Thanksgiving fun...before the virus

There was some fun had at Thanksgiving...before all the puking. We went to a very busy yuppy park in downtown Atlanta. I have seriously NEVER seen some many kids at one small public park. It was nuts. Lots of daddies there...weird. We also went to my sister Heather's friends house for a playdate. Luckily, there 2 yr old twins did NOT get our love. They had a lot of fun playing. Mallory and Taylor were still asleep (tryptophan coma) when we got to their house. Ella kept harrassing them to get the "little kids up", so they did. You know how kids are when they first wake up, when someone else wakes them up.... It was cute. They sat down and watched Calliou (?sp). Of course, Ella demands a snack, so I pulled out a baggy of cheerios. The twins were immediately wanting O's. So, Ella shared a few. Then Kevin got out some goldfish. They still weren't satisfied, so he put goldfish in Ella's bag and then put a small handful of O's in their snack cups. Ella tried to act like a gracious sharing child. I even saw her take the last few O's from her bag and put them in Mallory's cup. Next thing you know she is having a breakdown because "those kids ate all my cheerios.....". Kids.

Oops

My sister noticed that I alluded to the 40fingers40toes blog being on my sidebar, but it wasn't. Look for the Adventures of Ashley and the Triplets on the sidebar or go to www.40fingers40toes.blogspot.com.

Sad news, now confirmed. The Wicker family lost their second triplet yesterday after he had a hole in his stomach cause a severe infection that overwhelmed his body. Chris and his wife are going through so much right now. I just can't even imagine...Please keep them in your prayers as they bury yet another sweet baby and send hope for baby Austin that he can beat the odds.

A Great Cause

Well, folks. Every year the Newsome house gets bombarded with calls about donations to good causes. Well, as I am currently addicted to several medically related blogs, I just wanted to share what I think is a great cause...and technically its a raffle. Check out the "My charming kids" blog. I also pasted a button to the actual charity. The money raised will go to three different causes AND you have the chance to win an awesome camera and lens and strap and bag, etc, etc. I will warn you that this site gets up to 1500 comments (I get ONE or TWO!) on big days. I think you will get addicted to this blog- she is a gifted writer. I love her "Not me!Mondays." String of Pearls is a group that helps parents who are likely going to lose their newborns transition to "end-of-life care"-sort of like we have hospice for adults. Never thought about who helps parents deal with this when its their baby they loved for 9 mths.Along those lines...

I wanted to share some good and bad news. We have two sets of friends who were pregnant with triplets recently. They have both delivered, but with different outcomes. The Morales family has three thriving "nuggets" (shout out to my sister) and only spent 4 days in the hospital TOTAL. Pam is so strong. She was on bed rest for over 11 weeks! Check out their little miracles on their blog- 40fingers40toes (look at my blog list). The Wicker family had some early complications that led to pre-term labor at 24ish weeks. The babies were delivered at 25 weeks and all made it to the NICU. Their sweet baby girl, Lexie, died at 5 days old. I don't know anything official, but it appears they may have lost another of the triplets today based on some comments on their Facebook page. So sad. My heart just broke when I heard Lisa was admitted so early...sometime it sucks to be "medically inclined".

Anyway, I decided that the Newsome house was going to have a tree this year, despite an active 18 mth old and the fact that our kitchen is in our living room! I bought a tiny 3 foot Douglas fir and Ella and I decorated it tonight(past her bedtime). She wanted to put an ornament on EVERY branch tonight! It is pretty cute. I will post a pic soon.

Happy Holidays!

Sick and Tired

I am sick, not because Carolina blew it...or because I ate too much turkey. Sophia, my sister, Melissa, and I all got a horrible stomach bug on Saturday and we are still recovering. One sick in one room, me in the other, poor Sophia stuck in the living room with Nana and Pa.Ella driving us all nuts. Rewind...We had decided we were going to come home to see Tripp before he left for Hawaii on Saturday. Melissa had started getting sick about noon. So, we packed everyone up and head out. We were barely on 75/85S and Sophia threw up twice all over the car seat, car floor board, her clothes....everywhere. She was strapped in, but she was reaching for me. Ella instantly started screaming b/c she was mad that Sophia threw up and she wanted to go see Daddy. (She asked if she could sit in the car and wait for me to wipe off Sophia) We had to turn around in the middle of Atlanta (I missed the right turn twice). My car is righteous.So, Sophia was sick maybe 8-10 times and now has the runs from the other direction. Melissa was much sicker than me. Heather, Ella, and Daddy were unphased by the bug...at least so far. I have heard it is going around and it is rapidly spreading.

As far as the sleep part, no one in the house,except maybe Ella, got much sleep. I had a crick in my neck from sitting by the toilet and my sister's cats are always waiting to pounce on the bed. Everytime I started to fall asleep, either Sophia woke up or someone opened a creaky door or a cat jumped on the bed. My poor Mom had to drive us home today and luckily no further incidents. Taking apart and attempting to clean the car seat was fun as well... Sophia was mostly angry b/c we wouldn't give her "MALK" last night and this AM. We stopped at McDonalds around 2 pm and she proceeded to shove down 4 "Nuggies" and suck down a cup of water. She was miserable again when we got home, so I bathed her and put her down around 7 pm. Hopefully,we all feel back to normal tomorrow.

I swear everytime a bug goes through our family my husband is out of town....lucky man..

Leave it to us!

Love the pic of Sophia staring up in the sky!Hate how the shadow pic makes me look like I have massive thunder thighs and everyone else is bone skinny....

My Little Cutie

We spent the weekend at my parents house this weekend due to the chaos with the kitchen (leak,mold,destruction,waiting on rebuild). I just can't get over how precious Sophia is lately. She is growing up so fast and now she will copy almost all the words you ask her to repeat. She even said alligator this weekend. However, she won't say "yes" and she refuses to put "more please" or "no, Ma'm" combinations together. She will, however, said "ot dog" for hot dog. So, its a matter of will.She says no to everything and we have just had to figure out the difference b/w yes/no and no/no. She loves shoes like her Aunt Heather and always wants a "bow". She will say anyone's name, including Uncle Mart and GGPa, but refuses to say "Sophia". For some reason, Ella decided that she was going to call her Sophie this weekend. I don't hate it, but we really didn't intend to ever call her that. Whenever you ask her to say it, she says "Fee" and smiles. Maybe it's just phonetically difficult for a 17 and 1/2 mth old... Even though her speech isn't where Ella's was at this age, she has almost conquered one obstacle that Ella struggled with..COLORS. She picks out yellow, purple, green and blue blocks on request. Go, Sophia!!!

We're Still Gamecocks

Despite the ridiculous loss to the Gators on Saturday, we will always be Gamecocks. The girls were all dolled up in their Gamecock cheerleader clothing this weekend at Grandma/Nana and Pa's house. They spent some time outside with Grandma/Nana, and by the looks of some of the pics-it was more work than fun for her. To clarify- Sophia can't say Grandma...so she calls her Nana. Ella calls her Grandma. Confusing, I know.