Mr. Mom, the 15-month Check-up, and a Trip to Waco

Another busy week has passed. Andy had his first big dose of being Mr. Mom since Rosalina left. I flew to Denver on Monday morning, stayed there for two days, flew from Denver to Phoenix on Wednesday morning, and flew home late Thursday night. In case it wasn't enough to leave him alone with the boys for 4 days, Henry woke up at 5:00 a.m. Monday morning with a fever. Not an easy thing to do to leave for the airport when you have a sick kiddo at home. But Andy said he would be able to stay home with them (he didn't want to have to take Ben to school and then pick him up so Ben got to play hooky) so I left. Everyone was feeling better on Tuesday so he took the boys to school. On Wednesday, I called to check on them and Andy said that Henry had gotten him sick. He was miserable. And on Thursday, Andy ended up staying home sick by himself (he decided to go to the trouble of taking the boys to school and picking them up so he could have some peace and quiet).

When I picked Ben and Henry up on Friday afternoon, their teachers, Miss Maggie and Miss Angie, told me how impressed they are with Andy's parenting skills. They also had a good laugh explaining why Ben's and Henry's folders were so full. Apparently, since Andy doesn't want to bother with the stroller, he doesn't check their folders because he doesn't have any hands free to carry their daily reports and artwork.

After I picked up the boys, we headed to Dr. Neely's for their 15-month check-up. I was anxious to see how much weight they have gained. Henry is now 24 pounds (50%) and Ben is 22.6 pounds (20%). Also, Henry is 31.75" (75%) and Ben is 30.75" (45%). Unfortunately, since Andy was still feeling under the weather, I decided I could handle this appointment by myself. That was a mistake. We spent 45 minutes in the waiting room so by the time we were called to the back, the boys were very unhappy. Plus, ever since Henry was hospitalized in June, he freaks out at the doctor's office and will only calm down if he is in my lap. But 2 hours after we arrived, we were headed home - the last patients to leave. The boys got their first flu shot dose so we will have to go back in a month for the second dose. I carefully scheduled that appointment for 8:50 a.m. on a Saturday so we will have to go straight from Little Gym and Andy will have no choice but to go.


This morning, we got up and went to Little Gym where they had Picture Day. Our class took a class photo and then the photographer had a backdrop set up for individual family photos. We chose to skip this part and go home to get our stuff together for the drive to Waco to see Gee, Pops, Aunt Christi, Uncle Bryan, and Hayley. The boys napped for a little bit in the car but once they woke up, they were hungry so the last 30 minutes of the ride were a little unpleasant. But we made it and then all went to Schmaltz's! Of everything in Waco, the thing I miss the most is Schmaltz's. I won't even eat at Schlotzsky's because it doesn't even come close to Schmaltz's.


When we got back to Gee and Pops' house, we took pictures with some pumpkins that Gee had. It took several shots to get a few with all three children looking the right direction. Then it was naptime. When they woke up, Gee and Pops had a special treat for them - cupcakes! They really enjoyed these, especially Henry. And then it was time to head back to Dallas. We got home just in time to feed the boys, give them a bath, and put them to bed after a very long day. Hopefully they will sleep well.