Getting Out

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan came in the room around 7am. I was actually able to put him back to bed for a bit. He came back in the room a little after 8am. I got him breakfast and put him in the gameroom to watch a movie. Inexplicably, after about 30 minutes, he just ran into Noah's room, said hi, and then left. So it woke Noah up and then upset him that Evan had left. So that meant I had to get up and deal with the boys.

I got them breakfast and the three of us watched Up together. Noah was very cranky. Once the movie was over, I cut some fruit up for them and put them in the car along with Lizzy. Rachel wasn't feeling too well this morning and was worried that it was cold outside.

I drove the boys over to the Shops at Arbor Trail where there is a hike and bike trail around the outside. All of us took a walk. At then end we stopped in the Smoothie King and got smoothies for all of us including Rachel. Lizzy did well on the walk.

We got home and had lunch and then put the boys down for a nap.

When the boys got up, we played a bit. I talked to Rachel and she said she felt up to going out to dinner. So we went to a place called the Cypress Grill. They have this really good flavored sodas. Also, Evan can get a children's plate of grilled shrimp so it's easy to eat there. Evan was behaved but Noah was being a pain in the butt. He was throwing mini-temper tantrums, although in between he'd be cute and eat his food.

The boys are now in bed and Evan has already come out twice.

Until next time...

Port Surgery

This morning I got Evan for ready for school and Jodie picked him up and took him home.

At 10:30am Sonya and Avery came over to watch Noah while I had my surgery. Katheryne picked me up at 11am and took me to have my port put in.

The surgery was fine. They let me go home around 2:30 and then I just slept when I got home.
We got the results from the cat scan and the bone scan. Everything looked fine. Tomorrow I have a heart scan.

For dinner, Morry made shrimp for Evan and me and pasta for him and Noah.

Evan and Noah are in Noah’s room now, but still awake and playing.

Mall and Mini Golf

This morning we met Sherah’s family at the mall. They have a really nice indoor play area there. The boys played for a while. Then we picked up food at McDonalds and Subway and brought it back to Bubbe’s house. Evan, Noah, Court, and Nolan watched some of the Rescuers movie. Nolan was very excited to show it to Evan.

We came back to Grandma and Papa’s house. Once we finally got Evan and Noah to nap they slept well. I had to wake them up for dinner.

For dinner, Grandma/Lynn made shrimp and rice. Evan ate a lot of shrimp, but not much else. Noah didn’t each much, but he did eat a whole banana.

After dinner we went to play mini golf. Evan has never been, but has been talking about wanting to play golf with Papa for a while. We played a whole 18 hole course. Evan did really well and was getting the hang of it. Noah did well in the stroller most of the time. At the end we let Noah play on the greens a little. It wasn’t very crowded there. Noah seemed to understand the point of the game and would get excited when one of us got our ball in the hole. Evan seemed a little confused on the last hole when the ball disappeared. We tried to explain to him that the ball goes back to the desk on the last hole.

Evan and Noah are in bed now and it actually seems quiet in there. We’ll see if that really lasts.

Noah’s Check Up

After I dropped Evan off at school I took Noah for his 15 month appointment. Everything looked good. Noah is above average in both weight and height. Noah weighs 25 lbs 8oz and is 32 inches tall. Noah had to get 3 shots today, and just cried a little.

When I picked Evan up at school he was in his spare change of clothes. The kids played outside in the sprinklers today and Evan got soaked. Natasha said Evan had a great time and kept asking her to spray him more.

Evan and Noah took really long naps.

For dinner we made spaghetti.

At 6:30 Blanca came over and then Brian, our neighbor came over at 6:45. Brian is a photographer on the side and wanted to expand his portfolio. He was looking for couples for pictures. We volunteered. We went to South Congress and took lots of pictures until the sun went down. I’m looking forward to seeing how they turned out. It was fun being in that part of the city. There are lots of neat little shops and restaurants.

