Teach me......

Teach me to say there isn't anything new! Yesterday I woke up with a little bit of a sore throat and my head feeling like it was going to explode, then Brayden started getting a little bit of a runny nose last night. When the alarm went off at 5:15 this morning, I heard Brayden coughing. It was the "seal barking" type cough. I thought, "oh great...croup." Scott got up and got in the shower and I heard Brayden cough again. I went in to check on him and he had coughed so hard he gagged. I sat him up and listened to him for a minute, then took him out of the room so he didn't wake McKenzie up more. He was having a really hard time breathing. He was kind of gasping for breath, couldn't say more than one or two words at a time without having to gasp for breath. I wasn't going to lay him back down breathing like this, especially since a friend of mine, who has a son 4 days younger than Brayden, had to have him life-flighted up to Primary Children's Hospital because he had croup and she went in to check on him during a nap and found him blue and unresponsive. So, anyway, I tried to have him lay with me on the recliner...but that didn't go over so well....he was ready to watch cartoons! Scott came down after getting ready for work and fixed him a nice sippy of chocolate milk...which he polished off very quickly...in between trying to breathe! So I called the doctor's office when they opened this morning and got him in. He does have croup, and they put him on a steriod so hopefully that will help him breath better....and I am just hoping and praying that Lexie does't get it! So anyway...teach me to say there is nothing new! Oh yeah...one piece of good news though is that Lexie has been sleeping through the night for a week now!! I put her down about 7:30-8 and she will sleep til about 7:30 or 8! Yipee!!

not much new.....

Well...there isn't too much going on that is out of the norm.....so, I just thought I would post some cute pics of my kids!

Kenzie and a couple of her preschool friends playing dress-ups! It is cute to watch them all dressed up and playing princesses!
McKenzie loves helping me with Lexie. One of her favorite things is to help me feed her...and she actually does a pretty good job too!

My baby is already 6 months old.....

I can't believe Lexie is already 6 months!!! I took her in yesterday for her 6 month well check and she did great! She had to have 2 shots and an oral vaccination and she didn't even start crying until they were all done...then she let out a wail, but she only cried for a second! She is such a sweet baby! ALWAYS happy and smiling and is such a blessing in our family! She sleeps great, going to bed between 7:30 and 8, and sleeping til about 8-8:30am, only getting up around 5-6 to eat. She doesn't really like to be held to be put to sleep! She just wants laid in her bed and she'll put herself to sleep! She loves sitting up and has figured out how to roll from her back to her stomach, so now every time we go and get her from her bed, she is sleeping on her stomach! Her stats are:

Weight: 15.0 lbs 30%
Height: 25.5 inches 50%
Head Circumference: 16 cm 7%

I have to be honest, I am enjoying having a "smaller" baby for once. McKenzie was 20 lbs 1oz at 6 months and Brayden was 19lbs 8oz at 6 months! It is nice to still be able to carry her in the baby carrier/car seat since the other two had to be switched to the bigger car seat at this age! She is such a sweetie and we are so in love with her!!