Parasite or Rotavirus, you pick!

Yuck, what a week and weekend. We are now on Day 10 of the big D and by the big D, I mean DIARRHEA! But, we might be turning a corner. 2 doctor visits, numerous phone calls later, it has been determined that the boys either have a parasite (nice thought, huh) or Rotavirus. Both are characterized by constant watery diarrhea along with vomiting. Hmmm, sounds familiar!

Anyways, course of treatment is the same and since the boys look to be improving, we have opted to not go ahead with the lab work for verification. Well that and it has taken us until today to get to the point where we could even get an actual stool sample and then several days, minimum, for results, well you get the picture.

Poor Jorden's rear is raw and when I saw raw, I mean RAW!!!! I have pics but Jereme won't let me post them b/c of all the sickos out there. But, he has huge open wounds on his bottom, testicles and penis! It is terrible and he SCREAMS with every diaper change but in the very least the number of changes are slowing down.

Oh, you ask where did they get this??? Well, remember the lovely pics of the boys about to go swimming at the Y? You got it, they came down with probs within the timeframe of being there. Now, you ask, how can we pinpoint that...well, see Jereme was out of town which means, I was holed up at the house alone with snow on the ground and in a 5-day stretch, the only place the boys went was to the Y. Both conditions are passed through feces so we feel confident that the exposure came from there. Needless to say, we won't be going swimming for quite some time!!!!!! But, here are some pics we took during the week on the "good" days:


Big boy Isaac knows how to climb up the entire flight of stairs!!


Seriously, mom, are you ever going to unpack us completely or am I going to have to do it? (Jorden)

Happy Valentine's Day!

What was my Valentine's Day gift? I bet you can't top it!

Sweet boy Jorden spent all day today, saying "momma, momma, momma, momma". It was too perfect. And for every momma he said, Isaac responded with dadadadadadada. So, the war is on!

No pics to post...we have sick boys, including the big boy of the house. The FLU HAS STRUCK and it is NASTY!! The 10-month olds are coping better than the 31-year-old...shocker of a lifetime, I am sure, to the other women out there in cyber space...you know what it's like when a man gets (gasp) sick.

Hello, how could I forget the biggest one of all???

I can't believe it! As my friend, Sara, so graciously pointed out, I forgot the biggest NEVER, EVER pre-kids statement.

"I will never drive a minivan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

As most of you know, I drive a stinkin' minivan. For anyone considering buying one, DON'T DO IT!!!

Isn't it funny???

Isn't it funny how becoming a parent makes you eat your words? Examples:

1. I will never let my child just have junk for a meal.
Um, yes you will, when it is the 3rd meal in a row on a hunger strike and they won't eat anything and you sit in front of them, begging him to drink the juice and eat the animal crackers.

2. I will never let my child cry themselves to sleep. I'll be such a great parent, we won't need to do that.
Need I say more?

3. I will not tiptoe around my house during naptime. I'll be too busy cleaning.
Sorry, that one still cracks me up. Yes, of course you will tiptoe around the house so that you can have a few moments of peace! And, cleaning? What's that?

4. My child will only use a pacifier for the first few weeks and then it will be gone.
Hold on just a sec, gotta find a pacifier to get my 10-month-old to stop crying.....

5. I am going to make my own baby food b/c it will be so much easier.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

6. I will never spank my child.
Haven't had to do this yet but I can already GUARANTEE you we will!

The list could go on and on. I remember once, foolishly, not too long ago, maybe a year or two ago before kids I made the most idiotic statement ever uttered by a human. I said to another friend who didn't have children, "I don't understand why all these moms who stay at home can't do _____________________ (insert any number of phrases) because she is at home all day. Really, I understand she has kids but what does she do all day?"

I get it. I apologize to all those other SAHM for my previous thoughts and words. About 20 times a day, I think, "how was I so ignorant????" God must have a great sense of humor.

Happy 10th Month Birthday House Twins!!

I can't believe that 10 months ago today, the boys arrived. Those first few weeks of having 2 teeny-tiny babies seemed to drag on. Maybe it was the lack of the sleep or the worry because we had no idea what we were doing! But, it seems like we blinked and here we are. Loving every minute of having twins...best thing that's ever happened for us...God is good!!!

Swimming!

We took the boys swimming at the YMCA! Here they are being little cuties in their swim trunks...they had a BIG time at the pool!

Naked and Cleaning (but not at the same time!)

Handsome boys!





Holy cow, brother, have you seen this thing down here??? Do you have one?

Whew! We both have one!


No hands!!!

Look what I found under the couch!!!

I love my Swiffer WetJet!! But, this is disgusting...this is the pad after not "swiffering" the kitchen floor for a week! Yuck, maybe I should stop letting the boys pick up their pieces of food off the floor and eating them.......