The countdown is on....

Well if you are a visitor of the blog you have noticed the background change to 'Happy Birthday'. That is because we are on the countdown to Cody and Dylan's 5th birthday on Friday. So stayed tuned as I will be reflecting through out the week on our journey to 5 years ago, the many exciting moments of raising 2 babies at once, the many, many emotions of seeing your baby for the first time and learning that your life will NOT be what you thought it was going to be, watching them accomplish so many 1st and then as the years pass sending them through the doors of pre-school..........

My "babies" are turning 5!!!!

Self Given Haircut

I am slowly beginning to realize I can't be in more than one place at a time. Tonight was no different. I was cooking dinner and Cody apparently had to go to the bathroom (which is upstairs). He didn't tell me and that is fine. They are supposed to know to just go up and go pee and come back down. Well, tonight he got side tracked. Brett had shaved before he went to work tonight and left his clippers (that are new) on the counter, charging. Well, Cody decided to use them.

As I was going in the living room I could smell something, I figured it was the heater in the bathroom. So I went upstairs to turn it off. As I walked by the cart - I noticed hair all over. Didn't think much of it cause I thought maybe Brett didn't do a great job cleaning up. So I went back down stairs to eat my very yummy dinner (mac & cheese) and noticed something wasn't right on Cody's head. I was shocked and put all the pieces of the puzzle together and realized he used the clippers to cut his hair. I really don't think he knew what he was doing. Cause after I told him he was missing hair, and his brother's quickly jumped on the band wagon he FLIPPED OUT! He was crying and saying that he can't go to school because the kids will pick on him, and he doesn't know why his Dad didn't pick up his stuff (ok, maybe I said that and he repeated it but whatever).....I of course took pictures and sent it on the phone to everyone. I thought it was cute. The boys were going to be getting haircuts this weekend anyways.

So Brett called as he was going to lunch tonight and asked if Cody wanted him to come home and give him his haircut. Yeah! I really did hate the way it looked. So, Brett came home and did a quick haircut. The other two will get them tomorrow. While it isn't a 100% - it is as good as it's going to get till it grows back.

I'm thinking I deserve every gray hair I have - and yes, I do have a couple of them! BOYS!

Playing Dress Up

A week or so ago we were at my sister's and the kids were playing dress up. We now have a new member of the mafia.....Dylan:and a new member of the Red Hat's:

Priceless!!!

Some good news....

I got some good news today. Tyler will be discharged from speech. *Yeah* I am so proud of him and what he has accomplished. Just over a year ago we called upon Tish, who I have classified as our family ST to guide us with Tyler. She had done an amazing job with Cody and we loved her. She knew our family, how we clicked and had knows Tyler since he was born. Tish started with our family when Cody and Dylan were 8 weeks old - they are turning 5 next Friday. She said we are her longest running family. Tyler got his tubes and then had his tonsils and adenoids removed and we were off and running. So next Friday we have our meeting to be discharged and for the first time in 5 years we will be therapist free. Tish said Tyler has some errors but they are age appropriate. She said he should continue to improve with the help of school and his brothers. To be a 100% sure we are seeing his ENT next Monday to make sure his ears are clear and open.

Then as I was driving home tonight I was listening to the radio and the announcer said he was giving away a family 4 pack to the BU Bearcats b-ball game to caller 10. I drove a minute and thought - I will never win. But then I said, ah what the heck. Brett and I were just talking about going to a game with the boys so I thought I would call. It rang and he answered. Yeah - I won! We are going to the game on Saturday. Should be fun.

