we are still alive. promise.

after a three week blog hiatus, the vaughans are back to the land of the living and the world of posting pictures and other random tidbits ... I think.

we, meaning all four of us, have all had a nasty stomach virus. henry had the worst of it, his lasted over a week. owen's lasted about 3-4 days, and gary and I had it for about 2-3 days. on one hand we are so thankful it was only a stomach virus. on another hand, I'll be honest and say that these were some of the longest and toughest weeks we've had in quite some time. with henry it was nothing out of the ordinary as far as stomach bugs go ... Henry has literally thrown up over 50 times this past year so we are "used" to that part of it. the tough part was going on little sleep to begin with having a 5 week old, and then trying to be and do everything possible to two very dependent little ones to help them feel better. you never want your child to be sick-so sad! and then to feel awful yourself as parents ... anyway, its over and we are so excited. here's to health and may none of us ever take it for granted! here's to jobs that we both have that provide time off when needed to care for our children or ourselves! here's to my dad who was a TREMENDOUS help with Henry last week when Gary, Owen and I all had it at the same time. cheers! :)

So ... here's a brief update and some photos ... funny brothers (above)
at cole's 4th (yes, 4th!) birthday party (before all sickness ensued)
owen slept through the entire party

owen still has crazy hair and has not lost any of it. here is a profile shot-the hair sticking up towards the back always sticks up, its hilarious!

silly henry and his rain boots that he still adores

before church (before sickness)

sleepy O

touchdown auburn

owen is growing! at his one month check up he was 9lbs 4ozs (50th percentile) and 22 5/8 inches long (90th percentile). one week later he was up to 9lbs 14ozs.

the below photo of O was the day he started feeling better. he was finally able to get some sound sleep in ... the virus had him up a lot. he was the saddest one to see sick because he is so little and helpless.

the below photo is from saturday - everyone healthy and ready for the first bath together.
henry thought it was a lot of fun. owen didn't quite agree.
we all managed to make it to church yesterday.

you gotta hop in a basket and read a little Pooh before church right?!

and lastly, henry thought having the dogs on his bed was tons of fun as well.

"can the dog sleep in henry's bed? certainly so!" (if you've never read the book Henry's Bed then you need to ...)

here's hoping it won't be three weeks again before the next post! happy monday.

oh, owen turns 7 weeks old today. um, 7 weeks, really? can someone tell me where in the heck 7 weeks went because I can't seem to find them. anywhere. I've been looking, but they just aren't turning up ... where oh where could they be?!