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Happy 7th birthday, Abigail!
My sweet girl is so grown up! She is so excited to be going to school on her birthday!
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Zachary funny...
I was just informed by my son of the reason babies finally come out of their mommies' tummies. He says it is because their tummies start rumbling, and they say to themselves, "I'm hungry. I better get...
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Nephrologist Visit Today
Today we went to see Dr. Prime (Cadenne calls him Dr. Kind, which is rather appropriate... he has a wonderful "bedside" manner!)We discussed the results of Cadenne's most recent kidney ultrasound. I'm...
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Genealogy Quest
Of late, I have been working on putting together our family history... investigating the stories of the lives of people that we really don't know much about. I've been poring over census records, draft...
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Cadenne potty training
Cadenne, sitting on the little potty, asked me to close the door so she could have some "piracy."ARRRRRRR
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Sicky
Abby has pneumonia... Two injections and a filled prescription later, they decided it was okay for us to go home. Her oxygen level fel as low as 87% at one point... was averaging 92%, but would go up...
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Update on Abigail
Abby seems to be doing better. She has a lot more energy today. (That means she only took one nap instead of four!) She also didn't have her evening fever for the first time in several days. She still...
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Easter with the McDaris Family
The loooooot!Having fun on the trip to Grandma's house!She can hardly wait!Cute grin!My big girl!Poor Abby is putting on a happy face... she really isn't feeling 100% yet and ended up taking quite a...
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New family pastime?
We've been looking for some fun things to do as a family that would be free or close to free. Brian found this online, and we thought we would give it a try! It is "geocaching." Basically, someone...
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Cadenne funny...
Cadenne just proclaimed, ''I'm a patient person.'' I'm not sure if that's commentary on us (that we're so very difficult to endure) or if she has just developed a new character trait! haha
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An original composition...
So today on Facebook, I asked everyone for ideas on how to get a four-year-old boy to stop singing a song that he made up. In context, Zachary's new song was fine. In public, however, it would make...
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More sickies!
Now CADENNE is sick. UUUGH.. She's reminding me every ten minutes, "I siiiiiiick." I have a stethoscope, and so far her lungs are clear.... Such is life with four children. They seem to tag team it!
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A few Cadenne-isms
1) I'm in trouble. Just heard Cadenne practicing the phrase, "But it's not my fault" over and over again. She wasn't talking to anyone or referring to a situation. Just a random phrase. Where do they...
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Opening Day!
I think I forgot to mention that Karissa is on a baseball team through the city of Buena Park this year! Today was her first game. The rules are a little bit different. The kids get 5 pitches. They can...
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Early to bed...
Yes, it is only ten after six, but I sent Zach to bed because... well... he needed to be there. Cadenne just put herself to bed just because. Anyone see me protesting??? NOPE!
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Silliness with Dr. Suess
"Just suppose you had no nose! Then you could never smell a rose... or pie, or chicken a la king. You'd never smell a single thing."
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Update on us...
I know it has been a reeeeaaaalllly long time since I've given any real update on our family. Things are busy, but we are doing well! We are about to embark upon a fun new journey. I'll save that for...
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Writer's block...
So I confess that it has been so long since I have written in this thing that I now feel like I don't really have anything to write about! Of course, I have four children, all of whom are amazing in...
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