran fevers for a day and have been cranky since. Might need to get the ear drops out again. I will post photos when i get home and can get them off of my camera.

So a weary car load is headed home....

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Fall Bliss

Well so far the mobile abilities of blogger are helping. I'm outside enjoying the beautiful Fall day with Kiley and Kara. Abby is inside making her afternoon nap and the twins will probably take their second nap here soon. I had to order some more formula because they are just guzzling it down. Hard to believe we start switching over to whole milk next MONTH!

I had a wonderful birthday yesterday. Many thanks to all who thought of me and were a part of my day. I had a test for school that morning but went out to eat with my dad at Hu Hot for lunch. What a blast that was. Then I went back for three more hours of lecture. At the time I didn't know my husband and friends were plotting a surprise party. I was just enjoying some birthday shopping with a friend. The house was awesome when I got home. 2 dozen helium balloons, 150 regular balloons, flower leis, icecream cake and presents. We 'lost' the babies a few times in all of the balloons. And my mom who had been watching the girls while i was gone even managed to find time to clean up the house. I have such special loved ones and friends. And to those of you not able to be here i appreciate you all and love you too. Thank you for your warm wishes and love.

P.s Abby loved the birthday party so much she told me "happy birthday mommy!" When she got up this morning. I also need to video tape her reading me her Cinderella story book. It is fantastic!

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day by day

I'm trying out a new feature on my phone that allows me to post from it. I'm hoping this will make it easier to post when i have some down time but no access to my computer.

Kara is still running a fever, 102 the last i checked. Seems like the moment one child gets better the next follows suit. I'm sure its another virus that we picked up somewhere. Abby and Kara went to the church nursery on Sunday. Since then Abby has puked and Kara has run a temp. Of course its possible they picked it up somewhere else just hard to know where.

The week has been a little tiring. I had a twelve hour clinical yesterday and two tests this week plus lecture. Busy busy. Sometimes i feel a little bad that i forget to do something with class... i really do try very hard to do everything perfect but I'm being pulled in so many different directions right now. I just need to survive until may... that is the goal. Nursing school and three kids is possibly one of the hardest things I've ever done.

Its amazing how much Abby is learning. She can now tell me what sounds some of the letters make. She can identify almost all letters. She knows at least four shapes that I've asked her. Colors are a breeze and she can count quite well. I did an unofficial kindergarten readiness quiz with her today and she is about 75% ready for kindergarten. Her main drawback is that she isn't potty trained lol and that she hasn't recited her address to me. But do i really want my two year old telling strangers where she lives? No way. She can learn that in kindergarten!

Kara and Kiley really zoom around with the walker now (whenever they aren't fighting over it) We recently changed sleeping arrangements around and moved Abby into her big girl Dora bed... moved her old crib upstairs and now the babies sleep just inches from eachother. I've seen a drastic change in their sleeping habits especially with naps. And when they wake up they wake up happy, chattering away with their sister and playing together. I love it. It makes my life easier that they can be put down in their cribs with a bottle and fall asleep on their own as long as sister is nearby.

Abby is doing very well in her bed even if it has taken some getting used to. Once i told her that she needed to stay in bed till the sun woke up she did better. I have been finding her upstairs in the middle of the night. I wonder if she is sleepwalking because i can usually just lay her back downstairs... except for the one time she thought she was watching caillou lol.

Well test tomrrow so time for bed!

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S.C.A.C

It's me. I was up with a puking child last night three times, up at 5am for clinicals, on my feet all day for 12 hours and home to a baby with a fever and a toddler with a serious tough streak lately.

I'm tired, stressed and overwhelmed. Send Coffee And Chocolate

Catchup

This morning and afternoon was a little crazy around here. A lot of crying! Kiley is eating and eating and eating lately! Before Kara could easily outeat Kiley but now the opposite is true.... and both can eat more than Abby does right now.  Her appetite isn't still 100% and I just have that feeling that something is a little 'off'... I took her in thinking it was ears but they said everything there was good. She's running these periodic fevers at night and has lost some weight. Right now I'm just working on getting her to eat as much as she can throughout the day. The hardest part is not giving her all snack like things. Meals she has almost eliminated but she will occasionally eat snack type foods.

