Halloween

Braxton's first Halloween is finally here, it is the last time we will celebrate a first holiday.  It is one of the Mommy sad moments.  We got all three boys dressed: Nathan was a vampire (for the second year in a row), Liam was frankenstein, and Braxton a pumpkin.  Then I took all three down the block while Matt passed out candy.  On the way back passed the house Liam took a pit stop and stayed with Matt to pass out candy while Nathan and I did a few more houses.  Braxton just enjoyed sitting in the stoller as I pushed him around the neighborhood.  They all had a fun time.

Matt and I have talked about redoing our shower tile for a few years now.  It was done in all white ceramic 8x8 tiles back when the house was built but the craftsmanship wasn't very well and we had some leaking problems.  Last month we finally decided it was time and started ripping it out.  My Mom came up to finish ripping it out and to retile it.  She has been up here two weekends over the past month and it is just about finished.  It is looking really nice.  We are now repainting, going to tile the floor, and take out the large mirror.

Took Nathan to the doctor last Wednesday for a rash he has had for over a month.  Turns out that it is molluscum, which is just viral and will have to run its course but the thing is it could last over a year.  While there Nathan mentioned his brothers are sick with a cough, so the nurse pratictioner checked them and Braxton had an ear infection.  This is his second in just over two weeks.

Looking forward to what the doctor has to say about Liam this week when we go for his follow up about his puking.  In the last month he has had two episodes, but one I believe was a stomach virus because he actually acted sick.

Baby Gate Installed

We have lived at our house since before Nathan was born and have only ever had the standard wooden baby gate with the plastic mesh.  We would put it at the beginning of the hallway so the boys could only play in the living room and kitchen, they did have access to the front room but never went in it.  Now Braxton gets into everything, he is constantly going down the hall, in the front room, and everywhere else that he can get to before someone goes running after him.  Matt and I have had enough and decided that it was time for the baby gate the only thing was I knew I would have to get an extra wide one because he always goes in the front room and the opening from the living room to the front room is large.  Seventy dollars later the gate is up, he is napping now so hasn't seen it yet but I am sure he isn't going to like it.

This past weekend we also started ripping out the old tiles in the master bathroom.  It was just the standard white ceramic ones and they weren't installed properly so we had some leaking.  Matt and I took down the glass enclosure and my Mom and I ripped out the tiles and started installing the new ones.  We are also putting some around the tub so that when the boys splash it doesn't ruin the drywall.  I will post pictures when the job is complete but it probably won't be for a while.

Been a while

I have been keeping busy so no time to write.  Nathan and Liam did great at their swim meet.  Both their times have improved drastically since joining the Amberjax team at the beginning of August.  Over the summer Nathan averaged about 58 seconds for free and just over a minute on back, at the meet he had 39.77 on free, 42.05 on back, and 46.38 on breast.  Liam also did great with 59.13 on free, 1.19.67 on back, and 1.33.25 on breast.  When we started in August Liam couldn't swim 25M without stopping for a rest on the lane rope.  I am really amazed in both of their improvements.

Braxton received his first head bump, a result from standing up and holding onto Liam.  Liam decided that was enough and pushed him off only for Braxton to fall and hit his head on the corner of the wall.  Luckly it was mostly a bruise with a surface scratch so no ER visit required.  It definitely gave me a scare.

Nathan was off of school for half of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week.  It was nice to have a break and not have to wake up so early.  Darlene and Ralph came up on Thursday to take Nathan out for his late birthday celebration, with school starting the week of his birthday they never got to come up.  He had a fun time at Chuck E Cheese, the mall, and Toys R Us.  Then on Friday I took them both to JumpZone since we had a groupon that was expiring soon.  Now today he is home from school with a stomach virus, I am so sick of these things.  This is the third day he has been out this school year already.  I hope it is only 24 hours and no one else catches it.

I am not sure if I had mentioned it in the past but Liam has been having stomach problems for months now.  Since July he has woken up 4 times and vomited on numerous occasions, but it is only stomach bile.  After the last incident in late September I called and made an appointment to talk to Dr. Mary about it.  He also complains a lot that his stomach hurts.  She looked him over and we talked about what happens, she isn't exactly sure why it is happening but we did start Zantac and nasal spray.  We were told to keep a food journal for a month and come back.  Since we started over a week ago he has only complained one time that his stomach hurts, which is a drastic change.

Braxton also had his first ear infection about 2 weeks ago so we go for his recheck tomorrow.  When it rains it poors.