Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice was absolutely precious, and well worth the $20. We went with our good friends, and Abby's bestie, Giuliana. They looked so cute in their matching Snow White costumes. After the show we grabbed some lunch at Silky's and headed home. We had a blast! Here are a few pictures-- snapped on my iPhone, so not the best quality!

The best daddy ever!

So sleepy!

Charlie's 4 month check up

We had Charlie's 4 month check up last week. He is growing so fast it's crazy! Right now, at 4 months, he is wearing mostly 6 month clothes, with an occasional 3 month or 9 month depending on how big or small. He is sleeping through the night like a pro, and still loves to eat. He nurses 5 times a day, and his Daddy gives him a nighttime bottle. We started rice cereal a little earlier than we supposed to, but we thought he needed a little more food in his belly. The rice cereal knocks him out in the morning for a good 2 hour nap or so- all depending on what we have going on that day. He is in the 50% for weight, 50% for height, and 75% for head circumference. You don't get the nick name "Chunk" for nothing. He is a big healthy boy and we are very thankful for that!

Here he is about to break the scale at the doctor's office

Before shots. Hate that this is blurry :(

Sweet Charlie Kamm. Goodness gracious you are just the sweetest!

A trip to the ER

I have debated for almost a week about whether or not to write this post. The more I have thought about it I don't want to forget any of the details, and I hope that this will remind all of the moms out there how quick accidents can happen. Well, it happened-- our first trip to the emergency room with Abby. Last Tuesday we were getting ready for a play date with some friends. I put Abby in her room for a minute or two so that I could get myself and Charlie dressed. I noticed that it was really quiet in her room- too quiet. Something told me to go in there and check on her. I walked in to find her chugging a bottle of cough syrup. I grabbed the bottle and realized that it was completely empty except for the 3 tsp that were left in the little "shot" glass. I called poison control and they determined that with her age, weight, and what was left in the bottle (only 2oz to start with) that the amount she ingested was considered toxic, and we had to go the emergency room. I was totally calm and collected until they told me that if she began to hallucinate, or stopped breathing on our car ride to er I had to pull over and call 911. I ran every red light and stop sign from our house to Baptist Hospital. By the time we got there she was bouncing off the walls; talking fast, jumping around, had to potty, didn't have to potty, etc. They quickly put her in a room, and that's where we played the waiting game. Nurse Wendy (Abby adored) strapped her to a board and straight jacket, put an IV line in, and drew 2 vials of blood. The crazy part, Abby never cried, fussed, or flinched while they were taking her blood. For that matter, she never fussed through the whole ordeal. She was so calm! We sat there for 5 hours waiting for a reaction to occur. Luckily, she was just very sedated, and very mellow. Once the doctor reassured us that everything was going to be fine we just had to wait it out. She was so funny- talking really slow and soft. She would start a sentence and by the time she could finish it she would just trail off and stop talking. She would sing songs and stare at you with this blank stare. Her pupils were the size of saucers, and would wobble around if she had to get up to go potty. Finally around 2:00 pm we were allowed to go home. Even at home she was still sedated from the medicine, but we knew she was going to be just fine. Lesson learned...hide the cough medicine!!!

Just after her IV line was put in

If you look close you can still see some purple cough syrup on her face!

This is when she started moving her leg up and down and signing it to the tune of "Wheels on the Bus."

She looks so sweet here

Nurse Wendy was fantastic!

After some food and a few more wagon rides Abby was cleared to go!

In case you were wondering- all medicines have been put up--way up!

Señor and Señorita Moostash

The best dollar I have ever spent at Target--EVER!

One of my favorites

For some reason, and I am not exactly sure why, this has become one of my favorite pictures of Abby. I guess it is because every time I look at her in the Batman costume it reminds me of what childhood is all about; playing with your friends without a care in the world. I wish I knew what she was thinking about, but I guess that is what makes this picture so special.

Delta Fair

It's that time of year again; time for the fair! We have been going to the Delta fair since I was pregnant with Abby back in the fall of 2009. We love it, and now Abby loves it. We went on Labor Day this year so we had to fight a pretty big crowd, but it was still worth the trip. Abby and her Daddy won 2 fish, a hermit crab, and an inflatable Dora toy. We ate, played and sweated it out until everyone was tired and ready to go home. This is what we did while at the fair:

Fed the animals:

Ate some ice cream:

Rode some rides:

And a pony:

And won a few prizes:

This is what Charlie did while we were at the fair:

Here are some pictures of our trip to the fair last year. I was only a few weeks pregnant with Charlie.

Abby still loves to ride the ponies!

Hello Everyone!

We're BACK! Summer is over, and Abby is officially in school full time which means that there is a lot more time to do the tasks (blogging and ironing) that I have been putting off for several weeks now. Our summer has been BUSY. Aside from taking care of Abby and meeting her demanding activity schedule, we have a very sweet little boy to take care of as well. I could not have asked for a better baby with Charlie. He likes to do the following tasks in this particular order: eat, sleep, smile. He repeats these 3 activities throughout the day until he crashes around 8:00 pm and then is up again around 10 for his last feeding of the night. Around 7am we hear him in his room conversing with his fan, and thus the cycle repeats. We love him so much; before he came we worried about how much another baby would change our family, now we cannot imagine what our life would be like without him. I am going to try and blog as much as I can, but sometimes life just get in the way of that :) Here are a few pictures from our summer:

Swimming and Ice cream

Abby loves to hold Charlie

Sweet Charlie Kamm :)

We don't know where he get those pouty lips from!

Abby's first manicure! She loved it.

The first of many wrestling matches.

Showing her brother some love

When Charlie was first born he was falling asleep while he ate, so he wasn't gaining much weight. In fact, at his first weight check he was only at the 6th percentile. It didn't take too long to fatten him up; this guy loves to eat and is chunking up nicely. Here is his full face.

Mom had a birthday...

Charlie didn't know what to think of this.

Still swinging

And Smiling!

Played in some water

And were up to no good!

Abby's first day of school at her new school!

Playing after bath time! Bye bye summer! Hello fall!