BABIES and ASTHMA don't belong in the same sentence.

I took my littlest guy to the Pediatrician today. He has had a random cough that comes and goes, along with an icky rattle in his chest. After the Doc checked him out, he determined that he is pretty positive Zach has asthma. The good news is that 20-50% of children outgrow asthma. At this point we are going to treat it with nebulizer treatments, and if it continues to flare up he will have to be put on a preventative treatment. I hate this for him, and was feeling a bit discouraged until I met a baby and Mother on my way out of the office. The baby was teeny tiny and I thought he had to be only a couple days old. I found out he was a month and a half old and weighed 5 lbs 3 oz. He was born 11 weeks early weighing in at three pounds. I walked out of the pediatricians office praising God for his goodness to me. Having a 13 month old with asthma is such a tiny pebble on the beach compared to all this little premature baby will face! I'm thankful that God knows just what to bring into our lives to give us a different perspective on our circumstances!

If anyone out there has a baby with asthma, or knows anything about asthma... I would appreciate your insight.

On a funny note, Tyler has been watching Winnie the Pooh recently. He has been inspired to capture Zach and I hear him saying, " I capture you in the name of the hundred acre wood". ha. Oh, bother:)

Decorative Yard Sale Finds!

This post is actually 2 weeks old, but I wanted to share some of my fun yard sale finds. Not only were these finds great, but they were greatly priced,which made both me and my (Dave Ramsey) wallet very happy---and when my wallet is happy, the hubby is happy. ha.

My favorite find of the day was this blue "big boy" chair for Tyler. It fits up to our table perfectly, and I adore the color. I paid $3.00.

Next, I found a variety of country/vintage items. A wire basket, spools and thread, three angels, handpainted eggs, chalkboard/cutting board, brand new creative memories book with stickers, etc. I paid $10.00 for all of it! The creative memories book with stickers has been listed on ebay, and the other items I am putting together for a decorative piece...I'm just not sure where I'm going to stick it yet. The globe in the back I found at a different yard sale for $2.00.  I sold the globe at a conignment sale this past week-end for $10.00. :)

 I love these little angels. I have not a clue what I'm going to do with them, but I will find a spot for them somewhere! The angel on the left has a broken wing thanks to my smallest angel who grabbed her before I could stop him.

I did find a couple toys for the boys. A violin for Tyler and a Winnie the Pooh phone for Zach. He loves to talk on the phone, and says "oh". We are just thankful he says the last part and not just the first part of "hello". ha.

Last, I will throw in a Goodwill find that my Mom picked up for me...

Linking up with Apron Thrift Girl , Thrifty Momma Says , Coupon Tipster , Her Library Adventures

"Pleased as Punch" Sunday

Today I am pleased as punch because....

1. Tyler is teaching Zach dental hygiene. Tyler was supposed to be brushing his teeth, and I looked over and he was brushing Zach's teeth ( all four of them). The best part was Zach was happily obliging with his mouth wide open.

2. We have been working with Tyler on the concept of: " If a door is closed you must knock before opening it." I think we've finally struck gold, and he understands. He decided this evening that he and Zach were going to have a birthday party in Zach's room. Before he shut the door he looked at me and said, " Mommy, you have to knock on the door before you can come in". ha.

3. Tyler is becoming very thoughtful in some areas of his little life. Tonight, he  packed a bag of animals to take to church, and he decided he needed to pack me a bag of animals too. He also packed a  drink in the diaper bag for me.  I had to laugh though because I caught him going through "my" bag of animals and pulling out the ones he thought he would like and then putting them in his bag.

4.  I'm pleased as punch that Tyler can talk to anyone ANYWHERE. Tonight, he carried on a conversation with the little girl in the stall next to him. Lovely. This all happened after I accidentally opened the stall on said girl since she didn't have the door locked. Oops. One of his first questions to her was, " Are you going pee-pee or poopie?". Drop me through the floor quickly, please. She then told him that this was the GIRL'S restroom. Not once, but three times did she re-iterate this fact. Next, she wanted to know how old he was, when was his birthday...etc. She also instructed him not to use too much toliet paper because that's not a good thing... and on it went. Finally, she finished up. whew. Tyler, waited a little bit, and then said, " She didn't wash her hands" when he didn't hear the water running. She did eventually wash her hands, but stood out there and waited for him to finish up because she wanted to see what he looked like. ha.

5. And, not to leave Zachy out: I'm thankful he is a good eater. After church tonight he downed 1 1/2 hotdogs, and then he ate a whole ice cream cone. He was hilarious too watch. He would take bites out of the bottom and then the top. He was a mess, but boy did he enjoy his little ice cream cone. Thanks to Mama, who keeps goodies on hand for the boys. :)

Just for the fun of it, I found some old pictures of Tyler tonight and thought I would share them. I believe Tyler is approximately the same age as Zach in these pictures. Can you tell they are brothers??

Consignment Sale Finds & Our Song Writing Guitarist

I went to the consignment sale today and bought a few items for the boys. It killed me to pay the prices since I am Yard Sale Queen, but I did find a few things I couldn't live without.

Black Bass Dress Shoes for Tyler- $5.50

Red Train Sweater for Tyler- $6.00 (OUCH)

Gray Long Sleeved Train Shirt For Zach- $1.50 ( That's more my speed)

Last, but definitely not least, a pumpkin longall for Zach (new with tags) -$10.

Have I mentioned how much I love smocked outfits on little guys?  Husband, he isn't quite as much a fan, and didn't get my excitement over this outfit! :)
I wanted to share yet another video of Tyler and his new guitar. Not only is he advancing in his guitar playing, but now he is writing some stellar music. We need to work on his song writing variety though because all of his songs revolve around icebergs. Ever since we got back from Alaska he has been requesting to see video clips of the "strong ice". Hence the recurrence of ice in all of his music:)

Christmas in August

I am incredibly excited, jubilant, ecstatic, jumping up and down clicking my heels, high-fiving, over the moon happy. I got a PRINTER. Our printer has been on the blink for at  least 1 1/2 - 2 years....so this ,my friends, is BIG news. I am participating in a consigment sale this week-end, and I have to print off tags for all of my items. It hit me that this was going to be a big issue because I didn't have a printer that worked. Did I mention the sale is THIS week-end! Augh! I had a little chat with myself, "Self, what are you going to do about this printer issue in your life? You have dealt with it far too long, and you need to take the bull by the horns and march (well, I might end up with heat stroke so maybe I will just walk:) yourself to the store and buy a printer already.
I didn't want to spend a bunch on my printer, and decided to take a peek at craigslist to see if they had any listed. Sure enough, I found a BRAND NEW in the BOX printer for $10. I repeat $10. We picked it up last night ( sigh) and I'm in love. Here's a picture of the little beauty:

My precious little Printer also copies and scans. I tried out the scanning function with a couple pictures from our cruise.

Well, I better go...my new printer and I have a busy afternoon of printing off tags for the consignment sale. Wish me luck!

A Boy And His Guitar

Tyler has been enthralled with N-atars, guitars, for awhile now. I mean he loves them. My Mom and Dad found a child sized guitar online, and brought it over for him tonight. It has been attached to his hand all night, unless Daddy can wrench it free to try a few notes himself. Here is Tyler's first Music Video debut.

No Use Crying Over Spilt Milk

I've decided to take a sabbatical from laundry.  Not because I hate laundry, but every time (okay, so slight exaggeration) I go out to the garage to switch my laundry, disaster erupts inside my house. My solution: No More Laundry.

Tonight, right after supper, I decided to run out and switch my load of laundry. Here is the sight that greeted me when I returned to the kitchen.

You would think that Zach was the one that created this mess, but he was innocent. I caught the culprit red handed. Tyler was taking big drinks of his milk and then spraying it all over Zach. Lovely. As you can see, Zach thought it was hilarious, which is probably why Tyler continued squirting him. Zach has officially been given a milk bath....who knows, maybe he will have extremely supple and silky skin by morning.:)
                                             

The boys played in their "tunnel" quite a bit today. The only issue with the "tunnel" was that Tyler was more enthralled with it than Zachy. Zachy would try escaping and Tyler would grab his leg and try pulling him back in, which would cause Zach to let forth a great screech. I even caught Tyler trying to pick him up and carry him back to the tunnel on one occasion. The infamous tunnel....

                   Tyler has his hand out prepared to stop Zach if he even thinks of escaping.

             I love watching the boys play together, and hope they will become the best of friends!

I have noticed recently that Tyler is becoming more loving. At night time, he has to give us a kiss, a hug, and a squeeze:) I love it! He told me today, " Mommy, you are my best friend". I treasure those moments with him~he is growing up way too fast! I pray that God will give me wisdom in raising these precious little guys!
Back to the laundry issue, I know taking a sabbatical from laundry won't work~so, I've come up with a better plan. I will strap Zach to my left leg, Tyler to my right leg, and waddle to and from the garage. Problem solved. Now, if I could only figure out what to do with them when I use the restroom :) haha.