Busy, Busy

Wow!  This has definitely been the longest blogging break I have taken!  But, you didn't think I would actually quit this thing did you?!  No way!  But... things have been super busy around here and we are all definitely looking forward to the lazier days of summer.  I recently started my Master's degree a few months ago and it has been quite the juggling act getting into a groove of mommying, wifeing, teaching, and school but I think I am finally in the swing of things.  That being said, I have LOTS to catch up on!  So, I'll just go in order...

First up... finish recapping our trip to Louisiana for Thomas' Baptism.

I had the very crazy idea of trying to coordinate a family picture with all of the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents in Lafayette and it was quite the adventure to say the least!  Trying to coordinate 8 kids is no easy task!  But, we did manage a few good ones.

And got LOTS of quality cousin time in!  These kids LOVED splashing at the splash pad!

Baptism Part 2

Continuing on with the pictures from Ben's Baptism...

It was such a special day shared with family.  The pictures of Ben in his blue and white sweater are before the actual Baptism ceremony.  We had to dress Ben in a white onesie and then after the actual Baptism we put his Baptismal outfit on him. 

Baptism Part 1

Saturday was so much fun!  First- huge thank you to my amazing husband who planned a surprise birthday lunch at Pappasitos, my favorite!  30 is definitely going to look good on me thanks to the Bella Donna spa day package from Dolce Vita Day Spa and gift card to Academy, and Keurig travel mug that my sweet, sweet husband gave me.  I'm not sure what I did to deserve such an amazing husband and be blessed with such an amazing family but I am sure thankful for each and every one of you!  This birthday was extra special! 

We spent Saturday afternoon hanging out around the house watching LSU football, Nana recovered our chairs- I can't thank you enough, I love them! and that evening the girls went to get our nails done.

Updates

I have been MIA for almost a week- but for good reason!   We had such an exciting weekend!  On Friday Nana, Pops, and Ben's cousin Annah came in town along with Ben's Godfather Cian and his girlfriend Megan.   If you don't know, we celebrated Ben's Christening on Sunday and had lots of company in town for the weekend.  I'll catch everyone up on our weekend over the next couple of days.

In other not at all exciting news-Ben is sick!  Very sick!  I knew my sweet boy wasn't feeling well over the weekend so Matt brought him to the Dr first thing Monday morning and Ben has bronchiolitis caused by RSV, wheezing due to the bronchiolitis, and an ear infection!  I can't believe he has ANOTHER ear infection.  We just finished antibiotics for an ear infection on the 18th.  Ben has had a rough couple of days and is just down right miserable.  Last night he had a 103.4 fever but we were able to bring it down quickly and luckily he didn't run fever the rest of the night.  He has a few other medicines including an antibiotic, steroid, and inhaler.  He cries every time he coughs and just wants to be held.  It breaks my heart to see him so miserable.  We are headed back to the Dr tomorrow morning to follow up so hopefully he starts feeling a little better today.  The wheezing and coughing hasn't improved much but hopefully his ear infection has gone away.  Anyway, lots of cuddling happening here! 

Here are just a few pictures from Saturday morning and you can see on Ben's face that he wasn't feeling well at all.

Annah is going to be a pro babysitter in just a few years!