A Taste of Spring!

We took advantage of the beautiful weather recently and took the boys to a park where my parents used to take my brother and sister and I when we were kids.  The boys loved it!

Nash, Nolan and Jason

Nolan and Nash

Nyle and Jason

Jason and Nash after recovering the rocket from the tree

Jason and Nolan

Nash, Nolan, Me and Nyle

Nolan and Nash

Excited boys going to check out the castle

Nolan, Nyle and Nash

The view from the top of the castle

My handsome fellas

Nolan and Nash

Our little monkey

Noley

We are looking forward to the weather staying nice so we can enjoy a few more days like this one!

Coughing and coughing and coughing. Oh My!

We have had way to many cold, rainy days and not nearly enough sunshine so far this spring.  Today is April 19th and it SNOWED!  Nyle was back into the doctor on Wednesday.  I worked so Nana took him in.  The doctor started him on breathing treatments 4 times a day for his cough, which is almost as much fun as giving a 3 year old and a 5 year old eye drops 4 times a day.  We finished the second round of eye drops for pink eye last week.  Two days later it looked like it was back, and all of the boys were coughing so I decided to wave the white flag.  I called and got Nash and Nolan in to see the doctor too.  He said eyes, ears and mouths checked out OK.  Noses looked a little congested so he started them on some sort of oral liquid medication for their coughs and possible sinus infection, which is way easier than eye drops!  If we could see a little sunshine soon and get healthy, we will be set!
Weight updates since they were all at the doctor this week:
Nash 38 pounds
Nolan 35 pounds
Nyle 24 pounds, 14 oz

Happy closing day to Grama Jo!  She is now the proud owner of a very cool condo.  We are very excited for her.

We Are Family!

My cousin Cate and her little guy Owin came for a visit from Texas.  It turned into a family affair and was so nice to hang out with everyone for the day.

Baby Swap: Me holding Owin and Cate holding Nyle

Nyle loves his Papa

4 Generations: Cate, Great Grandma Phyliss, Grandma Sandy and Baby Owin

Great Grandma Phyliss and her little ones

LOVE

1 split second later

Rocket Men

Finally, the weather is nice enough to get outside for a bit and fire off those rockets that Nana and Papa gave us for Easter.  Break out the fleece jackets!

Nolan loading his rocket

Nash, ready to fire

Nolan and Nash

Nyle, supervising again

Teething and Fevers and Coughing. Oh My!

Last week I took Nyle in to the doctor.  He had been running a fever and we were afraid he probably had an ear infection.  By the time we got there his temp was 102.6.  The doctor ran a strep test and an influenza test and both came back negative.  We never did figure out the cause.  The doctors always say teething doesn't cause fevers but I'm not convinced.  Anyway, the following two nights were pretty sleepless for Nyle and I but we made it through and he is doing great now.

Nyle

Last Tuesday Nash woke up with pink eye and followed it up with a fever.  Thursday morning Nolan followed suit.  Luckily we had eye drops in the house from past episodes so we got them on drops right away but the fever part was no picnic either.  Nolan still isn't quite himself yet but I think hope we are getting close.

Nolan

Nash

I'm really looking forward to the 60 degree temperatures in the forecast so I can get this house opened up and we can start spending more time outside.  I love spring!

Nyle Steven - 8 months old

When I had Nyle at the doctor the other day because of his fever, he weighed 23 pounds and was 28.5 inches long.  It's really hard to believe it was 8 months ago already that he was born.  He has two teeth showing now on the bottom.

He was never a very good napper however recently he has figured it out which is such a blessing!  I'm not sure why he fought it for so long.  He has started taking a good nap in the morning and one in the afternoon.  For so long he would only nap for 20 to 30 minutes at a time.  Now he naps around 1 to 2 hours but a few times he hit the 3 hour mark!  He sleeps like a real baby now!  He is a happy baby with very ticklish ribs and thighs.  His giggle is adorable.

He is starting to imitate sounds.  He still prefers veggies over fruits but is getting better about eating fruits too.  He loves bath time.  The other day though he was so relaxed that he pooped in the tub.  Unfortunately Nolan happened to be in with him so I had to evacuate the tub quickly, drain, sanitize and refill.  Gross then, but kind of funny now.  He loves to watch his brothers play and I can tell he is just itching to join them.  He doesn't appear very close to crawling yet which is fine.  I put him on all fours and he sort of face plants into the carpet.  Gotta work on the upper body strength a little more yet.  You are such a blessing Nyle!