Two words: Bum Mer

So I decided that I ought to call the doctor this morning to have Camden looked at. With him waking up in the middle of the night screaming for an hour and then him occassionally still grabbing at his left ear...thought I should do it before the long weekend. Thank goodness I did.

He said the right ear is fine but the left ear still looks "dull"...he did not say infected, but "dull." So he gave me a prescription of zythromax (sp?) for him to take over the next 5 days and said that I could either wait and see if he gets better or wait to see if he gets a fever then start it or just go ahead and start it now. Since we are about to be SWARMED around people I thought it best to just go ahead and start it now. He also gave us some ear drops to put in the one ear.

So here is hoping we get a full nights rest. *sigh*

Oh and did I mention that we also got our Flu shots today? Decovin got it in his arm...his very first arm shot...big boy! LOL! He cried longer than Camden did. I got one too. I have to take Camden back in a month for a booster. Yippee! Anyway...

Happy Turkey Day tomorrow! Love you all and hope you are all having safe travels if you are out and about!

OH YEAH!!!

Did somebody say TURKEY!?! I'm so looking forward to Turkey...why do we only bake a turkey once (or in some cases twice for Christmas) a year?! It is so delicious and drug inducing! Mmmmmm...

I digress...

I am also looking forward to BLACK FRIDAY BABY!! I have some Christmas shopping that needs to get done and I plan on wiping out my list all together on Friday...wish me luck!!

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So Camden has stopped sleeping through the night since he got sick a few weeks ago and I am sure it was partially due to the ear ache and now it is due to the fact that he knows he can cry and we will come...trying to break that...last night, he cried for an hour straight!! AWESOME...aren't you glad you weren't at our house?! And just so you don't think we are heartless we did go in and reassure him he was ok and laid him back down but we did not pick him up or stay in there! He finally fell asleep, just took a battle of the wills! His ear piercing scream about did us in...oy! Decovin was DEFINITELY our sleeper!! Oh how I miss those days...ha!

It will get better...I'm not worried...just have nothing better to blog about. So that's it and probably all I will write until after Thanksgiving! I signed up for a program here in town where you pay $10, weigh-in, and then after New Years you weigh in again and as long as you are the same weight or less you get your $10 back and a divvy of anyone else's money who didn't make weight! Good incentive to not gain the holiday pounds! So I am putting my money where my mouth is...so to speak...I sure want my $10 bucks back!! So wish me luck!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope everyone is with their loved ones and has plenty to eat! Here's to the tryptophan induced coma's everyone! Cheers!

Chicken with Scallion Sauce

Fun Weekend!!

We had the best weekend! Friday night we didn't do a whole lot, I cleaned the house and got things ready for our friends' arrival the next day. Bob watched the boys and that was about the extent...

Saturday we finished up the last minutes before our friends arrived at 4...we chatted, I cooked, we ate, we drank some wine/beer, we chatted some more, the girls helped me make dessert, we drank some more then we ate some more and chatted and played a friendly girls vs. guys game of Trivial Pursuit 90's edition, in which the boys proceeded in kicking our @$$! LOL! Oh well, it was still fun! They ended up leaving around 11:30 and I went straight to bed! I was exhausted.

Today I got up to a dirty kitchen which I proceeded to clean over a 2 hour period and when Bob woke up we toodled around and I went and rented some DVD's and we watched one and then decided it was too nice to stay inside ALL day so we went up to a nearby park and walked one of the trails...it was really cool! I will definitely be going back there in the future! The boys enjoyed it also, well, Camden actually fell asleep so he enjoyed it for a different reason I suppose! Then we drove to LeRoy to go eat at the Pizza Parlor where the boys' bday party will be and had pizza and breadsticks! Decovin ate REALLY well and then we headed home where we started to watch another DVD but had to pause it for bathtime. Daddy's turn so I am down here blogging! :-)

So all-in-all it was a FUN weekend! How about you?!

Do I smell Turkey?

Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and my days are not slowing down for NOTHING! I am busy, busy, busy! Well, I feel as though I am busy, busy, busy...maybe I am just making it up?!

