Happy 5th Birthday Averi!

Happy 5th Birthday to my sweet Averi! Love you so much!

Flashback Wednesday!

Both boys are about 9 months here!

Birthday weekend #1

As mentioned before, we have a lot of birthday celebrations in January! This past weekend was Tom's and Aaron's birthday! So Friday night we went to Aaron and Maggie's house and had some good food and some cake and the kids played! As you can see from the pictures the kids had a great time and they LOVE their uncle Aaron!












On Sunday we headed over to the Bril's to celebrate Tom's birthday. Again, good food and great cake! Caeden and Noah had so much fun playing with their cousins! The kids were being goofy and having fun playing. It is so nice that they are at the age where they play with each other now!








Lyndsey and Olivia were playing with dolls and Caeden wasn't sure off them!



Caeden is doing good. The hardest thing is trying to keep him less active. He has his moments where he is feeling good and others when he just wants to snuggle (my favorite!)

Noah is still our little monkey as he climbs onto everything. He loves bananas and loves to put them in his hair too!

Surgery was a success!!!

Yesterday was Caeden's surgery. He did great and everything went well!

It was an early morning! When we first got there, Caeden looked like he was a little nervous, but once he got to play he was fine. We played board games, bean bag toss and some other toys. All the dr's came and talked to us. It started a little late due to the roads! I wasn't going to go in the room that they put him out in, but I decided at the last min. They gave him laughing gas at first so he was laughing and then he got all squirmy and his eyes rolled back into his head and I lost it. They were so good there. They kept saying this is what is suppose to happen he is o.k. So they took us into the waiting room and we waited for the dr to come talk to us. He said everything went well and we have to limit his activities for 2 wks which is going to be hard! Then they called us when he woke up and he was crying. I felt so bad for him. So I just rocked with him until we got to go home. He has been complaining a lot about pain so we just keep giving him Motrin and Tylenol.

So when we got home, the boys watched a movie and we just relaxed the rest of the day! It was an early bed time for all of us last night!

Today is just going to be an easy day for him. I am just glad it is over and done with! Thank you so much for all the thoughts and prayers!

Surgery week!

So this is the week of surgery. I know it is not a major surgery, but it is still freaking me out!!! My mom had the idea that since surgery was cancelled last October due to his sickness, I should home bound us the whole week!!! It has been rough, let me tell you! I am used to going and coming when I please and sneaking in a couple of target trips by now! NOPE!!! We have been home since Monday!

So we have been having lots of fun playing, getting out new toys. Caeden and I made cookies and playing some more! Today is going to be movie day and just lounging around, although I have a feeling, I might be sneaking off to target. Ok, I admit it, I can't go this long without a target trip. What if they have something there new that I need??






Noah has been having fun too exploring all the new toys and watching his brother monopolize them! You know it is bad when Caeden wakes up and asks "where are we going today?" And Noah goes gets his shoes and says "umm, bye-bye."








Tomorrow is the big day. We have an early morning. We are dropping Noah off at 6 and then heading up to Children's West. Caeden's surgery is at 8:30 in the morning, we have to be there at 7:30. I will let everyone know how everything went! I have so much appreciated all the support, thoughts and prayers from family and friends. You guys are the best!!!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! As we say goodbye to 2009, Mike and I were remembering the whole decade. He made a comment to me that we graduated college, bought a house, got married, had 2 kids and bought another house! Whew, we were busy!!! We had a lot of great memories in that decade, obviously, our 2 sons being born top the list!

NYE we went bowling with my sister and her family. The kids had a great time, while I chased Noah around the bowling alley. He walked around saying "ball, ball" (His favorite word ya know). My mom and dad came up so they could watch the kids bowling and a little later Aaron and Maggie joined in on the fun!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Semi Wordless Wednesday!

Here are pic's of Noah's 1st time out! He hit Caeden with a soft bat (Caeden was fine of course and it took everything for Mike and I not to laugh). He just sat on the step and cried. I just wanted to comfort him, but I knew that was not the right thing!




Anyhoo, these are pic's of Caeden in his new Yankee's sweatshirt that my sister got for him since he loves the Yankee's (don't ask)!


Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!