Dear Parker,

Dear Parker,

Happy 2nd Birthday buddy! You are such an awesome little guy with so much personality and love. You always make me laugh and whenever I need someone to snuggle with you are the go to boy for that! You love to copy anything your brother does and in fact at times you act much older than your age, lol! You are a nonstop talker repeating everything you hear and can talk as well as your older brother and have been for quite some time. You love to read, color, and just hang out doing whatever we are doing. You favorite thing still remains your blanket. You have this one dark blue blanket that grandma Wendy gave you and you haven't let it out of your site ever since. Whenever you need to calm down, sleep, or even just take a moment you go right for it and I swear you notice whenever its not near...which makes washing it a challenge! You have brought so much more to our family and we couldn't imagine it any other way. We love you so much!!!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Happy Birthday Payton!

Dear Payton,

Happy 3rd Birthday buddy! Being our firstborn you brought into this world a lot of change, but change for the better. When you were born, your daddy and I didn't have a clue what to expect. But, you have helped us grow as parents and as persons and I can't even remember what life was like without you in our lives (oh ya, quiet...LOL). I love spending my time watching you grow and learn new things every day. You are always coming up with something new such as a new trick, a new favorite thing, a new saying, and your love for all things Mickey and Jake and the Neverland Pirates. I love watching you try new things and you have become so smart it almost scares me! If you are shown how to do something once, you have it down in like five minutes. You have also become such a great big brother to Parker and I can honestly say he loves you and wants to be just like you! I can't imagine you not being in our lives and you hold such a big spot in mommy and daddys' hearts! Happy 3rd Birthday little man you have grown alot since that 7lb 6oz 21inch baby boy born on this day three years ago!

Love Always,

Mommy & Daddy

Change

So, I have totally abandoned this blog. But....even though I am sure no one really reads it, I still like the idea of having someplace to write about whats going on and be able to look back at later. Plus I hate writing by hand so this allows me to just type everything I am thinking. I officially started weekend option and starting in October I won't be working anything but weekends (right now, I am still picking up some days in the week). I ....can't....wait! I get to hang out with my crazy little boys and really just have fun like five days a week! I also am loving who I am working with on the weekends so when the weekends come, its like, great, I get to hang out with some awesome people! Hopefully starting in October I will have a routine established (like I said, hopefully) and I can get back into regularly blogging and uploading pictures (which I totally suck at). So, until next time!

News!

So I can officially release the great news....I got the weekend option position in our department so once I start my new hours in September, the boys get to stay with me all week and no more daycare! You heard me! I will be saving $342.50 A WEEK! But, I also get to be with my boys all the time! Which I will say at times terrifies me, lol, but most of the time I am so ecstatic! I have lots planned for us! Hopefully, that includes being able to update this more often!

Wow 2 posts in 1 month already!

Well, I can't believe I am actually blogging already again lol! However, I will have to do a post of its own for pictures as I haven't got time to upload any right now. So.....where to begin? Although I miss my co-workers and having a work routine being off on medical leave with my boys has been awesome! I thought I would go nuts but we have found our own routine and have been sooo busy! Granted things take me more time being one handed but it still has been awesome. We have had so many playdates already and they have only been home with me for two weeks. We have been to the splash pad too many times to count with good friends and even by ourselves, we have been to the splashpad and pool and even to Old McDonalds Farm. I love being woken up in the morning to Payton sneaking in my bed to cuddle and turn on sesame street only to have his brother start yelling mom ten minutes later. I love our outings together and really seeing them learn new things. I never thought I would want to be a stay at home mom because I really love my job as a nurse and I really love where I work but man, its sooooo tempting! I know there will be tears on both our parts when I go back to work. Payton even has been saying "I no go see my friends mom" when he thinks we are going to daycare.....:( I love spending time with them and it is so different from when I was on maternity leave, by the end of my leave I was sad to leave each of them but ready to get back to the adult world and have some routine, but I think its so different now that they are older. I absolutely am cherishing this time with them. I know I have to go back to work soon and am hoping that my wrist is healing because I know our department has been so short lately, I don't want to add to everyone's stress but it will be bittersweet. Until I get the okay from the doctor I am resting my wrist and making every day count with my boys. Well, enough for now! We have a sleepover with cousins Hannah and Noah tonight, splashpad tommorrow and maybe even Old McDonalds Farm, and Friday we are relaxing at home with a busy weekend to come. Hope everyone is staying cool!

