YAWN

Cranky restless babies and insomnia are no fun!

Wyatt had major issues Saturday night. He was fussy and restless all night long. I finally took him to the living room to rock with him around 5:00 and we slept for a couple of hours there. OUCH! Not a very comfy place to sleep.

Last night even though I was totally drained and all I wanted to do was sleep I COULDN'T!

I have lists of things to get to, but I have no energy to get anything done. So I will sit in my chair playing on the computer until Wyatt is ready for a nap and I will hopefully get to lay down with him.

On a happy note - the kids are playing nicely together. I won't say that too loud or it will end rather abruptly! These moments are few and far between. Summer break gets kind of long sometimes!

Cast Signing

Everyone had fun signing Wyatt's cast for him.

Hope your leg gets better really soon Buddy!!

I was first with my artwork...

Maggie...

Zoe...

Grandpa Brown, a.k.a. Papa Bear...

Grandma Brown...

Auntie Mandi's turn...

Kinley gave it a try...Then Sadie...

Everybody loves our Wy guy and wants him to get better real quick. He shouldn't have to keep the cast on too much longer!

Waiting for Dad

This little man loves his Dad so much! He seems to have an internal alarm that goes off when it's time for Dad to come home. He waits on the porch to see when the van pulls in and gets excited to see Dad get out!

In this pictures he was pressing his face between the slats and yelling for Dad.Afternoons get so long while Dad is at work!

Got a Couple

Wyatt just came out of the playroom riding his fire truck. He had a little help from Maggie, but he is having fun being pampered by his big sister.

It must not hurt too much!

Injury Update

Wyatt got his real cast on Wednesday, but I haven't been able to get a very good picture of him with it yet. He's too busy and keeps getting away from me. He drags himself all over the apartment until his is just too tired to go any farther and then he fusses until I come pick him up. I'm glad to see that he doesn't let this slow him down. He loves to be outside and was determined to get there!

These were taken Monday in his temporary splint...
It's cute to see his determination, but sad to see how much he has to work at the littlest tasks.

We all hope you get better real quick!

Park Woes

I don't know if I have mentioned it before, but I REALLY don't like the park. I am not a park Mom. I don't like to be outside. I don't like the dirty equipment. I don't like the noises of the equipment. I don't like chasing kids all over the equipment. I don't like the dogs that are usually at the park annoying the kids. I just don't like the park.

I cave in to the park requests in the summer because it seems to be the only time I get to visit with my friends. Yesterday was the first time this season that we got to go play. It was Wyatt's first time to ever get to play on the playground. Maggie was excited to take him and play with him. They went down the slide first. Wyatt was crying. He cried most of the time we were there. He wouldn't leave mine or Glenn's laps. He wouldn't put weight on his left leg. We didn't know what was going on. We asked Maggie what happened and all we could get out of her was that "he went down the slide wrong". We don't know if his legs were not straight as he went down or if he landed wrong at the bottom. We gave him a dose of Tylenol and decided to wait a while to see if that helped at all. It didn't. He still wouldn't put weight on his leg and he would cry and shake if we set him down.

So a trip to the ER was in order since it was late and there are no after hours clinics here. They did x-rays and didn't see anything obvious on them, but decided to put the splint on just in case there was a break in the growth plate that they weren't able to see. Wyatt was such a good boy through the whole process. He only fussed when the PA touched his leg where it hurt.

So this gives me one more reason to not like the park!

Poor little man!!

*Foot note: the ER Doctor called a few minutes ago to let us know that they looked at Wyatt's films again and they did see a hairline fracture in his shin bone. He will get a cast on Wednesday when we see the Orthopedic Doctor. A fun summer lays ahead of us!!

I DO NOT LIKE THE PARK!!

Update

I have gotten some requests for new posts and updates, but I have not been feeling very bloggerish lately. Sorry! I hope to get some done soon. Maybe.

Pageant Queens

For so long now Mandi has been watching Toddlers and Tiara's with her girls. She got me hooked! Her daughter, Sadie, has been perfecting her walk and developing her talent. My girls just sit in front of the TV and tell me they want to do that. I tell them they have to practice and know what they are doing before I would consider putting them in a pageant. Really I was just saying I don't think it's a good idea and we can't afford it!

