Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Back in the land of the living!
We all feel great! We are all doing great! And we've had a really great weekend.
Yesterday afternoon, we started trying to think of something fun we could do AND see people! All five of us were anxious to get out of the house, and back to the land of the living. We ended up going to the pool with our friends the Haileys. But, we weren't able to actually swim, because the pool has started closing early. Oh, no!! We had five upset little kiddos, several of whom were already life jackets. Thankfully, Ben and Beth sweetly offered for us to come over to their house and play outside. And it ended up being a great evening! We had so much fun, the kids had fun, and we learned that Mr. Hailey can make quite the tasty drink.... a Pain Killer.
This morning we were able to go to church and worship. It was a very nice morning!! A great big thank you to Jamison for sitting with us while Daddy did his deaconly duties. You were a HUGE lifesaver during the prayer for the people! :-)
This evening we were supposed to have the Water Wars, but they were cancelled due to possible inclement weather. I was so bummed! Then the Ackermans called, and we were able to spend a fun evening with them. Other than the great company, the best part of the evening was eating food with flavor! Spaghetti!!! It was so tasty! Laura made Rice Krispy treats, which we polished off while watching the Olympics. A perfect end to a great weekend!
It was so nice to see people again this weekend!
Yesterday afternoon, we started trying to think of something fun we could do AND see people! All five of us were anxious to get out of the house, and back to the land of the living. We ended up going to the pool with our friends the Haileys. But, we weren't able to actually swim, because the pool has started closing early. Oh, no!! We had five upset little kiddos, several of whom were already life jackets. Thankfully, Ben and Beth sweetly offered for us to come over to their house and play outside. And it ended up being a great evening! We had so much fun, the kids had fun, and we learned that Mr. Hailey can make quite the tasty drink.... a Pain Killer.
This morning we were able to go to church and worship. It was a very nice morning!! A great big thank you to Jamison for sitting with us while Daddy did his deaconly duties. You were a HUGE lifesaver during the prayer for the people! :-)
This evening we were supposed to have the Water Wars, but they were cancelled due to possible inclement weather. I was so bummed! Then the Ackermans called, and we were able to spend a fun evening with them. Other than the great company, the best part of the evening was eating food with flavor! Spaghetti!!! It was so tasty! Laura made Rice Krispy treats, which we polished off while watching the Olympics. A perfect end to a great weekend!
It was so nice to see people again this weekend!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Micah-isms
Earlier this week, when Micah and I were both really sick and I wasn't sure I was going to live to see the weekend, I was laying on the couch when Micah came up and said, "No Skittles for me. I throw up on the floor." With his little arms crossed, and resting on the couch arm, he was so serious, and I couldn't help but laugh!
Probably at some point that same day, I was laying in bed. Curtis had come in to check on me, and was followed by Micah who announced, "I need to throw up!" He went into the bathroom, put his hands on either side of the toilet seat, made some a lovely retching noise, stood up and sadly said, "I just can't throw up!"
Here's a picture of Micah today. He fell asleep at about 11:30 while watching TV with Daddy.
Probably at some point that same day, I was laying in bed. Curtis had come in to check on me, and was followed by Micah who announced, "I need to throw up!" He went into the bathroom, put his hands on either side of the toilet seat, made some a lovely retching noise, stood up and sadly said, "I just can't throw up!"
Here's a picture of Micah today. He fell asleep at about 11:30 while watching TV with Daddy.
Back down hill
I'm puking again, Curtis is having "issues" too. The big kids seem okay, but only if they eat BRAT. And we're not sure about the baby. He's been sleeping a lot, so I think he's trying to fight something off.
Bummer of a way to start the day!
Bummer of a way to start the day!
Thursday, August 14, 2008
To take my mind off the poop....
**Don't worry! I added a little health update at the bottom. :-)**
To help take my mind off all the poop, and because I know I won't be able to for much longer, I treated Benjamin like my little baby. I gave him a bath, using Johnson's. I lotioned him up. And I put him in a sleeper. Yep, a fleece sleeper in the middle of August in south Texas!! The I snuggles him, and enjoyed the was he smelled and felt.
Looking at the pictures of Micah in the same sleeper really made me want to savor those little moment when I can treat my toddler kinda like a baby still. Or at least make him look and smell like my baby!
