Ready for some grillz!

My pearly whites
Where are those teeth?
Finally found them!

I had mentioned before that Evan's two lower teeth were breaking through the gums while we were on our fishing trip. However, I didn't put the picture on the blog until now. We took the close up picture of his teeth on the 8th of August and the two of him brushing his own teeth were taken Aug. 20th. The teeth are getting bigger and man do they hurt when they bite down on your finger!

P.S. His hives are completely gone now as you can see in the bottom two pictures that were taken today. I am so glad. When I went shopping yesterday with Evan and Leah, people were definitely doing double takes at Evan...poor baby.

Our Spotted Child

His tummy and thighs late Sunday afternoon

Sunday morning

Sunday late afternoon
Sunday late afternoon

Monday morning (picture turned out dark)
Sunday morning

Monday morning

Our poor little Evan has developed Erythoma Multiforme (an allergic reaction to Augmentin and Amoxicillan; which he was on to help with his two ear infections he has had in the last 5 weeks). Saturday night, we went over to Jackie and Greg's house for dinner and had placed our pack-n-play outside, but the kids never went in it nor did they go outside. We brought it in the house about an hour later and put the kids down for the night (Leah slept in Peyton's pack-n-play and Evan in the one that was outside earlier). Sunday morning, Greg noticed while changing Evan's diaper, that Evan had a rash forming all over his body. I, of course, freaked out immediately. We thought at first it was maybe bug bites from bugs possibly being in the pack-n-play from being outside, but figured we would call the doctor's exchange number to be on the safe side. They said it was sounding like he was allergic to the meds. he was taking for his ear infections (which he has been on the Augmentin for 6 days and nothing like this happened earlier when taking it). As the day progressed, the rash got worse and he became more irritable. The rash was EVERYWHERE! On his back, neck, ears, stomach, diaper area, under his armpits, on his thighs, arms....poor baby! So, I called the exchange again and then talked to the doctor later who suggested I stop giving him the meds. for the day and give it to him Monday morning and then call him later Mon. afternoon. After many hours of Evan being soooooooooo uncomfortable and not being able to sleep, we ended up calling the exchange again. So at 3 am, Greg made a trip to Walgreens for some Benadryl. This morning, the spots are clearing up a bit. They are turning white in the middle and where there is a mass of spots, his skin was turning blue. This morning I took him to the doctor and he is definitely allergic to the meds. The doctor said he should be better by Wed. Until then, it just breaks my heart break that he is covered with this rash.

Doctor, Doctor...give me the news

Stats on Leah: 23 pounds, 28 1/4 inches

Stats on Evan: 22 pounds and 7 oz. , 29 inches

Well, the doctor says that I shouldn't be too concerned with the weight. They ARE on the charts this time. Here are a couple of pictures I took at their appt. I took pix. at all of the prior visits as well. It's neat to see how much they have changed. They can sit up on their own this visit!

9 months old!!

The twins turned 9 months on Aug. 2nd. I can't believe how much they are changing each day. Tomorrow is their 9 month check-up, so I will hopefully be able to post the results from the doctor. (Have a feeling they are definitely 95%tile or above in the weight category. That's okay....more for me to love!:) Here are some pix. from their "b-day."

Swimming

Greg and I ventured to Toys R Us yesterday with the intentions of buying the kids a baby pool. Can't beat $5.99 for a plastic pool. We figured they could use it this year and next and then we would just take them to the public pool up the road. They absolutely loved it. Greg barbecued while I got in the pool with them. It was fun watching them splash around in their birthday suits. Greg also bought a toy for himself (us)...a Wii. He has been wanting one for the past year. We ended up playing it last night. Pretty fun. You're never too old to play with toys!

Into everything

The kids are starting to pull up and get into everything! Keeping up with two infants wanting to crawl everywhere and stand up and walk is tiring. They definitely keep us on our toes as they are wanting to also open all of the drawers and doors to things. Still need to baby-proof the house. On our list of things to do!!

Our first fishing trip

Taking a break at a rest stop (our first road trip)

Family photo at the stream
Evan, not sure he's ready to be a fisherman

Leah, ready to go fishing

Rachel, me and Sarah (the ladies outfished the men the last morning)

J.B., Uncle Steve, Greg and Jim (sorry men....no such luck)
Aunt Janet, Rachel and Leah and Uncle Steve

Uh, what is that?


Is that a fishy?


This past week, we took our first road trip to Bennett Springs, MO (close to Springfield, MO). We spent the four days with Greg's family. During our 3 hour drive there, the kids did well for the first part and then mommy had to crawl in between the car seats in the back for the last hour to entertain. Greg and I enjoyed the times we had to fish without worrying about the kids (thanks to his family who helped watch the kids at the house). We had a great time relaxing on the deck, playing in the family room and just being with family enjoying the beautiful scenery. Tuesday was quite eventful....I didn't pack enough formula for the kids, so we drove a half hour into town to a grocery store, that ended up being out of the formula we use. After driving to two grocery stores to get formula and a Walgreens to get a fly swatter (which neither grocery store had), Greg tells me as I am getting in the car, that he thinks Evan has pooped. Greg tried to make it back to the house, but after listening to Evan wail (which I would too in that situation), we pulled over on the side of the road and I ended up changing Evan in the car. Later that day, we were wondering why Evan was so fussy. Was it still that he was getting over the ear infection from last week? Was it teething? Well, as I began to rub Orajel on his lower gums, I realized that a sharp pointy tooth was emerging, that he was indeed teething. Poor baby! Talk about a fussy and exhausting night. On Wednesday, Greg showed the kids a fish he caught (they had never seen a fish up close before and we played on the playground with Grandma Sandy, Grandpa Jim, Aunt Sarah and J.B. and little Wrangler.
Our trip home was eventful as well. We almost made it a half hour into the trip and pulled over to get gas and realized Leah pooped and ended up changing her diaper in the car (I don't like some of these gas station changing areas). Hours later and mommy in the back seat entertaining again, we were almost to Six Flags, when I smelled yet, what I thought was another poopy diaper. This time from Evan. Dummy me decides, after I tried to take several whiffs to make sure, that I was going to just stick my pinky in the side of the diaper and see. YEP.........DEFINITELY POOPY! (I KNOW there has to be another mother who has done this before?!) After I screamed outloud of disgust (I still don't know what possessed me to do that) and then wiped my finger till it was raw with baby wipes, we stopped at a McDonald's and I proceeded to take Evan inside to change the diaper. For all of you who have read past blogs, you know Evan doesn't like changing stations other than the one at home. Well, he actually did a better job this time. However, he wanted to be a little wiggle worm and kick his legs about; which caused poop to get on his onesie and legs. So, I had to strip him down to a new clean diaper. I had left the diaper bag outside (only thinking I would need the basic necessities to change the diaper) and took him out of McDonald's only wearing his diaper. I am sure I looked like a hoosier with my kid in just a diaper. Anyway, back on the road again and the rest of the trip went well.
Overall, great trip and Greg and I can't wait to take the kids back when they are older and be able to teach and watch Evan and Leah fish.