Don't pass out I'm starting to blog!

So I'm going to try this and see how much I can do without it taking too much time. My wonderful friend Julie H, says it's important to keep a record and I think she's right.

So what has happened over the past few weeks. We went to the Mariner's Opening Day Game on March 31st. We got Tommy out of school at noon and on the way there he took a couple of sips of water and vomited them back up. He proudly declared "I'm feeling much better now!" We thought "oh, no" and told him if he wanted to go home that we could. He said no, he wanted to go to the game and see all of his uncles, grandpa, Aunt Claire and Jen. After paying $28 for parking, which was with the $2 carpool discount we got into the stadium. Tommy was having a blast with his uncles and grandpa, eating a hot dog and red vines. It was colder than cold and even Tom's brothers were freezing and needed the blanket Aunt Claire thankfully brought along. Tommy started shivering and he had 4-5 layers on including my coat and the blanket. So in the 4th, yes 4th inning, we left the stadium. We went outside and it was SNOWING! Imagine that snowing in Seattle at a baseball game. We could only laugh. Thankfully we left the stadium when we did as Tommy got sick in the car on the way home. And my brother-in-laws were making fun of me for carrying around a plastic bag, they will learn that Mama knows best. We got Tommy home and he ended up staying home two days from school. As Tom says it was the most expensive 4 innings of baseball that he has ever paid for.

A few days after that Joey swallowed a penny. Tommy and I were rolling his coins to take to the bank. He ended up having $139.50 in his piggy bank. So Tommy was putting the rest of the change back in his piggy bank and of course Joey put a penny in his mouth. Tommy was on top of Joey's back trying to get the penny out. But unfortunately Joey swallowed the penny. I was just down the hall and when I went in Joey was chocking on the penny and having trouble breathing. It only lasted a few seconds, but it certainly felt longer than that. From then on, I started checking his diapers for the penny. After 10 days and no penny I took Joey to the doctor. They did an x-ray and there was the penny in his stomach. After the doctor consulted with Children's they said it could take up to a month to pass! Good grief, you mean I have to be on Poop Patrol up to a month! What a Mother has to do. So we kept giving him apple juice and finally after 14 days the penny came out. And for those of you who want to know, yes I saved it (after changing my mind and having to dig through the garbage again to get it, so I can scrap it, maybe) and it was a 2006 penny.

This weekend we went to see the tulips up in La Conner. What a beautiful sight! I just love tulips, they are truly my favorite flower! We had lots of fun, got muddy and Mommy got a little grouchy, only to have Daddy calm Mommy down and remind her that they are only kids.

Tommy is doing baseball 3 days a week, either practices or games. Tom is the assistant coach. Tommy has improved in his coloring so much this year and instead of "scribles" is staying in the lines perfectly. He has really made great friends this year, while still having the friends he made last year. I'm glad we decided to have him do another year of kindergarten, though it's been challenging at times.

Joey continues to crack us up. For only being 2, he is developing a sense of humor. Out of the blue he will come up and start tickling you on your belly button. And it has to be on your belly button. He is most definitely 2 and when he gets a time out, he cries and cries, but for the most part he stays on the step we have put him on. When he does get off and we tell him to go back and sit down, he does so while crying like the world is coming to an end. He has a fascination, as did Tommy, with his "Nums" (i.e. pacifiers). He can't live without them. I guess he will eventually grow out of them and not be headed off to kindergarten with them.