Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Happy Valentine's day everyone!!! We wanted all our family to know we are thinking of you on this day.

I rarely get a picture of N anymore w/o some silly look. :-)

Update...

Hi everyone! Well lets say that life is "normal" around here. :-) The kids got a package from Aunt L yesterday and N loves the mask she sent! That is what the picture is of. Last night he would not take it off for hardly anything. We did get him to go to bed w/o it. But this morning he was asking where it was.

Now the kids are pretty good about getting along and I am grateful for that! But N is going thru a tattle tailing phase that is driving me nuts!!! My friend just told me she uses a tattle bee for her daughter and that it works great. I think we might have to try this. Need to find a stuffed animal that E can not play with and put it in one spot. I might get one while N is at school today like at the $1 store.

Now if we could get E to want to go potty on the potty! We got her a book that she loves and it has the same potty in it and has a bear that looks like hers too. She loves to read the book but so far still tells us no when I ask her to go on the potty. Sometimes she will sit on there but nothing. Hopefully one of these days! :-) Plus she is one that could care less about treats for going potty. :-) It's funny how different these two kids can be sometimes.

M is doing ok. He has started to feel like his cold is coming back again so hopefully sleep will help with that. Plus taking it easy. I just have a cough once in awhile but nothing bad. This cold/cough thing is so going thru Boise right now! Dr offices are so full you have to wait like 2-5 days before getting in. I am just hoping that the kids don't catch it again since it kept N out of school for almost a week. Plus it's no fun having sick kids. :-)

Well time to take N to school. Have a wonderful Valentine's day tomorrow! We are thinking of you all!

Newest Updates

Ok it has been awhile since I have written. :-( It just seems like time gets away sometimes around here. We have been busy with "normal" stuff and then working on Valentine's stuff. We are making things for all the grandparents (hope to have in the mail tomorrow) and teachers. Then N has to write his name on 12 (Eagle Preschool) plus 9 (Pierce Park) valentines (Superman) and add suckers to them. Then N has snack week next week so have to come up with some snack ideas. Weds is easy b/c it is the Valentine party and another mom is bringing cupcakes to decorate so we will bring the stuff to decorate with.

Let's see things that are new. E can count to 13 now. She hardly takes naps now...which means I will probably need to give up the job from home...we shall see what the next week holds. She seems to have stopped growing for a little bit. :-) She is done being sick too it looks like.

N is loving school. Last week he was not happy on Thursday when I told him I couldn't take him to school b/c I was too sick. He hates missing school...which is a great thing! I think he has started to go through a growth spurt b/c he has started eating tons and sleeping in! Can you believe this morning he slept until about 7:10!!! He had been sleeping until 6:30 the rest of the week. This is great for me and M! Except for M misses seeing them in the morning before leaving for work. I was noticing at school too that he is great cutting with the scissors! Everyday I realize something that he is doing that makes it so he is growing up.

It will be fun at Valentine's day b/c the kids are getting a little "tool" carrier. It is actually a miniature of my scrapping tools. So they can have their own "tools" for doing art projects. Figure they will get enough candy from everything else going on that we don't need to add to it. :-)

We got all of our furniture now!! We got it delivered before the superbowl on Sunday. We love it! I will have to take a picture and post it. Love sitting in the chair w/ottoman to read a book. Like M said the ottoman will probably be the first thing worn out. Which is probably right since the kids love it. N has ended up in a few time outs for running and jumping onto the furniture. M said that Tuesday night when I was gone at work N said look daddy. He then took a run and jumped up and landed flat on his stomach on the ottoman. Then turned around and smiled at M. But as soon as he saw the look on M's face he started to frown...he couldn't figure it out but knew it was bad. :-) It's funny though. The kids don't run and jump on the furniture during the day but there is atleast one time at night that someone gets in trouble with M. :-)

I will have to update some pictures on here in the next couple of days just b/c of how much the kids seem to be growing. M and I don't notice it as much but others do.

