Soccer

Shea just started his soccer class. It is the funniest thing that you have ever seen. There are about 15 kids in his class. They are 1 1/2-2 year olds. The coaches name is Tiffany. She is really nice, but she tries to get the kids to do a lot of things and they can not do anything. We stretch, run lines, and do ball skills. But, I think that Shea is going to be a goalie like his mom. However, he does have some dribbling skills.

3 months

Mason is now 3 months old. I can not believe how fast it has gone. It feels like he was born yesterday. I do not think that it went this fast with Shea. Anyways, Mason is now smiling, giggling, holding his head up while he is laying on his stomach. His brother still loves him. Just today Shea thought that Mason was hungry so he tried to give him a pancake. If you want you can come check out the rest of our family photos for this month, by clicking on the link.

Family Portraits

Shea is such a big boy

Well today Mason is three months old, which means he is old enough to go in the jumper. I put him in it today. He did not seem to know what to do with it, but Shea wanted to swing him in it. I can not believe that 18 months ago I was just putting Shea in the jumper. Boy does time fly!

Brotherly Love

I hope that Shea's love for his brother never stops. He always wants to hug and kiss Mason. I cannot wait until Mason can hug his brother back.

Croup

So we had are second trip to the ER on Sunday. Shea had a terrible cough and he sounded like he was having trouble breathing. He also had a fever of 102. Scott, Mason, Shea, and I all went to Mission to see what was wrong with Shea. The first nurse was nice and got us to a room quickly. Then our doctor came in, he was also nice. He checked Shea out and wanted him to get some xrays to rule out pneumonia. Shea loves the xray part. He was a really god boy and stayed really still, they gave him some stickers for being so good. Then they came back into the room and told us that he had croup. So, they gave him some steroids that he spit half of them out. The nurse said that it was ok, but I thought that I would ask the doctor. He said that it is very important for him to have them, so he should get a half a dose. I told him that there is no way that Shea will take any more. So, he said that he would have to get a shot. I agreed that a shot was better then him spitting it out. Then we got the two lamest nurses in the world. They told Scott and I that they would take Shea's temp and give him a shot all at the same time. And nope that did not happen. They kept telling Shea that was the worst of it. Nope that was not true. Finally, they were making Scott so mad that he was making faces at them. So, they thought that Scott was not feeling well and kept asking him if he was ok and if he need to sit down. I had to keep myself from laughing at them. They then came back and said that Scott had to pin Shea down as the two nurses pined his legs down and one of the nurse said hold him really tight he is strong. I was thinking who do they think they are holding down The Hulk, he is just a one year old. Then when all of that was done, the head nurse looks at Shea as he is crying so hard that his face is red, there is snot everywhere, and he is having trouble breathing, and says ok that was not so bad do you want something from the treasure chest. I said we have to get out of here. They said ok you have to sign here. I signed and then I ran. Not really, but I wanted to. THOSE LADIES WERE CRAZY!
Shea feels better and will be ready to meet the world on Tuesday.

Our Trip to Laughlin

We took our first trip to Laughlin with 7 week old Mason. Everything went really well, Mason loves to go fast in the boat. It puts him right to sleep, just like his big brother.

Days without Scott

So at first the days without Scott were really hard. I did not know if I was going to be able to be a Mommy of two by myself. But, then I forced myself to get out and get over it. So, I did. The only thing that has been really hard is the night time. As soon as it is dinner time, Mason wants to eat, and at bath time he wants to eat again. I just have to get this timing thing down. Also, naps I have to get them to go down at the same time so that I can nap. I will keep you all posted.

Our first day out without Scott

Today was are first day out without Daddy. We are so sad that Daddy could not come, but I did ok. I can not believe that I already went out with the boys all by myself. Scott has only been back to work for 3 days and I was brave enough to go by myself. But, I do not think that I am ready for open spaces. We went to Zoomars with one of my Mommies group. It is a large petting zoo with gates all over. So, I could keep up with Shea and most of the animals were in pens that Shea could not get to them. He loved all of the animals until he saw the train. Then all he wanted to do was ride on it. I even traded his pony ride ticket for another train ticket. We had to leave a little early because he had a breakdown and wanted to ride again. But, all in all we had a great time. Mason can not wait until he can see the animals, instead of riding in the bjoin. Check out our videos below.

Mason Andrew Stephens 6/15/07