Well...for some reason I decided to look up online to see if there was going to be a pageant in our area anytime soon. Little Miss Wyoming was going to have their preliminary pageant right here in Evanston...on Zoe's birthday! What better way to celebrate her birthday? She was so excited she could hardly stand it. I got in touch with Mandi and asked her what so thought about putting Sadie in it also. We decided to go ahead and do it. Hoping it would get the bug out of them and we could be done with it.

A couple of weeks before the scheduled date Mandi got onto the website and noticed that the date had changed. We were really bummed, but decided to go ahead with it anyway. Unfortunately for Sadie she had some discipline issues that prevented her from participating in the pageant. We were really sad that she wouldn't be a part of the fun, but they came up to watch Maggie and Zoe anyway.

Here's Maggie patiently waiting for her interview in her casual outfit...

And here's Zoe in hers...

Since the event was held in the basement of a hotel it was pretty dark and my camera didn't handle it well. I wasn't able to get very many good pictures. So here's how it went...

Maggie had one other girl in her age group. Maggie won most photogenic and prettiest hair. She was also the overall winner in her age group which makes her "Little Miss Uinta County".

I wasn't able to get a good shot of Zoe with her sashes, but she was the only one in her age group so she walked away with about seven titles and she is "Tot Little Miss Uinta County".

Since they won in their divisions some of their entry fee's for the State competition were paid for. However, when I went online to see what it would cost I just about killed over. It would be nearly $1,000.00 for both girls to compete in the state competition. So not happening! I do believe our pageant days are over!!

Wyatt was a pretty good boy waiting for his sisters to get done prancing around the stage. He filled up on goldfish and cuddled with Dad.

After the pageant we were loading kids in the car and discovered that our tire was totally flat. We weren't going anywhere!! Luckily Mandi and Justin helped us get it taken care of. Then they headed off to spend the night in Park City. We got to watch Sadie and Kinley for them. EVERYONE (well...excluding Glenn) was so excited to have a sleepover. Our first sleepover at our house! So much fun!!

15 Months

24 pounds 7 ounces - 50%
2 feet 6.75 inches - 50%
head - 18.90 centimeters - 75%

From Sassy Three to Spunky Four

The day has finally come for Zoe to turn FOUR!! She has been so excited about her birthday. She would ask every day if it was her birthday. When she woke up this morning Wyatt and I were there to sing to her and make sure she knew that her day had finally gotten here!!

She was all smiles and anticipation while waiting for her party. Dad looked a little less thrilled...Once again Grandma was a big help with the cake...

Zoe wanted a "Fashion Barbie" party so I was going to attempt a Barbie cake. I wanted to make it as authentic as possible so I hunted down the actual Fashion Fairytale Barbie to use in the cake. Turns out I shouldn't have gone to that kind of trouble. Fashion Fairytale Barbie is a little more complex than a regular Barbie. The reason I wanted to use her was because she had the top of her dress painted onto her. I wouldn't have to use icing to make the top of her dress. I could just stick her in the cake and be done. Turns out this Barbie has a huge bottom where the speaker is for her funky runway music. You can't just shove that into a cake. I had to cut her dress off of her and take apart the belt so I could wrap her in plastic wrap to protect her from the cake. It took a little more work so in hindsight I would have just used one of the ballerina Barbies that also has their tops painted on, but they don't have all the mechanics under their skirts. Zoe won't be able to dress her in any other clothes either. Isn't that the reason you have Barbies? So you can dress them up and do their hair? This is not the Barbie for that!!

Our first order of business was a fashion show. All the kids dressed up in their fancy clothes and walked the runway!! We have some major divas in this family!!

After the runway we played pass the purse. It's pretty much like hot potato, but when the music stops the person holding the purse gets to pick a prize out of it. I think it was a hit!!

Next was a game of Don't Eat Barbie! Too funny!! Mandi found a way to beat the system. Otherwise known as CHEATING!!

After everyone got a chance to be yelled at while eating M&M's we decorated picture frames. While the kids were busy with stickers, Glenn printed out pictures from the fashion show so they could put them in their frames.

Then came the real excitement...PRESENTS!!

CAKE TIME!!!

We all had such a fun day celebrating our doodlebugs birthday! We love you so much Zoe and just can't even imagine how boring our lives would be without you! I hope you enjoy every minute of being four and don't want to grow up too fast!!