Oral Hygiene Is Easily Forgotten

   Well it's 9:30PM and the kids are both asleep in bed! I know I should be using this time to crash and fall asleep myself, but I've been dying to blog.

    I just realized that I forgot to brush Rhett's teeth.

   Oh well, too late now.

   I'm all caffeinated from my watered-down coffee that I had earlier today. By earlier today, I mean 8AM. By watered-down I mean 1/4 coffee and 3/4 water. Seriously, my kidneys... not exemplary at their job. On the other hand, if I had consumed more than a max of 16 oz of liquid for the rest of the day, maybe the coffee wouldn't still be in my system. Oh wait! The sweet tea was caffeinated! That explains alot.

    Let's see here...
       News Updates:

   Jimmy bought a new rent house and DG and I will get part of the rent since he will maintain it if we choose to buy in. 

What a crazy blessing! We got to tour it the other day.

She toured in style. 

   I visited my friend Lauren and had alot of fun hanging out with her seven-month-old- son, Liam. He and Vivi are dating. I left Rhett at home with his Daddy. I will never do that again! We missed each other too much. He had some serious separation anxiety for a few days. It breaks my heart.

   

  Ky watches the happy couple. 

   Vivi is moving up a diaper size. The Size Two diapers are a little tight but we are mainly moving up because she is having some serious leaks. She pees once and the diaper is puffed out and dripping.

    Lauren had this happen with Liam and had to move up to Size Three. It also seems to be the consensus online that leakage = moving up a size. She is in cloth most of the time but when she isn't, it's a mess. Don't even talk to me about naps or overnight either!

   After a week and a half of various experiments in brand and size resulting in her waking up soaked to her hairline in pee, I was ready to throw in the towel.. literally... into the washing machine 'cuz I was running out of towels.She even peed through a double-stuffed KawaiiBaby diaper. That means nothing to most people, I know. But still. It's crazy.

   Result? Nothing but Size Three Pampers Swaddlers holds her. 

   I took her four-month pictures!

   I love this silly shot of them:

   Today she stood on the couch without leaning her back on anything! Four months! That's messed up!

Am I the only one freaking out?!?

   Viv is 16 lb and 25 inches! Her four-month check-up went great. She didn't mind the shots at all but she HATED the rotavirus oral vaccine.

Trust me: this is a pre-oral-vaccine face. She was not bubbly after fighting the nurse and letting the vaccine sit in her mouth for a few minutes then finally giving in. She was so ANGRY after she finally swallowed. It was pretty comical to me.

   Rhett's growing like a weed!

   Oh yeah! He's definitely potty-trained.

Rhett on his Grumpy's four-wheeler, wearing a toolbelt and a TMNT shirt. As he told me that afternoon, he is "big man, a really big man who's gotta work hard."

   We find out June 3rd if we are moving forward in our interview process for moving overseas!

Vivi is Two Months! My Pox Shot!

We are picking up Nanny and heading out for my chicken pox shot in an hour!

Rhett is very excited about my shot. He's like,"You're getting a shot and I'M GOING TO WATCH YOU." All. Morning. Long. I told him that he is actually ahead of me in the game here: he has had his pox shot already. 

He super stoked sbout picking up Nanny as well. I can't keep count of how many times he asked if it's time to get Nanny yet. Four in the last hour and a gazillion before that.

We go get Nanny now?

I told him to look at the camera, so he squeezed his eyes closed. 

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We picked up Nanny finally and went to Selmer but it turned out my appointment was with their Jackson South office.
We rushed there and they called me back almost immediately. I had to wait for an hour and a half in the exam room though!
The doctor even came back and said hello but didn't immunize me. Finally a nurse came in, vaccinated me, and we were able to leave.
Literally, called back at 2:40 and they popped the shot at 4. Nurses talked and laughed in the hallway. Nobody gave me my shot so could leave though.

The good news is that all this waiting gave Rhett time to earn a medical degree so I was able to speak to a doctor while I waited. He put my feet in the stirrups for a pre-shot leg exam. 

Then he gave me a shot. 

After my leg shot, we Facetimed DG, read a Bible story, and discussed giraffes. It turns out that Rhett is not only an amazing medical professional, he is also a Giraffe Expert. He was able impart some neat giraffe facts, one of which was fairly new to me.

That's not a giraffe, Mama. See the antlers? That's a giraffe-reindeer. 

A juvenile giraffe-reindeer. 

After my vaccination, Rhett received two superhero stickers and a sucker for being so brave and watching me get the shot. 

Then we headed to McD's for a Coke. Thankfully we didn't have any warrants out on us because we got into the drive-thru line right behind some bounty hunters. 

Now we are home and happy. 

Vivi is two months old! Tomorrow she gets her first shots. I called today and found out that Rhett isn't due for anymore until he is five! Yay! So only flu shots. Flu shots rock. 

I'm taking her two months pictures on the next sunny day! Yay!