Christmas Lights!

"I'll just get on the roof." This was Tim's response to me telling him to borrow our neighbors extension ladder. At least it was a teachable moment for Bug...I would ask her "where is dad?", she would respond with pointing to the roof and saying "roof". Great job Dad!

When we plugged the lights in and saw that some of the bulbs were out, Tim agreed to borrow the extension ladder :)

Happy 1st Birthday Emma!

The Bravenec's baby girl, Emma, is One!! They were on leave for the holiday so it was great to be able to celebrate Emma's birthday with them. What a sweet little girl!!

Wow! Look at that smash cake!!

I bit scared after everyone sang "Happy Birthday"

You guessed it, Bug found the Beer cooler again!

Miss Emma

Keith & Emma

Ladybug & Emma

The guys with their girls

Turkey Day Part 1 & 2

Happy Thanksgiving, Twice! I worked Thanksgiving this year so Tim took Ladybug over to Leroy and Grandma's for Thanksgiving Part I...

Bug in her Turkey Dress with matching Turkey Bow

Carving the turkey with Leroy & Grandma

Swinging in a tote bag with Leroy

Bug, Leroy, Grandma & Aunt Leslie

Thanksgiving Part 2! Since I was working on Turkey Day Grammy did Thanksgiving on Saturday...

Being silly with Grammy

Mesmerized by Grandpa Franks whistling

Don't tell Grammy Jonathan let Bug play with the snow globe!

Auntie Ann, Jonathan & Bug

Jonathan being silly with Bug on the steps

Hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day!

Bo-Bo

"Dad Bo-Bo", "Hippo Bo-Bo". That was the phrase since last week around our house. Tim has been under the weather so our internist decided instead of admitting him to the hospital for IV antibiotics I could just do it all at home. Lets just say there is nothing more stressful than starting an IV on your husband, who by the way hates needles (throws up at the site of them), it is one of those do or die moments in a relationship :) So, Bug quickly picked up on Dad's Bo-Bo and kisses it every chance she gets, she even wanted to give Henrietta the Hippo a dose of antibiotics too. Both Dad and Hippo are doing well.


Henrietta the Hippo had to have a Saline Lock too...

It's Alway Playtime for the Ladybug!

A few things our Ladybug has been up to...

'Where did they hide the iPod??'

Olivia Newton John would be proud!

"Lets Get Physical, Physical"

Bug has learned to walk in Mom's shoes and look at the Barney DVD at the same time

Fun at the playground...

Happy Halloween!

Last week we met the Wisbrock's at a pumpkin patch to pick a few pumpkins then enjoyed a late lunch at Chuy's!! The girls had a great time! Thanks for meeting up with us!

This was as close as I could get of all three in the same picture!

Today for Halloween we met Auntie Ann for lunch then came back home and watched football for most of the day. We have a cranky/terrible two's/grumpy Bug on our hands!! But we will give you two guesses what Ladybug was for Halloween?! A LADYBUG!! She had a great time Trick or Treating.

Miss Grumps herself

So serious...

Getting happier!!

Our neighbor had his lights on but he didn't answer! So Bug tried opening his door, still no candy.

Back at the house with her loot.

Leroy and Grandma came for the fun too.

18 Months, 1 Week & 4 Days

Well, we made it 18mths, 1 week and 4 days without Ladybug getting sick. Then on Wednesday morning we had a cranky and hot Bug on our hands. Her temp was 102.1. As Bug says...'Uh-Oh'. So, the game of Tylenol then Motrin began...she would go down to 99.5 then back up. Her appetite wasn't great all week and she was very, very cranky but she didn't have anything else out of the norm.
Then, as luck would have it on Wednesday night I get a text from Tim with the dreaded...'there is something wrong with Walter', if I go the rest of my life without hearing this phrase it would be so amazing! Walter was coughing and hacking, Tim didn't know what was going on and Bug had another temp. So, Thursday morning we got Bug an appointment for Friday morning and Walter one for Friday afternoon and thank goodness Tim took Friday off to help me as I would have been way exhausted. At least this way I managed an hour nap on Friday which made a world of a difference!

So Bug had a strep test...negative. Then they did a CBC (complete blood count) and it turns up her count was "very viral". So we let it run its course. Ladybug hasn't had a temp since early Saturday so we are making progress. She is teething the two front corner teeth so that has been a nice twist too! We believe the terrible two's has arrived!!

Walter has Bronchitis!! Only Walter would come up with bronchitis. Anna is doing fine so who knows where he got this. He gets antibiotics and a cough suppressant. Again...Only our Walter :)

Everybody got there temperature taken...Bug just might take after her mom after all...

She had quite a time finding Shamu's ears...we found just the perfect spot :)

And there was Walter...you can hear Bug mimicking him in the background.