We are alive!

Oh my word. Talk about a lack of blogging! Since my last post....ummm in April.....so much has happened! Lets see....May, I graduated with my Masters Degree in Nursing from Allen which was such a good feeling and then two days later we left for a week of sun in Florida with my whole family. It was alot of fun, we went to Sea World, Busch Gardens, Gatorland, and Universal River walk along with lots of swimming and a fun day at the beach. When I got back from Florida I went full time at my current job (hello student loans) and have just been keeping my eyes open for a good teaching job if one should arise. However, I do really like what I do now so it would have to be a very good oppurtunity to leave. However, I feel really bad for all of my coworks right now because one month from being full time I am now on medical leave...Ya...you heard it...now I am off work for awhile. Back in March when we moved into our new home I was helping push our couch into the trailer it dropped and snapped my wrist down. Well being a nurse and a procastinator I put it off as a bad sprain or bone bruise..well...after finally listening to my family doctor and seeing a hand specialist with xrays and an MRI later...I have a partial cartilage tear, ligament tear, and I tore the covering off of one of my bones slightly. So...now I have to wear this huge immobilizer for one month, get cortisone shots, and then see how I feel. If after one month things are not improved....then comes surgery (yuck!). The only positive that is come out of this is that my boys will not be going to daycare for the time I am home so I get lots of special time with two of my favorite people! I have never been able to stay home with my boys so I feel as if this is a special treat (minus the use of one arm and some soreness). Plus, I save alot of money with not sending them! Hmmmm....now up to this last weekend. We had so much fun! Saturday we went to the splash pad with the Ashlines ( and the boys favorite little buddy Jackson) and then to the Olin fireworks....which were by far the best I have ever seen! Then Sunday we went to the cabin for family time and the boys had such a blast! Boys sure will be boys, our tub was black Sunday night after washing all the dirt off of them. Then Sunday night we went to a glow in the dark golf tournament ( I was basically just the cheerleader) with the Ashlines again! Then on Monday we went swimming at the beach with them! What a weekend! Now its recovery and cleaning mode since our house looks like a torando came thru it! I hope to get better at blogging with the upcoming time home I have however typing one handed can take awhile so they may be short and sweet :) Hope everyones summer is going great! New pictures to come!

S.L.A.C.K.E.R

So I am a blog slacker. Sorry. We have been sooo busy this past month. Lets see, about a month ago we moved, ya you heard me, moved...again! But this is for good. We got a great deal on a new construction that was bigger than our last home and well, we bought it! We are currently trying to sell our previous home, and have had several showings the last few days. Lets see, the boys. Well, Payton is now in the "I do it!" phase and wants to do EVERYTHING by HIMSELF...which I applaud, but makes for some challenges here and there and also alot more time. Parker is 17 months old now and really starting to talk! He mimicks everything he sees and hears. He is also getting more and more tough and has been the one to initiate the fights between the two as well as taken onto biting Payton when he is mad. So, thats been a blast. Payton has been in his toddler bed for about a month now too and is doing so well with his big boy bed! Every night we snuggle and read books and he tells us to"DOOR OPEN" (leave the door open a bit). Parker is still my sleeper of a child. He still goes to bed with his blankies (which he is oh so attatched to) every night about 7-7:30pm without a fuss and sleeps until 7-8 am. Its great. But, Payton is our alarm clock who now walks in our room and stares us in the face at about 7am every morning saying "I wake mommy, I wake daddy". Oh, well. What do ya do?! In other news, in less than three weeks, yes you read that right, three weeks and I GRADUATE from Allen with my Masters degree! Yay! Then two days later we have a huge family vacation to Florida!!! Yay! Airplanes, theme parks, and a very nice resort for a whole week! Well, I hope to get better at updating this but I will leave you with a few pics of the boys!