We got home around 9:15 and put the boys to bed. It seems quiet.

Natasha and Evan

Wendy and Evan

Noah Walks For Real

This morning I planned on walking Evan to school. Everything was loaded in the stroller (stuff for school, breakfast, drinks). Evan fought getting dressed which made us run late. Then, when it was time to go, Lizzy wouldn’t come inside. She kept barking, but I didn’t see anything. Finally, I realized the old guy in the walker was coming. She hates the dogs he walks for some reason. I was yelling at her, throwing baas, nothing worked. I couldn’t catch her to come inside. I took probably 10 minutes for the guy to finally pass our house. So, now I was running even later. I decided to go ahead and walk Evan to school anyway. I wanted the exercise and everything was already in the stroller.

We got to school pretty late.

I walked Noah home. We didn’t do much today. I just cleaned the house while Noah played. I made a smoothie for us at lunch and put some in a cup for Evan for later.

We drove to pick up Evan. When we got in the car I gave Evan his smoothie. He finished it by the time we got home (5 minute drive).

Evan and Noah took good naps.

Blanca came at 4:00. I tutored and got home at 6:30. We made flank steak marinated in Soy Vey and had potatoes and carrots for sides.

After dinner I made instant Jello pudding. We let Evan have a little.

We came upstairs to get ready for bed and all the sudden Noah started really walking. We were in Evan’s room and Noah just started walking across the room. I grabbed the camera and we got some video of Noah walking in the hallway. Evan kept disrupting, but you can still see Noah walk some.

What’s really funny is that this is the exact date two years ago when Evan started walking.

The boys are in bed now. Let’s hope for a good night.







Here's Evan walking for the first time, 2 years ago today.

Hurry

It was a busy morning. Evan and Noah woke up a little before 9. I quickly got them both dressed, made Evan a waffle, and took Evan to school. When I got home I fed Noah and then put him down for a nap. For some reason Noah did not want to sleep last night. I was up with him until about 2am.

I woke Noah up about 11:45 so that we could eat lunch and head over to HEB.

We had a quick lunch and then went grocery shopping. I had a lot to get for the week. I managed to save $35.59 in coupons today at HEB on a $116 bill after coupons. Not bad. :)

Usually at that time, HEB is not crowded, but for some reason I had to wait in a line a little bit. I also had a ton of coupons, so it took longer. I quickly put the Noah and the groceries in the car since we were running late to pick Evan up. At the stop light before school I was waiting in the left hand turn lane forever. It would not give me a green arrow (it was red the whole time). It went through a couple of cycles, but eventually I just ran the light. I went when the people going straight had green, but my arrow was still red. I was a few minutes late picking up Evan.

When I got to Evan’s school I apologized to Evan and Natasha for being late. I told her I got stuck at HEB and also about the light not giving me a green arrow.

After school we went to the library. Evan keeps talking about Star Wars. He has never seen the movies, just commercials for Star Wars products. I reserved the Star Wars set DVDs for us at the library and they were ready for pickup. On the way to the library Evan kept saying he was late and didn’t have an arrow. I tried to explain to him that it was me who was late and didn’t have an arrow, but he insisted it was him.

When we got home I put the boys down for naps. Noah napped, but Evan didn’t. Blanca came at 4:00 and Noah was just getting up at that time.

I tutored and got home at 7:00. We had Boboli pizza for dinner and ate outside.

Evan and Noah were both kind of cranky tonight. We just put them down to bed.

Happy Birthday Dear Noah

Noah is now 1 year old! It’s hard to believe it has already been a year.

This morning Blanca came over for an hour and a half so I could finish cleaning. After that, we met Morry and went out to lunch for Noah’s birthday. We wanted to find a place we could eat outside since Noah loves being outside. We went to Doc’s Backyard, a hamburger place. The weather was nice and both Evan and Noah enjoyed eating outside.

After lunch we came home and the boys wend down for naps. Morry worked from home so I could go to my hair appointment. My appointment was for 1:45. I got it cut and colored. I came home around 4:00.

