Merry Christmas...Happy New Year...

Well, the last few weeks have been mighty busy and I have been greatly lacking in postings. We had a very fun filled Christmas as we traveled to Waterloo for Christmas Eve and then spent Christmas Day in Cedar Rapids with more family....and the boys were troopers with the travel. However, once the weekend hit Payton started acting like he was having a cold and that Sunday we found out after a fun trip to Urgent Care he had ear infections and and Upper Respiratory Infection...which he then gave me, haha Merry Christmas! Oh, it gets better.....now Parker is fighting a bad bad cough and we are on house arrest until they figure out it is as well as he has developed thrush..we are having such a fun time in our household....who wants to partake in that fun with us ?! :) Well, other than illnesses things have been going great. I am still on maternity leave which is nice and Payton is still loving his brother (when he actually notices he is around) and Parker is staying the mellow sweet baby boy he has been. Even with being sick he is hardly fussing and still sleeping pretty well despite the coughing fits. More big news....Jeremy is now a full time realtor which I am so proud of. He has spoke about this for years and finally with a little push from recent events he has made the switch and is the happiest I have ever seen him....well except on our wedding day, and the birth of our children...and when the Bears win...haha, you know what I mean. So anyone need a house?! Hmmm...what else, things have been kind of a blur with all the diaper changes X 2 kids, feedings, sick ones, holidays and everything else. Well, I hopefully will get some more posts in as I have time. But here is our family picture from Parker's first Christmas .....and what a blessing my family is !

Welcome Winter!

Well so far we have been surviving the first big snowfall of the season, and having much fun might I add. Jeremy cancelled work and stayed home with Payton, Parker, and I today which was great! Last night we took Payton out in his snowsuit and let him experience snow for the first time, not only did he like it (until he face planted in the snow) but so did the puppies which he thought was cool. Snuggled in today and tonight has been so much fun and actually really made it feel like we are a real family (not that I thought different before) and was actually very relaxing. I got started on wrapping christmas presents ( haha everyone ) and realized how excited I am for Christmas this year, not only to spend it with all of our family and friends but to see how my children (well Payton really) experience everything from church to christmas lights to traveling and so forth. We definitly have a lot to be thankful for and am so happy I am able to be home this time of year again. Parker has been doing well, breastfeeding not so much, since we have had to supplement since birth my supply has taken a nose dive, so with much disapointment nursing is probably winding down, however at least he had almost a month of antibodies! I can't believe this Sunday Parker will be one month old! Time flies.....everyone take one day at a time and take every little thing in especially with your children, I can't tell you how fast the days actually go. I have really began to learn since having children that it is so important to live in the present and now wish it away to the future, being married, being pregnant, having a child, being pregnant (haha yes i know), having another child.....and not even being 25 yet, life events fly by and everything changes so fast. Love life now, the future will come....that is my new motto. This coming Saturday at 5pm is Parker's baptism and I am so excited that he will be baptized in the same church my whole familiy, including my dear husband, has been baptized in as well as been married in. I love traditions :) Well, thats enough rambling for now, loves!