Monday, July 6, 2009
Go Kyle Go
Please pray for Kyle and his family as he continues to recover. He has been in the hospital since he was born and has two heart surgeries since them. You can read his story here.
Recall This
Don't you ever wish you could call up a company and tell them "I recall you!". Well I wanted to say a little more but the company, Simplicity, has actually stopped doing day to day operations and answering their phones.
On Friday morning, prior to assembling the boys birthday gift (a whole other post), I turn on the computer and there it is.....all Simplicity cribs have been recalled by the http://www.cpsc.gov/. I knew it was coming. All of their other cribs have been recalled so why should ours be any different. As parents you fear everytime you pull up this website and check it monthly to see what purchases you have made are now endangering your child. You feel mad, scared and want to scream at the company - how in the world could you produce such a product!
Well. Now to make the decision - what to do? My children are no where near transitioning to a toddler bed so, we are buying new cribs - actually already purchased and waiting for them to arrive. You can't just run the the store and buy a new one, most stores have limited stock and most of them are drop side cribs. Well, I'm not buying another one of those due to the fact it was the reason ours were recalled in the first place. So we wait..... There are no alternate sleeping arrangements with twins until these arrive so we pray that the new ones come quickly. So now what about the old ones?????
Purchased at Target! I pulled up the website, called customer relations and since this is a recalled item, I can return it, no receipt required. We will see about that but that is what the lady said. I got her name if I have any problems. Will let you know how it goes for those of you who may face this similar dilemma- lets hope it does not get ugly.
On Friday morning, prior to assembling the boys birthday gift (a whole other post), I turn on the computer and there it is.....all Simplicity cribs have been recalled by the http://www.cpsc.gov/. I knew it was coming. All of their other cribs have been recalled so why should ours be any different. As parents you fear everytime you pull up this website and check it monthly to see what purchases you have made are now endangering your child. You feel mad, scared and want to scream at the company - how in the world could you produce such a product!
Well. Now to make the decision - what to do? My children are no where near transitioning to a toddler bed so, we are buying new cribs - actually already purchased and waiting for them to arrive. You can't just run the the store and buy a new one, most stores have limited stock and most of them are drop side cribs. Well, I'm not buying another one of those due to the fact it was the reason ours were recalled in the first place. So we wait..... There are no alternate sleeping arrangements with twins until these arrive so we pray that the new ones come quickly. So now what about the old ones?????
Purchased at Target! I pulled up the website, called customer relations and since this is a recalled item, I can return it, no receipt required. We will see about that but that is what the lady said. I got her name if I have any problems. Will let you know how it goes for those of you who may face this similar dilemma- lets hope it does not get ugly.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYS!
As you can see by the ticker.....We are 2! What a milestone and it has been a busy two years. We are so blessed and thankful of how well our boys are doing and enjoy watching them grow and learn everyday.
We did have a Wow Wow birthday party for them on Saturday. I will post more on that later. Still recovering from all the food, cake and the 30+ people who came to wish the boys a happy birthday. Here's a peek of the cake I made for them:
To Carter and Riley - Happy Birthday and we look forward to many more wonderful days ahead! Love Mom and Dad.
Monday, June 22, 2009
San Antonio Stroll
Tower of the Americas
Don't you just love San Antonio. So much history to see and you can't visit without seeing the ALAMO! Kevin and I were able to get away for 5 days earlier this month and it was nice to get away. Thank you to all of our family and nurses that helped out with the boys to allow us to get away. A special thanks to my mom for staying here with the boys all week!
We enjoyed San Antonio and the riverwalk for a few days. This was only our second time away from the boys and the first time we were gone longer than 24 hrs. They were not too happy the first couple of days since we were gone but enjoyed having their Nana and Granny dote on them.
We ate a lot of good food and enjoyed sleeping in. We always visit our favorite eating place, Mi Tierra's and we also went up to the top of the Tower of the Americas and had a nice dinner. It was neat to sit atop of the tower as it rotated around the city while we ate. What a nice time we had. The Riverwalk was not too crowded since we went during the week and we got to enjoy walking around seeing all the stuff that has been added since we were there last. I did manage to squeeze in a much needed swedish massage! Oh it was wonderful!
We ended our trip in Fredericksburg and walked around to the shopping district and ate more food! After walking around the riverwalk we did not do much shopping but did enjoy some wine tasting and a visit to the Fredericksburg brewery. It was nice to be able to sit and eat without having to corral two little toddlers but we sure missed them.
Thanks to all that helped out so we could get away, get refreshed and get some much needed sleep. Thanks Mom - I love you!
Monday, May 18, 2009
Happy Mother's Day
A little late for this post - I know. Where does the time go? Anyhoo....
