Friends

Hooray for friends! They make keep my kids entertained and busy. What more could a mom ask for? My boys are lucky enough to have a joyful assortment of neighborhood friends that make the days happier for all of us. Every day Zekie tells me he's "happy...but a little bit sad because he needs a friend." Usually at some point during the day a friend will magically arrive and he's happy once more.

This is the "girl next door" in every sense of the phrase. She is officially Zekie's first crush...and what's not to love? She's an older woman (5), cute, blond, and tons of fun. Zekie tells me often that someday he's going to marry her...in the temple no less. Now we just need to convert her :) There's just one little problem. There's a major love triangle. Zekie loves her however, she's got the hotts for Isaac. Whatta you do?

"Say CHEESE!!" Here's Isaac and his friend enjoying some cheese after a bout of tag, trucks, and trampolining. Ah the life of a 2 year old.

What could be more fun than a day of make believe with your best friend? Rides on Thomas, playing Blue's Clues, exchanging WallE conversations...the fun never ends. Zekie and his preschool buddy play at each other's houses every Monday and Wednesday, ALL day, every week, from 9:30-6 and until recently cried at each other's parting. They have TRULY found each other.

And then there's Caleb. All he's got is brothers...his best friends...his worst enemies...it changes every couple seconds. I love this particular picture though because you can just hear Isaac saying "Ahhhhh". He's got the food feeding skills down pat. Caleb's usually more than happy to oblige.

Valentine's Day

For Valentine's Day we spent the morning kickin' around the house, the afternoon at library and Cafe Rio, and then the evening was all about me and Rob :) My mom graciously watched the boys for us and we got a couples massage and Pei Wei take out. Not to shabby.

"Pink is my favorite color!" Zekie happily exclaims to anyone and everyone (much to Rob's chagrin.) Lucky for Zekes they had "pink day" at preschool, so I had an excuse to to buy him this lovely pink shirt. Then to top it off, his Bre"nanny" found a sweet deal on a pink guitar which he got for Valentine's day...instantly transforming him into a rockin' pink Zekes!

Aww...LOVE day :) Zekie and I just had to take some pictures with our matchy matchy pink shirts and we figured we'd throw Cupid Caleb in the shot while we were at it.

I do love my baby Caleb. He is such a smily boy and always wants to be part of the action. He is tough as nails, which is good since his brothers rough house him daily. He's aventurous and trouble... He's sweet and fun... sweet, sweet baby Caleb.

Isaac's Arch Nemesis

That's right. It's Mr. Peanut...and he's trying to kill you!...or atleast trying to kill Isaac. Peanut allergies ARE the worst :( Isaac unfortunately got ahold of a peanut butter M&M and that was all it took. Slowly but surely he went from complaining to crying to coughing to gagging. Then the incessant itching began and when we took off his sleeper he had terrible blochy raised up hives all over his body. We'd already given him Benedryl and his inhaler which usually cure him...but instead he was getting worse and worse. At this point Rob made the call and injected the Epi pen into his thigh. It was about 11:30 pm and luckily we were able to have our friend Jeff come over and watch the other two sleeping boys while we drove Isaac to the ER at Alta View. The epinephrine relieved his symptons almost immediately, but then they slowly came back. Once we were in the ER, concerned looking doctors and nurses kept running back and forth with various attempts to stabilize his heart and lungs. They put an IV into his arm and gave him an oxygen mask. His labored breathing and hives kept coming and dying in waves over the next couple hours so they decided to transport him in an ambulance to Primary Childrens Hospital.

It was not hard to convince Isaac to go on a ride in the "weee oooooh" truck, but his excitement wasn't enough to keep him awake and Isaac was finally able to sleep at about 3am. Once were at Primary's they had him breathe in a constant flow of Albuterol vapor and that seemed to finally be the end of his reactions. Even still we were not able to leave the hospital for a full 24 hours because often there is an initial reaction followed by a last stage reaction. So we stayed just to make sure Isaac was officially "out of the woods".

Keeping a wild and active 2 year old calm and in one place is not an easy task. Since Isaac is a "Dada's boy" Rob got the daunting task of caring for Isaac in the hospital while I attended to the other two boys. You can imagine that Isaac was not too happy about being attached to a machine with a myriads of tangled wires. Needless to say, Rob did a lot of rocking, watching of DVDS, and whatever else he could come up with to keep Isaac occupied. At long last, they released our brave boy and Isaac was finally "Done, done." We are soooo grateful that Isaac was able to survive this latest peanut battle. We LOVE our Squeaks with all of our hearts and hope the cure for all of this comes sooner than later.

Boys will be boys

Here is cousin Peyton, Zekie and Isaac living the dream at the train show at Thanksgiving point. Rob kept calling it "baby torture" because there were a million model trains that you could look at but not touch. Luckily there was a toy section where all the boys got to push the buttons and crank the controls to make Thomas the Tank Engine chugga chugga and choo choo. Definitely the highlight of the trip.

Jesus wants Zekes for a SUNBEAM! Last Sunday Zekie went to his church sunbeam class with no tears and stayed the whole time. Hooray! I asked him what he learned and he told me about a "mean king who threw a bunch of lions into a hole!" I asked him if Daniel got thrown down into the hole too and what did he do? Zekie then informed that Daniel pet the lions so he was OK.

Here's our little Isaacstein. We made our first of many trips I'm sure, to the Instacare last Thursday. Isaac was balancing on the couch and Zekie couldn't resist the urge to push him off (for the millionth time). Unfortunately, this time Isaac hit his head on the window sill and got a pretty deep gash. Zekie immediately was guilt ridden and ran to confess that he "pushed Isaac" and that he was "bleeeeding!" 3 staples and a very tough Squeaks later, he is well on his way to recovery...and luckily his ER grandpa has offered to take the staples out, free of charge :)

Caleb now officially has 3 teeth! I would have reported the 1st and 2nd tooth sooner but they all pretty much came this week. He looks happy in the picture, but let me tell you it has been a long and painful process pushing those suckers through. If you enlarge this picture you should be able to get a glimpse of his pearly whites...he's very proud to show them off.

Isaac's Birthday!

On January 6th, Isaac had an incredible 2nd birthday party! I'm sure even though it took several blows to get his candle extinguished, his birthday wish came true. The highlight of the night for Isaac was playing with cousins and friends on a blow up air trampoline and ball pit! He also had a fantastic time opening and playing with presents and eating pizza and cake. We love our sweet, trouble, entertaining two year old :)

See how clean he's being? His hands didn't get chocolatey at all :) Isaac decided since it was his birthday cake, he had full liberty to "dive" right in.

The Handy Manny toy tool set was a big hit...with ALL the kids, and grandparents too :)

Here are Isaac and Zekes wearing their "birthday suits". The end to a perfect day.

All I want for Christmas is YOU!

Merry Christmas from the Bachman Boys!

Candy cane brothers with multicolored mouths. We kept asking Zekie what he wanted for Christmas and every time we'd get the same reply... "Candy canes!"

Caleb decided to wrap himself up as a present. He very thorough...he wraps from the inside out...hence the wrapping paper in his mouth.