This kid...

He's got my heart for sure. ♡♡♡

It's official - no more dipes!!!

Big news round these parts- Nick has successfully mastered potty training! We are soooo proud of him!  Crazy to think this is about 8 months sooner than it clicked with Alex. I guess it really does help to have a slightly older sibling to watch and try and imitate, because Nick seems to pick up a lot of stuff from Alex. At any rate, we are thrilled to no longer be changing poopy diaps. I forgot what that feels like. :) Plus I feel like we just got a raise since diapers are so dang expensive and we'll no longer be buying them. Whoohoo!

GOOOOO NICK! Mommy n Daddy love you, big boy!

Nick's hospital stay

Last week Nick wasn't feeling great. He had been running a fever on and off the weekend before and slept a ton over the weekend so we knew something wasn't quite right. He was coughing quite a bit Monday morning, so I gave him a breathing treatment around 7 and decided to keep him out of school so I could take him to the doctor that morning. I gave him another breathing treatment around 8 and then we headed to the doc an hour later. We did 2 additional treatments in the office because he was breathing pretty rapidly and wasn't getting good O2 readings. They gave him an oral steroid, then waited a bit and did one last breathing treatment (that's a total of 5 in just a few short hours!) but it still didn't help. By this time he was jittery from all that Albuterol. Ugh. His oxygen level was hovering right around 92/93 and Dr Agolia doesn't like to let kids go unless it's at least 94, so he sent us down to the ER. We were there all of 5 min when a nurse came in and said they were going to end up admitting Nick. It turns out he had RSV, pneumonia,  and a double ear infection to boot. 😢 Poor guy!

We ended up staying overnight 3 nights at Progress West (I stayed there with him) and he was on/off oxygen the whole time. All things considered, he did great. He was so brave! As you can imagine, he's been pretty clingy ever since we went through  that ordeal. Hospitals can be traumatizing for a 2yo! He's definitely been a mama's boy since then. I don't mind though, I'm eating up all the extra snuggles! Love that little guy so very much and I'm happy to report he is back home and feeling much better now.

Guys doin guy things

Mom and dad picked Alex up early from school Friday and took him out to lunch at the mall.  I was cracking up when I got these pix. Notice the store they are at. The look on Alex's face is priceless!

Christmas cookies galore

I'm not sure what we had going on but for some reason we never did Christmas cookies out at Dean and Staceys last year. That's one of my fave traditions and I'm happy to report we were back at it again this year. The boys seemed to love it! (Especially  alex). This is SUCH a great age for all things Christmas! the excitement is contagious!!! This was one of my fave Christmases yet. :)

That's mines uncle

Hangin with uncle Keify!

Buddies