First ER visit

As I mention in a previous post poor Wilson was sick his whole birthday weekend. Sunday (his actual birthday) Elsie started to seem like she wasn't feeling well either. By Sunday night she was crying uncontrollably. Around 11 pm I decided that she needed to see a doctor, but of course 11 pm on a Sunday night the only place open is the ER. So I put my poor crying baby in her car seat and got her in the car while Ryan stayed home with a sleeping Wilson. As we started driving down the street Elsie stopped crying. Part of me thought I should turn around and go home, but I decided something must be wrong so to the ER we went. We got there and waited maybe two minutes before they took us back. They took her temperature and it was 102 degrees. And sent us to a room to wait for the doctor. Here we are waiting. By this time she was calmed down and seemed okay. Notice her sad eyes. (be kind to my pictures it was about midnight at this time)

The doctor came and checked her ears (one was red, but not too bad). He decided she needed a urinalysis to make sure she didn't have a UTI and chest ex rays to make she didn't have pneumonia.   

After about two more hours both tests came back normal and we were sent home. Doctor said it was a virus.

After two more hard days she started to feel better.

Merry Christmas

 I think every year I think about sending out a Christmas card, but it has yet to happen.  Maybe next year. For this year this is what we have. Merry Christmas to all!!!

Birthday Boy!

Birthday fun started Friday this year! Wilson got to play at a friends house while I did some family pictures. As I was driving to come get him a got a call from his friends mom says Wilson kept telling her he didn't feel well and was laying on the couch watching a show. (It wasn't a great start to the birthday weekend) When I got there however he was feeling okayish and he was sitting at their table while they sang happy birthday to him!

He loved it!

That night we decided to take him to leatherby's for an ice cream treat! On the way there he fell asleep in the car (you know he isn't feeling well when that happens).

He decided he wanted a strawberry shake. The staff was nice enough to sing to him!

Wilson had fun, but was ready to go home and go to bed.

Saturday our plan was to take Wilson and his friend Bryton to Jungle Jims for some fun, however Bryton just had a baby brother born a few days before and his parents didn't want to take the risk of getting their baby sick from Wilson so we took Wilson by himself.

Wilson was so excited to have fun, but still wasn't feeling well.

 Poor kid riding the rides by himself.

 Wilson in a bumper car, but poor kid couldn't figure out how to get it to work. He spent most of his time again the rail.

 About an hour in we decided it wasn't that fun and told Wilson we would come back another day and bring Bryton.

Sunday was Wilson's actual birthday! He wanted to have Pumpkin Pancakes!

 For his birthday he got new Mario and Luigi sheets. A new bed spread. (I also painted his room)

 He got a new bike!!!

 And most importantly he got Sonic action figures!

Later that day we went to his grandma and grandpa's house for a party!

Here is Wilson getting his favorite gift a rainbow unicorn dream light!!!

Birthday cake!

I can't believe my baby boy is four years old! Love you buddy!

Birthday Cupcakes

This year Wilson's birthday fell on a Sunday. So for Preschool we decided to make cupcakes a few days before his birthday!

Wilson loved helping!

We made rainbow cupcakes!

Wilson mixing the blue batter.

Wilson and Ms. Heidi - He really was excited to take cupcakes, but this is the smile I got...

He got a birthday crown and bubbles from preschool. I told him to say Happy Birthday for the camera.  I thought it looked funny so we tried again...

Guess Happy Birthday gets funny faced pictures!

New site!

If you haven't already heard I FINALLY created a site for my photography! I have been working on it (I still am) since July. Please browse and forward to anyone interested!

Here is the link

mindihettingerphotography.blogspot.com

It is also posted on the side of the blog!

Mirror Pics

I pinned this picture on Pinterest a while ago with the full intentions of doing a shoot with my kids. This week we got new closet doors in our room and today as I was removing the old ones it occurred to me that I could easily do a shoot today.


Elsie loved it right away. She isn't much of a tummy girl, but being able to stare at herself in the mirror made tummy time fun!

Wilson is always up for a photo shoot! He loved the mirror in fact he didn't want to stop!

All in all I think it was a success!!!

Austin City Limits

Ryan records a show every Saturday night called Austin City Limits that showcases different bands. Wilson found an episode that featured Coldplay and loved it. Since then he has watch it several time.

Yesterday we was riding in Ryan's car while his coldplay cd was on and Wilson said "this is Austin City Limits!" Once they got home Wilson wouldn't do anything until Ryan brought it in the house so he could listen to it.

This morning I was trying to get Wilson to get ready to take a shower, but he refused until I recorded him dancing to Austin City Limits! Here he is!!! Enjoy!

Soccer

We decided to enroll Wilson in soccer this year to see if we liked playing sports. At first he wasn't a fan. He would always complain that we was too tired or we would see him at various places on the field (usually no where near any other players) spinning and doing summer salts). However, every game he gets a little more interested.

The things that he currently loves to do:
Team cheers
Run across the field like Sonic or Mario
Snacks (of course!)

 Here are some action shots from that last few games!

This is one of my favorite shots. It reminds me of a photo of bigfoot.

Snack time! Wilson's favorite part of the game!

This little gem is not easy to see but you get the idea of his cute run and something surprising happens at the end!