Corban is sick today. He fell asleep in the car on the way home last night and went straight to bed. He woke up at 2:30 but we didn't check on him, he went back to sleep pretty quickly. Then he woke up at 5:30 and when I went to check on him he had soaked through his diaper then I realized that he had a fever. He had a temp of 101.8 this morning, but it's already gone up to 102.8 this afternoon. He's down for a nap right now, so I hope that does him some good. He's not thrown up or anything, so that is good, but I feel so sorry for the little guy. Caden pretty much slept through the night last night. He woke up at about 6 because I had brought Corban into our room and he was crying. I fed Caden and he went right back down until about 10 so I was glad to have that time to just focus on Corban. Pray for us, it's bad enough having one sick one in the house, but Caden still requires so much attention that it's hard to do it both.

Caden slept through the night last night! I fed him at 9 and he went to sleep on the couch, we went up to bed at 11 and for some reason I thought he was waking up and needed to eat, but he wouldn't and when I looked at the clock it was only 12 so I put him back down and didn't hear anything from him until he woke up at a little after 7! Of course Coban woke up at 5 and was awake until 6. Hopefully we'll get both of them sleeping through the night soon. Yesterday I went to pick up pictures at JC Penny and did a little shopping on their clearance racks. I bought Johnny two shirts and me 4 - and paid $19.05. All but two of them were short sleeves, but dang, that's a good deal! Corban didn't feel great last night. He spit up a little bit at the mall, something he hasn't done for a LONG time and then he just looked weak. He was perfectly content to just sit on our laps most of the evening after he had dinner. Tonight we've got small group so Corban goes to see Patti and her girls and Caden comes with us. I need to read my chapter, but I'm not sure when I'm going to get that done since Nina comes in an hour and I've got to get her to dance, come- home and eat dinner and then go pick Nina up and take her home and then come back here for about 15 minutes before we leave. Wednesdays are crazy, but once it's over I feel like I can breathe pretty easy.

Coban says, "All gone" all of the time now. He watched a helicopter fly over this morning and when it was gone said, "all gone," and then asked for more. I think that the DVR has spoiled him; I don't think he realizes there's not a rewind button for life. Wouldn't that be cool though?

What a week! We spent most of the week in Williamsport with Johnny's family. Kenan is tiny - Johnny's calling him "mosquito." Caden is 6 weeks older I think and is literally almost twice his size. Kenan is growing though and doing very well health wise. He looks just like Abby and Cameron and seems to be a pretty content little boy. While we were there we took a long walk on the "rails to trails" it's old railroad tracks that have been cleared and made into really nice walking/biking paths. We took all of 4 kids and 6 adults - that meant a regular stroller, a double stroller and a wagon. At one point all of the kids were out and all of those things were empty. The next day we went to John's hunting camp. Corban got to "catch" his first fish. He liked to help reel it in and look at it for a minute, then he would say "bye bye." Johnny would throw it back and Corban would say "more." He was one tired boy at the end of the trip. He hadn't taken a decent nap the whole time and didn't sleep well at night. It has taken us until today to start feeling normal again.

When we got home Johnny had a sermon to write then he had to visit a family of a member who had passed away. Yesterday was church and the viewing and Johnny had to write the sermon for the funeral. This morning he's been up working on that sermon and getting ready for the funeral which is at 10. I'm not going because of the boys and Nina is getting here at noon. It's going to be a long day, so I'm extra thankful that both boys slept well.

Corban is pretty much eating on his own now. He sits in the booster seat at the table and has his own plate and utensils. I dreaded doing it, but he actually does pretty well. He ate lasagna the other day and hardly spilled any. He has also started singing this little song sometimes, he says, "Daddy, Mama, baby, paci" or whatever else comes to mind. The other day it was "Mama tractor." Caden has been cooing and smiling so much lately. Johnny and I think he's going to be much more expressive than Corban. We think his highs are going to be higher, but his lows are going to be lower too. Kim, I have a picture of both of them together now. I'll try to get it downloaded today. Well, my little one is fussing. Have a good week all!

