Preston's dr appointment.

So i took Preston to the dr for his follow up from his ear infection and it is now even worse.  We are starting a new round of antibiotics and hoping it clears it up.  She said with the family history there is a chance he'll need tubes which makes me super sad, but if it comes to that i know that will be whats best for him and it will make him better but it still makes mommy sad!!  So hoping it goes away and he doesn't require tubes.  He's more fussy than normal and eating more often, and to top it off the dr said he's cutting teeth (which we knew) but she said they are all swollen all four front teeth.... fun stuff.  just a short update hope everyone is well we are working on getting better.

Melaleuca!!

Yay i love the end of the month, that's when i order my melaleuca.  I am amazed at how well these green cleaners work and how well they smell!!  I love that i can use this as a business and supplement my income or just purchase the products and make my house a safer place for my children and any children who enter my home!  The fact that these products are concentrated and you aren't buying the water that is added means they last longer, and they do last way longer than any product i've purchased before... Just thought i'd share about my favorite part of the month!

other than that today was a good wednesday, went shopping with grand-nana and got Preston 4 new shirts as he is outgrowing everything so fast its ridiculous!!  semi long night tonight with darts, and long day tomorrow!

crazy week, teething, easter explosion!

so... still working on all of those things that will make finances more secure and pinching those pennies!!! but all in all we are a strong little family and we will overcome every obstacle we face!  the joys of being an adult and shouldering responsibility.... again this is life and we are moving forward even though we really feel stuck in the mud, but in this economy who isn't worried about financial security?? everyone is doing what they can and saving when/where they can and i'm all for it..... anyone extreme couponers out there want to share their knowledge???

Peyton: has a left over cough from croup, yuckie!! but that aside she's doing well, no more pink eye!  She has also decided to sleep in her tent, she fell out of her big girl bed the second night and since then has barricaded herself into her room with pillows and blankets at the door which scares me my mommy brain does all the what if's.... well we tried the tent one night and she's stayed in there ever since i guess my daughter likes camping..... indoors lol.   She's definitely two and acting it in a very large way.  She's expanding her vocabulary daily and the amount she is understanding and its blowing me away completely!

Preston: Pink eye is gone and we are going to the dr on thursday to do the follow up on his ear infection and to have this cough he's developed checked out!  my little man is crawling all over very well and is pulling himself up he mastered all of this in a little over two weeks, so my babies like to be over achievers but i kinda wish they would stay little longer :-(... He has also decided to take a pacifier lately and he loves it, he can be asleep and you put him in his bed and he wakes up but put the paci in his mouth and instantly back asleep!!!!

Easter: was crazy crazy crazy, peyton got an abundant amount of candy.... oh joy oh joy! we had a crazy hectic day.  Peyton woke us up, she had figured out how to open the door to her room with the child handle on it and was by my side of the bed which made my heart leap out of my chest!!!! so we did the easter baskets and she loved all of the stuff and candy the easter bunny had left.  Preston got new paci's they are painted like a football and a baseball!  then we went to my aunt's and had easter with my side of the family, cascarones and a pinata, and some yummy yummy brisket! then on to Matt's sister's to enjoy another meal and egg hunt, where she got to play with other little kids and then home to an early bed due to the sheer exhaustion!!

all in all its been a pretty fun filled crazy hectic week and as always we loved it.

i predicted it... sick monkeys!!

So tuesday night we ended up taking Peyton to the ER..... CROUP!!! this is the first time she's ever been sick and of course it would be croup right?!?  so she's been sleeping in bed with us since then which is great but its the only way she's going to sleep and that way i can make sure she doesn't start choking, or having trouble with the stridor, and trying to keep her hydrated and eating and sleeping and.... yikes i'm still sick, i'm getting delirious at the lack of sleep i'm having!  so we get very little sleep tuesday night and deal with sick baby wednesday and a visit from Grand-Nana.  and we go to bed and when we woke up thursday morning.... Preston has PINK EYE.  After taking him to the dr we learn he also has an ear infection, oh great so now we are all sick (except Matt) and i have so little energy and i'm getting so very little sleep... trying to get everyone better by the end of saturday bc matt is working all day sunday at PHP!  so today Preston's eyes look great, peyton is on eye drops and i have one day left of antibiotic so i'm hoping we can swing all better by tomorrow evening.

Sick mommy, sick monkey's = no fun for anyone!!

