Babies or Cartoons...

Callie has learned how to turn on the TV in our room. She hasn't learned which ones the numbers are, but she knows how to surf and find something she wants to watch. Her favorite show is the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on Disney, which is channel 22. This comes in handy when it's been a short night and I want a few more "minutes" of sleep after we send Meagan and Carson off to school. On this particular morning, I had gotten out of bed, but Callie wanted to watch Mickey Mouse. She climbed onto the bed and had flipped threw some channels when I heard what was obviously NOT cartoons. It was a voice over talking about this woman who had changed her mind about the epidural. Curious I went to see what she had stopped on to find her laying on my pillar watching "A Baby Story" on TLC, channel 21. When I walked into the room, she looked up at me and said (pointing to the TV) BABY!!! She may have a new show now and it may just keep me from having to explain to her about where babies come from. Win Win...

The worse part of being a parent...

Sometimes, it's sweet to have kids get in bed with you

Other times, I'd rather just sleep

On that real rare occasion that it's a messy event

Well you can guess my feelings on that...

We've been battling the Doctor the last few weeks.

I say battling because I do not enjoy taking the kids.

It's a guaranteed hour wait, and that's if you already had an appointment.

Callie has had bronchitis, and Carson double ear infections.

Then there was some kind of stomach bug going around.

Carson got it first, and let us know about it around 4:30 am on Friday.

It wasn't that bad because he almost made it to the bathroom,

Well he was on his way.

Of course that woke up Callie and so it was Cartoon time for the Gold Children.

Meagan had to work, so I let her sleep and I cleaned up the mess and got up with the kids.

Saturday no one was sick, but they decided that 4:30 was a fun time to be up.

More cartoons, less sleeping.

Sunday was the big day.

We were home late on Saturday so the kids were put straight to bed.

Carson woke up just enough to ask me to leave the door open.

I can't decide if I'm glad or not of that.

Callie woke around 1 am and crawled into bed with us.

She tossed and turned and couldn't get back to sleep.

It was one of those not so sweet times.

Luckily I had not fallen back to sleep.

I had noticed that she was kind of warm and was just about to get up and get some Tylenol

About to just don't cut it.

My alarm clock doesn't beep or ring

It goes BLAAAAH............splash.

Definitely not so sweet times.

Meagan's alarm clock says, MEAGAN! HELP! but it was too late.

Everything in that poor girls stomach now covered my blanket.

Not to mention my pillow, sheets and lots of me and her.

I still can't decide if leaving the door open was good or not.

So it was a midnight bath, sheet change and laundry.

Obviously someone wasn't going to church.

I drew the short straw so at 6:30, I got out of bed

and went to my early meetings.

Nana picked up Carson, thank goodness.

15 minutes into Sacrament, I had that feeling.

No, it wasn't the spirit, but it was coming from down in my gut.

An hour later I joined Meagan and Callie back in our newly sheeted bed.

All three of us lay in bed the rest of the afternoon.

Callie started feeling better and watched some Cartoons.

Did I mention Meagan wasn't feeling well either.

Carson never came home, he stayed with Nana.

By that night, it had passed through all of us.

We were better but not 100%.

I even managed to eat a little.

All Callie wanted were Cheetos.

The worse part of being a parent...

Watching your little sick kids and not being about to do anything about it.

The best part of yourself being sick...

I lost 5 lbs

My last post was all about the kids and what we did this summer. Now it's a a solute to the grandparents and great-grandparents in our lives... and of course a few of Meagan...

Here is Callie and Grammy at the park. We were waiting on some Pizza

Papa and Carson doing what they love best

Grammy and either Caroline or Callie at the 4th of July Parade

Nana and Callie watching Carson play soccer

On an animal adventure

Grandma and Grammy

Mimi and Papa at Carson's birthday

Callie doing what she loves to do...eat, probably cheese puffs

Our kids love to swing

Higher mommy higher

Carson doing his second favorite thing with Papa

Trying to stay warm

The only way to cut Callie's nails are to tell her we can paint them

She loves it, that is not a grimace but a big smile of pleasure

See daddy, pretty

The boys, minus Logan but that tree could represent him

Grammy at the rock with the kids

On the rock

Riding the monorail to Disney...

Can you tell how excited Carson is about going!?

Looking at locked up Pirates before riding

Pirates of the Carrabean

Nana and Carson this last Easter

Callie and Nana and Carson's head

The three of them

Coloring eggs

Meg loves doing this but for some reason we have to make ourselves do it

Our finished product

Not yet, you have to peel them first

Beach Bon Fire

Mama and Callie

Trick or Treat...

How the time does fly...

I was looking through all my pictures and I realized it has been a busy summer. Here are some of our shenanigans...

There was swinging...

And Popsicles...

And big smiles...

(one of my favorite parts)

Napping disasters...

(Don't leave your diaper cream within arms reach of a "napping" 18 mo old)

A trip to Bays Mt...

Watching the wolves getting fed was really cool...

Carson talked to them...

More Naps...

Just kidding, when do parents get to nap...

Picking raspberries with Papa...

More like eating them with Mama...

Carson danced a jig...

And really got down...

Callie did some shopping...

(that's the "They don't have the item to go with my coupon"

look she learned from her mama)

More Napping...

A trip to the "old house"...

which is always a great memory
Which of course means a climb up the rock...

We got to hang out with our Tennessee cousins...

And Tennessee twins...

Playing in the creek...

More swinging...

And Daddy kisses...

A fourth of July parade, with snacks...

Look Alice, a wrecker!!!

We met our Virginia Cousins in Disney

and saw some Pirates

It was dark, Carson isn't high...

More cousins at the parade of lights...

We made some new friends...

and some funny faces...

A birthday Party...

And Carson got to knee board...

Callie got to dress up...

We rode Horses...

Even Callie had fun...

Carson learned to shoot...

He even hit some skeet...

More swinging...

More napping...

Everybody napped...

EVERYBODY napped...

More swinging...

More swimming...

Lots of swimming...

And of course Cheese Puffs...

It was HOT, so we had to stay cool...

(this one's for you Meg)

Staying cool...

See everyone can fit in the pool...

We coached soccer...

And played...

And watched...

And ran and scored and had tons of fun...

(3 goals that day!)

We had a first day of school...

Callie was sad she couldn't go...

Which meant the end of summer...

But that won't stop us from having fun...

(Big Smile)