Going, Going, Back, Back, to Cali, Cali....

San Diego, CA Our little man is getting so big! Lincy and Kendra came over to play! Above is Lincy's mean face :) LOL! Crew: 23 months

YAY! Spring break is less than two days away and I can just taste it, it's so close!!! I am SO SO SO excited to be flying to California again! My bff Vanessa and I are headed to San Diego to stay with her sister Ali for a week! We are looking forward to doing absolutely nothing while there..lol! We hope to just relax while laying out on the ocean and shop. Vaness and I have never been able to get away and I need a girls trip more than anything right now! A little time away from all the stress of work, school, etc... I will miss my boys so much though! I am sure Matt will keep Crew busy while I'm away and we plan to Skype often so I can see my little man ;)

So this week has been a little stressful to say the least, which has not allowed me to be excited up until this point. Monday Matt and I took Crew to a play land so I could spend some time with him before I left. Tuesday I had school over at IUSB. My partner and I have a HUGE assignment due next week, but since we are both going on vacation we wanted to turn it in early. After working for more than four hours, we lost EVERYTHING! It was one of those moments where I thought it couldn't be possible. I ran down to the tech and tried to have him help and I called Matt and had him take control of my computer via the Internet. NO LUCK! :( It was horrible to say the least...but we managed to stay late and meet again yesterday before class to re-do it all. After two late nights and two early mornings (5:30 workout and meeting the past two days), plus school again tonight-I am due for a vaca! I am currently on about 14 houts of sleep since Monday. My eyes were bloodshot after my shower this morning and I just looked in the mirror and thought to myself how bad I looked. Let's hope some sunshine will ease my puffiness and color my pale skin :/ ANOTHER one of my bff's announced to me they were preggo last week!!! Who isn't pregnant or getting married these days?!?! I am SO SO SO excited for everyone! My mom and I had to run out and get her baby outfits last week as a little surprise :) Hope everyone is having a great week! It's almost Friday!

Lots of craziness!

Playing at Bellaboos

Mad that we woke him up to go to daycare on St. Patty's day (however how cute does he look in his personalized shirt from Aunt Amber???)

First morning of breathing treatments

Picnic party/movie night

Mommy catering to his every need ;)

BIG BOY doing the treatment all alone

More fun at Bellaboos

Ok, so I am feeling a little overwhelmed with the craziness that is going on and about to happen in our life.....I have not been very good about blogging and there is some reasoning behind it all...

To begin with, Friday after work I took Crew to the park. After about an hour of playing, he started to have a really hard time breathing. This is not the first time this has happened. This also occurred this past winter when Matt and I took him outside to play in the snow. I immediately brought him home, steamed up the bathroom, and set him in the tub to soak up the warm air (mind you, it was 50's when I took him outside). His breathing remained rapid and wheezy for about 40 mins. So, I called the MD and he told me to bring him in right away. They hooked him up to the oxygen machine and he registered low. So, they put him on a nebulizer. This seemed to help. We bought the breathing machine, along with medicine for it. They also put him on a steroid shot for five days. We had to give him breathing treatments every four hours Friday-Sunday. We went back to the MD yesterday for a follow up. They said to continue treatments before going outside to play to open up his lungs, and then again if he would become short of breath once outside. I am not a huge fam of the nebulizer only because it makes Crew SO HYPER!!! He seriously goes nuts. I was not 100% satisfied with their response and not being able to tell me exactly what was causing this, although they think it's allergies. So, we are taking him to an allergy specialist in April. Crew is already on two allergy meds besides the breathing treatments and steroid and I do not want to just keep pumping my child with drugs and if they cannot tell me exactly what is wrong. So, I think seeing this allergist we were recommended to will help. We are trying to stay positive until then and we're doing things like keeping a food journal of what he's eating and when we go outside to see if we can determine what is causing all of this.

