It's been a while...

This could turn out to be kind of a long one....
The second week of school sure did turn in to be an interesting one. Monday and Tuesday were quite uneventful with the new "normal" school routine beginning to come in to place. Wednesday however was anything but normal. It all started with a phone call at work from Makenzie's daycare that she had fallen and bumped her eye. She was fine but they just wanted me to be aware. Like I said previously...Makenzie has no fear and since being moved up with the bigger kids she insists on doing everything that they do. When I arrived at the school I realized it was not just a little bump but a beautiful black and blue shiner!!! (It is now in the greenish/yellowish phase) I had to pick her up early that day due to her needing her 15 month shots. These are never fun. 4 shots at one time is not something I think that anyone would enjoy. It was the longest doctor visit ever. We waited for 1 hour in the waiting room which by then Makenzie was quite miserable and I was on my way. It took another hour in the actual room. While waiting I got a phone call from Rian that there had been a fight on the school bus and Kylie got hit. What? Are you kidding me? With Makenzie screaming in the background I told him I would have to deal with it when I got home and went to pick her up. After 2 hours and 4 shots later we finally were able to leave the doctor and I dropped Makenzie off at home to go get Kylie. Apparently Rian had heard wrong because she was not hit she had gotten pinched by a boy and our neighbor at that! Apparently there was an issue with a book bag and all of the boys ganged up on the girls and started pinching them. Of course knowing how dramatic girls can be, they all started crying and caused a huge ruckus! I do have to say though that Kylie ended up with a pretty good bruise herself! So Wednesday ended with both kids black and blue and me just hoping for a better Thursday! I should have known better.
Makenzie slept really well Wednesday night and I thought it was quite weird that she had not woken me up yet before my alarm as she usually does. I got up and went in to her room to find her sitting in her crib smiling at me and laughing! She had to be up to something. As I approached the crib something had happened that had never happened to me before. Makenzie had learned to take her diaper off and had pooped. She was playing with her poop! It was everywhere! On the floor, in her bed, squished between her fingers! Absolutely disgusting! All I could at that point after getting over the initial shock was laugh! It was either that or cry! My Thursday was not starting out any better than my Wednesday had ended. Needless to say Kylie was late for school and I was late for work that morning. I told Kylie to blame it on our newly named poopy monster!
Thursday evening was calmer and Friday was wonderful. Kylie went with my brother and his wife to the softball game and Rian and I stayed home and enjoyed some peace and quiet.
Saturday was dinner at my parents with my dad's mom and Sunday was a repeat with my mom's parents. It is Monday again and we get to do it all over again! Hoping this week is a little less exciting than last week was!

It's Monday again. Ugh... The weekends seem to come so fast lately and yet they end even faster. This weekend was nothing extraordinary and yet it was nice. We spent Friday night having dinner with my parents. After dinner I took Rian and Makenzie home and me and Kylie went and watched my brother's softball team play (he was watching as well)! They won of course...I think they are undefeated. It is a far cry from the team that he played on with Rian and "the guys". We were at home and everyone was in bed by 10:45 which is nice for a Friday evening. Saturday morning had us up and out of the house by 8:15am. We had to go to Jefferson to our friend's Tommy, Tony, and Danielle's house so that Rian and "the guys" could get fitted for our next wedding 10/4/08. We spent the day there and the evening just hanging out. Kylie has a blast when we go because their neighbor has a daughter named AnnMarie that she plays with. I know that I was in bed before the two of them. Sunday was quite relaxing. We came home from Jefferson and went to my parents for dinner. (We do this quite often as you can probably tell!) I will leave you with some random pictures that I have been creating from a new program that I found. Hope you enjoy and I will be back in a couple of days!

Kylie, Jessica, and Sarah

Kylie Ann

Makenzie Michael

Steve & Jessica

Rian & Reid

Full Circle...

