Happy Birthday Matthew!

Happy Birthday Lucas!

We're Going on Vacation!

Well, our summer plans are officially set!

Last year, Matt, Luke, and I went down to FL to visit my family, do Disney, and have fun!  Matt stayed an extra two weeks with my parents and brothers. 

Well, this year he's staying even longer!  My mom is going to fly up here in early July to pick him up, and fly back down.  He'll stay with them all month, including going on vacation to North Carolina to do some fun things.  Then at the end of the month, Luke, Eric and I will fly down!  Eric can only stay for a few days, because he'll be pretty busy at work and doesn't want to miss too many days, but we'll stay in Orlando and do Disney again.  Eric's never been, and he's pretty excited about it :D

The boys and I will stay until the end of the week before we all come home.  Hopefully during that time I'll be able to catch up with some other family that I've been missing: my aunt, cousin, and grandparents, other aunt, and uncle. 

Mainly I'm just excited to see my mom.  She's like my best friend! 

It's going to be tougher this year having Matt gone for so long.  I can't think of a single logical reason NOT to let him stay down there knowing that he's in the best of hands and how much fun he'll have.  Lucas will really feel his absence though!  I hope he won't be too upset.

On a side note, spring is coming!  Once we start doing fun outside things again, and I start taking more pictures, I'll probably be blogging more often.

No promises though.  :)

Finally!

We finally bought our car and brought it home!  It's not too pretty, but it will definitely hold us over for a year or two.  It's a '96 Cadillac Seville and it only has about 111k miles on it.  It drives perfectly, and I'm so relieved.  I can drive myself to work tomorrow and not have to get up at 4:30 to be there at 7!  We can go grocery shopping whenever we want.  If I need to go to the bank I don't have to walk almost a mile with a 2yo in the cold. 

It's about time!

And, the bunks are put together.  The room isn't quite finished yet, we still need to build the bookshelf and get rid of their armoire, but it's getting there and the boys are very happy with them. 

Happy Valentine's Day.. Oh, and Call Poison Control

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!  I hope you all got something sweet!

Eric had flowers and chocolate covered berries delivered to me, I love them!  BUTTT while I was cutting the flowers, Lucas snatched a stem and started chewing on it.  He probably thought it looked like celery.  I didn't think much of it, but he started whining and scratching at his hands and mouth.  Uh oh, here we go again!

As it turns out, Calla Lilies are very poisonous.  They can cause:

• burning in mouth and throat
• swelling of mouth and tongue (possibly enough to block airways)
• redness, swelling, and pain in eyes
• diarrhea
• nausea
• vomiting

 So I called Poison Control ONCE AGAIN for this problem child of mine! (1-800-222-1222 I should have this number ingrained in my brain by now, but I had to look it up.  MEMORIZE THIS NUMBER!)  The guy didn't even know what Calla Lilies were, he had to go look them up.  Once he found out WHY they were poisonous, he told me that the amount that was ingested (really just tasted) didn't cause him much concern, and to just flush it out with cold water or milk.  Honestly, by the time he got back on the line with me, Luke had already stopped whining and was sitting on the couch with his blanket and his thumb.  Hopefully he won't be chewing my flowers anymore!

I'm grateful that Luke only got a taste, and also that we didn't spend the night in an ER.  Remember that?

\All is well, though!  Now I just have to figure out how to word this to Eric so he won't feel guilty!