I called her GI doctor thinking he knew more about her history but sadly he was out of the office for a week and they told me to call her primary doctor. After that I just figured I was being crazy and let it be. But she still isn't acting quite herself. Guess I'll just watch it and see... always a puzzle. As long as she doesn't lose anymore weight. 3lbs in 10 days is enough! (Wish I could do that... lol)

Watching Kara and Kiley play together is such a joy. There is absolutely nothing like it and they are so cute together. It's amazing how quickly they have grown up. Their birthday is just around the corner and I need to get working on setting something up.

My little climbers are up onto everything. The other day I found Kara up on top of the trunk in the living room climbing onto the satelite box. Ach! They climb onto everything and over everything. It can be really hard making sure they aren't getting into things. They also love the walker and zip up and down the halls but oh they get mad when they crash or the other baby gets involved lol. I think I need to find another walker...

If you noticed the photos have been slim lately... it's because I lost my point and shoot or misplaced it... hopefully I will find it soon. I feel 'naked' without it :P

Kara is walking!

She took 5 steps unassisted the other day and boy was she proud! I love the baby toddles! My babies are growing up...

Making Cupcakes...

Stay Tuned for Episode 2... the massive cupcake bomb.... :o) We had a good time making them, even if I don't like cake and she only licks off the frosting...

October!

Tom thought that my blog looked lonely. I did try to get back in here to write but of course when I did Blogger was down. It's tough to have time to sit down and think... usually if I'm sitting still long enough I'm sleeping.

So Updates:

Abby's surgery went well, she did have her adenoids out and they are continuing to bother her. They said it may take up to 14 days for her to truly feel better. We got to the surgical hospital at 6:30 am... we left at 1pm. It was a long long long day. I bought Abby a princess doll and that was a huge hit, she played with that for a long time. The Child Life Specialist was really good and tried hard to keep Abby happy. Of course just before surgery Abby decided that she was absolutely not going to wear her gown top. After fighting with her for a bit to keep it on we gave up. But at some point I hid her pajama top in my surgical attire or space man suit... which wouldn't have been such a big deal but after coming back from them putting her to sleep... I threw away the space man suit. Thankfully I remembered later and only had to do a little digging to get the shirt back out. UGH! She was absolutely miserable when she came out of surgery. And did I mention how hard it is to hold your child when they fall asleep under anesthesia? Even if it is a simple procedure... still hard. When they came back to get me they were taking her to Peds... to which I was like... what? What I think happened is that she was so upset that I wasn't there when she woke up she was making herself sick. Her blood pressure was all over and she was vomiting. After "mommy hold you" she calmed down some and actually slept a little on my shoulder. When she woke up again all she wanted to do was go home... she was too out of it to walk out but she was trying with all her might to get me out of the door even if she couldn't stand. We had to wait a little longer because she was on a stronger pain med since the Tylenol wasn't helping her out at all. My poor baby. I sure hope this helps her out...

We had a recheck and so far all the girl's ears look good. I know how quickly that can change but wow... wouldn't it be nice if we got a break from ear infections for awhile? I think we have had our fair share.

Kiley is so cute.... she says 'uh oh' now.... and of course I love to have her do it so the catch phrase around here is 'uh oh'....

Kara is just moments from taking her first steps. She is getting braver and braver and more steady on her feet. It is amazing how quickly they figure that out. They are both teething right now so that makes it really hard to get sleep at night and they are super cranky. Thankfully tonight they were having a good time with each other! They are both obsessed with climbing up stairs or anything for that matter. They love climbing on chairs and standing on top of them too. It is getting harder and harder to keep track of everyone. 

I updated my childproofing... Abby has figured out how to climb from the toilet onto the sink and open up the medicine cabinet. Now usually she is just going for her princess bandaids... but I don't want her in there at all! Too many things she could get into.

Speaking of princess bandaids... it was so cute. Abby probably poked her eye or something similar to that and was so sad she wanted me to put a princess bandaid on her eye. How do you explain to a two year old that it isn't possible to put a bandaid on her eye?

Abby is also in a dress phase... she honestly... has worn dresses and only dresses for at least a week straight now. Good thing I have plenty of dresses for her to wear! If the weather gets much cooler that may have to change but for now we will just let her play princess. 

We are enjoying the beautiful weather... and hope that you are too!