So it's finally Friday and I could not be more happy. This week has seemed to take a million years to go by. Our family has had a pretty bad run of luck in the last week as far as our bodies go. Last Friday in a very early (4:30am) half asleep / half awake attempt to use the restroom my mom chose the wrong path and fell down an entire flight of stairs. She's ok but bruised several ribs, broke off some piece of bone in her elbow and sprained her wrist. Later that evening during my brother's co-ed softball game while trying to be a gentleman and not run into a girl running to first base he tore his OTHER ACL and his Meniscus (sp?). You see... he did the same thing in a softball game almost exactly a year ago on the other leg! Everyone said he should hang up his cleats....I say why? He will have two new knees now....he should be fine! =) The girls had puny tummies last weekend but I thought it was a mixture of teething (yes, my 6 year old and my 15 month old are both teething...more on that later) and Kylie's jitters about first grade. They must have had some sort of stomach virus that was brewing but not at full force. Well the hurricane hit me Sunday night. I was praying to the porcelain gods every two hours all night long and by Monday morning my entire body was aching. You never realize how many muscles you have to use to throw up (I know, TMI). I spent Monday in bed trying to recover. Thank God it was only one of those 24 hour bugs. That is something I would not ever wish on anyone. Tuesday was my Dad's birthday and we went and had dinner with them at my parents house. Unfortunately I was still a little nervous about what food I put in my stomach so I was not able to fully enjoy the steaks or the grilled shrimp and scallop cabobs. I ate what I could but I was told by everyone that it was amazing! Makenzie has had a rough week but yet lately every week has seemed to be rough on her. She currently has 12 teeth and is cutting her 4 canine teeth...that is 16 teeth total! It feels as those she has been teething forever. We never seemed to have any issues with Kylie and teething (she is now getting her last 2 six year old molars) but Makenzie is a different story. She is miserable with them. The weekends are better but she is also able to take 2 naps on the weekends when she is home with us where is at daycare she only gets 1 and sometimes that's not even a very good one. Imagine trying to get 10 one year olds to sleep at the same time. Not happening and Makenzie likes or should I say needs to be in a room by herself to go to sleep. If there are people around she is awake. She has to be laid down in another room and she puts herself to sleep. Rian left Wednesday morning and went to North Carolina for work. He came home last night (Thursday), so it was only one night being gone but with still not feeling quite up to par myself, it makes for a rough evening with only one parent. We were definitely glad to see him last night when he got home. So that brings us back to the beginning...full circle....So it's finally Friday and I could not be more happy!

Hope Everyone has a wonderful weekend. I will try to post Sunday on the happenings of the weekend!

-The Ferrero Four

Recap....

Thought I would give this a try. So, the summer is dwindling down and for Kylie, summer break has come to an end. She has now been an official 1st grader for almost a full week. As the first week of school usually goes she has had it pretty easy. Next week she has been promised though....the homework will start. Homework? Yes....nightly! Kylie was very fortunate last year not to have homework. My personal opinion (and that of her Kindergarden teacher) is that at the age of 6 after sitting for 6.5 hours in a school building the last thing that a kid needs to come home and do is MORE work. She goes to daycare after school and gets home around 5:30 and then homework, dinner, baths, bed. Where is the time to unwind? Time to play? Hopefully it won't be too much but I know she will do just fine! It is hard to believe that it is the middle of August already. This summer flew by and yet sometimes seemed to just drag. We have spent a lot of appreciated time at my parents pool. Kylie has become quite the swimmer and can now make it the entire length of the pool. Makenzie would like to think she could swim, she is quite the water baby! She is definitely our dare devil child. She is not afraid of anything. If there is a place to climb, she climbs it, if there is an escape route, she takes it, if there is something she is not supposed to do, SHE DOES IT! She is her father's child! =) So our summer has been spent at the pool and spending wonderful time with family and friends. Kylie was able to spend a wonderful week with her Grandma and Grandpa (Rian's side) in the mountains. She went to the lake, shopping, and even climbed Brass Town Bald. She spent many weekends with her Mema & Papa (my grandparents) and was able to go boating and fishing on their lake. She spent a couple weeks home with her Daddy doing "their thing" together and stayed with Nana and Papa (my parents) several times! She has definitely had and deserved the break! My brother and Jessica got married July 26th and Kylie was one of the flower girls. Of course she was absolutely beautiful and loved getting all dressed up! She is quite the princess! We enjoyed seeing so many family and friends that we do not get to see very often! Even Grandma and Grandpa made the trip down from the mountains. Fun times had by all!

So the point of this blog is to keep those of you who we do not talk to regularly update on the Ferrero Four! (which is almost everyone....I am horrible about making calls and writing, but hey I work full time, I am a wife, and a mother to a 6 year old and a 15 month old...who can blaim me?) Please check back regularly as I will try to update every couple days and maybe even add some pictures here and there as I have time!!!!

This is only the beginning....