A Few Pictures

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. Last week we were all still sick... and who needs pictures of that??!! I think we all had sinus infections and they had a vengeance! It took me a full week to feel somewhat 'normal' again (I can't wait to hear mom's joke on that one!) We did make it to church yesterday, so that was good.

Here are a few pictures that I had on my camera....

Amy had me tied up. This girl loves a rope!

Playing with a roll of toilet paper

Lately Amy's been building with her legos a lot. This was a house/farm she created.

Her favorite thing to build though, is temples. She's always constructing a different one. Maybe that will be her future occupation??

This one reminded me of the Hawaii Temple

There's something about Spaghetti that also spells "mess." What is it with that? I guess it's the whole thing.. sauce and small noodles. Who knows. But we have learned to strip down our kids before giving them dinner.

We probably should have stripped Amy down too. 

 This morning was eventful!! With a trip to the E.R.!!

Will woke up with his normal morning cry. But when I went to get him, he was still laying down (he usually has crawled to the end of the crib and is standing, waiting for someone to pick him up). When I went to get him- the whole right side of his face was laying in slime. It's was like clear mucous. (we think he coughed it up). I wiped it off but he wouldn't stop crying. Then it seemed like he was asleep, but he wouldn't wake up. His left eye would open, but his right stayed closed. I tried waking him, rocking him, etc- nothing would stop the screaming, he was completely limp and of course his one eye was closed and he was kind of unresponsive.

So we decided we need to go to the Dr. We all headed to the ER. There was no one there, so we went right in (plus- since we have a baby- they didn't waste any time). His eye was still drooped and nothing really had changed.

The poor little guy!

The doctor couldn't find anything wrong, except for the start of an ear infection- in the other ear. He had a slight fever too. So who knows. He was starting to wake-up by this point, and although his eye was still noticeably droopy, he was starting to act normal. The doctor also thought he might be getting an eye infection. So they released us with some anti-biotics. So who knows! Lee and I kind of think that maybe he was having a night terror and that's why we couldn't wake him. We can't think of anything else. He seems fine in every other way- so we'll just keep watching him to make sure he's ok. We both still aren't convinced that it's only an ear infection, but who knows. 

So that was our morning! We are all ready for naps! That took a day's worth of energy out of us! We have a lot to do today as we leave tomorrow to start our trek to the BEACH!! Which we are SO excited about!! To any Hiliger-side family reading this- We can't wait to see everyone! 

Random Pictures I Haven't Posted

We are still a little stuffed up around here. I have managed to go though 1 box of Kleenex and 3 rolls of toilet paper (I ran out of Kleenex, obviously). Seriously- we are ready to be well. Thankfully we are getting closer and closer to "well" every day!!

Here are some random pictures I forgot to post.......

Amy tied up my legs, strung them high and then wanted her hands placed in the picture too. This girl loved playing with rope. (don't worry- necks and any part of the head is off limits)

He got a hold of one of the TP rolls. Or maybe he's just learning how to wipe his own nose.....

Sickness.... again!

Ugh! We are TIRED of being sick!!

Friday morning with the kids.... look at Will's face, the poor thing looks sick here!

Friday, Amy and I went to the lake with some friends from church. It was a lot of fun and a beautiful day. I am grateful that she has her daddy's coloring and not her mom's 'easy to burn' skin type! She did have sunscreen on, but look at those tan lines! No red in sight! (it looks slightly red b/c of the lighting, but it's not)

That evening, Amy and I started to feel badly. Once again, we traded beds and Amy came in mine, Lee went to Amy's. Her and I were up all night with horrible sore throats. Saturday we spent in bed watching movies and our cold's had progressed to blocked sinus/runny noses. By that evening we were feeling a little better (Amy had a nice long nap).

So I was in the living room to witness this... (video below)

Actually, I turned, saw him, was about to get him down and grabbed the camera instead. One more thing to watch out for! We cannot wait to get our flat screen, that will be on the wall. We are always afraid the tv is going to tip over onto him. We don't care that he climbs- we are just nervous about the tv tipping over. 

Later than evening he played in the corner.

We are doing better now, still sick, but at least getting better. Will is teething so that's where his runny nose is coming from. We stayed home from church today and Lee played a video of "Praise to Man" on his phone. The kids were memorized! This rendition is our favorite though and we listen to it on the way to church each week. It was fun watching them "watch" it so intently.

That's about it. We are hoping to get better soon. We are rarely sick, but for some reason I guess twice in a 10 day span was our fate. I really have too much to do so I can't waste time being sick, but oh well- what can you do?

Not Much to Say

I laughed when I typed that title, because 2 seconds ago Lee said, "Amy has to constantly be talking, doesn't she?" And I replied with, "Yes, she exhausts me." Then I typed that title. How ironic.

