Cough, cough, cough, cough....cough, cough...

Poor Evan. He has pneumonia. I feel so bad for him, he coughs so much it exhausts me! He's had a fever for 5 days in a row now and he's just miserable. He has amoxicillin and I'm hoping it'll start kicking in real soon. He has to miss his preschool, which he is so upset about. He absolutely loves preschool and it's killing him to have to stay home. Plus it's really hard to 'try' to have him rest as much as possible...he's a 5 year old boy, what's rest?! Although, he's been fairly lethargic so it's been going ok as far as 'rest' goes. On top of that, Mason has a cold and he's extremely whiny and cranky. He also is sporting a fever and is miserable. And on top of that...Carter is working on his 2nd tooth. So he's been cranky and miserable. Poor boys.

And yes...Brian still has his headache. He has another follow up (or is it his first one with this neurologist?? - I can't keep track anymore) coming up, so I'm anxious for that to see what this neurologist has to say. He's had his sleeping machine for a while now and he feels he may be getting better sleep, but the headache is still there. What other option could there possibly be?!?!? Poor guy. I have fallen off my 'end of the rope' a while ago...I don't know where the heck it went. I'd like to try to grab back on and climb back up. Of course, at the same time, I want to climb into bed in our dark bedroom and not come out for about a month. Would that be an ok thing to do? I think so ;). Ok, maybe not.

This is about all I can handle right now for blogging, I'm exhausted. Good night.

Mischief...

Little Carter is trying SO hard to be 'on the move'. He hasn't been successful yet, but he's starting to get frustrated about it. He can scoot on his toosh and spin around in circles...which is very comical and cute. He goes forward with his hands, from a sitting position, but his legs stay crossed. If he gets to ahead of himself, he falls onto his tummy and gets rather upset. Which in a way is sad, because you'd think he could just roll over...but no, he doesn't decide to roll. He can roll, he just doesn't want to. Silly boy.

It's not the best picture, but you get the idea! When he starts moving, I'm sure going to have my hands full!

Evan and Mason have been good. We're all very anxious for spring to arrive. I can't wait to get them into the backyard and let them run out their energy. They sure need it! A while back, Brian cleaned out the garage and he took them in there to play and they loved it! They could run, ride bikes, scooters, blow bubbles...it was glory for them. Evan's really enjoying preschool and now know's his friends name - Andrew. He has other friends, but apparently this is a friend that he 'talks to' and they play cars. Mason's also really enjoying his ECFE class. He goes Thursday nights and gets to experience playing with lots of new things. He'll start preschool at our church this fall and I know he'll be so excited. Evan starts kindergarten this fall too - and he sure is excited! He is very ready to start, it'll be so good for him!



Nothing else is too new around here...I'm still trying to move furniture around our house to attempt making it more 'functional'. I'd love to try and incorporate a play room specifically just for all the toys. My brain's going in circles trying to figure it out! Oh well. We're planning on having a garage sale in spring, so hopefully we will be able to sell items we do not need anymore! We've gotten rid of a few things on craigslist and it's been so wonderful. It feels good to make more 'room' but at the same time it's hard to get rid of baby stuff. I am just looking at it as starting the next chapter of our life. So here goes...to the next chapter!

Oofta, what a busy day!

Today has been crazy! First, Brian had to wake up at 3:45am to get ready to drive out to Wisconsin Dells for a work meeting, which he's been at all day! He still isn't home and probably won't be home until midnight! Poor guy. Well, it's also Thursday which means Evan has preschool and Mason has ECFE. I was able to get up at 5am to feed Carter and get him back to bed, then get back to bed about 6am myself, to only get up at 6:45am with Mason. Got the boys ready, woke up Carter, got Evan to preschool on time, fed Carter a bottle in the Church parking lot, made my way to drop off the water bill, get to the post office to mail some jewelry that needs to be exchanged, then to Rainbow (which is now my favorite grocery store...), then home to unpack groceries, get Mason and Carter fed and taken care of, then to head out again to get Evan from preschool. Then we got home, had lunch, Mason and Carter went down for naps, more cleaning occured, then my Mom (bless her!) came down to help watch Evan and Carter so I could take Mason to his ECFE class which I had completely forgotten tonight was the last night! So I need to call tomorrow morning to try to enroll him for the next 6 weeks - he loves it so much. Then got Evan and Mason down to bed about 9pm, gave Carter a bath (he had 3 blowouts today!) and got him to bed about 10:15pm. Now I'm working on laundry that desperately needs to be done, and get the boys packed for tomorrow - they're heading to Grandma and Grandpa's for the night! Woohoo! Well, except for Carter, he'll be staying home with us. Anywho, I'm typing this enjoying a smirnoff raspberry burst drink. And I'm waiting for my hubby to make it home safe! That was my day in a nutshell. A little crazy, but not too out of the ordinary ;)

