so it's been a while....

Ross turned 6 months old yesterday. I do have pictures but haven't had time to upload them.

Right now, Ross is sick. He has some upper respiratory crud. The last 2 days he's had a low fever, then tonight I noticed some rash. I suspect it might be molluscums because Alex had them a few weeks ago and they look eerily similar. Ross will go to the dr. tomorrow to get it checked out.

In addition to all that, Friday, Patrick took Ross to the doctor for wheezing. Ross is on xopenex, budesonide (pulmicort), mucinex, and antibiotic. Geez!

Just now, Alex was screaming for "cat mouse" (Tom & Jerry) because he wanted to watch it to fall asleep. Patrick told him if he keeps crying for it, he'll take the TV out and throw it away. Alex says, "It's too big to fit in the trash." I guess we'll have our work cut out for us with this witty child.

Boy...the times, they are a-changin'

Alex is either about to hit the Funky Fours or he's in serious competition mode with Ross.

He's being an ultimate stinker. Tonight he asked for Patrick's whistle. I told him no, but he proceeded to climb up the counter to get the whistle. Then when I was putting Ross to bed, he snuck in the pantry and got fruit snacks. When he heard me coming out of Ross's room, he shoved them all in to his mouth. A few minutes later I went to give him a bath and I noticed his pants were wet. I asked him why he didn't go to the potty and he said, "I peed on my bed." However, when I came out of Ross's room, he was on the couch. I immediately went to the couch to check it for pee and it was dry. Next I went in Alex's room and sure enough, right in the middle of the bed he peed. He didn't even take off his underwear and shorts.

Needless to say, he got a bath with no toys then went straight to bed....after clean sheets were put on.

Life's a Beach!

We went to the beach this weekend and had a blast! It was Ross's first vacation. He slept through the whole beach experience. In his defense, the sound of the ocean is what we put him to sleep to at night so we probably confused him...except the sun was out.

While we were there he turned 5 months old, but I forgot the 5 month sticker at home so I took those a few days late.

Here are some pictures:

view from our room
back view from our balcony. That's Patrick and Alex on the dock.
Patrick and Alex are between the 3rd and 4th flags.