This post is going to be all over the place! You might get dizzy just reading it :)
1. I'm starting to figure out how to handle this sick little girl of mine. I thought I would share a few things that I've recently learned. Since
McKenna has basically been on an antibiotic since August her digestive system is a mess. She has horrible diarrhea all the time. But this time I seem to have it relatively under control because of the two products above. I had no idea Yo Baby made a drinkable yogurt, but I give
McKenna four oz of this in her bottle once a day and she literally cries when it's gone. She LOVES it and the active cultures in it help to maintain the good bacterial in her intestinal track. If you've got a baby under a year I would ask your doctor before giving them dairy. I never gave Christian dairy until he was a year old, but it's necessary with
McKenna right now. I also nursed Christian for a year and
McKenna isn't getting that benefit anymore because of all my asthma issues and the medicine I have to be on.
The other product is something I had never heard of called
Culturelle. It is little capsules of active cultures (same thing that's in yogurt) in a powder form. I mix it in with her baby food and it really seems to be making a difference. They make this for adults too. So if you hate yogurt and are on an antibiotic this might be a great over the counter product for you!
2. I always get our prescriptions filled at our local pharmacy with a drive
thru. (Don't you just love drive
thrus?) But I went to Target for this latest antibiotic and look what they have!! I'm so excited! No more trying to get the last of the medication out of the bottom of the bottle. You just put the syringe in, turn the bottle upside down and
wa la! Oh how the little things in life bring me such delight! Target just got a new pharmacy customer!
3. Don't hate me for this one...but look what I've been doing!! I'm almost done my Christmas shopping (I started last March :) and I was starting to forget what I had and who I still needed to shop for. So I started wrapping and I even broke my "no Christmas music before Thanksgiving" rule. Christian has learned to read his name because he examined the name tag on each present to see if it was for him. It's so cute, he identifies his name by the "c" in the beginning and the two "
i's" in it.
4. Bless his heart, Christian really does try to do the right thing. This is our basement couch. The couch that the cushions are off of more than they are on. I never ever sit on this couch because the cushions are usually a house, a boat, a fort, you get the idea. So this has become a little frustrating to me and so the new rule is you must put them back at the end of the day. Christian thinks it's like doing a puzzle because the cushions have to fit a certain way. He's finally starting to figure it out! Not perfect but getting there.
The other thing that Christian is getting better about is clearing the table after he's done eating. He has to put his plate and cup in the sink. A few days ago I noticed that his plate and cup were ending up in the sink but there were no utensils in there. After a little questioning Christian told me that he just puts them back in the drawer after he licks them clean. Oh dear! He does try to do the right thing. Please don't be scared to come eat at my house. I think we've got this situation resolved.
5. One of Christian's newest activities is to pack boxes for Operation Christmas Child. We already turned in our boxes at church but he is really worried about "the kids with no toys" and he is constantly finding some container to fill with toys for these kids.
6. And of course I couldn't wrap up this post with out including a picture of at least one of my sweeties! This is "nice doggy!"
7. This is "ferocious doggy!"
8. Hope you're having a great weekend! Make sure you vote (only once) in the poll I put on the sidebar. I'm so curious to see what everyone does. I must say I was a little shocked when I read that one of my friends on facebook already has her tree up! Oh my word!
As a child Amy, Tim and I always made an advent chain, 25 links in all, and we would cut one off for each day in December as a way to count down to Christmas. Abby, Nate, Christian and I worked on ours last week because December starts on Monday!!!!
Each link gets decorated with pictures that remind us of the season; snowmen, baby Jesus, stars, Christmas trees, Candles, snowflakes, ornaments, packages, etc. I was quite impressed with both Christian and Abby this year. Abby learned to write "ho, ho, ho" and Christian really knows how to make a decent snowman, including buttons and arms.
Abby really wanted to write her name on all of her links so no one else would cut hers off, but that's not quite how it works. We each take turns cutting links off and it doesn't really matter who's link you're cutting. Leave it to the middle child to try to make everything fair :)
Nate and I worked together, I would draw a tree and he would decorate it. It was an amazing sight to see three little people all engaged in a project for over 30mins.
Tada...there it is! 
This little three year old took this project quite seriously this year. He would examine an ornament and then search the tree for just the right spot to hang it. He usually went with the same three branches that ended up with about 8 ornaments a piece.
Looking for just the right spot. Poor guy, he still doesn't realize that I rearrange the ornaments once he's done. Please tell me that the rest of you do that too?
Friday evening was the start of the official Christmas season for us. We went to our town's annual tree lighting! This is SUCH and exciting event! We went a little early this year to check out some of the downtown shops we never seem to go to.
And Emma after surgery! She looks pretty comfy with her 
