Sorry my friends...

I just wanted to apologize to all of my lovely ladies for basically disappearing and never returning anyone's phone calls. Ava has cut 4 teeth in the past 2 weeks, so needless to say we are up aallllllll night long. I just haven't been myself, and soon, I will be a better friend-I promise!! (Holly I love you!!!!)

"Gotcha Day"

Seven years ago today, my sisters Ally and Kamila came home to join our family. I never knew how badly I wanted to have little sisters until I met these girls. They are two of the most beautiful, smart, loving, funny and all around amazing children I have ever met, and I am so glad to call them MINE! We recognize this day every year as "Gotcha Day", because it it the day that we "got ya" :)  Bella has a different day...all to herself!

Thanksgiving

This blog is very gross, but I feel that I HAVE to rant and rave a little bit so don't read it if you don't like to be grossed out.

Well...Aden pulled through like a champ and the next day (Wed) he was perfectly fine. So, we went to La Casita (sorry I didn't see you Hailey!!!) and ate a huge, yummy meal. Then the real fun began! I started throwing up just before midnight. Ava was an angel and slept in her room until 2am, at which point she came to bed and nursed, rolled over and thew up all over me. We changed the sheets and layed back down. Ava throws up again. After I threw up for a few hours, Scott started. Ava has diarrhea all over the sheets (I think it's time for new bedding). Then she throws up on the carpet after she wakes up for the day...twice! Scott has thrown up all day and to top it all off, I had to suck it up and go to Morningside for a 4 hour event...not fun. I have never in my life seen/dealt with so many bodily fluids flying everywhere in one day. So this year for Thanksgiving, we are thankful for our toilets, washer and dryer, and carpet cleaning solution. BLAH

Tuesday Blues

Aden has thrown up 5 times in the last 3 and a half hours. We've had one bath, one shower and I'm on the second load of laundry. Please send up a prayer for him, he is so incredibly sad that he is throwing up :(

Amazing

I was in the bathroom, getting ready for the day and Aden and Ava were playing quietly with books in my bedroom. He says to her, "I-luh-voo-bebe". 

What more can I say?? :)

Pictures.....?????

Aden woke up feeling like a champ today-yay! My brother Tim came over to take a few family portraits of us for our Christmas card. So....I get my backdrop set up and we all get cleaned up. Everyone wore some sort of black shirt and jeans (except Ava-she wore a black shirt and a pink tutu-because she HAD to wear her new tutu in our Christmas pictures!) Well, to make a long story short, it didn't go as planned. Why did I ever think that we would get a 2 year old and a 10 month old to smile at the same time-let alone SIT STILL at the same time?!?!?! HAHA

Sickie

Last night I had another fabulous event with Morningside...soooooo when I came home Scott told me that Aden wouldn't play in the bath. He just sat there shivering even though the water is always nice and warm. So Scott took both of them out and Aden went to bed about 10 minutes early. I went to check on him at 10:15 when I got home and he was tossing and turning, but settled back down. Ava and I nursed (again) at 4am. Afterwards, I had a feeling my little boy needed me (isn't it ama zing how mommies always "know"?!). I went into his room and felt him head and he was burning up. He woke right up when I touched him and we went into the kitchen to take Tylenol and have some ice cold apple juice. His temp was 101.9 :( He was shaking and so very sad....I stripped off his jammies and we layed on the couch together under the fan to cool off (he was sweating-I was freezing) After a few minutes he looks at me with puffy eyes and says, "Einsteins?!?!?!?!" LOL So we watched THREE Little Einsteines until I couldn't take it anymore and I finally brought him into bed with me, Scott and Ava...good thing we have a Cal King!!! It was definitly family sleepy time. So now it is almost 9am and he is still asleep in our bed. Poor boy...I just really hope that all of this extra rest will help him to feel better so that we can have a nice long weekend with Daddy :) 

AVA thinks she is a big girl and is letting go of things and standing. I get so nervous because she looks so small. She's my little squirt ;) She is finally about to break another tooth (molar). She cut 8 so quickly and then we didn't see another one for months. 

Don't we all love the wind and cooler weather?!?! It is so nice to be able to go outside with my kids :)

OOOOOH I hear my boy...byebye!