Happy Halloween!

Oh what a day it's been.... So let me start with yesterday. Ryder woke up in the middle of the night wheezing and starting to cough (as you all know I have wrote before this is not good for him) so I call the doctor and they tell me to bring him in for a steroid shot. I take him in and luckily they are doing away with the shot and have a one time liquid medication I can give him now for it and he said it should last him for the next few days. This medication opens his air ways so he can breath and not have an asthma attack. I go on about my day dropping off the prescription and come home both kids are napping. Wonderful day for the morning we had. Go pick up the meds and come home and now comes the "fun" part trying to get him to take it...We end up having to basically jam it down his throat well that bit us in the butt. Not even 2 mins later he threw it all up all over me. So by this time it's about 7 I call the on-call doctor and she tells me to get another prescription and try to get it in him if that doesn't work I have to take him in to the ER to get the shot. OK I can't take him there, he will freak out! He already hates going to the doctor, he takes one trip to the ER he is going to be scarred for life! Well we get it down him, THANK THE LORD and we have a great night. Now we come to today. He wakes up and a couple hours in to the morning he is doing great. (thats how croup works only really hits at night and early morning) I decide to take him out to the down town trick or treating during the day and then we decided to play the night by ear. He had a blast did great all afternoon. We take him to a carnival at his cousins school instead of going out tonight and he starts to go down hill fast, not even 5 mins after we got there. So 15 mins after we arrived we left. I stopped and got him a happy meal on the way home and he is so excited for it (he doesn't get them often) downs all most the entire thing, we are so happy cause getting him to eat the last couple days has been a challenge. Keep in mind he has really only had maybe 2 pieces of candy today. about 30 mins after we get home he puked up everything he had just ate!!! AWWWW! He seems to be wonderful now that he got it all out of his system. And yet again it was all over me. YUCK!!

This is how our Halloween has gone, not the best. At least he is young enough he knows no different on a good Halloween and a bad one. We called it an early night and now hopefully heading off to bed and it's not even 9 yet. lol..

I hope you all had a spooky wonderful Halloween!!

(I did get some pictures before it all went to hell, so enjoy)

What we have.

As I sat here today watching Oprah, it just kinda hit all the things I take advantage of and take for granted in my life. It was all about these kids that are miracle babies and one story was about a family that had a little boy named Eliot and he only lived for 99 days. I sat there with tears in my eyes thinking how could a mom go on living with having lost a child? I don't know what I would do if anything happened to my children they are my life. It spiraled in to everything else in my life. All the material things I have or want. And really what is the point are those the things that really make me happy? Well at that moment I guess, but at the end of the day it's watching my husband, and the love of my life play with our beautiful kids and watching them get so so excited when daddy gets home from work. That is what really matters. Not what I drive or the house I live in. It's what Justin and I build together and cherishing every minute of every day. Taking the good with the bad and learning from it all. Keeping this blog and being able to go back and read one of my first posts and it putting a smile on my face even though at that point I was hating my husband. (haha)

Just wanted to remind us all with everything going on in our country right now, lets not get so wrapped up in it all and forget about the little things in life that we may miss.

(you gotta love Oprah)

Potty training???

I'm just about ready to give up! For my sanity and my sons. I don't know if it's just my child or what but he does not want to give up the diapers! Anyone have any ideas for me??? Ya I don't know really what to do? I've been told that if they aren't ready don't do it cause it's training you not them. But I just sit here wondering is he ready and I"m the one getting flustered?? My biggest problem is he has never actually gone in the potty, he has gone outside (getting a little cold for this one now) and as soon as he gets off the toilet he'll pee. :( If he would actually go at least one time then I would take a step back and be like ok I know he knows what to do. But on the flip side I know he knows that is where we go potty. Oh my gosh I just don't know what to do. I hate potty training! He just got in to the bath so after the bath I'm going to do the same thing I have been doing for the last couple of days. I have a half naked boy running around the house. lol. So I guess we will see how the day goes. I guess you could say I have a pretty strong willed child cause I have the potty chart going and the bribing with candy, it was even his favorite super hero gummies and ya we got nothin!! He would rather not have it at all then sit or stand at the toilet. There is this one site I've looked at online that guarantees to have your child potty trained in 3 days. I'm very close to ordering it! I really hope Averee is way easier!

