Talking, Talking, Talking, Tired, Tired, Tired

I know it's been quite a while since I've updated here but other than Tyler becoming such a big boy and talking up a storm there isnt much else to report. I've been tired, from the Anemia I'm sure and run out of energy very quickly.

So Tyler's favorite thing now is to echo everything we say and to say all the words he knows when he sees things. Today in the store I picked up Bananas he says "nanas", I picked up apples he says "awpulls", I picked up grapes he says "gapes". So he's pretty much learning a million new words a day and since he is in the echoing stage he echos our phrases as well now. It's cute and I love when he tells "stories" with his 2 or 3 word sentences. The other day he wanted to take off his boots and he told me, "me boot off" it was so awesome to hear him say that. He's starting to say "I love you" when you tell him to say it but soon enough it will be the "I love you mommy" all of us mothers wait to hear!!!

Jon has started cooking these crazy recipes and coming up with things on his own too. He's really good and I'm not sure if I mentioned it but he made a blog for it with his recipes and pictures chefhubby.blogspot.com if you care to take a look!! He's made some pretty yummy things over the past couple weeks and I look forward to his next challenge!!

Kaitlyn's Gym Show is this weekend for Dance! She will be doing a Baton Routine and the Gymnastics type stuff the little ones do. Hopefully she actually does it and doesnt stand there but even her just getting out there will be great and I will be proud of her! Hopefully I will be able to get some picture and video while keeping Tyler under control. Jon might not make it right on time so I'll have him by myself and trying to video her baton routine. We'll see how that works out!!

Hopefully Kaitlyn is feeling better by the weekend she has had a high fever since Monday and has been out of school. She needs to be on the mend here for the next couple days to be ready for the weekend!!

SAH-Wiiiiiiing and it's another Long Drive

Well things have been going here... going going going! Tyler has been talking up a storm and is now forming two word sentences. He is labeling everything and trying very hard to mimic the words we say to him. It's amazing to watch his progress since it is so different from Kaitlyns. She wasnt talking at all at this point so it's kinda crazy! :) He also LOVES to climb and jump and is still getting very fiesty when tired. He ASKS to go to bed when he is tired and if I need to push him a little longer he will start to get whiney and start hitting people or throwing things or doing anything that might get him some attention. It's really cute though that he WANTS to go to bed sometimes!!!

Kaitlyn has been Kaitlyn, it's been a little bit of a rough month but we take each day as it comes and pull through. She is getting better at going to school though sometimes I still have to carry her kicking through the door. She has been getting Social therapy, sort of, at school. She hasnt had much time to spend with the social worker and I dont see any sort of difference. She still just plays alone 90% of the time she is at school. We're hoping that they will be able to challenge Kaitlyn enough once she gets into Kindergarten. If they are unable to we're thinking of keeping her home and homeschooling her to give her the acedemic challenges she needs. She gets very bored at school sometimes because learning the ABC's and 1-10 is something she knew 2 years ago. She's doing math and early reading stuff at home right now in her 1st grade workbooks and enjoys it so much!

Now, Jon, he's been enjoying staying up way too late to play his new Mass Effect 2 game - which is a very cool game and yes I've been staying up late too!! I need to go to bed tonight though and so does Jon. He's working a double tomorrow and is working on Sat morning too. Then we will be heading down to visit with the in-laws and to see Ben join the world of the Lord at his Baptism! It should be a wonderful joyous day and I look forward to it!!

10 YEARS?!?! Really???

Lord Jesus, as we celebrate our wedding day, when two became one, we give You thanks for blessing us with love in all circumstances. Because You first loved us, we can love one another. For the love we have shared in the beautiful times and the love we have discovered in the painful trials, we praise You. For the love that You showed on the cross, for all Your people, we glorify Your holy name. Amen

10 years ago I hopped on a Greyhound bus to Long Island, NY, who would have thought that it would turn into a lifetime of love and commitment?!?!?! Happy 7th Wedding Anniversary to the my wonderful, loving, hardworking, devoted, amazing.... (you get it) Hubby, Jonathan!!! Our love and commitment to each other has grown as much as we have over the years! I'm happy to have laughed every laugh with you, cried every cry and built this wonderful life and family together with you!! :) You are my life, my heart and my soul!

New What?

Just wanted to say Happy New Year and I hope that somehow this year can be better than last. I'm not sure right now what to do differently to make it better since right now we're just going through the motions to get through each day with the different challenges that come our way. Feels like a waiting game but in time I hope we can work out a plan for th immediate future to get some things changed!

God Bless all of my friends and family with a wonderful new year of new experiences and second chances!