Weather - it has been sunny and on the warmer side (upper 40's-lower 50's) but we are still on a yellow air quality. I think that is why M and I can't quite get over these coughs/colds. We only have the cough really left and then a little tiredness. Supposedly we are to get rain today...which I am hoping is right b/c it would help clear out the air!!! This crud is going all thru Boise and it sucks! It seems to last two weeks or longer with everyone. Which doesn't help for spreading it. I am just hoping that we don't get it again! Making sure things are sanitized and kids washing their hands...hoping that will be enough to keep it away. Yea!! Just looked outside and it is raining. :-)

Ok time to go get started this morning. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

New Job & Bad Cough

Well it was good and bad night last night. Training went great last night. We got to learn about products we are going to have for preservation and I am excited about this. Have always wondered about different stuff but never really saw anything around here for it. At least simple things. I was a little embarrassed a few times when I have some coughing fits. I am excited about tonight to see what else we are going to learn. Then we found out that we actually get to meet a CEO and a VP (marketing I think) on the 22nd. I so far everyone is great that I have met. It is a wide range of people going to be working. Older people then me all the way to 17 yr olds.

Well yesterday I never got my antibiotics from the pharmacy. (Not sure that it would have helped me last night.) Anyways, Dr called me at 9:40a and said he would have it called in right away. So I thought ok I will pick it up on the way to taking N to school. Well got to the pharmacy at 11:50 and no perscription for me. So get cell phone out and notice there was a message left about 15 min before. It's the dr office saying they can't find a Walgreens on State & Glenwood. So try calling them back with the number to call. Office is now closed until 1:30p for lunch break. Great! Call them back at 1:40p and leave the number to call. Call pharmacy at 3:00p and nothing. Call dr office and ask that it please be called in before I have to be at work tonight at 5p. Says okay. Call pharmacy at 4:20p and it just got called in and will take 30-45 min b/c they are swamped. So get kids partly ready to go and wait. Then have enough time to go get it and meet M up at the training site to switch cars (he had a meeting until 5p). Kids decide they aren't going to listen and go hide under the bed. So takes me 10-15 min to get them out (in big trouble!). So now no time to sit in the pharmacy drive thru (2 cars in it already). So not a happy camper.

Anyways, I was fine at the beginning of the meeting but about half way thru got a coughing fit (not too bad) and I just slowly drank my water and it helped some. Anyways, by the time I got in the car and headed home at 10:10p it was getting worse. Couldn't get the coughing to stop. :-( Long story short tried a ton of things at home to get it to stop. Then by 11:45p my chest hurt (like someone sitting on it) and I wasn't wheezing but just felt like I couldn't get a full breath. So woke up M and kids and headed to the ER. Luckily with asthma they don't make you wait long. Come to find out no asthma...thank goodness. But the coughing so hard and so long is what was making my chest hurt (glad it wasn't something else). Dr said it was most likely a virus (wrote bronchitis on the discharge sheet) and told me to go fill the antibiotic and to he gave me a cough medicine with pain meds in it. M was so good about it all! He went thru the drive thru and dropped off the prescription brought the kids and I home and helped get them into bed and then went back to get the meds. They helped me last night...took a little while. But I got some sleep so that felt nice. This morning my throat is so rough and my voice is not the greatest. :-) So hopefully staying home today (other then taking N to school) and maybe getting a nap (if E will take one) I should be better by tonight.

Last one on Meds...

Well starting this afternoon I will be on meds. My glands in my neck are so swollen now. Was thinking I was doing better until yesterday afternoon. :-( Oh well...hopefully by the end of the week all will be good. N is doing better with his cough this morning too! Which I am so glad off...worry about him and coughs like that! Now if the air quality around here would get better! We have had sunny weather for over a week but we really need some rain/storm b/c it helps clean out the smog! I think our colds would have been better if we hadn't had the low air quality. E now has a rash. Got it last night at some point. Only on her torso so far. We are waiting to see if it goes into chicken pox...we shall see. Canceled babysitting this morning b/c I wasn't too sure about it and didn't want to pass on something. It's nice to have a Weds morning around here. Hopefully going to get a few small things done.

Have a wonderful Weds!