Crazy Day

OK, I have no idea of how that other post with nothing on it got on here, so just ignore it. It's been a CRAZY day today so far. Corban got up in the night, so we all slept in a little - it was almost 8 before I got up and got in the shower. Everybody got ready and we headed out by 9:30. I dropped Corban off at Bonnie's so that Johnny and I could both go to Caden's doctor's appointment. Bless Bonnie's heart, when I dropped him off, I just asked how long I could leave him. I realized I had very few long sleeve outfits for either one of the boys. Anyway, we took Caden to the doctor. Everything looks fine. He's 12 lbs 7 oz which puts him in the 75th percentile for his age and means he's gained 2 lbs 3 oz since his 1 month check up. His head circumference is just 15th percentile too - it's gone from 30th to 20th to 15th - that's why I call him "pea head." After the appointment I took Johnny back to his truck that we had left in town and fed the baby in the car while we waited for his lunch appointment. Then I headed to the mall. Someone gave us $50 in gift cards at Macy's so I went there first. I just bought 1 pair of pants because everything is so expensive there! I know it's basically free when you're using gift cards, but when I can get the exact same things someplace else for much cheaper, it just galls to have to "spend" the money. Anyway, I did much better at Children's Place and JC Penny - I do love those two stores. I bought Corban a pair of shoes for less than $1.50 plus I had taken back a few things so I didn't actually spend any of my money there.

After all of that I picked Corban up and brought him straight home to put him down for a nap - a very late nap. He's sleeping now but I'm going to have to wake him up early because Nina and I will have to leave before 4 to go to her dance class. Johnny's gone all day with visitations so I'm on my own.

Both boys were WONDERFUL last night at Luke and Nadine's. Corban didn't get into anything and Caden was content most of the time. It was such a pleasant evening AND the Steelers won!

Today Corban did the cutest thing. He has decided lately that he doesn't want to sit in his high chair, so he sits in the portable high chair booster seat thing. Today he was eating leftover soup beans for lunch and doing it completely on his own. Johnny was holding the bowl still for him and he was using the spoon and doing a good job. He had a little on his face, so I got a napkin and wiped him off a little and put the napkin down beside his bowl. After the next bite, Corban picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth off himself! I think he must have bit it a little because he had pieces of it in his teeth, but still, it was the most adorable thing ever! Yesterday we went to the park for a while and it was just really sinking in what a big boy he's becoming. I can't believe he's growing up so fast. It makes me even more sad to think that at this time next year I'll be saying how fast Caden is growing up.

I think we're going to Luke and Nadine's for the beginning of the game tonight. I need to think of something to take over, but I'm not sure what. It doesn't start until 8:15, so I'm sure we're not going to stay for the whole thing, probably not even the whole first half. It's a good thing they live so close, we'll just put both of the boys in the stroller and head out whenever we need to. Tomorrow is Caden's 2 month check up. He gets shots this time, which I am absolutely not looking forward to, especially since we're going to leave for Williamsport Tuesday afternoon. Johnny's family hasn't gotten to see Caden yet, and we haven't seen Kenan yet either. We'll not be coming back until Saturday, which is hard, but I've already got the bulletin to the point that I can print it if I have to - just not sure how Johnny's going to get the sermon finished.

Corban is saying two words together now. Yesterday morning during breakfast he told me that it was "all gone." He's been saying that a lot now, but yesterday he also said, "baby paci" meaning, Caden is crying so stick a paci in that baby's mouth. And he walked by the pack-n-play and said, "bye baby." I can't believe what a little boy my baby is becoming! And then when I look at how much Caden has already changed in the last 9 weeks I'm blown away!

We went Thursday to get pictures of the boys. I can't wait to get them back. Corban held Caden sitting on the floor and kissed the top of his little head - too cute.

We just got back from the park. I was glad to get both boys outside for a little bit. When we got back I fed Caden and got cornbread in the oven for dinner while Johnny and Corban played more out in the yard. We're having soup beans and cornbread for dinner - even if I don't like the idea of colder weather, I do like the food better!