Grandma/Lynn and Papa/Lenny got here around 5:00. Evan and Lizzy were very excited to see them.

Evan was being very hyper and silly. Evan and Noah played in the backyard while we figured out where to go for dinner.

We went to the County Line for barbeque. We sat on their outside patio overlooking the hills and sunset while we waited for a table. They had a guy playing the guitar. Evan enjoyed dancing (spinning) to the music.

We had a nice dinner. Evan and Noah ate a lot of bread. After dinner we went back to the patio for just a few minutes.

On the way home we stopped at HEB to get some things for Noah’s birthday party tomorrow.

At home, Noah opened his birthday presents. We let the boys play for just a little bit and then we got them ready for bed.

Too Much Cleaning

This morning I dropped Evan off at school and Noah, Lizzy, and I met Melissa at the lake. We walked the 3 mile loop. It was a little cool outside at first, but it warmed up and was very nice toward the end of the walk.

After the walk I went to Alamo Draft House to get a gift certificate for Alissa and then Old Navy to return some clothes.

On the way home around 12:00 I got a call saying the cleaning lady will not be able to come tomorrow. I scheduled the cleaning a few weeks ago. I purposely scheduled it for tomorrow morning to get the house cleaned before Noah’s party. The owner of the cleaning company asked if we could schedule for next week, but I said that wouldn’t work and that I needed someone to come tomorrow. He said he’d see if anyone else could come and would call me back later in the afternoon.

At home I fed Noah and ate lunch and then we picked Evan up at school.

As I was putting the boys down for naps the cleaning guy called and left a message saying he was not able to get anyone to come tomorrow.

I frantically started cleaning. The house really needed to be cleaned. As I was cleaning the upstairs bathroom, I saw Evan’s door open. I’m not sure he napped at all. I needed to keep cleaning, so I left him play in the gameroom with his GeoTrax while I cleaned. I cleaned from about 2:00-5:30 (when Morry got home) and still didn’t get everything done. I was absolutely exhausted.

I had plans to meet Alissa and some of her friends for Alissa’s birthday. We were meeting at a restaurant at 7:30.

I made myself coffee to wake me up and give me some energy and then got ready to go out.

Yenis came over at 7:00 and we went together in my car to the restaurant.

We had a nice time at dinner and then went downtown.

South by Southwest Festival is going on right now and I was sure it was going to be crowded and there wouldn’t be any parking spots. Somehow we lucked out and got a free parking spot on the street. We walked around downtown and sat at a bar for a little bit. I just got home at 12:30 and I’m absolutely exhausted.

Morry did some cleaning while I was gone. There is still cleaning to do tomorrow. Blanca is coming tomorrow at 10:00am so I can finish.

Tomorrow will be another busy day. Whew

Ducks and Fountains

This morning we met Yenis and Kevin at the lake about 11:45. They had been there a little while and Kevin didn’t want to walk. They were heading home when we got there.

Evan wanted to walk instead of riding in the stroller. He walked/ran to the part where the ducks are (maybe a mile). We stopped for a little while and fed the ducks sandwich bread we had brought from home. Noah ate about 2 ½ slices. Evan probably had about 2 slices for himself as well. I think the boys ate more than the ducks.

We walked back to the car and saw the Zilker Park train go by full of kids. Evan was very excited about seeing the train.

There’s a splash fountain area on the lake, but it wasn’t too close to where we were. I put the boys in the car and we drove over there. Evan had a blast. I could hardly get his shoes off. He wanted to run right through the fountains. The water was cold, but he didn’t mind at all. Noah, on the other hand, did not like that cold water at all. He cried when I set him down. We stayed for about 30 minutes. Evan threw a fit when it was time to go. I had a hard time getting him to the car.

By the time we got home, cleaned up, and ready for naps it was about 3:00. They both took good naps.

Morry got home around 6:00 and we ate Coke Ham and mashed potatoes.

