my sweet babes is sick and long forgotten Halloween.

our sweet little babes is sick again. 

man, I hate it when they're sick. 

london came down with a BAD stomach bug two weeks ago.

vomiting, dehydration, the works. we took her to the pediatrician one day, urgent care a couple days later and then they told us to get our butts to the ER (in so many words) 

she was so dehydrated she had to be admitted to the hospital overnight. :( 

needless to say, those few days at our house my heart was broken over and over.

to watch your sweet baby be sick is SO HARD. 

i felt so helpless. so sad for her. so worried. 

after she got on IV fluids at the hospital she was back to her self in no time though. 

THANK GOD FOR MODERN MEDICINE. 

then, it was just time to catch up on our sleep :) 

BUT barely two weeks later the poor babes is sick again with croup like symptoms ...oh man. 

we battled croup last winter 3 times when she was smaller and even though i feel like we know "what to do" better this winter, it's still hard to know she isn't feeling great. plus none of us are getting the sleep we need. 

we would love your prayers for a good recovery for London, and strength to walk through difficult times like this as her parents. 

we are SO thankful for her overall health and it's times like these where we realize what we really do take for granted...

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on a completley different note, i found some photos this week i had forgotten about from London's first trick or treating Halloween, so wanted to post them now. better late than never right? 

 happy halloween. very late...

absent from blogging.

i have been vacant from the blog world for a bit. 

 

since becoming pregnant, but body has not been my own. LITERALLY. 

somehow i wish someone would have warned me how tough it is to raise a 1 1/2 year old and be pregnant. 

 

but...i know that wouldn't have changed the situation or my desire for kids.

most days when lon's lays down for her nap, so do i. 

 

 

there's blogging being missed...

 

and laundry

and house cleaning

 

and emails and shop updates

this new sweet babes is making me SO tired. 

physically, mentally and emotionally. 

so, that's why i'm not very active blogging right now. 

i want to be. 

i just don't feel like i have the energy. 

hopefully soon though. we are coming to an end of the first trimester and i'm getting some energy back. 

we'll see...

any advice out there from you who have done it? 

being pregnant with a babes and already has kids at home?

and since right now i haven't been looking good or taking many photos, i leave you with a photo of my caesar salad.

i know, it's strange. 

but it's the best darn caesar salad i've had and i discovered it a couple weeks ago at my pool. 

yum. 

 (notice my funny combo of my feet and my raft 

as i try and relax and get some sun)

our fourth.

what did we do on the fourth of july??

made homemade raspberry lemonade from here.

hung out with friends for the afternoon. 

got mad at all the people shooting off ridiculously loud fireworks.

(we are those parents now apparently) 

how did you spend your holiday?

some days are hard.

there are days where it's hard being a mom. 

don't get me wrong, for the most part I LOVE IT

and could never imagine my life without little lon's. 

but there are days that are just trying. 

i'm tired, she's fussy, and the list can go on.

i remember...

before i had babies, i thought, 

having babies will be great. i'll go and sit at a coffee shop and read with them and just hang out all day. 

ha ha. boy was i wrong. 

being a mom is one of the hardest, best jobs out there. 

it's funny how it can be both one of the hardest struggles and greatest joys. 

so, here's to mom-hood and honesty and to knowing it's not always roses,

to playdates and naptimes and going for walks with a stroller. 

my life will never be the same because of little lon's and i'm humbled, thankful and sometimes intimidated of that idea. 

cheers! 

my sweet little pumpkin noodle.

it's a Weepies...and a Prison Break kinda day.

The big snow Blizzard of 2011 is here and lon's and i are stuck in the house. So, what do we do?

We start off my staying in our pajamas ALL DAY

 

Then we listen to the Weepies and dance around. I mean, i LOVE the Weepies and got to see them in beautiful Boston this fall, but when I put them on my iPod, i'm reminded REALLY how much i LOVE their music. 

and now it's naptime. i have a ton i could do. update my etsy shop. apply for adoption grants. and all of those will get done...but sometimes i just feel like chill'axin and today that means Prison Break. :) I know I'm really late for the Prison Break train, but i started it on Netflix-watch instantly, and can't stop! i mean...who doesn't want to watch Michael Scoffield try and break out of prison on a snowy day when you can't get out of the house???