Quick Update

So the last entry I posted was all about how healthy we were generally feeling. Well the KARMA Gods must have been reading my post because about 24 hours after I posted it I got the worst stomach bug I have ever had and didn't get rid of it for about 5 days!! Luckily thanks to massive amounts of Lysol and good hand washing neither of the kids, OR ERIC, got it. Thank goodness. We are back to feeling pretty healthy, although Kennon has a cold and Maddox with her normal cough. Kennon did get a tooth last weekend. So I'm not sure if his runny nose is from that, and he is getting another one, or he just has a cold. He is still in great humor though and has been sleeping through the night!! YIPPY. We met with Dr. Anderson last Monday when his cold seemed to be at its worst and luckily his ears looked good. Dr. Anderson said that his continued ear infections ARE NOT probably due to allergies ( which is not what I had expected since we have STILL been having so many issues post the tubes). Research shows that the infections are just due to the upper respiratory infections ( colds). He wants us to use the drops at the first sign of drainage, when and if it occurs again, and to call the new ENT we are signed up with if the drainage doesn't stop after 3 days. He said that maybe the ENT will need to flush out his ears if he gets another infection. But, so far despite his runny nose his ears haven't indicated an infection!! PHEW!!! The pictures I uploaded are from various outings with the kids, all from my Iphone. Last night we were in the nursery at church so I was able to get some cute ones of them in the snack table!! You can see Maddox is keeping her snacks at a FAR distance from Kennon. He is SOOOOO into anything that is hers and anything he can get his hands on. He devours puffs the second you put them down in front of him. He is just like a little vacuum scooping them up and he has finally figured out how to use his thumb and his index finger to grasp them to get them into his mouth more efficiently. Maddox loves to feed him puffs and he knows it too. Anytime she gets up on the bench next to his high chair his little eyes light up in anticipation of her feeding him puffs. She just puts them right into his mouth which cuts out the 'work' he has to do to feed himself. They are developing quite the little relationship. She knows just the kind of silly faces/noises she can make to get him to laugh. She also knows just how close to get her head to his hands to allow him to pull her hair so she can yell out 'Mooooommmm Kennon is pulling my hair'!! She is also very quick to discipline him. He has started gnawing on the table while he is sitting in his high chair, it is just the right height. She, very motherly, will say from her own high chair across the table 'No, Kennon we don't do that!'. It is super cute right now and I have to smile, but something tells me Kennon isn't going to buy it in the future. She is going to be a great big sister. Enjoy the pictures and keep wishing us healthy days!! Poor Eric has really been missing a lot of work lately! We are headed to the Sleep Number store this afternoon. Eric and I are in desperate need of a new mattress. We went yesterday to learn about the beds and Maddox schmoozed all the workers. They loved her!! She kept telling EVERYBODY 'We are going to get burritos'. Next to the Sleep Number store is Chipotle, which is her FAVORITE!! She was so excited and actually did a pretty good job entertaining herself without tearing the Sleep Number store apart. They have these little stations set up around the store with Legos for kids Maddox's size. But, I honestly think she was happier just socializing with all the adults rather than playing with the 'kid toys'. She is NOT SHY! The loved her and the guy we were working with actually said to bring her back again today to help us decide??? Wonder if he'll think that today?? I thought we'd just go and get one....!! HAH!! There are like 10 different kinds and they want to tell you about each of them etc... Which before kids I would have been happy to hear about. But, now with the kiddos running about the store I kinda just want them to give me the Reader's Digest version and give us a bed!! We'll see how today goes. I hear Kennon up in his crib playing! He just woke up from his nap. So nice to have him wake up and just play instead of cry. Since he was an infant he would just cry when he woke up. Lately he is finally starting to wake up just plain happy!! He's gonna turn into a good baby yet!!