EVERY February...

We get so incredibly ready for spring...okay we will even take the sun shining at ALL!!

Jenna started our sickness this year...well at least anything serious. We have had a few minor colds and such since Jake's bout with the hospital, but nothing that bad. Thursday the 11th Jenna just wasn't quite right. I could just tell there was something a bit more wrong than the average cold, so into the doctor we went. Sure enough, pneumonia. They drew blood, gave her a shot of Rocefin and sent us out the door for a 10 day antibiotic course. The 15th, Jenna fell, split her head open and got staples. My turn; The 18th I couldn't even swallow anything so I decided it was time to go to the doctor. Strep and sent us on our way with a 10 day antibiotic course. Tuesday, Anthony has a high fever, didn't sleep the night before, could hardly catch his breath. Went to the doctor; strep with some bronchitis. He luckily got a 5 day course of antibiotics and some awesome cough syrup. We got Jenna's staples out too. Yesterday, Jenna had a fever of 103* so we took her in. They didn't want her to have antibiotics this close to her last round, since we just stopped it on Sunday so we are just watching and waiting to see how she does. Today she has been great and then the next minute not so good. Jake has been fighting two colds within this time frame too....glad he doesn't have to go on antibiotics! YIKES!!

So needless to say, we are ready for it to get warm and burn all these bugs away!! Thank heaven we are all still okay and that we didn't have to make any hospital trips this time around. We are still blessed in so many ways, just need a few blessings in the health department ;)!

Here is to SPRING!!!

Almost 10 months old...

I am not sure where the time has gone, but it has gone somewhere. On Monday I decided to try Lydia's first pony tail! It turned out cute. It was even long enough to curl, not just stick straight up. It made her look grown up though so I'm not sure it will happen again anytime soon ;).
When I was taking pictures of Lydia, Jenna wanted her picture taken too...this was the result! Cute little sisters..I am totally jealous that I don't have a sister, but am glad my girls do!
I just love the smile under the binkie in this picture! She is ALWAYS smiling. She learned that from Jenna too! Jenna's nursery leaders say that she is the perfect nursery goer. She smiles all the time, helps clean up and even sings :).

Anyway, back to Lydia...
She has 3 teeth all the way cut through and one making its way out right now. She crawls everywhere and pulls herself up to things, but then gets mad because she isn't sure how to sit back down. She has started to climb up the stairs, but also gets mad because she gets scared half way up. She LOVES her Dad and has started to clap when he comes home! She also loves her big brother and sister and gets ALL excited when they take her into the toy room to play. She is sleeping through the night almost all the time. She still likes to be wrapped up in her blanket to go to sleep, but doesn't stay that way long. She is quite shy when first spoken too, but she always comes back for more. She eventually warms up to people and loves being held. She is definitely my most snugly baby, but it seems like it is always to someone else, not me :(.

I love my children!!

Valentines Day...

Valentines day is a holiday we don't do much for at our house. The kids get so excited about holidays though that we decided to get them a treat basket. The needed new shoes too so we added those to the pile! We decided last year to play the game hot and cold for them to find their presents, so we did that again this year. They had so much fun that they even had Mom and Dad hide their presents to each other! It was cute.
Jenna having just found hers!
This is Lydia enjoying sitting on Daddy's lap while the kids found their baskets!

Ouch...

My poor little Jenna fell and splint her head open. She had to get three staples in her little head and still has quite the bump! We were about 30 seconds from leaving on a little day trip to Alpine to see the elk and play in the snow a bit and she came running to get out the door. Her little body got going too fast, her feet just couldn't catch up. She hit her head right into the corner of the wall. I was there watching the whole thing, but couldn't stop it. I immediately saw blood, picked her up and took her to Jake in the kitchen. He said "oh" went upstairs and got some toilet paper to clean up the blood. After he took it off the first time, we thought she needed stitches so we called the doctor, headed out the door and was on our way in about 2 minutes. She did so well. I think she was quite dazed and confused at first, but after the doctor put anesthetic in the wound, she seemed okay. She didn't even cry or flinch when the doctor put the staples in...not until the third one. She then cried for a little bit, but was SOO brave. I cannot believe it was Jenna that was my first stitches/staples experience. But she did so good. She has had a headache for the past few days, but it doesn't seem to bother her too much. This is all while she is still recovering from pneumonia that she was diagnosed with on Thursday! She has had quite the week! Good thing for doctors!

A new place to hang out...

