Valentine's Day

On Saturday morning I woke up to breakfast in bed!!!! What a treat! Paul had made me eggs and toast and the kids gave me their cards they made for me! I also got a very sweet card from Paul. It was the best way to wake up in the morning and so sweet....thank you to my favorite man and little men!!!! After that, Paul watched the boys so I could go do some shopping on my own and when I got back, I rested and read a little, until a bigger surprise came...my mom! Paul had asked her to come up and spend the night to watch the kids so we could go do something together that night ALONE! It was very sweet! We went and saw Revolutionary Road, not much of a Valentine's Day movie, but it was good. It was our first movie out to see since Elf came out years ago...sad, I know! Anyway, despite it not being much of a Valentine's Day movie, it was a great night for both of us and we ended up having a wonderful time! We are both very appreciative of Mimi coming up to watch the boys! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, Mom!!!

Preston's jealousy and my flowers

On Friday after Paul's party at school, Preston had an all-out attitude problem for the rest of the day, even after his nap. He does throw fits quite often and has a bit of an attitude, which Paul affectionately refers to as the "Guerra-tude." I was rocking the baby to sleep and he told me "Stop!" and then grabbed the rocking chair so it wouldn't rock anymore! I put the baby down and tried to pick him up and he said "No!" and then went into his full out attitude mode! I told him if he didn't stop he was going in time-out and he again said "No," but before I could put him in time-out he ran into Peyton's room and slammed the door; meanwhile the baby was crying, so I let Preston stay in there for his time-out and decided to ignore him so I didn't reward his behavior. I finished rocking Peyton and put him in his chair to sleep and when I went to check on Preston, this is what I found! Do you think he could be jealous...lol!?!

My day was not all that bad though, Paul had some flowers delivered to me for Valentine's day, which was so sweet and I loved them! They are kind of wilted now because I just got around to taking the picture of them and the boys just loved touching them and pulling at them, but they were very pretty when they first arrived!

Paul's school Valentine's Day Party

Paul had his Valentine's Day party at school on Friday and he had a lot of fun. I went to see the party and took Peyton and Preston with me, of course! They couldn't go play outside afterwards because it had rained, but they got to watch a Valentine Clifford the dog episode instead. They got cupcakes and plenty of snacks to eat and everyone in the class traded Valentine's Day cards and candy with each other. He came home with quite a few "treats." Paul just loved celebrating Valentine's day at his school with all his friends, especially Nicholas!

I would also like to share with everyone that I got my very first Valentine's Day present from my sweet little boy...I almost cried! He was digging through his bag and he found a pinkish-purple ring and he said "this is for girls....here mommy, you put it on your finger." It was so sweet! I said "Why don't you put it on mommy's finger for me?" He goes "Ok." He put it on my finger and I grabbed the camera and took a picture to remind myself of that moment! Isn't he so sweet!!!! I love all my little boys!!!

Doctor Appointment

Yesterday morning little Paul woke up saying his ear hurt and he didn't eat much at all for breakfast. He also said he wanted to lay by me (this never happens so I knew he wasn't feeling well!). I gave him some advil and in a short period of time, he was up and playing. After about a half hour of that, he continued saying his ear hurt and he laid down all by himself and fell asleep for about an hour! Wow, this is not normal for him. He woke up and I picked him up and he felt hot, looked very weak, and was shaking! I called the doctor and while I was on the phone with them to get him an appointment, I took his temperature, which was 103.5!!!! I freaked out and the doctor said to come right now. I gave him some tylenol and ran around the house like a mad woman to rush to get 3 kids and myself to the doctor as fast as I could! Meanwhile, Paul came up to me and said his belly hurt and proceeded to throw up the tylenol I had just given him all over my pants and himself. I called Paul and he left work to meet me at the doctor's office. While we were there, we figured we'd get the other 2 boys checked out because usually when one gets something, we all do, except big Paul!
Good thing we did, Peyton was the only one who checked out fine. Paul and Preston both have strep throat again, apparently Paul had some sort of stomach virus, and his right ear was very red and had a lot of fluid in it. He was so weak, he fell asleep on the table waiting for the doctor to come back in. They gave him motrin and on the way out, he threw that up at the check out window! My poor baby! We got home and Paul pretty much laid down all evening. We got both kids antibiotics and Paul is able to eat and hasn't thrown up anything else. He was able to eat a little bit last night and today he acts like nothing is wrong; I guess he just had a little belly bug for a day, but he couldn't go to school today because of the strep throat...he missed PJs and Pillows Day, which I feel so bad for, but at least he's doing better!!!!

Vanessa and Terry's Family Couples Shower

Sunday February 8, we all went to my cousin Vanessa and her fiance Terry's couples shower for our side of the family. The boys had a lot of fun and Vanessa and Terry got quite a few good gifts! It was nice to see some family members that we don't get to see too often! Here are some pictures of the shower!

Their Beautiful Cake
Gina putting Vanessa's coursage on her!

Our family with Chris and Theresa

Vanessa and Terry

Cutting the cake

Uncle Glenn and Preston

Peyton starts working on sitting up!

On February 2, Peyton started trying to sit up by himself. He still falls over, but he's sitting for longer and longer before that happens! Here are some pictures of him sitting up! The first picture I had the donut thing around him in case he fell! Good job Peyton, soon you will be sitting up all by yourself without falling!

Peyton rolls over!

Peyton has been rolling over from his stomach to his back for quite some time now, but he finally did it the other way! On the night of February 1st, I found Peyton on his tummy in the morning, so he rolled over for the first time during the night. That morning on the 2nd, he rolled over again from his back to his tummy!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyyy Peyton!!!!