I was in the front room on the computer doing some work and Drew ran into the room and got a shirt and started wiping off his legs. I notice he had something blue on there and asked what it was and he said “I clean it up”. So I went into the kitchen to see if I could see what he got into and this is what I found:

What is not in this picture is Ryan’s formula divider with one of the compartments half full of blue dish detergent.

So I made him sit in time out and the first 5 minutes didnt phase him. He didnt cry, he just talked and sat with his nose in the corner. I didnt tell him or make him put his nose in the corner- he just did.

When I let him get up, I asked him if he knew why he was in time out and told him it was because he made a mess. I told him he needed to say Im sorry for making a mess and he wouldnt say it. So back in time out he went. He had to go back 4 times after that before I finally got an “I sorry”. Then I made him help me clean it up:

Its a good thing we are getting our carpets replaced in the next few weeks. I dont know how we are goign to get all of that up.

I have a lot of people tell me that Ryan and Drew look exactly alike and Ive never though so. These pictures are proof in my eyes that they dont look alike. They resemble each other but they are supposed to- they are brothers!

This is Drew at 7 months old but about 13-14 lbs.

This is Ryan from today and he is 3.5 months old and 14 lbs

So this is what I walked into the other morning. So cute!

These were tonight- he had fun with his mirror!

And Ryan also rolled over tonight from his tummy propped on this green pillow to his back. Then I laid him down for hte night on his tummy and about 10 minutes later I heard him crying and went to check on him- the little booger had fliipped over on his back.

It’s Drew….Singin’!

(Click on the link – it’s a Windows Media file)

He was running fever all weekend- it was 103.6 on Sunday. I took him into the pedi yesterday and we had to get bloodwork and urine samples done. Turns out he has a urinary tract infection which has been making him miserable. He started antibiotics yesterday and today is a little better but still pretty cranky. His fever is definitely down- it was as high as 100.5 but has mainly been in the 99 range today.

Here are some Drew sayings:

“I silly”- he tells us that when he has done something he thinks is funny

“brekas”- breakfast

“It not working- needs new batties”- he tells us to get new batteries for anything that is not working

“good job drew”- he tells himself this after he has done something he is proud of

“la lou” (love you) which has now turned into “lub ewe”

“dar”- star

“twinkle dar”- wants to sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

“Itsy bider”- Itsy Bitsy Spider

“Mickey House”- mickey mouse

“TB”- TV

“ober dere”- over there

“memaide”- lemondae

“ogurt”- yogurt

“packles”- popsicles

“merIdol” (emphasis on the I)- American Idol although he doesnt say it anymore now that the show it not on right now

“nuggie fries”- code for McDonalds nuggets and fries

“peetzie”- pizza

“I do paste”- he wants to brush his teeth

“I take baf”- pretty self explanatory- wants to take a bath

“I go time out”- see post below

“I look at ta-ta”- he wants to play Thomas the Tank Engine on the computer

“competer”- computer

“dunner” or “dunder”- thunder

“brudder mad” or “brudder crying”- he tells me that when Ryan is crying.

“hush”- when he is talking non-stop and we say “Drew” he knows that we areg going to tell him to be quiet so he says “hush”

“wing”- swing

“leep”- sleep He often says “brudder leeping” when he is asleep.

“bye-da-man”- spiderman but he also calls fruit rollups this too because the first box we bought for him had spidey on it.

“grewdriber”- screwdriver

I know there is more and I have them written down somewhere so I will add to this post as I think of stuff.

Ok- so we are having some discipline issues in our house. Spankings are not working anymore so we started time outs. I would put him in his room and close the door for 2 minutes for his time out. There is a child safety lock on the inside so he couldnt get out. Well now when Drew gets in trouble he tells me “I go time out” and goes to his room and shuts the door. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO??? He is taking away from me my god given right to discpline him. (grin) Its not punishment is HE does it. And of course, I tell my mom this and all she does is laugh. Not so funny when you need to discipline a child and cant because he does it himself.

So to all of you seasoned parents- any suggestions now??????

I had Ryan’s pictures done yesterday. He wouldnt cooperate for the most part but we did manage to get a few good shots. And of course as soon as we come home he starts smiling away. GRRRR!

I took the boys into the pedi today because Drew had hives all over his trunk and then Ryan had a red bump on his stomach that turned into a blister. Of course it freaked me out and I was thinking they got MRSA. I did give Drew benadryl and that made it go down considerably. The pedi said Drew has eczema and gave us a steriod cream to help clear it up. Its not MRSA.

She wasnt clear on what Ryan’s was but said it didnt look like MRSA either but said for me to put the antibiotic cream on him that they gave me and just watch it. If it gets any worse then I am supposed to call.

On a good note- Ryan is 14 lbs 2 oz and Drew is 25 lbs 4 oz.

Ok- I know that Lael is going to kill me for this but Ryan has started sucking his thumb. He refuses the paci no matter how much we try to give it to him. For the past couple of weeks he has been frantically trying to get his fists into his mouth and he smacks so loud trying to do it. Here recently, he has managed to get his thumb in there. Look how sweet he is sleeping and sucking his thumb.

Its hard to believe that Ryan is 14 weeks old already- where does the time go? He is smiling so much and cooing at us and desperately tries to suck on his fist and thumb. I try giving him the paci but he just doesnt want it- he wants his fist. Sometimes I hear loud smacking and its him sucking on his fist. Peter says a couple of weeks ago he rolled over twice but I havent seen it yet- so it doesnt count.

Here are a few pictures from yesterday:

He was very smiliey yesterday but I could never catch the big smiles. But this is still cute!

He was so tired last night and barely drank his bottle before he passed out. I put him on the couch to sleep for a bit since I knew he wasnt down for hte night and he woke up like 10 minutes later screaming. I picked him up and promptly got showered with puke. So he didnt go to bed in this outfit.

since early Monday morning. I had a small pimple on my left cheek right above my lip that got infected and was terribly swollen, hurt horribly, and was draining not pleasant stuff. I woke up around 2:45 am Monday morning and my whole cheek area was puffy and swollen but not like the smaller infected part. I drove to the ER and was put on IV antibiotics and admitted to the hospital. They did bloodwork and a wound culture and had me meet with a plastic surgeon. I was scheduled for surgery on Tuesday at 11:45 but when they took me down to the surgery prep room I talked with the doctor and we both agreed that it looked alot better than the previous day. So we held off on surgery and each day its continued to get better. Lab results confirmed it was MRSA (methicillian resistent staph aureus) so it was a good thing I went it. I was on 2 antibiotics which did the trick. I got out today around 3:30 and sent home on oral antibiotics. So Ive had a fun 4 days. Boo.

Edited post to take down the pictures.  

We went to Auntie Jane’s house for 4th of July and Drew and Pop-pop did bubbles in the backyard. And here are some pictures of the boys together. We also watched fireworks and Drew kept saying “boom, boom, boom” and when the fireworks were over he said “I watch again” and then said “bye-bye fireworks”. Too cute!

Playing at Uncle Tom and Aunt Dorothy’s

Drew watching a movie on the dvd player

We took the rapid downtown and went and had lunch at Terminal Tower and Drew watched the dancing fountains. Drew loved the train so much that we went on another ride on Wednesday! Everytime the train stopped and the brakes engaged he would say “pshhh” immitating the sound that it made. It was hilarious!

Ryan wasnt impressed with his first train ride.

Drew and Pop-pop looking at the dancing fountains at Terminal tower

Here are some pics

We took some family pics and I will post later