Zoo Pals...

We decided to take the kids to the Binder Park Zoo for a last little hurrah before school starts. The kids did really good on the drive down and had a lot of fun walking through the zoo. Unfortunately, my camera battery died after we got there so no pics...

Their favorite part was probably the African Safari where we got to feed the giraffes, although Aubrey freaked out when the giraffe tried to take the lettuce out of her hand. The boys did it though.

We stopped for ice cream on the way home and then took Aubrey to cheer practice! What a great day :)

Happy Valentine's Day and weekend recap

Happy Valentine's Day from Prince Charming!!!

We had a good day - Aubrey had her party at school and Chase has his tomorrow. The kids got cards in the mail (thanks Grammy, Aunt Marti and Grandma Carla) and Tom cooked a wonderful dinner - shrimp scampi, garlic mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli and asparagus, garlic bread and strawberry shortcake for dessert - Yummy!

Oh and guess who got his first tooth today?

We had a very busy weekend....

Practicing our sitting up skills,

celebrating our 100th day of school (Aubrey missed it, but I'll share that later),

making valentine crafts,

and just hanging around.

And oh yeah, did I mention the sickness?

Aubrey came home from school on Thursday with a temp of 101. I took her to the doctor that night and she had an upper respiratory infection. Has anyone ever dragged 4 tired children to Target at 8pm to fill a prescription ? I don't recommend it. Needless to say, she spent the next day home with me upset about missing her 100th day of school party. But she was able to attend a Valentine tea party with some of her girlfriends on Saturday.

Then Saturday night, Mason got up around 10pm telling me his "mouf is on fiwre" and he had a temp of 102 and was breathing kind of funny. Needless to say, we had a loooong night. I ended up calling the Doctor's Emergency Line Sunday morning and we were told to take him in. So I loaded up Hudson and Mason and we went downtown to the new Children's ER. Tom stayed home with Chase and Aubrey and did Sunday school.

We pulled up to the doors at the ER at 9:40. A security guard helped me carry in my bags and the car seat and a valet parked the van for us. Too cool! They met us at the desk, took his vitals and got us in a room right away. I changed him into his hospital gown (I have pictures on my phone, but can't figure out how to get them here) and a doctor came in right away. They did a strep culture and it came back positive. They gave him some antibiotics and a prescription. The nurse called for our car and it was ready when we walked out the door. We were back home at 11:30 - has to be a record for the ER. It is sooo nice inside (for a hospital - you know what I mean.) Bright colors, friendly staff - even the bathrooms have green toilet handles, which Mason loved - being newly potty trained and green is his favorite color.

So hopefully this is the end to our sickness and no one else will get anything. At least so far we have had a great winter compared to the swine flu of '09!

What a Weekend!

Our wonderful weekend started off on Friday with Hudson's doctor appointment with Anne. He saw Anne for the first time when he was a week old in the hospital. She is the Nurse Practioner at the Pulminologist's office. She is one of the nicest people we have ever met and she loves babies! She has a 5 month old at home.

This is Hudson before the appointment:

And here is our boy now:

No more oxygen!!! We are ecstatic and needless to say - so is he. Tom went back to work after his appointment and I waited for the kids to come home from school. We went to Costco that night (and spent way to much money) and then to Big Boy for dinner.


The next morning we all got ready for Aubrey's last cheer game. Hard to believe six weeks have already passed. She has already said she wants to cheer again next year.

This is one of her coaches Annie.

This is her other coach Lexi. The girls had Homecoming that night so they were off after the game to get hair and make-up done. Hope they had fun!

Cheering on the team.

From there we went home to watch the Spartans win again! And then we went to Meijer to buy the makings for S'mores.

Back home again and Hudson got comfortable for the night. We watched the Ohio State game and were quite upset that they lost. Hudson even wore his colors for his Papa!

After Mason went to bed, Aubrey and Chase went outside with Tom and had a great dessert!

On Sunday, Aubrey went to Sunday school and then we went and picked up Subway. After lunch we went to the park. Forgot my camera so unfortunately I don't have any pictures.

Afterwards we bombarded Uncle Josh and Aunt Angie and then took a drive to look at landscaping so we can get some ideas. A quick stop by our friends Andy and Johnna's house and we went home.

All in all it was a great weekend.

The Big Game

We've been enjoying Indian Summer these last few days. It was a beautiful, sunny day yesterday to go and watch Aubrey cheer. I can't believe she only has one more game left. She has so enjoyed it and has made a lot of new friends.

Here is her cheer squad:


Yesteday was also the big MSU/Michigan game. We all had our game colors on. I wanted to get a picture of our whole family but by the time we were all dressed and together, Hudson was sleeping and I didn't want to wake him up. Tom went to a friends house to watch the game, so we missed out.

I did get a picture of me and the newest man in my life though.

And the Spartans won! Yeah - that means it will be a good weekend in our house.

Today, I took Aubrey to Sunday school and then Aubrey, Mason, Hudson and I went to the grocery store afterwards. We came home and put groceries away and had grilled cheese sandwiches. I took Hudson and we went to the go look for some new clothes for Mommy. I am in desperate need of some clothes that fit - no more maternity clothes for me!

We had Mini Italian Meatball sandwiches for dinner. The kids loved them and so did we.

A big week ahead of us - Hudson has his doctor appointment on Friday. We'll find out if he is doing better or not.