Had such a good time with the kids this weekend. Movie night with the kids, board games, barbies and hide & seek. Yesterday I met my basketball friends from college and all of their girls at McDonalds for lunch and then all of our girls played, then went for Gigi's cupcakes and then off to the movie theater to see Beauty & the Beast 3D. We had so much fun and when I asked Ella what her favorite part was..."the cupcake mommy."

When Ella and I came into the house I don't think there was a toy that hadn't been touched by Mason & Mark. We ate dinner which Mason really enjoyed and then played hide & seek again. Ella was hiding at one point and I was trying to find her and Mason was following me yelling for her. So cute! By the way you may not think so by his side but Mark maybe one of the ultimate hide and seek players.

Week of January 9, 2012

Show Mason is trying really hard to say a lot more words. Last weekend he tried for duck and it came out "uck." Very cute. This morning he was saying car over and over. He is growing up way to fast.

Ms. Cheri was asking Ella what she would like for her birthday and she told her she wanted a potty that she could stand up and pee just like daddy. She is so funny, I love this age!

We are off to see a new school tomorrow for Ella to attend Prek. I told him this morning and we had a little melt down on how she didn't want to go to a new school. Sorry honey if you want to stay at St. James for full time you need to start looking for a job. Very good school and I have heard nothing but good from everyone and it is close to Elaine's.

January 2, 2012

How happy are our babies that we took them to Chuck E. Cheese's on Monday when we were off work for the New Year.

Mark December 17th down in the books - this was the night that Ella wore panties to bed for the first time!! One kid out of diapers/pullups, very proud of my big girl!!

Very proud of my hubby collecting $920 in donations towards Men's Health Awareness Month. Part of what is called "Movember" is that he had to grow a mustache. He won first in donations right behind the President & Vice President which won him an IPad. Merry Christmas to us!!

Mark

Mark won a hunting trip as an incentive through work and was gone December 1 - 4th. It was in Minnesota and he was very excited about the possibility of getting to shoot a deer. No one on the trip got anything but I think he had fun and hopefully came back relaxed.

November 21, 2011

So several doctors have advised us on removing little Miss Ella's tonsils & adenoids. Today was the day for surgery. Mark took Mason to Elaine's very early and I took Ella for surgery. We had to be there at 7:00 am for her 8:00 am surgery. She wanted to take her backpack with some toys. She had no idea what was getting ready to happen to her even after talking about it several times to help prepare her. Once they gave her some medicine to help get her loopy she was swaying back and forth on the bed and she said "mommy, you look like a spider, he he." I held her then before they took her back. Ella then asked "mommy, will you rock me like a baby. Mommy, you aren't doing it right."

Surgery took maybe 30 minutes and after it was over I could hear her crying from the waiting room. First couple days were rough to try and get her to drink, eat and take her medicine. After a week of the medicine I stopped giving it to her because it was Hyrdocodone and said it may cause drowsiness, nope not for my little girl. Kept her wide awake. I thought surgery day she would be real sleepy especially after anesthesia but no she only took a 45 minute nap. As of last Thursday I believe we are back to normal. No more medicine and she is eating and drinking normal. Her sleep pattern needs some help. She keeps trying to climb into mommy & daddy's bed between 4:30 - 5:30 am.

I can already tell a difference. I haven't heard any snoring and I think she is sleeping more soundly. Hope to make a difference also with her allergies.