Tug-a-war with Daddy

Finally, I have a camera again. I was able to borrow Mom's camera.

Mary-Gail played a fun and cute game of tug-a-war with Tony during the Sunday afternoon conference. (Rebecca was sleeping)

Wierd that I caught ArlaMae's tongue

Man, I LOVE this girl and her contagious smile!

Mary-Gail had a victorious win!!!

If I was an only child...

Hay you! This page is all about me!!!!

Sunday afternoon Mary-Gail had Tony and Me all to herself. Rebecca was napping, and Mary-Gail was able to "re-live" being the only child (she sooo enjoyed being the "only child" while Rebecca was in the hospital).

Mary-Gail weezled Pixie out of her bed. Mary-Gail wanted to experience

"Living the Good Life" as Pixie's bed says

All these toys to myself

Oh, so cute!!!

Broken Camera

I've dropped and broken (again) our only camera. We had to send it off over Christmas time to get it repaired. Now, we're faced with getting it repaired again. Just in time for NOT TAKING ANY PICTURES while Tony's mom & dad are here for the entire week! My timing is impeccable!

Tony's fired me from driving, from taking the girls to the groomer, from taking any pictures (good, 'cuz I don't have a camera to take pictures with anyways). He's also fired me from anything that would break or cost us any more money.

So for the next little "while" my posts may not have pictures. Bummer, I know, because Rebecca & Mary-Gail are so stinking cute. I may have to borrow back the digital camera Tony & I gave my Mom...

The story of the "Taped Bag"

Tony shared a funny story with me. Bare with me as I do my best to repeat it...

Wednesday night Tony went to his "Fun Shoot" where all these middle-aged men get together to play with their guns. There are 3 different stages with pretend scenarios where you grab your gun, shoot the bad guys while protecting the good guys. Usually the bad guys are standing behind the "friendlies" and you have to gage where you're going to shoot the bad guy. Wednesday night Tony was talking smack with some of his co-fanatic-gunners. They were all bragging about how quickly they were going to finish the stage, and Tony said he was going to complete it in 25 seconds.

The stage:
Your gun and magazine were enclosed in an overnight, zippered bag placed about 25 feet away. At the sound of the buzzer, you were to run to the overnight bag, remove your gun, load it with the magazine, and then shoot the bad guys that were hiding behind the friendlies.

Tony's turn arrived and he busted towards the overnight bag. It had been taped closed! The guys he was talking smack with had sabotaged him!!

Still, at the end of the stage, Tony's time was 23.19. His combined score for all three stages earned him 3rd overall. 3rd place out of 48 guys. He beat the two guys by a "land-slide."

That's my boy!

What's up???

Am I jinxed? I mean, really. Hasn't my little family had its share of doctor visits, hospital stays, sleepless nights of worry and helplessness? I'm pretty sure Tony & I have spent Rebecca & Mary-Gail's college education...

I took ArlaMae into see the Vet again. Her bottom was red. No, it was raw - raw skin and the backs of her hind legs had turned yellow and had begun to blister. I called the Vet and explained Arla's symptoms, and he said to come in right away. Dr. Nelson took a look at Arla's bottom and "private parts," and said her infection had spread. He ordered an antibiotic, a cleansing wash similar to what he uses when he cleans before surgery, and he ordered ArlaMae to use diapers to help prevent her from trying to scratch her bottom on the carpet/rugs.

Poor, poor, poor ArlaMae. She IS miserable.

4 hours waiting

Today I spent 4 hours waiting in doctor's offices. This morning I took ArlaMae into the vet's office after she had an awful experience at the groomers yesterday. Tony & I get Pixie & ArlaMae shaved for the summer, and yesterday was their 1st shave. ArlaMae's shave was too close on her bottom and she had really bad razor burn which was exasserbated with her rubbing her bottom on EVERYTHING! We waited, saw the tech, waited, saw the doctor, waited, saw the groomer who shaved Arla, waited, saw the doctor again, waited, got some medicine, waited, scheduled a follow-up appointment, waited, received a reminder card and FINALLY left!


Poor little ArlaMae. She has been miserable.


Then, this afternoon, I took Rebecca in to see our pediatrician. She has had another fever that wasn't/isn't decreasing and I suspected an ear infection. As soon as Rebecca saw the MA, she started to cry. "Oh no - not again!" was what she was probably thinking. No ear infection.


Poor little Rebecca. She has been miserable.


But, we were able to DC the oxygen since Rebecca's O2 saturations were consecutively high and stable in the mid-90's. So, come and take away the giant oxygen tank, the mini-generator concentrator, the 5 portable oxygen tanks and the 50 foot oxygen tubing. Hooray! We're tubes free again.

Tony and Rebecca

Tony is the highlight of the girl's day. He can easily make them laugh and easily gets them excited. Tony makes lots of silly sounds that the girls LOVE to hear. One sound he makes that Rebecca particularly likes is "ewe - wee!" Here is Tony teasing Rebecca with her "smelly" feet. Notice how she eats it up and keeps coming back for more!!!

The window with a view

ALL our girls (Pixie and ArlaMae included) love to look out the two accent windows that frame our front door. These windows are the perfect size for our 4 little girls. Rebecca & Mary-Gail knock on the windows, and Pixie & ArlaMae scratch at them. I'm glad we have two accent windows because our girls (both sets) try to cram into one window. Oh the joys of learning to share!

Happy to be home

Rebecca has gotten her smile back. Hooray!

Can you see her 1st year molars?

Her bottom eye teeth have broken through too.

A Saturday with JoJo & Reese

This past Saturday was an amazing day! I left Tony with the girls and hit the road with my best friend JoJo (who also happens to be my sister - lucky me!). She and I and little Reese went shopping, shopping, shopping! JoJo picked me up at 8:30 am and we headed directly to Tai Pan Trading. I was looking for some hanging baskets for our front porch, and JoJo was looking for a wreath and some other decorations for her kitchen. Reese was just looking cute!

JoJo, Reese, and "Peanut" on a iron swing at Taipan Trading

Reese was so good that she earned a R-E-E-S-E treat (a Reeses Pieces treat that she spelled out b/c it spells her name) and some "pink chocolate milk." She loves pink chocolate milk. We then headed to "the big blue store" (IKEA) and did some window shopping. This was my second time to IKEA, and JoJo and Reese's first. JoJo just kept saying it was a "funny little store." We decided that when Carly & Spencer move to Arizona in August, we are going to take Carly to IKEA to get some things to decorate their living quarters. We ate lunch there - Reese had the mac'n'cheese & some fries, JoJo and I split the meatballs, but I also got a salad, and JoJo got a ham sandwich (very dry). We didn't buy anything at IKEA, unless the 6-pack of cinnamon rolls count.

Reese going through the Enchanted Door to the Kid's Section @ IKEA

Do you know where Reese is?

Peek - a - boo!

Reese in her Bubble chair. She LOVED the Kid's Section @ IKEA

We finished window shopping and headed home - an hour before I was due home! JoJo helped me arrange one of my hanging baskets, and then she and Reese packed up to leave. Tony decided he needed to "go somewhere where there was Testosterone," and he left to go shooting. I didn't want to be home alone, so I packed up the girls and headed to JoJo's house. We ended up staying through supper and bath time. Who am I kidding...I always stay through supper and bath time!

Rebecca & Reese sharing the bath.

Mary-Gail, Cy, and Rebecca shared the bath together, but

Rebecca wanted to stay and bathe a little bit longer with Reese. So cute!

And, Rebecca is saying "CHEESE" right along with Reese!