Micah, on his first birthday.
Because I know all too soon, my sweet little baby/toddler will turn into a bouncing, full of energy, don't-take-my-picture, little boy.A little update in the poop department (I know, you are all so very excited!)
- I felt tons better today! Thank you all so much for your prayers!
- Curtis is still a little iffy, but doing okay, and was able to go to work today.
- Elizabeth, we're still not sure about. She has been very tired, kinda weepy but not major poo problems.
- Micah was doing great today. Then he had a horrible, major, gross, and icky set back.
- Benjamin seems to be doing pretty good.
So there's the latest and greatest. We really are doing tons better than we were a couple days ago! My poor children are so tired of crackers, apple sauce and Cheerios. Hopefully, more exciting food is in our future.
Blue Bell Pictures!
Good news! My stomach has decided to accept food! I have again joined the land of the living! And to celebrate, here are the pictures of our trip to Blue Bell.
The Krajca 3, sporting their cool hats, getting ready for the tour. And on a side note, don't you just love their matching monkey shirts?! My Mom got those for the kids, knowing how much I love matching clothes. I decided to put them in their matching shirts as an added safety measure. If one of the kids got lost, all I had to do was take one of my other monkey clad kids and say, "I'm looking for a child wearing a shirt exactly like this!" Aren't I smart?
Elizabeth with her Papaw and Memaw. Okay, let's take a quick moment to notice her bows. Yes, I made them. Yes, I made them the night before. Yes, I made them especially to match her monkey shirt. And yes, I wanted them to be that big! She loved them and looked adorable!
The good part of the tour.... ice cream!!! Benjamin sat right down and dug into his ice cream. Notice the monkey on his back? That's a "child leash" that we got for Elizabeth when I was pregnant with Micah. Before I had children, I swore that I would NEVER be one of THOSE parents who put her child on a leash! I would have perfect, obedient children who wouldn't run away from me. However, when I was nine months pregnant with an 11 lb baby, chasing a 21 month old, I knew I didn't want to be one of THOSE parents on the news, crying about losing her child at the mall. So we got this adorable leash. The monkey is a harness and a back pack, and the tail is the leash part. So cute! Elizabeth kept asking, "Can I walk Benjamin now?"
Elizabeth didn't care what flavor ice cream she got, as long as it was pink! Good girl!
Micah started out with green ice cream (mint chocolate chip) but decided he would rather have cookies 'n creme. Unfortunately, this is about the time his tummy started giving him the most grief, and he really didn't eat much ice cream at all.
The Krajca 3 by the Blue Bell truck. We have several cute pictures by the truck, but I'm afraid I'm reach my picture maximum for this blog.
It was VERY sunny outside, so I kept my sun glasses on and poor Elizabeth just had to squint.
My boys!
The Krajca 3 on the Blue Bell cow. The cow was rather hot, as you can tell from Micah's expression! Now, let's play a quick game called, Were's Daddy?
Papaw and Memaw with the tired, hungry, sick Krajca 3.All in all, we had really fun time. The area outside of Blue Bell was BEAUTIFUL with lots of flowers, and landscaping. They had a fun little gift shop, and of course a little ice cream parlor. The tour itself wasn't that interesting, and since the kids were coming unglued, it made for a rough time. Next time, I think we'll skip the tour, just get ice cream, and play outside!
Thanks to Papaw and Memaw for coming to visit! We really enjoyed seeing you guys. We're so sorry that the trip ended with half of us sick. Maybe next time we'll all be well. We love you guys!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Time with Papaw and Memaw Part 2
I'm sure you're expecting to see all the adorable pictures from our little trip to Blue Bell. Unfortunately, those will come a little later. Here's why.
Monday morning, the morning of our trip to Blue Bell, we woke up at 5:30 to no AC. We called our home warranty company, fully expecting them to be able to come out that afternoon, once we were home, to fix our AC. Through a series of phone calls, most of which left me frustrated with stupid people, we find out that the AC company won't be coming out till Tuesday at noon. I used the three-young-kids-in-the-house card. That only guaranteed that someone would be out within 24 hours from when I called, which ended up being about noon on Tuesday.
