The bunny and stuff....

We saw the bunny tonight. I realized as I was standing there and my 3 robots were saying "cheese" that 1. I take a lot of pictures and they do a great job of knowing what to do to move on to what they want to do. and 2. gone are the days of kicking and crying cause they are afraid. When we were done I asked them if they like the bunny and I got from Dylan "it's the same every year". I thought maybe the mold was broke after Brett was born - I was wrong!

We have been busy re-arranging our bedrooms as the boys got their much needed bunk beds. Our neighbor sold us hers for a great price and they are in great shape. So a week ago Cody and I went mattress shopping and we set the room up last Saturday. And I don't think I've seen my boys since. Just Kidding......but they do spend a lot of time up there. Their toys downstairs are starting to feel neglected. They have asked the bunny to bring them their own sheets. Cody wants Bakugan and Dylan would like Tony Hawk.

Brett's job is so-so. Not sure how many know this but he works for AIG and well they have been in the news A LOT for some really bad choices. We figure it would be only time before we started to feel the true affects of a company in trouble. Thankfully he still has a job and that comes with a big thanks especially today as the company did a big layoff. Several people lost their jobs today and go out into the economy of uncertainty. They will have a meeting in April to discuss major changes. Not sure what that will mean but could mean loosing a shift differential in pay, a change in hours, etc.... So we wait. He's handling the stress pretty good of going to work every day and not being sure if you have a job. Thankfully, my job is stable and our company is actually growing.

Cody and Dylan will be singing up for Kindergarten next month. Seems our district is late in doing them. Many other New Yorkers have done theirs already. Within the next few weeks we will have a parent-teacher conference with their pre-school teacher to discuss how they are doing. She has told me fine - but I have lots of questions as we will start the school year out with 2. I am unsure if I will push to keep them together or let them go their separate ways. Doing lots of research and just trying (like always) to make the right decision.

Until next time....

Happy Birthday Auntie Tanya

The yummy ice cream cake. I forgot how good these were. Tanya and the crew....just missing Jack! The kids wanted nothing to do with dinner but once we said "cake" they came running. Singing "Happy Birthday"....we tend to just let the kids sing. They do a great job! Auntie and Dylan.......he doesn't pose as much but gave in to his auntie on her special day! Today is Tanya's 40th birthday. A pretty big milestone but she couldn't look any better. We had a nice night of celebration. Yummy lasagna that my mom made and a super yummy ice cream cake. She got some great gifts but a couple of her favorites were what the kids got her. I had asked the 3 of them what they wanted to get her for her birthday. Dylan after first wanted to get her a "new shirt" but I told him I was thinking of something cheaper. :) So Dylan got her his favorite candy bar (that Auntie told him she would share with him and he thought that was a GREAT idea)......Tyler got her a lollipop. He wanted a "big" one but I couldn't find it. Cody got her a pack of gum. As Cody loves to chew his gum. I bet she'll share that with him too! They all made her cards. I think she enjoyed her 40th birthday.

Shopping for new beds

The time has come that the boys want bunk beds. At first I was going to get the beds that Kevin and I had as kids (that were originally my dad and his brothers) but while they are old, beat up, they also didn't have great security to them. No ladder - not great sides. So I was hesitating on getting them. Then my neighbor called me the other night and said she is getting rid of her set and if we wanted them - the price was very reasonable. So I went to check them out - and OMG they are great. Nice wood, a little dings but nothing major, a built in ladder on the end. I loved them. So our next move was to buy mattresses. I called around to some furniture places today and just so happen I found a sale. So tonight Cody and I went mattress shopping. Nobody else wanted to go. So Cody tested them out and we pick up 2 new mattresses on Friday. I am so excited for them to be getting their own beds. Our sleeping arrangement isn't one many people like. We co-sleep. Some agree - some don't and that's fine. But we did what we had to to get sleep with twins. So it works for us. But it's time to move on and they are excited about it. They are asking the bunny for sheets. Cody would like bakugan and Dylan would like sharks, spongebob and skateboards. I will have to see what the bunny finds. Now Daddy needs to get out his tools as we have a lot of moving to do. I smell spring cleaning in my future!

Finally an end to the hearing issue....

Cody and I went to see Dr. Tatum today. My major concern was his hearing (although he did pass his hearing test), but I was also concerned with his tubes and if there were holes on the ear drum. Dr. Tatum said he is hearing next to perfect. I told him that every doctor is not able to see past the wax and I am thinking it's time to get it out. So he said while he doesn't like to remove the wax with the instruments while they are awake at this age - we could try it and see how he does. Well Cody did PERFECT! He laid there and winced a little but Dr. Tatum got a great amount of wax out. It was really neat to cause I got to watch it all on a monitor so I could actually see inside of Cody's ear. I got to see the tubes. They are in place however his left ear does appear to be working it's way out. The tube itself is blue in color and almost looks like pvc pipe. Kind of cool to see inside your kids ear. So no surgery as my gut was thinking. For once I am wrong. But that's good because I really don't want to visit the OR any sooner than I have to. So we go back and see the team in July. But really my next step is to get the ball rolling on dental. Let the insurance battle begin.

Seems like forever ago...

I changed the background of the blog today and am gearing up for the Easter holiday. The bunny has been busy starting to buy for the baskets....we have dates set for upcoming egg hunts to go to.....the "bunny is watching" threat is starting to be used....but this picture brings back so many memories.

The boys were 3 months old, making Karly 3 years old. This was their first picture with the bunny. As you can tell they were sound asleep and really didn't care. It really does seem like yesterday that they were so little.

A little bit of Luck

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!!

Brett calls me today to inform me we got the letter from the town court on my ticket. Great! I was waiting for him to tell me how much it was going to cost us. Instead.....the case has been dismissed. YEAH!!! Not sure why, the letter just stated that "due to the above mentioned circumstances, the case pending against you has been dismissed". Thank you very much. I am very grateful that we don't have to come up with that money. I was figuring an easy $150. So thank you to the district attorney for dismissing my case. :)

I guess on St. Patrick's Day - I had a "little bit of luck". Should of played the lotto but I didn't want to push it. ;)

Yeah for Dylan

So this is probably embarrassing and luckily I can get away with it cause I'm the mom....with potty training comes daytime training and night time training. The daytime came for everybody and went pretty smoothly...or as smoothly as potty training 3 kids at once can go. Then it was night time and Cody and Tyler just seemed to not have any issues. Dylan seemed as if it was taking a little longer. Well it took almost a year longer. Not a big deal. We just graduated to those Good Nights and didn't make a big deal of it. The pediatrician wasn't worried that he was 5 and still wetting at night. I did some research to and I wasn't worried - it would come! Well folks, the time has come and he hasn't wet for a couple of weeks now. YEAH! He is so happy he doesn't have to wear the "pull up" at night any more. It's almost as if the gland that controls this just became mature. I'm so proud of him. The sad thing is is that I had just bought a new pack of the good nights and used like 2 out of it. So......I guess I hand them down to Connor when it's his turn. Yeah for Dylan and yeah for everybody just peeing in the potty!!!! Now we just need to work on that aim.......