Anyhow- this week we really haven't done much. Monday is was freezing. Really, it was SO cold. We were supposed to meet some friends at the park, for a picnic and Family Home Evening, and I had to dig out some long sleeved shirts for us to wear. Then, after about 10 mins, all of us adults were freezing so we went over to our friends house to play indoors. What crazy weather! It's warm again now, thank heavens.

Lee came home yesterday, with what? Oh yes- the stomach bug (that Amy and I had last week). So he's been laid up in our room watching a bunch of 'guy' movies and I'm sure he's enjoying that! He is feeling better and is now out in the living and playing with the kids.

Amy's loves for bugs always amazes me. Even more, is that she can find the tiniest bug, pick it up (without killing it) and bring it inside. Lately she's been finding baby ladybugs. Before a few days ago I had never seen one and even now, I'm amazed that she sees them outside! Today she came in with 5 crawling on her arm!

This is her hand, so I hope you can catch a sense of how small this thing is.

I've been busy at work helping mom with some reunion stuff. Sorry, I can't post that, but we want to keep some things a surprise. 

While I was crafting away, Amy sat with me and did her crafts as well. Mom sent her some glitter glue pens and she's been having a ball/making a mess with those. (no picture, sorry). She also drew these pictures. A bird and a moose. I was impressed. But as her mother, everything she does amazes me. 

That's it for now! We have a lake day planned for tomorrow, and fingers crossed we actually get to go. Our beach/lake trips have been cancelled lately for one reason or another!)

Happy Birthday Wade Family!

or in other words... Happy Anniversary to us! Awhile ago I read on this site the great idea of celebrating your anniversary with a family birthday party- since that was the birth/start of your family! I loved that idea and since Lee and I are too cheap to pay for babysitters- this worked for us.

Since our anniversary was yesterday (Sunday, the 15th) we didn't do too much. The night before, I made a delicious bundt cake and I put 7 candles on it. SEVEN- wow! Time has flown!

After church we all enjoyed our cake.....

(Lee didn't want his picture taken)

and then we took naps. Sounds like a great party to me!! haha. Next year I'll be more organized and plan a fun family event.... a hike or trip or something.... but for now this was fun. We were going to watch our wedding video too, but we'll do that later in the week.

It's hard to tell, but Will's face was red from a spaghetti dinner. I guess he enjoyed it!

Anyways- Happy Anniversary to us! We are considering this Lucky Year Number Seven! (which is great compared to 'year of hell, number 6!")

Yard Sale Time

We decided to have our yard sale this weekend. I think we are just stir-crazy and getting rid of stuff makes the move seem more real.

The yard sale was a success. Lee said we got rid of everything he wanted to- bookshelves, the old grill (given to us by someone), old dressers, etc. We did have the baby stroller for sale- this one is a part of a set. It matches Will's carseat and the seat fits into the stroller. I haven't used the stroller in sometime because it's big, bulky and takes up the entire Civic trunk. So I thought I'd be ok to get rid of it..... but I really didn't want to. Towards the end of the morning I saw someone anxiously spying it.... taking pics with his camera phone and talking to someone about it. I told Lee, "I don't want to sell it!" Then proceeded to go over reasons why we still needed it. To my surprise, Lee said, "then don't sell it." The guy walked away, so I figured he decided against it, so I grabbed it and put it back in the house. I just felt sick about selling it! Isn't that so weird??!! I'm really trying to get over my attachment to "things" but I still have a baby and I love that stroller. I was already getting rid of several other baby things and that just made me sad. (as of currently, we are done with children. Things could change, but they probably won't. We sure are blessed with the two wonderful ones we have though!) A few minutes later I noticed the guy walking up and down the street, pacing. Strange, I thought. Then he walked back up and saw the stroller was gone and left. Lee said he looked sad, but oh well. I just couldn't do it! I'm so weird, I know.

But I had to blog about this funny lady. We see her walking around all the time. She's hard to miss because she walks her dog, in a stroller. So she walks up, gives us a broom she found on the ground and tells us we can sell it. Seeing the dog in the stroller, Amy runs up to pet it. The lady says, "Oh don't pet her. Not until I talk to her first." Then really loudly says, "Sadie! You let that little girl pet you, ok?!" The dog just looks at the woman and then the lady says, "It's ok to pet her now." And Amy pets her and the lady tells us, "I have to be careful with her. She's 8 years old and a lot to take care of."

Now.... yes- Amy should never run up to a dog and pet it. That's something we are working on... she LOVES animals. But the yelling at the dog for permission to pet was hilarious, as was the dog in the stroller, as was the 8 yrs old thing. I mean, 8 years old isn't that old for a dog. Not a mutt type like her's. That dog will live to at least 15.

