And So It Begins . . .

Monday, October 19, 2015

Family Fun at the Fair

On Thursday Reed had his semi-annual Allergist appointment and Jon was able to make time to come along which was great because I don't love having both boys with me for these appointments and he has so much more experience with allergies and asthma I never feel like I get all of his questions answered when I go solo (probably because I'm busy with two kids). Anyway it was a good appointment, the doctor spent a bunch of time with us, we are tweaking Reed's medicine routine a little, and have plans in the next year to have his lungs tested and also to have a blood test done to see if he's possibly outgrown any of his food allergies.

After the lengthy doctors visit we grabbed an early lunch at Chipotle and headed to The Big Fresno Fair (fair food and Reed don't really mingle well). We managed to go to the animal barn, the Egypt exhibit where we met up with the Parkinsons, take photo booth pictures, and spend time at the Kiddie Carnival. This was Kieran's first time at the Fair and it was crazy to think that the last time we were there I was only weeks away from having him. The kids were both pretty tired and passed out almost the minute we buckled them into their car seats (fyi . . .that is water not soda in the picture down below). There was definitely a lot more they would have loved doing so I think we will be going back for many years to come!!!

Thursday, October 15, 2015

The October Celebrations Continue

I know, I know, the amount of Birthday related posts is getting ridiculous, but seriously there are going to be more in the next few weeks so just prepare yourself. This past weekend we hit up two Birthday parties. First, Saturday night was a 60th Birthday Celebration for Jon's Uncle Allan. Reed, Kieran, and Lyla were some of the only kids there and definitely the youngest so we planted ourselves at a table toward the side of the house. This meant we didn't get to spend a lot of time with Allan or Lynette, but the kids had a bit more space and we could let them run around together. We did get to spend time with most of the rest of the family though and were very happy we were able to attend. Auntie P took some great pictures of the Little Ones and also helped us out with them, which is always so nice. One other exciting thing happened, the boys both fell asleep in the car on the way home (about 1.5 hours past normal bedtime) and then I was able to transfer both to their beds without waking them - in four years of parenting this has never happened before!!!

High Five game with Megan and Ross

Then on Sunday afternoon was Ryland's 3rd Birthday. His Mom, Charlyse, is the ultimate party planner and out-did herself with a cowboy theme, complete with pony rides, a western themed play city, Woody and Jessie (from Toy Story) actors, and cowboy hats, bandanas, and stick horses for each of the kids. Honestly Reed was in such awe he was pretty much speechless most of the afternoon but both kids had an absolute blast and I think they would have stayed on the ponies for hours if we had let them.