No more fever

Evan woke up without a fever, hungry as a horse, and acting like his typical self! How weird?! He had that weird tummyache thing going on, but never got sick...I think he almost got sick last night but faught it ;). Although, last night I was a little worried about his tummy since he hadn't actually gotten sick, so I poked around on him and his very lower abdomen seemed to be the culprit. So I thought something intestinal? Maybe a bladder infection? So I was going to call the doc this morning, but now he's totally fine...?? Oh well! I guess we'll just continue to keep an eye on him! Poor little guy was so miserable yesterday, he fell asleep on the couch for about an hour and a half! He doesn't nap anymore, so for him that was very not normal!

Today has been a good day of getting some things accomplished...cleaning wise. I was able to vacuum, dust, swiffer the floors, do the dishes, 4 loads of laundry, and already get the garbage out. Well, not to the curb, but it's at least in the garage waiting to be put into the trash can and out to the curb. I've also got Mason and Carter down for a nap and Evan's playing some Wii, so I'm taking some time for me! Yay! Although, I did sneak in a game of bowling with Evan - and I actually beat him! It was fun...maybe I'll have to talk him into playing bowling again :).

I guess I don't have anything overly exciting to share right now...so I guess that's it. I have a lot of things cooking in my mind for 'to do', but don't have to strength or motivation right now ;). Maybe tomorrow...

Poor Evan

Evan seems to have spiked a bit of a fever and is complaining of a tummyache. His fever is low which is good. He's also been eating fairly well too...so I'm not too sure what's going on with the tummyache. His left eye looks a bit more 'red' than his other eye, so maybe he has pink eye or a cold?? I'm confused. Oh well, nothing much we can do right now except wait it out. He missed preschool today and he's been pretty sad about that. He loves preschool. I think I'll be putting in a movie for him to watch while he rests. Poor kiddo.

I am excited though that I have changed the look of my blog and changed the name to 'The Darling Days'. So I don't know if that changes the blog website yet...I guess I'll have to look into that. Anywho, I found a cute website to change the blog background and it's fun! Well, I better go. Until next time...

We have a new tooth!

Carter FINALLY popped his first tooth! It's his bottom right. This explains the fussiness, runny nose, sleepless nights, crying fits, ear grabbing, and 'only wanting mommy' moments we've been experiencing over the past couple weeks. Well, he does great for Daddy when I'm gone, but the moment I walk through that door he won't let me do anything else but hold him. He seems under a better disposition now, so it's been nice. Although, I forgot his appointment for his flu shot booster...oops. I have yet to re-schedule. I should probably do that... Another Carter adventure is that we are starting to ween him from booby to bottle! He's now finally taking a bottle from me and he gets about 1/2 the day of me and 1/2 the day of formula. We've tried cereal and oatmeal, and he still doesn't want anything to do with it...well sort of. He still thinks it's really funny and just spits it all out. He'd rather drink his bottle. Oh well, I'll just keep plugging along with it!

Evan's doing great in preschool, he had his Valentine's party and he really enjoyed passing out his litte race car valentines with a sucker attached and receiving Valentine's from the other children in his class. He came home and emptied his 'loot' onto our couch and I couldn't believe it! It was like he dumped out his Halloween bucket! Anywho, he's really starting to open up and talk more. When I picked him up one morning with Mason and Carter in tow, the teacher stopped me and told me that she actually had to tell Evan to 'be quiet'! It was a GOOD thing, and she laughed when she told me. She was just happy that he's finally coming out of his shell. Now he's been talking about his friends he plays with, but cannot remember their names (poor kids!) and how much fun he's having. He is also really into our Wii. He absolutely loves bowling, and he beats Brian and myself all the time. He got a score of 212!!! It's really fun to watch him.

