The Battle with Eczema

We have had a tough battle with eczema with James, a little with Katelyn and a lot with Lilly.  If you have ever had to deal with this you know how frustrating it can be.  With James we took the traditional route of going to our Dr, getting a prescription for a steroid cream and months of applying the stuff and hoping for it to go away.  Eventually I stopped using the cream with him because of my concerns over using a steroid on such a little baby and we continued to battle it with OTC lotions and creams.  Eventually it went away.

A New Adventure

So I had this (crazy) idea that we should switch to cloth diapers! So I did some research and let me say this, these are not your mother's cloth diapers!

No pins! No plastics! No folding!

Our Latest Project

This project is one that has been planned since we moved in 6 years ago!
We FINALLY ripped out the original built in entertainment center and replaced it with a much more modern one.

Goodwill anyone?

Anyone else LOVE Goodwill!?!?  I DO!!  Today on 50% off Saturday I got all this for $15!

Happy Birthday James Bond

He was so excited about his preschool friends coming over to for a birthday party/preschool class. We all played Duck Duck Goose, painted with water colors, read 2 books, played Red Light Green Light, sang happy birthday (okay really I just sang and the kids stared at the cupcakes) and then we ate the cupcakes. It was a lot of fun.

My Favorite Child...

Life got a bit crazy near the end of January and this post slipped through the cracks...so better late than never, right?

How to pick your favorite child...

It's kind of tricky you don't want anyone to feel left out.  But I have one you know... Can you guess which one it is?  Here are some pictures to give you a clue:

Something's Different...

Notice Anything?

He surprised us all one day when he asked, "Daddy, why does my tooth move?"  Sure enough he had his first loose tooth!  About 1 1/2 weeks later it fell out while we were chowing down on chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant.  All of a sudden he said, "My tooth fell out, it fell under the table!"  So we all crawled under the table and searched through all the tortilla chip crumbs trying to find a bitty baby tooth!  After much searching and much questioning, "Are you sure you didn't swallow it, maybe it was a chip that fell?"  10 minutes later and a lot of strange looks from others around us we located the little thing.

He was so excited!  He requested that the "Toothfairy" NOT take his tooth, so they didn't.  So it's somewhere safe in his room.  :)

Lilly's Blessing

Well, it is official, Lilly Marie Bond is her name.

For months we, okay mostly me. have been trying to figure out if that was really her name or it was supposed to be the originally planned Lilly Ann.  And finally Robert said what ever he said during the blessing was what it was and I said okay.  In the beautiful blessing he gave her, Lilly Marie was made official.

Thank you to all of you who could come and share the special day with us.  It was a great day!