Winter Blues and Etc.

I find myself with a touch of the "winter blues." I feel like I am stuck in the house. We just got over our sicknesses and I hope to not go through it again any time soon, so I try to stay in when the weather is too cold and windy. I long for Spring and Summer when I can open my windows and go outside and feel and smell the fresh air. There isn't too much to do around where I live other than going to the mall and walking around. I need to find something to do!

Now that I have vented a bit, here is what has been going on...

First, my new baby nephew, Blake, was born 1 week ago today. I can't wait to see him and hold him and smell him. I was talking to Amy last night and told her that I know that she had a baby and I know that he is here but it doesn't seem real because I haven't seem him yet. As you all may know, my brother and his family moved about 3 hours away from home last March. So, it isn't like I can run over to see him any time I want, but if all goes as planned and we all remain healthy we are going to go and meet the newest member of our family this weekend! I can't wait.

Dustin had Monday off, for the holiday, and we ended up going out to where I used to work. We had lunch with our boys and then went to see the people I used to work with. It was nice to see them and catch up on their lives. I can't believe it has almost been 3 years since I worked with them. Time flies!!! Then we met up with one of his friends for coffee and then came home. It was a very nice day.

The boys are getting bigger and bigger. Logan loves all of his new toys he got for Christmas. He plays in his room all day long. I told Dustin that I almost regret putting the train table and easel in his room, because I feel like I never get to see him anymore! He is also talking more and more, which is fun. This week we started playing the "fish" game. This is where you have a plastic fishing rod and about 20 fish that go around in a circle with their mouths opening and closing and you have to fish them out. He loves it. It is fun to play the game with him.

Luke is getting bigger too. He is almost 6 months now. He is teething and has started "yelling." The boy can be very loud when he wants!!! He doesn't like to sit still and wants to constantly be moving or playing -- no down time for Mom!! I cherish my two boys and love them so much. I love the fact that I get to be home with them and watch them grow and teach them new things.

So, that is the story around here. I hope you all have a blessed day.

Oh, I would like to wish my friend Suzanna a very happy birthday. If memory serves me right, Saturday is the big day. I hope it is a great one, Suzanna!

Happy New Year!

Our family had a great Christmas. We were very busy running all over but we enjoyed it all. It was especially fun to see Logan open his presents. This was the first year he was actually interested in opening gifts. He opened gifts at so many places that by the end he would rip off a little wrapping paper to see what it was then he would move on and I would open the rest! Both boys got a lot of good stuff that we are very thankful for. Our family spoiled us all.

The day after Christmas is when the panic set in. I had two van loads of presents strewn all over the house. We had just switched rooms with the boys a couple of weeks ago to make room for everything and I was still not sure how all of it was going to fit. I seriously am telling the truth when I say that it took a good 5 days to organize everything. I had to do some more rearranging but finally it all (somewhat) fits. Dustin and I have come to the conclusion that we need more space. We would love to sell our house and buy a bigger one, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen right now. So, for now we will continue to rotate toys, books, clothes, etc. I don't want to come across as spoiled in that I want a bigger house, because that is not the case. I am very thankful for our house and it has been good for us, but now that we have the two boys we are going to need a bigger house soon to fit us all and our stuff! We will see though!

