The best I could do

Since I spent the entire last week in a fog of sinus pain, coughing and crazy congestion I didn’t take as many pictures as I would have liked. As stated before when you are a stay at home Mom and you get sick, it’s pretty much the worst thing that can happen. I am lucky we survived…I had to call my lifeline for help a few times and request that Ryan come home from work so that I could go to bed. Yes it was that ugly in our house. I even bribed Reese to watch TV in my bed most days Brynn was napping so I could sleep even more. It was so bad I even broke down and went to the doctor (I hadn’t been to my reg doctor since 2010). My sinus cavities are still slightly screwed up and I haven’t had the sense of smell for 2 weeks. It’s the sickest I have been for that long since I was in elementary school.

I have nothing to show from Valentine’s Day as that was one of the days I called Ryan at 4 and asked him to come home. I was in bed by 5.

Sunday Funday…we attempted a picture with our three “children” on the sofa. Thurman is too obsessed with being in the center of the picture to sit down so Ryan had to hold him down.Pile on Brynn

Brynn in her Valentine’s Day pj’s (6 days late) Reese wore the same ones…they are so sweet with their little fuzzy wings on the back. I love them!

She’s not crying as much as she is talking VERY loudly. The volume in our house is crazy. Most night it’s Reese singing and dancing and Brynn attempting to talk over her. When I was younger my Mom used to tell me how she couldn’t handle the volume in the house. Tonight I told Ryan I now know exactly what she was talking about. Between the 3 girls Ryan lives with, he should invest in hearing aides now!Sister pose. Brynn looks terrified. Trust me I would be too, Reese is nuts with her.

As mentioned before Reese LOVES singing and dancing and putting on shows. It’s non stop in our house. She just makes up songs and dances and is constantly playing pretend. Brynn LOVES watching her. She will stand up (her preferred position of choice) and watch Reese and never bat an eye lash. The dog is about the only thing that will break her attention. I can prop her up on the pillow like so and she’ll watch Reese and smile as long as I leave her there (I sit next to her of course). See aforementioned wings…how sweet are those?

Contently watching Big Sister

She spotted me taking her picture and of course shot me a BIG smile.

Reese is all signed up and practicing for kickball so I am sure in the coming weeks we’ll have some pictures of that…

Sooner or later I will get better at this

Sorry it’s been so long since I posted pictures. I know you all wish I was better at it. It’s been business as usual around here. Once the evenings roll around things get pretty busy in a hurry (the daytime isn’t much better). Since my last post of pictures Leslie came in for a weekend visit, Reese has been sick twice, Ryan was sicker once, Brynn is getting much bigger, and Ryan went to Mexico for the week. Not a lot of excitement but enough to throw your regular schedule.

Leslie came in for the weekend back in January and as always we had a great time. We cooked smores outside over the fire pit she got us many years ago for Christmas. It was super fun and we will for sure be doing that again. We also did a quick charity walk in the morning and hung out at the house the rest of the time. Leslie also got Ryan to help clean out the garage and he even threw 2 things away….that is HUGE for Ryan. Every things else that should have been thrown away has been squirreled away in the storage shed, because he can’t part with things. Had Leslie not been here to be rational with him the garage would still be a huge mess. Thanks Leslie.

Reese gave Ryan the 24 hour bug a view weeks ago and in the course of one weekend both she (not as bad as Ryan) and Ryan were infecting the entire house. I have never sprayed so much Lysol in my house as I did that weekend. Ryan was the sickest I have ever seen him, but like any man, didn’t think he was sick so he just laid on the couch in the middle of the house. I kept myself and Brynn as far away from the action as possible, I knew I couldn’t get sick or have her sick, because as all you other stay at home Moms know…we DON’T get sick days. Thank goodness I avoided the bug.

A week later Ryan headed off to Mexico and the girls and I had our first week alone without Ryan since Brynn arrived. We’d been alone a few nights here and there but not a whole week. I have military friends who do it for months, they must have more patience than I do. Ryan left Monday, Reese got sick Tuesday, was sick still Wednesday but was feeling much better Thursday morning. I shipped her off to school hoping for a day to get my work and chores done. WRONG…I picked her up from school at 10 after she puked and we headed back home. It must have been a fluke puke because she ran around like a chicken without a head for the rest of the day. By Friday Brynn and I were not as lucky, since then we have both had a horrifying cough (thanks Reese) and crazy congestion. I can handle it but I feel terrible for Brynn, and as I always say “Moms don’t get sick days”, never mind find time to go to the doctor.

The week without Ryan was pretty easy because I am a firm believer in not over exerting myself to cook dinner when it’s just Reese and I. The first night he was gone we had waffles, the second she was kind of sick so she didn’t eat much and the last two nights she had mac-n-cheese and I had frozen dinners. I thought it worked out great because we were not rushed at night getting everyone fed and in bed. We can do things a lot earlier when Ryan is not home. Reese and I had a great week together but 5 days seems to be the limit, because by Friday Reese was over being home with just me and was a crazed beast…Friday I considered putting myself in time out.

 

Brynn at our charity walk

Brynn @ 4 months

She rolled over once but I didn’t have the camera near by. After the one time she hasn’t done it again but is very close. Reese was the same way. She can roll from belly to back but is still stuck from back to belly.

Brynn’s rapper look

Such a happy girl!