a mix up if you will

Here's a nice mashed and mixed look at our past week or so:

**We were without a computer for about a week until yesterday. GASP!!! I know. LOL Thank you Jesse and Lucy for coming through for us again. We promise to quit harassing you with this computer. .... We hope. LOL!

**Hidden viruses on your computer suck. Especially when they blow up your graphics card very unexpectedly.

**Natalie had a double ear infection and was diagnosed with it Saturday after showing signs of another cold right after the croup infection. It was so relieving to know what was wrong with her. She was pretty miserable. But of course, she smiled (whilst very sick) for the first time I've at least ever seen so far, at the doctor. LOL She is on Amoxicillan now and doing so much BETTER. It barely phases her now that she has four more teeth popping through. Yay for "canines". ..Chomp.

**James was really sick last week too..persistant high fever and everything. He was more miserable last week than with the croup from a week before that. But, it's pretty much gone and we don't think it was "roselola" like the doctor said. It was probably just a really nasty cold. He had a strep test and it came back negative. I felt so horrible for the poor kid getting that swab in the throat. AAAAHHH I hate that myself.

**No jobs yet and I don't even want to elaborate too much more. We're staying hopeful and alive. And we're persistent with searching. It's really tough to find work in MD right now.

**Oh and James is teething too. His last four molars are popping through and seriously..those are some evil looking teeth. A few nights ago he woke up crying and kept saying "it hurts". It really broke my heart. He couldn't elaborate more as to what he was talking about. But, some ibuprofen helped. Poor little dude.

**James' speech is so good!!! If he wants something, for example, and you say "okay James..you want a pretzel?" He says very drawn out (and like he really didn't want it but it settling for the pretzel) ''ooookaaaaaaaay" very calmly. He's so hilarious.

**Natalie is SCOOTING!!!!! I saved the biggie for last. The other day she scooted out of nowhere like 4 feet. She rotates in a circle while sitting. She sits with her legs to the side and constantly changed positions quickly. She is amazing. She scoots to her toys, sometimes slowly if she's tired, but she manages to get into things. And she couldn't be more happier. The trick is keeping both she and James happy while playing directly next to eachother. James has a tendency to want to control what Natalie has to gain attention so as usual, any toy she has he wants and vice versa. I can see it now..Natalie 13 and James 14 or 15...

"NOOO James I want to watch The Real World Season 1052!!!!"
"NOOOOO Natalie I want to watch wrastling!!!!" Give me the remote...
"MOOOOOOOOOM!!!!"

Ahhhhh..... stay young children. Stay young for a really long time.