Day one COMPLETE

and three hours later.....WAAAA LAAAAAA!!!!!



This is amazing. Scott has some mad skilz. the boys thought it was awesome, this is very close to the beginning of when they saw it for the first time....but they were scared of the tools and the noises they made, so after he started working again they were lightning speed up the stairs and hiding under a blanket on the couch. hahaaaaa. He'll come back tomorrow morning. AWESOME!! HOURS of fun in this thing to come for the Thomas kids. =)

Part 1

THE PLACE:

THE MATERIALS:

THE TOOLS:

THE MAN:

THE REASON:



Stay tuned for more.............. !!!

bunch of sickies!

Well, the weekend started out great, date night to the Lakeshore game with my man (we lost-not so great)...saturday got some things done around here, shoveled some snow, was in the mood to get things done. Put the kiddies to bed and started down in the basement. Right before Christmas we painted about 85% of the basement walls white to make it seem more finished and brighter and cleaner, which was accomplished I think....but still had to finish up the last part. So we got to it, finishing a little later then I wanted to, but it looks AWESOME. Got everything cleaned up and headed to bed around 1am. terrible, but can't get a thing done when the kids are awake....no..really just sydney.... For some reason I felt a little queezy when i was getting ready for bed but I thought maybe if I just could fall asleep it would go away. Finally asleep by 1:30.... 2:10 rolls around and Ethan is in our room screaming/crying covered in barf. SOOO, Ry puts him in our shower and I got to clean up his bedding/walls/floor/trail into our room, and start all that laundry, all while dry-heaving about 50 times.... the smell about put me over the top (since I already wasn't feeling the best). Finally get him all settled and back to sleep, lay down to go to bed and here comes my turn! Barf. (except I make it to the toilet, which means clean-up only involves brushing teeth and mouthwash). we decide Ry should go sleep in the guest room so he doesn't get the bug. An hour later G comes in and wants to sleep in our bed. I'm too tired to care at that point... so we fall asleep. 5:00 wake up to him screaming and barfing in OUR BED. try to grab him fast and run him to the toilet, but some still got in our bed. I go get ry, he puts him thru a shower. (Ethan comes in too cause G was so loud and I'm sure he was concerned for his bro.) put G back in his clean bed, change our sheets, gather more soiled nasty clothing and go start some more laundry. 5:30 try to go back to bed. can't sleep for a long time...keep getting a wif. 30 min later E comes in and has to go potty. Pick him up to take him back to his bed....mistake...too much pressure on my stomach. I basically had to set him down and say good night as I'm running out the door to make it to the bathroom. barf #2 for me. then 7:30 comes and both boys are awake (and crabby) in our room and want to go downstairs. we go down, sit on the couch with their waters, 30 min later G barfs again mostly in his blanket but some got on the couch. moved Ethan over to the other couch- and he didn't move for like 4 hours...falling asleep off and on, same with Garrett. check out how miserable they were together.


Meanwhile, Syd the last 5 days now has had major blowouts of liquid poop, changed her sheets and blankets pry twice a day, clothes pry 3 times a day....which is still happening and I'm TOTALLY ready for that to stop. However, she's still her normal cheery self, with the exception of today...

Ry woke up with some bowel issues Sunday morning too (not as bad as syd's- ha). I can tell you that the combination of the five of us made our house smelled RANCID for a long time there, and I've been trying to get caught up on laundry for 2 days now. I went from being totally productive to feeling like I was 5 days behind in things piled up to get done. No one really ate anything Sunday at all, appetites were pretty much all gone- except for Syd, which is normal. I think yesterday and today were great recovery days, we stayed home and just tried to get back into our normal routine. I took the boys out for some snowy fun while Sydney was taking her morning nap...that was pretty cute.




AAAANNND I cut off Syd's little mullet, first hair trimmy....WOOP! wasn't really that big of a deal, it took like 30 seconds.

and found a new way for the boys to burn off some energy during the day


Good workout!!! since she only weighs like 5 pounds less than them!! haha So anyway, just reporting into the WWW so that you all know we're still alive even though I didn't have enough energy to open the blinds the last two days. haa. THANKFULLY, this all happened on the weekend so that Ry wasn't totally drained for a work day, and that he didn't pick up any major stomach problems thru it all. This took me entirely too long to type soooo I'm not even going to spell check.

ANNNDDDD while I was cleaning up barf that early in the morning, Amber was kickin BUTT in the Disney marathon! So proud of her, she ran more miles in a row than I have probably run in my life. HA! Love you Bama!

Bringin in the New Year!

SO, last week and today we got the kids thru their doc appts so I thought I'd update you all on the latest stats.

BOYS!!
Ethan weighed in at a whoppin 32.5 pounds and Garrett 34.5 pounds
Height- Ethan 36.5 inches and Garrett 37.5 inches

They both got shots too last week which went as expected, and I said this morning "Sydney gets to go to the doctor today" and they both said "I want to go too!!" HAHAHA!! YESSS they forgot about the shots. =) only took a week! which is fine, they don't go til their next birthday so I'm sure they would have forgotten by then.

And for the lil lady, here she is smokin hot on the scale. =)


You cant' really read the numbers cause of the glare, but it says (drum roll....) 27.8 pounds!!! DAAAAAAAAAAANG! and she is 32.5 inches! sheeesh! She's totally going to be taller than me. oh well. Anyhoo, she's a trooper with the shots, the nurse was super fast and we were out gettin groceries before we knew it. Time goes so fast, can't believe how big they are...SIGH. but they are hilarious and all very different...which is what keeps us on our toes I guess!

HAPPPPPYYY New Year!!!!!

This is Sydney's new-found noise. Maybe she's saying something important and we have no clue. Someone translate if you can understand it. =)



Also, these bad boys were amungst the MANY wonderful gifts the boys were showered with from friends/family....opened them Christmas evening, and by lunch time the next day they were flyin around the kitchen and diningroom with them. So fun!!! Can't wait til warmer weather so we can take these bad boys out around the block!



more pictures to come!

Awesome =)

Birthday Bash!

What a fun day to celebrate the boys. They turned 3 today, and of course wanted a BUZZZZZZ party, and a WOODY one. Easy peasy. Seriously how much toy story stuff is in the stores right now. ha! SO, enjoy some great pictures of our evening. Schoony's and Whites came over for a lil celebration and the boys got lots of neat new things for older kids! bring on the games!!!!! =) There were a few attempts in here at getting a decent picture....uuuhhhh NICE TRY. HA! oh well, hopefully the evening was captured well enough to remember for down the road. And you'll see the picture of syd with the bday hat on too and the elastic stretched waaaaay out, which was moments before she snapped her face and screamed for a while. awww....lil lady. Beckett gets points too for partying til he fell asleep. either that or we were really boring. =)



Garrett- you are so much fun to watch as you learn new things and interact with others. Way to go on your alphabet and learning and singing christmas carols! You're enjoying your independence now and wanting to do things by yourself! Thanks for picking up your toys, playing with Ethan, and taking care of you little sister. what a fun year this has been with you! We love you SO MUCH little son! -Daddy and Mommy

Ethan- You are full of energy and imagination! You are so silly and love to dance and play with your toys. Lightning McQueen is giving Buzz a run for his money, but Buzz is still your favorite. you make us laugh with your cute little sayings and comments out of the blue. Thanks for lovin sydney and sharing your toys with G. You are a great big brother, a true leader! Love you always, Daddy and Mommy