This Saturday my best girlfriends, Kim & Crystal, and their significant others will be joining us for dinner here at the Plummer homestead. I have planned a fabulous meal (which Ruthie helped me out with! Thanks Ruthie!!). I am making Chicken in Scallion sauce with brown rice, Scored Potatoes (this was from Ruthie, it is baking potatoes cut in half then each half is scored and basted with some butter and herbs and baked for 50 minutes then more butter basted when it comes out!!), and corn. And for dessert...Caramel Apple Tartlets! YUM! I'm so excited! Should be fun too. They haven't met Camden yet and they have been chomping at the bit to get their hands on him, so this should be a fun night! Yay!

Next week I have Bunco on Wednesday then I am going to go to a photography class with my mom & sister on Thursday...then on Saturday is Burlington's BIG craft fair at the high school...apparently over 150 booths...the HS is only 2 1/2 blocks from my house so I will be walking to avoid having to park!! Yay! I love craft fairs...I'm such a nerd! haha!

Update on the boys: Camden is on day 6 of his antibiotics and doing fine. He sounds and looks a LOT better. Decovin is completely fine also. Potty Training is like going up steps two at a time and then falling down 10 at a time!! We have been stuck at the bottom step for the past day and a half with him pretty much REFUSING to go potty...hmmm...this is going to be harder than I thought...OY!

Still Sick but having fun!

Well Stacy nailed it on the head! Camden has duel ear infections and is now on antibiotics and something else to help break up his congestion, etc. He seems to be doing ok...like I said, acting pretty normal other than random one night of inconsolableness and runny nose/coughing...so who would have thought...thanks Stace!

I don't know if Decovin has it or not, it was too late to get an appointment for him on Friday after I found out C had an infection in both ears...so if he is still snotty on Monday I will call and get an appointment for him at that time. Otherwise he is acting normal (aside from snotty nose, no coughing at this time).

We are also progressing on potty training...well, we are trying anyway. We started 3 days ago and he has his moments where he will go pee no questions asked and then there are times when he fights it tooth and nail! We are taking it slow and have moved him into pull-ups strictly. Cross your fingers for us that he will be fully trained by next August!! Oy!

On a fun note, Christy came up for the weekend and we decided it would be fun for Decovin to bake cookies with us...so I got it all set up and he helped me like a big boy! He followed instructions really well and only spilled a little flour! He was AWESOME! And he was so excited to participate!

Here he is getting ready to mix everything up!

Here we are with our finished product!

Colds suck!

It is inevitable that when my children are around other children, even if those other children are not sick, they will pick up some virus and bring it home with them. Ugh. After our family reunion on the 1st, Decovin started in with a runny nose the next day which then led to a congested cough which then led to Camden's nose running which then led to an even worse congested cough than his brothers...OY!

Two nights ago was undoubtedly the WORST night for sleep ever in the Plummer household!! The boys both had their nose drops administered and were put to bed at normal time (8:30ish) and fell asleep fine, per usual. But at 11pm (right after Bob and I put our heads to rest) Decovin woke up crying...this is really odd for him especially...so Bob gets up to see what is wrong and through the crying we could not figure out what he wanted and nor could we calm him down. So Bob tells him to lay back down and try to go to sleep...so ten minutes pass and with Decovin still crying he goes back in and asks if he wants to lay in mommy & daddy's bed...yes, ok, he comes in (still crying mind you) and lays there for about 5 minutes and cries the whole time...ok buddy, what do you want? Bob tried taking him downstairs to sleep in the chair with him...that lasted 5 minutes also and then back upstairs to his bedroom and we asked if he wanted the light on...yes, ok...meanwhile the crying continues...so then we decide maybe the bedroom light is TOO much and try the closet light instead...(still crying...has only stopped for a brief 5 minute interval at most)...then he mentions that his mouth hurts...maybe he has a sore throat...we administer tylenol...so after 2 hours and 15 minutes of straight crying (1:15am) I decide to go in and read him a few stories and try to calm him down myself. This FINALLY works and he falls asleep...phew, now we can go to bed it is 1:30am now. At approximately 2am Camden wakes up crying and coughing and crying and snotting and crying and coughing...great...tylenol was administered along with some more nose drops and after an hour and a half of solid crying he finally crashes as well. So at 3:30am Bob and I finally got to go to sleep. Oh and Decovin still woke up at 7am! AWESOME!
Yeah, colds suck!

