Life Lately

A few weeks ago is what will be known in the Jones house as, "The Week of Mario and Luigi".  Blake for some reason thought about their Mario/Luigi costumes from Halloween and asked if we could take them down so he and Brady could dress up in them.  So I did. And they did.  They were obsessed.  They did not want to take them off.  The morning would come and they requested their costumes be put on first thing and would wear them ALL day long. They went to run errands in them.  Went to the park in them.  We went to Grandma and Papa's house in them.  Love these boys so crazy much.

Our dress up fun came to a crashing halt when some minor sniffles the boys had been having turned into some wheezing and trouble breathing well for Brady.  He went downhill so quickly.  We were out running errands in the morning and by the later afternoon Brady was a pile of mush, not able to move he was so weak, getting warm and fell asleep in my arms on the couch, something that never ever ever happens.  While I sure LOVED those sweet Brady cuddles, once I could see him struggling for breaths and starting to wheeze I became alarmed and it was 4:00 the day before the 4th of July holiday.  Thankfully we have a great pediatrician's office and when I explained his symptoms told us to get in the car and come up there immediately.  So relieved we could get Brady set up on his needed meds before they were closed for the holiday.  Brady is a horrible medicine taker.  Its been such a struggle anytime we have to give him medicine. But the bonus of him getting older is his understanding with why he needs the medicine.  The medicine he was prescribed was awful tasting but he would tell US he needed his medicine because he just didn't want to feel sick anymore.  And he took all his breathing treatments like a champ.  I was so proud of him.  I need to write a post dedicated to Brady soon because this kid.  His personality, the things he says....he kills me with his cuteness and I just want to eat him up every second of every day.  

Our 4th was nice but we couldn't all enjoy the day as fully as we normally do since Brady was so sick.  I packed up his breathing machine and a bag full of meds and we all went to my parents house.  Brad swam with Blakers while I stayed inside watching Scooby Doo with Brady.  My dad grilled out and was nice spending the day all together.  We got the boys in their jammies and sat out on their balcony to watch the fireworks show that goes off right next door.  Can't ask for a better seat!

This past week the boys have been doing swimming lessons every day.  They are definitely improving and getting more confident in the water which is so great!  We are continuing on this week and they really look forward to going.  On Friday morning as a nice summer treat for being such awesome boys I took them to see Monsters University.  I was impressed we made it through twenty minutes worth of previews and the entire movie.  Towards the end of the movie Blake whispered, "Momma...thank you so much for taking us to the movie."  Oh my heart.  Totally worth every penny. And when I tucked Brady into bed that night he said his favorite part of the day was the popcorn.  Love.

Looking forward to this coming week with these two cuties and REALLY looking forward to this weekend for my man's birthday and a much needed date night.  WOO WOO!