F.A.B Fall

Football, Anniversary and a Birthday, that's how we bring in the fall. (My favorite time of year!)


My boys look so freakin' cute in their football uniforms, I'm not even going to play the humble mom. SO FREAKIN' CUTE! Now if I could just get Myke to join a team...he he. Jonas is #9 in the first 3 pictures (courtesy of my awesome photographer neighbor). And Kyler is #89 again, in the next 2 pictures.

SO FREAKIN' CUTE!!!

And then there's sweet Katie in all her birthday glory...turning 12 and obviously loving it. She's so funny and very quick witted. She can definitely hold her own with the rest of us. Sam had a lot of fun opening all Katie's presents, and blowing out her candles. (He really did think it was his birthday too.) Katie was super nice letting him take over.

And last but not least Myke and I had our 15 year anniversary. CrAzY!!! Anyway, I still love him and I'm not done with him so I guess I'm gonna go ahead and keep him. I would post pictures of us too but................there aren't any!

Back to School

Going back to school... already. Katie's going in to 6th grade and Jonas into 3rd. Jonas wasn't feeling well so he wouldn't let me take a picture of him by himself. (He's such a grumpy butt sometimes) (Katie won't show her teeth when she poses for a picture, I have no idea why) (Kids are so weird!)

Yellow Ledbetter???

Myke and I play a game called Name that Song... yeah, we totally made it up. One of us say a line from a song and the other one has to name the song and who sings it. (Whatever, we think it's way fun!) Anyway, so I heard Pearl Jam's Yellow Ledbetter in the car the other day, and we've always made fun that he was just making up the song as he sung it and it didn't make any sense. When I was driving I heard "on the box over there", so I came home and asked Myke what song it was. Needless to say, he didn't know. (When I told him he sang "on a wizard on a wave".) I was curious so I looked it up, it turns out there are real lyrics. Here they are if any one's interested... (if your not interested... whatever it's my blog, you can get off)

"Unsealed, on a porch a letter sat
Then you said, 'I wanna leave it again'
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend, I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called and I said that I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason, oughta' leave her calm, I know
I said, 'I know what I wear, not a boxer or the bag'
Ah yeah...can you see them?
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah
And I know and I know I don't want to stay
Make me cry
I see, ooh...I don't know why there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said, I don't, I don't know a-where there's a boxer or the bag'
Ah yeah, can you see them?
Out on the porch, yeah, but they don't wave
I see them, round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know, I don't wanna stay alone
I don't wanna stay
I don't, don't wanna

Me...being a mom

I see my life as a mom in 4 phases:
Phase 1, one baby

~My son will get all my love and attention...check
~My son will only eat the best things...check
~My son will always wear the cutest clothes I can find...check
~My son will always wear shoes and socks from the time he is born...check
~My son will never have a binky past age 1...check
~My son will never play with noneducational toys...check
~My son will always live in a clean house...check

Phase 2, two babies

~My kids will get all my love and attention...check
~My kids will only eat the best things I can afford...check
~My kids will always have the cutest clothes I can find on sale...check
~My kids will always wear shoes and socks when I put them on...check
~My kids will never have a binky past age 4...check
~My kids will only play with educational toys unless someone else gives them something
way funner...check
~My kids will always live in a tidy house...check

Phase 3, two kids and one baby

~My kids will get all of my love and most of my attention...check
~My kids will eat anything fast, easy and somewhat nutritious...check
~My kids will always wear clothes...check
~My kids will always wear shoes when they are walking on sticky weeds...check
~My kids will always have a binky, until they lose them all...check
~My kids will only play with toys...check
~My kids will always live in a house that gets picked up once a day...check

Phase 4, 3 kids and one baby

~My kids will get all of my love...check
~My kids will eat food...check
~My kids will wear clothes if we go somewhere...check
~My kids will own shoes and socks...check
~My kids will always have a binky (and 20 on hand)...check
~My kids will only play with things that resemble a toy...check
~My kids will always live in a house...check

After 4 kids my views on being a mom have changed a lot! I used to have so many standards to live up to. I have since realized most of those things don't matter. My kids are happy and well rounded. They are great kids and I love being their mom.

Sleep... Finally!

Myke was diagnosed with severe sleep apnea. The tests say that he quits breathing 129 times an hour (5 times is concerning) for at least 15 seconds at a time. Which means out of 3600 seconds in an hour he is only breathing for around 1660 of the seconds. Having youth on his side was his only hope. People die in their sleep from heart attacks and strokes caused by sleep apnea. Kind of crazy. This also explains his lack of energy, motivation, stamina and fun. It also explains his high blood pressure, hypertension and most of his other ailments. To get this taken care of is so exciting. It's been a long 4 weeks of tests, phone calls and worry.

To fix this problem he gets to wear this huge face mask hooked up to a machine every night (cpap=old man machine ha ha). He said it's like Darth Vader...I'm thinkin' Hannibal Lechter. I couldn't help but laugh when the nurse came over to show him how it worked and to fit it to him. Anyway, I'm super relieved he will not be dying in his sleep tonight.

I would post a picture, but that would probably be kind of rude he he.

February

Valentine's Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. I love the colors and it's just that much closer to spring. February has been a bit of a health challenge in our house. Sam and Kyler both got pneumonia. Sam got over it pretty fast but Ky seems to be holding on to it a little longer. Jonas has a horrible cough, but no pneumonia which is good. His sounds more like a croup cough, which makes sense for him, since he used to get it every year. Then Myke decided he was sick too. Myke has also been diagnosed with sleep apnea, so we are hoping to get that treated very soon. We're kind of just waiting on the doctors. I think I may have to involve myself tomorrow. This whole waiting around for answers doesn't work well for me. Other than all that, we are all looking forward to the spring and healthier times ha ha.

Silly Sammy

I gotta say... this kid says the funniest stuff and has been talking amazingly since around 18 months. I love it. I thought I should write down some random stuff he says now so I can remember later.

If you tell him to not do something he yells "I'n not, No I'n not"

I naughty, I sit on the step --- I good boy now, I get off the step.

Epitant (elephant)

Giggles (The Wiggles movies)

Gonas (Jonas)

I coming?

I yuv you mom (awww my favorite)

Elmo pooped ha ha ha ha

Soapie (Sophie) naughty

Soapie gots somesing

Soapie eating my binky (yes he still has a binky and the bottle to boot)

I'n going to pee on you (when I'm about to put him in the tub. I know, it's wierd, but funny)

I fauted (farted)

He also loves to sing the Hokey Pokey, and pretty much knows every Wiggles song. Even the wierd ones Shalom El Ehem (whatever that is) He growls when he's mad and rolls his eyes when he doesn't want to listen to you.
That's all I can remember for right now. But I'm sure I'll think of some more after I "publish post"