Chuck E. Cheese

So I said the next post would be Joseph's 2nd birthday, but we took J to Chuck E Cheese for the first time several weeks ago. It was before his birthday, so just wanted to sneak this post in before the big birthday one!

He had a wonderful time playing there. He enjoyed the rides and loved the play area! Maddy got her pic with Chuck E Cheese too!

For some reason Joseph wanted to sit on the floor when we put the token in to make the ride "go".

Uh oh!!!! I had to run up there and get him down, but the photo opp. was just too cute!

Again....wanting to ride on the floor.......

Me, Madelyn, Joseph and Nana...

Pop with his princess....

Memorial Day

I am a little behind on blogging these days, but am slowly trying to catch up!!! We enjoyed a wonderful Memorial Day with my parents and friends. I invited some of Joseph's friends to come have a cookout lunch and splash around in my mom and dad's pool. We had such a good time and the weather was perfect! The pool temp was perfect too! We are so thankful for all the men and women that have given their lives to help protect our country. Stay tuned...next blog entry is Joseph's 2nd birthday!!!

Joseph and Maddy got all decked out in their red, white, and blue! Mommy and her little princess...

Trying to get a pic of Joseph's shirt that said "Red, White, and Cool", but this was the best I could do! This boy is ON THE GO and FAST these days! :)

Nana giving her grandbabies some love...

Joseph, Maddy, and Logan

Maddy and her bf Jacob...

Lunch time for the little ones...

Let's go for a swim!

Joseph, Jackson, and Logan A little crowded in the baby pool!

Hi Nemo!!!

Weeee!

Pop and Joseph throwing the ball!

Ready, set, THROW!

Madelyn is 2 months old!

Our baby girl is already 2 months old! Time sure flies! She's been in a bunch of pain the past 2 months with this terrible reflux. She's been to the G.I. dr and started taking medicine for it at 1 month old. She had her 2 month well baby visit last week with her new dr. (we switched pediatricians recently). The new dr felt so sad for her b/c she cried, and cried, and cried, the entire time we were there. I told the dr that this is how the past 2 months have been. Madelyn has been crying NONSTOP all day long, half the night, and has been in so much pain. She told me to stop the nexium that she was on since she wasn't getting any relief from that med. She prescribed prevacid solutabs and I was hesitant with that b/c that was the 2nd medicine that Joseph tried and it did NOTHING for him. Well, wouldn't you know, my crying, miserable baby was an entirely different baby the day after we started giving her the prevacid! She no longer seems to be in much pain and she "hangs out" without crying nonstop!!!!! She is now a happy baby!!!!! The current dose of prevacid seems to work great during the day, but her pain returns in the evenings. She arches her back and screams when the reflux comes up at night. I am planning to call her dr this week and see about increasing her dose so she can get the meds in the evening too instead of just once/day. She's still waking to nurse every 2-3 hours and until I know she is not in pain anymore, I will keep getting up with her. We're all about sleep training, but I want to make sure she feels better before we start that!

Here are some pics of our sweet princess at 2 months old....

Boat ride and Sesame Street

First boat ride of the season! Check out Joseph's new life jacket! Cool huh?

Pop with the babies...

We went to see Elmo and friends on the base this month with Joseph's buddy Logan! The characters dance around on the stage and talk about deployments and why mom's and dad's have to leave sometimes. It was such a cute performance and was FREE! They also gave every child an Elmo light up toy! That was Joseph's favorite part. The show was about 45 min. long and unfortunately little Joseph started having a bit of a meltdown towards the end (laying in the floor crying) so we had to leave the show a little early so he could go home and nap. Here is the write up on the website about the performance..."BEGINNING APRIL 2010, the traveling Sesame Street/USO Experience for military families will reach installations across the United States. This free show, exclusively for military children and their families, features Elmo and his friends Rosita, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Zoe, as well as free giveaways for families. The tour is part of Sesame Street's Talk, Listen, Connect initiative for military families."

Joseph and Logan waiting to go inside to see Elmo...

Cool Elmo light up toys...

LIGHTS!!!!

Furry Friends....