First Steps

Nathaniel took his first steps today to daddy. Being fathers day that made it extra special. As I type he took 3 steps to daddy and Juliet. He is really getting it. Good job buddy bear!

In our lives right now

Instead of a paragraph blog, it's going to be more of a list of what the kids are doing!

Nate, on top of having pink eye today,
Can climb on the blow up mattress
He climbs all over you if you are laying down
Will eat anything that doesn't eat him first
He still wants to go head first off anything to get something on the ground.
He has found a duck gramma and granddad brought from Canada. He loves it. He also found a little pooh bear in Juliet's room that he will hug on. It is really precious.
He reaches for who he wants and if you don't take him he will try to jump to you.
He loves his sissy. Wherever she is he has to be.
Into everything he can get his hands on.
Tries to walk but gets scared but will walk along the furniture and behind the walker and the shopping cart.
Everything goes in the mouth.
Loves the loudest toys he can find.
Has tooth #5 in
Learned how to make the walker go fast!
Juliet
has endured a seizure, a night in the hospital, a cat scan, a MRI, and an EEG. I hope this clears everything up so we can get her tonsils out on August 1st.
She is officially a My Little Pony Friendship is Magic fan.
She has found out that she loves to play Angry Birds. She even has a shirt!
We bought a new rod for her closet so she can get her clothes down by herself that she wants to wear for the day. (Still in the package)
Will start a new dance class, in addition to her one at school
Tells everyone on Wednesdays that she is going to cubbies, even though it doesn't start till August.
Dresses herself
Knows her basic colors in Spanish
Knows my phone number and Mamas
Has a wonderful imagination
Loves to paint, write her name, draw smiley faces, read, take pictures, dance, twirl, and tell Nate no!

They both:
love riding in the cart at the store
love daddy big time and get jealous if the other one is around him.
give big hugs and the biggest smiles.
Are professionals at looking away when you want to take a picture
Are the biggest joys in our lives!

So many things going on with them. I am so sorry for not posting sooner, time flies!

Went in to have tonsils removed, still have them...

Monday morning we arrived at Texas Children's Hospital to have Juliet's tonsils removed at 9:00 am.  We got checked in got situated to wait for our 11:15 time.  At 10:30 they started the surgery, yea for early.  At 10:50 we got a huge shock.  Dr. Duncan came in to tell us that they had to abort the surgery due to Juliet having a seizure on the operating table.  It was a very mild seizure that lasted between 10-15 seconds.  It apparently happened shortly after they started the anesthesia.  It is unknown what caused the seizure since she has been put under before.  He wanted to admit her to the hospital overnight for observation.  Well I guess if you are going to have to be in a hospital, why not be in one of the best right?  We finally got into a room around 4:30 pm and daddy came home to relieve Meme of Nate.  Thank you Meme and Poppa for keeping Nate so we could focus on Juliet.  Dr. Ori arrived around 6:30 and helped get her CT Scan expedited.  At 9:30 we went down and had that done, we were done in about 5 minutes.  My brave little girl did awesome!  She finally went to sleep around 11 and of course they came in at midnight to do blood pressure and temp. I am unsure how anyone recovers in a hospital as many times as they disturb you.  Dr. Duncan came in early this morning and told us blood work and CT Scan were good and we could go home.  We were home by 9 am.  What a whirlwind 24 hours.  She was very tired today but otherwise seems like her normal self. 
I had some rough moments yesterday.  I spent alot of time in prayer, asking God what was going on and why did this happen.  I felt like the answer came to me last night in the form of, "I let this happen during this elective surgery so you know there is a problem and not during a life or death situation."  It has helped me know he did not leave us, he was there the entire time watching over her. 

Nate quickie

Nate will stand on his own as long as his hands are occupied and he is not thinking about what he is doing.  As soon as he wants something and reaches for it he falls.  If he could just get out of that having to grab for everything he would figure out the walking part.  (sniff)  We put together his walker and he will walk behind it and behind Juliet's shopping cart.  He sits and turns completely around to find the person he wants to look at.  He has become a very demanding little boy, he has convinced his teachers not to tell him no and now wants to fall asleep in my arms instead of his bed.  Likes to eat and loves to give hugs and sloppy kisses.  Oh yes and is a Cheerio's thief at school, I came in one day and he was standing by another kids tray eating the cereal off the tray with the kid. 

