Guess who is sleeping in her big girl bed?

We set up Zoe's big girl bed yesterday and told her it was her choice when she wanted to sleep in it.  Last night she slept in her crib.  Today she decided to take her nap in the bed!  She looks super-cute in there!

Happy Thanksgiving (part 2)

We had a nice day aside from some major crankiness from someone little, cute, and sick.  This morning I could not get anything done without hearing "Mommy, up! MOMMY, UP!" so I wrapped her up on my back.  She was very happy and comfortable up there and I was able to get some things accomplished.  Soon she fell asleep.  Lee snapped a couple pics...forgive the PJs, bedhead, and no makeup.

And here's one of my sweet guys snuggled up on the chair...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Looking forward to spending a nice quiet Thanksgiving with my wonderful family.  Zoe is sick again, if you can believe that.  Feverish and clingy.  Loving the extended snuggle time with my not normally snuggley girl, but I feel so bad for her.  She hasn't really been 100% since starting day care.

Some good news is that Jackson is another few steps closer to getting his ECO2 with ECOpoint.  The assistive tech therapists are going to write it up for insurance.  Hopefully it will get approved straightaway, but I am guessing not.  I am always surprised (shocked might be a better word) when the big things go through without a fight.

The ear problems continue

Zoe finished her 10 days of antibiotics on Sunday.  Yesterday we noticed her playing with her ear again.  Today her other ear drum started draining.  Back to the doctor, and another 10 days of stronger antibiotics.  Poor babe! 

A funny (but typical) Zoe thing:  When I noticed her playing with her ear I asked her if her ear hurt.  She immediately starts screaming "NO NO NO NO!!!" and proceeds to throw a tantrum, rolling around on the floor and everything.

My sweet sensitive boy

We get a lot of library books for Jackson since he really loves when we read to him.  Since Halloween was not too long ago, we still have a "ghost story" type book geared to the young elementary set checked out.

Lee noticed that when he gets that book out and ask Jackson if he wanted to read it, he did some strange posturing.  His arms would go out stiff and his head would turn hard to the left.  (This is not a completely unusual thing for Jackson to do, but it was unusual for him to do it when presented with a book.)  Same thing happened the next two times he got the book out.  When Lee would ask if he wanted a different book, Jackson would vocalize yes.

Today Lee asked me to try, and Jackson did the same thing.  I asked him if he didn't like that book and he vocalized yes.  Then I asked him if he thought the book was too scary.  Yep, that's the reason he doesn't like it...poor kiddo!

Hangin' with my kid

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day.  I have the day off from work and Jackson also has the day off.  We are going to drop Zoe off at day care and I get to have some one-on-one time with Jackson.  I can't tell you the last time I got to just hang with my boy so I am excited! 

Zoe is such an attention hog.  If she is awake she is demanding that I (or Lee or both of us) pay attention to her.  Jackson is really wonderful and patient, but I am happy that I get to spend some time making him feel special.

I don't have anything big planned, but the weather is supposed to be fabulous (it's been near 70 all this week!) so we will definitely be outside for a while. 

Zoe is feeling better today

We took Zoe back to the doctor today to get her labs drawn again since her hemoglobin was low before.  They thought it was most likely just viral but they wanted to be sure it was getting better not worse, which it is.  So yay!

Ear infection

The virus that Zoe had has now developed into double ear infections.  :(

 Can you believe Jackson is 7 and has NEVER had an ear infection?  So this is our first time dealing with them. 

Anyway, one of her ear drums perforated and now her ear is constantly draining.  She's on antibiotics now, so hopefully she will get to feeling better soon.

Lee is super stressed since he has had to stay home with her so much this week, he is not getting any work done.