Happy Halloween...a day late!

Well, we had a fun and very full day on Halloween. We started out early to hit some great grandparents and grandparents...around 3pm to be exact. Went to Gardner to Bob's Grandma Lawson's house, then to Bob's other grandparents in DeSoto...then to his parents house then to my aunt Norma's, Aunt Linda's, Aunt Janette's & finally my sister's house where my mom & grandma were! It was crazy and the boys did AWESOME considering all the travel time and in and out of the car and the adding and removing of costume parts.

We got Decovin to put his eye patch on and hat and he would carry his sword and then he would say: "ARRRRRR MATEY! TRICK OR TREAT!" It was real cute. Anyway, here are some pics of the cutie patooties:

I made my goal!!

I made my goal weight today! I did it! I am in shock I think. I have never set such a goal and achieved it! It took me almost 8 months to do it and I am proud of my accomplishments!

I also want to thank all those who have encouraged and supported me through this journey! All of the "good job" or "lookin' good" comments are what kept me going! Thanks again!

Love you all!

Update

Camden now has 6 teeth...3 on top and 3 on bottom that have shown up. He is also starting to pull up on things and crawling more and more on his knees but still prefers the commando crawl to get somewhere fast. Before we know it he will be walking! YIKES!

New development: Decovin now requests Camden's presence in his room to play. It is really cute and they get along swimmingly...fun times...I just know they will be best buds!

Pumpkin Patch

I took the boys to a pumpkin patch on Sunday and met up with Amanda and Melodie and the boys. It was fun and I think Decovin really enjoyed himself...he especially enjoyed the bouncy houses! I think he could have stayed in there for hours if I would have let him! It is a bummer that their bdays are in January, we will never get to rent one for them...:-( Maybe we'll have a "1/2 Birthday" bash for them one of these years! Ha!

Anyway...nothing else too exciting happening. Going to DeSoto for the weekend to go to one of Bob's cousin's football game on friday and then to a weiner roast/hayride get together at his aunt and uncle's house on saturday. Bob won't be joining us as he works this weekend. I am looking forward to his 6 days off next week!

We are planning on dressing the boys up as a Pirate for Decovin and Superman for Camden for Halloween this year. Tried to do the recycling of costumes for Camden and dress him up as a bee but we tried to put it on him and it was WAAAAAYto small! Crazy how they were only born 2 weeks apart in birthday and they are so much different in size! LOL! He is our big boy or as we like to call him: "Pork Chop"...just ask Decovin, he will tell perfect strangers that Camden's name is Pork Chop! haha! We are awesome parents...lol!

That's about all that has been going on as of late.

Check it out!

I am going to place an order with this company: http://www.CurrySimple.com

Everyone who knows me, knows how much I enjoy a good curry dish and you can now make it at home easily and with what appears to be VERY LITTLE to do! We all love a quick cooked meal...especially those of us with kiddos at home! Enjoy!

Oh and...

Jeff & Marianne are going to have another baby!! And baby makes 3! Yay! I love being an aunt! :-)

Fun Weekend

Went to LaCygne Friday morning and dropped the boys off at my parents house. Hung out for a few hours before I headed up to Lawrence for my friend Kim's 30th birthday party. She had it at a cute little bar called "The Yacht Club" and we had a great time! Really good hummus and pitas! ;-)

I made it back to my parent's house a little before midnight and crashed for a few short hours before I got up to get ready for the Mound City Craft Fair!! We had a great time and I found some Christmas gifts for the boys and for my nieces (both sides)...:-) Bonus!!

We came home and got ready for a gathering of family and friends at the house for a cookout! Hot dogs, brats and sides! It was fun and the food was delicious! :-) Decovin had a BLAST playing with his cousins and Camden had his first taste of hot dog...he ate a half of one!! I was shocked! haha!