Besides the chaos Friday night, things settled down the rest of the weekend. Saturday I cleaned house then went and did some shopping all by myself. It was nice to get out. I then picked Crew up after nap and we went to Valpo and shopped with my parents. We also met my MIL Belinda over there so she could see him. Both sets of our parents were so sweet to Crew with what happened Friday night. They each bought him Dora/Diego books and toys as a get-well gift. He has not put either one down since. I must say Matt and I have felt bad for the little guy as well and have been catering to his every need (as if we didn't already ;) We put a TV/DVD in his room so we can play in there now and watch videos. Daddy surprised him with a new Dora/Diego Pirate video yesterday. And, the sucker that I am, I even set up a picnic in his room last night so we could eat dinner and watch the new video together while Daddy was at school. I must say it is more convenient so there are not 1,000 toys spread out all over the living room, however I only let him have limited time on it as I do not want him to become addicted to the tv.

Sunday we went to a birthday party at Bellaboos. Crew had such a great time playing with all the kids and celebrating Alex's 3rd birthday. It was Matt's first time there and we are already planning a trip back. It is such a great, safe place for kids Crew's age to play. I also went to a spa party Sunday afternoon and ordered some all natural products that I am anxious to use.

I also finalized my spring break plans last week. My bff Vanessa and I are flying to California for a week. We are looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothing, to be honest! We just want to relax and lay out in the sun the entire time! I can't wait to get away for a week. I definitely need it!

Lastly, can I just tell you how busy things are starting to get for us? First we have Crew's birthday next month, then Matt's birthday in May, then my cousin's graduation in Indy...then starting in June the real craziness begins! I sat down with Matt last night and made our calender of events. We have six weddings beginning in June. This also means six showers, six bachelorette parties, six bachelor parties, and a baby shower to plan and throw...that doesn't even include the fact that my parents just bought a lake house and are closing this Friday (yay!) that we want to visit a lot, and we are both in school this summer. Ugh, I am exhausted just writing that all! Lots of fun and exciting things happening but we are going to be very busy!

Hope everyone is having a great week!

BABY!!!

Me, Lisa, & Crew

Ok, so I am NOT pregnant...but I am SO SO SO excited to announce that my bff finally is!!! I could not be more excited and happy that my best friend Lisa and her husband Justin are expecting their first child in September! I totally knew when Lisa called me at the end of February and left me a voicemail that I had to call her back immediately. She was like well I have something to tell you that I haven't told anyone else.......and within no time I was screaming over the phone. We stayed up and talked forever that night about all the exciting things: when she found out, names, birth plan, etc. Needless to say I probably totally overwhelmed Lisa and scared her to death! Haha! Lisa has two nieces and one nephew that she has helped raise, so she is a master at the mother-hen role already.

I feel privileged enough to be throwing Lisa her baby shower along with her bff Jaime from Indy. All three of us have been emailing back and forth non-stop already planning things! We are going to make this the BEST shower ever!

Lisa is so special to me. We have been the best of friends since our freshmen year of college. We have kept in touch by making the effort to visit each other so often and talking every week. She is a great aunt to Crew and loves him so much. I know that Lisa and Justin are going to make the best parents ever!

While Daddy's away...we shall play!

The boys at Build-A-Bear
While Daddy's away we get to lay in bed and watch re-runs of Dora/Diego while eating Goldfish crackers ;)

Matt flew to Colorado last week to stay with a friend. While he was out there he also met up with several other friends to celebrate a bachelor party. He had a great time and returns today from his trip. While it has been lonely without him here, Crew and I have done our best to keep busy. We went to my parent's house last Friday night and had dinner and played with Kendra and Lincoln. Saturday we packed up the car and went with Kendra and Lincoln again over to the mall. We took the kids there to play on all the different things they have: pretend animals that are on wheels you can ride, a horse carousel, and a huge play area. We also took the kids to Build-A-Bear. I have never been there. It was an adorable little store for kids. The boys got matching teddy bears and Kendra made a dog. That night we ordered take out and played at my sister's house. Sunday Crew spent the entire day with Gma and Gpa Rosetti so I could go to IU and work on grad stuff for the day. I have two HUGE projects due this week so I have been working like a mad woman trying to finish them both. Last night we went to my mom and dad's house again for dinner. We met my sis and the kids over there too. My mom made a delicious dinner-which Crew completely gobbled up! I never knew he was such a fan of broccoli! Plans for this weekend are low key, other than a birthday dinner Friday night. I am thinking this mama might need some alone time, so a trip to Valpo or Lighthouse Mall is in order ;) Hope everyone is having a great week!

Busy weekend!

