We are a BUSY family of 5.
There is Shawn, myself, Audrey, Colton and Chance.
We also have 4 dogs, a kitty, and a few fish to add to this family. Between the 5 of us....including the pets, there is NEVER a dull moment in the Bowen house! :)

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Spaghetti, Tables, Lamps, PJ's

Chance just wanting some love, and Colton wanting nothing to do with it.After we eat our dinner. What a mess!
Oh yeah, the LAMP.....that my Chance pushed through the table. See below.
The table, WHICH used to have glass. Is now in the trash into millions of little tiny pieces, which Im still finding around the house. Lovely.
My angels!!! ;)

Here we are taking a bath AFTER feeding ourselves their favorite. Momma's spaghetti.A day we stayed in our PJ's. Opening the door for some fresh air.
My Sweet Colton.
And, NO, I'm not strangling my child. I pretty much think he's my mini-me.
Colton and his blankie. He loves it!


Goodbye March, Hello Croup....I mean April!






So I've been slacking on my posts. So dang busy. Boys WAY more demanding now. Colton, can finally walk. And he's a fast walker too. Such a sweet boy he is. Such a lover. ECI did come out, but it was also a BIG miscommunication. So we never saw the PT. It was the middle man....she didn't even think Colton would qualify, but still wanted to follow thru. Have yet to have that appt.
Chance is a lover too. But, he is also the biggest HAM, I have ever seen. Makes funny faces at us, like rolling his eyes. It is hilarious!
CROUP....was the BIG event this week. Tuesday night, the boys were pretty restless as far as sleeping goes. They were both running a low grade fever since Sunday, but we were certain it was because of teething.
Around midnight, we hear this awful sound over the monitor....Shawn sat up in bed and shouted, "he's having an asthma attack". We run in their room, and Chance is ON FIRE, red, and just gasping for air. Scariest thing EVER.
We take him to the bathroom, get out the nebulizer we have had since he was an infant (haven't used it in WAY over a year), turned on the hot shower, sat in the bathroom with hot steam. Took him outside for the cool air.
We put him in bed with us, but we didn't sleep. He was just wheezing or "barking" all night. Fever wasn't breaking. Just AWFUL.
Took him to the Dr., and he gave him a steroid shot, amoxill, and cough suppressant.
He is not 100%, but he's actually 100% better than from that night.
Tonight, Colton is having that "horsey" cough. I went ahead and gave him the cough meds, and I'm hoping its not gonna be another night.
SCARY, and feeling helpless, just brought me back to the scary NICU days. And that is just the worst.

Other than that, things are great. We are getting Audrey this weekend, to celebrate her 11th bday. Nuts! Here are just a few pics of the Little Tikes Castle my school gave me from their Pre-K playground. Only a few years old. Boys LOVE IT. They also LOVE being outside.