While Morry cleaned up I took Evan outside to help me water the plants. We got him a little watering can at Target yesterday. He enjoyed watering all the plants and trees outside. He even watered himself too.

Then, we went to HEB to order food for Noah’s party.

We came home, gave the boys baths, and now they are in bed.

Ikea with Nolan and Court

I dropped Evan off at school around 9am. I packed his lunch because I wasn’t sure if he’d be at school the whole time or if we’d meet up with Sherah and family.

When I got home I talked to Sherah and we made plans to meet at Ikea around 11:30. They have kid’s activities and super cheap lunches there all week for Spring Break.

I picked Evan up from school at 10:45. We arrived at Ikea around 11:20. Aunt Susan, Sherah, JW, Noah, and Court had just gotten there too. When we walked in they were handing out green balloons and I put one of Evan’s wrist. He was having a great time playing with it and hitting it. We started walking through the store. It was just a few minutes later and all of the sudden, Evan’s balloon popped. He seemed very surprised. I wasn’t sure if he was going to cry. But, he was ok. We all just kind of laughed about it. I think Evan still wasn’t quite sure what happened. Evan was doing very well walking and staying by the stroller. We stopped in the kid’s section and all of the boys had a great time playing. There was a train set, neat kinds of chairs, tents, a see-saw, … We spent a lot of time in that area.

Then, we went over to the restaurant. We sat down at a big table and I gave Evan his school lunch I had made for him while I fed Noah some applesauce. They were selling kid’s meals for $.49. I bought 3 meals (for Noah, Evan, and I to share) and a soft drink. The whole thing cost less than $4. I ended up eating most of the food. I ordered meals with meat balls, plain pasta, vegetables, and macaroni and cheese. Evan ate some, but Noah mostly threw it on the floor.

After lunch Evan wanted his face painted so we went to stand it line. The line was really long and there was only one person painting faces, so I asked Evan if he would rather go to the park. Of course, he said yes.

We made our way though the rest of the store (which takes forever – they make you walk through the whole store to leave). I bought a few things, so we checked out and went to the park/playground across the parking lot from Ikea.

As we were leaving I thought I recognized Yenis’s car.in the parking lot. I called her and that was their car and they were in Ikea. Yenis told me Kevin said he saw Evan, but Yenis tried to tell Kevin it must have been someone that just looked like Evan.

At the playground the kids had a fun. It was pretty hot and getting close to nap time, so we didn’t stay that long.

On the way home we hit traffic – unusual for that time. Near Mopac and William Cannon they had both directions of Mopac closed and everyone had to get off the highway by driving through the grass. It was a mess. I later found out it was because of fallen power lines.

We didn’t get home until 3:00pm and they boys took great naps. They were exhausted.

For dinner we had already cooked roasted chicken that we just had to heat up in the oven. We had pasta as a side.

After dinner we went to Target.

The boys went to bed late tonight. We just put them to bed around 9:30.

Lots of things on a nice day

Today was a busy day. We did a lot today.

This morning we met Liz, my Spanish teacher friend from West Ridge Middle School. We met her for brunch/lunch at Panera’s. It was a little cold when we first got there so we sat inside. Evan and Noah were very well behaved. Noah ate almost the whole time. I got a blueberry muffin for Evan. It was pretty big. He ate half of it and Noah ate the rest. Noah also ate some of Liz’s bagel, applesauce, and fruit. After we ate we went out to the restaurant’s patio. Evan and Noah enjoyed running and crawling around the patio. It gave Liz and I a little bit of a chance to talk.

After Panera’s we met Alissa, Ben, and Molly at the Circle C Park. When we first got there we saw a man walking a dog that looked sort of like Lizzy. I’m pretty sure Noah said “Lizzy” when we saw the dog. We were there a long time. The weather was great and the kids were playing well and having a good time. We stayed at the park until about 2:00. When we got home both boys were exhausted and took good naps.

