what are you doing when you are watching???

Have you ever seen the ellen show? They have this segment, "what are you doing while you are watching?" And you send in pictures of something amusing happening while you are watching the ellen show in the background... check this picture out-- (btw-- TOTALLY unprompted... I was about to pump and had to leave the room for a second, came back and Nico had taken off his shirt and was doing this...)

We had a good weekend-- I love it when Nick is home and can help with the mayhem. Yesterday I went to Target to "grocery shop" (actually I was grocery shopping...) and I called Nick a few times to check in and was encouraged that when I call him he's also trying to carry on a conversation with each of the kids just like I do when I call him during the week. I was afraid that he was a better mom than I am. (He actually may be.)

I posted some new pics and videos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/ng.mangine/FunAndGames

I love the last one with Nick playing rough with the kids-- it DID actually end in tears, though no emergency room visit as I had predicted. I am trying to learn to just relax and not be too uptight about rough play-- with 2 boys I had better get used to it. I am one of 3 girls, so scratching and biting is about as rough as it got.

All of Nico's bloodwork came back-- it's all great... no surprises. He did start having a little diarrhea a few days ago again so I called the dr. to see what he thought. His original "tummy tests" (I'll just call them that :) came back a little questionable, so he prescribed a medicine for him and is doing some cultures. It's kind of a pain because the dr. is about 35 minutes away, so every time we have to bring in a "sample" it's a long trip. But it's been nice because Nick has worked from home while the big kids are napping and I just took Josiah with me and had an hour and a half of quiet. It's pretty bad when you start secretly hoping that you have to collect another stool sample in order to get some peace and quiet.

Oh, one thing I wanted to mention-- the potty training thing was NOT a fluke. Nico tells us when he has to pee and then waits for us to bring him. (probably happens a dozen times a day...) He's been dry for the most part during the days except for nap... pretty crazy huh? Grandpa and Grandma made a custom pee pee stool for him since he insists on standing. It's funny, because I have my hands full either nursing, pumping, or bottle feeding for much of the day, I am actually not all that excited about potty training. I thought we would have a lot more time until we'd have to deal with it. But, oh well. Might as well get while the getting is good.

Alrighty... gotta go help get the kiddos ready for bed.