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San Antonio, TX, United States
I am a wife, mother and a Christian. I have a loving husband, Chris and four, handsome, and active boys. We are so very blessed with a wonderful family. We are even more blessed with our Christian family. God has truly smiled on our family. We are growing in His love daily.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Florida....... very picture heavy!

About three weeks after Chris' started PA school, the boys and I took a multiply city 5 1/2 week long trip. Our first stop was Florida. Colleen was going to visit Rob in Italy for 10 days and I was keeping the boys for here. I had a few things planned for the boys and I to stay busy. Mostly Liam and Noah just played and entertained each other. Ethan loved Eli. He would help me with his bottle and loved to escort me to Eli's crib and put him down for nap and bed. We had so much fun laughing and playing. 

Having fun! 

They were watching TV and I am not sure what is going on. 

On the night Colleen left, we thought it would be fun to have a sleepover movie date int he living room. However, at 730pm Noah said he was tired and wanted to sleep in his bed. So Liam and I braved the floor. I am way to old for the floor! 

Nana did lots of reading to all the boys! 

We did lots of bike riding. Noah had his own bike and my dad was so generous to bike an extra bike for Liam to ride. That was anytime we visit Florida we can bike ride! 

Liam felt the need to take his spotting spy scope out on a bike ride one day! 

Pillow beds in the living room. This made for hours of fun with the boys! 

Pillow sack races. I mean what is not to love. Ethan wanted in on it so bad. He was not quite big enough to do all the things the big boys did but to big for Eli. 

Ethan my monkey


More pillow forts! I am so thankful my mom has so many pillows! 

Eli loved to laugh at Ethan! They were so darn cute together! 

Bath time!!!! 

Nothing is more fun than bath time in Nana's tub. Lots of bubbles with all those jets! 

We made a race track with painters tape! Lots of fun! 

Pillow fights with Angry bird pillows! 

Laser wirer. I set up a course for them to crawl through. 

They loved it. They even loved running through it to get it down! 

Sometimes you just need underpants on your head! 

The Avengers!!!!! 

Eli loved Monty the dog. I think the entire reason he started crawling in Florida was to get the dog! 

We made a tent out of the bunk beds for sleeping! 

They loved it! 

More bubble baths! 

Liam and I had a movie date while Noah and Ethan were at Emma's house for a sleepover. Eli was suffering through some alone time with Nana! 

My beautiful Agatha!!! 

One night Ethan refused to sleep in his bed. So Nana and Ethan had a sleepover in the living room. 

Twinkies!!!! So cute! 

When did he get so big?!


Swimming. Once we cleaned up the pool from all the rain, all they wanted to do was swim! 

Liam loved jumping in the pool! 

Look at my big boy! He didn't want in the pool. It might have been to cold. 

Me and my boys! 

Once the pool warmed up a bit, Eli loved to float! 

Swimming! 

There was also lots of coloring! Are they not so cute? 

I tried to get a picture of all of them and this was the best I got! 

See, Ethan loved to help. What kid doesn't need a ducky on his head?

Ethan also would taste test Eli's food to make sure it was okay for him. What a great helper! 

We did some sumo wrestling with pillows! 

This was so much fun. Da walked in on our little adventure and laughed! 

We had such a great time in Florida with everyone. Liam was sad to leave. We are excited for our next visit but sad because Colleen and the boys will have moved by then. We are so blessed to have been able to create these memories with our boys! I know how much Liam loves his Hammy! 

Liam's 4th Birthday

After a quick switch at the hospital with Chris, I came home to plan Liam's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party. Let me tell you, I had not slept in days so my first stop was the coffee maker. Do to lack of sleep and prep time, I decided to forego the homemade from scratch cake Liam wanted. Thankfully, Liam was easy to please with a box funfetti cake mix. I was a tornado of caffeinated energy. I cooked, I cleaned, I made gift bags and finished ninja masks. It was crazy. However, completely worth every every moment to see that smile on his face when all his friends arrived!


See these little Ninja Turtles. Chris worked on them 2 weeks. 

They are amazing. Chris did a wonderful job. 

I made all these ninja masks. We had one for each ninja turtle


Chris made it home with Eli just before the party started. Liam was so happy to see his brother. However, we had to keep Eli away from everyone. (mostly kids)

Liam requested a Donatello cake. 