The luck has changed

Well it seems as if the luck of doctors, appointments, big fancy words, have changed. They have jumped from me, made a stop with Kristie and Jack and now has landed on Tanya's plate. Tanya called last night concerned saying she thought Connor had a hernia. I googled it and wasn't real sure. She called the doctor this morning and they got her right in. However, once the doctor saw it he didn't like the looks of it at all. A little blue in color, he was concerned that maybe the testicle had twisted. So they went to the hospital for an ultrasound. Not twisted but he has a hydrocele. Which is fluid leaking onto the testicle. So they must get in to see a pediatric urologist ASAP. Problem is there isn't one here. So they have to pick another hospital and go there. She should know where tomorrow. Surgery is probably in their future but time will tell for sure. I have to give my sister credit she seemed liked she was handling the news pretty well considering she was doing this solo as her husband came down with a major migraine as he was supposed to be getting ready to meet her at the hospital. Thankfully, I grabbed Karly from her at the doctor's office and brought her home with me. The boys were so happy to see her. Then my Mom went to be moral support.

As Tanya and I were talking last night about our upcoming week we said "wow, we have nothing going on". How quickly that changes! I'll keep you posted.

Snow Time

Today is about the first day all week that we have all felt well enough to actually do something. But of course the weather did not cooperate with us. It has snowed all day. We all got bundled and went out to "play" instead. I would of had a few pictures to share but apparently my battery is dead. (Sigh) The boys shoveled, went on the sled down the little tiny hill in the front yard, had a ton of fun throwing snow at their Dad. Dylan was the last one in. He loves to be outside. I really think he will be my nature kid. He just LOVES everything about the outdoors. I guess he takes after his Uncles in that aspect as his Dad is not an outside kind of guy.

So we vegged and it's felt really good. Tomorrow I'll have to make up for it as I will need to do more chores, go grocery shopping and get my house back in order. Tonight though we will go to sleep singing "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow"

Credit to our 4 legged family member

It's been an interesting few days around our house. Started out Tuesday AM around 4 when Cody got sick. Yeah - it seems the flu bug has made his way back to our house. So no school for the boys and I went into work late. Then I started to not feel good. Decided that I shouldn't probably eat anything and only made it at work till 4:30. I spent the night on the couch and the boys were nice enough to let there mom just relax. So I stayed home on Wed. and felt better. But then this morning around 1am - it seems it was Dylan's turn. He got sick all over. So I had to change bed, clothes, you name it. Got settled back into bed and the real action started.

I'm sleeping but all of a sudden hear Molly bark. First bark not thinking much of it. She must of heard a noise. She barks again and I heard Brett get up. I was surprised. All of a sudden he comes flying into the bedroom and says "somebody is trying to break into the van". Whole sh#T. Are you kidding. So he is throwing on clothes, has already called 911 and is heading down the stairs. So I join him on the front porch as we wait for the cop to arrive. We are talking and looking up and down the street and low and behold - we see the guys down the street. Continuing to look into windows. So Brett calls 911 again as they were headed down the street to another. Just as he calls again the cop comes. So Brett tells him and off he goes. Stopping to talk with a guy but honestly I think the guy buffaloed the cop - I think he was part of it. So we are still outside and just watching around the neighborhood. Kind of in disbelief of what happened. Oh and let me back up a minute - we knew they were trying to get into the car because we got a nice fresh snow last night and the stupid idiots walked up to each window and wiped it off so they could look in. DUMB! So all of a sudden I look across the street to a neighbor of ours and see movement. At first I thought nothing of it as the guy is a paid fire man and I figured he has a scanner and heard what was up. Um NO - it is one of the kids. He walks out of their driveway, across the street (right in front of us) and it isn't until Brett yells and starts to run after him that he decided he should high tale it. As my citizen on patrol husband was running I quickly yelled at him to stop as that is just NOT a good idea to run after the jerk. Who only knows if he had a weapon of some sort on him. So we call the cops AGAIN and the original cop came back. However, there are now 2 other marked cars on the street and an un-marked van going around. The cop gets our information and Brett tells him he just saw the guy. So the cops drove around shinning the spotlight into back yards but only caught a glimpse of them. So we hope they don't come back. Kind of un-settling to know that they saw us but who knows if it really sunk into them or not. Frustrating that the cops didn't try and get "out of the car" and go look for them. I realize it was cold outside but these kids have been breaking into cars (maybe not them but probably) all around the neighborhood.

So kudos to Molly for alerting us to something amiss. We are calling her Tacko's little deputy. (Tacko is my brother's k9)