Good Old Fashioned (wtf?) Christmas

Well last night we went to Christmas Eve service at Church and I just loved it!!! :) My favorite!! The kids had a good time too - running all over while Pastor was trying to do his Sermon!! LOL I'm sure he loved it!!! It was a great time though and then we came home and got the creatures all snug in their beds with visions of who the hell knows what dancing in their heads - probably some kind of fluid since K woke up and peed herself hahahahaha. Jon worked midnights that night and got home at 7:30am Christmas morning. We opened gifts and had breakfast and then Jon went to sleep. The kids and I played with their stuff most of the day and then I made a lovely Chicken dinner with homemade (from scratch) stuffing and some twice baked mashed potatoes. It turned out great and I cant wait for leftovers!! All I got was a cut finger and a burned hand out of it and Jon even did the dinner dishes!! YAY!! :)

The kids loved their presents and cant wait to paint the little craft things they got in their stockings!

Jon is working a double shift today so we will hopefully get to spend some well needed time with daddy tomorrow! Also Jon's sister Michelle, her hubby and Ben should be stopping by today to exchange gifts and spend a few minutes before they head off to see someone else I'm sure.

Nothing too exciting going on... going to keep on my road to cleaning the house and trying to catch up on laundry. One day... one day I will be caught up and can TRY to stay that way! At least my kitchen is cleaned!

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas!!

Endoscopy & Early LI Christmas

Ok so yesterday I had my endoscopy done and the Dr did some biopsies and found an ulcer! YAY! Sounds weird to be excited about an ulcer but at least now I know where my pain is coming from and I can work to heal it and try to prevent them in the future.

I was all feeling blah and groggy all day yesterday afterwards and as soon as it was time to get going I got wicked terrible heartburn and it lasted all day. It was just like the other pain I was getting in my belly... oy! I fell sleep with the kids for nap and then ended up going to bed with them at night too. I took my nexium and was still popping Tums like Sweettarts!

At least thats over and we know why my little pouch was hurting. Hopefully thats the end of it and I can get on with life!

We had a good time visiting Jon's family last weekend. We went to Long Island to celebrate early Christmas and had a good time seeing everyone. We even got a chance to ride the train into the city and Kaitlyn and Tyler loved seeing the big tree in Rockerfeller Center. Tyler was infatuated with the train and the subway and kept saying over and over "choo choo" lol He LOVED it so much. Kaitlyn even got to take a picture of the tree with Daddy's phone by herself and then the tree started to sparkle after that and she said "it was thanking her for taking such a good picture" of it. She's got quite the imagination!!

This weekend Kaitlyn will be playing the part of an Angel in the Christmas Pageant at Church!! how exciting! I'll get some pictures, I hope to post! Should be fun! I can't wait to start singing Christmas Carols at Church either... I LOVE it!! :) Oooooo and Jon is working midnights Christmas Eve night into Christmas Day so he gets to go to Christmas Eve service with us!! YAY!!! So much fun!

A Long Island Christmas & a camera where?!?!?

Hahahahaha ok what a title!! :)

Well first of all I was/am still having stomach pains so I went back to the surgeon and asked for an Endoscopy. He said if I hadn't asked he was going to suggest it! So on 12/16 I get to go have a camera shoved down my throat to have a look and see if I have an ulcer or anything weird going on in there that would be causing the pain. Fun for me but it needs to be done!

I just have to say how awesome it is when a certain little man is watching TV and repeats things he hears!!! I LOVE IT! Tyler is talking so much, even if he isn't saying anything intelligible half of the time it's still so cool to hear him. Last night the kids and I were watching Rudolph and Mrs. Claus says to Santa "but Papa..." and Tyler turned to me and repeated JUST like her "Papa." I just exploded with joy! He's getting sooooooooo big now too, he looks like he's 2 1/2 and he's only 19months old!!! Anyway, he can now jump off the ground with two feet too! He's doing so much now it's crazy. Oh did I ever do a number on him too... we went and got out family Christmas photo (which I'll put in this post) and I decided since Tyler's hair was sticking up and he needed it cut that I would just buzz him. Well his hair looked a LOT darker when it was a little longer but when I shaved him it was very light and he looks bald!!! hahahahaha The good thing is his hair grows really fast and only after a few days it started looking better and you can see the hair growing back in now! Still funny and he will tell me what a dork I was when he is older, I'm sure!! :)

Also, we're headed to long Island this weekend to celebrate Christmas a little early since this is the only time we have to do it. It will be fun and we're also going into the City for the annual tree seeing trip! YAY! The kids are going to love it! Kaitlyn especially loves riding the train and going on the subway - thats where she learned to say "watch the gap" lol :)

Ok and here is the picture