What a weekend...

This weekend was one that I wish I never remembered but I'm sure we'll never forget. I'll spare the whole long story, but in a nutshell, Brock blacked out and hit his head really hard. I took him to the ER to get checked out, and they found that his heart was beating abnormally. His top two chambers were fluttering instead of beating. They ended up keeping him overnight on Saturday, and it was just terrible leaving him there. They had him on medication in hopes to return his heart to a normal beat, but it did not work right away. They began discussing putting him out and shocking his heart back into a normal rhythm with the paddles (which basically would have stopped his heart in hopes that it would 'reset' itself). It was honestly one of the scariest times. I was so thankful when Brock called on Sunday morning to tell me the medication had worked and that his heart was beating normally again. Praise God! All the nurses and the ER doctor told us Brock would probably leave the hospital with medication and probably need to be monitored for the rest of his life, but the cardiologist would give us more info. Well when we met with the cardiologist, he said he thought it was an isolated incident and that Brock didn't need medication or even a follow-up visit. He was extremely arrogant and was unwilling to address any of our concerns. Needless to say, we will be getting a second opinion.

Then yesterday Brock called me from work and said he was having sharp chest pains. So back to the ER we went. Thankfully his heart checked out normal, but they couldn't pinpoint the cause of the chest pain. They said it seemed like it was stemming from either the sac around his heart or lungs being swollen and rubbing up against each other, but that it was not a problem with the heart itself. We ended up at the cardiologist's office after the ER visit, and they sent Brock home on a monitor for 24 hours. That way they will have a picture of what his heart is doing for a 24-hour period to see if anything funny is going on. The good news is that in the ER again yesterday, they re-ran all the tests on his heart, and everything is looking good. Today the chest pains were much less frequent than yesterday, so that is also a good thing. I hope and pray that we don't have any more incidents, but at this point we are just taking things one day at a time. He has more tests scheduled for April 7th to make sure everything is looking good. I have some pics of the kids to post, hopefully sometime this week still! Thanks for checking in on us.

Hello? It's Mia!

I think it was just my last post when I was saying how I heard Mia answer my cell phone. Well she did it again when my mom called, and I had enough time to grab the video camera. The part I didn't get on film - she talked to my mom for a few seconds, then said, "Can I talk to Papa?" Here she was telling him about how she had hurt Drake that afternoon in his bedroom (she rolled him over and his arm got stuck underneath his body...)

Here's what she is saying, in case you can't understand: "That was so terrible. No! I rolled him over in Drake's room. Yeah. And I hurt Drake. Yeah. I don't know... he say that. He's gettin' older. Yeah. He's getting bigger! He's getting bigger. But he's little right now. No he's not standing, he's just little. Yeah. K. After while crocodile! Bu-bye. That was Papa!" I was cracking up. Here are a few new pictures, too.

I bought Mia some play-doh the other day, and I told her I would open it up after I put Drake down for a nap. When I came downstairs, she had her doctor bag out and was trying so hard to cut the box open with the scissors. She kept saying, "This is really tough" :)

Did I mention I can't get enough of this little guy?!

She pulls out her halloween costume from time to time and wears it around the house

Eating Mia's 'Special of the Day'

I don't know if you remember the story about her telling me about the elephant on the way to my mom's ("He'll be back on Wednesday!"), but today she saw him again. She was like, "There he is, Mommy! He must have been at the makeup store!" It was so funny. :) I was trying really hard to figure out what the 'elephant' is, and I think it might be this grill with a gray grill cover on someone's back patio. I'm not sure, but maybe that could look like an elephant to a 2-year-old in a moving car??

Also, she has quite the imagination. Today we opened the front door to feel the weather outside, and she starts saying, "Hi Manny! Hi Mr. Lopart! Hi Fluffy! Want to come in?" (If you're lucky enough not to know, these are some characters from Handy Manny on the Playhouse Disney lineup) She continues this imaginary conversation, and apparently all her friends come in the house. We go upstairs, and I hear her giving them the grand tour of the upstairs. "Look at my stripes!" (the ones on the wall in her room) "And here is Daddy's room, and this is Drake's room..."

Sorry for all the stories, but she has been in rare form lately. She'd been asking all last week if I could paint her nails, so finally on Saturday we did. Today she noticed a few chips in the polish while we were in the car. "Hey, you need to fix my nail! You need to fix two nails!" (Two of them were chipped) I told her we would when we got home. As soon as we walked in the door: "Can you please fix my nails?" I said, "How 'bout we fix them after dinner?" to which she replied, "How 'bout we fix them NOW!"

Weekend in review...

