Invasion

The sick bugs continue to invade our home. It seems like they have been feeling under the weather forever even if I know that isn't true. I was hoping we were nearing the end of all this but just a few minuets ago I picked up Kiley out of her crib and she was hot hot. Checked her temp and yep 102. Doesn't surprise me since they have been all out of sorts for the last few days. I really really don't like Daylights Savings Time. But that's another entry for another day...

I think Abby is either sick, on the brink of being sick or sickness is pending. She is ... like a tornado? Can't concentrate, tripping all over, running in circles, running into walls, the table, fell off the chair. She looks like the ball in the pinball machine and all I can do is try to direct her towards the right holes... as she bumps along her way. Her nose is gunky, her eyes are watering and she has a cough. I think her cough woke her up at 6:30am and despite my lengthy explanation that the sun was not yet up and that signaled bedtime... she was up in 30 minuets.

My house is the largest casualty. I want to take a large box and put everything in the box and start over! I don't know where to begin. Thankfully no more lectures or clinicals this week so I should have time to get a few things under control...

(Kiley)

Kara is sleeping on my lap for the moment. I won't let her sleep too long because I want her to go to sleep later. Abby and Kiley are 'playing' in the cardboard box house I made with Abby a few days ago. Sounds like it is ripping so I'm not sure how much longer it will survive...

Hopefully Tom will be home soon. Just another day in paradise I guess. I will take tons of snow if it means no more sick kids!

Road trip and a Vikings game

Well we are driving back after a wonderful weekend. I forgot to add earlier when I posted that "we" included Tom, my dad and my brother. The Vikings game ended up being a lot of fun and wow what an exciting end of the game that WAS! But I'm ready to be back with my girls. Its funny how when you go places how you see things you know they would like. Like we saw a Dora Ferris wheel at the mall of America. We did get to do a little shopping there where I found a cake pan of all things. I'm going to use it i think to make k&k birthday cakes.

Kara can walk across the room now but refuses to when i have her on video. Kiley is starting to make attempts now too but hasn't been as interested. She has more of a vocabulary than Kara right now though. She has really enjoyed the nononono phrase. One night i was trying to get her to do it so i said nonono and well... she burst into tears. Wont try that again!

Abby is still really into princesses and beautiful princess dresses and everything being 'magical' lol. She has gotten to be such a good little helper and loves to help me wash potatoes for supper or help me pick up at the end of the day. Bed time has been more of a struggle lately. She has a stubborn streak! I think one night it took me six tries of putting her to bed. Finally i just sat outside her door!

Speaking of sleeping... i think Kiley and Kara are getting closer to sleeping through the night. Kara has done it several times now but Kiley still wakes up a few times. I think we would have had it down had they not all gotten sick again. Not surprising i guess. It will happen eventually!

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Kara is walking! (again...) :o)

Yay Kara!

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