Craft day.

Today was Ryder and Mommy Halloween craft day. Well that is while Averee was napping. :) So we did foam cut outs of bats, which hats and ghost's and did some coloring. But our big project was making a "spooky tree" for our center piece on our dining room table. We have a big carving party at our house this weekend so I have been trying to get the house all ready and do some special things for the kids that are coming. I have to say our tree turned out so good!! We had a blast doing it and I thought I would share our beautiful, creative work. (just keep in mind I was doing this for the kids not adults) :)

Little Girls.

I started watching a 2 year old little girl a few weeks ago and it's cracking me up to watch the difference between a little boy and a little girl. I'm so used to cars, sports, and dinosaurs that I was in awww when I realized what Madison was doing and I loved it! It's such a little mommy thing to do. She has taken her care bear and put her in Averee's high chair and got a bowl and a little spoon and was feeding her, her lunch. SO CUTE!!

It's just a bubble mom.

Oh my sweet sweet little boy....

We are sitting on the couch and Ryder "tutted" on my hand. (yes we call it tut in my house, at least for now) Anyway I looked down at him in surprise and said "you tutted on my hand. He started cracking up and says "No mom it's just bubbles".

Looking through a child's eyes and understanding their thoughts. Has to brighten anyones day.

Pictures!

So yesterday we decided to head off to Drake Park (in the middle of down town Bend) and take some new pictures of all the kids. Yes all of the kids plus one! Kaitlyn had a friend over so she got pictures too. That means we had 7 kids all together! With all the props we were quit a sight to see truckin through the park. It was the most perfect day, we had clear blue skies and almost 80 degree weather. With the river running behind us it was the perfect setting. After a little bribing of candy Ryder actually gave us some great photos. 3 1/2 hours later we rapped it all up and promised the kids that we would go to Pappy's (used to be called Papa's). All and all it was a great perfect day. Surprised by how wonderful the kids did, I couldn't be happier with how they all turned out! Here a few of my favs.

Growing up so fast.

Why do they have to grow so fast??? I swear Ryder was just my little baby last week? He is getting so big so fast. On one hand I love it but on the other I wish I could just stick him in a box and not let him grow anymore.

My son can be a handful most of the time, he goes non stop and most days by bed time I'm ready to pull my hair out or just collapse, but I really wouldn't change a thing about him. He keeps us on our toes every minute of every day! (It's good for Justin, hes so quiet and laid back it puts the spark under his bum to get him going) :) Ryder's newest thing is every morning he wakes up and comes out and looks at me with his sleepy sleepy eyes still holding his blankie and says " mommy I need my hot coffee please" Yes he asks me for hot coffee every morning. lol... He thinks it's his hot coffee and I give him some hot coco with marshmallows. I love the little things they come up with. He makes me laugh every day.

Just stop.

Can I just let this out for a minute!

I am so sick of people close to me (not mentioning any names) sending me emails and trying to tell me how wrong I am for my choice of President. But they are on me just about every day about voting for Obama, and I'm so freakin sick and tired of it!! My lovely husband brought home and email for me to read about him after they were all talking about it at work, and he informed them all that I'm voting for Obama and they are all voting for McCain. Now this email was all about how he paid for his tuition for all the schools he has gone to and pretty much saying he is a terrorist (Maybe it has circled your way). Now I can look past it all but for god sake leave me alone!! I know who I'm voting for and I'm sorry if you don't agree with it.

But really are you all going to believe everything that comes off the Internet!!! It's a free country I can vote for who ever I choose, and same to all of you.

Love this time of year.

