312/365

Oh my gosh what a difference a day makes! Even though Noah still didn't go to bed until 11:00 pm the day was so much better so that made the staying up so late not so bad. I was even able to get laundry done today!

Noah has refused to get out of his jammies for the last 2 days. He finally gave in today thankfully. I just didn't have the heart to fight him on that one. Stay in your jammies if you feel bad. Anything to make you feel better in my opinion.

Not as much fighting today between the boys. Praying we are seeing a turning point on all of this. Maybe I am just learning to deal with it better. Attempting to get them to "use their words" more but we'll see how well that works in the heat of the moment. You get through one thing and along comes another. I guess that is just the way life keeps you on your toes. :)

311/365

Crappy, crappy, crappy day. Noah isn't going to bed until like 11:00 pm! And then even that is hit and miss. I. Hate. Steroids! Surely this fighting between them is worse because one fot hem is sick and one has had a runny nose and cough (due to allergies they think) for a month now. Please tell me this has something to do with it!

310/365

Just a rough day all the way around. Sick Noah and the boys fighting one another constantly. I think we are all tired and in need of some good rest and play time. Calgon, take me away! But then the boys go and do something like this while watching TV and it just makes all the craziness melt away. Be still my beating heart. I love both of these little guys more than words can describe!

309/365

Noah has croup. He was up a good part of the night. Fortunately I took him outside and then put him in bed with me and ran the cool mist humidifier in his face for a little while. He slept off and on until around 2:00 am when he seemed to really finally be asleep. I moved him to his bed them and ran the cool midt humidifer on him all night. He did okay until around 7:30 when Cameron had a coughing fit. (Poor guy has had a cough for over 3 weeks now!)

So off to school for Cameron and the doctor for Noah. They put him on a steroid. Not fun. He is wired for like 16 hours of the day when they put him on this. Not looking forward to the next several days!

I did put the boys in sweaters for the first time today. They looked so stinking cute, even being sick! Cameron and I played cars part of the afternoon and he just loves to get on the floor and roll those things around. I am thankful we have lots of room he can do this. :)

308/365

Worn out. That is how I feel at the moment. Just a long day and lots of ups and downs. I did however manage to take like 64 pictures somehow today. How can I do that? It was only like 5-10 minutes of shooting pictures? But seriously, even after a tough day like today I look at these little faces and how can I not be filled with love and devotion for them?

307/365

The boys went to "school" this morning and when I got there Cameron was in a time out. He had sat on Noah. This is getting worse and worse every day. I don't know what to do with the two of them at the moment! Apparently earlier in the day he tried to bite Noah on the face. I am thankful they aren't doing this to any other kid and pray they never do! I know it is just hard for them to deal with being around each other all the time. Hopefully by Thanksgiving I can have them in their own rooms. Going to work very hard at this in the next few weeks. Cameron just really seemed to go after Noah most of the day today. I just wish they would get along! Oh, the one time they did I realized they had gotten very quiet...the photo from today is what I walked into and why they were being so very good.

306/365

Nice day today. The weather was beautiful! I tried to take the boys for a walk this morning but it was windy so that equalled chilly. Noah just wanted me to pick him up and carry him the whole time and kept asking to "go home." So we tried again in the afternoon and had a great time. It was so awesome to see my two little guys together in this setting. We just walked along the paths in our neighborhood, something I haven't really been able to do much because they would run off in opposite directions. But we are branching out!

Noah started to "chase" Cameron's shadow. It was the cutest thing. But wait, it got even cuter! He then went up and grabbed Cameron's hand because he wanted to hold it. Be still my heart! Of course this lastest all of about 30 seconds because Cameron is in a "I don't want anyone to touch me" phase at the moment. But it was still a sweet and tender moment for me walking behind them. The walk continued and we saw bugs, laid on the path and in the grass and Cameron even had a ladybug he proudly carried part of the way home. Who actually ended up flying into his jacket so we ended up with her in the house after all. He laid on the couch and talked to her and really wanted to just hold her, etc. He is such a sweet, sweet child with a tender heart.