Cameron's First Birthday!

We went to Cameron's first birthday party several weeks ago. The boys were still battling their ear infections, but they still had a good time. Things have been so busy for us we had not seen Jamie and Leanne in a while or Heather and Tory so it was so good to see everyone. Kelly and Michael came up for it too so the whole gang was there. Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party Cameron. We had so much fun!

Uncle Tre

Uncle Tre came to visit after Christmas. We had not seen him in a long time and it was the first time he had seen the boys. I got a picture of him and Fisher, but Davis already fallen asleep when he got there so he didn't get to play with him. Come back and visit again soon Uncle Tre!

Go Cocks! Go Dawgs!

We went over to my parents on New Year's Day to eat our traditional lunch of black-eyed peas and collared greens. We also watched the Gamecocks and the Bulldogs play football. Evan is a Georgia fan and I am a Gamecock fan so we compromised and the boys each pulled for a team.

Oyster Roast

Things have settled down slightly in our house now. Both of the boys are well now so I'm trying to catch up and post the events that have happened since Christmas.

The boys went to their first Oyster Roast to ring in the New Year. My dad got some fresh oysters from Charleston so we had a last minute oyster roast at their house. We had a few family and friends stop by to partake in the festivities. The boys aren't quite old enough to eat oysters so they weren't able to try any, but maybe in a few years they'll get to. :-)

Davis Update

The pediatrician said that he has done all that he can do for Davis's reflux so he has referred him to a GI doctor. He said they will mostly likely do a scope on him so we can find out exactly what's going on. The soonest they could see him was late March. We'll let you know how it goes.

Chaos

That word perfectly describes our life since Christmas. To all of you that follow my blog I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while. I am hoping to be able to catch up this week and this weekend. Things have been extremely chaotic for us since Christmas. Davis has been not feeling well and has been extremely fussy. He was crying so much I started having flashbacks to when they were younger and both were screaming ALL day long. The doctor has diagnosed him with reflux and we have been trying to find a medicine that will work for him. Shortly after being diagnosed with reflux, both of the boys got really bad colds, which turned into ear infections so they were both put on antibiotics. After a week of being on the antibiotic Davis seemed to be feeling better, but Fisher was getting worse so I took him back to the doctor. We found out that the antibiotic didn't work so his previous ear infection had worsened and his other ear was now infected too. He was also diagnosed with a respiratory infection so they put him on steroids and told us to keep a close watch on his respirations. He is finally feeling better- thank goodness! The last time I was at the pediatrician's office I told them they just needed to set up a bed for us in the back. :-) I think over the past 2 weeks we've been to the doctor 4 or 5 times. We go back tomorrow for their 9 month checkup, an ear recheck, and to discuss Davis's reflux so I am hoping tomorrow will be our last visit for a while. Even though we've had several extremely chaotic weeks, I'm thankful that they have only been sick twice. That's pretty good for being 9 months old. I'll post more soon. Time for baths, bottles, and bed...

Last but not least...

As promised, here's a slide show of pictures from Christmas. I took so many I couldn't put all of them in the posts so I decided to create a slide show with some of the other pictures. Hope you enjoy!!

Playdate and Christmas Exchange

Here are some of the pictures from the gift exchange with Kat and Lesley that I posted about earlier. I was exhasuted afterward, but a good time was had by all despite what it may look like in the pics. :-)

Christmas with Gran and Dan Dan

We started our Christmas celebration at my parents house on Christmas night with a nice dinner. We have the same dinner every year and every year it's just as good. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. We have beef tenderloin with horseradish butter, green beans with a dill sauce, carrots, twice baked potatoes, and rolls. Ashley made a yule log for dessert, which was so good!! We didn't do presents that night because we wanted the boys to be a part of it and it was past their bedtime so we decided we would open presents the next day. We got together for breakfast the next day and then the presents began.

My parents gave the boys toys, clothes, and books and Santa even found their house and left them some goodies. Evan got a lot of tools and other things for the garage he has been wanting and I got lots of things I wanted for the house, some clothes, and the new Nicholas Sparks book. Once again the boys loved the wrapping paper. :-) After opening the gifts, we just hung out with the fam for the day. Jim and Ashley were able to stay too and it was so nice to do that because we don't get to very often. That night everyone came over to our house for pizza and we played a game.

This was the end to our wonderful Christmas celebrations! We enjoyed all of them so much!

Davis hasn't mastered crawling frontward yet just backwards. So he kept "crawling" and would end up under the couch. :-)