Changes

Good afternoon! It is nice and sunny here...now if the air quality would get better it would most likely help N and S's asthma/cold issues. Pretty much everyone around here is on the mend. N still has a nasty cough, M is still getting better but went to work today, S is got a cough, and E is doing the best out of all of us.

Well now that I have told everyone around here that I needed to tell I can announce it on here. I will be starting to work for a new scrapbook store that will be opening it's doors at the end of February. It is called Archivers. You can look it up online. They have stores in tons of areas but this is the first one here. I will get paid more and get the hours I want/need. M is happy about the hours issue since we never knew what my schedule would be before. I start training/orientation tomorrow night. Then hopefully as the kids start school more next year I can work more during the day too. It's just a good opportunity all around. I'm excited but nervous all at the same time. :-) I have meet with the manager and I already know the assistant manager (have worked with her in the past), but not sure who else will be working there...will find out tomorrow night. Will be interesting to find out who I know.

Well time to go get some stuff done around the house. I have tons of stuff to clean up and go through. So should hop to it while N is at school.

New Furniture

Ok some of you have asked for a picture...so here it is. We are missing the love seat (in front of the window) and the ottoman (to the chair).

Sick Household Still

Well it's still a sick household around here. Yesterday N actually slept in. Then when he woke up you could tell he had a fever and his cough was worse. Took temp 100.5. Gave meds. Then about about an hour and half later noticed his fever was coming back. So called dr office to get him in. Got appt for 2:30. Then at 11:30a gave him more meds for the fever. Then he promptly fell asleep. Took him to our bed. E did not like that! She wanted N to be with her. :-) Had to bribe her with Curious George so she would let him sleep. An hour later noticed N's temp not going down. Took it again. Was 102.5. So called dr office. Was told to wake him up and give him motrin this time and come in a little early to the appt. Took a little bit to wake him up but he did and knew who I was. So gave him motrin...took awhile to convince him to take it. Then called M and asked him he could come home b/c N wouldn't leave me and didn't know how I would do the dr appt with him clinging to me and E off running. :-) M came home and then we left. Dr listened to him and said his lungs sounded ok for now but to put him on his albuetrol machine for a few days to make sure it doesn't get worse. Then told us that the fever and cold is going around town. Can you believe this. Kids are getting temps of 101-104 for 3-5 days long!!!! Just to let it run it's course and only give Tylenol/motrin if he is uncomfortable. Then gave me a perscription for amoxicillian in case he gets worse. Which will be filled today b/c last night was not a good night for sleep. N wanted to sleep on our floor and then at 2am asked to go back to his bed. He did not sleep well at all. Then all morning he has said on and off that his ear hurts. :-( Today will be a good day for naps! S definitely needs it since have to work the late crop tonight 5:30-midnight. This is a sick household and we won't be doing much this weekend! Just glad S doesn't have to work!

The new furniture came yesterday! Luckily a little before 5pm so we didn't have to wait around all night for it to come. But no one mentioned until last night that the love seat and ottoman are missing. Got put on the wrong truck I guess and won't be here until Feb 5. So right now we have the couch, chair, coffee table and end tables. We love it! The kids so far are doing well with new rules about sippy cups and such. Have a table cloth over the coffee table until I can get around to getting a piece of glass to cover it.

Leaving you with a picture that shows the new couch and the sick kids. The couch is actually an olive green...sometimes looks brown in the pictures.

Bare Living Room

Well by 6pm tonight our living room will be bare. I just took a picture of our "old" furniture. We have someone coming to pick the couch, coffee table and end table tonight. Someone else will use it for awhile and hopefully last for a little while for them. Tonight I guess I will actually need to sit at my scrapping desk and maybe get some things done. :-) Then tomorrow morning it will be cleaning carpets and getting ready for the new stuff. We won't get it until sometime between 5-8pm and hopefully it's on the 5pm side. I don't think the kids will go to bed w/o seeing it first. :-)

Well today E is doing better but N has started to cough. Every time he coughs I worry about his asthma...I know I shouldn't worry all the time but guess that's what mom's do. :-)

Yesterday we were at the school district preschool. Watching N inside there and all the other kids around him. Made me realize how fast he is growing up. It hit me for a second that he will be in school all the time starting next year. I mean yes he will be only half day but still it's the beginning. Then before I know it E will be there. It is exciting that they are growing up and new things to come but sometimes I want them to be the cuddly little kids that use to cuddle with us no problem and not want to go play. We are both so glad that they get along so well. I hope it lasts thru school years too. I want to know that they are always looking out for each other. I remember looking out for my sister and her looking out for me. I mean yes we couldn't stand each other alot of times but if something happened we would stick up for each other.