I got the best Mother's Day present a little early from Carter - He is finally walking!!!! YEA! Carter has been crusing the furniture for a while now and we were just waiting for him to finally decide to take that first step unassisted and he did. We were so elated! Now we can keep him still. He still walks with his arms in the air for balance and it looks so cute!
Riley gave me a present a few days later - no more ear infection. What a present! After 3 different antibiotics and nose spray his ear infection finally subsided. That little bugger just wouldn't let go and made my little rebel a miserable little boy. He is finally back to his old self - going non stop.
Riley has always done things first, first tooth, first to crawl, first to walk etc.
Well, Carter finally got his turn and decided to cut his first eye (canine) tooth. They are both cutting all of them at the same time and they are not very happy. I thought the other teeth were bad - boy was I wrong. Both of them ran fevers and just laid around miserable.
All is well now and that the tooth and nuttin but the tooth.
Riley - only one pic Not very photogenic here lately.
Carter - just can't keep from smilin'
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Little Bug
It has been a pretty rough week around here. I thought at one point will this ever end? We are still not out of the woods yet but the fevers are gone and now it's just trying to get back to normal.
Carter as of Tuesday... Had to stop feeds by Wednesday afternoon and go straight pedialyte, by Thursday afternoon water. Had to get him rehydrated due to the the big "D" first then resume feedings. As of Friday, 1/2 strength feeds and by Saturday night full strength. Saturday he became active again and playing with toys and crawling around on the floor. Pretty sick the last few days and had to be held constantly and slept pretty much all day and all night. He did manage to sleep in his bed soundly by Thursday night.
Riley as of Tuesday...pretty much like a rag doll. Wednesday began throwing up and ran a fever of 102.9 for 24 hours. We were lucky to get him to drink water and maybe eat a cracker or two. We managed to keep him hydrated enough not to be hospitalized but we were worried since he was so lifeless. We believe he has the dreaded stomach bug with his ear infection since dad got sick as well by Thursday. Friday he was able to eat some crackers and toast with gatorade or water and was able to keep it down. Saturday he drank some broth, ate toast, dry rice crispies, and some mashed bananas along with water and gatorade. He did manage to walk around some on Saturday but he has had to be held pretty much all day since Tuesday. He has not had a lot of energy though. He has slept pretty much all day and all night and still not up to par but we hope we are on the mend. The dreaded "D" has his system all out of wack and not wanting to eat a whole lot but when we present him with food he wants it because he is so hungry. There is only a certain types of food he can eat right now and he is not pleased about it. He wants to eat his McD's chicken nugget happy meal not the bland stuff we are trying to give him.
Thanks to my mom we have been able to manage with daddy being sick as well. Just as I change a diaper on one baby the other has to be changed along with a new change of clothes usually for both along with the one who was holding them at the time the diaper change was needed. Lots of laundry, full trash bins, and diapers. Should have bought stock in diapers, desitin, and vinyl glove companies when the kids were born!
This little bug that had decided to sneak through our back door has taken the life out of our little ones and we hope they get on the mend soon.
Carter as of Tuesday... Had to stop feeds by Wednesday afternoon and go straight pedialyte, by Thursday afternoon water. Had to get him rehydrated due to the the big "D" first then resume feedings. As of Friday, 1/2 strength feeds and by Saturday night full strength. Saturday he became active again and playing with toys and crawling around on the floor. Pretty sick the last few days and had to be held constantly and slept pretty much all day and all night. He did manage to sleep in his bed soundly by Thursday night.
Riley as of Tuesday...pretty much like a rag doll. Wednesday began throwing up and ran a fever of 102.9 for 24 hours. We were lucky to get him to drink water and maybe eat a cracker or two. We managed to keep him hydrated enough not to be hospitalized but we were worried since he was so lifeless. We believe he has the dreaded stomach bug with his ear infection since dad got sick as well by Thursday. Friday he was able to eat some crackers and toast with gatorade or water and was able to keep it down. Saturday he drank some broth, ate toast, dry rice crispies, and some mashed bananas along with water and gatorade. He did manage to walk around some on Saturday but he has had to be held pretty much all day since Tuesday. He has not had a lot of energy though. He has slept pretty much all day and all night and still not up to par but we hope we are on the mend. The dreaded "D" has his system all out of wack and not wanting to eat a whole lot but when we present him with food he wants it because he is so hungry. There is only a certain types of food he can eat right now and he is not pleased about it. He wants to eat his McD's chicken nugget happy meal not the bland stuff we are trying to give him.
