It's gonna be one of those days...

Well, my eyes popped open at about 4 this morning thinking...WOW, the kids didn't wake up at all tonight and Mason stayed in his bed all night long. How lucky am I? Not but 1 hour later Jaxon was in my room throwing up, Mason had developed a terrible cough and Brooklynn and the baby are as cranky as they come. And just to top it all off, Jon said his foot was beginning to hurt. I then kicked myself for jinxing us. So, everyone is home sick from school and work and I have locked myself in my room to do some blogging (more venting) but I doubt I'll be in here for very long. My dad had surgery yesterday and everything went well and they should be on their way home right now. Hopefully he takes it easy and can recover this time without any major problems. We took Brooklynn to another Audiologist yesterday because she failed yet another hearing test. Surprise, surprise, she failed this one too. The audiologist thinks she has fluid in her ears and in order to nip this in the bud he wants her to get tubes. He believes that this will all but fix her hearing issues, so she has an appointment with the ENT on Monday and I'm sure a trip to the OR will follow. Mason also has an appointment with the ENT as well, our Pediatrician wants him to get his tonsils out because they seem to hinder his breathing and he snores terribly. So, I think February is going to be just as busy, if not busier than January has been. Just a little update, I will let you all know more when I do.

Almost a month into the new year and still crazy!

Well, here we are almost a month into the new year and things for us haven't slowed down one bit. We are as busy as ever. Jaxson and Mason got settled back into the school routine and Jon went back to work (unwillingly) so we are finally back into our normal routine. But, it seems like little things just keep popping up that keep me from feeling like things are calming down from the holidays. As you know my dad had shoulder surgery in November and then developed pneunomia, he went in for an 8 week post-op check the other day and found out that he re-tore his shoulder and would have to go back in on the 27th and have surgery...again. So, needless to say my parents are a bit nervous about having to do this all over again. That is probably the biggest thing that has come up over the past few weeks. But, if you ask Jon he would say that developing gout in his foot would be the worst thing that has EVER happened!!! He was in so much pain that he couldn't even walk and I had the small task of taking care of 4 kids and one GIANT baby for about a week and a half! It finally got bad enough that he stuck a needle in the bottom of his foot and drained a ton of puss and started on some antibiotics and can finally walk again. The pain for him is gone and I can't tell you how happy I am to not have to deal with that anymore. I love my husband, and sorry to say this but men are the worst when they get sick. I don't think I have ever heard so much whining, even from my kids! Anyway, things are good here, other than the few bumps we have been doing great. I posted a few pics just to show you how big the kids are getting and we hope all is well with you and hope to see you all soon!

Jaxson is a camera hog!
I'm not really sure what he was doin here.

Mason loving his little sister!

I got this outfit at Old Navy and I just love it!

Look...it's my beanie baby!

Good Bye '08~~Hello '09!

Well, another year come and gone. I can't believe 2008 is now history. It wasn't a bad year, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to the possibilites this year holds. Each and every year we are getting closer to our goal of owning a house. I really hope this is the year. Evanston is not a bad place to set up our permanent residence, we have lots of family here and are making friends and Jaxson is LOVING school! Things go by so fast, I have a hard time remembering all the wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful things that have happened over the last 12 months. I'm trying not to dwell on the bad or sad things, lovingly treasuring the wonderful things, and optamisticly looking forward to our future. Here's to the new year!