Okay better quite thinking about that for now other wise it will get to me. :-)

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

Sickness Going around the House

Well a bad cold is going around this household now. E started with it about 10 days ago. N has had it on and off...his seems to be okay other then a cough once in awhile. M & S woke up yesterday with it. E is now on antibiotics b/c of a very sore throat and cough that won't go away. Hopefully by the weekend we will all be feeling better.

Soon we will have pictures of our new furniture. We thought it wouldn't be in until Weds and then delivered on the weekend. Got the call yesterday that it was in and will be delivered on Thursday. So working on getting rid of the old stuff and reorganizing some things. Our living room will be crowded but cozy/comfortable. M & S are nervous about the kids with it. But plan to get glass top for the new coffee table (so kids can still run their cars on there w/o us worrying). Then there will be some new rules for the kids but hopefully they will learn them fast and why they are in place. Hoping to have the new stuff gone by tomorrow afternoon so I can clean the carpet before the new stuff comes.

Kids are getting more and more into board games. It's nice to watch them play together with them. We were all getting tired of Chutes & Ladders (only one the kids could play together with). So now we have Candy Land, Dora ABC, and just got at the 2nd hand store today Operation. Hopefully those will keep them busy for awhile. :-) Atleast they understand that they can't win every time. It's nice to hear N say good job to whoever won and be nice about it. We don't want him to ever be a sore loser...know that will be harder to teach when he gets into sports (hopefully this summer). But hopefully we will always be able to teach him that winning is not everything...it's have fun.

Well off to take N to school. Which he still loves and we are grateful for that!

Brrrr!!!

It was cold this morning! M and I noticed it was colder last night when we were watching Magnum reruns (Netflixs). This morning we woke up at 3 degrees and right now I think it is like 20 degrees b/c the sun has finally gotten up in the air totally.

I hope everyone has warmer weather then us! Yes mom and dad I know you guys are nice and warm. :-)

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well today is my birthday and so far it has gone very well. The kids did get up at 5am which was not cool since I was not home from work until 12:45am and Matt didn't go to bed until 11:45pm. :-) The kids and M gave me a couple of movies and 4 dipping bowls to go with my fiestaware. Then we headed out to look at couches. We weren't totally sold on the light brown one we saw the other night. So went to Ennis (way too fancy for us) and then onto Ashley Furniture. We found a couple that we liked. Narrowed it down to one. Went back and looked at the other one just in case. Came back and got the one at Ashley plus a coffee/end table set that matches our entertainment center and the coffee table has the lift top! The couch, love seat, and Chair w/ottoman are a dark green. They will be a tight fit in our living room but it will work and we would rather have the set for a bigger house then worry about trying to match later and such. We have two weeks before it will be in town for delivery (comes up from CA). So have two weeks to get rid of the other stuff and do some rearranging of other things. The kids are in for a rude awakening with new rules and such. :-) But they will learn. The name of the couch set is Durapella - Olive (microfiber) and the name of the Coffee table set is Mendam. Both M and I are nervous about having new furniture but it needed to be done b/c our old couch just won't hold up anymore. ..can't patch it anymore. :-)

Then it was home and time to relax some. M went and took a nap. The kids had fallen asleep in the car so no such luck there. Plus I needed to pack my stuff for tonight's crop. I am excited to be able to go and have time to scrap my own stuff instead of helping others. We are going to go as a family out for ice cream before I go scrapping so that will be nice.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Love to all!

