Got heat?

Well, I'm used to being on the chilly side. We usually keep the furnace low to save on money and a space heater in the livingroom during the day while the boys are up. But, when they go to bed, off goes the heater, and the house gets a chill. Well, about a week ago, around 11P, I realize that my nose is ICE! So, I go see what the house is set at. It's set at 62...normal, but the house is at 50! I call my dad, and after about a half an hour, he gets it working again. So, it's fixed, right?....WRONG Thursday, I realize that my nose is ice again and go check. The house is at 55. Time to call dad again. He fixes it, leaves, and like 5mins later, it isn't working again. :( So, I call him, but he says it will have to wait till the next day so he can buy a new part. So, we sleep using the space heaters all night to keep us warm and go straight to my parent's in the morning for some HEAT! It is finally fixed....I HOPE! Got heat?

The Boys' Bday Party

I wanted it to feel personalized, so Jaden had a Tonka theme


And Asher had an Elmo theme


I made each of them personalized hats


Jaden blew out both of his candles


Asher could have cared less...LOL

This is how Jaden ate his cake

All in all, Jaden had a great time, and Asher could have cared less :)

Jaden is TWO

Ok, so it's a couple days late, but Jaden turned two!! I can't believe it's been two years since he came into our lives. I remember the delivery as if it were yesterday! I feel in love w/him the instant I saw him or should I say, held him. I couldn't see him for a couple hours after he was born bc I had pushed so hard that my face was swollen, and I couldn't open my eyes very well. He's changed so much since he was 1st born. He was a colicky baby, always crying, always needing to be held. Then, he turned into the happiest little person.

He still is happy, but he's definitely in the terrible twos and tests every limit he can! He can be SO stubborn, which of course, I have NO CLUE where he gets that from...LOL :) He's starting to be able to reason w/some things. Like, he's started listening if I tell him, if you do ..... then you will get a ..... Or sometimes I'll ask him if he wants a time out or spanking, and of course he says no. So, then I tell him well don't do that or else you'll get one.
I took him for his yearly check up, and he is in the 50% for height, 94% for weight, and 97% for his head....poor guy, he has such a BIG head :) She said he looks very well proportioned though, and I would have to agree. We're still scheduled to go to Ann Arbor again for his eye in April. I have been wondering if we should move it up, but it's so hard to tell if his eye is getting worse or not.
Well, speaking of Jaden, it's his nap time, so I should be going. I've started laying down w/him for a morning nap bc it seems to be the only way to get him to sleep. He would just go and go if I didn't make him stay still and putting him in his room does no good. He doesn't stay put, and I just spend the whole time putting him back in his bed. KIDS! :)

events

So, February is the fullest month for us, but this is what the months of the year look like for us.
Jan- Jenny's bday
Feb- Shaun, Jaden, Asher, and (SIL) Meghan's b-days
March- my mom and Charity's bdays
April- Melanie, Micah, and my bdays
May- Malin and (BIL) Mike's bdays
June- Wesley's bday
July- Melanie and my anniversaries
Aug- Melanie's new baby will be born
Sept- my dad and Shaun's dad's bdays
Oct- nothing that I know of
Nov- Bethany's bday
Dec- Christ's bday

No wonder we're always broke..LOL :)

Well, the boy's bdays are this month. I'm doing a joint bday for them, but w/seperate themes. Asher is getting Elmo and Jaden is getting Tonka. For gifts, they each are getting a new outfit, a few little toys from "Cars" and "Thomas the Train", and then they are going to share this...

I'm not sure what I'm getting Shaun. I think we may go out for his birthday tonight for dinner. I think he's debating btwn Mongolian BBQ or Red Lobster. I'm guessing we'll go to Mongolian, but we'll see.

it's the little things

So, the boys have been fighting colds all winter. No surprise there. Well, bc Jaden has allergies, he has trouble fighting off the colds, and they usually turn into sinus infections and/or ear infections. Well, he's had a cold, and a couple of days ago, I noticed he had eye boogers. So, I decided it was time to take him into the doctors. I didn't realize it, but we had been there in December for the same thing. He gets cleared up for like a week, and then he's back w/his cold. So, she gave me Augmentin like he always gets, and then we talked about his allergies. When we first diagnosed him w/allergies, we put him on rhinocort, but it is MAD expensive! So, since we couldn't afford it, they put him on nasonex. Well, the nasonex is obviously not doing him any good, so she wanted me to put him on rhinocort. I told her that we just couldn't afford it, though obviously I want to do what's best for my son and his health! So, she gave me THREE bottles of samples and told me when I run out to come get more!!! Praise God that He takes care of even the little things!!!!!!