We're here....

We've just been busy getting ready for the move and life! Since my camera battery charger is lost, yes the battery is D-E-A-D- I haven't been able to get recent pictures loaded up! My camera has many neat pictures from Kaitlyn's birthday (I gave her the tickets on her birthday) Lipazanner show.

After a few attempts, Tommy decided the snow IS fun as long as Dad and kids aren't in the middle of a snow ball fight :) He had Kimberlyn prompting him off the steps too...


He figured out this snow could be fun for sure. It helped that it was a "warm" day and it wasn't feeling below zero like the previous days...the kids missed almost a week of school over this earlier this month!




Then Mom got her new eyes last week. Seeing 20/20 for the first time w/o glasses or contacts in 20-something years!

Ironically, last night at the kids' eye exams we learned Kaitlyn is needing glasses- you know where we'll be after school today :) Robby got his glasses in third grade too...must be the year for our kids?

Lastly....Kaitlyn has a thing for participating in school fundraisers. She especially gets motivated for the good cause type ones. Her school is in the top ten fundraising schools in our state. If you'd like to help her out...I've finally gotten her online fundrasing site up this morning.


Kimberlyn's Snowman with PICKLE eyes and mouth!

Science Experiments....

So maybe our lil' chemist is on to something....trying to have his own science experiment...

Here we have Kaitlyn doing her's....testing the strength of paper towels.

And Robby doing something with magnetic stuff...I don't know. I'll have to have him help me explain it later.

SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW

FOUR SNOW DAYS worth of snow...okay maybe not quite. We had a light layer of snow and got an inch or so of ice and then another say 5-6 or seven (no clue) inches of snow on top of the ice...and the neighborhood roads here are trashed and slick.

We spent the first snow day with friends at the movies....Hotel For Dogs ROCKS! And then a play date.

The next day we went to the post office and lunch...had to break up the day.

Yesterday we took the van in for an oil change and brought pizza home...have to keep it fun. Snow days are supposed to be fun right??

Now today it's lay low and skip going out to get milk, instead clean up puke and go to the doctor day :(

In the mist of all that the kids have had a blast going sledding (no pics believe it or not), shoveling snow and building creations in the snow.

Tommy is NOT into snow...not sure if being caught in snow ball fights between Dad and the kids has anything to do with the poor boy's feelings or not...I feel at 2 he can enjoy the snow from the windows...next year he best like it or up for adoption he will go, JUST KIDDING!

This time he was successful...

So as mentioned here before... Today Tommy succeeded in pouring a bottle of lotion into a BRAND NEW peroxide bottle! I had JUST taken the safety seal off an hour before to clean earrings!

He was at the top of the stairs "talking" and Kaitlyn went to see what he needed. He took her to my bathroom to show her his creation!

Our lil' Chemist...



This kid doesn't look too sick here does he?? He's had a nasty, snotty nose for about a week and a half. Only having a temp of like 99 to 99.8 or so...and now today at lunch time- PUKING! We're heading to see the doc in a bit! Ironically on the 20th he had his hearing checked and he was FINE....he woke up nasty the next day. BUT one of the test indicated his R ear's tube is clogged, even though it looks to be clear, it's not. So to rule out an infection here we go to the pediatrician today! He hasn't puked in over a year (since getting tubes)...and only has puked with ear infections ...praying for no infection today.

Reminiscing...

So I am making a favorite recipe tonight from a dear friend of mine, Glenda. Glenda passed away this past April, she was such a huge inspiration to me. I'm thankful I have a couple of her recipes to relive some of our special dinners together. I lived with her while Tommy was in the NICU. ANYHOW...I wrote these recipes in a journal that Glenda and Kaitlyn made me. I journaled everyday Tommy was in the NICU- after my vision started coming back.

So the recipe search brought me deep into the journal....here is my journal entry from Jan 3, 2007. I got a chuckle and wanted to share...

Wednesday, 1-3-07
5:30pm visit, 9 days old
What a bad baby!! Which is a good sign. You pulled out your umbilical catheter and your feeding tube (twice) today! You are busy and fiesty-- we love it.
You eat 4mL's every three hours - will be 5 mL in the morning. You now have an IV in your head. You have a repeat ultrasound of your head tomorrow . I pray it shows the bleeding has resolved -- you are doing fabulous --we're so happy!

That is pretty darn hilarious stuff above?? I could have written the same post here recently...an IV in his head would be great punishment, right?? He pulls everything out of everywhere STILL! He still is doing fabulously and bonks his head enough some days from falling to warrant a head ultrasound to check for bleeding. He's eating a bit more these days... but everything else seems right on.

I STILL believe he's a "bad baby" and that it's a "good sign" and most of all we STILL LOVE IT!

This picture was taken the next day...I have no picture of him having an IV in his head. That's a last resort deal and I actually "thought" he never had a head IV...mental block I guess and I am thankful to not have a picture of it. He weighed 2 lbs 7ozs in this picture.

Random pictures...

Here are some shots I've been meaning to add...they fit well with the below post of him scaling the bird cage.


We have Tommy in the bunny's cage, he does this almost once every day...

Another shot from the other day -love him just hanging with his pants falling off. I promise he eats...those pants are just too big :)



Then on the 10th, the day after the cage scaling he decided it would be fun to join Warlock in the cage. He thought that was real cool and insisted on have the door closed. He has no fear, on the other hand he KNOWS Warlock is great and not going to care.

Visiting Ruby...

...in the blustery winter weather. It was super windy, snowing and freezing cold in the low 20's this afternoon when we arrived for a visit! Here are some pictures...

Walking to the barn....die-hard if I have ever seen die-hard ;)

Catching a quick bareback ride...too slick to do anything but walk! Love this half frozen smile Kaitlyn is sporting!



~~~~~Isn't she a cutie!!