Fun Pictures

Some odds and ends photos from the past few weeks!

T's Bday Party

We threw a very low key part for T which included just invited a bunch of people over for cupcakes outside to play in the afternoon one day. It was a beautiful day and the kids all had lots of fun!

First up presents from us, family and some friends. We gave P a present too so she didn't feel left out.

Then the party:

And the cupcake:

Happy Birthday T!

Easter

So, we had plans to go to my grandmas for Easter but the night before was when P got sick with the stomach bug. It was a bit cold that day and rainy too. We had a very very very low key day. Gave them each the Easter baskets Evelyn sent and hid eggs around the house which were filled with all sorts of random stuff (socks, bracelets, bubbles, stickers, quarters). They had fun.

T-1 Year Old

Wow, I am a bit behind...it all started with the kids being sick which lasted about a month, then getting my life back together for work and then I was in Boston for the marathon cheering on my sister. I'm back and have a little time, which means be prepared for an abundance of posts in the next week.

T turned 1 a week and a half ago. Stats at the doctor were
17.4 lbs (3rd %)
29.5 inches (50th %)

She is still in a lot of 9 month clothes. She is so little, but I will say that in the past two weeks or so she has become an eating machine. She pretty much will eat anything we put in front of her now and her 9 month clothes are actually getting tight. So maybe we will move up to 12 month here soon. She seems sooooo active. She has no words at all but is running and climbing like a champ. She loves P and they are starting to play together a little bit which is cute.

Anyway, here are some photos with the 12 month sticker (she was impossible to photograph)

Sickness Sickness Go Away

On Friday it will be 4 weeks since Tatum first got sick. She now has bronchitis and 1.5 ear infections. (i.e. 1 ear infection and the other one was on its way). This poor girl has been through so much. Oh and P was on antibiotics too for upper respiratory infection, but that ended last week and now she has a stomach bug that started with throwing up (only once) last Sat night and she has had diarrhea since then (so 4 1/2 days). Lets just say EZ and I are just waiting for the day when everyone is healthy in the house.

I got pretty sick too with some sort of chest infection, it was really rough and I am finally feeling better. I had planned on running a 5K next weekend to take a first attempt at my goal of breaking 22 minutes, but after not running for a bit with T in the hospital then not running for a bit because I was really sick, I'm not sure I am going to run in. Perhaps wait a few more weeks and try. I'm not sure.

All the sickness has meant a lot of days of staying home with kids and not getting work done. For me, it has meant a lot of stress added to my job. It isn't like I can just not teach the material at all. There is a time limit and a deadline to my semesters (which end in less than 3 weeks). I know for sure my teaching has definitely suffered and I will just have to brace for not the best of evaluations this semester. I keep thinking, I just need to make it to the end of the semester and things will be a little calmer, but then I remember that my application for tenure and promotion is due the first week of June which means for me, May will be spend putting that together.