Chicken Pox

So it looks like LB has the chicken pox!
It came on real suddenly and poor baby is completely covered with bumps.
His fever hit 102.2 (39) in the afternoon but after he had some paracetamol it went down and he was able to eat dinner!
I can't remember if we vaccinated Aiden for chicken pox but I'm hoping he gets it so that we can just be over it once and for all!
Now with LB being sick Aiden is not going to be able to go to kindergarten on Monday! We get to have a few more weeks with him!
Please pray for LB that he gets over this fast and without too much discomfort.

6 months and 19 months!

Happy Birthdays to my BABIES~~~~

Here are are looking all ... .homey ... Good MORNING everyone!!!

Vacation 2012 - Borsh

FINALLY have a few minutes to post something! We went to Borsh at the end of August, and spent 6 days there! The kids were pretty happy and in general we had a great time! Aiden fell of the bed once (he refused to sleep in the playpen we had brought along)!

These aren't really in order ... but we really only got around to taking pictures on the 2nd to last day so these are all from the 2 last days we were there!

Playing with Daddy ...

Me and my boys ... see how pretty the water is ... 

Aiden wasn't too fond of the beach because it was a rocky beach and not a sandy one ... 

... But he LOVED the water!

Brandon on the other hand ... 

Look at that face ... 

Ha, the bee was flying and I just happened to take the picture and it looks like a bugger from Aiden's nose!!

We set up his pool in the front garden where we stayed and after coming from the beach he would play here so Daddy could cook lunch and Mommy could put Brandon to sleep. He LOVED it

Haha ... my 'trying to be a mermaid' shot lol

This is cool ... no? I have WINGS!

Aiden and Daddy

Brandon and Daddy

My FAT Mushu Monster!

Sooooo CUTE!!!

Some family photos~!

Kissing the sun 

I love my Dragon BABY!

I don't know what goes on in his head sometimes ... but it SURE IS CUTE!

Daddy tried to fix his hair ...

But MOMMY is the one who knows how to do it right!

So loving

CHU

So sweet

More sweet

My poochies

It was our first ever family vacation because even before the babies were born I went to Saranda one summer without Como-kun because he was still working as a flight-attendant and he couldn't get away. Then with Aiden we were super super careful and we only took him to the beach once. But I guess we got a little less scared with the 2nd one ... Brandon was only 3 months old ... but he seemed to enjoy it.

Happy 25th Birthday Daddy!!

Quarter Century Old!!!
Happy Birthday to the Best BESTEST Daddy EVER!!!!

All dressed up in Japanese Jinbei's ... I LOVE the kids' facial expressions!

Happy Family Photo ...

A SUPER cake for a SUPER dad and husband!

A quick look at how we've changed from 2011 to 2012 ... 

Happy Birthday DADDY! You are the best daddy ever and this next year is gonna be better than the last one! We will make sure of it!! xoxo

Happy Father's Day!!!

We love you Daddy! You're the best!!!!

LB is 1 week old!

Well ... so on Tuesday LB turned 1 week! Woohooo ... and he's still alive! Hahaha ... so much has changed since we had Papoosie. I remember with Papoosie it was a constant checking to see if he was breathing, positioned right, covered enough, etc etc ... now I'm comfortable enough to know that if he's wrapped up fine, he will be ok unless he's really screaming. A little moving about doesn't make us jump, and we can tell the difference between the tummy ache cries and notice the signs of his being hungry right away. I'm so much more comfortable with this little one than I was with Papoosie which makes for so much less anxiety and worrying about every little thing. It's made things so much easier and I've been able to have a lot more fun with him as a result.
So far LB is quite a happy and well-behaved baby. He's still in the 'sleep all day' stage so he only has about 1 hour of awake time in the morning, and 1 in the afternoon. He rarely cries (he'll give one or two sharp screams for a tummy ache, but it won't go on for minutes or --God forbid--hours). I'm really hoping he doesn't get cholic and gas pains like Papoosie did. With Papoosie it started around 1 month so I guess we'll just have to see. That was a hard time when Papoosie just WOULDN'T STOP CRYING ... and it lasted till he was like 6 months old so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that LB will be spared.
I got my stitches taken out yesterday but a TERRIBLE rash has popped up on all the places where I had surgical tape stuck on me ... my back (where they gave me the anesthetic), my wrist (IV drip), and the cut (that strip is the WORST). It's REAL REAL puffy and itchy and ... who heard of an allergy to surgical tape anyway? And why would it come out a WEEK afterwards? Oh well ... hopefully in a couple days it'll go away.
I still spend most of the day lying down (not so much sleeping anymore though) because I still have pain in my right side, and if I'm standing for too long I will start getting dizzy, but I feel real good and very much on the mend.
I'm going to be doing Papoosie's 13 month update after this too ... so I'll finish here with some pics!

In pictures newborn Aiden and newborn Brandon are very much alike! Here's Brandon:

And here's Papoosie: