Riding Cozy

The winter weather and coooooold temps have kept us indoors for long enough.  We're desperate to get outside, get some fresh air, and burn some of this caged energy.  The last few days have been warm enough to do just that.  AJ and Robert have "hit the streets" riding cozy....

 



I hope they have collision on these babies!



Monkey See, Monkey Do...

Robert loves his big brother, AJ.  Though he doesn't have many words yet, Robert is a quick study and sharp as a tack.  He watches AJ closely and it's not long after that he's copying his behavior.  Adorable and frightening all at the same time ;)  He's also growing in leaps and bounds and learning new things every day.  

 

Robert's first time out in the snow!

 

 

 



Hockey Pockey

What to do when the winter is looooong and seemingly never ending?  Take advantage of a generous offer and venture out to your first hockey game of course!  Grammy and Pepere offered up their tickets to a Manchester Monarchs hockey game, so Daddy and AJ went out for a little “guy” time.  At first he was a little awe struck about being in such a big arena with so many new sounds and sights.  AJ had a blast cheering on the Monarchs, hootin’ and hollerin’, singing and dancing, cheering and clapping, and of course hanging with his big cousin, Ryan.  It didn’t hurt that his seats were a couple of rows behind his school crush, Averie.

 

         

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Hockey Pockey" had quite an impact...he told Robert alllll about it the next day.  AJ definitely had a blast!

 



 



Under One Roof!!!

The Pouliots have been reunited and are all under one roof tonight!!! And it feels awesome. Robert's morning at the hospital today started off not terrible but not much better either. 

(Believe it or not, he's HAPPILY watching cartoons in there. )

Even Robert though had enough of this "adventure". I kid you not, he started raking his sippy cup across the bars of his cage...errr crib, and I swear I heard him singing "No-boddddy knooooows..."

The doctors decided that if he didn't start taking in fluids on his own, then he would have to stay another night. Well...a little after noon, we had made arrangements to stay for a third night. This must not have been in Robert's plan, so he took a nap to sleep on it and woke up a much different child. He woke hungry and thirsty and showed those nurses what was up. 

They called the doctor in for another evaluation and we were released!!! Yahooooo!!!

Now THIS is a happy face!!

Now the real challenge comes tomorrow in trying to keep him "quiet" as the least amount of activity is VERY taxing for him. 

Thank you all for your prayers and get will wishes. We felt comforted and not alone with all your support and love. 

Well Wishes for my Little Man

Well....when it rains it pours.  The winter season is tough on any family...but for families with small children...in daycare, it can be BRUTAL!  We are battling the winter plague in every sense of it and in every variation of cold and flu viruses.  Unfortunately, Robert has taken the hit the worst so far and was admitted to the hospital yesterday.  The poor little guy tested positive for influenza A and pneumonia.  He's doing ok and he's definitely in the right place with lots of fabulous nurses to look after him.  Even though he can't shake the fever and he's having a tough time breathing, we've seen glimpses of our happy-go-lucky little guy.  During those moments, it's tough to keep him contained within the confines of our hospital room walls....and forget about trying to keep him from ripping off the wires and IV....sheesh! Robert also surprised us with a new word (and I think he surprised himself too.)  He now says "MONKEY!" (as he proudly holds up his little brown stuffed monkey baby)

We're hoping that after another round of antibiotics tonight, some more Tylenol, and a good night of rest, that we'll be good enough to come home tomorrow.  Of course, "good enough" is not good enough for momma.  I want him to be HEALTHY to be able to come home.

This is the sick munchkin we brought in yesterday.  DEFINITELY NOT how we are used to seeing Robert.

 

Spending some time with Momma and some books earlier this morning.

A little perkier.  It didn't last long though.  He gets tired very easily.  Just looking at books wiped him out for a few hours.



Growing and Learning

The kids are growing so fast and learning so much. I was fortunate to be able to spend three and a half weeks with the kids on vacation during the holiday season. In that time, I got to witness just how much they are learning. It seemed that every time I turned around, Robert was doing something new or that AJ was putting something together in his mind or spouting off new songs or rhymes. AJ's imagination is running wild these days and listening to him play is a hoot. He makes up elaborate scenarios for his Lego people (Officer Phil and "Inspectigator" Daddy go on a lot of calls...they also take the train everywhere!). I took a picture of AJ the other day and my God, I swear he looked to be FIVE years old, not two! (Although lately he reminds me that on his next birthday he will be three...and he wants a strawberry cake with sprinkles.)  I love every single minute of this.

AJ's new favorite treat...hot chocolate!! YUM!