This brings us to the weekend before New Year's. We were at Dustin's cousin's house visiting with his family and Logan snuggled up to me a couple of times. This was strange because there were so many toys to play with and his cousin. He enjoys himself when we go over there so I thought it was odd that he wasn't playing, not to mention that he didn't eat his pizza that we had for dinner (he LOVES pizza!). So, I felt of his head and wouldn't you know it, he had a fever. Well, not wanting to get the other kids sick, we packed up and headed home. We were supposed to visit with some "aunts from Florida" but were unable to because I wasn't sure what was going on. We had just gotten over a bug of some sort and I know that when a fever hits, something is to follow! He ran a fever for a few days and then it broke on New Year's Day, however, I noticed a bit of wheezing. Logan always gets a bout or two of broncholitis every winter and I knew this was coming. What I wasn't prepared for was the Luke also started to wheeze a bit on New Year's Day, when all of the doctor's offices are closed! So, Wednesday I loaded up both boys (Dustin was supposed to be on vacation but got called for jury duty) by myself and headed to the doctors. I know that I sound "put out" when I say that I had to take both boys to the doctors by myself. I don't mind to do that but Logan can be a handful when we go and he is seen by the doctor. I was nervous how I was going to handle both boys. It was HORRIBLE!!!! Logan at that time was running a fever again and didn't want to be touched or looked at. He only wanted mommy to hold him. Luke was great and thank you Lord for that! Let's just say it was so bad that at one point I was even crying. The outcome was that both boys needed breathing treatments 4 times a day. Thank the Lord Dustin was dismissed as a juror and has been home with us since last Wednesday afternoon. Dustin's last day of vacation is today...what a vacation! I don't want our boys to be sick at all, but I am so thankful that Dustin has been home to help. Oh, and did I mention that mommy is now sick!

So, our first week of the new year hasn't been the greatest but we are all on the mend (I hope) and we have all been together. That has been nice, although I now have a bit of cabin fever. Maybe we will all venture for a bit since it is almost 60 degrees today!!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! God bless you all in the new year!

Rooms, Carpet, Sickness and Presents

What I week we have had here in our house! I am going to break this post up into 4 sections that detail the highlights. Let's begin!

Rooms: I finally convinced my sweet, hardworking husband that we need to switch rooms with our boys. Our bedroom is a bit bigger and has more options in order to place a twin bed, crib, dresser, train table and easel (Logan doesn't know this yet, but his grandparents are getting him both of these for Christmas!!), not to mention all of the toys. So, last Saturday, Dustin, his dad and his brother switched our rooms. The boys are now in our newly painted old room that so perfectly matches our comforter, curtains, etc. We are now in our new room that is "sports themed." I am trying to be positive because I am the type of person that likes everything to look "put together." I want so badly to paint our new room but know that that is not going to happen until Spring, if I am lucky. The good thing is that the sports themed decor on the walls (paint and border) do match the colors of our bed linens! I must say that I am very happy that the boys have the bigger room and will be even more happy when they both sleep in their together. We still need to get Logan a new bed! There is always something, isn't there.

Carpet: Dustin and I purchased new carpet for our living room, dining room and hallway a couple of months ago. I LOVE this carpet and can't tell you how much I stive to keep it clean. Our carpet is so soft and a tweed type of carpet in order to hide stains. Well, this week alone our dog, Rudy, has thrown up on it, Logan has thrown up on it, Luke has spit up like a faucet on it and Chinese food was spilt on it. I could not have even imagined that all of this would take place. All of these episodes happened within one or two days of each other. I think I can safely say that our carpet has been initiated by almost the whole family! Luckily, you can't tell that any of these episodes happened. Thank God for tweed!

Sickness: From the paragraph above you can guess where I am going with this paragrah! Luke had an upset stomach on Sunday, Logan was sick on Monday night and I was sick on Tuesday night! Oh and don't let me forget Rudy whose stomach was icky on Monday! I am so thankful that we all were sick for less than 24 hours each. All I kept thinking was that we were going to be sick all week, but thank you Lord we are all better!

Presents: I actually prided myself on getting into the Christmas spirit early this year. I had a lot of my gifts bought before Thanksgiving. I was bound and deteremined to be done in plenty of time before Christmas. Well, we are now almost 4 days until Christmas and I still have to buy 4 to 5 more gifts and wrap everything. So much for being prepared! I always have the best intentions but lose it somewhere along the way. So, this weekend is crunch time!

Well, that details the week for us so far. I pray the weekend is smooth sailing!

Have a blessed day!