Determined to enjoy our time with Papaw and Memaw at Blue Bell, we pressed on. The challenge to this "press on attitude" came in the form of lots of diarrhea from Micah. We could tell that he just didn't feel well when he didn't want to eat any ice cream at the end of our tour. Not a good sign! Then Benjamin started having some iffy diapers.
After lunch at McDonald's, several gross diapers, we went home to our hot and humid house. Our hope was that it wouldn't be too terribly hot, we could let the boys nap, then head to a friend's house till Papaw and Memaw came back and we could hang out at their nicely cooled hotel room.
By about 3:30, we were miserably hot! I somehow fell asleep in the heat, only to wake up with the same issues as the boys were having, though Benjamin seemed to be doing okay at this point.
Our very kind, dear, loving friends the Findleys let us crash at their house for about an hour. What a blessing it was! And Happy birthday Michael!!
At about 5:00, we headed to the Krajca's hotel, and they graciously took us out to dinner. Micah and I had to make several trip to and from the bathroom during dinner, but we were very thankful to not be in our hot house!
We stayed at the hotel, where Papaw and Memaw took Elizabeth swimming, while Curtis ran to the store to see if there was anything we could give Micah for his not stop diarrhea, and I laid on the couch in the hotel feeling miserable. By the way, there is nothing over the counter that you can give a two year old with diarrhea. We now know that their kidneys are too young to handle anything.
At about 9, we went back to our hot, humid, stuffy house, which wasn't nearly as cooled down as we had hoped. All three kids went down fairly easily, and our every kind and helpful friends the Arnolds let us borrow three fans to try to make the night bearable. Curtis rigged the fans up maximizing the amount of coolish moving air, and I dosed on the couch while watching the Olympics. At about 11, I woke up, ran to the bathroom, and puked everywhere. And hour later, Micah did the same thing.
If there's anything worse that having terrible tummy issues, it's having terrible tummy issues in at house that is well over 80 degrees.
Our night was rough. Both Micah and I continued to have our tummy troubles through the day. Thankfully, Curtis was able to stay home and help. And by 1:30 yesterday afternoon, we had AC again!
This morning, I woke up to the baby crying, optimistic that today would be a better day in the tummy department. Shortly after that, Benjamin puked all over me. So now he's down with the tummy troubles. Curtis is feeling pretty bad and having some mind tummy issues. Micah and I both feel pretty crummy, but our tummies are better off than yesterday. And so far, Elizabeth has avoided the whole thing!
So, that's the latest from the Krajca house. Terribly exciting, but not in a good way!
Monday morning, the morning of our trip to Blue Bell, we woke up at 5:30 to no AC. We called our home warranty company, fully expecting them to be able to come out that afternoon, once we were home, to fix our AC. Through a series of phone calls, most of which left me frustrated with stupid people, we find out that the AC company won't be coming out till Tuesday at noon. I used the three-young-kids-in-the-house card. That only guaranteed that someone would be out within 24 hours from when I called, which ended up being about noon on Tuesday.
Determined to enjoy our time with Papaw and Memaw at Blue Bell, we pressed on. The challenge to this "press on attitude" came in the form of lots of diarrhea from Micah. We could tell that he just didn't feel well when he didn't want to eat any ice cream at the end of our tour. Not a good sign! Then Benjamin started having some iffy diapers.
After lunch at McDonald's, several gross diapers, we went home to our hot and humid house. Our hope was that it wouldn't be too terribly hot, we could let the boys nap, then head to a friend's house till Papaw and Memaw came back and we could hang out at their nicely cooled hotel room.
By about 3:30, we were miserably hot! I somehow fell asleep in the heat, only to wake up with the same issues as the boys were having, though Benjamin seemed to be doing okay at this point.
Our very kind, dear, loving friends the Findleys let us crash at their house for about an hour. What a blessing it was! And Happy birthday Michael!!
At about 5:00, we headed to the Krajca's hotel, and they graciously took us out to dinner. Micah and I had to make several trip to and from the bathroom during dinner, but we were very thankful to not be in our hot house!
