Visitor at the front door

They other day we were trying to kill time waiting for Eli to come home from work. Eli usually calls us when he is leaving so I can pretty much guess when he will be home. Aubs was stir crazy and I told her that we would go outside and play in the courtyard while we waited for daddy. With Hayley asleep in my arms I opened the door to this:

Gross, I don't usually have a hard time with bugs or insects but this lizard was HUGE! I didn't know what to do. The tail fell into house and it didn't move, so I couldn't shut the door. I was worried if I tried to push it out it would scatter into the house instead. Aubree saw it and didn't like it, and did what she does when she gets nervous which is climb up on the couch. She just keep saying, "I don't like the lizard". I decided that I couldn't deal with this on my own and so I called Eli. I told him about the lizard and that it was the biggest lizard I had ever seen. He told me he was close and he would deal with it when he got home. When he got home the first words out of his mouth were " oh, wow it really is big", I think he thought I was just being girl but now I proof that it really was huge. Eli had me get the broom and softly push him off the step, after I did the lizard didn't even move. I told Eli good luck and closed the door. Eli softly helped move the lizard over to the dirt and when we went back outside to leave the lizard was gone.

I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream..

We have really enjoyed living this close to Hollywood for many reasons but one of the best is the EL Captain. Eli and I have enjoyed watching some classic Disney Movies that have had a panel discussion with some the talent who played the characters and or animators. They have been so much fun and really interesting. This time it was Sleeping Beauty, due to Eli being out of town we missed the panel but we were able to go and have breakfast and this time take the girls. Breakfast was wonderful, they had our tables assigned so when we got there they new us by name and took us right to our table.

Disney is so great and defiantly make things worth the price we paid to attend. We got to get our picture taken with Sleeping Beauty once as a family and once just Miss Aubree. Sleeping Beauty took a few moments to get on Aubree's level and have a conversation, it meant a lot to Aubree. They also had a few crafts for the kids to make, Aubree chose to make a crown with lots of sparkles:
After breakfast but before the movie, we were sitting at our table when a man was right outside the window looked familiar, we thought he looked like someone on tv but were pretty sure it wasn't him.
The El Captain has a VIP section, which means that it is a reserved seat, a bottle of soda, and a bucket of popcorn. We try to always due this so we don't have to try and get a good seat we are sure we will, besides movie theater treats are expensive. Aubree had a really good time and we are totally going to do it again.

PS. inside the theater I saw the man from the window and asked him if he was who we thought he was, and he was. We saw and I talked to Carlos Bernard AKA Tony Almeida from 24, which just happens to be one of our favorite shows. He was really nice and a lot smaller than he looks on TV.

Why do we bother with expensive toys?

While Trey and Hope were at our house, Hope borrowed some finger nail polish. I hadn't got it put away when I could hear Aubree playing when I walked into the living room from the kitchen this is what I found. Sorry little people you've been replaced by fingernail polish.

I'm so glad when daddy comes home reprise

If you read the last post you understand why I cried when I saw Eli, for the rest of the night it was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. We went to CPK to celebrate Eli coming home and the picture is pretty much how all of dinner went for Eli, both kids wanted daddy. Later, I finally just had to go to bed because when I thought about the last week I would cry. Needless to say I slept like a baby for the next few nights. I know that the Lord blessed me that week because I was able to keep it together and not feel tired. I am so thankful to Grandpa Robert and Grandma Vickie they were so great to step in when I couldn't do it all.

starve a fever, feed a cold...

Little did we know what hours after the dance recital would hold, during the recital Aubree seemed pretty much like herself, but right after naps it hit the fan. Usually when Aubree gets up she is ready to play but not this day all she wanted was her daddy to hold her. Eli got a phone call so I picked Aubs up to hold her and she was a little ball of fire. We took her temp and the thermometer said she had a fever of 103, granted we don't always believe fevers are as high as it reads but we were pretty sure she had a nice fever. As the night progressed she got worse, she actually threw up a couple of times. After some meds and a nice blessing from daddy we put her to bed. Having a sick kid is one thing but to make matters worse Eli was leaving the next day for a week to CN for work.
Sunday, Aubree stayed home from church and seemed to be doing much better so we drove Eli to the airport and headed to Grandma and Grandpa's for dinner. Aubree had a few moments of not feeling great but I thought the worst was over boy was I wrong.
Monday, we stayed home and laid around the house.
Tuesday, I woke up a little tired and thought nothing of it. I cut the neighbors hair and when we came home I called Eli and told him I thought I was getting the flu. Eli being my night in shining armor called his mom and she came down to be with the girls so I could get some sleep. When I woke up Grandma took Aubree to McDonald's for dinner, right before they left she handed my Hayley and she felt like a fire ball. Great, at this age what do I do? They had told me if she had a fever or over 101 then to rush her to the emergency room for some serious testing. I took her temp and it was high so I called the Dr. office and they said that because I had been sick and Aubree had been sick and she had had her first set of shots to give her Tylenol and if the fever came down to just take her into the Dr. the next day. Sainted Grandma Vickie came back to my house and took Aubs home with her.
Wednesday, Hayley and I woke up and ran some errands, while I only have one child I needed to get some things done. I took Hayley to the Dr. and he said that she must have caught what we had, but its a good thing that I had it and I nursed her because my body kicks up its immune system which passes to her. He told he to keep her on the Tylenol and nurse the heck out of her(his words not mine). Aubree came home and we spend the rest of the night doing nothing and just trying to get better.
Thursday, 4:30 is early but I figured it was just a Hayley feed boy was I wrong. I fed Hayley and right as I was laying her down at 5:30 Aubree woke up. She was complaining that her mouth hurt. I figured that she must have bit her cheek and put her in bed with me. We picked Trey and Hope up from the airport for a dance comp. and played the morning away with them. Right after naps Aubree woke up screaming about her mouth so I called the Dr. and they could fit her in at 5:30. I then again called Eli who is still in CN and he called his dad who was going to come be with Hayley while I ran Aubree to the Dr. office. The Dr. told me he thought Aubree had canker sores in the back of the mouth and he gave us a perspiration to help. We got home two hours later to Grandpa playing with Hayley.
Friday, finally the end is hours away. I got a phone call from Trey and Hope they were going to come up and get a haircuts, which would give us something to look forward to. They each got a great haircut, if I do say so myself. Then they watched the kids so I could shower, lets just say with as much flu as we had it had been awhile. Then we were off to the airport to pick up daddy.

Shake, Rattle and Roll

Our little ballerina had her very first dance recital, it was a Hawaiian theme and it couldn't have been cuter. The girls were supposed to wear a grass skirt, which Aubree was so excited to wear. As soon as Grandma Vickie got to our house all Aubree wanted to do was show grandma the " new green skirt". This was the first time Eli had seen Aubree dance and he was so impressed, don't tell him I told you but he did get a little misty. Don't worry if you want to see it I do have it on video, the dancing not Eli.

Long Time Gone

Note from the editor:
I know I always give my sister grief when she neglects her blog and I have some really good excuses: Eli was out of town again, the girls had the flu, prop 8 has taken over our Saturday mornings, but the truth is sometimes life just happens. I am however going to get everyone caught up so watch out.