Lydia has been cutting her two top teeth and has been a bit cranky! So, we try to find ways to help make her happy. Jake was walking by the washer, which was going.... and placed her on top. She was SOO happy. She didn't want to get off. In fact, we tried twice and she cried so we put her back on there. All in all she probably stayed there for 10 minutes and would have stayed longer, but we got tired of standing there next to it!

What a good big brother...

I went upstairs to get something for Jenna, go to the potty and I could hear Lydia crying and then stop. I came back down to find this! Anthony had got Lydia up on the couch with him, given her her binkie and she was all cuddled up to him on! So cute! I love that Anthony loves being a big brother so much!

Look what I found!!

Anthony left his cereal bowl out a little too long. Lydia found it and was in HEAVEN!!! Gotta love a mobile baby!

Jenna...

Jenna wouldn't smile at my Dad this last weekend when they were here so she doesn't have a cute new pictures....hopefully next time!

Oh our little brown eyed Jenna. She has sure learned the ropes of being 2!! She gets away with so much because she is just so cute...and so DRAMATIC! She loves to read books. She loves to watch princess movies. She LOVES to play with her Dad! She still loves all things girly; getting her hair done, fingernails and toenails painted, scrap-booking and anything else I'm trying to get done quickly :).

Jenna has really started to enjoy drawing and coloring. She loves to use markers, but quickly runs out of them because she leaves the lid off. She loves to play with her doll house and pretend with her baby dolls. She tries to keep up with Anthony in exercising/running but she just isn't quite up to his speed....but she sure tries. She still is quite quiet and only talks when she needs to. She still needs a translator, me, most of the time too!

We love Jenna and the happiness and smiles that she brings to our home. I tried the interview with her too, but couldn't understand most of her answers. I'll just answer them as I know she would answer them...

Favorite colors---pink
Favorite animal---kitty
Best friend---Dad and Jessica
What do you like to play with? Dolls
What do you like to wear? Nothing :(...
What do you want to be when you grow up? Mommy
Favorite book---Anthony Grandma Guymon has given her.
Favorite thing to eat --- macaroni and cheese and yogurt

We love you Jenna!

Lydia...

Lydia is growing up way too fast. It seems that she just isn't big enough to be getting into EVERYTHING, throwing around her cute little attitude when she wants things and just getting around. She has started to really crawl, not just scoot. She gets up on her toes and tries to get around that way, but then quickly goes back to her knees.

Lydia has started mimicking what Anthony and Jenna do, especially sticking out her tongue. She thinks it is funny that she can do what they do. She loves to cuddle!! YAHOO!! But only when she wants to, not all the time. She is quiet shy and has to warm up to a person before she will be transferred into their arms. It doesn't take long for her to warm up though.

She loves to eat when someone else is eating. She loves bananas, tortillas, puffs and just about all baby food. She drinks bottles all by herself now, but won't touch a sippy cup.

All in all, Lydia is just about the perfect baby. She entertains herself, she loves to play with her brother and sister and she loves to cuddle :)...what more could you ask for?

Anthony...

Anthony is growing up so fast! I cannot believe that I have a 4 1/2 year old. He is excited to be turning 5 like his friend Brady. He really wants to be 6 because that is when Uncle Jon comes home.

Anthony is so excited to start wrestling too. He tells everyone that when the snow melts he gets to start his size wrestling. Too bad it won't really be when the snow melts, it is WAY before that day will happen.

In interviewed Anthony the other day and these are his questions and answers...

Favorite colors---green
Favorite animal---bear
Best friend---Brady and Ben
What do you like to play with? Motorbikes
What do you like to wear? My black shorts with white strips and a white shirt.
What do you want to be when you grow up? Batman
Favorite book---Very Hungry Caterpillar
Favorite thing to eat---Peanut butter and jam sandwich


I thought his answers were fun and they certainly fit what I would have said...all except the batman part! We love Anthony in our home. He is growing up so fast. He loves to discover new things each day. He loves to create things. He loves to figure out the letters that make up a word. He has recently been very fascinated with letters and has figured out how to write his name. Anthony is kind of a hard name to write, so we are super proud of him.

We love you Anthony!!

We are ready for summer...

We NEED the weather to turn nice so we can play outside. We have to make up lots of ways to entertain ourselves. We have been getting pretty creative! Anthony is shooting his animals off the piano bench and Jenna is taking naps with all her dolls!
I have such cute kids. Sometimes it is nice to have a day we don't have to go anywhere and we can just play with each other. The very next day we are bored out of our minds and want to get out of the house! We will all be happy when spring comes!!