We Can GROOOVE!

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Kayden Elfed us last night. He was giggling up a storm!! Even Hannah was enjoying watching them all. This is the one Kayden picked to put on here. I know - you are all wondering where Eric has been hiding those sweet moves?? :)

It's Saturday Night...Let's Hang Out at the ER

What do you guys do on Saturday Nights to "have a good time?" We hang out at the ER!! :) As you can see our patient was a very, very good boy. Even labeled the "perfect patient" and "patient of the day" by the first doctor. Little bit of a scare for Mom and Dad, but K was fine the whole time. On and off all week K has been complaining of a tummy ache on his right side and sometimes other random aches. It always went away and nothing that seemed to serious. Saturday afternoon he kept waking up from his nap screaming, and wouldn't lay back down. Kept complaining of his tummy ache on the same side. We ended up calling the Nurse Line, and went through an array of questions, and she said since he did keep saying it was the same side and same spot they thought we should have him seen.

I have never seen the ER that busy, and I work there! There were people laying on gurneys lining the hallway, laying on the floor in the waiting room, INSANE BUSY! Luckily the Peds area is separate after check in and we got right in. I would not let Kayden onto the floor or touch anything until we got into a room! UCKY! If Jodi would have been there she would have needed to be put into a rubber room!

The Dr's checked K's tummy, kidney's, lungs, etc. And bottom line - he's two. We aren't sure what it is! As you can see in these pictures, he was just fine which made it hard to bring him in, but they did reassure us it wasn't kidneys, lungs, appendix, etc. The last Dr actually said - they could do an X-ray or an ultrasound, but said he didn't want to keep us all night and he was fine. No fever, no anything. He said to come back if anything changed or if the pain really stopped him in his tracks (which it has yet to do). So we are very thankful we went in to just get reassured everything was fine, hoping him complaining goes away b/c it makes him awfully whiney.

Enjoying a little "Buzz & Woody" and "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" on the little mini TV. He was good to go!

The one thing they did see was a big sore on his tonsil, as well as this giant sore on his tongue. While we were waiting for the Dr the 2nd time he practiced showing him his tongue sore, so he got really, really good at it! They said it wasn't strep, just a "virus" as usual. But good thing...last night his appetite was BACK! Ate steak, all his veggies, our garlic bread and lots of mashed potatoes. Hoping he's all better!

Check out the right side...giant sore, huge and swollen!

Funniest thing of the trip (besides him fist-bumping & high fiving the two Dr's) was the 1st Dr saying "do you know when your birthday is?" He looks at him, points at his arm band (where his BIRTHDAY IS WRITTEN) and says "well its right there." :) The Dr burst out laughing and said, "well yes it is! Thank you Kayden!" Love our little comedian! :) hehe

Hannah's Update

Hannah has been a busy little girl. She is the most determined little thing that we've ever seen. She just wants to be up and playing w/ Big Brother. She does the same at daycare, trying to keep up w/ all the little ones and making loops around the house! Here's an update on our baby girl. I'll post pictures later!

CRAWLING / WALKING - She crawls like a crazy animal. Never sits still. She pulls herself up on EVERYTHING, and sometimes comes crashing down. She's a pretty tough cookie, most of the time w/ out crying. The other day she pulled herself up on my magazine basket, looked at me and walked herself closer to it. This past week she started pulling herself up in her crib so she stands in there and jabbers and talks until we go get her, then its ALL SMILES! Needless to say, its as low as it can possibly go. She walks a bit w/ us if we are holding her hands, and she goes along our window bench. Our since July 2008 has become the toy bench! :)

We are so blessed to have such a happy girl. She is always smiley and happy. But don't get me wrong, she gets upset. If she is hungry, and there is not a bottle near her - you WILL KNOW IT. Giant Alligator Tears and all. If she is upset or crying Kayden usually yells, "Hannah's mad, she needs a bottle."

SANTA - Hannah got to go see Santa TWICE! Holly and I took her to go see Santa at the Stew. Civic Center Tree Festival before all of our dancers arrived, and one shot later we had a giant smile! Then she got to sit on the Mall Santa's lap w/ Kayden. She wanted to make sure she could see us, and then she was just fine.

