Another ear infection...

Tommy's first visit with Santa. 11-25-07, 11 months old!

So Tommy went to the pediatrician again today....two weeks ago he was diagnosed with his first ear infection, both ears were infected! No fever no nothing!

Today is day 6 since finishing his amoxicillan and he has had the snotty nose for 3 days, started puking from the mucus yesterday and now today has puked 5 times and it's just after lunch. THANK GOD he has kept his new medicine down. He's either got a new ear infection or the old one didn't go away all the way?? Now he's on augmentin to try and beat this infection to the curb.

We are so blessed, even sick, he's one happy baby. While sick he just needs more interaction time---has no desire to play alone.


Tommy 11 months old
Playing with his homemade drum and his big bro!

Early Intervention has come out and are happy to see him where he's at, at his adjusted age skill level. They will be thrilled to know he is now making the "ba" sound....before this it was just vowel sounds and I guess for this age they wanted to hear other sounds too.

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner with some friends. Every year I think the turkey and fixin's turn out better, I'm just slightly biased but would be the first to say if it turned out bad.... Made my Grandma P's Butternut Squash Pies....and KIMBERLYN ATE IT!! She loved it and it warmed my heart to have her eating a family tradition!

After dinner, Larry convinced Kaitlyn he could open his Christmas gift early. Ha accidentally found the tracking number link when typing in the store's web address. You know how the browser tries to help you with the drop down of choices, yep...it sure helped Larry know his Robot was DELIVERED! It was fun, and I'll let it be his birthday gift as he must have presents under the tree for Christmas :)




Friday after I was feeling REAL sick and not sleeping well due to a bad cough...so I skipped Midnight Madness shopping at the Outlet Mall...instead went and got a few bargains at the mall before heading to Cincinnati to meet up with Rudy and Erin. We had a fabulous time. We went to the OVERLY crowded Newport Aquarium in Kentucky and then ate at this German place for dinner. At the Aquarium we got to see this Scuba Santa show...kind of cool.
After dinner we went to Downtown Cincinnati to ice skate....it was CHILLY!! We ended up being in JUST the right spot at the very right time. While waiting for the ice skating show to end for the tree lighting before the open skate we saw SANTA and his REINDEER! They flew in to help light the tree. They had a live cam on his sleigh and then we were right near the spot where he landed! He then walked up right by us on his way to "light" the tree! Larry got some shots to include his paparazzi shot of Santa :) We missed the ice skating fearing we'd get home too late and worried about being out in the cold too long. Afterwards we saw horse drawn carriage rides....Kaitlyn had been so anxious to go on one, so we splurged. We got a nice Downtown tour and dropped off right at our van!

Robby, Kaitlyn and Tommy pose with Scuba Santa at the Aquarium.







Kaitlyn's in heaven...she was so happy to be on the carriage ride!


On Saturday Cray, our crayfish molted and WE SAW IT HAPPEN! Way cool, we didn't get the video camera in time and got the camera a bit too late. We do have pics of his shell and him with his floppy body in the background. Today he's feeling feisty and has been going after Baby Cray---our other "baby" crayfish the kids caught JUST before we moved from Oklahoma. They brought Cray home over a year ago....then just before moving they hit the jackpot of crayfish and brought home like 10-15 baby crayfish....Baby Cray was the only to survive....well four of the minnows survived as well and are thriving!





Kimberlyn's first time to enjoy snow (Nov 23), although a small amount, she's never been fond of it in the past. She's gonna have a blast when the real snow comes!



Cute picture from Kimberlyn's Pre-K Thanksgiving Feast at school.