The night ended and I was EXHAUSTED, and it seems that your kids pick up on this and choose these nights not to sleep well. Poor Camden is teething so much that he has a constant runny nose lately and it causes him to have issues breathing while sucking on his pacifier...so, I had to get up with him a few times in the night...ugh! Then Decovin woke up at 6:45 and in doing so woke up Camden also...yippee! I love being up before the sun...NOT! lol!

Went to lunch today with the family in Louisburg at the chinese restaurant, which is now under new management...It was AWESOME! Probably one of the best curry chicken dishes I have had in a really really really long time! SOOOOO GOOD! It was the highlight of the day...that and the lemon we gave Camden to try....hehehehe!!

I drove home this evening and am winding down for the evening...hope you all had a good weekend too!

Plummer Family Photos

http://picasaweb.google.com/MattandKali

Click on "Wagoner Family Proofs"...the lady that took the pics is friends with my sister-in-law whose last name is Wagoner...I guess she thought it was that side of the family...

Me 55 pounds lighter.

This is also the outfit I am going to wear for the Plummer Family Pics on Saturday...I was trying it on to see if I liked it...I think it is good. :-)

Fit Happens!!

So I decided to join a walking group in town called "Fit Happens!!" They meet once a week through November 25th. Fee was $10 and you get a talking podometer and log chart and you are requested to walk at least 60,000 steps per week. At then end we get a sweatshirt for completing the program! (Probably a bit cheesy but it is getting me moving!).

So far today I have already stepped 1018 times! And it is only 9 am!! To get 60,000 for a week I need to average about 8500 steps a day! Anyway...I'm excited about it and looking forward to the challenge!

I am also walking this saturday in a 3 mile walk for Alzeihmer's!! I'm really excited about it and looking forward to the weather being AWESOME! :-) If you forgot to donate there is still time *wink*! Just visit http://kansascitymw.kintera.org/faf/donorreg/donorpledge.asp?ievent=270300&supId=212708773 and follow the que's! Thanks again to all those who have donated! Love ya all!

Need for a documentation!

Yesterday, the 29th of September Camden sat up on his own from his stomach to a sitting position. It was kind of funny b/c Decovin was playing on the floor with him and they were both laying on their stomachs and Camden just sat up and Decovin looked back at Bob and I and gasped and said: "Camden just sit up!" He was just as impressed with his brother as we were! It was really cute! So today he acts like he has been doing it for months...does it like a pro! HAHA! I have a video attached of him sitting up below.

And today I noticed that he has a new tooth (tooth #3) coming in right next to his two bottom teeth on the right (if you are facing him). He is just getting all kinds of grown up! Awww!

Misc. Cell Phone videos...They are all less than 20 seconds long!

Decovin showing us his muscles:

Decovin finally can climb all on his own:

Camden giggles:

Jump, Sing, & get wiggly:

Camden Rocks & Rolls!

Camden giggle some more:

Decovin does his "Ellen" moves on Camden:

Success!!

So our garage sale was a huge success...two days prior to the actual sale a couple stopped by and asked if we would sell our weight lifting set early (we advertised in the paper) and we said HECK YEAH! Then a day before the garage sale a different couple stopped by and asked if we would be willing to sell some of our baby stuff a day early...SURE!!! And then yet another couple stopped by and asked if we would be willing to sell our elyptical machine early...No problem!! SWEET! So before we even opened on our sale day we already had $121 in sales!! YES!

Christy came down for the event to help me out...mostly to keep me company out there and we opened the doors at 6:30am (listed in paper at 7am) but the first customer didn't show up until close to 8am!! I was worried I sold all I was going to sell in the days prior to the actual sale. But it picked up and we ended up selling over $320 worth of stuff! YES! So it was a good day! Oh and I met some neighbors! Even better! Super nice people here I tell ya!

So we closed up shop after no one came for over an hour!! Last sale was our jogger stroller at like noon...and then nothing...we had a couple people stop by WAY later and ask if we sold our stroller...too late! So we have our basement back (no more boxes full of garage sale fodder!) YIPPEE!! I'm so excited!

Ok, off to chat with my sis again!