Morry met a friend for dinner. One of his friends since elementary school is in town for the South by Southwest festival. Morry went straight from work to meet his friend.

Evan, Noah, and I ate dinner at home. I made mac and cheese for Evan. Noah didn’t eat much. He ended up throwing a lot of his food on the floor.

I needed to go to HEB today. We were out of milk for Evan and we needed some other things. By the time we were able to leave the house it was about 8:00. Evan and Noah were very good at HEB. I let Evan walk next to me and he did very well.

When we got home about 9:00 Morry was home and he helped unload the car and put the groceries away. Then, we put the boys to bed.

Long Oil Change

It was another rainy and cold day. We stayed inside this morning. Yenis, her mom, and Kevin came over for about 30 minutes to play until it was time for us to leave.

We met Morry at Lambs to get my oil changed. When it’s time for oil changes, we normally meet Morry and go to lunch while we wait for the car. This time we went over to Chick-Fil-A and ate a quick lunch. At Chick-Fil-A Evan asked for ice cream. We told him if he was good the rest of the day we’d get ice cream after dinner.

Morry had to be back at work for a meeting. We got back to Lambs after about an hour and the car still hadn’t been serviced. Since Morry had to go to work, I just sat at Lambs with the boys. They told us it would be about another 30 minutes. Well, an hour later my car was finally ready. That was the worst hour ever. Since it was rainy we couldn’t even go outside. They just have a small area with chairs to sit on inside. Evan was very well behaved, but Noah was horrible. He screamed and cried almost the whole time. I tried everything – food, juice, pacifier, diaper change (on the floor since there was no changing station). I don’t know what took so long. I’m sure the crying was driving other people nuts as well. They shouldn’t have made us wait so long. When the car was finally ready I asked if something was wrong with the car because it took so long. They said the car was fine and that it was in the middle of the line and they were waiting on another car to finish, or something like that. When I finally got the boys in the car Noah fell asleep right away. We didn’t get home until about 2:45.

I put Evan and Noah down for naps and they both slept well.

For dinner we went to Hula Hut. Rainy days are the best times to go there. Sometimes you can end up waiting an hour or 2 on a nice day. Since it’s on the lake and most people go for the view, you don’t have to wait long on a rainy day. We got seated right away. Evan and Noah were very good at the restaurant. Both boys ate a ton. We ordered a fried shrimp kids meal for Evan. At first he wouldn’t eat the shrimp. I think he didn’t really realize it was shrimp, even though we told him. As soon as we took the breading off, he ate it up. Evan ate chips, cheese, tortillas, the shrimp, rice, and fruit. Noah had baby food, cheese, a leftover biscuit from last night, chips, and fruit.

After dinner we decided to go to TCBY for ice cream/yogurt since Evan was really good today. When we got there, the store was closed, for good. We felt bad since we told Evan he could have ice cream so we tried to think of other places we could go. We ended up a Wendy’s to get Frosties. In the car Evan kept saying he wanted cherry ice cream or cherries in his ice cream. At Wendy’s we asked if there was a way they could put a cherry on Evan’s kid’s frosty. The guy was very nice and put 2 cherries on top of Evan’s frosty. He was very excited and Evan thanked the guy. It was cute. We spent a long time at Wendy’s, but Evan did end up eating all of his Frosty. Noah ate a lot too. Noah would do the “more” sign before he even swallowed all the ice cream in his mouth.

We got home somewhat late and just put the boys to bed. I hope they sleep since they ate all that ice cream.

The Mall

We walked to school today. Well, I walked pushing the stroller most the way. Evan walked just a little when we were almost there. There’s a little field we cut through by the pool to get to school. Evan asked to walk at that point.

