15 Months

I can't believe that little miss Blair is 15 months old today! Oh how time just flies. She rang in her 15 month mark puking last night. She started at around 11:30 and by 3:30 she had thrown up 8 times! Poor thing. I am not sure how well I handled it. I haven't done the throw up thing before. Lukas has only thrown up twice. Once when he choked at Sizzler, but my mom was there and she cleaned it up. The second time he had Rosiola and the fever from it was so high it made him sick. Needless to say we were up all night cuddling and loving her and cleaning up after her. She hasn't thrown up once since 3:30 so that is good.
Blair is such a joy at 15 months. I don't know what I would do without her smiles each and every day. Her smile is so cute. The way she squishes up her nose and just smiles. Whenever I bring the camera out she just smiles and says "cheese." She is the most active kid ever. She loves to be busy and run around and get her energy out. She is so content whether I am playing with her, daddy is playing with her, Lukas is playing with her or if she is just playing by herself. She loves the parks at the swing and just observing her surroundings while being pushed. She has a slight aversion to guys. For some reason she is a little scared by them. She loves her daddy though. She is really warming up to her grandpa Crane but can still be hesitant around him as well. She loves shoes and always brings them to me to put on her. She loves to play outside and could stay out there all day. She is my little piggy and has been known to out eat Lukas. She can eat up to three bowls of mac and cheese for lunch. She is starting to really love Sesamee street. She is actually sitting still long enough to watch a little bit while I get some things done. If you ask her how old she is she holds up one finger. She knows where her eyes, ears, mouth, tongue, teeth, belly button and bum are. She is growing so fast and acts way older then her 15 months self.

She LOVES golden oreos. She walks over to the pantry and bangs on the door till I open it and give her some.
Loving being outside!
She can climb up the slides and go down all by herself.
She loves Lukas SO much! He is her best friend. When he isn't home she gets pretty sad. She walks around looking for him. Then when she sees him she gets so so excited and smiles her big cheesy grin.
We love you baby Blair. Our family just wouldn't be a family without you!

In my shoes

Blair loves to wear my shoes. Right now she doesn't even come close to filling them. However, one day she will be big enough to fill my shoes. She will probably do a better job then I ever have. She is so cute and full of spunk and determination. After people around us observe her I always get wow she is so busy and so full of determination. My answer is always she sure is! Even though I am always running around telling her no and trying to keep her safe I am very proud of her. I know that one day she will use that determination to field her way through life. For now though I am just enjoying her tiny feet and tiny toes in my big huge shoes!

Cool Shades.

Anyone who knows Lukas knows he is OBSESSED with sun glasses. He seriously will not go outside without them. He won't even drive in the car without some sort of eye wear. It is hard when we can't find them. It results in tardiness or serious tantrums. Sometimes he has to wear daddy's which leaves Dan without out any eye protection. We have broken a few pair already this spring (or whatever season you want to describe our pathetic weather.) and it has resulted in my previous mention of tardiness and tantrums because one pair tends to get lost fairly easily. Thank goodness for Childrens place 2 for 5 dollar sun glasses. I bought both kids a new pair last week and now we have two. Blair should have 3 but she as well has broken a few pair. This time around though she actually is enjoying wearing them. We had a sun glass photo session yesterday.


Can you say DIVA!

Such a cute little boy. However, he isn't looking so little anymore.

Sickies

All I can say is this season (extended season as well it is just not warming up here!) has not been easy on us with sickness. My kids just seem to get the sniffles, coughs etc more then the normal. Right now they got coughs and Blair has a snotty nose. Blair has just been sad and cranky this whole week. So I knew she wasn't feeling too well. Lukas does fine during the day but at night and in the morning the last few days he coughs a ton. I thought for sure last night he had croup. He was having a hard time breathing and had the "barky" cough. Yet around 9 his cough was just the normal yucky cough. Blair did fine today just a little cranky and coughed. They both just seem to be struggling at night. Last night was not fun when they were both up pleading for attention. I struggled a little bit and eventually called Dan home to help.


I knew Blair was pretty sick yesterday when she fell a sleep on the couch at 10:45 after sleeping till 8. This little girl is ALWAYS on the move. She just sort of chilled out a lot yesterday. She perked up more today.
We have had jammie day in our house the past two days. Nothing but jammies allowed.


They perked up enough to play super heroes. My mom made Blair a super princess cape and now she is right in on the action with Lukas.

Mothers Day

I hope all of the wonderful moms in my life had a GREAT Mothers Day! I had a wonderful Mothers Day. Dan let me sleep in not just on Sunday but on Saturday as well! It was seriously heaven. I can't remember the last time I even slept till 830. It was seriously the best gift I could have gotten. Dan and I got Tim Mcgraw tickets so that is our Fathers Day and Mothers Day gifts. I can't wait to go to the concert with him. We haven't been to a concert since right after Lukas was born. My mom, grandma and Aunt Suzanne came over for dinner (Jim joined us later after visiting with his mom.) I feel so blessed to have these 3 wonderful women in my life. They have influenced me so much. Of course my mom is the greatest mom I can't even express how much she means to me. She does so much for me and my family. My grandma teaches me so much about how I want to live my life. She always gives me great advice even though she calls her advice "lectures". My Aunt Suzanne may not be a mother but she has so much love to give to me and to my children. They love her so much and I am so grateful that she is in my life and my kiddies. Thanks for spending Mothers day with us! We visited Dans mom on Saturday. I am truly grateful for her. Without her my kids wouldn't have such a wonderful daddy. Thanks for being such a great mom.

Mothers Day just wouldn't be Mothers Day to me of course without these two cuties! I am so grateful that I am their mom. After struggling with fertility issues nothing means more to me then them. I look forward to their smiling faces each and every day. They are truly the greatest gift from God!

Love it!

I LOVE this picture and I LOVE them!

Fall

Yesterday Blair finally took a serious fall putting her crazy monkey skills to the test. I was in the other room when I heard a huge bang and a VERY loud scream. I ran into the kitchen to find that she had face planted it off the bar stool. I picked her up and her nose was already starting to swell and it was bleeding. My first thought was her nose was broken. I called the ped and got her right in. Of course our ped was doing hospital rotation (this seems to be a re occuring issue with us. Every time my kids are sick or hurt our dr. is on rotation or vacation or it is his day off) We saw the PA who is so sweet. She told me that she didn't think it was broken but it was obviously very swollen. She said babies don't usually break their noses because their noses are made up mostly of cartilage still. She said to just watch it and give her motrin for the swelling. We checked her for head injuries and she seemed to be okay so we made our way home. I felt horrible that she fell. Not my greatest mommy moment. I am not use to such a crazy baby. I usually turn the bar stools and chairs on their sides after breakfast. We had just finished breakfast when this happened. I must have just forgotten to do it right away. I am sure that this little girl will take many trips to the drs. for her crazy ways. Sad thing is, the peds office doesn't even ask me for her birth date anymore when I call. As soon as they hear her name they know who she is.

These are the best pictures I could get of her nose. She wouldn't hold still. With all of the drama yesterday I forgot to take a picture when it looked the worse. It has gotten better in the last 36 hours. I took these tonight and her nose is still pretty big and is purple. She had a little bit of a rough night but was pretty happy today. You would think she would learn her lesson and just chill on the climbing thing. However, that is NOT the case. I caught her 4 times today trying to get up on the bar stool WHILE Lukas was on it. She also thinks it is so fun to climb onto the couch and dive head first or do saumer saults off the couch.