Thanks to my mom we have been able to manage with daddy being sick as well. Just as I change a diaper on one baby the other has to be changed along with a new change of clothes usually for both along with the one who was holding them at the time the diaper change was needed. Lots of laundry, full trash bins, and diapers. Should have bought stock in diapers, desitin, and vinyl glove companies when the kids were born!
This little bug that had decided to sneak through our back door has taken the life out of our little ones and we hope they get on the mend soon.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
I would like a Single and Double Please
We hope everyone had a great Easter and I hope SPRING is officially around the corner. This weird weather is about to make us go batty. Honestly, will it ever stop? Carter and Riley were a wee bit under the weather this Easter but we did visit family this weekend out of the house which was nice. Lockdown officially over = world here we come.
As far as the title you ask? Well, the sicklies turned horrible by Monday with the coughing, and coughing and runny noses (thanks to the fire outbreaks on Thursday of last week that filled the air with smoke and of course the additional pollen) which led to ever so lucky ear infections. We visited the pedi yesterday to confirm the awful news that I had already suspected. Riley double ear infection - was blessed with Omnicef, and some numbing ear drops. Carter a Single in the right ear - was also blessed with Omnicef and some Allegra. Carter seems to have many issues with drainage partly due to the eating overnight and wakes up every morning (yes every morning) throwing up phlegm. So we hope this will help control some of this drainage he is having.
Most moms look forward to waking up to a new day and greeting their children with love and kisses. Well, I do that then there is the screams from Riley that I have not released him from his crib cage and tending to the throw up baby - taking off all the tubing and wires, changing the diaper which is usually dirty and then changing his clothes that are wet from the throw up which are usually changed again in another 30 minutes with another diaper change. It takes a toll on his body to eat all night but to get the nutrition he needs at this point and due to his intolerance of larger volume during the day this is our only option at the time.
On a better note, Riley has new glasses. When we went to the optical place in March, they indicated that his were too small and he needed new ones. I was like do what???? He just starting wearing these and bending them in ways that should not be bent. Why in the world would I want to spend more on new ones when these are still good and in one piece? Well the good went from bad to worse within a month. The week after we had them adjusted, he broke the ear piece. Got it fixed but did notice that he was taking them off more and more. Yes indeed, they were to small after all. I couldn't keep them on him because they were hurting his poor little face. So I take him to another optical place, one that is closer to home than Ft. Worth optical place and we order new ones. The day before I take him to pick them up - he breaks them again! Luckly, the break was the same ear piece but in a better spot to do a little southern engineering with duct tape. It worked until we could get his new ones the next day and wha la - he is keeping them on again. Riley cannot see very well without them and was running into everything including the walls. So we will see how long these will last and that will help us decide about a back up pair.
Lots more to report and pics to come in later posts.
As far as the title you ask? Well, the sicklies turned horrible by Monday with the coughing, and coughing and runny noses (thanks to the fire outbreaks on Thursday of last week that filled the air with smoke and of course the additional pollen) which led to ever so lucky ear infections. We visited the pedi yesterday to confirm the awful news that I had already suspected. Riley double ear infection - was blessed with Omnicef, and some numbing ear drops. Carter a Single in the right ear - was also blessed with Omnicef and some Allegra. Carter seems to have many issues with drainage partly due to the eating overnight and wakes up every morning (yes every morning) throwing up phlegm. So we hope this will help control some of this drainage he is having.
Most moms look forward to waking up to a new day and greeting their children with love and kisses. Well, I do that then there is the screams from Riley that I have not released him from his crib cage and tending to the throw up baby - taking off all the tubing and wires, changing the diaper which is usually dirty and then changing his clothes that are wet from the throw up which are usually changed again in another 30 minutes with another diaper change. It takes a toll on his body to eat all night but to get the nutrition he needs at this point and due to his intolerance of larger volume during the day this is our only option at the time.
On a better note, Riley has new glasses. When we went to the optical place in March, they indicated that his were too small and he needed new ones. I was like do what???? He just starting wearing these and bending them in ways that should not be bent. Why in the world would I want to spend more on new ones when these are still good and in one piece? Well the good went from bad to worse within a month. The week after we had them adjusted, he broke the ear piece. Got it fixed but did notice that he was taking them off more and more. Yes indeed, they were to small after all. I couldn't keep them on him because they were hurting his poor little face. So I take him to another optical place, one that is closer to home than Ft. Worth optical place and we order new ones. The day before I take him to pick them up - he breaks them again! Luckly, the break was the same ear piece but in a better spot to do a little southern engineering with duct tape. It worked until we could get his new ones the next day and wha la - he is keeping them on again. Riley cannot see very well without them and was running into everything including the walls. So we will see how long these will last and that will help us decide about a back up pair.
Lots more to report and pics to come in later posts.
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