Vacationing with Hurricane Gustav

So, we're in Ft. Meyers, Florida visiting Lindi and Lance ( http://web.mac.com/feazelnation/iWeb/Feazelnation/welcome.html ) and Hurricane Gustav happened to be barrelling toward the gulf coast. We're in no danger from the hurricane, but it is throwing some heavy rains and winds our way. Nowhere near the amount that New Orleans and others will feel in the coming hours, but it's here nonetheless.

I'll post some pictures as soon as we get home. The big news for us is that we're here without the triplets! We miss them a lot, but they're in good hands with our parents watching them for us....from what we hear, they don't miss us a bit!

Paul

Out to Eat !!!

We've finally done it !
14 months and our first dinner out as a family. Granted, we cheated a little bit by asking Christi's parents to come along to help out - but it definitely was needed! We're glad they came along b/c they are still just a little bit too restless in the highchairs to give us the time to eat....but we made it and they were incredibly good. They are always absolute angels in public and then when we get home can be terrors when they want to be : )
Anyway - the experience was worth it and we're going to try and do it every now and then just to give us some time out as a family.

Everyone is mostly over their colds and we're thankful for that - it should lead to some better sleeping at night!

Paul

2 More Walkers...

Ella has been close to walking for a couple weeks now, but all of the sudden Paul caught up to her! They are both putting together 3, 4 and 5 steps at a time walking. Neither of them are as confident with it as Logan was when he started. He just took off and started walking everywhere. Paulie and Ella are more cautious with it and are still doing 90% crawling! But they both get soooo excited to take those steps (arms raised) and walk to anyone willing to catch them if they fall : )

Unfortunately as I'm writing this, everyone except Christi is sick (including me!). Luckily, the Benadryl kept them sleeping last night (and hopefully tonight) because Thursday night was brutal. Both Ella and Paul were up for good from 3am on. We took them to the doctor Friday morning to check for ear infections, etc and they were good to go. They just have a summer cold - complete with coughing, runny noses and lots and lots of sneezing. The sneezing usually gets a good laugh out of them when anyone does it though - so that keeps the mood light!

I'm planning on locking myself in the office for a few hours to try and complete (or at least get close to completing) the babies "one-year slideshow". There's sooo many pictures and thoughts on music selection, etc! It's hard work : ) Not to mention that some of those NICU pictures bring back the memories of those months in the hospital. It's obviously a story with a happy ending, but remembering all the worry and stress gets difficult sometimes as many parents (if not all) can relate to.

By the way - the picture above....those are built-in bookshelves that Logan found a way to climb into. He's definitely the trouble maker! I was torn b/n telling him "NO!" and "GET DOWN!" and taking the picture. Well, as you see the picture won out : )

Anyway, I'm going to work on the slideshow now so I'm signing off until next time.
PAUL
www.paulandchristi.com