Hahaha........This picture pretty much sums up the last 2 months. I can't keep their fingers out of their noses and mouths. Which is why I can't get them well......
I know I've been slacking on my postings but I just can't find the time to keep up with this and facebook. There hasn't been a whole lot of news to report from the last couple of months. Mostly just the usual stuff. We've had a ton of illnesses in our family this month. One or more people have been sick in the house for the last 6 weeks straight. I think that Emily probably started it at some point and then has taken turns with Jack passing it back and forth. We've had high fevers, low fevers, BAD coughs, bad colds, lots of green coming out, bad ear infections, asthma, a couple rounds of antibiotics (at least one for each of us), and ALOT of money spent in the ER, several office visits, and of course medications! Needless to say, I'm over it!!! These last few weeks have felt very long. I've been tired of dealing with grumpy sick kids. I've felt so bad for them that they feel so crummy. Just when they start to get better, they get hit with something else. This too shall pass.
Besides being sick, we're all doing pretty good. Emily's been up to the usual stuff. Preschool, ballet class, birthday parties, playdates, all that fun stuff. Last week I decided to chop off her hair. Bad idea. There's a reason why I didn't become a hair stylist, I'm NO good at it. But after a trip to the local Cool Cutz, it looks fantastic. And she loves it. The less hair, clothes, shoes, etc is all good for her. I have to really watch her. I can't tell you how many times she's asked me to buzz her hair like Jacks. Emily is really a lot of fun. She is the MOST hilarious kid. The things that come out of her mouth, it's like we're dealing with a teenager. She's going to give me a run for my money, I tell ya.
Jacks doing really good. He's FINALLY starting to talk a little bit. I was getting worried there for a while but he is saying some things now. He's in to everything! I think even more than Emily was. He's not a very good listener and pretty much does the opposite of whatever you tell him. He colors on everything (the couch, tables, walls, clothes, his body....you get the picture). The other night I walked in to see some beautiful artwork on the door to the garage. The lovely green marker accented the kitchen walls very nicely. He's very strong and destroys whatever he touches. It makes it fun to go over to other peoples houses. He's just a brut. But he also is the most loving, hugable, kissable, little bundle of joy.
Matts been busy with work. Just trying to keep his job in this very rough economic time. He puts in a lot of hours and traveling but it's paying off because the paycheck is still coming in.
I'm doing pretty good. It's been a difficult month. I got a sinus infection and had a couple weeks of REALLY bad migraine headaches. I'm still trying to manage them and figure out some way to get rid of them. I finally went to see my very busy doctor a couple of weeks ago and she gave me some meds that should help. We'll see. I can deal with being sick and taking care of sick kids. It's just when you throw in that migraine that makes it tough. On another note, I'm loving the time change. It's so nice to be able to take the kids to the park later in the evenings and enjoy the daylight a little bit longer each day.
Between bad sicknesses, we've had a little fun. We went up to my aunts house in Ventura to celebrate my grandpas 80th birthday this past weekend. I feel so blessed to still have my grandparents in my life. He's 80 and still has it going on. He still works as a principal, assistant principal, and teacher all the time. I think it's great. We had a great time at my aunts house.
My beautiful grandparents
Me, Emily, Kacy, my aunt Kerrie-Sue, my mom, my grandma
My Dad and Matt
Emily and my cousin Kacy
This parrot cracked Emily up ALL day. Everytime is squeeked she went hysterical.
Giddy-up horsie
We've had the chance to get together with some old friends in these past few weeks. I've been able to reconnect with some people on facebook, which has been great.
Something else that we did a few weeks back, that was fun, was we went down to balboa and took the ferry over to the island and walked around, had ice cream, watched the fisherman, went on the ferris wheel and merry-go-round, and pet some sea creatures at their little museum. The kids had never been on a boat so they really thought that was cool.
On the ferry
Dancing Jack
Ice cream face
We've had great weather and we're looking forward to even warmer weather to burn off all the germs in the house, out in public, everywhere. We are all ready to move on to the summer season. Matt and I have a little getaway planned at the end of the month to Las Vegas with 2 other couples. We are looking forward to getting away on a mini vacation. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the kids don't get really sick. Sorry it took so long to get this blog entry out.