Snow and Helping Hand

Well yesterday was a very interesting day! We woke up to snow. Thursdays are our day to go with M for coffee before he has to go to work. It's nice b/c we all get to sit down together and relax some. Plus it's a routine that the kids love. E never likes M to go to work afterwards. :-) Well traffic was ok when we went...a little before rush hour. I love how the van handles in snow. I mean you just have to be careful is all. We watched a little truck slide his back end around two different times just b/c he didn't want to go slow. Stupid!!! Anyways, the kids and I came back to the house and M went to work. Traffic was bad then. Took forever to get anywhere but that is fine as long as people drive carefully. Anyways, the kids and I got home and then waited about 30 min for rush hour to be over and stuff. We needed to head to the pet store to get a new fish and return the dead one from the day before...had only lived overnight. Plus get a new algea eater, since we found out that snails like to reproduce big time!!!! I had to totally take the whole aquarium apart and boil most of it for cleaning. Never going to get snails again!!!! They can reproduce on their own...bet some of you didn't know that!!! :-)

Anyways, we headed down State street. There was a minivan in front of us about 10 car lengths and a truck in the other lane headed our direction...almost directly next to the minivan...just about 1 car length behind. Now thanks to my dad teaching me driving (always looking at side streets and such for other cars) I right then saw a truck with one of those construction (little white) trailers pull out to take a left across our lanes. There was not enough room for him to do that in that weather!!! The truck got thru it...not quite sure how b/c I was watching the minivan. She almost hit the trailer. She was not going very fast at all...I was going about 30 and my guess is she was doing about that. She tried to stop but it didn't work...she slide right off the road up onto the concrete barrier that was there for the ditch. All I could think of was there kids in there???? I turned and pulled down the street. Told the kids I needed to see if the person was ok. Locked the doors and ran with my cell phone b/c at that point she was falling out of the passenger seat and no one else had stopped as of yet. Think I was the first there. Got 911 while I am watching the guy that caused this keep going down state street. Dispatcher got EMS on the way and then switched over to police dispatch for a description of the truck. Luckily by this time the guy that had to swerve to miss too was there. He was much better at describing a truck then I am...I have no idea about truck names and such. Anyways, I am also glad that I always keep blankets in the back of the van. Got those and used them for a pillow and keeping the lady warm. By this time tons of people were stopping (that didn't really need to be there). One person that I am glad stopped was an ER nurse on her way home from work. I knew the lady was okay other then a broken ankle and then maybe some neck trauma. But just calming her down I couldn't get her to calm down. I was busy calling her husband and such. By this time too I had the kids watching a movie in the van with the heat on. I will tell you what my kids are great in a situation like that! They totally understood...at least N was explaining to E about how the lady was hurt and needed help. Anyways, we had fireman, ems, and 3 policemen there. (Nathan loved that! He kept asking how were they going to get the van down.) After the lady was taken in the ambulance and the fireman were gone b/c the van just needed to be pulled down by a tow truck...wasn't leaking anything. The policeman came and talked to me. Me and the other guy that missed the guy were the main witnesses. Got to fill out a report and everything. Come to find out that they couldn't find the guy b/c the traffic was so bumper to bumper going that direction that they just couldn't get thru it. But me and another guy knew the truck. Another guy had recognized the truck from being most likely from the neighbor next to him just down that street. I had recognized it just from driving around there. So the policeman said they would be sending cars around to case the neighborhoods to see if they could find it. If we saw it we have a number to call and case number. Just need to get the license number. I guess in Idaho that is considered a hit & run...even though there was no contact between the two cars they guy caused it and left the scene. I just can't believe he did not see it happen!!!! I can't believe he had tried to pull out that way!!! Anyways, I am just glad that the lady had just dropped off her kids at school and no one else was in the car. I know that would have shook up any kid more then an adult! Plus I am so thankful that I had my dad teach me driving for situations like that! Thanks dad!!!