I love the fall time, well actually October-December! It's the Holiday Season!!! This past weekend Austin (my nephew) stayed with us, and on Sunday Hailey came back and stayed a night or two with us also. So I decided it was time to bust out the cookie cutters and sprinkles! I made some Halloween sugar cookies and let the two little ones go to town, and Austin even got in there with them. :)

So here are some master pieces that they created. Luckily we made them for "daddy" this year. haha..

Yay Averee!!

Finally! Averee has her first tooth that has broke through. We have been trying to wait patiently for these little teeth to come through, but it has been a hard frustrating last couple months. Ryder was 4 1/2 months when he got his first tooth and he was a pretty good teether. But my sweet little A will be 7 months tomorrow and has not been so sweet... She would scream, cry, and fuss all day and night when those teeth would try to come up, finally she has her first tooth. The bottom left has broke through!!

Crazy Week.

Where do I begin. We have had a lot going on this week already and we are only half way through the week. This past weekend we went to the fall festival, had a blast. It's in down town Bend and it's huge. They have a huge kids area and the kids got to paint pumpkins, and go bobbing for apples. Sunday we stayed home and just got to relax with Justin. Finally he is done hunting and got to be home with the family (and extended family with my brother and Hailey staying with us) all weekend. Then Monday I started watching a little girl named Madison. She fits in with us so well I could not have asked for a better little girl to come stay
at our house. I have her 3-4 days a week every other week. So nice cause I can still schedule things on the weeks I don't have her.

We did get some rain last week that turned out to be super fun for Ryder. You have to remember we really don't get that much rain around here and my son runs around with his rain boots on asking all the time if he can go jump in mud puddles. So last Friday he came up missing again it's pouring outside and I have Averee in my arms go in to the back yard and found him with his rain boots on jumping in this huge deep mud puddle! The middle of the puddle came up to his knees. He was soaking wet and cracking up having so much fun. I ran in put Averee down and grabbed my camera. It was one of those moments I was dieing of laughter and had to get some pictures of it.

So anyways that is what we have been up to for the last few days. Hope everyone is having a great week.

What am I thinking...

Can't believe I'm going to admit this out loud but I have found a minivan that I want to get. YES I SAID MINIVAN.... I have broke down and it just seems like the best way for me to go. Having my kids and other kids with me it really is the only thing that makes the most since.. So I have found one that I'm hoping we can get this weekend. We have sold the pickup, and now off to get the super mom car! lol.....

Please no body make fun of me.... :)

Can't believe I missed it!

I know this may all shock you but last night I was totally annoyed that my husband HAD to watch the beaver game! Now don't get me wrong I am a huge beaver fan and I'm one of the first to turn on the games, BUT last night was also the V.P. debate... Now I"m usually not as involved as I am this year. But this year has sucked me in and I can't get enough. This is driving my husband crazy. Not only for the fact of it being politics, but this year we are voting on different sides. So you can only imagine what kind of conversations that are going on in our house hold. Needless to say the beavers lost and I was pissed I had to miss the debate for a lame ass game!

Happy voting ya'all...

Complete panic attack!

Still catching my breath, and trying to calm myself...
I just had a freak out moment. Well if felt way longer then a moment. I was sitting here on the computer and went to check on Ryder. He was playing in the back yard (my computer is right next to the sliding glass door to go out back.) I go out there and don't see him. came inside didn't see him, after searching each room, panic mode kicked in! I"m yelling his name re-looking in every room, in the bathrooms, his toy box (he enjoys climbing in it), and then went out front he can open the screen door now but has never gone out with out one of us going with him. Ran back to the back yard yelling his name. He was gone......
I was on the verge of tears, my heart pounding out of my chest, going what do I do next. In the mean while on my t.v. is Oprah and it's about this mom who forgot about her baby in the car and she died. So everything is going thru my mind, litarly everything. Finally I went back outside to the back yard and I"m yelling his name and he jumps out from the side of the house covered in dirt! I said honey where have you been? You scared momma so much! He showed me where he was and my sweet little boy was hiding behind the dog house on the side of the house. He was ducked down behind it, and heard me yelling his name! I even looked on that side, that is how well he was hiding!!!

Oh the fun times of a 2 year old.....