This past weekend Brock watched both the kids all day while I went home for my cousin Meghan's bridal shower (hi Megs!). It was so nice to have a break for the day, even though I spent 5 hours (out of the 8 I was gone) in the car! Brock had never spent all day with them by himself before, so I was anxious to see how it went, especially with Drake on bottles all day. Well, when I got home, both the kids were laughing, the house was vaccumed, and they had even made a trip to Lowe's for a new light bulb. He said they were both great all day. So much for him seeing what a rough day is like around here! But you know what I decided?? Good! Since it went so well, I'll have to do it next weekend again! (Just kidding... kind of!)

Brock said Drake was trying to make out with Bella :)

The weather has been so gorgeous lately (Mid 60's, low 70's) - taking advantage of it at the park!

Mia is going to be a flower girl in Meghan's wedding in May - here she is modeling her dress!

Mia thinks it's so great when Drake sits next to her. The laundry basket was her idea. He just finished his bath, she was ready to take one...

I knew it was just a matter of time before Mia started asking about the differences between boys and girls. The other day we were changing Drake's diaper...

Mia - Are those his boy parts?

Brock - Yup.

Mia - And when I get older I'm going to have boy parts, too!

Brock - I sure hope not. Please don't say that again.

My oh my. :)

One other funny thing - I was putting Drake down for a nap a few days ago, and when I came back down I saw Mia on my cell phone. I didn't think much of it because she loves 'talking' on the phone, but all the sudden I heard someone on the other end! I just heard her say, "Ok, bye!" and saw her hang up. She was like, "I was talking to Nana!" I looked at my phone, and sure enough, my mom had just called. I dialed her back, and my mom was laughing so hard she couldn't even talk right away. She had called, and Mia answered my phone and had a whole little conversation with my mom - "Where's Papa?... Are you coming over?" It cracks me up to think she is only 2 sometimes. 2 going on 16!

Sibling love...

These two are so funny. As soon as Drake wakes up in the morning, Mia is right there planting kisses all over him and getting way up in his face. She is definitely rough with him, but she sure loves him. And all Drake has to do is hear her little voice, and he grins from ear to ear. Lately she has been making him belly laugh - hopefully I can get that on video! It is so cute to see them interact. Yesterday after her nap, Drake and I went in her room. I laid him on her floor, he rolled over on his belly, and Mia laid right next to him. It was one of those "I'll be right back, I gotta get the camera!" moments...

When Drake goes down for his morning nap, Mia loves to listen to her 'Mia Music' (a CD where the songs have her name in them) and dance around the family room. She also loves for me to put blankets over the furniture so she can crawl through the tunnels. Here are a few pics...

And little Miss Demanding. Here are some (not so) funny things she has said lately...

• At lunchtime... "Mom! This water is warm! I need it to be cold!"
• While on the potty, after I already "turned on the air and closed the door" for her... "Hey! Quit playing in there! I need to be wiped!"
• Again, while on the potty... "Mom! I need a poop book!"

Woo-wee. We are working on manners right now! She really does do a good job with Please and Thank You, but she clearly needs to be reminded sometimes!

One more quick cute story - I bought her this little dress yesterday, and she was trying it on today. She goes, "Oh! I love this princess dress! I'm gonna have to show Daddy!" So sweet. :)

A day at the zoo, oatmeal for Drake!

Yesterday was such a beautiful day (in the 70's!) we decided to go to the zoo. Mia had such a great time. She has a children's Bible with pictures she goes through every night, and one of her favorites is Noah's Ark. So almost every time we came to a new animal, she would say, "Ostriches, like in my Bible!" or "Rhinos, like in my Bible!" or whatever animal we saw. It was either that or "Monkeys, like from Madagascar! or "Sharks like Shark Tales!" or "A donkey, like from Shrek!" We saw the dolphin show, too, which she loved. We made it around to see most everything there. They were both so good - Drake really enjoyed the fresh air, too! Here are some pictures...

Trying so hard to pet the sharks

My little guy, content munching his fingers

Having a blast on the carousel

Trying to get the donkey's attention: "Donkey! Donkey! Over here! Woof, woof!" (we were cracking up...)

Checking out the rhino

When she first saw the giraffe, she said, "Hey! Like Melman!" (the giraffe from Madagascar)

Back at home after a great day

Drake has really been grabbing for things lately, and the other day he was trying to grab the spoon right out of my hand as I was eating. Funny thing was that his little mouth was wide open as if he were ready for a bite. I wanted to hold off on solids until he was 6 months, but after he did that I wanted to see what he would do with a little oatmeal. Here is his first attempt at some solid food...

New pictures

Sorry it's been a while! Just been busy with these little guys! Here are some new pics...

Cousins at bathtime!