What are parents to do?

I have decided that being a parent when your baby is sick is one of the hardest things to experience. Ben has had a little cold since about Christmas time. A few weeks ago his cough started to get really bad and he was wheezing. Last Friday morning he woke up with a fever of 102 which scared me to death. We of course took him straight to the doctor and he ended up having an ear infection (which caused the fever) and bronchialitis. It is basically like bronchitis but is further out in the air ways. So now he is doing breathing treatments 3 times a day while we try to get rid of his cough. They seem to be helping so he can breathe better. We went back to the doctor on Monday and he said that we need to just keep it up and hopefully it will go away. We go back to see him in 10 days. Ben seems like he is feeling better though. Even though he is sick, he still is our smiling baby.

Our Girls Weekend was a blast!

There are a group of us that have been friends for a long time (some back to before I can even remember meeting them).
We got together last weekend and had a great time. We left our husbands and kids at home and went to Mandy's cabin. We spent the whole weekend talking and still didn't run out of things to say. That is what true friendship is. We don't get together as much as we should but we can always pick up right where we left off. The group consists of Allison, Mandy, Brooke, Laura, me, Kelli, Liz and Kristin. The last three were not able to come but we still love them.

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

Mandy cleaning up after she saved us from the mouse!



Allison showing us some yoga moves.







Where we slept.



Plyaing around with the timmers on our cameras.





Our Puzzle.



Making a salad for dinner (we are so healthy).



Some cute picures.

Laura and Mandy

Mandy and Brooke

Brooke and Allison


Thanks Mandy for inviting us up. I can't wait to do it again.

American Idol

Tonight starts the new season of one of my favorite shows. Yes, I am an American Idol fan. There are very few shows that I have to watch on a weekly basis but this is one of them (Dancing with the Stars and The Biggest Loser are the other ones). I am so excited that it starts again tonight.

I am so grateful that we now have DVR (like TIVO).

Our new plan!!

Clayton and I have been wanting to get into better shape ever since Ben was born. So here is our new plan. Check out our weight loss blog losingthesparetire.blogspot.com

Our 'lttle guy' is growing up!

I love that he's growing, but it seems too fast. He now laughs and plays - he'll hold little toys, he can make the music play on the hanging toys that we place in front of him (he doesn't realize it's him yet though). Just in the last week or so he found his thumb and loves it. As of today he is 14 lbs, 4 oz and 26 inches long. The Dr. says he's really healthy which we love to hear.

Don't you just love this shirt? He really is our 'little guy'.