EARS - Hannah has had a rough couple of weeks, an ear infection in her right ear the week before Thanksgiving. Then the first weekend in December we noticed she was tugging on her ears...AGAIN! Brought her in last Monday and double ear infection, both ears. The Dr. looked at them and all she was was WOW. So they put her on some different medicine, and I am still not completely convinced that it is gone. Poor thing!

WEIGHT - Our little moose is at 20 lbs. At her ear infection appointment she was 19 lbs. 12 oz. She is snug in some 12 month clothes, but we've gotten out mostly 18 month clothes for her. Too bad the legs on the pants are like twice the size of her legs and the waist is snug! :) Love my chunka monka!

We are waiting for our new car seat to arrive (gotta love ebay stores) and then she will officially be out of her infant carrier. This is the same carrier that I can no longer lift very far. I have to get into the truck w/ it b/c I can't lift it in there. I really, really hope that she will like it. And hopefully it'll fit next to Kayden so she can see Big Brother!!

Hannah's most current fascination is with Kayden's cars. She knows where they are, where he hides them, and how to get to them. And it drives him CRAZY! He grabs as many of her toys as he can hold, carries them over to her, and then piles them all up on top of her, snags his car, and then says "there you go Hannah...your toys," with a giant grin on his face!

SLEEPING - Hannah is not the best napper, she loves to fall asleep in her car seat, and that's about it. She's never been a super napper, not at our house or daycare. This doesn't always make for the best evenings - but not sure how we can force her to nap. She gets up once a night for a bottle and then she's good until breakfast. She slept through the night this past weekend, that was AWESOME, but short lived!

EATING / PUKING - Hannah's spitting up has gotten a bit better. Some days she doesn't even spit or throw up at daycare. This may seem like a weird post, but for those that know Hannah this is HEAVEN! I can't wait until the day I can wear the same shirt all day! :) She's also started spitting, she loves spitting, and with me its recently been while she's eating!! She's gradually going through the jars of the thicker #2's...but she's starting to be pretty picky. We're going to maybe start moving to food food in the next few weeks. Its just so hard to know with her poor little tummy, we want to make sure we don't rush it. I'm calling today to schedule her 9 month appointment and we'll go from there!

Kayden's Recent Update

So I have been horrible at updating lately!! And since I put blog address on the back of all the Christmas Cards, I figured I'd put an update in for each of the kids - and then I'll add pictures later!

I can't believe how big Kayden is getting, and how much of a little man he is. He's super good at saying his numbers, can count to 10 w/out us and then sometimes after 10 says 17, 14, 2, etc. He also is really liking to sing and dance (that's my boy!). At Kenzie's birthday party last week he was singing "birthday to you, birthday to you," and kept going w/ his own verses after she had blown out her candles and was eating her cupcake. He does enjoy the birthday song. One thing we have been blessed w/ (most days) is how polite Kayden is. He's even been made an example at daycare, although I am guessing that's not the case 100% of the time! hehe He ALWAYS says please and "sank you" and we are so proud at how polite he is to everyone!! Don't get me wrong - its not that way every day. Like yesterday whenever I asked him to do something I got a NOOOOOOOOO at top scream range.

Last week we also went and visited Santa Clause, and Kayden did much better then last year. Santa sat down on the floor and thanked Kayden for calling "this corporate meeting." Kayden barely let him sit and he was on his lap. I got it all on our mini video, maybe I'll figure out how to edit and put a clip on here. Then Kayden and Hannah both sat on his lap, we got some really good pictures. I bought their package, and then of course get home to realize the one I snapped turned out better! Oh well!

Yesterday Kayden was running around the living room while I was feeding and rocking Hannah, and all of a sudden he takes his shirt off and yells "TA DAA!" Here's my cell phone picture of it!

Here are some of our most recent sayings from our favorite 2 year old:

Eric pulling in the driveway w/ the kids the 1st night after we put the Christmas Lights up outside. "CHRISTMAS LIGHTS DADDY!!!!......They are just beautiful."

If he finds a treat (he most likely shouldn't have), "OOOH YUM. That's yummy, that for me?"