The moon tonight

Have you seen the moon tonight? It's really close to Earth and really bright. If Juliet had been asleep 10 minutes. I would be shocked, so I woke her up and took her outside to see the moon. She loves the moon and ever since she learned in Puggles that God made the moon she always wants to go out and see it, and when you ask who made the moon she will tell you God did. Tonight she asked me if we could take an airplane and go see the moon. Daddy answered, not yet. One day in her lifetime you will be able to go to the International Space Station, so it's not unreal that the moon would be next.

Getting an F on updates

Wow, first a little rant, I do not like the new blogger tool, it is terrible and has a ton of wasted space.  OK I am done. 
Another rant, please people stop breaking into my house and stealing my stuff.  I am so tired of it.  OK I am done again. 

Today is Monday, feels like everyday is Monday lately.  Last Monday we took the kids to the dr.  Juliet is 38 1/4 inches and 34 lbs.  Nate is 22.6 lbs, we will get height next month.  Juliet has a throat and an ear infection.  I am hoping her tonsil surgery on May 21 helps rid her of some of these problems.  Nate had a sinus infection.  He ended up not responding to the medicine he was on so we went back on Saturday.  He now had an ear infection, which will make his first one.  Dr changed his med and he had an allergic reaction to the new so we had to start another medicine.  FUN, not!
Friday night was Juliet's 2nd dance recital.  She did wonderful, danced like a champ and had an awesome time doing it!
Posting this now. Will give more later!

Past time for an update

Wow!  There is never a dull moment anymore.  Or a free one it seems!!

This past weekend was Easter weekend.
Thursday, after spending the morning at the doctors office with Nate, we had Juliet's Easter party at school then went to Maundy Thursday service.  Nate is determined to walk, he already pulls himself up and tries to walk around holding the furniture.  At the doctor I held his hands and he walked to Dr. Ori. 
Friday school was closed so we spent the day at home playing.
Saturday, we took the kids, along with the Daigle's, to the zoo.  Of course it was fun, it always is, we had to see and feed the giraffes, the elephants, the monkeys and ride the carousel.  A typical Clements outing to the Houston Zoo. Juliet was so worn out that she fell asleep while riding on my back.  We have never rode the Hermann Park train and that was a fun experience for us all.  We came home and took a nap then Mama and Papa came over to visit and dye eggs.  What is an egg dying without a little GREEN all over the table, the floor, the baby, and everyone around him.  Nate got a grip on the green dye and spilled it everywhere.  His little feet were green, it was comical.
Sunday we attended service at NEHBC.  We were planning on JC going to Sunday School and we were going to service.  WRONG, she had other plans, she wanted to go to big church with mommy and daddy.  So armed with a pen and a coloring pad we were off.  She did awesome, loved when they played the music and even sang along even though she didn't know the words.  We had lunch after with Aunt Jessie and Uncle Derek, which was very fun!  She still loves hunting eggs and would do it everyday if we let her, she even found a "Princess Luna, (a purple unicorn basket), at Wal-mart yesterday and now all her eggs are in it. 
Monday night we took the backstage tour of Chick-Fil-A.  Juliet got to see where her nuggets are made.  A big thing for her since she LOVES that place. 

Nate is determined to walk, he already pulls himself up and tries to walk around holding the furniture.  Thursday at the doctor I held his hands and he walked to Dr. Ori. He still doesn't have any interest in talking words, just screeches and laughs!  I did walk in yesterday morning and found him standing in his bed.  Good thing the mattress is at rock bottom.  He is into everything, loves power cords and anything that sissy is playing with.  Last week before Wednesday service Nate had his first french fries, he seemed to enjoy making mush out of them. 
Juliet will fake sleep if she doesn't want to go somewhere.  Going to her bed, getting out of the car, etc. she will make a sound she thinks is sleeping.  They are working on letter sounds in school so we ask her what starts with a letter and she can do most of them.  She can also recognize not only her name in print but most of the kids in her class.  We were really impressed she knew that.  Apparently her new teacher also has super powers because she is getting her to eat at lunch.  She had mac and cheese the other day, something she claimed she didn't like. 

So much more, but it is so late and I am going to bed.  If you don't know, I had to lock down flickr so you have to create a free account to see the kids pics.  Contact me if you need assistance!!

Love,
Laura