After dropping Evan off, Noah and I met Alissa at the mall. For some reason Noah was really cranky. He cried a lot. I’m thinking maybe he was just really tired. He would calm down as soon as I held him. I tried to get in and out as fast as I could. I picked up a few clothes for Evan and Noah at Old Navy, The Children’s Place, and Gymboree. I had something to return at Gap. It was a gift someone gave Noah that wasn’t the right size. I didn’t feel like trying to shop around Gap at that point, so I just got the merchandise credit and will go another time to pick something out for him. I also had to stop at the Mac store. It is Blanca’s birthday today, so I picked up an itunes gift card for her.

We got home in time for me to feed Noah lunch and then leave to pick up Evan.

After I picked Evan up at school we went to the bank. I had some checks to deposit. They changed the way the ATM works. You used to be able to be able to deposit all the checks at once in one envelope. Now, they have you insert them one at a time. It reads the amount on the check and you have to verify after inserting each one. It takes a really long time. I had maybe 10 checks to deposit. It took forever and Noah was screaming in the car the whole time. Sometimes, it makes more sense for me to just get the boys out of the car, go in the bank, and have the teller deposit them. I just didn’t feel like getting the boys out of the car since I just put them in at Evan’s school. Oh, and if we go in the bank Evan has to have a lollipop. I didn’t feel like doing all that, but it probably would have been faster.

For some reason Evan didn’t want to nap. Noah went down easily. Once Evan finally fell asleep, Noah woke up. He didn’t sleep that long. Evan actually ended up sleeping a while. Blanca came over at 5:00 and Evan was still sleeping when Morry got home at 5:30.

I tutored two students and got home about 8:00.

We took a short walk around the neighborhood and Evan walked most of the way.

The boys are in bed now and I’m finally going to eat some dinner.

Gardening

This morning I took a walk with Evan, Noah, and Lizzy.

Then, we went to the Meridian park and met up with Yenis, her mom, and Kevin. The boys played at the playground for about 30 minutes since Yenis had somewhere to go and we needed to get home for lunch. At the park Evan found some roly-polies and I let him hold one. He liked the way it tickled his arm. Noah kept trying to poke it.

We ate lunch and then I put Evan and Noah down for naps. Noah napped, but Evan did not. I heard him playing in his room the whole time. When I went upstairs to get him he was playing bowling with his soft soccer balls. I saw him rolling the balls and asked what he was playing and he told me bowling.

I cleaned the coat closet and had everything pulled out of it. Evan found a ski mask and had a good time putting it on and wearing it around the house. He thought it was for water, but I had to explain to him it was for snow.

For dinner I made a cornbread casserole with ground beef.

After dinner we went in the backyard to plant the veggies and herbs we go the other day. Evan, Noah, and Lizzy all enjoyed playing in the backyard while we worked. Evan and Noah went down the slide together. Noah even went down on his own once. Morry was watching him at the top of the playscape and Noah just decided to go, head first, down the slide. He wasn’t scared at all. He loved it.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. I just heard Noah make a little noise, but it sounds quiet in Evan’s room.

Out of the house

We finally got out of the house today and enjoyed the nice weather. I’m feeling a lot better, though still not 100%. Evan seems pretty much better too, and Noah is still good, so far.

I took Evan, Noah, and Lizzy on a 2 mile run this morning. It’s been a while since I have run. I had planned on doing a 5k charity run on Sunday until I got sick this week. I haven’t registered yet. I wanted to see how I did today. I think I could probably do it, but I’ll wait until the last minute to decide.

We met Bodar and Marissa (from playgroup and school) at the park today. The weather was nice, but a little bit windy. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing outside. Noah loves playing with the little rocks on the playground. Evan spent a lot of time on the bouncy horses.

After the park we went to Target to return a few things and pick up others. I got some plates for both boys’ birthdays. They actually had Cars plates (Evan’s theme) on clearance, so I was able to pick up a few. We passed by the Easter candy display (or couple of aisles, actually). I decided to get our first Cadbury cream eggs for the year. I bought a box of the little ones for Evan. He was excited, but I don’t think he really knew what they were.

