what a weekend....

This has not been the best weekend. I am pretty convinced I have strep throat. I tried to get an appointment on Friday but of course they couldn't get me in. I thought the pain would have let up by now, but no such luck. If the pain hasn't gotten better tomorrow, I may have to go to the doctor. If I don't have strep, I am convinced I have been swallowing pins and broken glass all weekend. And that something is pushing into my eardrums from the inside.

To make matters worse, Zach's pink eye resurfaced. I thought I sanitized everything in the house, but either I missed something, or he re contracted it from someone else. Luckily it looks better today after Chris has been diligent about putting the drops in his eyes 3 times a day.

And, since Hannah can't be left out of the fun... she cut 2 teeth in the last 3 days. She has been miserable. Last night once we finally got to sleep, she woke up screaming and throwing her body around. She screamed so much that she made herself gag and throw up. And she was congested, but not snotty that I could suction out, so when she would try to use her pacifier or nurse, she couldn't breathe. Chris put the humidifier in the room with us which helped her a lot, but made me worse.

Friday she slept a lot at daycare and I noticed that night that she cut a tooth (a weird one ... order wise) It is a top tooth, but not a front one, the tooth just to the side of the front ones. And this morning I felt that she finally cut the other bottom front tooth last night or this morning sometime.

Luckily Chris is healthy and able to take care of us all. I hope the springtime sunshine helps wipe away all the germs !!!

The Latest and Greatest....

Hannah had her 6 month appointment and shots yesterday. She weighs 21 lbs 4 oz and is 28 inches long. She is 97th percentile for both height and weight. She is getting so big. She loves to sit up and play with her toys and chew on anything and everything she can get her hands on. Crawling looks like it will happen in the very near future. She has started "talking" alot. She will say Mama, but I am not totally convinced she is saying it about me, more than she says it at me. She usually says it in a fit of rage when she wants something.

Zach's surgery has been rescheduled for May 13th. Think healthy thoughts for him please!! He is doing well. Just got over his first case of pink eye. Some behavior issues we are trying to address. Pushing, stealing other kids toys, ignoring... you know... normal kid stuff.

This past weekend we had Zach's best friend Max over to play a lot. His parents bought a beautiful house here in Atascadero and they had fun stuff to do over there. Pulling out flooring, base boards, etc. Here are some pictures of Zach and Max's weekend of fun...

Here is the boys reading to each other when they were supposed to be trying to take a nap:


chasing each other on bikes:


Zach trying to put on Max's shoes so they could go back outside:


just chillin:

Clippies!!

I have waited a long time for this day. The day that I could play with my daughters hair!!! A friend of mine started up a little business called Little Fortune Cookie and she makes all of these cute clippies by hand. She made Itty Bitty Clippies just for Hannah and I just love them!!

Happy Easter

World Down Syndrome Day

Today is World Down Syndrome Day. The date was chosen to signify the uniqueness of Down syndrome in the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome and is used synonymously with Down syndrome.

Down syndrome has taught me so much about myself and what I am capable of, as a parent and a person. I have learned so much about love, compassion, pride, and patience. I am so thankful that I was chosen to be Zach's mama.

Major Cuteness

6 month picture with my bear-












Don't bother me Mama... I'm multi-tasking...

what's going on??....

Being that it has been almost a month since I last posted, I thought I would give you all some updates.

Where do I start.....

I turned 30 !!! I have spent the month celebrating.
Celebration #1 - The weekend of 2/29, we went up north to celebrate with my cousin Danielle and our families. Dani turned 30 on 2/27 and I turned 30 on 3/8. It was so good to get the kids together. On Saturday, we left the kids with their dads and Dani and I, and our moms went wine tasting. We had such a great time!! I miss them all so much and wish we lived closer.
Celebration #2 - My mom and my husband pulled one over on me and threw me a surprise birthday party at my moms house. It was a great time. So many good friends there and I really did not expect it. I expected a family dinner, but not the turnout that we had. I felt so important.
Celebration #3 - Today at work we celebrated my birthday. Birthdays here are big and always have a theme. My theme is a clean room. There is saran wrap enclosing my space and cleaning products all over. I am not OCD, I swear.
All in all it has been a wonderful birthday with lots of pampering to come!! (I got 2 gift certificates to Spa's... the only problem is... deciding what services to get!!)

Zachary's turn....
Zach was supposed to have eye surgery yesterday but it got cancelled due to him being sick. We were really ready for it to be done with so our anxiety about the whole thing can be gone, but what can you do? Now we are just waiting to find out when it will be rescheduled to. Other than that he is great. He comes out with new words everyday and he is just a little pistol. He gets pretty defiant from time to time, but what kid doesn't, right?

Hannah's turn....
Her Royal Highness is 6 months old today. (6 month old pics to come soon) It is so hard to believe she can be this old already. Yesterday she cut her first tooth. It excites me to see everything she is learning to do and see her beautiful smile everyday, but it also makes me sad that my tiny newborn is so big already. She loves to play on the floor and in her jumper. She can sit up unassisted (for the most part, she will fall to the side or back when she gets tired of doing it) and she loves rice cereal and the few fruits and veges she has tried. She is already in 9 (and some 12) month clothing!!

Chris is doing well. Loves his job (how can you not love a job where you play soccer twice a week for lunch and get free energy drinks)

And of course... here are some pictures...

At the first wine stop...


Zach hanging out at his cousin's house...


Love this picture of Hannah...


Happy Zach at mom's birthday party...


This picture just makes me warm and fuzzy...

Hannah is 5 months old!!!

Where has the time gone? Hannah is getting too big too fast. She loves to eat her rice cereal and has tried a couple vegetables which she has taken to also. She is pretty mobile now. She will roll all over the house. She gets up on her hands, and up on her knees, just not at the same time.
Here are a couple of new pictures:

I am 5 months old :




And she's off:


Me and mom at the beach:


My big brother at the beach:


My big brother and I all dressed up and ready to go out for Nana's birthday:


Give me food NOW:

more pictures...

Now it's Zach's turn. Zach is doing great. Not too much new. Here are some pictures from the new Paso Childrens Museum. They have a special needs day once a month and we had a blast!!

new pictures of Hannah

Thought I would post some new pictures of the kids. We bought Hannah's big girl carseat since she is already at the height limit for the infant carrier, and because of the little car bump (I can't even call it an accident), the insurance company has to replace our carseats. So, we had the store ring up an infant carrier and an extra base and we bought her her new one. I have been researching this seat for awhile and it is purple!!! Anyone that knows me knows that I am somewhat of a fan of purple. :)



We have also started Hannah on rice cereal, so I got a couple shots of her in her highchair





Here is Hannah on her 4 month birthday