We've got the Pox

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Chicken Pox that is!  I'm not winning mother of the year this year since i was lucky enough to get shingles, and unfortunately since i didn't know what they were for the first week I gave them to Tess in the form of Chicken Pox!

This was day one notice cute little tiny bumps.

Day four red and yucky!

The Dr. I saw said he hasn't seen them in years and actually said i was lucky to get an old guy because some of the Drs. probably have never seen them.  He was amazed at how well she was doing with them, no fever or general sickness that can come along with them.  That was Saturday day one pretty much, now day 4 are no longer new little red bumps, they are turning into swelling some scabbing and looking painful bumps all over.  Poor girl!  
He actually told me that we aren't contagious to anyone over the age of one, since we all get our vacines at 12 months and that since she's not exactly interacting with other babies at this point not to be worried about spreading them, but really who is leaving the house for a playdate with a girl covered in Chicken Pox!!!  We're home bound!

Her poor eye!

Jake still likes chill'in with his sister!

She had a few rough nights where she didn't want to sleep or go to sleep, but now she just hates getting changed.  Since it aggravates the bumps!  Last night she did sleep though, only waking up twice to eat and went back to sleep afterwards - progress!  The worst thing is that they cover, i mean cover her bottom.  They are also all over her head in her hair and one ear, on both corners of one eye.  Again poor thing!  Yet as you can see she is still a smiley happy baby 70% of the time!

I want!

Ahh the little boys dreams, ever since this hockey match a few weeks ago against daddy in the drive way Jake is constantly telling me that he wants to go to the store and get a big hockey stick, and that when he gets big he's going to skate on the ice!  Oh the future!

Last week we saw the zellers and boy did Tess and Miles get along!  I see lots of mischief going on with these two,  Just look how silly they are!

And speaking of silly, look what jake decided was a good idea the other day!  We were playing grocery store and of course had to put Tess in the cart, since that is where she usually rides, and when there was a break in shopping jake took a few minutes and "cut" her hair!   Oh the fun days we have!

Crazy Jake

The last 2 weeks Jake is finding new ways to be crazy and i just had to share a few stories.

Last week when Chris was outside shoveling before work at you know 6am or so, he turned around and there was jake standing in his PJ's outside just looking at him like oh there you are!  Note to self install a dead bolt and use it so child doesn't leave the house before the sun rises by himself!

Jake love his step stool and carries it around the house sometimes to turn the lights on.  He was doing this one morning when i went in to dry my hair, when I popped my head out to see how he was doing, he was standing on his step stool on top of my bed!  He had thrown it on the bed and then was trying to balance on top of the stool on the bed and reach the ceiling fan!

Making Red Velvet cup cakes!  Don't turn your back to get a spatula Jake'll get it!

Yesterday we went back in time and i found him in the bathroom and had just gotten done unrolling the toilet paper roll.  On the upside he also had just learned to take his pants and diaper off and poop in the potty all by himself.  And today when we had 3 friends over for a play date one of the boys decided since we were telling this story that he had to go poop, so Jake of course says me too.  I of course don't believe him so i say if you have to go, then go ahead an use mommy's potty, assuming of course he wasn't really going to i help the other little boy and his mommy and then go check on jake and he had in fact gone poop and of course unrolled that roll of TP Too!  So silly i had to laugh at the whole situation!  Gottta love the little laughs in life to get you through the scary parts right!

Winter!

Making the best of winter a few weeks ago we went to saline for their Winter Blast!  We played Hockey in a parking lot, shot some tennis balls in a huge sling shot and slid around on their out door ice rink!  But I loved these great ice sculptures!  Tess slept in the front carrier inside my jacket and we all stayed warm!  What a funny day!  

Sling Shot!  The newest winter sport!

Doesn't it look like Cartmen!  

Since then we've been hibernating inside getting alto of use out of our christmas presents a new work bench and our little bounce o'lean.

We have another thumb sucker!  So funny!

Tess is 12 weeks now and sleeps through the night 3 or 4 nights a week!  We are very excited about that still but she's getting more of a personality all the time talking and smiling left and right!  She loves to get changed something jake could have cared less about, it is a time i'm always guaranteed a smile!  Love it!

Water Park

IT takes practice to do two things at once!

My mom celebrates christmas with us with a trip to the water park, and again this year agood time was had by all!  Jake loves playing with his cousins, and Tess, well she just went along for the ride!

The Lazy River was anything but Lazy!

Jake always had Sydney by his side to guide him around!

Leap Frog!

Tess can sleep through anything! 

Lobby fun!

Boo Boo

So i know I've blogged before about jakes' general craziness but this last Friday he took his boo boo's to a new level our first trip to urgent care!  Luckily he's a champ and as you can see was very interested in the toys and gadgets in the room than he wasn't worried about pain, in fact he didn't cry at all once we got him there!   I how ever could have lost it a few times when they were cleaning it out!

As you can see a little promise of ice cream doesn't hurt either!  So long story short he got the boo boo when i went up stairs to change Tess and he pulled the pin out of our weight bench and the bench fell down on his head.  Warning this last picture isn't pretty put somebody wanted to see what the cut looked like that i swear could have used a stitch or five.  

So it is now day 5 and its looking better but  must say pulling band aids off his face twice a day is not fun!!  Poor jake this and ear infection too!

Tess and Jake

Tess is almost 6 weeks and has been busy growing!  We had to go in to the Dr's today and she already weight's 9lb 12 oz!  So there is a reason that all those newborn clothes are so tight!  I thought she might be around 8lb 8oz or so boy was i off!  The Dr. was amazed that she is doing so well, and no wonder why she always seems hungry!  The other night I fead her for 1/2 hour or so and then put her to bed only to have her wake up 10 min later and ask Chris to rock her to sleep and he ended up feeding her a bottle of 4 more oz's!  Crazy girl  Jake never drank 4 oz of anything till he was 10 months or so!  

The Monster and the Duck!

She also rolled over last week from her front to her back, 3 times in a row, but of course hasn't done it again since.  Then again its been a busy week and we all know no one wants to do tummy time when your running around to Christmas party's.

Boy is Christmas fun and tiring with two little ones,  Jake loved helping Tess open her presents and surprisingly likes playing with some of her toys more than his right now, but then again they are simple, light up, and play music and who doesn't like toys like that right!  His favorite right now is the big train that goes around our Christmas tree, he knows how to run it and blow the whistle and its good and loud when its running full speed which is alot of fun.  He loves to put one foot on each side of the tracks and yell TUNNEL as it goes under him!   So funny!

We know how to wrap don't we!

snuggle

at grandma janets

Mr. Fix it!

Jake is officially 2 1/2 yrs old some of his's stats:

# 2ft 9in tall

# Favorite things to say - Whatcha Donin?   Ahhh Nope!

# Loves his new balance bike.

# When counting to ten always skips 3, and 4!

# Repeats everything we say to Tess including calling her Honey Buns 

# Mimics mannerisms he'll put his hand on his chin even if he's not leaning his elbow on the table like u.

# Love hammering everything

# Jumps from place to place

# Hates eating dinner most nights!

# Hates sitting on the potty!

# Can Hike the football but likes to balance on his head when he does!

# Remembers everything

# Will go and lay down on his bed on his own when he needs a break

# Can open his door with a childproof lock on it!

Tess is almost 6weeks

*9lb 12 oz

*Coo's and i swear says Hi

*Starting to smile in the last few days

*Poops so loud you can hear it in another room

*Sleeps 6hrs at a time most nights

*Loves to be held when she's awake

*Starting to bat at things

*Had no idea it was Christmas!

Miles and Tess