I need a nap

This week was my 2o something birthday. So on Wednesday we had a party here. Nothing big, just a few friends, a BBQ, and a lot of liquor. Well Tuesday Fletcher starting vomiting. Wednesday he was going for distance. Made it a good 3 feet in most cases. Wednesday night he went for distance and volume. He was keeping NOTHING down. So first Thursday morning I was harassing the clinic for an appointment. We see this really great doc. He tells me that it might be pyloric stenosis but since he is still urinating, lets try a special formula and see if that helps over night. If it doesn't we will get you into the Naval hospital ASAP. Thursday night was the worst. All the poor boy did was wretch, gag, or vomit. I called Will at 3am to tell him that Fletcher and I still hadn't slept for the 3rd straight night and we weren't going to make it to his reenlistment ceremony (he signed up for another 2 years). He gets home at 630 am, scoops up the baby and goes to Portsmouth Naval hospital. After 6 ours they decide to admit him and do the surgery for pyloric stenosis ASAP, as Fletcher is now not peeing and is getting dehydrated. pyloric stenosis is basically a muscle that over grows and blocks the stomach from emptying into the intestines. So Friday Fletcher had his first surgery at the tender age of 31 days old. He came home last night and he is doing much better. He is sore and spitting up and wanting to be held 24/7 but all is well so far with his tummy. Welcome to 28. I wonder what the hell 29 will bring? Oh and yes I did have a Pirates of the Caribbean cake. What girl wouldn't want Orlando and Johnny dipped in frosting?

Redecorating and homicidal tendencies

This weekend we ended up switching Aileen into Aiden's room and Aiden and Fletcher into Aileen's much bigger room. This required new furniture (a loft bed for Aileen) and repainting of Aileen's very pink old room. After shopping for the paint and supplies and a new bed and computer set for Aileen, we finally got started and it went to hell from there. While the bed was being delivered and set up, the guys discovered it was missing parts, major parts to put it together. This wouldn't have been an issue except for the fact that they had no one in the warehouse e to get the hardware to us. And we had already torn down all of Aileen's old stuff. So we go to Home Depot and buy the hardware our selves. Take all the parts of of the boxes to start assembling it and a major support is shattered. NICE! It is a very serious issue if it takes longer to put together a loft bed then it does to repaint a 15x15 room. Here are the finished products!

What was I thinking

Everyone kept telling me that adding one to three would be easy. They LIED OUT THERE ASSES! While Fletcher is a fairly easy baby, his brother is a bad toddler. Really bad. The boy knows the table is off limits, yet every day we are removing him from it. Aiden has learned the art of temper tantrums. This is new to me because the girls were sulkers. They didn't bang there heads on the wall or throw them selves down in the middle of the store or parking lot. Boys are defiantly a different creature.

Fletcher sleeps form 11 pm to 4 am then falls right back to sleep until 730ish. I got so lucky with this one. I don't know how much worse my house would suffer if he got up more then that. With Will still being on mids, he can't help at night. He is a very serious little man. Always looks like he is trying to figure out how in the hell he got out of his warm happy place.

Aileen has been such a help with Aiden. She will take him out back to play for a bit while I cook dinner or when he is fraying my last nerve. We pay her. LOL She got a new bike with her report card money and a watch so we have worked it out to where she can go riding around the neighborhood for an hour, come check in, then head back out. She is handling it very well and hasn't been late once. I can't believe how grown up she is.

Lauren has taken a permentate vacation into Lala land. We love her to death and she is hilarious but really, how long is too long off your head to be in the clouds? Yesterday we asked her to open the big door. She opens that door, then the screen door and holds it open. She assumed that the door meant both of them and that the flies could come for dinner.

Will reenlists on the 21st for 4 more years. He has a 3.9 GPA in school and is a 4.0 sailor (we are really proud of both of those). We have taken to nightly walks. Aileen on her bike, Lauren on her scooter, Will and the dog on roller blades, and me and the boys with the double stroller. You should see peoples faces when they realize that all of them are ours. It is priceless.

Anyway, I need to take the kids to the library for crafts and it will take me an hour to get everyone ready!

Whipped

I forgot how exhausting a newborn is. Actually he is a great baby. He only gets up most nights, once. It is Aiden and his jealousy that is running our nerves raw. We don't hold Fletcher much since he doesn't care when way or the other as long as he has food. But when you get near him, Aiden very vocally shares his displeasure. He also has learned the art of the temper tantrum. He has taken to banging his head against solid objects. Hopefully this phase will end soon. On the plus side, he has taken a liking to the vacuum!