Cash and Emma

I have taken some random pics of Cash and Emma over the last few weeks.  She just adores him and he has really become such an amazing big brother.

Super Bowl 48 - 2014

Its Super Bowl 48 and though we are not having a party or going to a party it is a great day at the McPeak house!  Granted its very cold and nasty outside but we are warm and cozy inside.  Cheese dip, salsa, and brownies!  What more could you ask for!  We even had a pizza in between all of that...yes...a day of junk food.  That is what the day of the Super Bowl is for!

I love the pre-game stuff and for sure the half time show which this year was Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers...so good!  I just really like the entire thing...maybe the excitement..not sure..as I know nothing about football.

Stomach bug

Our sweet Emma had to overcome the flu and now she is fighting a stomach bug.  It seems to never end.  She woke up Thursday morning not interested in her bottle which I didn't pay a lot of mind to.  After putting her in her car seat to head to school she threw up.   I initially thought the formula just wasn't settling on her stomach and of course I attributed some of that to still getting over the flu. 

We headed to school and while she was there she didn't eat well, got her home, gave her a bottle and she then proceeded to throw up everywhere.  I didn't know her stomach could hold all she threw up.  She was very tired...which she normally is after school so it was hard to tell if she felt bad or was just tired from school.  I was worried at that point and instantly thought she had a bug...but my mind can always wonder to things that could be much worst.  That is the terrible burden after enduring a serious illness.

She rested and then took 3oz of formula of which she held down.  She slept all night which I was surprised about as I thought she would wake up due to being hungry.  The one thing I was concerned about was dehydration.  I picked her up at school and put her to bed in the same diaper.  So she had not urinated in 5 hours. 

Emma was very happy the next morning, as she always is, and she had a wet diaper.  Not as wet as it normally is but wet none the less.  She took a 5oz bottle, and I should not have given her so much based on how things went later, but she held that down for a while.  We tried to eat some oatmeal of which she had a few bites and about 3 hours later she seemed hungry so we did 4 oz of milk.  She took 3oz of that 4. 

Lunch time came and I gave her some solids which was a huge mistake!  It was just too much on her stomach.  She threw up everything including the 3oz she had before her lunch.  At that point I was worried.   I called her Ped and made an appt to take her in at 3:45pm.  Come to find out she has a stomach bug....something she caught at daycare we are fairly certain. 

Now I was concerned about Cash...and low and behold his stomach started hurting.  No throwing up yet...but watching him closely. 

Emma woke up today, happy and hungry.  She slept all night which was great.  I am giving her formula in smaller amounts hoping that she holds it down.  No solids until she is past this.  Her Ped said its probably just a 24/48 hour bug.  We are hoping today is a much better day for her.

I will be so glad when my kiddos are healthy for a long period of time.  It pains me to see them sick no matter how minor.  Its a feeling of helplessness. 

"Juicing" with our new Vitamix

After listening to the all the hype...even seeing someone post on Facebook that they would marry their Vitamix...we bought one.  We were at Costco and they were doing a demonstration with the model that basically does it all for you...timing and everything.  We tried a few smoothies...even some tortilla soup.  All were great so we grabbed ours, headed to Whole Foods, and home we went to start our "juicing" journey.  I put juicing in quotes because the Vitamix isn't a true juicer, I learned shortly after purchasing it, but it somewhat the same concept and SO much more.  A true juicer is just that..a juicer...but the Vitamix is can do everything...soups, smoothies, margaritas, and dips!

The next morning I made my first smoothie....."Going Green" I think it was.  Our Vitamix came with a great recipe book so its easy to make the different drinks.

I have made quite a few since and have enjoyed each one.  I even made salsa and it was great!  I feel good knowing that I am getting so many fruits and vegetables in each glass.  Even Cash is asking for them...of course his have taken on slightly different ingredients...ice cream, peanut butter and bananas.  At least there is a fruit in there.  Ben had the "Going Green" as well and he said he liked it...now I didn't see him finish it so let's see if he has another.

I am excited to continue down this journey and I say journey because we don't eat the amount of veges and fruit we should each day and this is a great way to ensure we do that.  We are lucky that Cash will eat almost any vegetable and would eat fruit all day if he could..so if he doesn't drink "my" kind of smoothie then at least he will continue to get some veges and fruit.

"Snow" Day

Today is a "snow" day in San Antonio as the streets are covered in ice and we woke to temperatures in the 20's...feeling like they were in the teens.  Those days are few and far between here in SA so when they do happen school is cancelled and roads are closed.  It is very icy outside and cold!  Snapped some pics...it just looks cold outside.

Ben is in Delaware of all places, for business, and it is something like 13 below there.  I think we can agree that he is much colder there than we are here.

Cash was super excited when he woke up this morning, at 5:45am, that there was no school and he gets a three day weekend.  What he doesn't realize and I haven't broken the news yet is there will have to be a school makeup day. HA...I will wait to share.

Today Cash and Emma spent quite a bit of time together as he really wanted to hang out with her....which I love!  I took some pics..as I do any chance I get..of them together.

Emma - on her way to crawling - 6.5 months

Now at 6.5 months Emma seems to be tackling sitting unsupported and crawling at one time.  We have gone from her sitting on her own without support to putting her knees underneath her in the crawling position in a matter of two weeks.  We ask ourselves what's next....

Cash - Basketball 2014

Cash started playing basketball again...his winter sport.   He really seems to be loving it.  We had a basketball goal put in at our house so he and his daddy are out there all the time practicing.  More than that he is out there on his own a lot practicing.  I love to see him focus on something and really try to become the best at it.

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Ben is coaching this season and Cash really likes that.  He is super proud that his daddy is one of the coaches.  Even better...Ben is so good at coaching and the kids seem to be enjoying themselves.

Emma forgot her cheerleading outfit but it didn't seem to matter as she didn't last long.

 I absolutely love this picture my our sweet Emma.  Those eyes melt my heart.

 This is little miss cutie Bailey that played on Cash's team...she had a little crush.

 This is a great picture showing how tall Cash is...he will be as tall me and taller before I know it.

 Emma's favorite spot..on her Nana's shoulder.

 Cheering for her bubba.