So i haven't been feeling well since we went to opening day on the first, in the beginning it started off as allergies and sinus issues and then it settled into my chest and throat and started to feel a lot less like allergies..... Yesterday i spent most of the day in bed, or asleep on the couch while Matt watched over the kiddos and i slept a little last night, i think Matt even put Preston in his bed after he ate in the middle of the night i don't really remember.  I coughed and coughed half of the night and couldn't sleep, after little man's middle of the night feeding... so today i woke up and coughed up a golf ball size piece of mucus and decided i needed to go to the dr.   After waiting in the dr's office for a few minutes i got to see my favorite doctor and he was quickly able to diagnose me.... BRONCHITIS, which is kinda what i thought all in all i spent over $100.00 today and i'm praying not to have to go through it all over again with Peyton.... please please please little girl do not get sick like mommy...

so onto the sick monkey's part, peyton has a fake cough and it was cute in the dr's office, she is a little congested and is having some allergy problems, she can have over the counter (the same stuff as before) and "remember to give her her allergy medicine every day" yea yea yea i know i just always forget when we aren't planning on going outside right that minute or in the very near future...  It's hard enough for me to remember to take medicine... guess i need to set alarms for everything on my phone.. better yet i think her allergy medicine can be worked into our nighttime routine (it is 24 hr allergy stuff so that will work.... right?!?!)

Ugh, being sick has caused us to not go on our walks as often as we were and its frustrating because i can see the extra............ almost 60 lbs that i need/want to lose to feel back to normal, i feel enormous and can't stand it!  And i haven't had a cigarette in 3 days and for almost a week before that i had 2 a day, quitting is hard!! being sick is helping bc i really don't want a cigarette while i'm coughing up a lung and feel like i'm dying just trying to breath.  but working out helps that and if i can't do anything without getting winded due to my oh so wonderful bronchitis how can i expect to do anything!!!!  grrrrr.

I'm not a good patient and for that i feel horrible for my husband bc he's been taking care of me but when things don't go the way i want them to the first time..... i get whiney and that doesn't solve anything but when i don't feel good it doesn't matter what helps or solves anything all i care about is it being/going the way i want it to....  So my hubby is amazing, and i am so blessed to have such a truly wonderful man in my life and by my side... going to finish GH and get a nap bc matt will be back in a minute with my prescription and i'd love a good little nap.......

Sleep?? oh i wish.

Last night was a very strange night in this house, Matthew worked at PHP which in itself is not abnormal, however ms Peyton had some bed time issues.... I put her down and we did our normal routine and i went into my room to watch her on the monitor and she was screaming this horrid sound i hadn't heard from her in my life, so i went into her room and she kept telling me she was scared but would not tell me what was scaring her.  i sat with her and tried to get her to go back to sleep in her bed, but that didn't work so i brought her to the couch where she laid down and watched the "night night" show... without going through all the details of our night i'll tell you this: Peyton finally fell asleep, on the couch snuggled next to mommy, near two a.m.!!!! by the time i'm snuggled into bed, and almost asleep my middle of the night alarm goes off; time to feed Preston....... so then i'm snuggled on the couch with both of my babies, feeding one, and desperately trying to keep Peyton from falling off.  Matthew slept, which is good, because it would be his turn in the morning!!

this mornign Matthew got up with Peyton and let me and baby sleep in which was a life saver!!  so now both kiddos are sleeping and i have enough coffee in me to run a marathon and thats probably good because we are going to a 3 year olds birthday party today!!!

updates on kiddos: Preston loves food!!  we're introducing a new food every 4 days and we haven't found one he doesn't like!!  i can't believe how big he is getting.  this morning he crawled across the living room, and a few days ago he tried to go up the step in our living room, just couldn't get his lower body up there.
Peyton can tell people her full name and i love it its too cute.  and other than not sleeping she's still a perfect angel.

The life of this Lites Family.

Today, right now, i am the only one awake (other than Matt, he's getting ready)  both of our monkey's are sound asleep in their rooms in their beds safe.

Peyton has transitioned to a "big girl bed" which is her crib, minus the drop down side and she's loving it, last night was night two in there.  She loves it, keeps telling me, "mommy peyton big girl bed" and then jumps on it, with this smile that is larger than life, i'm having one of those super proud mommy moments that i know i will have for the rest of my life.  We were terrified of putting her in the big bed bc she doesn't go to sleep immediately when you put her to bed, and we were worried she wouldn't stay in bed and i have to admit she got up a few times and checked the door and then got in bed and talked to her animals and then went to sleep!!  As fearful as i have been she has lead the way in transitioning and growing up pushing the age "limitations" (for lack of a better term) to fit what she wants and what she can do.... and i have to say as scared as i still am bc my little girl is growing up so fast i know she's happy, and safe and growing at the rate she wants to.

Preston is in his room, his crib had to be lowered bc...... you guessed it, we have a crawler!!!!  I'm super excited, we still go back and forth between crawling (you know, tummy off the floor hands and knees) and the army crawl, and the scooting thing he loves so much but that is all a part of growing!  i have learned through my second baby that each child definitely does develop differently and at a different pace for each, by 6 1/2 months Peyton was pulling up, and would hold onto furniture and stand there, and she was sitting and crawling.... Preston, is a typical boy, laid back and in that i'll get to it when i do mentality, he can do it but he's not going to until he needs to.  :-D

Today is the only thing i have control over and today is all i'm guaranteed.... knowing is half the battle right?!