Mason's also doing really well. He still seems to crack us up every day with some funny statement, silly motion or hilarious story. Some funny Mason moments include when he's doing a magic trick and he puts one hand on his belly and the other one in the air, takes a bow and says 'sank you sank you'. This next story is a little weird, but regardless it's funny...Mason is now potty trained, but he still needs some assistance. Well, when Brian's home and takes him potty, Brian spits into the toilet (I don't know why, it must be some 'farmer' thing that's still in him) but anyways, Brian always says 'who did that?' and Mason always replies 'raccoons...raccoons are naaauuuggghhhty.' We have not a single clue where he got this from, but it's so funny and every time he says it we can't help but laugh.

That's about it for now, I'm hungry so I'm going to get a snack. Not like anybody needed to know that, but this is my blog and it's about my thoughts, so there you go. Until next time...

Fun Adventures!

I haven't blogged in a very long time, so I thought I'd let you blog readers know about some current adventures we have taken. A couple weekends ago, we went to check out Under Water World at Mall of America and we had a great time! The kids absolutely loved it, we even got to touch stingrays! We had an ice cream treat then went up to the food court for some pizza dinner...what's wrong with having dessert first?!





Then we spent an afternoon outside on the 40ish degree day last weekend and the boys built a snowman! They had so much fun and it was great for them to get outside for some much needed fresh air.



We now have a 7 month old little man! Carter has been such a joy. His older brothers love him to pieces and it's really fun to watch them play with him. We are still working on introducing food and last night he attempted a bowl of rice cereal with squash and I think he liked it...he thinks it's 'funny' that we feed him and he makes silly noises, smiles and spits. Oh well, he'll eat eventually! His favorite things to do now are sitting up and playing with toys and jumping in his johnny jump up - he swings himself all around and loves it!



Brian took Evan ice fishing this past weekend for the first time and he had so much fun. Even though no fish were to be found, they had fun and it was a very special Daddy and Evan day. I'm so happy they were able to get out and do that! It was also kind of nice to hang out with Mason and Carter at home, they were really good which made it easy and fun :). Other than that, we have just been busy as usual and enjoying the days...and I'm looking very forward to spring!!!

I should be sleeping...

but I'll blog instead. Brian's up north fishing...way up north...in Baudette near the Canadian border. It's cold up there. He called today and said they haven't had much luck, but are having fun. I sure hope he can get some much needed relaxation in. With everything going on, he sure needs it.

Evan and Mason are having their first real slumber party at Grandma and Grandpa Darling's house tonight. I brought them up there earlier this afternoon and I'll be picking them up sometime later tomorrow...or rather later today :). I just got home from book club, I love book club...and Carter is sound asleep in his crib and I'm realizing how quiet the house is. I know I should be massively enjoying it and taking advantage of the quiet, but I'm realizing how lonely it is. As much as some days I wish I could have more days like this, I miss my family more. Carter had his 6 month appointment yesterday and he got 4 shots (poor baby), so he's been fussy. Which means I have not been able to do anything I've wanted to do while I had this quiet weekend with just Carter. Although to be honest, if I got 4 shots in my thighs I'd want to be held and cuddled all the time too. Oh well, it looks like the organizing and cleaning will have to wait...again. Maybe I'll get to it someday.

Nothing else too new to report right now...I just hope I can get a good night's sleep tonight - we'll have to see how Carter does though! Hopefully he'll sleep through the night tonight...we shall see. I hope Evan and Mason are doing well and sleeping ok for Grandma and Grandpa. I also hope Brian is doing ok sleeping up north and not taking off his sleep apnea breathing machine thing. Maybe he'll be more relaxed and can sleep better?? Maybe with it being so cold he won't think of his headache anymore and it'll magically go away?? I can hope.

Well, it is almost 1am, I have a load of laundry in the washing machine...should probably do something about that. The dishes are calling my name, and the scattered toys need to be put to a home. I wonder where my kitchen counters are? Do you think they're under all that cluttered mess?? Maybe I'll find out...maybe I'll find out later...probably tomorrow (or, later today)...if I have the energy to clean them off. Nah, I think I'll just go to bed. Hopefully I can sleep.

