Super boring week!!!

Yep that's right -with 4 sick kids, we didn't really go anywhere or do anything all week. Monday we made a trip down to the doctor because Anna was complaining that her ear hurt. Turns out that she had an ear infection. Now after a week we are at the point where they are all starting to feel a bit better - so they are BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS!!!!! and of course the weather is now FREEZING so they can't go play outside and mommy is starting to feel sick so she doesn't want to take them anywhere... Hmmm well i guess that's winter! So here I am looking forward to spring and grateful that at least my kids are starting to feel a bit better. I will miss how snuggly they are when they are sick though. It's the one time I can get them to sit still for more than 30 seconds!


The girls had a primary activity on Friday night - so Aaron basically got mommy and daddy all to himself. He LOVED it. He loved having the one on one time. (Evelyn was asleep)

Well it's a new week....wish me luck!

Sick Kids

Well I succeeded in getting to bed earlier last week - and go figure but after getting up at 5 am and working out - I had NO problem getting to sleep at 10! The kids have all been sick this week in varying degrees - Anna and Evelyn seems to be getting the worst of it though. Anna has has a stomach bug that has us up to our ears in diarrhea, throw-up, and gas. Listening to her walk around all day letting it out like a grown man who just downed a pack of soda would be awfully amusing if I didn't know how miserable it was making her feel. We kept her home from church today and she took a nap from around 10 am to 5 pm. My poor tired baby.... The up side - mommy gets lots of sweet snuggle time. Evie has been sick too - mostly just congestion and coughing - but those two things make it awfully hard to nurse her!!

It's amazing to me the way Sundays have a way of putting things into perspective for me... Thursday, Friday and Saturday are the most exhausting days of the week for me - Dan is gone more on those days, so I miss him more and the kids miss him more. However on Sunday when he is around, and my mind is focused more on Christ, it's much easier to remember that while some days are hard, some days are great and it all balances out in the end. It's also much easier to make dinner when I don't have to listen to Evelyn scream at me while I do.... :)

This week was crazy busy - Aaron and Evelyn had doctor's appointments on Monday - both are doing well. Aaron is still on the shrimpy side - but he is healthy and progressing well. It's fun to hear him talk - he learns new words every day!!

Evelyn is also doing well - Doctor said she is advanced in her motor skills. She is getting close to rolling over and sitting on her own. Why aren't my kids ever happy to just sit and cuddle with me for more than 3 months....

We (and by we I really mean I - since this was on Saturday) took Aaron for his 2 year old pictures and they came out SO CUTE!!! What a handsome boy I have!!!! It was SO hard to choose just one! Here are some of my favs.

Tired Mommy....

Mommy has decided to make an effort to go to bed earlier.... It's not going to be easy - but after a week of feeling exhausted all week and feeling like I don't know where the week went - I've decided to make a change - starting tonight - So - I'm heading to bed after I write this with the hopes that it makes me able to get up at 5 am tomorrow to go to the gym.... :) wish me luck!

Eileen gave a talk in primary today - she did an excellent job!! She told daddy what to write down for her talk - then she stood up and read it all by her self in primary. Everyone was very impressed - I'm just happy that she isn't afraid to get up and that she loves the scriptures enough to do this.

Dan had a meeting this morning so I was left to get the kids fed, dressed and out the door for church by myself. I learned one thing....I need to get up earlier and go to bed earlier.... That way maybe I won't get so exhausted when Aaron decides to come visit me while I'm feeding Evelyn with a mouth full of food that he is dripping all over the house....or when the kids spend all of Sacrament Meeting fighting over who gets to sit on mommy's lap....or when Evelyn won't nurse in the mothers lounge because it's not the right place....

Oh well...maybe next week I'll be perfect.... well maybe not - but better anyway! :)

Anna drew a picture for Evie and put it on her lap - then they all posed around her playing with her and kissing her - they sure love her!

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Happy Birthday Aaron

I can't believe my little boy is 2 years old!! We had Grandma and Grandpa and Aunt Sandi and Uncle Jon up to celebrate. Daddy made an Oreo cake and Aaron had fun opening presents and playing with toys! He's such a sweet little boy (LOL - at least when he's not screaming and wiggling and kicking....) :) He got some Legos and some Thomas the Tank Engine train pieces. Fortunately his sisters like them too which makes him want to play with them even more!

Happy Birthday little guy! We all love you and are glad to have you in our family!!

Our Week

We've had a fun week - Temperatures here have dipped down in to the teens. The newsman actually said that on Wednesday it was colder here than it was in Anchorage Alaska! As a result, school was canceled for Dan on Thursday! We love having him home - but I think it was a little anti-climatic for him since it's one day off that he doesn't get later in the year and holidays just ended this last week!

More good news - our fish replacements are still alive! They have now lasted almost a week and we are excited to have managed to not kill them! The kids happily show them off to everyone who comes over! The kids have also decided that the fish like to be read to, so they will stand near the fish tank and read (haha well Eileen reads - Anna tells the story to the best of her memory and Aaron just jabbers) and hold the book up for them to see. Here is Aaron reading his upside down scriptures to them!

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Eileen is reading everything and this Monday during Family Home Evening - we all made New Years goals - Eileen made the goal to read the entire book of Alma this year! Anna's goal is to not peepee in her panties (so far so good!) and Aaron's (set by mommy) is to potty train. Eileen wants him to start now. :) She tries to sit him on the potty before every bath.

Evelyn is growing like crazy and is just a beautiful, sweet baby! Too bad she doesn't like me.... she is SUCH a daddy's girl!

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Fish.....

The kids have been asking for pets recently - so Dan thought it would be a good idea to get them a fish tank for Christmas. We found one on sale and grabbed it and set it up for the kids Christmas Morning. We then followed all the instructions from the people at the pet store about getting our tank ready for fish then on Friday, we went down to the pet store to get some fish. For two days we were the proud owners of two cute fish.... then they died.... I think I am cursed with fish. I remember as a kid, we got a fish tank for my dad for his birthday... we had it set up with fish in it and hidden - when we took him to it - there was a dead fish floating on the top. Poor Fish. The kids are taking it well - but I think Eileen is the only one that gets it at all. So we will try again and hopefully somehow we will get some to survive into adulthood (or at least a week or two!)

For New Years Eve - my parents and Grandpa came up to play and watch a movie and eat food and do puzzles. Aaron and Anna loved trying to help - Eileen was entranced by the movie "Up" which (as usual) scared her. She's so sweet and gets so worried during movies that she hasn't seen before when something bad happens in them. Unless she already knows it will be ok - she worries. Sometimes I forget she is only 5....

Yesterday, while the kids were getting ready for bed, Dan and I were laying on the floor together and Dan looks at me and says "I'm sorry - but I'm SO ready to go back to work" HAHA - well at least I'm not the only one who gets exhausted by my kids!! :)

A new year and a new church time today had Dan and I rejoicing. (More than once I almost spontaneously broke into the Hallelujah Chorus.) The kids were much better behaved today - hopefully this will last! Anna is now officially in Primary and when we picked her up after church, she was all smiles and fun - she has some of her good friends in her class and a wonderful teacher! Eileen also got a new teacher for the new year and said today after church that she was Good! Her teacher is also a wonderful woman that I think will work well with Eileen's personality.

Anyway - HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!