We stayed at the hotel, where Papaw and Memaw took Elizabeth swimming, while Curtis ran to the store to see if there was anything we could give Micah for his not stop diarrhea, and I laid on the couch in the hotel feeling miserable. By the way, there is nothing over the counter that you can give a two year old with diarrhea. We now know that their kidneys are too young to handle anything.
At about 9, we went back to our hot, humid, stuffy house, which wasn't nearly as cooled down as we had hoped. All three kids went down fairly easily, and our every kind and helpful friends the Arnolds let us borrow three fans to try to make the night bearable. Curtis rigged the fans up maximizing the amount of coolish moving air, and I dosed on the couch while watching the Olympics. At about 11, I woke up, ran to the bathroom, and puked everywhere. And hour later, Micah did the same thing.
If there's anything worse that having terrible tummy issues, it's having terrible tummy issues in at house that is well over 80 degrees.
Our night was rough. Both Micah and I continued to have our tummy troubles through the day. Thankfully, Curtis was able to stay home and help. And by 1:30 yesterday afternoon, we had AC again!
This morning, I woke up to the baby crying, optimistic that today would be a better day in the tummy department. Shortly after that, Benjamin puked all over me. So now he's down with the tummy troubles. Curtis is feeling pretty bad and having some mind tummy issues. Micah and I both feel pretty crummy, but our tummies are better off than yesterday. And so far, Elizabeth has avoided the whole thing!
So, that's the latest from the Krajca house. Terribly exciting, but not in a good way!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Time with Papaw and Memaw
Yesterday, Aunt Shannon had to head back north. But, we were lucky enough to have Papaw and Memaw come in yesterday late afternoon! Last night was a nice, quiet evening.
After naps this afternoon, we headed to The Bounce to play and burn some of that extra energy that my children seem to have so much of. Here are a few pictures from our fun evening with Papaw and Memaw!
Micah, mid jump in the mini ball pit.
Micah, Daddy and Papaw watching Elizabeth being daring. 
The last time we went to The Bounce, the rock wall was closed, so she was very excited to get to climb it this time.
She did an amazing job!
Papaw, a squirmy Micah, and Memaw.
Papaw, a stoic Benjamin and Memaw.
After naps this afternoon, we headed to The Bounce to play and burn some of that extra energy that my children seem to have so much of. Here are a few pictures from our fun evening with Papaw and Memaw!
Micah, mid jump in the mini ball pit.
Micah, Daddy and Papaw watching Elizabeth being daring. The last time we went to The Bounce, the rock wall was closed, so she was very excited to get to climb it this time.
She did an amazing job!
Papaw, a squirmy Micah, and Memaw.
Papaw, a stoic Benjamin and Memaw.All three kids had a great time on the multiple slide available.
I love how Micah almost looks on the verge of panic.
Benjamin going down the big slide to Papaw. Poor Curtis had to climb up with him, then toss him down. This picture was right before he did his flip/roll maneuver! Once he got to the bottom, he wasn't too sure.....
But then it was a BIG grin, and he was ready to go again!
I love how Micah almost looks on the verge of panic.
Benjamin going down the big slide to Papaw. Poor Curtis had to climb up with him, then toss him down. This picture was right before he did his flip/roll maneuver! Once he got to the bottom, he wasn't too sure.....
But then it was a BIG grin, and he was ready to go again!Tomorrow we are heading to the Blue Bell factory. Should be another fun day, with Papaw and Memaw!
Friday, August 08, 2008
Fun outside
Last night, Shannon and I decided that we were waaayy too tired to try to go to the pool with the kids. But, since I am after all, SUPER MOM, I had water balloons and water guns ready for a fun evening outside.
Watch out, he's armed!
So is Shannon, and she's had an exhausting day. Don't mess with her!
"I know there is way to get water into this gun...."
Check out the water balloon flying towards Shannon's head. Elizabeth was the thrower!
And the balloon flying towards Curtis' head. Elizabeth threw this balloon too.
Watch out, he's armed!
So is Shannon, and she's had an exhausting day. Don't mess with her!
"I know there is way to get water into this gun...."
Check out the water balloon flying towards Shannon's head. Elizabeth was the thrower!
And the balloon flying towards Curtis' head. Elizabeth threw this balloon too.It was a very fun evening. Wet, but fun!
Girl time!