Good night.

Hoo Hoo

So I have a funny Mason story to share...here goes:

To start out, I need to tell you that in our house, for some odd reason, we have come up with the word 'hoo hoo' as female anatomy. I don't know why, it's just how it's evolved. Anyways...Brian was putting the boys to bed the other night, and every night we read a story, say prayers then go over what the favorite thing of the day was with each kid. That night, Mason got to go first by saying what his favorite thing was...here's how it went:

Brian: Mason, what was your favorite thing today?
Mason: My favorite thing was....going to go get hoo hoo.
a cluster of laughs surrounded the room...
Brian: Ok, Evan what was your favo...
Mason: wait wait! I have another favorite thing...
Brian: Ok Mason, what is it?
Mason: My favorite thing was saying hoo hoo!
more hysterical laughing occurred.

I'm not sure what brought on this whole 'hoo hoo' talk, but regardless we thought it was funny.

Happy New Year!...uhhh...belated :)

We decided to ring in the new year by staying at home wit our kiddos. We were invited to a couple places, and we would have loved to have gone, but Evan ended up with a little cough and we didn't want to spread anything. His cough was very minor and is pretty much gone now, but still, we don't want to be those parents who take their sick kids out and spread lovely germs. :) Anywho, I put the boys all down for a late nap and we all stayed up until 12:30am! It was really fun, Brian went outside and lit off some legal fireworks, we watched Dick Clark/Ryan Seacrest New Year's Eve special, we got the boys some 'sparking apple juice' and we had a bottle of champagne that's been in our fridge for about 3 years that Brian and I enjoyed. We banged on pots with wooden spoons at midnight and the kids really enjoyed it. With being so burnt out from Christmas, it was nice to stay home. Plus with 3 kids, it's really tough to go out :(. Oh well, we all had a good time!

Carter's 6 month appointment is next week, on Thursday the 15th. He has a new trick...check out the picture below! He's so proud of himself to be able to sit up, but it's kind of funny because he gets tired and he sits there and starts to pout and whimper! So we have to save him by laying him down or holding him. He's so funny. His only downfall is that he still wakes up about once at night to eat. Oh well. He's not into 'food' yet, so we'll try again in a while! He's still nursing and that seems to be all he wants to do! Oh well, he's happy and cute, so that's all that matters ;).

Gotta go, motherly duties are in need...

Update time

It has been almost a month since my last post...oops! I guess the month of December got the best of me! We have been quite busy, since Evan's birthday nothing too much new has been going on. Just same old 'Darling' stuff. Evan had his first Christmas program at his preschool, the Grandparents joined us to watch him...and oh my, was it cute to watch all these 3-4 year olds and 4-5 year olds sing and do a little skit about Mary and Joseph. The entire program was about a 1/2 hour long, I think that was way over Evan's patience level, he was very nervous and pretty much just stood there. But that's Evan...whad-do-ya-do.

Mason's been fairly busy himself. He's quite the instigator and whiner. Not so fun, but he still is very funny and tells us the funniest things. He is done with his ECFE class and they actually cancelled it for next semester. We're a bit bummed about that, but oh well. He'll be 3 next April, and boy oh boy can you tell he's got the terrible 3's! He definitely tests us to our max. But that's a 2 1/2 year old!

Carter will be 6 months old tomorrow. We tried rice cereal, he didn't dig it too much. The very first time went ok, but after that he looked at me like I was nuts to try and give that to him. He's still nursing, which has been going pretty good. I've been thinking about weaning him, but just don't know when to yet. I think I will just wait it out and let things happen naturally. I'm not in any major hurry...I certainly like saving money by not buying formula! That stuff is e-x-p-e-n-s-i-v-e! Hopefully nursing will continue to go well and we get a few more months in :). Other than that, he's a really fun baby and we are enjoying every moment with him. He smiles and laughs all the time and he's almost sitting up by himself! You can tell he's so proud of himself too, it's so cute. He's a smart little cookie, he knows what he wants and he will let us know!

