still

having trouble with blogger. I've got some pics to post, when I get a chance.

blogger is driving me nuts!!! arghh...

I can hardly ever get to my blog, let alone post. I can hardly view other 'bloggers' blogs. Not too happy...
Anyways, my brother is staying here, so that's good :) My aunt and uncle came over the other night and taught us how to play The Settlers of Catan. Awesome game. Very addicting. If you've never played, check it out. Might be a little confusing to learn on your own, but so worth it. We love board games, does that makes us geeks? lol :)
I better get this posted before I lose my connection!

tired, tired, sick and sick

Ok- I typed this post yesterday (Sunday), but it wouldn't let me post so it's actually not about today.
Perry and I are the first two, the kids the next.
This is not meant to be a rant, or complaint, just details of what went down yesterday! Yesterday I was soooo exhausted. The kids seemed to be getting over the colds that they had, so we took them swimming in the afternoon. After we got home around 6pm, Gavin started seeming whiny and really tired and wouldn't eat anything for supper. He asked to go to bed, so we put him down at 6:30. As we were putting Ethan to bed at 7, Gavin woke up crying. He was saying that his ear hurt and he kept crying and I could tell that he was really uncomfortable. Perry had to go to work for a bit, and I was planning on taking Gavin to the hospital when he got home, but he asked to go to bed right before Perry got home. I put him down again at 8. We went to bed at 9. Gavin woke up at 10:30 crying again, so I got ready and drove him to the hospital. I drove by the hospital in our city and it was packed, so we drove to one that is about 25 min. away. There was no one there we arrived. So the doctor check his ears, he can't see anything because Gavin apparantly has hard wax over his ear drum. So he gave me a prescription for ear wax softening drops and an antibiotic. But it after midnight, so I can't get it filled until morning. As I'm putting Gavin in the car, my phone rings. I was surprised to hear Perry. Ethan had been up about 5 times, saying his ear hurt (he never heard Gavin say that because he was asleep). So Perry had pretty much been up the whole time that I was. So we left the hospital and I start driving home we had this conversation:
Gavin- 'there's a ball up there'
Me- 'that's the moon'
Gavin- 'no, it's a ball. I don't want it up there.'
Me- 'where do you want it?'
Gavin- 'in the grass'
It was SOOO cute! We got Gavin to bed when we got home at 1. Ethan kept waking up though, and finally at 2:30 I went to sleep in his room. He slept until 5:30 (his normal time), but it is definitely not restful sleeping with a toddler! Luckily, Gavin slept the rest of the night and is still sleeping (it is only 6am right now). We have to be somewhere at 11, so I don't know if I'll get back to bed until this afternoon, if that's even possible.
Just went to get Gavin and he seems fairly normal. Ethan seems to be himself, too.
As much as I don't like my kids being sick and being woken up when I'm exhausted, I love that they are usually cuddly, because they are so busy all the time that I don't get a chance to hold them alot. It was kind of nice to spend that time with Gavin driving to the hospital (I would probably have had a different opinion if we had waited much longer!)

We had BBQ smores last week! yummy

bad blogger!

I've been trying to blog, but blogger hasn't been very nice the couple of days. I did a couple 8.5x8.5 layouts tonite. I actually really like that size, not so much room to fill!


Here are a few pics from our vacation:

progress!! yay

We took the kids swimming at the YMCA yesterday. It was hard to even convince Ethan to go. He is not afraid of water, but he is a fraid of pools, he likes to be able to touch the ground. So since we had bought the kids memberships and that includes swimming lessons and programs that involve swimming, I thought we should try to get him comfortable in that pool specifically. When we first went in he was clinging to my neck like mad. He decided that he wanted to jump in, so I held his hands while he jumped to me. Then he would jump to me on his own. Meanwhile, Gavin is jumping in without anyone catching him (Perry was there, but Gavin thought it was great to jump in and go under!) We tried to get Ethan to float on his back, he did it a couple times near the end, but he held my arm for dear life! By the end both the kids were swimming (with life jackets on) all on there own, Gavin moreso than Ethan. I couldn't believe that Ethan was actually letting me let go. Neither one of them knew how to keep themselves upright in the life jackets when we got there and they were both swimming in them when we left! Ethan was crying when we left! I am so glad that we took them, I felt really bad thinking that he was scared of the pool when all the kids were having fun.

lots to celebrate

Yesterday, was my mom's 50th birthday. My sister and I both went to visit, so our whole family was together and we went out for lunch. It was really nice. We all pitched in and bought my mom a little Jack Russell. Her name is Sandy and she is so cute! I am not a big fan of Jack Russells but this one is really quiet and super cute!! Perry and I are having a party for my mom next Saturday.
Today is our 6th anniversary! I can't believe it's been that long! I told Ethan that it was our anniversary today and he said, "Mine, too!" :) Perry's mom will be watching the kids for us later, so that we can go out for a bit.
Perry's sister's 25th birthday is in 2 days. So, we have a lot of stuff going on!
We bought the kids some YMCA memberships the other day. We wanted to get Ethan used to going somewhere that he doesn't know anyone before school starts. We also wanted them both to be around other kids more, we don't know very many people with kids the same age. I'm going to take them to the Drop-in Daycare this morning. I haven't been able to get caught up with laundry and cleaning yet since we got back from our vacation, it's been a crazy week! So hopefully, I can that done while they are gone.
Have a great weekend!

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