housekeeping

Elliot and Ezra had Dr. Appointments today.
I felt so efficient.
Then I went to go do the copay stuff and the lady's like Uhh.. Your insurance has been cancelled! anyway someone made a mistake. Its in the midst of being taken care of but.. wow!
So... Elliot weighs 10.14 and I already forgot how tall she is. All I know is she is cute.
We were looking at blogs past and saw that Ezra at his month checkup was already 11.4
It is so crazy to be on diaper changing duty and have them be laying down side by side. They were both champs for their immunizations. We gave Ezra a sucker before the shot and he literally just said, "Oww!" then kept on suckin'.
And poor little Elliot has a cold that manifested itself today. With mini baby boogies and sneezes and the runny eyes :( few things are more heart wrenching than a newborn with a cold.
And another sad../ funny story. The boys, especially Rowdy, have been a little needy for attention the past couple days. I guess the honeymoon is over. And timeouts in general are starting to loose their effectiveness. One of our peeves over here is sticking the finger in the nose and then in the mouth, and that honestly in the long run is not so bad, but right after we talk to him Rowdy is being outright defiant and in our face about it. So Cody sat him on the counter last night right after he did it and dipped each of his fingers in hot sauce. Oh my sad funny! Rowdy is mortified of hot sauce because a couple of the Bowler cousins are punished with hot sauce. He has never even had any or seen anyone be traumatized by it. Its just been mentioned here or there by a Bowler, but He was sooooo upset to have it on his fingers. He was paralyzed with fear, hands out and big crocodile tears crying screaming, "Please! Please! I don't want hot sauce on my fingers!" ohh. the please please part was really heart wrenching and funny sad.
And, I have not had to put the kids to bed all by myself yet. Cody has been home in the evenings, but I am finding myself feeling victorious when they are all asleep. Whew! The evenings seem to be insane. I am nervous to try it on my own.
Oh and to add to the chaos. Like 2 days ago Ezra, out of nowhere, discovered he likes to climb up onto chairs. Our kitchen ones are really light and sketchy for Ezra to stand up on. So even when we tip them over he just tips them right back up again! and he's not the best at getting down. He's had a fat lip the past couple nights in a row. Oh and last week we got our Christmas tree and Rowdy was cutting the twine off with the kitchen scissors and Ezra just walks right over and grabs them. He sliced his thumb open pretty good. He had to get it glued shut. Cody and Lynda took him to the ER while I stayed home and ate a half pound of M&M's because I was so nervous about whether he would need stitches or not.
Things are good though. We have no complaints. Its yet another one of those times I can feel the prayers of our mothers helping to buoy us up. These are exciting times and I want to do better at recording them so I will never forget what fun these little munchkins are.