What a weekend!

I wish I could say we were out doing lots of fun things but truth be told we were locked up in the house all weekend because we were all sick. The worse being Nana, poor baby!

It all started around 11pm Saturday night when Tony came into the guest room, the past few weekends he's been sleeping in our room with Nana so I can get some sleep, and informed me Nana was throwing up.

We couldn't remember the protocol for vomiting babies, other than the fact it was brutal. Here it is:

Step 1. Every 30 minutes nurse Nana 4-5 minutes for 4 hours and if she can keep it down she should be ok to resume nursing as regular.

I knew it was going to be a long night, but I didn't know how long. Turned out, she couldn't hold the mama's milk so we had to go to step 2.

Step 2: Every 5 minutes give Nana 2 teaspoons of pedialyte for 4 hours. So, that's what we did.

After 4 hours I tried to nurse her again but she could not keep it down. Later when I tried to nurse her it just came up.

She's still sick but has only thrown up once today. It was a brutal night but worth it to keep Nana hydrated and out of the emergency room.

Michael's still not 100% but he's getting better. Hopefully everyone will be healthy again mid-week.

Nana in the Basket

Squeaky Baby

Sicky Boy

Our poor Michael was sick today and our big boy could only eat bananas, rice, apple sauce, or toast. I knew he was sick because he barely ate anything as opposed to yesterday when after eating two bowls of pasta he asked for "just a little bit more mama". Michael is a great eater except when he's sick. His favorite part of being sick is eating otter pops which are really pedialyte popsicles. This picture was taken today just having fun despite being sick.

Twins

Ok, maybe not twins but everyone tell us how much Christianna and Michael look alike even perfect strangers say they look like each other.

Nana Girl Stands Up

Baby Push Ups

Picture of the Day

Nana's First Sign!

Great news! Tonight Nana did her first sign and it's not one we expected. She signed be careful. When I talk to other moms the first sign is usually more or milk as was Michael's. After dinner I was signing to Michael to be careful as he was climbing off the chair and turned to Nana and I signed be careful, not expecting her to do anything; then her little hands signed be careful.

Playing Together

Brother or Sister

My friend just had another baby and Tony and Michael were talking about it. He asked Michael whether he wanted another brother or sister and Michael replied, "No. Just one, " while pointing at Nana.

My Boys and their Burritos

One of the those Days

Take a look at Michael's outfit. Can you believe we let him attend Sunday Mass in that attire? We chose to make it to Mass on-time rather than change his outfit and be late. We can laugh about it now.

The Girls

Auntie Rosemary (My mom's sister), Linda (my first cousin), Lauren (Linda's daughter)

Auntie Melissa (Tony's brother's wife), Mia (Nana's first cousin)

New House

Our neighbors were very gracious and gave Christianna and Michael this play house. Michael has enjoyed his house for hours at a time. It has a small stove, sink, and phone area. After Michael went to sleep, Christianna wanted to crawl around in the house. She kept crawling in and out of it. It was super cute!

Shake it Baby!

Michael Fixes Nana

9 Month Baby!

All Aboard

Busting Up Baby

Nana the Pianist

Happy Girl!

Dinosour

Nana's Playin

Dog Lover

Michael is definitely a dog lover. On our way home from our Christmas holiday, I asked Michael what was his favorite part of our trip. He quickly responded, "Michael liked playing with the dogs." Then today out of nowhere Michael said this big boy sentence, "Michael like Lily. Lily eat Michael hand." Translated, Michael likes Lily because she eats out of his hand. I understood him perfectly and clearly. I tried to capture it on video but it's never as good the second time. My video also cut out Michael saying Lily is a poodle. Buster is a boxer and Rascal is a Maltese mix. His love for dogs is cute.

Happy New Year!!! We had a quiet evening at home with the children. Growing up my mom started a crazy tradition that you wash every piece of laundry before the New Year, so I was up quite late finishing laundry. We have lots of clean unfolded clothes. Can you guess what we've been doing today.

On another note, Christianna's favorite time is when Michael is napping because she could freely play with all his toys. She loves all his toys more than hers. It starts early.

In this video Nana is army crawling to Michael's dinosaur.