We're alive...

Surely not so well. We are getting there...

So let's back track....Tommy finished his round of antibiotics a week ago and is still clear, well actually his nose started running yesterday, so I've put my eagle eyes in looking for possible warning signs of another infection.

OH, NO!! TODAY MAKES 9 MORE DAYS UNTIL HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!

Here's a fun comparison for you...Tommy March 11th and Tommy Dec 10th---- 9 months makes a pretty big difference, huh??



Last weekend we had a BLAST sledding....

Notice the top picture looks fun...the bottom picture my heart was racing...they spun and were headed downhill head first?!?!?



Above: Tommy just sitting watching evryone... Below: Kimberlyn so excited after finally take a ride down the hill. Notice her name on her sled :)




Before viewing, I must remind you ALL SURVIVED :)














This would be Tommy's second trip down the hill alone. First was while they thought mom wasn't looking and I (mom) ran, and intercepted Tommy mid-hill. Now, since Robby missed the picture of the baby sledding alone, SILLY mom decided we need to send him down one last time for teh perfect picture...Robby was to intercept him mid-hill. Mom was too concerned about having Robby in place and also missed the baby sledding alone. Instead I got the interception! --hehe!



This past Friday we had the neighbor kids over to decorate edible Christmas trees with us. Robby then went to their house for a sleepover.






The girls and I (and Tommy) the went to Burger King to eat and play, Dad was needing some time to decompress from the first of 3 finals! Kaitlyn was cold, she was wearing more layers of clothing than I and was complaining so much about being cold. I thought she was tired...typical for her after the long week of school.

Got home and she had a fever...we thought of gee, another fever with her head hurting. She hasn't suffered from this for months, but the feeling of her always having the fever/headache still feels like it's all the time??!? Anyhow, she slept well and woke up Saturday feeling "off" - We had been giving her mortin and she'd bounce back (just as in the past) and was a happy camper. Wanted to go see the reindeer and all.


We got more snow on Saturday....



We wanted to go see the reindeer but our neighbor and Larry were concerned about the snow and us going out in it :) I basically flat out asked Larry if he supported my decision to go, God forbid we ended up in a ditch I didn't want a lecture, I'd only want help....hehehe! The roads were clear and weren't BAD, you couldn't drive the speed limit, but they weren't toally dangerous---this is coming from somebody who likes driving in the snow anyhow. When we left the house the snow turned to sleet, now ice scares me- By the time we got out of the car, stroller loaded and actually down by the reindeer it was raining. It was COLD (33 degrees), soggy and a SUPER FUN TIME!
So we arrived to see Santa's reindeer at "The Greene"---love this place. http://thegreene.com/ They had Santa's reindeer in a pen right behind his "house"....it's a really cool set up.


And how 'bout that Christmas tree?!?!? Does Kaitlyn look like a girl with pneumonia?!??? We had a grand ole time and even (sit down) stopped in for some icecream :)




Kaitlyn seemed to get worse by evening time. She wasn't really eating and her fever seemed like it wasn't responding to motrin alone. I took her temp in her ear it was 104.7-- we thought that the thermometer was going whacky and switched to a digital one under her tongue, it said 103.1. Still not good! We tried to add in tylenol and she puked after the first tablet. Her temp pretty much hung out at 103.1 for the next couple hours. I honestly wonder if that thermometer max'd out at 103.1???

We tried to go to bed....but as every hour passed we felt more like the ER was our only option. Larry took her in just after midnight. Her temp was taken first, 104.9....YIKES! The nurse guessed pneumonia and Larry said "I hope not"....she was right!


Kimberlyn had her Christmas Singing Program at school...here's a favorite shot. It was a great performance, we were very surprised at how well they did!


Here is Robbay after his "Rockin' Reindeer Revue" last week. They did a rockin' good job!


Kaitlyn missed her singing performance at Church last night....very sad since our family "singer" didn't care. She was so sick!

Since this blog was started for the miracle boy...I suppose you are wanting an update on him...he's still that, our miracle boy!

He's doing great, a bit too mobile, but GREAT! Robby told me last night he thinks Tommy can get almost anywhere in the house in 3 seconds or less, how cute. And so true!

Tommy likes to b-line to the bathroom to play in (and spill) the dog's water bowl...

Tommy shows interest in the Christmas tree up until he touches it. It's pokey and makes him almost cry when he does venture out to touch it! This picture shows the back side of him being sad that the tree poked him!



Tommy took his first and I pray LAST trip down the stairs...it was terrifiying...sounded like tumble, tumble cry.....tumble tumble tumble tumble CRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY---repeat a couple times. I flew down after him and still haven't figure out how I don't fall myself. This happened as I was rushed tryign to get Kimberlyn ready for her program....she was on the pot and I set him in the doorway of the upstairs bathroom while I was going to put her socks on. She's NOT into tights and also NOT into mom putting on her socks while she pees! So, as to save time I ran into my closet to get a different shirt, I was dying of heat and wanted a light shirt. In my 20 seconds of being gone...he managed to fall down the stairs!

Thank God he wasn't hurt. He wasn't even crying a "hurt" cry, it was a scared cry! He got a fat lip and that's it! At this point I really needed a lighter shirt, hect honestly I need to put the stinking shirt ON! I didn't take apicture of that, sorry...I do not intend to repeat for the perfect picture!

Here's a little photo shoot with Tommy and his car. Taken just 15 days before his birthday!!





Lastly here's pictures of the kids we had done when Tommy turned 11 months old! Robby 9 1/2 , Kaitlyn is almost 8 and Kimberlyn 4 1/2.