Busy Toothfairy!

Justin came home from school last friday with a necklace made out of dental floss and plastic in the shape of a tooth. I heard it tinkling as he walk in and I look over at him and asked "whatcha got there?" To which he replied "MY TOOTH!" What? no way? It wasn't very loose! But he showed me the gaping hole and sure enough it was missing. He pulled it out while he was working on his seatwork at school. I checked his other tooth (we usually check when we brush before bed and sure enough it wasn't very loose- just a little wiggle.) well of course the toothfairy came to our house and exchanged some goodies and $$ for his first little tooth. He was sooooo excited and showed at 6:30 saturday morning that she had in fact come! We all got up and began our chores and I hear him say "oh-oh". I look over and his other tooth was now hanging by a thread. He said "oh, what should I do" and I said "well pull it out!" and he did!! So the toothfairy had to come back to our house two nights in a row! I really don't know how he got them out- that is determination!!

I'll cry if I want to!

Okay so this might not be funny to anyone else but I thought it was hilarious! Tyson and Chelsie looked so cute so I tried to take their picture... but it was way to close to nap time so they cried the entire time. I snaped the pics anyway and found myself completely laughing by the end. It took me back to when they were first born and they would cry at the same time and it would sound like two sirens just off in their timing- making continuous noise. Their cry had two different pitches and Chelsies' had a squeak at the top- it always made me laugh (well for a few minutes anyway)! I just love the pic of them looking at eachother and crying. Then Chelsie became quite interested in Tysons hair. And finally at the end she gave me a BIG smile for the camera!

Where did the time go?

Tyson and Chelsie turned a year old on February 1st! I can't believe how quick that went by! I can't believe I made it a whole year nursing 2 babies! It was bitter-sweet to wean them but it was also surprisingly easy. (my other 2 not so much)

10 things about Tyson:

1. He does everything with his tounge hanging out

2. He crawls over anything in his way, including Chelsie

3. He can make brilliant noises with his tounge (clicking, rolling, waging, etc)

4. He loves his mama and always want to be held by me and only me

5. He was the first to say mama and still yells it at me when he wants food

6. He steals anything Chelsie is holding and any food she has left on her tray if his is empty

7. He loves bath time and splashes up a storm (lookout Chelsie)

8. He pulls off his pants and throws them and his blanket out of the crib if I take too long getting them up after they wake up

9. He has the sadest cry- you can't help but pick him up and give him a snuggle

10. He has a funny laugh but you have to work pretty hard to get him going

10 things about Chelsie

1. She is the most giggley baby I have ever seen! She laughs long and loud and free

2. She let Tyson take all of her stuff with nothing but a "uh" in protest and then moves on

3. She has a great set of lungs and can really wail

4. She loves to be held and will let anyone hold her

5. She loves to play pat-a-cake and was able to do all the motions by 9 mo's

6. She says "mmmm" after every bite of food and shakes her head when she is done

7. She gives nice wet open mouth kisses (sweet)

8. She weighed 5 oz. less than Tyson at birth and now it is more than 5 lbs. less

9. She smiles for the camera (although it is a bit of a funny expression it is the same everytime)

10. She cut all of her teeth at one time. she went from 0 to 7 then to 12 with the other 4 on their

way!

It has been so fun to see two babies grow up at the same time. to see their different personalities and a very distinct difference between a boy and a girl. While the beginning was very difficult and tireing ( and I know there is more where that came from), the blessings really are double! I love you Tyson and Chelsie! Happy Birthday!

Quarantined!!

This has been a bit of a rough winter for us. Especially this whole month of February aka Black February! we started the month out by taking turns with some form of the respritory flu. It wasn't too bad we were still able to mostly function. But then we got hit with the most horrible flu or bronchitis? who knows. but it was horrible. john started us off and each day someone would wake-up sick. I got it monday night (18th). I was fevering and just plain dying. I was up all night every night with one or two of the kids. Tuesday was the worst of it for me- I honestly couldn't move. Poor John had to help feed kids and hold one of the sick babies. Nobody in my house moved for a week!! Justin missed school for the first time this year (and what a weird feeling to have to call my kid in sick for the first time!) He ended up missing 5 days total. We watched practically every movie we own- to keep the kids occupied. We were all drugged on any medication we could find and we just layed on the couches covered in blankets. No one felt like eating so we barely ate for a week. And thank goodness for friends who would bring over food because I couldn't get up long enough to make anything. I have never been so sick with the flu- EVER! Other sicknesses like strep yes but the flu? no. This the worst I have ever seen. To take out a family of six within a week. I am still not better and if I move too much I start sweating- no to mention I ach and can't breathe and my head just throbbs. Okay this is way to long of a post for illness but I just can't believe the killer strength of this flu! (maybe if I was able to rest I would get better faster- but so it goes in the life of a mother!)

Happy New Year

We went to Disneyland on New Years Day with my family. It was a blast. After all, Disneyland is the Happiest Place on Earth AND most of my family was there (except for my brother who is on his mission in CO.) We had a grand ol' time. Justin loved all of the "big" rides. After every ride he would say "that was awesome! can we go on it again!") His favorite ride was space mountian because we were flying on a rocket! ( he he got soaked on Splash Moutain (we had to change his shirt and wait for his pants to dry). Alexa loved the rides but would hide her eyes during any scary parts. My cousin Marisa, who works for Mr. Disney, got us VIP tix to the Aladdin show. It was really funny and the babies were pretty good for the show, which was lucky because we were down in the front (although we had an escape route all planned out just case)! Tyson and Chelsie were really very good and the fun was worth all the extra effort of having two babies in tow at Disneyland. The fireworks were cancelled (too much wind) which is sad because they have the most amazing fireworks show; but we took Alexa over to FantasyLand and she had an absolute ball. It was great because all of the kids had gone home so we were able to walk on to most of the rides. Her favorite ride was the carousel. She said "we were on the horsies like Mary Poppins! right mom!" So Fun!

computer illiterate

so i tried to add all the pretty paper and embellishment to my blog (thanks melissa for the online tutorial) but i dont know how to make the header picture so cute. and as i was playing around with it i just kept making it worse and worse. so that is why the header looks lame and now i cant get the words off without making it worse. (any help would be appriciated). but i am proud that i actually got the paper thing right. it was scary even with the tutorial. but then again i cant even figure out how to send a forward or mass email- i know i really am computer illiterate!! but i like the new look! (thanks to shabby princess for the cute paper!)

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