I have promised M now that I won't go out that early if it has snowed until rush hour is over or the sun is out melting it. :-)

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!!! I have to work a night club tonight. Then tomorrow we are going couch shopping some more. Then out to lunch and ice cream for my birthday...just something fun. Then I am off to crop the night away with some friends! That reminds me I should pack my stuff today since I most likely will not have time tomorrow. :-)

A New Year

Well it is already the 2nd week of January. Time can sure fly by around here! We had a great time at Christmas. Spent it with M's family. N & E had alot of fun. N loved having his cousins around. E loved everyone that was giving her attention. :-) It was nice to see everyone that we have not seen for quite some time. N & E were definitely spoiled. I am still going thru old toys and trying to decide what goes or stays. Some new toys are still at the top of the closet until we get bored with the ones we have. E's favotire toy right now is her dollhouse...even though alot of times its my little ponies playing in there. :-) N's favorite toy goes back and forth. He loves the Hummer with a trailer and 4 wheeler to tow. Then there is a great geography world toy that both kids love.

M has been busy with work. I have been busy with getting back into a routine and doing a winter cleaning out of the house. (Still not even close to done.) N and I are both loving that school started again. N missed his friends and you can tell he loves school. For Kindergarten we need to try to get a morning slot. He just loves mornings so much more. All morning he will constantly ask me when school is. N and I are having our ins and outs. I know one day I will look back and laugh/wonder about these days. Right now though, it is hard. He is just going thru a period of testing both M and I. I think me more then M. I think it's so hard as a parent to follow thru b/c it's not always the best solution for you as the parent (at that moment...late to something for example) but we know in the long run it for the best! And boy can he be stubborn...one day I told him all the toys would be taken away that were cleaned up. He said "okay". He didn't like it later though. :-)

Well M and I are busy looking for a new couch. Thanks to Christmas/birthday money for both of us we can seriously consider this. Which is a good thing since the one we have had since we got married (was used then too) is finally on it's last legs. At least it lasted both kids being really small. We took one day and looked by ourselves while the babysitter watched the kids. Was a nice afternoon out for us. We came up with two options then, but came to realize that one is too big. So took the kids last night and went and looked at two more places and came up with another option. The kids loved going to the furniture store (couch store as N puts it). We are still going to think about it and maybe look at another couple of places.

We are trying to potty training with E but not so good so far. Not pushing it too hard. She did pick out some little pony underwear and loves to look at them. And so far she likes to sit on the potty once in awhile but nothing so far. Not even for candy. :-) She told me the other night don't want any candy. She definitely knows her mind. If she doesn't want to do it then she won't. Not even her brother can push her to do it. :-) E is also loving the time that N is at school. She is such a chatterbox with me when we are out on errands by ourselves. It's fun to see her do stuff and talk w/o N around. Since alot of times N just takes over the conversation or play time.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Janaury and getting back into "regular" routines after all the holidays.

Tiredness & N

Ok I am so tired tonight. N has been fighting a cold for just a couple of days but the cough got worse and then I worried about his asthma. So took him to the dr yesterday instead of school. Come to find out his asthma is bugging him a tiny bit but he has the croup on top of it. So yesterday starting at about 6pm he had to take his machine every 4 hours with albuetrol (so guess who was setting her alarm), plus he has a cough med for night to help him get some sleep and then a one time med for the croup. Last night he seemed to be sleeping well atleast when I would be in there. Then both kids slept until 7:15am this morning!!! That is a record in this household. LOL And at first it seemed like he had gotten plenty of sleep. But then about an hour later he started getting the dark circles under his eyes plus a little bit of redness. So here is hoping tonight is better now that we have been doing meds for a full 24 hrs now. Tonight I luckily only have to do it every 6 hrs. But then if I do that then that is midnight and 6am...so I might do midnight and then 4am so he will sleep some extra and not want to get up at 6am when I do the meds...we shall see how it goes.

I am really looking forward to the weekend since I don't have to work Saturday or Sunday just Friday night until midnight. This way I get to take a nap with the kids and catch up on sleep. Plus we as a family get the whole weekend together!

Have a great end of the week!

Where does time go???