This afternoon, we had some girl time! Curtis was able to work from home, so he worked while the boys slept.
Aunt Shannon and Elizabeth
A very happy Elizabeth with Mommy
Sissyters! Elizabeth actually took this picture.
Elizabeth eating her worms in dirt dessert.
The girls!
No, it was not raining. But Elizabeth really wanted to bring her umbrella to stay out of the sun.
After out dessert at TGI Friday's, and a quick trip to the fountain, we went to Charming Charlie's. We had lots of fun and made some really great memories!
Aunt Shannon and Elizabeth
A very happy Elizabeth with Mommy
Sissyters! Elizabeth actually took this picture.
Elizabeth eating her worms in dirt dessert.
The girls!
No, it was not raining. But Elizabeth really wanted to bring her umbrella to stay out of the sun.
After out dessert at TGI Friday's, and a quick trip to the fountain, we went to Charming Charlie's. We had lots of fun and made some really great memories!
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Our Week with Aunt Shannon
Late Monday night, my sister Shannon came into town. We were all very excited to get to see her, and spend some time with her.
Tuesday morning, she joined Micah, Elizabeth and I at the movies, and we saw Over the Hedge. It was a really fun time, and I was very thankful to have Shannon's extra set of hands. Micah was in and out of the bathroom three times! But that pull up stayed dry!!
Tuesday evening we went out for dinner with money that Mom had sent. It was so fun, so good, and a very big deal! As those of you with a high young child to adult ratio can attest to, going out to eat at a "real restaurant" isn't always a good idea. In fact, I don't think Curtis and I have ever done it alone! So armed with Super Aunt, we went to Ninfa's.
Tuesday morning, she joined Micah, Elizabeth and I at the movies, and we saw Over the Hedge. It was a really fun time, and I was very thankful to have Shannon's extra set of hands. Micah was in and out of the bathroom three times! But that pull up stayed dry!!
Tuesday evening we went out for dinner with money that Mom had sent. It was so fun, so good, and a very big deal! As those of you with a high young child to adult ratio can attest to, going out to eat at a "real restaurant" isn't always a good idea. In fact, I don't think Curtis and I have ever done it alone! So armed with Super Aunt, we went to Ninfa's.
Keeping the kids busy with crayons.
This picture cracks me up! Those are two crazy boys!
So sweet!
My daughter who wouldn't sit still, and my beautiful sister.
Again, another crazy picture. Shannon was trying to get Elizabeth to take one good, sweet, picture by first taking a bunch of crazy picture. It never quite worked, but it made for some funny pictures!
Yesterday we ran errands in the morning. Shannon is very healthy with what she eats, but has a hard time finding good, organic food in Wichita. We made a trip to HEB so she could stock up on some healthy yummies. As we were leaving, Micah's balloon blew away. At that point, there was NO WAY I was chasing it, so I just let it blow, and told Micah that Benjamin would be happy to share his balloon. Suddenly, Micah is crying harder, and Elizabeth is screaming, "Hey!!! Hey you!!!! That's my brother's balloon!!" I turn around to see some random guy walking off with Micah's balloon. Elizabeth is ready to take on this random stranger, and Micah is just beside himself. Shannon and I just laughed! Micah kept asking, "Why that man take my bubba-oon?" We convinced him that the man was going to go give it to another kid, and I ran back into the store to get another balloon.
My Mom sent a ton of goodies down with Shannon. One of the things that she had picked up was new goggles for the kids. They are AWESOME! The kids' old goggles didn't fit the boy, and Elizabeth's were always getting foggy. Last night, Elizabeth swam, and swam, and never needed to fix them! Curtis even tried them on......
...but he freaked us out and I told him he wasn't allowed to wear them any more!Shannon leaves on Saturday morning. And even though we will be very sad to see her go home, we are very excited that Papaw and Memaw are coming Saturday afternoon!!
Friday, August 01, 2008
Another bump... or two.
It's a hard knock life for Benjamin. Literally! Yesterday he bumped his head on the toilet, resulting in the nice knot and bump on his forehead. Then today, he lunged out of Curtis' arms and smacked his head (we thought) on the book shelf. Turn out it wasn't his head, it was his eye.Benjamin's lookin' a little rough these days!
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