Anyhow- she spies 2 of our bookshelves, asks if we can hold them for her and she'll come back and get them. No problem.

Then she shows up..... (that's my beloved stroller in the background.)

with a hand truck! We were like, "What?" Lee asked where she lived and she said, "Down around the corner." (about 2 blocks or so- we think). She left, came back with the hand truck again. We had 2 bookcases (in bad condition) that we were giving away for free, so Lee convinced her to take those too. She agreed and he said, "How about I drive them over to your house for you?" "No, No" she says. "It's no problem, I can do it."

I LOVE Lee's face here. He's like "Let me help you, you crazy lady." 

So off she goes with bookcase number two.....

And on home she went. We were dying laughing! Bookcase #3 wasn't a big deal, but she returned for #4 without the hand truck. Which we thought was strange.

But she loaded it up.....

(She was talking to use about price gouging here)

....on her shoulders and was off on her merry way!!

Thank goodness for cell phone camera's, right? Oh dear, we were laughing so hard. So Grandma, I want to know.... I know you bought your dining room set from a yard sale that you and Connie found while walking around the neighborhood... is this how you touted it home?????!!!!!????

Man oh man.

Amy got to enjoy some time on her bike. There's really no where to ride, so she is still learning. But I love the leaf handle bar accessories that she added!

Since we got up at 5 am to start all the yard sale prep... we were all exhausted (except Amy who doesn't believe in sleep). The house is a WRECK from pulling everything out. We figured we'd just deal with it later and all take naps. I laid down on Amy's bed and not 5 mins later I heard a knock at our door. It was our landlords! Seriously?! Right NOW?? We haven't seen them since we moved in, 2 years ago, and they pick today to come by?? I can't even remember how many times I apologized. Just her view alone was a nightmare. She didn't seem affected by it. They were just coming to tell us they were putting the house up for sale, when we leave, and they wanted to put a sign in the yard. She was really sweet and said how sad they were about us leaving and how we are the best renters they've ever had. That was nice.

Anyhow- that was our day. Today I'm grateful for blogs and camera phones (and their ability to sneakily take photos of people without them knowing)

Our Week and What a Week It's Been!

This was our last week with Savannah.... and it was supposed to just be Monday and Tuesday. But Holly (her mom) called Monday and said she wouldn't be there that day b/c Savannah was sick. No big deal, I figured it was a cold or something, whatever.

So Monday (and some of Tuesday morning) I spent packing stuff. We decided to have our yard sale this weekend, mainly because I could hardly get into Will's room, so I needed to separate stuff, etc. We've had no problem getting boxes, apparently when you say, "We are moving," box offers come out of the woodwork. Hmmm.... just being nice or shooing us away????

This is what happens when Amy finds your shoes. She loves to tie knots!!

So Tuesday comes along, Savannah is feeling better. The day progresses and I ask her what she had the day before. "I was throwing up," she said. Immediately my 'mom' radar went up. I had to go to Savannah's house for a few minutes when her siblings got off the bus, and while waiting on their mom to get home, Miles (one of Savannah's brothers) mentions how he was also throwing up all weekend. Again- my 'mom' radar files that away... this time I was a little more concerned.... 

Holly gave us their old booster chair for Will, so on Wednesday, I decided to put him at the table with us. I also made a delicious new dinner recipe, Tortellini Spinach Bake (click the words for the recipe in case you are interested). It was really good. Lee loved it, Will loved it, Amy didn't eat it (no surprise there). Will loved being at the table with all of us- I don't think the video really captures all of his squeals, and it was definitely fun to have everyone together instead of him off to the side somewhere in his high chair. 

The mess under Will's chair. Apparently throwing carrots on the floor is fun to him, so he tried the napkin too. Isn't gravity a cool thing!!??!! 

BUT then...... donnnn... donnnnnn.... donnnn...... 11pm hit. My stomach was really hurting. I was exhausted, and when I'm overly tired I do feel sick. So I figured that's what it was. Lee kept telling me to fall asleep but I couldn't. About an hour later.... in comes Amy- also complaining that her stomach hurts. We played musical beds- Lee went to Amy's and her and I chilled in ours. A little while after that- I started throwing up. A little while after that- Amy started throwing up. Lovely. We got back in bed, only for an hour later her to throw up again- this time IN our bed. Double lovely. We didn't sleep all night. It was awful. 

Thankfully Lee is home all day on Thursday's, because I literally slept the entire day. I felt so awful. Amy seemed to be better, so that was good. I did make it onto the couch a few times, but not for very long. Let's just say that Lee and Will spent some quality daddy/son time! I got a lot of sleep last night, and for the most part I'm feeling better today. At least I've been able to keep all my food down. So far, Will doesn't have it, and I hope he doesn't get it! He hasn't eaten much, and he's really fussy, so who knows. 

