I am just writing this bc I finally made it to Friday. We had a crazy week last week and I kept thinking if I could make it til this Friday I would be ok! We head to the beach for the week on Sunday so big deep sigh... ahhhhh! much better!! Last week was just crazy. After getting stitches on Saturday, Monday rolls around and we are scheduled for swimming lessons. I tried about 5 or 6 people to try and get lessons starting about 8 weeks ago. I was unable to get something that really worked well with my work schedule. So Laura Canterbury was so nice and suggested we just at least get one week in with her. I really wanted Whit to so I said we would make it work. So when we got stitches we were told not to swim. Seriously....
Well being the terrible mother that I am decided we had to bc it was the last week possible. So i covered up the stitches with a waterproof bandage and hoped for the best. Thankfully Cookie was willing to help me out so she would pick up Whit at school, get him changed and I would rush to meet them at swim at 3:30. Whit was not a fan of swimming. Tuesday was our best day and I thought it would just get better but on Friday he was still crying and hating it. But we did it and I am so glad we did. He really did learn a lot and I think its going to make a huge difference when we are at the pool with him. It did not help that on Thursday he woke up with a horrible cough. He never stopped coughing all day. His teacher said he was miserable but he didn't have a fever. He was short of breath and felt terrible. I still made him swim which is probably why he cried. Oh well. So Friday I picked him up from school to go to the doctor then we were going from the doctor to swim. I decided to just take Charlie too to make it easier. Well we get to the doctor and we had to do a breathing treatment bc he was struggling to breath. I got her to check Charlie's ears just bc we were there and of course his double ear infection had not gone away despite a round of antibiotics 2 weeks ago. So we left the doctor with a prescription for each boy and went to swim.
We survived the week and made it to last weekend. Packing was on the schedule for the weekend bc we are moving in 2 weeks. I don't know if I have mentioned that on the blog and I definitely want to remember!
Memorial Day came around and I think I had gotten 3 boxes packed all weekend but I decided to just not worry and we headed to mom and dads for a delicious BBQ! This week has been much more calm but I am still so ready to get to the beach. Charlie has woken up every night this week just crying. It is almost as if he cannot get comfortable but maybe its his ears. Either way being up for over an hour around 2 is not my idea of fun. Hopefully he will be tired enough at the beach to where he does not wake up!
So here we are at Friday! Walmart, baking, packing for the beach and packing the house all must happen before we depart Sunday morning. I love this crazy life we are living in and I would not trade it for anything. My boys have made it crazy but when I look at them I just laugh and wonder why I stress so much! I am blessed to be moving to a new house with a little more room for them to play, blessed to be headed to the beach with my whole family, blessed that my husband puts up with me when I am crazy, and blessed that I have so many people who can help me when I am crazy and stressed!

Swimming

Picnic in the yard. Don't worry Charlie was laughing

Two sick boys only needing mommy

Stitches Round 1 and Charlie at 5 mo

Well we made it to 2 1/2 before we needed stitches! I really am surprised we made it this far. Whit is clumsy and trips and falls all the time so to have made it this far is good in my book. I know it is definitely not going to be the last time either! So we were headed to breakfast and he fell down the front steps. We were all inside so when I heard him crying I just walked outside. I had Charlie in my arms so I just reached down and grabbed his shirt to help him up. He is normally fine so i did not worry too much until he turned around with blood coming down his face. Nate came out and got him cleaned up. Thankfully my dad was coming to meet us for breakfast so he was already close to our house. He came over to assess the situation. Nate was convinced he did not need stitches. Dad thought we definitely did. We had called Mike but dad thought he was at the lake so it looked like our handy plastic surgeon was out. So dad got Charlie and we were about to pull out of the driveway to go to Children's just as Mike called dad. Thankfully he was here and was willing to help! So after we had breakfast we headed to his office. We wrapped Whit up in a sheet like a swaddle and I helped hold him down. It was no fun listening to him cry "mommy" over and over. He was such a good boy though and I was proud of him. When we were done you never would have known anything was wrong. I am just preparing myself for these instances with boys!!

Moving on from that excitement...... the rest of the weekend was non eventful. I ended up hanging out at mom and dads Saturday bc Courtney, Jarod and HK were there. It was good to see them. Its been a while since I have seen HK. She is getting too big!

Whit had to hold Charlie's hand while watching Mickey at Cookie and Docs

I mean how cute is she!

Love this sweet boy

Charlie turned 5 months old yesterday! I can now say that i really want time to slow down. He is getting better about not crying in his car seat and really does not fuss much at all any more. He still wants to be held all the time but he will play(roll) on the floor some too. He is sleeping good at night for the most part. Some nights he will wake up but usually he goes back to sleep. He is not in his swaddle any more. Sometimes I think he still wants to be in it but it was a good time to transition out. He had a double ear infection 2 weeks ago but I didn't even know til we went to the doctor for his checkup. We really haven't started food. I have given him some peas and oatmeal just to try and get used to the spoon. I am just not worried about it this go round. Naps are hit or miss. He always takes one around 8:30 and then in the afternoon. Sometimes he will sleep great in his bed but other times he is just not going to have it. He is "talking" more these days and is happy most of the time. I love this smiley little boy.

5 months old

All smiles 90% of the time