When we got home he ran into the office/bedroom (Morry was working at home today). Hew wanted to show Morry the cream eggs we got at Target. We told Evan he could have one if he ate a good lunch. Evan actually ate really well. He must be pretty hungry form not eating that well the last few days. Of course, he enjoyed his little cream egg at the end of lunch.

Evan and Noah took good naps today.

For dinner we went to Mimi’s Café. The food was good, but the service wasn’t so great. It took a long time to get our food. Evan and Noah ate well and behaved well even though we had to wait awhile. We ordered Evan a mac and cheese kids meal. It came with a oreo pudding dessert. Evan got a little cup of dirt (pudding, crushed oreos, and gummy worms). Of course, he loved it and went right for the gummy worms.

Evan and Noah are in bed now and it seems to be quiet in both rooms.

Morry’s turn

Well, Morry got the stomach bug now too. He started feeling bad last night and didn’t go to work today. We didn’t get much sleep last night. Evan was up coughing. Morry put the humidifier in his room and after that Evan slept better. Lizzy woke us up barking at one point.

After I dropped Evan off at school Noah and I went to Target. I have needed to go for a few days and today I finally felt ready to try shopping. I got what I needed and it wasn’t too bad. I gave Noah a squeaky ball to play with to keep him busy while I shopped.

I’m still not feeling great. I did just a little cleaning. I started the laundry, though the clothes aren’t folded and I mopped the kitchen floor. It was filthy. But, that’s all I could manage to do today.

When I picked Evan up at school Wendy told me Evan bumped heads with another kid today. She said both he and the other kid were just playing and somehow bumped into each other. Evan cried and they took him inside for a little bit, but he seemed fine when I picked him up. I could barely tell where Evan hit his head. I don’t think it hurt him too bad, because he didn’t even tell me when I first walked in. Normally, if something big, or unusual happens, he tells me first thing.

When we got home Morry was laying on the couch watching a DVD with an old Steelers Super Bowl Game. Evan watched a little, but then we went upstairs for naps. Morry even went upstairs for a nap.

I heard Evan crying through the monitor so I went to his room. He was trying to get his Geo Trax out of the closet and was getting frustrated that he couldn’t get the box out. I took it out for him. He ended up not napping and just played with Geo Trax in his room for a while.

Blanca came at 4:00, so I could tutor. I got home around 7:00 and ate leftover Chinese food from last night.

Evan and Noah were cranky tonight so we put them to bed somewhat early. I still hear some movement in both of their rooms though.

Still recovering

Evan got up early this morning. He was up when Morry was leaving for work.

I still was not feeling good today, so we just stayed in the house all day. I even canceled my tutoring again.

I took Evan and Noah in the backyard for a little bit so we could get some fresh air. Noah enjoyed crawling in the grass. Evan played on the playscape for a while. I put Noah on the slide a few times and he seemed to like it. Noah would clap when he got to the bottom.

After lunch Evan and Noah took naps. Evan slept for over 3 hours.

We just had dinner. We ordered Chinese food. I was able to eat a little.

Evan is playing baseball with Morry right now (inside the house). In a few minutes we’ll take Evan and Noah upstairs and get them ready for bed.

Somewhat better

I’m doing a little better today.

Evan seemed fine this morning and said he wanted to go to school.

While Evan was at school I just hung out at home with Noah. Luckily, Noah took a morning nap, so I was able to lie down for a little bit too.

When I picked Evan up he seemed like he didn’t feel well. Natasha said he was fine at school and just started acting like that. She said he didn’t eat much at lunch, but besides that he seemed fine. The kids did an obstacle course outside today and Evan had a good time. Evan needed a diaper change as we were leaving, so I changed him in the car.

When we got home, I had to change Evan’s diaper again. I won’t go into the messy details, but I’ll just say it wasn’t a fun diaper change.

Evan and Noah both took naps and woke up around the time Morry got home.

I canceled my tutoring today. I was supposed to tutor 3 students, but I didn’t want to push it or risk getting anyone sick.