Right now Amy is 'creating' stuff on the kitchen floor. She loves making presents for people and who knows- you just may be the recipient of one of her creations! She's very specific about who things are to be sent to.

Oh- and mom- you'll love this..... 

So for a few years now, we have had a marker in our shower.

Whenever mom is here, she makes a comment about it. The story behind the marker is when we first moved here, I was in the shower and Amy came into the bathroom and said, "Mom, can I color with this marker?" Foreseeing lots of thick, black marks I said "Oh no honey" and took it from her. Since I was in the middle of my shower, I just placed it in the corner, intending to get it later. Well, there it has sat for almost 2 years. At first I did intend to get it down, but by the time my shower ended, I always forgot about it again. Then I guess we just got used to seeing it, so there it sat. 

This morning I was making the signs for our yard sale and I said to myself, "I know I have a thick permanent marker... where is that thing??" Then the light bulb came on- in the shower, of course!! And there it was! So how's that for just leaving things where they are!!??! hahaha. 

Anyhow- that's been our week. How has yours been?? 

(Oh and two sidenotes.... although I can't control it- I am a little irritated at Holly for not giving me a heads up about her kids having the stomach flu. I know her final was important, but seriously?? A little warning would've been nice. And #2- while that dinner was good-  I told a very disappointed Lee that I wouldn't be making it again for a long while. I can't even look at those pictures without my stomach churning. So if you make it, please invite him over. He'd be very grateful!) 

Pool Time

I wasn't going to buy a 'kiddie' pool this year since we have the reunion on the beach (woohoo!) and are moving. But then, today, I decided it would be worth the $20. Things are pretty boring lately and it's already really hot. Which makes playing outside not very appealing. But if you are outside in the water... well, that's ok!

I blew it up inside with the help of my hair dryer and my own hot air. It's HUGE, huh!!? I actually wanted it big so that I could sit in it too. Last year I got a little one for Amy and it was just no fun. haha. The kids played and crawled like crazy in it. They were so excited! Even little Will didn't know what to think!

We all had a great time in it. Yes, even I got it- that's why I bought the thing so big! Lee laughs when I do that, but oh well- it's hot out!! Will was a little scared at first, but then started splashing and I guess realized it was one gigantic bath tub and he didn't have a problem after that.

In fact... the little rug rat LOVED putting his face in the water. It nearly gave me a heart attack each time! And then I would tell him no, he would laugh and do it again.

We stayed in for about an hour and then had to come in for rest time. We'll probably go back in tomorrow and we have a lake and a beach trip planned for later this week. Hello Summer! We've been waiting for you!

Saturday and Mother's Day

Yesterday was well, I wasn't in a good mood. Everyone and everything that was moving or breathing was irritating me.

Amy and I washed our cars... woohoo exciting, right??!

After that, I was really irritated and said to Lee, "I am taking a shower and then going to the movies." He kind of looked at me like, "Okkkk......" So I did. And I saw the greatest movie..... Soul Surfer.

I cannot stop raving about this movie. First of all.... it's rated PG, completely clean, a Christian film.... but aside from that- the story! It's based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton who lost her left arm in a shark attack in 2003. She was an amazing surfer and for a moment thought her life in the 'surfer' world was over. But her faith in God pulled her through and she returned to the sport and has won all kinds of championships. What an inspiring story! I will definitely be buying this one when it comes out!

But after that I still wasn't ready to come home so I wandered in a few stores, then came back. I still didn't "feel" like it, but I couldn't come up with anything else to do. It was just that kind of day.

But I did get some pretty flowers! Lee took Amy to get me these, here she is saying "Thank you for being my mom." Awww, what a sweetie. (2 roses, one for each kid)

And this morning was the usual church routine. Actually, we all got up and dressed way earlier than we usually do- which was nice. Amy wore a dress that Aunt Lauren bought her. She cracked me up with her "posing." She also requested the side pony tail. She held all her hair to the side and said, "Can you do it like this Mom?" She said someone at church had it like that and she liked it.

I can't believe how grown-up she's getting! I didn't get a picture of Will, but he's cute, as always. Lee and I both had to speak in Sacrament meeting today. I guess they wanted to give us one last chance to speak before we move and did it now since we'll be gone virtually the entire month of June.

Thats about it! Happy Mother's Day to my own mother. I can't seem to get her on the phone, so maybe she'll check this blog. Dad did say that she got my card, so that's good! And Lee's mom said she got her stuff as well. Yay!

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mother's out there!!