Lasagna for dinner

I called JoJo after dinner Wednesday night (4/9) and asked her,

"who thinks it's a good idea to give kids lasagna for dinner?" She said,

"only if it's bath night."

Two cute cuties!

Rebecca looking very satisfied. She's not only got a full tummy, but

she also managed to leave room for a double-stuffed Oreo cookie.

That's my girl!!

Mary-Gail practicing her "wink"

I guess it was bath night for us. Hooray!

4 kids in diapers

ArlaMae is sporting her new accessory - her X-large diaper.

Rebecca didn't want ArlaMae to feel bad, so she posed for me too

Tony & I have tried to keep Arla's diaper on her, but she manages to wiggle her big booty out of it. So, I decided to have a photo shoot with all my girls in diapers. Poor Pixie was forced to wear a diaper out of picture's sake.

30 secs alone

This is what happens when I left the girls alone for one second...

...actually it was more like 1 minute...

I sat the girls in their chairs after their nap for snack time and ran back to my bedroom for something. When I returned, Rebecca had crawled on top of the counter and was eating her raisins from there. Mary-Gail had wiggled up and was facing backwards., turning around to eat her raisins. SCARY!!!

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!!!