Tickles

Poor Baby

Oh just as the day couldn't get worse yesterday, it did. Harry came down sick. He has a runny nose, couch, congestion and a fever. It was 103 before bed. Needless to say, we had a long night and didn't get much sleep. You can see this little angel sleeping and how adorable he is. But you can also hear all that congestion. Hopefully this is a 24 hour thing and William doesn't catch it. We were supposed to have a play date at the pool today. I am so glad I didn't tell them about it!

Harrison's Two and a half!

Wow, it is so crazy that my baby is 2.5 years old. I decided to make him cupcakes because he deserves the best :)

Sprinkles Cupcakes are the best! But it isn't always easy to drive down to Beverly Hills and wait in a long long line to get them. The last time I was there, I bought two recipes. I thought making cupcakes were easy until this little venture of mine. You have to follow the instructions to a tee and I really felt like a little chef in my kitchen. I'm used to throwing everything in the bowl together and mix. Nope, not with these. It was such a process. But in the end, all worth it and it tasted like I just bought them from their bakery! And the boys were quite happy too!
Their friend, Nick, came over to have some cupcakes as well :)

Ahh, my babies are growing up!

Poor William

Ugh. I will start on a lighter note. Harrison went back to the doctor Tuesday and his ear infection isn't gone. He was started on a new antibiotic that he hasn't been on before so hopefully this will knock it out. We really don't want to put tubes back in so our fingers are crossed. The news gets worse. Today we went to a pediatric orthopedic surgeon for William. I blogged earlier that he is a tippy toe walker. His achilles tendons are short/tight and that is why he does that. It is not out of habit rather than a need to. So we have tried everything on our end from stretches, exercises and massages. As time progressed, he has only gotten worse. He walks on his tippy toes almost 100% of the time including standing or with shoes on. SOOOO, he is NOT going to have a fun upcoming 18 weeks. He will spend 6 weeks in hard casts that go up to his knees. She told me the worst part is that he won't be able to run. To me, the worst part is going to be trying to clean the kid. After that, he will be in leg braces for 6 weeks 24 hours a day (he gets fitted for those Tuesday morning). Then the following 6 weeks he can take the leg braces off to sleep if they see correction. He has to get fitted for the braces first so they will be ready before the casts come off. So this whole process should start in about 2 weeks. We are hoping that it won't interfere too much with the summer activities. I feel so sorry for him. I don't really see this as the end to his medical problems as he has really bad gastrointestinal problems. I see a lot of complaining in my future :( And I don't blame him. Poor guy!

"String Bean"

"String Bean" is what Harrison was called today at his 2 year well baby check up. He is 35 inches tall (70 percentile) and 25.6 lbs (less than 19 percentile). So basically, he is very underweight. At William's 2 year check up, he was 35.5 inches tall and 29lbs. So Harry is a lot skinnier than Will was at this age. It is very hard finding food (healthy food) for these boys that they will eat. They do love steak and roast. I can always count on them to eat those items but anything else, it's up in the air. Both boys were given antibiotics today. William has a nasty cough. And get this...Harrison has another ear infection! And it is a bad one. William and Harrison had their ears checked today and both of their tubes have fallen out. I am not surprised that Will's have since it has been two years but Harry just got his last year. And it looks like he may be going back again-yuck. William was also referred to an Pediatric Orthopedic doctor. He still walks on his tippy toes (all of the time). His Achilles tendons are short.

I've heard of moms who make special cookies or desserts that actually have vegetables in them for picky eaters. If anyone has any special recipes, please be sure to send them my way so I can fatten up my baby. :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Harrison!

I can't believe my "baby" is already two years old! Where has the time gone? I got to say that I am one lucky mom. I feel so blessed to have two adorable, funny and loving boys. Scott surprised us and took the day off of work today. So in turn, we surprised the boys and took them back to Knott's Berry Farm.

First of all, they woke up to Christmas times 2 :) Remember the easel I blogged about at Christmas? Well the parts that were missing finally came in the mail the other day so Scott woke up early this morning and put it together. And Nana and Pawpa bought the boys a new table (that just so happens to match the easel). It also came in this week. And then there were the remote control cars that Gramma and Grandpa bought the boys for their birthday. So the boys woke up to the play room being filled with toys. It felt like Christmas all over again.

Harrison loves Snoopy whereas William wants nothing to do with him. We were holding him back from riding rides I guess.

I took so many cute pictures today. So many to chose from...

Happy Birthday! We came home and had Harry's sporty cupcakes and decorations. He loves his sports!

He was really excited about his basketball hoop. You know the hoops you hang over the bedroom door? Well he wasn't making any baskets so Scott hung it on his crib. He loves it. Obviously it is back on the door because he will not go to sleep if he can play ball. He also adopted a "FurReal" Panda. It is so cute. This panda makes all sorts of cute noises. It takes a bottle (slurping), asks for hugs, giggles, whines, etc. It's pretty cool and I am pretty proud of myself for finding it on clearance at Target :)

Oh and how can I forget. I don't know how we do it but we have some luck when it comes to games. Check out today's prizes. All 6 of them! And it only costs $4 because we are that good! Ha!

Oh how I can't believe Harrison is TWO! I love you Harry Bugs. Happy Birthday!