Evan has been acting a lot better this afternoon and evening. He has been eating and drinking more than the last couple of days.

After dinner Noah started throwing bits of food off his tray which was making Lizzy very happy. Noah was cracking up each time he threw a piece of food. It was hard not to be mad at him. At least Lizzy was cleaning up his mess.

Evan and Noah are watching the movie Cars right now. We’ll take them upstairs in a little for baths and bed.

Inside day

This morning Morry had to work from 9-12:00. Evan got up early and Morry took care of him until he had to leave.

I just stayed in the house with the boys while Morry was at work. Evan is feeling a lot better today. He didn’t have a fever during the day, but still didn’t eat much. He mostly just had drinks and a smoothie today.

I helped Evan put on a temporary tattoo. He picked out a Buzz Lightyear one and showed me where on his arm he wanted me to put it. We walked outside to get the paper. Evan likes going to pick up the newspaper every Sunday because he knows the Garfield comic strip is in there. We laid out the paper on the table and Evan asked me to read Garfield to him.

Noah got cranky around 11:00 so I put him down for a nap and he slept until Morry got home. We woke him up to have lunch.

Evan and Noah would not nap today. At least I got to nap though. Morry watched the boys so I could get some sleep.

We had pasta and soup for dinner.

We gave the boys a bath and put them down to bed early tonight. It sounds quiet in Evan’s room. He asked for the banana song (Day-o), so I hear Raffi playing. Noah’s still making some noise.

Noah’s first word

This morning we went to playgroup. It was a house real close to ours, but we drove since I had some things to do after and we had Evan’s bike with us. The house is in a cul-de-sac and the mom asked us to bring the kid’s bikes so they could ride around. The kids played both inside and outside. Inside, the mom put out some food. Evan didn’t eat much, but Noah had a great time sitting at the table eating the big kid food. Noah ate fruit, bread, and some cinnamon roll. Outside, Evan rode his bike for a while and then he played with one of the kid’s motorized car. It took him a little while to figure out the pedal, backwards, forwards, steering, … but by the end he was doing a lot better. Evan enjoyed driving Marissa around.

After playgroup we went to HEB. We were pretty hot since we had been playing outside and it was in the 80s. At HEB they have a little café with an Icee machine. I got Icees for Evan and me. Evan was very excited. He drank his while sitting in the cart with Noah. Evan and I shared our Icees with Noah. Somehow Noah got Icee all over the place, but he did seem to like it a lot.

At home, I fed Noah lunch, but Evan didn’t want to eat anything.

I put them down for naps. It took Evan a while to fall asleep.

When Morry got home the boys were starting to wake up from their naps. When I went to get Evan he didn’t look good and felt warm. I took his temperature and it was 101 degrees.

We went to dinner at a place called Mandola’s in the Triangle. The Triangle is an area of town where they have shops and restaurants with apartments on top. We had a nice time at dinner. It was pretty crowded since the weather was nice. I grabbed a table with Noah while Morry and Evan stood in line and ordered our food. We were able to sit outside. Noah ate very well, but Evan didn’t eat much. He must not have been feeling well. At dinner I took a picture of Evan, Noah, and Morry. I asked Evan to say “cheese” and it sounded like Noah was saying “cheese” too.

After we finished eating we went over to see the water fountain. I took out the camera to take a picture, and without me even saying anything, Noah started to say, “cheese!”. So, Noah’s first official word is “cheese.” Very fitting since he loves having his picture taken.

After dinner we went to Yogurt Planet, a neat frozen yogurt shop. They had many flavors of yogurt and toppings to choose from. You get your own yogurt and toppings and just pay by the pound. We had fun making our yogurts. Before we walked in the store Evan said he was hungry and he wanted yogurt. We made a fruity one for Evan but he didn’t eat much. He really wasn’t feeling well.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. Evan still had a fever so we gave him some medicine. Hopefully he feels better tomorrow. Poor little guy.