16 weeks old...and quite a few accomplishments

Tatum is officially 16 weeks old today (not 4 months - that milestone occurs on July 3rd, but 16 weeks). And to celebrate this momentous occasion, she actually had quite a few accomplishments today....

*We got a jumperoo from a friend and she discovered that she REALLY likes it

*We discovered that she could sit up, assisted by the boppy - and that includes balancing herself when she was almost falling backwards to catch herself and picking herself back up to a sitting position...And that she does it quite well for quite a long period of time...and LOVES it!!!
















*She tried cereal today...just a little, and actually ate some!















It was a REALLY busy day...

I spy, with my eye...

Well, on his way home today, Matt taught Kellen how to play "I spy" and so Kellen taught me while we were driving home from school today. He was just so much fun!

I spy with my eye...
Mommy, is it my turn?...
Mommy, you can't give up...try to guess again...

He was just precious!!

Can she already be cutting a tooth??

So Tatum has been a little fussy at night, like she's hurting...she'll suck on her paci, then her hand (not fingers - her entire hand), just about anything she can get in her mouth...and HARD (nuff said, right?) - but so far I haven't been able to feel any nubs or see anything on her gums. However, today I thought I saw the beginning of a tooth nub on her lower gums...(you know, the white line underneath the gum area..)

Is that possible? I mean, she's a little wiggle-worm, so I can't really be sure (it's not like she's sitting still so that I can peek in her mouth or anything). Kellen didn't get his first tooth until ~ 6 months or so...
I gave her some Tylenol about 20 minutes ago and she's calmed down quite a bit...

*sigh*

I guess I need to add teething tablets to my grocery list?

Cleaning spree

Well, since Matt is at work and Kellen is at MawMaw and PawPaw's (story time is tomorrow), I decided (what a wild hair - LOL) to take a half day off, leave Tatum in the very capable hands of her daycare teachers, and come home to clean my house (something that I don't seem capable of juggling with work, the kids, and Matt's crazy schedule right now, despite my "routines" and best intentions). I'm tired of cleaning up only to have it get all messed up again as soon as someone (ok, so I can leave Tatum out of it...for now) walks through a room! I have spent half of the day cleaning and I'm still not done! *sigh* I have gotten quite a bit accomplished, though...so that's good...

Ahhh! I feel like signing up for clean sweep or something!

I like the quote that I've seen in a few places...I think I want it to be my new motto:

"Cleaning up while you still have children in the home is like shoveling the sidewalk while it's still snowing!"

That sounds about right, doesn't it?

ER Trip...and not for the kids

Matt was being a sweetie today. I didn't end up rolling out of bed until ~ 10:30 or so...he just brought Tatum in to me when she got hungry and then would take her when she was through. I CANNOT remember the last time I slept in that late. We're keeping the laundry going and are both in cleaning-spree mode (which works out really well, actually) and he was working on laundry and asked me not to put anything else in the washing machine because he knew what he wanted to wash next. I'm still not sure exactly how he managed to do it, but, he managed to cut his head on the metal thing holding up the shelf above the washing machine as he was loading or changing clothes over from the washing machine to the dryer. He ended up with a pretty good little cut there on his head. Using the mirrors, we positioned it so that he could try and see how bad it was, and we ended up deciding that he should go ahead and go into the ER to have them take a look and either steri-strip it or suture it up. I'm just glad it didn't knock him out and that we aren't dealing with a concussion, too. On the first trip to the ER, they decided to steri-strip it to see if that would be ok. They wanted him to come back in an hour or so for them to check on it to see if it needed stitches. So on the 2nd trip, (The benefits of working at the ER, right? *grin*) they decided that the steri-strip would be fine. The dr said that based on where it is, the stiches might actually make the scarring worse. And, he doesn't need antibiotics, he's just supposed to try and keep it dry. Another plus...his tetanus shot is up-to-date, so he doesn't have to worry about getting another one of those, either.

*sigh* and *whew*

What a day!

What a weekend!

Wow! Matt remarked to me on the way home this afternoon that it felt like we had been gone for 5 days. I have to agree.

We left on Friday to go to his high school reunion. And Friday afternoon was pretty crazy! I took the afternoon off so that he and I could go and find something for me to wear to the reunion...we managed to find something for both Friday night and a semi-formal dress for Saturday night in a relatively painless manner, which was great as far as I was concerned. I also managed to get my hair cut, he picked up both of the kids, then we took Kellen to swim lessons after eating dinner at the mall, and when he was finished with swim lessons, we headed out of town by 8 PM. *whew* I think I was tired by the time we left, actually.

Anyway, we went to the social and hung out there until late (at least in my book) - we left around midnight or a little after. Luckily, Maw Maw and Paw Paw were on kid duty, so we were really able to have a good time this weekend. Unfortunately, Tatum started running a fever on Saturday...not too high - 101.5 was the highest it got, and she did respond to Tylenol, so we continued with our plan to go to the formal portion of the reunion on Saturday night. She was a little fussy when the tylenol wore off, but once it was in her system again, she was acting almost like normal, just sleeping a little more than usual.

We got all ready to go, and made it to The Woodlands around 7:45 or so...then Maw Maw called and told me that Tatum's fever had broken and had really come down (so much so, it turns out, that they didn't even have to give her any more medicine before she went to bed - yay!). So, we're all dressed up - Matt in his suit and me in a new red dress and into the reunion we go. We ended up having a really good time, for a really long time. The reunion was supposed to last until midnight, but shortly before then, they announced that they had the room for another hour. So we stayed around until 1 AM, then decided to continue to hang out with some of Matt's friends even after that. At 3 AM, I think Matt finally decided it would be easier to leave while I was still somewhat awake then to have to carry me out, so we ended up leaving.

Today Tatums fever hasn't been that bad...it's been elevated, but just low-grade, not too bad. Kellen, on the other hand, apparently had a really bad night last night and is seeming to get progressively worse. He was awake off and on all night long, and was complaining of his head hurting him...not sure what that's about. Today he started running a fever..and it's now progressed to 102.9 - WITH Tylenol in his system for an hour. Hmm...we'll be alternating tylenol and ibuprofen, I believe, to get this under control tonight. He isn't acting like he feels bad, but he is complaining that his head hurts some. Not much else other than that.

So I guess we'll see how tomorrow goes with both of them. Keep your fingers crossed for us!