Noah's Birthday Party

Ok, I know it's already been 2 weeks. I'm slow. So I wanted to plan a really good birthday party. In reality, I know it was for the adults but I also thought it was a good way to see some friends before we move.
I originally wanted to go w/ a Noah's Ark theme but I thought our next kids would feel like they were missing out b/c they didn't have a name that could be used like that. So it became a jungle party. I wish I had taken pictures of the food, but I had frozen chocolate bananas, animal crackers, dirt (pudding) w/ worms, animal shaped cookies. I went all out. I had a monkey pinata and a Curious George cake (b/c no place has an actual "jungle" themed cake:( ).
We had it at my brother-in-law's place, so we were able to go swimming, fire up the grill, and play volleyball if we wanted.
The birthday boy had a hard time b/c he was still sick. He slept most of it, but luckily he was able to swim a little and play with his cake. Weirdly enough, he wasn't interested in touching the cake.

It was also the same day of Danny's graduation, but it was a lot of fun. :)

Here are some pics:


This was Noah's 1st time in the pool & he was totally uniterested. This drove me crazy b/c I'm always soaking wet after his baths b/c he loves to splash so much.



It was nice b/c Danny's brother & family surprised all by coming down that weekend from Texas.


My parents were able to drive down from Albuquerque for the day.



Noah's smash cake (that was free) and his b-day cake.



Noah & his 4 foot high pinata. I loved the size of it b/c it only cost $20! They even had a 5 foot one! You can tell Noah was out of it.



Martin decided he needed to try on the monkey head. Very creepy looking!!



Noah with all of his birthday presents. Thanks everybody!!

Danny's Birthday

Today's Danny's birthday. He's 25. Wow. Happy birthday dear!!! :)

Danny's Birthday

Today's Danny's birthday. He's 25. Wow. Happy birthday dear!!! :)

Danny's Graduation

So, I feel like I've been slacking on posting since a lot of good stuff has happened recently. To remedy that, I'll post each thing as its own post to give it its time in the spotlight.

On May 9th, Danny finally graduated (YAY!!!) with a degree in mechanical engineering. The ceremony wasn't as long and as boring as mine, which we all were grateful for.

Noah's 1st Birthday

So yesterday, May 7th, was my not so little baby's birthday. It was really weird for me to go through a birthday for me that was so much work to have. All day I kept thinking about "Oh, I went to the hospital now. I was in labor here." etc. etc.

As luck would have it, I have decided that my poor baby has not had a good May 7th yet during his existence here. The first one he was being pushed out and I don't imagine that was an enjoyable experience for him. This year, he was really sick. He'd been running a fever for the last week, but now for the last few days he hasn't been eating. I mean yesterday he had 1 1/2 bottles, a little cereal, and some fruit. ALL DAY! No juice, no water, nothing. So for his birthday, I got to take him to urgent care b/c his silly doctor was closed in the middle of the day. Side note: It was sort of weird b/c I have to pass the hospital to get to the urgent care & I passed it and the room where he was born at exactly the time he was born. It was sort of trippy and emotional.


Anyhoo, the doctor said he had an ear infection & that was probably affecting his desire to eat. My poor baby cried all day and felt as terrible as he looked.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY!!! :(

How to Break an Infant's Fever

You know how sometimes you have nothing to write about and then you have ten million things you want to write down? Well, that's today. But Noah's fever is the most pressing on my mind right now, so I decided to make it it's own post and then add everthing later.

Anyhoo, Noah's been running a fever for the past two days and I'm trying to find ideas on how to break the fever in a more natural way other than just using medicine. I've tried sponge baths and lots of juice/water but no success quite yet.

ANY IDEAS???