These 3 little boys never cease to amaze me. Lately they have been talking up a storm. Unfortunately that means they have gotten quite bossy as well. There is a lot of "Hey! No, no!" and "Stop it!" going around, to each other and to Lue. Poor dog used to have such a peaceful life. On the up side they are communicating their needs more and more. Noah recently learned to say, "thirsties". For some reason he makes everything plural...perhaps because he's a multiple. :) A favorite of mine is "Peek-boo!" and "See you!" Most things are still just one word: cup, mama (usually yelled), daddy, Lue, doggy, and so many other words. They are starting to say each other's names more too. Aiden is still the name they struggle with. It's so much fun to watch them learning so much, so fast. I remember preparing myself for the fact that they would probably be behind in certain things. They most certainly are not. They actually talk a lot for their age. Our pediatrician has always been so amazed by them. I only wish learning things didn't also include them poking my eyes and saying "eye" or jabbing my belly and saying "baby". They haven't quite mastered the art of being gentle. They also seem to think that belly buttons are babies. :) We've been working on abc's and counting lately and they are really starting pick that up as well. They sing a little bit of their abc's and say 2 and 3 and occasionally another number.

This week is the last quiet week around here for a while. In the next 3 or 4 weeks I have my glucose tolerance test (a test to determine whether or not you have gestational diabetes), at least 1 dr. appt. for myself, Noah's allergist, Reese's pre-sugery physical, Reese's surgery and his follow-up appt. It will be busy for sure. I had to schedule an appointment with Noah's allergist because his asthma has been bad the last couple of weeks. They put him on a lose dose of medicine that we have to use in his nebulizer twice a day. He didn't mind the first couple of days, but hasn't been so thrilled to do it the past couple of days. I'm sure he'll get used to it being a part of his life.

Other than that we've just been not so patiently waiting for warmer weather. 3 little boys (and 1 mom) have bad cabin fever! They pull their little chairs up to the window and just look out. Hopefully soon we can actually be outside and not freeze or get wet and muddy. Hopefully...

Reese's eyes and more sick boys

It's been a couple of weeks since I took Reese to the eye dr.  I haven't had a chance to update what happened because 3 little boys have been so crazy and have been sick as well.  Anyways....at the appointment the dr. said that based on what I told him he probably does have clogged tear ducts and they will need to be surgically opened.  (sigh)  We scheduled his surgery for April 8.  It will be a fairly short procedure, but he'll need to be put completely under because of his age.  Please say a  lot of prayers for me as watching him go into surgery will be hard.  It sure brings back a lot of memories.  I know things turned out great the last time, but it's still hard.  During the appointment they also did a routine eye check.  They found out that he is quite far-sighted.  Awesome.  They said that there is discussion around the country going on about whether or not to give glasses at this age.  They asked if we would enroll him in a study for other kids who are far-sighted.  I of course said we would.  They should be calling to enroll him soon.  There is a 50/50 chance he will get glasses for the study.  They will compare the results of the kids who get glasses and the kids who don't over 3 years.  The best part is they will pay us for each visit and if he needs glasses they pay for it. 

Also in the past couple of weeks the boys have had a nasty cough.  Aiden ended up with a fever so the dr. had me bring him in.  The fever ended up being a result of a bad ear infection.  He really wasn't messing with his ear, so I was surprised.  She usually doesn't do anything for ear infections, but she gave him Amoxicillin for it.  He's finally better after about a week and a half.  Noah and Reese just today are starting to feel better after almost 2 weeks.  Poor Noah gets the worst of the coughs because of his asthma.  I will probably call his allergist who mentioned trying to put him on "maintenance medication" for asthma instead of waiting for him to need albuterol as a breathing treatment when the asthma happens.

Finally, if you can all stop and say a prayer for my brother (Andy) I would very much appreciate it.  He had an accident at work this week and seriously injured his eye.  He had emergency surgery on it.  At this point he was only able to see some light in that eye.  We are still praying for a miracle and that more sight will be restored.  We have seen some amazing things happen before and believe it's possible.  He has a long road of recovery ahead and could use a lot of prayers for patience and understanding.  I know many people pray for us all of the time, but this one could use top priority right now.