As for Brian, pretty much the same. He saw another neurologist for his headache and he's going to be going in for a sleep apnea test. He has his consult this Friday. Hopefully they can do it sooner than later... He's on another prescription (yay...more western medicine...) and I have no idea if it's helping or not. My assumption is 'not'. I try not to bug him about his headache too often. Poor guy. Well, at least there's another hope out there for him with this sleep apnea test! Cross your fingers for us!

As for myself, again, the same. Christmas came and went. The kids have been having their bouts of sickness (which I have to say, they have the best Daddy ever!!!). Brian took care of Evan so well when he got sick the other day, he took care of all of us! He's amazing. I am SO lucky. My job that I took with the company I used to work for is on hold. I worked myself out of work! I was helping office staff with 'catch up' stuff. I really enjoy it and it's been nice to get a pay check. I sure hope they have something for me again soon... The boys are keeping me busy, the Holiday's left me overwhelmed, the organization needs to start, and dinner needs to be made. =) And for that...good afternoon, good evening and good night! I will post pics in my next blog...hopefully if I get the energy to upload them to the computer!

Happy Birthday Evan!!!

Woohoo! Today is Evan's 5th birthday. Time sure does fly...but you all know that. I'm excited for him, I'm excited for us, but I think it's hard for a Mom to watch her first born grow up. I remember when we found out we were pregnant for the first time and how excited and nervous we were...no more doctors telling me I may not be able to have kids! Ha, we showed them ;). 5 years ago today was a crazy, hectic, scary and exciting day. Evan was the first grandchild on both sides of our family. Our families were in the waiting room waiting for the news of if the baby was a boy or girl. When he was born, Brian and I had our first moments with him. It was wonderful and overwhelming. He went down to the waiting room and told the family that we have a boy, and I could hear the screams of excitement down the hall while I was laying in bed holding my new son. It was incredible.

Now it's 5 years later, and he's just been a joy. We're still new parents with him, growing and learning with him every day, and its been fun. Here's a fun Evan story from a couple days ago.

Brian was outside cleaning the shed and Evan was helping. Evan thought it was a good time to ask about God. Brian explained the best he could to a 5 year old, saying that God can see us everywhere and is with us all the time. Evan couldn't quite grasp the fact that God can see us everywhere...so he went into the shed and said, 'God can't see me in here!'.

Happy Anniversary!

13 years ago today marks the day that Brian 'asked me out'. I was just 15, he was 16. I remember that moment like it was yesterday, I felt so nervous and shocked that someone like him would be asking me out! The song 'I can love you like that' was playing on K102. He was wearing black jeans, a t-shirt with a cow on it and a black and white flannel, he also had his black Duke hat. I was in blue jeans a blue t-shirt and a jean vest (I know...I was stylin'). We were sitting on my cousin's couch, he was sitting back and I was leaning forward. He was on my left side. At 11:06pm, he made his big move, 'will you go out with me?'. My heart stopped. At 11:07pm, I answered, 'yeeeaaahh'. The rest is history =).

It puts a smile on my face looking back and seeing all we've done and accomplished. We survived being high school sweethearts and all the high school drama that goes with that. We survived his 4 years of college life and my 1 year of tech school life. We survived me working at a company in St. Paul while he was still in college. We survived the long and crazy farming hours. We survived our wedding plans that took 2 1/2 years. We survived our wedding! We survived home ownership. We survived going through rough pregnancies. We survived deciding for me to be a stay at home mom. We survived the decision for him to own his own insurance agency. We survived, and are still surviving, parenthood. We've survived every sacrifice we've made. We've survived the past 13 years of our life together, with all that we've been through and all that we have, it couldn't be any better.

He is my rock. He is who comes home every day from work and greets us all with a hug and kiss. He is who says 'I love you' countless times during each and every day. He is who spoils me rotten by letting me sleep in on weekends when I can and makes me breakfast. He is who the perfect father is. He is who is so helpful and does everything in his power to make sure I'm happy. He is who I can look at every day and know that he loves me, and I love him. He is who is my 100% supporter in everything I do. He is who is strong, compassionate and caring. He is who takes care of his family. He is who has made me the person I am today. He is handsome. He is loving. He is loved. He is supportive. He is strong. He is amazing. He is my husband. I couldn't be more proud of him.