Crew helping Lincy and Aunt Amber open gifts
Lincy blowing out his candles
The adorable cake

Mom with her nieces: Addie and Allena

Birthday boy, Lincoln

Chrissy and Allison on girls night

Me with my favorite nephew, the birthday boy!!!

This weekend was a fun one! To begin with, we had a play date with my sister, our hubbies, and the kids. It seems like Matt and I have been so busy lately that we haven't been able to hangout with a lot of people, including our families. So we went over to my sister's house and let the kids just play, play, play! They loved it!!! Crew was wiped by the end of the night. I also had my monthly girls night this weekend. Chrissy hosted it this month. We all went to dinner and out for the evening. It was so much fun. Matt and I also had a date night this past weekend. We went shopping, to dinner, and saw the movie "Hall Pass." It was a nice night out just the two of us. We almost never get that anymore so we enjoy while we can! Lastly, we had my nephew Lincoln's second birthday party. I CANNOT BELIEVE our boys are two already?!?!? Where did the time go? Lincoln had a great party. He received so many nice gifts. I am off to get my hair done tonight...it's back to blond for me since summer is on its way! ;) Hope everyone has a great week!

Birthday parties and the Shedd Aquarium

We had a very busy weekend! It actually started out Thursday night when I was over at grad school in South Bend. I began to have some very bad pains in my lower back and abdomen. I was alone working on my laptop and couldn't call for help. I broke out in a sweat and was able to lay down until my partner came (about 20 minutes). I told her I needed help. I felt paralyzed from my waist down. It was seriously the worst pain I've ever had. WAY worse than labor!!! The EMTs came and checked me out. My pulse was high but that was most likely due to the passing out/pain. Long story short I went to the MD Friday and I had an infection that became the size of a ball go from one part of my body into my bladder. The ball erupted in my bladder, thus causing the severe pain. Upon looking at xrays and a urine sample on Friday, the MD determined I needed to be on an antibiotic for the infection and pain pills to calm my bladder down because it was still enlarged from the pain. Whew, am I glad they were able to determine what it was because I do not want to go through that again! The chances of that happening again are very slim; so I am praying it never comes back!

After my three hour doctor appointment, I came home to a full house. We had Gma and Gpa Schnick, Great Grma Schnick, and Uncle Craig over for Gpa Schnick's birthday. We enjoyed yummy lasagna and pizza. Crew was hilarious helping Gpa open presents. He could care less about the cards~he just wanted the good stuff! :) Saturday we went to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago with Gma and Gpa Schnick. It was such a beautiful day out! We got there in plenty of time to get in line with a very little wait. We looked at all the fish and went to the dolphin and Dora show. Crew loved it all! We want to visit the other museums this summer! Saturday night was our good friend Jeff's 30th birthday. Since we didn't have a sitter, Matt let me go out for the night and he stayed home with the baby. My sister and Justin picked me up and we went out to meet everyone at Gino's East. It was such a fun night! We had a great time celebrating Jeff's birthday. Yesterday Matt and Crew hung out at the house since Crew is still battling a cold. I ran to Lighthouse Mall alone for a couple hours and did some MAJOR damage. I couldn't help it!!! All of the new spring clothes are out and I went crazy! Haha! Oh well, I haven't shopped in weeks so I needed it! ;) Hope everyone has a great week!

Valentine's Day

This year I had a great Valentine's Day. Matt and Crew sent me flowers to work, got me a card/candy/chocolates and bought me two new swimsuits for our vacation. Crew and I also got daddy a card and a big box of carmel chocolates. We bought our mini-Valentine a big Handy Manny doll, clothes, and chocolate. I couldn't resist matching Valentine shirts for the boys ("Moms Dig Me"), I thought they were just too cute to pass up! Crew had a Valentine's Day party at daycare too where he passed out candy and "Cars" valentines to everyone. Matt had school Monday night so we didn't get to go out, but it was nice to stay home and cook dinner for my little Valentine. Above I posted pictures of Crew opening all his Valentine Day gifts from Grandma and Grandpa Rosetti and Grandma and Grandpa Schnick. Our little guy was spoiled this holiday!