Ok I would like to know where the time goes by so fast some days! I feel like I never get done everything I want to get done. I am just glad I get to stay home all evening/night after picking up N from preschool....which is in a few minutes. Plus I finally get to watch my favorite show CSI!!! I missed it last week b/c I was working. Monday and Thursday nights I love to watch tv. Lately just have not gotten that chance. This week I will be home for Monday but not for Thursday. :-( Oh well atleast I get Saturday and Sunday home all day to be with my family and finish up Christmas projects.

Have a great Monday!

Christmas Kids Party & Santa

Well last night we went to M's work Children's Christmas party. We went last year but E couldn't do much. Anyways, we always get there right when they open, other wise there are tons of people by the end of the night. We usually only stay an hour. We went straight to the Santa Claus line and got in fast. N walked right up and gave Santa a hug and then sat on his lap and told him what he wanted. E would sit next to him on my leg but wouldn't touch him or talk to him. The picture we got didn't turn out the greatest (poloraid) but hey it's a picture. Anyways, the kids had fun playing the games. N loved all the bounce houses, huge slides, and climbing stuff. E liked playing the games like toss the ball and such. Neither one wanted to leave but they didn't throw fits about it so that was nice.

We figured out that we missed the Kuna santa this year. It was the weekend that M was gone. So we didn't get a picture with the Santa we always have since the yr N was born. :-( So we shall see if we find another Santa that we like to have their pictures taken with.

It's fun to hear N and E talk about Christmas, giving, sharing and baby Jesus. It is all a mixture of the fun.

N is loving the tree but not happy that mommy is not tall enough to stick the star on. But it will be on with all the decorations by Sunday...atleast that is the goal.

Stay warm everyone!

Ear & Sleep Update

Well yesterday we went and saw the ENT here that I love! I am so glad that we found her thru recommendations from friends. Like I was telling my sister yesterday we have got some awesome drs here and I am so thankful for that! Anyways, E's tubes are looking like they will most likely be gone by the beginning of summer. So, we don't have to go back until then unless she starts complaining about her ears. Then she said it's great that we went to the speech therapist and had E tested. Everything looks great.

I then asked her about N and his always having dark circles under his eyes no matter what time he goes to bed and other things. Plus back in June his regular dr said his aenoids were a tadbit swollen and that we should watch him and see if it's allergies or what. Well now that it is winter it can't be allergies. Plus it seems to gradually be getting worse. We have always noticed that his has an irregular breathing pattern when he sleeps but has never snored loudly. Anyways, she looked at his tonsils really quick and they are a +2/+3. So not too bad but need to have him checked out. He has an appt on the 15th and we shall go from there. Hopefully we shall find a way to get him sleeping better so there are no dark circles and no grumpiness from tiredness.

We got our Christmas tree in the mail yesterday and started putting it together. Will finish today. Everyone is excited but N is especially. Yesterday while we were out at the dr appt I said ok time to go home and see if the tree got there yet. He got all excited and said yea a Christmas tree then time for presents. :-) I told him um no we put the presents under the tree and then on Christmas day we open presents. He thought for a minute and said ohhh sorry mommy. LOL I don't think we will put very many gifts under the tree though...don't want to be rewrapping once again. :-)

Weekend Fun

Well we are home for the weekend kids and I by ourselves. M took off yesterday for the mountains with some friends. Yesterday afternoon during E napping and N at school I wrapped the christmas presents I had laying around hidden since our tree will be here Monday (got a fake w/multi colored light finally). Anyways, the kids and I talked about how we don't touch them until Christmas. Then last night the kids and I watched Polar Express before bed. They loved it again this year.

Well come this morning and N wakes me up with something about the dog. Well he had of course woken up his sister at some point too. Well come out to the living room and N is telling me there is no black helicopter (something Santa is bringing him) to find the presents have mostly been torn open. I can guess that N was the instigator since E does not totally understand everything. So into time out and I am telling them maybe I need to take all the presents back to the store! Then N says where did the superman go (from Aunt L)...ugh! So here is guessing that we will need to keep the presents up on top of the entertainment center again (just like last year)...thought N was old enough this year. E could care less. So tonight I will spend it rewrapping everything.