The food.....gold fish, lime jello as Ooze, pretzel sticks as Donatello's Bo Staff, and fried pickles as fried turtle shells. 

Liam was so excited to have Cater at his party! He just loves the Bassham family. 

We did lots of playing outside. I didn't have anytime to plan party games. Liam just wanted to play with Carter. He loved that Carter would push him on the swing. Next came cake! 


Here come the cake. It took lots of work to get the candle to stay lit! 

Liam really wanted Carter to help him blow out the candles. 

At this point Liam said he wasn't feeling well. I thought he was just hot and hungry from playing so much. He refused to eat his cake and pizza. This is nothing new so I didn't pay much attention to it. He perked up for presents. 

Again Liam really wanted Carter to help him. I am so glad Carter is so patient and loving towards Liam. He was a trooper for dealing with kids much younger than himself. 

Legos from Uncle Amu and Aunt Blaire!!! 

Ninja Turtle rocket! What is not to love. 


Shortly after this, Lauren noticed that Liam wasn't looking great and said he felt hot. So I busted out the thermometer and sure enough 101!I had not been feeling super great that day either but I chalked it up to no sleep, to much coffee and not enough food. Chris really didn't feel well and spent most the party in bed.  Well, after everyone left we were all hit with the stomach bug. Yep! Happy Birthday Liam so we were all sick. We all spent Liam's actual birthday on the sofa watching movies and trying to recover. Thankfully come Monday, we were all 100%. Monday was Chris' first day of class for PA school. 

I still can't believe my little boy is 4! He is a great helper and wonderful son. He has a great imagination and is kind and loving. I can't wait to see what next year brings! 





Liam's 4th Birthday Questionare




20 Questions to ask on Birthday –Liam 4th

1. What is your favorite color?
 Red
2. What is your favorite toy?
Basketball
3. What is your favorite fruit?
Apple
4. What is your favorite tv show?
Sofia the First
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
Chicken
6. What is your favorite outfit?
Puma shirts
7. What is your favorite game?
Angry birds star wars
8. What is your favorite snack?
Cereal
9. What is your favorite animal?
Olaf the Okapi
10. What is your favorite song?
Songs about Olaf
11. What is your favorite book?
Curious George flying a kite
12. Who is your best friend?
Eli - his little brother
13. What is your favorite cereal?
Fruit Loops
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
Play soccer, basketball, and golf
15. What is your favorite drink?
Lemonade
16. What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night?
Olaf the Okapi
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast?
Cereal and donuts
19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday?
Pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up?
Soldier
21. What is your favorite breakfast?
Donuts
22. Who is you favorite superhero?
Hulk because "he crunch things"

Friday, July 19, 2013

Quick Little Hospital Stay

At the end of April, Eli got his first ear infection. He was a little off but mostly happy. A few days before Liam's birthday, Eli started vomiting and won't stop. We took him to the doctors and he was diagnosed with an ear infection and the stomach bug. So we started medication and were hopeful.  Well it only got worse.  He stopped eating. He refused his bottle. Chris made a call to his old PA and she recommended we go to the ER. So at 6pm we packed Eli up and off I went to the ER. There were kinda busy so we waited about 2 hours to get a bed. At this point Eli was so over tired. Every time he fell asleep a doctor would come in and wake him. Poor Baby! There no much sleeping going on after the second wake up. The diagnosed him with hand foot mouth disease. Because he was refusing to eat, they admitted him to the pediatric ward for IV fluids and tube feeds. We finally made it to our room about 1am. After about 8 different IV sticks they gave up on the IV options. They did manage a nasal-gastric tube. He was not happy about that either. He was finally asleep by 2am. That NG tube only lasted until 6am when Eli woke up to ripe it out. We did lots of around the clock feedings of pedialyte the first day. He was so happy for being so sick. The next day, he was ready for some real formula. He was doing okay with it. He still was not eating great. All the nurses loved him and his doctor was amazed at how happy he was for being so sick. Once he finally started eating food, he was ready for discharge. Chris and I changed places, so I could go home and prep Liam's birthday party that was about to happen in a few hours. 

Our first night in our new hospital room

How cute is he?

All tuckered out from everything. 

His last day in the hospital. He was so darn cute in that gown.