Seizures?

I was really scared and concerned today as Ruston had a seizure first thing the smorning. It made Katie nervous enough that she called 911. After the seizure was over I put some water on his face to try and help him become more coherent. We decided while 911 was still on the phone that we probably didn't need them after all, but a nice police officer still came to check on Ruston. Ruston was still extremely white and the police officer strongly suggested that I take him to the doctors to find out what had caused the seizure. So I made an appointment with Rhett's Uncle Phil and he scheduled some lab work and an EEG for next week. Ruston was crying so hard when they were taking his blood that I started crying with him. Poor little guy! His blood work came back normal so now we just need to wait and see if they can tell anything from the EEG. I am really hoping and praying that this was a one time thing and will not be something that we have to face through out his life.

For anyone like me who doesn't know what an EEG test is I looked it up on Web MD and it sounds like a fairly simple test. The biggest problem is going to be getting Ruston to hold still for a long time while they check his brain waves.

Happy Birthday Annie

My little girl just turned TWO. I made a butterfly cake for the birthday party with the Alder side. I love how excited she was to have her cake! Too bad she didn't get to blow out her own candles. Isaac and Ruston had it covered.

All the kids were so excited for Annie to open her presents and she took her sweet time. Aunt Jackie gave Annie a really cute pink purse and cell phone which she open second so she had no interest in any of the other gifts until one of the kids would start to open it then she would say MINE and grab it away. Thanks everyone for the fun party.
Trying to make everything fit in her new shopping cart.
The next day when it was time to leave the house Annie would not leave without all of her new bags. It was really fun to watch her try to take everything at once.

February Fun

Grandma Kat took the kids to paint a plate. It was a lot of fun. I thought that I would be able to help Annie with hers, but she wanted to do it all by herself. After Katie painted a butterfly on it Annie painted right over it. Uncle Ryan quickly became Annie's favorite uncle when he was feeding her straight sugar in a Fun Dip package right on Grandma's couch. It was so funny to watch. When they were done she ran right to the Kitchen got another package and brought it to Ryan to open. We all laughed and when Ryan wouldn't open it she walked around the room trying to get everyone else to open it for her.

We read the book "If you give a pig a pancake" then made pig pancakes for dinner. Ruston thought it was awesome, and Annie loved the chocolate chips.

XOXOXO

We visited with KayLyn Nate & Jessica today.

Happy Valentines Day! So I have not been the best blogger lately. And this time I am going to blame it on my children who are keeping me soooo busy. This week Annie decided that she wants to potty train. Lucky Me! Actually she is really excited about it. At breakfast we gave her a little potty seat and she only had one wet diaper all day long (during her nap). She went in the potty at least 6 or 7 times today. So day one went really well except the fact that she wants to try like every ten mins or so.

Terrible Twos Came Early!

I am struggling with Annie lately. EVERYTHING is a battle. She will not keep her diaper or clothes on, she will not eat, she will not sleep, and the constant whine has got to stop! The other day she took off her diaper during nap time and wiped poop all over her crib, blankets and clothes. It was so gross I didn't even want to take a picture of it. She won't even be two until the end of next month but her TERRIBLE TWOS are in full swing. Other than the constant struggle she is a doll wanting to play dress up and house. She loves her sun glasses and purses.
We went swimming with Rick and Camille on Saturday night. The kids had a blast. Annie was jumping up and down the whole time when she could touch the bottom. Ruston is becoming a lot more comfortable with putting his face in the water. I think I am going to put him in swim lessons again. He is loving preschool an the chance to do something on his own without Annie. He always says something like I get to go to school because I am big and Annie doesn't get to come huh. Right Mom just I get to go huh.

I got together with some of my high school girlfriends today and it was really fun to talk about old times and let the kids play. Thanks for hosting Brandee!

Surprise!

Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! I was totally sure I was going to have a BOY, but today I found out it is definitely a little girl. It will be so fun to have two little girls together. Ruston is a little disappointed and confused that he is not going to have a brother, but he is still excited to be the big brother. So if anyone has any cute girl names send them my way.

Ruston started preschool today. It was adorable to watch his excitement.

Well Jessica I have to tell you that Annie has learned all of Ivy's tricks. We might just have to bust out the duct tape. She will not keep her clothes on. She undressed herself twice before we made it out the door to go to the library and once while we were there. (it was quite embarrassing because there was a lot of moms and kids there for story time, I bet they didn't come for the strip show) Any hints on what to do would be great!

Happy New Year

Cindy Lu Who came to visit our Christmas Eve party. Doesn't Ruth look great! Thanks Jessica for the fun gifts Ruston was so excited about his matching game with our Lake Powell pictures.
Annie loved her new kitchen. It was a really fun Christmas. Our kids were really excited about everything. We went sledding with our Brittney, Kitt and the kids it was awesome, but cold.