So here is for a good rest of the weekend. The kids and I are hoping to get out all the Christmas decorations except for the tree stuff. So that will be nice.

Have a good weekend.

TN Trip

Hi Everyone! Been a long time since posting. A lot has happened. We went on our TN trip and got back this last week. Now this weekend M is gone up at the mountains with some other guys relaxing and playing computer games. He will be back Sunday evening.

Trip to TN was fun once we got there. We had a not fun trip on the way out just b/c they turned our first plane around for landing gear stuck...could have kept going (since they took the plane there anyways) and saved tons of people lots of hassle!!! Anyways, Delta wouldn't let us take a plane the next day on a different airline even though the people at the beginning of the line (stood in line for almost 2 hours to get rerouted...while M got bags from the carousel) were being routed to different airlines b/c Delta didn't have openings. Anyways, by the time we got up there they had opened a flight to Salt Lake for a majority of people and it was leaving in 30 minutes. So took them forever to get our flights straightened out. We were going to Salt Lake City (30 min layover), going to Atlanta (40 min layover) and then on to Nashville (arriving at 10:15p their time). Well lets just say nothing worked out right. First flight delayed by 15 minutes...ran for the next flight to find out it was delayed. We were delayed for an hour. Plus our seats got messed up on that flight!!! Got to Atlanta 10 min before the next flight. Thought ok it's just 4 gates down we can make it. Well got to the gate and it was not there. Went back and talked to the guy at the gate we came in. To be told we would have to take the 7:45am flight. NOT HAPPY!!! Then we went back out thru security to see if we could get a rental (M had his gps and it was only like a 3.5 hour trip). No rentals available...guess there were tons of problems at the Atlanta airport that day. So go to the front desk deciding they need to do something!!! Well the guy there was the first nice guy we got all day. He tried hard to get us a hotel room but nothing. Then his manager came over and was doing something. Got us onto the 7:45am flight and handed us two blankets and three bags (toothbrush, comb, etc). Didn't even think about not getting 4 blankets b/c Ellie was crying and tired at this point. N was doing good except for all he carried about was making sure we were going to see Nana and Papa. So we head back to the security to go thru to find out that we have to wait another 30 min b/c it is not midnight and our plane leaves in the morning. Only night flight people are allowed before midnight. Of course no seats available and except for in a little restaurant so get N something to drink and eat...E is asleep by this time. So come midnight we go thru with E screaming b/c we had to wake her up. Only one other person going thru at the time. Go find our gate (it's down some stairs) and get all settled in (it was a nice quiet place and had the kids settled down and hoping they would fall asleep) and someone coming in from a flight sets the alarm off on the door. Finally somone comes to turn it off (20 min later) and we are told that we are not allowed down there b/c of security (no signs anywhere). Matt made a comment and then we headed back upstairs. Found a spot...but not really comfortable and noise all around from workers working on the airport. Another lady showed up from the same flight as us and we got to talking after the kids finally fell asleep. She had gotten to the gate and at the time it had said the flight was leaving at 10:10p and it was 10p and the plane was gone. So Delta took off earlier then they said they would. Not happy. Well come morning (long time) and we finally get on the plane with about 7 other people that were stranded there too. Just to be delayed 20 min more. We finally made it to Nashville and the kids were so happy to see Papa and Nana. So were we!

Had a great time in TN with Aunt, Papa and Nana. The kids were spoiled. M and I were too b/c we got to sleep some. :-) Thanks Papa for being an early riser. I will have to send out pictures to everyone from the trip since there are many good ones.

Our trip was much better (flew Northwest). We got delayed in Minneapolis but not badly and we got in at 12:30 am instead of 11:30pm. Then got our bags to find out mine got left in Minneapolis but they would deliver it to the house by evening that day. So didn't mind since I didn't have to come back to the airport. So off we go to find our car. Find it and get everyone loaded up and stuff in. Head home. Got home, unloaded, and kids into pjs and then into bed. We were in bed by 2:30am.

We are glad to be home safely and M says we aren't flying with kids until they are 10. :-P