It Truly is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I love this time of the year. I love October through the end of the year. I love Fall weather and all of the different Fall colors and I love Thanksgiving and especially Christmas. Not to mention that by October I am so glad to be done with summer clothes and love to be in my sweats all the time!

This Christmas season is extremely exciting to me. This is the first year that I think Logan will really "get" Christmas and opening gifts and really be interested in what he is opening. I have spent a lot of time researching some gifts for him and can't wait to see his face Christmas morning. I am also very excited to have Luke this Christmas. Last Christmas we had just found out I was pregnant with him and now this year, he is here with us. We truly are so blessed.

I love to be with family and friends and the holidays make it that much more exciting. We have planned a couple of "get-togethers" with some friends this season and I get to play "Suzy Homemaker." While it is stressful sometimes, I love to be the hostess and have people over to our house.

So, I hope that you all take the time to think about this time of the year and truly enjoy it. I pray that we also take the time to remember the true meaning of CHRISTmas.

Merry Christmas (I know it is still a bit early, but I am in the Christmas mood today!) and have a blessed day.

Hello Out There!

Yes, this is me. I know it has been nearly 2 months since I have last blogged and I do apologize to my faithful few who check my blog daily!! A lot has been going on, but I just haven't found the time to blog until now.

So, since I have last blogged we have gone on a couple of short trips. We have been to visit my brother and his family twice and we have gone to a town a few hours away for the weekend. All of our short trips were very nice. On our last trip we stayed in a hotel and Logan was able to go swimming which he loved. He was a little fish swimming all around. I told Dustin that we need to look into getting him some swim lessons next year.

We survived Halloween although I was a bit disappointed. This was the first year that I thought Logan would enjoy going out. Well, let me just say that there were only 3 houses on our street participating and we were one of them. Dustin and I took him down the street to one of the houses and he got some candy and then last house had a "bowl" out that asked people to just take one piece, sort of like and honor's system type deal. I guess I don't have to say that all of the candy was gone when we got there. I would have liked for Logan to go to some more houses, but our neighborhood just didn't get into it this year. But we still had fun because we had some family and friends over. All in all, it was a good night.

Thanksgiving was very nice also. It is always busy around the holidays with going to my side of the family and also Dustin's side of the family. It makes for a long day, but it was nice to spend time with family. This was the first year in a couple of years that I didn't participate in Black Friday. I must say I was a bit disappointed. Call me crazy but there is something about getting up at the crack of dawn (or before dawn), getting a coffee and waiting in line for a store to open up. Maybe next year!

I will say that I have a lot of my Christmas shopping done. I love shopping online!!! I have had a good time looking up different gifts for the boys. I have really gotten into it this year. We also put our Christmas tree up the weekend before Thanksgiving. I know! That is quite early for us. Usually we are the last people to put the tree up, but this year, we are the first!!

The boys are getting big and making me laugh everyday. We finally put the crib up in Logan's room which is now Logan and Luke's room this past weekend. I had just gotten Luke used to the bassinet in the past month or so, now I have to adjust him to the crib. I don't know if you all remember but Dustin painted our room two weeks before Luke was born and before he started painting I asked him if he thought we should switch rooms with the boys. Our room is a bit bigger and offers more options to place their beds. His answer then was no! Well, now I am trying to talk him into switching rooms. Dustin HATES to paint and isn't too crazy about the idea. I have compromised and said that we will leave our room the same color which happens to be blue and we will just change the trim color, but we will need to repaint the boys room the same color he just painted our room. He isn't going for it just yet, but I will keep trying!!!

So, not much else is going on with us. The boys are keeping me busy. As I am typing this, Luke is fussing for me to pick him up for some mommy time so I am going to end. I have posted some pictures below to show off my guys!!

Also, congratulations to our close friends (Logan's future in-laws) on the news of a new baby coming next summer!! We can't wait to meet the new addition to your family!