Houston Day 2

This morning was much better. Jake's breathing gets better each treatment and we are now down to only two a day. I think tomorrow will be one and then we should be done. Thank god. I need to make an entry on that experience by itself. Jake again was dry all day and even went number 2 in the potty. We had breakfast at Starbucks in the lobby and off we went to the Aquarium. I kept telling Doug that it looked familiar. Sure enough when we were at lunch we saw it was the same company that did the Denver Aquarium. How appropriate as it is a year ago this weekend we were in Denver. The boys loved the Aquarium. We did the exhibit and they had so much fun. This place has a white tiger exhibit. Go figure. An Aquarium with tigers. We ate lunch at the restaurant there. It has North America's tallest tank. They had rides for the kids so we got the all day pass. That worked out great as the boys got to ride things over and over. We rode the train that went through a shark exhibit, the Ferris Wheel, Merry Go Round and the Lighthouse Dive. The dive is one of those rides that bounces you up and down. Jake thought that was fantastic. He kept wanting to ride it over and over. Thanks to the passes they rode it tons. He and William would laugh and then scream. Jake is just fearless. At some point over the last week Jake has stopped calling William Bubee. He calls him simply William. It is adorable. We had dinner across the street at Fox Sports Grill and it was really good. Pricey but good. Tomorrow for breakfast it is on with the Beignets. I found a place up the street that touts to have them as good as Cafe du Monde. I guess we will see. It is back home tomorrow for Doug and the boys. I will be here another night as I am seeing customers on Monday. When I get home I will post all the pics from the trip. They are really cute. I even let some of the shots Doug took of me from behind stay and not get deleted. LOL!
TTYL,
Raye

Doug & William on the Carousel

Me & Jake on the carousel

The shark at the end of the Shark Express

The boys laughing on the Lighthouse ride

Me telling Doug to just stop taking my pic. The others are almost all deleted

Houston Day 1

We got her last night to the hotel about 8. The boys did great on the way down. Much better than I thought. I was still worried about Jake but his breathing is almost completely back to normal. He had a rough night but is great today. We got up and moving early. We got breakfast in a not so good part of Houston and headed to the Johnson Space Center. We got there right after they opened. We did not get to do the tram ride as these buses full or tourists keep the line too long to stand in with two small children. But that was ok. I will say I was a little underwhelmed. The exhibits were not much in ways of exhibits. The boys did have fun in the kids area. They played and got some energy spent. Our hotel is right across the street from the Galleria so we are going to check that out tonight. We can just walk across the street. Jake is for all intents and purposes is potty trained. Knock on wood. Except for a little accident during his breathing treatment about 30 minutes ago he has not gone in his pull up since Monday. He has been wearing underwear under his pull up. Of course as soon as he and I make a big ceremony about throwing away his last pull up he has an accident. Oh well. I will take it anyway. At least he will go in a public bathroom. That makes things much easier. I will post tomorrow and let everyone know how tomorrow goes.
Take care,
Raye

View from our hotel room - The J W Marriott

Doug sitting in the space chair thing

Kisses in the shuttle mock up

Jake, William and I in the Apollo capsule

Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch. We took a picnic dinner and ate by the pond. The lone three ducks in the pond were so happy we were there. We walked around and looked at the pumpkins. They had bounce houses, hay mazes and all other kinds of stuff. Ethan didn't want to go so we left his happy butt at the house. We will go back when we have more time as we went later in the day and didn't have tons of time.

William and Me - Notice he is a true snaggletooth. He lost the other one!!

Jake and Me - I actually started rolling in the hay with him after this . It will take awhile to get the straw out of my top.

Emily, William and Me - I know don't faint I am in a casual pic with Emily

October 15th - Remembering Our Babies

In 1988 President Reagan signed proclamation declaring October Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. In 2001 the House of Representatives signed a similar proclamation and from 2001-2006 many states followed. Texas is included in those states. Today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. So tonight at 7pm Doug and I will light a candle and remember Ryan and Parker. Not that we don't think about Ryan every day of our lives but there is some comfort knowing possibly a group around the world will be doing the same thing. So if you think about stop and say a little prayer of remembrance for Ryan and for those that knew him little Parker. And you might want to throw in their Mom and Dad too help us out a little. If you would like additional information on this check out www.october15th.com. This whole thing was spearheaded by a parent who wanted the world to understand the facts.
Much Love,
Raye

Snaggletooth

William lost his one of his front teeth last night. I knew a couple of weeks ago something was happening. His outside (lateral) incisors were really starting to move apart and causing a pretty good size gap. You can see in the picture on the side the tooth is still there how much things have moved apart. I wiggled the two front (central) incisors and low and behold they were both loose. After many nights of wiggling Doug pulled it last night. He was freaked out but happy to put it in his pillow. He is truly on his way to being a snaggletooth. He is even doing the whole lisping thing. Too funny. The other is pretty loose as well and should be coming out shortly. Sorry for the food particles in his mouth in the pic. He was eating breakfast when I took the picture. Since I am the Mom of the Year he is eating Pop Tarts for breakfast. Go Me! Breakfast of champions right there.

Trendsetter

I was just sitting here watching John & Kate Plus 8 and I noticed her shirt. It was my mood swing shirt I got last year at Paige's. And then at their next episode she was wearing my Mom cubed shirt. Granted hers said 8 but I got mine two years ago when I got the boys their big brother little brother shirts. I have Mom cubed and soccer mom. I love the shirts. I got them at Couture Moms. Courtney got one too. Even Doug and Bryan got one. You should see people's faces when they see Doug wear a Dad to the 5th power. It is humorous. But I must say I was first. The pics are from Ethan Hohnadel's birthday party at Johnson Road park the weekend before last. We had two parties that weekend. Very Busy. But we had fun playing at the park that day even though it was hot.
Take care,
Raye