Booo!

Halloween is here, and the boys are ready! They've worn their "Frightfully Cute" ghost onesie and "Teething Bites" bat onesie to school a few times over the last few weeks, but today they get to go to school in costumes! Thanks to our friends Chay and Scott, the boys have skeleton onesies! Grandmother Cutler found them black tights, and I just finished their caps. They were so much fun to make! I used some white t-shirt material for the skulls, a black t-shirt from a now defunct scooter shop in Atlanta, and some random buttons we had lying around.

On Saturday we plan to take the boys over to a few friends' homes to go trick-or-treating. I hope they fill the sprouts' sacks with formula and baby food!
Skull caps!

Fun Saturday in Nac

Finn at the Nac Farmer's Market with his favorite custom onesie maker, Michelle Cox
Dr. Gregory "The Texas Cheese Man" slicing us some delicious jalepeño pecan cheddar
Holding hands on our evening walk

On the mend

This was a good week that followed a worrisome couple of weeks. Finn's and then Kai's sicknesses weighed heavily on our hearts and took tolls on our energy levels. On Wednesday morning we took Kai in to see Dr. Huggins. We were fit into her schedule because Kai's earache seemed to be very slow to clear. Kai was given a thorough exam and the thumb's up was issued! Kai could return to school! He's still a bit stuffy in the nose, but on the mend. Both boys seem to be finished with this round of sickness. If this is the way it's going to play out (one gets sick, passes it to his brother, gives it to one of us...) we have a rough road until kindergarten. Supposedly, kindergarten age is when kids tend to catch less or resist more.
Kai with Hannah Grace and Campbell

Ill baby and Threadless mystery solved

Good news first: James Hughes gave the sprouts their Threadless T-shirts! I contacted Threadless customer service and they contacted James. James, in turn, let us know via Facebook that he was behind the gift. Here's Finn in the arty monster T.


Bad news: Kai is sick. Sarah and I called the doctor yesterday morning when his temperature reached the scary level of 103.9! After a treatment of Motrin and loads of sleep yesterday, Kai seemed to be on the road to recovery. Last night, however, he was very fussy, feverish, and obviously in pain. This morning we called the doctor again, and she came into her office to see him. The doctor discovered that he has an ear infection and an ulcer on his throat. He's on medication now and napping. He's eating fairly well, but he's not drinking much at all. If we can't get him hydrated today, then we may have to check him in to the hospital to receive fluids.

It is so tough to see a baby in pain. They have no way of telling you what hurts, and when all the medication knocks 'em out and alters their mood, all you want to do is hold them... even if your arm goes numb and cold due to the weight!

Surprise package

Threadless T's

We received a surprise package this week! Someone sent Finners and KaiKai t-shirts from our favorite t-shirt company! But who done it? The packing slip had a note from the giver that reads:

"It might take a few more months for the boys to grow into these, but I thought maybe they could use some silly non-matching clothes. You know... to like assert their future identities as rockers/artists. All my best!"

Who sent use these AWESOME shirts!?

Picture day

Last Wednesday was picture day at the SFA Early Childhood Research Center where the sprouts go to school. On Tuesday evening, when we picked up Kai and Finn, the teachers reminded us that picture day was on Wednesday morning. That evening, after the boys' dinner, we got them ready for their baths. This is when we received another reminder about picture day:

Needless to say, we remembered to dress the boys for picture day! Kai and Finn wore their tie onesies, custom made by Michelle Cox of made-by-michelle. They looked so cute! Little did we know that the photographer was going to lay them down for their photo shoot. That was fine. Kai and Finn were two of the only infants of the infants, toddlers and other wee ones to not freak out in front of the camera and lights! Their photographer father is SO proud!
Top: Finn the playboy, Kai the goof.
Bottom: Finn: "Hey!", Kai: "I'm cute."