18 month wellness visit

Went to see Dr. S. yesterday. Almost 34 lbs and almost 36 inches. Way off the growth chart this time. Dr. S said he thought that since he had finally slowed down at the 15 month visit that he would start plateauing more, but NOPE! He's higher than ever on the chart. He said he was in the range of a 3 year old. He asked about vocabulary, which you know concerns me, so I said "How many words should he have by now?" The dr.'s response was 10 words, so I said, "We're ok then, I counted between 50-75 the other day." We've battled chest congestion this past week, but the doc didn't find any ear infections or cause for concerns or need for medicine. And we've been making progress again in the potty training dept. All thanks to prizes and special stickers. We'll go broke buying cheap gifts from the dollar store every time we use the potty at school or go more than 4-5 times in a day at home. But if they're working, then I guess they're saving us money on pull-ups in the long run. Hopefully I won't be writing blogs this week about another sickness we've contracted.....

august pics

driving the RV at wales west

of course dad taught me how to use a camera! lol


we had the train all to ourselves that day
picking muscadines at home






taking his own picture, or so he thinks
at the bottom of the "waterfall" at wales west
playing at the "beach" at wales west
wishing he could paddle boat at wales west
playing hat dress up and wearing the cowboy hat the wrong way

Fishing trip

Here are pics from Labor Day, when we were out at Aunt Eloise's pond fishing.

Fishing trip

Here are pics from Labor Day, when we were out at Aunt Eloise's pond fishing.

have new pics--need time to upload

Week 5 of school--I've been up every night for a week and half with Turner--teething and now coughing. Now I've got the crud myself. If we don't have a better night tonight, then I guess we'll be calling the dr's office. And I am supposed to be singing this Sunday. We'll see about that.....We have pics from August and some from our fishing trip with "Baw-Baw"(it was supposed to be Paw Paw but Turner doesn't have a "p" sound yet) on Labor Day. Arthur's new camera doesn't make the pics the right size anymore for this site, so I don't know if he's converted them yet. But we do have some to show you if you haven't already seen them on facebook. Sorry there's not more to share with you right now......

week 3 sickness

We just can't escape it. Last night, Turner started running a low grade fever. I gave him some Tylenol and he perked back up for the rest of the evening. But he woke up at 4 am with one again. So, Arthur's at home with him for now until I can get away from the school. I woke up at 3 am congested myself, so I guess we've caught the cold virus this time. What a way to kick off a new school year!

stomach virus round 3

I mean, seriously, how many times can your family go through a stomach virus in 6 months time? I'll end up on a diet just from throwing up so many foods that I never want to see again. Whatever Turner and I had with the one day fever must have been a virus because my high school kids have had it too. Then the stomach virus started around the school again last week. Arthur got it around 3 am Tuesday morning and I had it before midnight the same day. I kept praying last night that Turner would sleep through the night just because I didn't know if either one of us was capable of taking care of him! I'm still praying that Turner is spared this round. After throwing up before midnight, I kept thinking maybe I'll feel better now so that I won't have to find a sub for school today. And believe me, it is not easy finding a sub the second week of school. And students need not ask if I'll order spaghetti plates next year for Gator night. Just seeing spaghetti sauce in the fridge today made my stomach churn. And of course, I didn't have time to go buy Arthur sprite or anything to settle his stomach yesterday, so I was left today with nothing until Kristi showed up on my doorstep with apple juice and sprite this afternoon. It's amazing how grateful you can be for such a simple act of kindness. I didn't even have to ask for it--she just called me and said I'm bringing something over for you! Friends are so good to have! I just wish I knew how we could keep from getting this dreadful disease. I keep a can of Lysol on the counter. I clean my house on a somewhat regular basis. I wash and clorox everything as soon as one of us shows signs of being sick. But somehow, we catch everything that goes around school!!!! Will it ever end????? I thought this year would be better. Don't you build up immunity when you've been working in the school system? Can't one virus skip our house every now and then??