the first half of january

i started january with a week of no social media and no treats

i'm still going strong on the no treats as of the 14th but it's definitely getting harder

here's a look at the first half of january

olive spent nearly all of Christmas break in her roller blades

 jude had a BAD allergic reaction one morning 

he started itching and turning red and then hives were covering his body and bubbling up like welts so i rushed him to urgent care

but we have no idea what caused it because nothing was different. so frustrating

 benadryl helped but hours later he was still pretty red around his mouth

and he got super bad diarrhea for days afterward

 family trip to walmart for jude's prescription

 morning cuddles with my babe

 he is so fun to watch play

 lunch date with michael

 pillowcase races down the stairs

 riding his firetruck while the girls craft

 temple date night

 i thought this was so cute in hazel's room

 then i spotted this in olive's room

 and eleanor was very excited to show me her sign a day or two later

the perfect way to keep the kids from watching tv on sunday, legos!

 santa henry

reading

 i can't say family home evening is our most peaceful time

but we try!

 henry was so cute feeding jude

 jude is so funny

he likes to hang off our bed (usually feet first) and yell, "help, i'm falling!"

i can't believe he already tells jokes 

 nothing like climbing to the top bunk to read bedtime stories

but henry was so cute cracking up at calvin and hobbes

warm enough to play at the park without a coat in january? sounds good to me

 poor michael had to have a colonoscopy to see what's going on inside of his body

with his way-too-frequent vomit/diarrhea episodes

it didn't show anything off the bat, which is good

but they took biopsies and we'll see if those show anything

 we had to get some twin pictures before my bangs are too long 

 eleanor's school told me they tested her hearing twice (once in october  and again in december) 

and she failed both times (NOOOOOO!)

so they referred us to the district audiologist for a free in depth hearing test

sadly, she has some hearing loss in her left ear, like her mama

which is terrible

but we'll get her into the ENT to see if there's anything we can do about it

she has had so many burst eardrums (without accompanying fevers) that it's probably from that

such a bummer

always making me laugh

 the kids love these one piece pajama sets but hazel didn't have one so we found one on clearance

 doing some yoga together

 roaming the halls of the middle school during noah's play because jude was way too noisy

noah's class did their own version of the princess bride and it was funny

 bedtime conga line

 these two are cute

jude's favorite spot for dessert

 playing roll the ball to someone and tell them why you love them

all on their own and unprompted

it's a game we made up and would play for family home evening a million years ago

and it's been a while since we played it so i thought this was super sweet

 he loves holding his pokemon cards inside his hat

silly boy

 hazel is such an avid reader and i love finding things like this in her room

2019 is off to an amazing start

we're getting the house organized, planning our trip to italy, and enjoying our lives together