Little Man Update

What has Mr. Crew been up to? I thought I'd share a post about our favorite little man:
-currently wears a 2T in clothing
-sz 9 shoe
-sleeps from 6pm-7am (through the night)
-talks a TON..literally, never stops talking, he is saying mini-sentences now too. His speech is very clear so it's easy to understand him. His favorite saying these days is: "Der Dora Doe?" (Where did Dora go?) It is just so cute to listen to him ramble on with his sweet little voice. I could never get sick of that precious sound ;)
-is OBSESSED (like, crazily) with Dora/Diego...he had initially had a fad with Handy Manny, but this obsession is much worse. It's funny because he rarely watches TV but somehow he picked up on Dora/Diego along the way and loves, loves, loves them.
-has gone potty several times and pooped one time on the potty. He tells us now when he pooped, but we are working on him telling us before he goes. He is only 22 months so I am not that worried about it...yet. I think we will go full-force this summer when I'm home with him.
-eats anything and everything. He is not a HUGE eater, but will eat small meals of just about whatever you put in front of him. He definitely does not have a picky appetite, so it is nice that I can make just about whatever and he'll eat it.
I can't believe Crew will be two in just a few months! My little man is growing way too fast! :( I want him to stay a baby forever! ;)

Busy Weekend Ahead!

We have a busy weekend planned! Tonight we are having Grandma and Grandpa Schnick over for Gpa Schnick's birthday. Above, I posted a picture of us celebrating his birthday last year. I can't believe how much he has grown since then! Tomorrow we are planning to go to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. They have a huge Dora/Diego exhibit (which Crew is currently obsessed with), that we have been wanting to go to. I am not sure if Crew will be too little for the 4-D show though. My sister and her family are going today, so they are going to let us know how it is. We are debating on driving or taking the train. I think either would be fine, but at least Crew could sleep in his car seat on the way home if we drove. Sunday we are headed to Bittersweet, MI, to ski for the day with our good friends, Josh and Melissa. Matt has been skiing for the past couple weekends and he is headed to CO next month to ski for a week! He is definitely a lot better than me! Hope everyone has a great weekend! The snow is slowly melting which means spring is hopefully on its way!

Circus!

The adorable elephants

Kendra and Grandpa riding the pony
Crew taking a break from running around!
Aww, the boys hugging it out! :)

Last night we went to the circus! We went with my mom and dad, my sister, her husband, and all the kids. Everyone had such a great time! Kendra rode the ponies, the boys ran everywhere, and we bought Crew a big blow-up Boots doll (from Dora and Diego). All of the kids were hysterical to watch. The circus was really good too. This is the second one Crew has been to, although he was only a couple months old the first time we went. The elephants were my favorite part. Crew did great for having to sit so long too. Afterwards we all went to get pizza. It was such a nice family night with everyone. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Snow Days=Fun Days!

Putting his arms out for me to catch him as he jumps off the table (after I told him not to 20 times!!!)Running with his "Nanny" ball Shooting some hoops

Such a little snow bunny

Daddy throwing Crew into the snow mound

Crew and I hanging out in the snow fort

Daddy and Crew...chillin'

Helping build his fort

So sweet!

Daddy hard at work building the snow fort

Obviously, like many others, we got a ton of snow this week. I had a 1/2 day Tuesday, was off Wednesday and Thursday, and had a 1/2 day today. It has been nice being at home with the little man and the hubby. I have just played and played with him nonstop. Wednesday we took him outside to play in the snow after Matt got off of work. Matt built him a HUGE snow fort. Crew was totally into it. I had never seen one of these before-I guess it's a boy thing because Matt told me stories of how he used to build them all the time when he was little. I went to grad school in South Bend last night only to have class cancelled so of course I stopped by the mall and did a little shopping. I went to the Disney store and bought Crew the cutest HUGE Handy Manny doll he can carry around. We only have the hard, plastic doll now, so I figured a plush one would be much more suitable for Crew considering he goes everywhere with him. I came home with dinner only to find the boys hiding in a gigantic fort they had built downstairs. Matt used everything from my old curtains to the vacuum cleaner to build this fort...it was quite creative I must say! We are looking forward to finally having a relaxing weekend at home, besides Sunday when we're traveling to a friend's house for a Super Bowl party. Hope everyone has a great weekend! Stay warm!