January 2015

I don't have access to our hard drive--hopefully it's not fried..! So these are some picture that I had on my phone, some of January's happenings. 

Rod hit his 3 front teeth so hard on Mairee's head that they started turning color and "dieing."  (Someone NEEDS to give my kids a lesson on NOT knocking out their front teeth. I might make Calvin wear a mouth guard...! Also the strength of heads never ceases to amaze me!)

We took him to the dentist so they could do a "root canal" of sorts and try to bleach out the dead tooth, take out the dead red/black stuff and fill it with white stuff. However, I guess teeth are really porous and they were hit SO hard they had already been dyed the dark color, and wouldn't go white.  So the dentist changed plans and put 2 fillings on the outside front of his 2 front teeth. This pushed the procedure to over an hour--Rod started to get restless (rightly so!) So the fillings aren't totally perfect but at least at first glance he doesn't have brown teeth anymore. I didn't post a pic of the finished product...sorry.

Rod was SO good for this whole thing. What a sweet, good boy. We gave him some sleepy medicine the night before and the morning of and then they gave him laughing gas before they did the shots--he didn't even notice them. Most importantly we brought Dusty Fire and Rescue that he watched the entire time. That boy LOVES Dusty! 

 

 I love my boys!!  Cutest picture ever!!

I take a lot of pictures of Calvin. I am so smitten with this kid. 

    

 

Sadly, Calvin got RSV in January. It was AWFUL. I've never had such a small baby be so sick. It really keeps you on your toes. Poor little guy went to the hospital to get sucked out (where they stick a tube through his nose and down his throat) 4 times. Very unpleasant. 

Acutally, I think all my boys had RSV in January, but I didn't realize it until Calvin was diagnosed--I guess it's pretty contagious. The symptoms are not as bad the older you are. I think Jax got it first, gave it to Rod, who gave it to Cal. Another sad tidbit, Cal got sick while Rod was still sick, but I didn't really give Rod tons of attention because he wasn't as needy as Calvin. But I remember the day Calvin started to look like he might be getting better; Rod's eardrum burst. The night before he was complaining about his ear, we gave him Tylenol, the next morning same thing, Then I saw junk coming out of his ear; it was gross, but it didn't hurt anymore! Yay for parenting!

 My amazing, talented mom cut my hair. And my amazing, talented husband dyed it. After we REALLY messed up a bleach job. Brown was plan B. Plan A exploded on my head in a plethora of different shades of orange, grey and yellow. Thank you plan B.

 My DARLING grandparents made these blankets for my boys, they LOVE them, can you tell? They were so happy!!

  

The boys made me take off their duvets and put on the blankets RIGHT when we got home! They love their new beds! And their Grandma and Grandpa Haight!

This is so Calvin. He can be a molder. Super comfy to hold while he is sleeping! Super comfy to squeeze, he is made of marshmallows.

 Penis shot, sorry! But he is so beautiful I had to include it. He usually has bath's in the bath, but there was a particular blow out that needed some special attention...:)

 Calvin is so much more into eating than my other kids, he can barely support himself in a bumbo but wants to suck the life out of the bacon, or pear, or apple, or pancake, etc... I love how excited he is about food.

I take a LOT of pictures of Calvin... 

 I can't help it!