13 years ago today, marks the beginning of our life together. Our story has been interesting, fun, comical, crazy...and our story continues.

Update - looong, there are pics =)

It's been a while since my last update, so here goes.

Evan's doing good, he's starting to open up more at school which has been great! He's so ridiculously shy. His newest thing is that he's been having a hard time with anxiety. He absolutely throws a fit and massively overreacts if something doesn't go right. We're working with him, but it's such a challenge since we don't have a clue as to how to fix it! Other than that, he's doing good :)

Mason's doing good as well. He's just Mason. He cracks us up daily and does the funniest things. He's starting to think he can use the toilet, and he tries, and he's been successful at times. However, I just haven't taken the complete time to potty train him. I think if I actually did take the time, we'd have 2 kids out of diapers. I don't know why I haven't tried harder...maybe this will be my motivation! Duh - 2 out of diapers?! HELLO!!!

Carter's doing great. He was baptised on November 8th and it was so fun! Brian's sister and her husband are his Godparents and the service went really well! =) He's such a fun baby. I'm still nursing him which is going well, except for when he goes through his growth spurts and I have a hard time keeping up! He's growing like crazy and smiles all the time! He's figured out his hands and that they do things, and that in itself has been hilarious. The day he found his hand, I was in the car with the kids, he was crying and all of a sudden was very quiet. I looked back and he was staring at his hand - he stared at it for about 5 minutes. Seriously! It was really cute. Anywho, he's playing with toys, grabbing his feet, removing his socks all the time, rolling to his side (he's rolled over a handful of times), laughing, playing, talking, putting things in his mouth and just being super fun all the time!

Brian's doing well, he still has his headache friend...or shall I say enemy?? Maybe we should name it something...like farnuckel. I may have to get that approved. Not too much is new with him. He's busy busy and that's about it.

I'm doing pretty good. I'm struggling with my weight of course. But this is the worst struggle I think I've ever gone through. I'm a stress eater and that sucks. At least with nursing I haven't gained weight (except for that 3 lb buffer), but I'm not losing - which is what I need to do!!! Oh well. I was involved in a boutique yesterday with my jewelry business and that was a really nice time! I got to hang out with my cousin and my sister in law who were also involved in the boutique! I also had a jewelry show last Wednesday night and it was really fun! My last show was 5 months ago, so I was a bit rusty, but regardless it was still a good time and it was a great show! My hostess is getting a ton of free jewelry! I'm hoping to get some more shows on the calendar...I'm also hoping I can do a 'mock show' for some friends so I can get some practice and advice :) Anyone want to help???

Here are some pics from our adventures:

Dadisms

Brian is getting the boys ready for bed, they got pj's on, then it was time to brush teeth and use the bathroom. Evan decided it was the time of the day to do his duties...so he climbed up on the toilet, and Brian took Mason in there to brush his teeth (nice picture, huh?!). I'm out in the living room playing with Carter on the floor and this is what I hear:

'Evan, we don't play on the toilet like that, now put your shirt down and poop!'.

I guess you know you're a parent when you say things like this :). I have been hysterical ever since and just had to blog about it.

Have a good night.

Until next time...

Wow...have we been busy!

It's been a very long time since my last post! We have been so busy! We were hard at work with our haunted house stuff, and I am happy that it's over :). It's a long process, but it turned out great (www.nightmaregrove.blogspot.com)! We had a fantastic turnout and we have a lot of great food donations for the food shelf! I've also been going into work 2 nights a week, and it's been going really well. I'm enjoying my time away working outside the home, but I do miss my boys.

I had Evan's conferences on Friday (I know...nice add to our crazy Halloween day!) and the teacher said he's doing really well. He's very shy, but he's starting to warm up and get much better! So that was nice to hear :)

Mason's been doing well. We've been trying to keep him healthy and away from cold stuff - every time he gets a little runny nose, he ends up with an ear infection. Poor kid's going to be immune to amoxicillin before he's 5! Other than that, he's been just a riot. He cracks us up every day with his stories and actions. He's a funny kid.

Carter's doing great! He's 4 months old now!!! He's smiling up a storm, giggling, rolling from his tummy to his back and always wanting to be held. His 4 month appointment is this Wednesday, so we'll see how he's doing health wise there :). He's cute as a button and we're all loving him to pieces :)!

