Miles' Birthday

OK, so I'm a little late posting this. But better late than never, right?!

Miles turned 2 on March 7. He had a Spiderman birthday and had all of his cousins over. We all made our own superhero masks, watched some Kung Fu Panda, and ate some delicious Spiderman cake and ice cream. Miles got so many fun things; thank you to everyone who came. We had a blast.

The Happiest Place on Earth

This was our second year going to Disneyland. Miles even got to go with us this time. We spent 6 days in the park and had more fun than one could imagine. We stayed at the Grand California which is located in the park. The hotel has its own entrance into the park, so it was really convenient when the kids needed naps and whatnot.

The expressions on the kids' faces were priceless. Morgan just loved seeing the castle again and was so excited that she recognized all the Disney characters. She was still pretty nervous on the rides, but was definitely braver than last year.

I think Elle's favorite part of the whole trip was getting to see characters. I think we got our picture taken with Goofy four or five times. She was very brave on every ride.

Miles was awesome. I love the look on a kid's face the first time they see Disneyland. He was kind of nervous with some of the characters, but when we saw Mickey he ran right up and gave him a hug and just started talking to him. It was the cutest thing. He also saw Buzz Lightyear. He had just bought a Buzz hat and loved showing it off to the real BuzzLight. He didn't like flying too high on rides or going down a dip, but he was a good sport about going on all the rides anyway.

We did the princess dinner again, and although Morgan still didn't want to take pictures with anybody, she did talk to each princess. She would get so excited by each new princess that came out. Elle absolutely loved every moment of it, while Miles loved most of it. The girls each dressed up as a princess and Miles dressed in a little suit and tie. Every princess asked him if he would be her prince...that's my dashing, handsome little boy!

Oh, one last thing. For those of you who are insanely jealous that we got to go on the teacups and spin until we felt me might puke, I took a little video for you:

Late Update

Sorry this is so late of a post. Morgan is doing fine. She had some more shots and a few more x-rays and recovered nicely. I knew she was doing better when she got herself out of bed in the morning and came out already dressed in tights, a dress, and a headband.
We just got back this afternoon from a week at Disneyland. Pictures to come soon!

Our Poor Little Girl

For those of you who we haven't talked to yet, or we have and you just want an update, Morgan was diagnosed with pneumonia yesterday. Thursday night at around 5pm I noticed that she had a fever. Then at 6pm she threw up all over the lovesac...not fun to clean, by the way. She continued to throw up and run a fever varying from 101 to over 105 degrees. She has always run such high fevers, even as an infant. That night she held her chest and complained that it hurt. She had tears running down her face and asking me, "Please Mommy, make it stop." I have never been so heartbroken in all my life. I called the on-call doctor who tried her best to assure me it was probably just heartburn from her throwing up so much. So I forced some Tylenol down and Matt and I took turns throughout the night getting up to comfort her.
By morning, she was no better. She still had a 105 fever and was still throwing up. I tried calling the doctor's office for an opinion, but the nurses apparently all take lunch at the same time and would not be back for another hour. I said I would call back. Then I went to check on Morgan and noticed that her breathing was getting faster. She seemed to be taking short, quick shallow breaths and her heart seemed to be racing. I called the doctor right back and made an appointment. Matt took her in one hour later.
They listened to her heart and lungs and took a chest x-ray. The doctor said it was the worst case of pneumonia he had seen this year. They have her two shots of antibiotics and because her oxygen levels were still ok, sent her home.
She woke up this morning and seemed tons better than yesterday. Her fever was gone and she was not throwing up. She seemed quite lethargic still, though. We took her in for a follow-up visit, but had to see a different doctor. He said he agrees that it is a bad case and shares Dr. Duffy's concern for Morgan. He gave her another shot of antibiotics. He also looked at the x-ray on the computer and said she might have a small puss-pocket in her lungs. It is kind of a rare thing, but apparently it can difficult for the antibiotics to penetrate it and in rare cases they have to drain it with a needle. So we are praying that doesn't have to happen. We are going back to Dr. Duffy on Monday for another x-ray, not so much to see if she is getting better, but to make sure she is not getting worse. We will keep everybody updated.

Her First Book

Matt and I were talking about saving a game the other day, and Morgan looks up at us and says, "I know how to spell save...s-a-v!" We were astounded that she had put the sound together all by herself. So after I got out of the gym yesterday I stopped in at Barnes and Noble. I found the same two books that I had read when I was little so I bought them for Morgan. Today, we laid in her bed together and Morgan sounded out and read almost every single word all by herself. It had not even occurred to me that she would be able to read even the smallest of words and here she is reading a whole book. We are so proud of our girl who is growing up way too fast for us.

I Heart You

Today at school Morgan is going to pass out Valentine's Day cards. Every holiday she comes home with several bags of candy and I wonder why other parents think my kid needs that much sugar. This year Kristi came up with a new idea for us to do for the kids' classes on Valentine's. She came over a week or so ago and we melted crayons in heart shaped molds and then let them harden again. This is the result:

Then I inserted Word Art into a Power Point presentation and made a little circle saying to present the crayons on. All in all, I think they turned out awesome!

A Room of His Own

I know Miles doesn't care, but since we've moved in I have felt like I just put him in the first available room and gave him some minimal furniture. Morgan and Elle's room always felt so put together, I felt bad for my little boy. So, thanks to a wonderful suggestion from Kristi, I met my mom at IKEA last night and got some more "stuff" for Miles' room. Thanks to that and a new dresser I ordered off of Walmart, I finally feel like Miles has a real room. I know it still looks a little bare in these pictures, but trust me, it looks awesome in real life.