I stole these off of my WONDERFUL friend Moriah's blog. I hope you don't mind girl! 
I had to take Brennan to the doctor again this morning. He's had this hacking cough for 4 weeks straight. Now coming from a mother who worries about everything under the sun, this was a MAJOR concern! I had ten thousand things running through my mind from 'what if he's allergic to dogs?' to 'what if he has cystic fibrosis?'. I called the doctor's office this morning and they told me that they didn't have an opening until 2:00. I ended taking him at 9:00 as a work in so that I didn't have to be out of work for an entire day. I knew that it would be an adventure, but I took Ashlyn along with me so that I didn't have to back track. She was a hoot! On the car ride there she was singing a song that I'm guessing she's learned at school. Something about your eyes are for seeing, your ears are for hearing, your nose is for smelling, and so on. Then she started making up her own verses. They went something like this...
Ashlyn - Your hair is for...............Mommy what's your hair for?
Me - well, I guess it's for keeping you warm.
Ashlyn - Your bellybutton is for................Mommy what's your bellybutton for?
Me - that's how you were fed when you were in Mommy's belly.
Ashlyn - Your boobies are for....................Mommy what are your boobies for?
Me - (laughing hysterically) Well Ashlyn.......mommies can feed their babies with those. I really don't know the purpose of a man's boob's though.
Let me ask you...........why must doctors offices have play areas? Am I the only one who sees a problem with this? You have a bunch of sick germy kids putting their snotty hands all over the toys and what do you have but a disaster waiting to happen for the healthy kids parents! These are doctors we're talking about. You'd think that they'd have a little common sense! We finally saw the doctor and he listened to Brennan's chest and looked in his ears. He said that there's no wheezing which is a good thing and that his ears looked great. Brennan is gaining weight like he should so there's no reason to be concerned about something major like cf. He weighed 15.2 lbs today. He had gained 2 lbs in the past month! I'm telling you he's a chunky monkey! The doctor seems to think that he has a milk allergy. He told me to try switching him to an all soy formula for 2 weeks. If he doesn't seem to start doing any better then I can switch him back to his old formula and we'll know that's not what the problem is. Hopefully I can get this cough gone for good! Poor baby has to be tired of hacking all of the time.
He's been smiling for a long while now, but this is the first one that I've captured on camera.
And another.
I love this picture!
What a rough life! LOL!
And last but not least I got a picture of Ashlyn in her pull-ups Wednesday night when she was sick. BLESS HER LITTLE HEART!
Just look at those curls..........That all nat-u-ral! No product, No nothing.
Just pure gorgeous locks!
Yesterday, while on my way to pick my children up from daycare, I receive a phone call from the director. Here's how it all went down.
Jamie (director) - Mindy...............
Me - Is everything alright?
Jamie - I'm sure that you are on your way right now to pick up the kids, but I just wanted to let you know that Ashlyn has had diarrhea twice today and wasn't able to make it to the bathroom either time.
Me - I'm almost there. I'm in downtown Newton right now. How is she right now?
Jamie - Well, she's doing ok. She used up all of her extra panties, so we had to put a pull-up on her. She's been crying. I think that she's really embarrassed.
Once we got home she went to the bathroom and sat on the potty for I know at least an hour. Brennan was screaming for a bottle. She was screaming because her stomach hurt. I was there by myself because Britt was working so I wanted to scream right along with them. I gave her a dose of Pepto and the later it got the better she felt. This morning Ashlyn came in Brennan's room as I was getting him dressed. She asked me the funniest question - "Mommy - what if I have to go to the doctor because of my belly hurtin' like it was and I have a baby in it? Wouldn't that be neat?" Then she proceeded to tell me that she was going to have herself a baby sister. Ha! Or wait, maybe she would have a baby brother like Brennan, and she would name him Hessa. ???? Where do kids come up with these things?
Next week I'm going to be in H-E-L-L! Britt is leaving and going to Raleigh all next week. Not only is he leaving, but my friend Hanna is going to be gone to the beach all next week also. You know how you call your spouse your other half, well I guess Hanna would be my "other third". She lives about 2 miles from me and her husband and Britt just started together on the same crew at the sheriff's department. So when Britt's not there Hanna is. She helps me out TREMENDOUSLY with Ashlyn and Brennan. While she is gone I'll be keeping their dog for the week. Soooooooo, next week I'll have 2 kids and 4 dogs to tend to all by my lonesome! If you see the news next week and hear of a woman going mad in Startown it's probably me. I hope that you will all come visit me in the looney bin. =)
What mom?
Who could resist this face?
The Ladies Man
This is a 6 month outfit. Ha!
Mom.......Enough Pictures!!!