As far as hubby and myself...same old same old! I haven't really had much of a chance to sit and chat with hubby for a while due to the Halloween chaos and work. We're hoping to cuddle up tonight and enjoy a movie - if we can stay awake! I'm doing pretty much the same, just very busy with 3 kids, work and avoiding the scale ;). The darn Halloween candy is so easy to grab...ugh! Oh well, I'll get there!

HI HO, HI HO, IT'S OFF TO WORK I GO!

It's been a busy week! I started work on Tuesday night and it went great! It was fun to get out of the house, sit at a desk and 'work'. It was kind of weird and I almost felt naked without 3 kids hanging on me! But I am so far really enjoying it and thankful for the opportunity my ex-boss has given me! It's neat to be back with the company I worked for before we had kids. Plus it's a huge bonus to already have the knowledge of the computer system and everything that goes on! It only took a few minutes to remember everything...kind of like riding a bike :). I'll be working Tuesday and Wednesday evenings when I can...maybe in the future I'll pick up more hours. But for now it's working out great so we can all get adjusted. Brian, of course, is doing awesome with the boys! I think the boys are REALLY loving their Daddy time! I asked them this morning if they missed me and they said no! I had to laugh. Carter's doing good with the bottle too - at least that's what I'm told ;). I'm having a hard time though getting a milk supply...I'll have to work extra hard to get that supply up! Oh well, the job isn't super pressing, so if I need to leave I can. I am loving the flexibility! Yay! I better stop before this gets too much more babbly, plus the boys are needing me :).

New Adventures and Projects

We are able to cross off a couple things off our 'to do' list! Woohoo! We spent the weekend working on some projects that have been long waiting! We got 3 things done...well, mostly Brian did, but I helped a little :).

We got the swingset stained, the bench out front stained and the windmill and honeysuckle plant landscaping project done! Yippee!





Carter has also been enjoying some new adventures of experiencing the exersaucer and the Bumbo! He likes them a lot, but doesn't last too long. He's also been VERY cranky lately and I'm walking around with him all the time. It's been exhausting and I sure hope he gets over this crankiness soon! However, I've learned new things I can do with one hand and even my feet. Well, I learned these things when Mason came around, but I think I'm just improving my skills. Multitasking is my profession :).




Speaking of profession...

I'm headed back to work tomorrow! I was filling out some applications and I thought I'd email my ex-boss to see if she'd be ok to respond with being a reference. Well, she emailed back very quickly offering me a job! I'll be helping out in the evenings a couple times a week with office stuff - basically the same stuff I was doing over 5 years ago! I'm excited, but also nervous. I've been a stay at home mom for 5 years now, so going back into an office setting is a little intimidating! Also...I just hope, so much, that the boys will be good for Daddy while Mommy is out of the house!!! It'll be an adjustment for everyone, but we're excited about it! Wish me luck, as it will be difficult to leave my family!

McDougall's Apple Junction

We had a very successful family outing to our favorite spot in fall - McDougall's Apple Junction in Afton. We go there every year to pick out our pumpkins, see the animals and check out the little store. The kiddos also got a kick out of the look out tower this year! It was a blast...I absolutely LOVE these little outings we do. They're so special :).

3 Months =)

Little man is 3 months old already! Where did that go?! His newest 'tricks' are spitting bubbles, giggling, holding his hands together, and just being as cute and fun as ever! I'm LOVING it!



We were invited to a wedding last night for a good friend of mine from elementary school! I haven't seen her in 9 years (high school graduation) so it was an absolute blast seeing her on her wedding day! She was gorgeous and I was so excited to be there on her special day :).

On another note, poor Mason has yet another ear infection. Poor kid, he spikes the highest fevers too so it's really tough on him. Although, it's nice to have a cuddle bug ;). Even though I hate it when they're sick, all I want to do is take the pain away.

Other than that, life is good and I am hoping for a bonfire night tonight...I'll have to see how hubby's doing though. He's so awesome at making bonfires, it takes me about an hour to get one started! We haven't had one since I was 9 months preggo with Carter...it's time to have one :). We used to have them ALL the time and I want to get back into that habit. There's nothing better than sitting around a bonfire.

Until next time...