To Grandma Loretta after his morning treat, "That's delicious Grandma...no wait that is YUMMY!"

Telling me about his day at daycare, "Mazzy is my best buddy, and Mazzy is Hannah's friend." (Maybe one day I'll be telling that at Kayden and Mazzy's wedding, they are the best of buddies!)

I had a towel wrapped around my head yesterday after I got done showering, "Mommy, you shower? That's good."

"Look! Look! I make Hannah smile!"

And boy does he ever, she hears him coming from a mile away and is grinning hear to hear until she spots that crazy big brother of hers!

"Hello Gorgeous!" He is our lady's man! He loves telling the neighbors that, and really made our neighbor, Kiley's, day when she went to her homecoming dance! She was all snazzed up and he had to see her and give her a hug and tell her that before she left!

"One at a time, ONE AT A TIME."

"Oh, Oh OKAY."

"Santa coming? Christmas Presents, I want two of them. I be really good boy. I open them ONE AT A TIME, OKAY?"

When we were at church for Hannah's Baptism w/ Uncle Kyle (we'll put pics of that up, too!) we put him in the truck and he said "brrr...I don't like it." Me either buddy, me either - Winter and Mommy do not agree!! :)

Happy Turkey Day from the Two Turkey's!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Love Kayden & Hannah

Look What I Can Do!

Here is Hannah yesterday...this is the most determined, strongest little girl I have ever met. She has to do everything big! Sorry for the quality, and it being dark...its from my cell phone as she was too quick for me to grab the video camera. Can't believe how big this little girl is getting!!

Eric's Good Shot

A blog post just for ERIC! Eric went hunting again this year with his uncle Jim & his cousin Justin. The picture below is his Opening Day Success!! I think its classified as a 7 or 8 point buck. All 190 lbs. of it! We've even ate some of it already...gotta love deer meat!






Now every day when Eric gets home from work Kayden says, "DADDY, you get big deer?" And looks at me and says, "YA, my Daddy he got big deer."



Good shot Eric!!

New Pictures!

We've had a busy few weeks, I haven't updated anything! (Let's not even talk about Baby Books or Hannah's calendar! grr!) Here are some pictures from what we've been up to. The kids are both crazy and keep Eric and I on our toes and chasing them around. They both are so smiley and happy - we are so blessed. We love them both so much and count our blessings every day!! We are so lucky! Love you K and Hannah Nana!


While Eric was hunting last weekend I decided to try a double bath!

SUCCESS! They love it!


My little trend setter...leg warmers, mini jean skirt, fancy boots, and a zebra print shirt :)
I love having a lil' girl to dress up!! :)


You talking to me?

Umm...I don't think that boot is intended for walking Kayden...

but of course he tried.

The first double bath..."HANNAH look at Mommy!"

Hi Mommy!

(they sure look alike in this picture...uffda!)

Stud Muffin

7 Months Old - Hannah Christene!

Playing w/ Hannah, he can always make her smile! Such a great big brother.

Read his shirt, I love it! He looks so grown up here.

Just done w/ bath time! Look at how long her hair is getting!

Someone enjoys his fleece RockStar pj's from Auntie Tanya & Uncle Bill!

I walked out of the bathroom and found him posed like this, he loves Mickey!

Ham Bone!

Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween one and all!! With the most exciting news of the weekend, my cousin Sara gave birth to their twin baby boys, Brayden and Luke on Saturday, October 30th. All are healthy and we could not be more excited!! They are in California, so we hope to see them soon, but for now enjoying pictures!!

Kayden came down w/ a bug. Woke up Sunday morning throwing up, that is NOT enjoyable, poor thing. I camped out on the floor of his room with him until about 9am on Sunday, after that we did get him feeling better, but the first picture is how he spent his Halloween for the most part! We did make it to G & G Loftus' and to Auntie Holly & Uncle Kyle's house, and then Kayden went around our neighborhood w/ G-ma Lind and Auntie Jodi! Here are some pictures! Hope everyone had a great holiday, and there are still some trick or treating IOU's we need to take care of this week w/ 2 healthy trick or treaters! :)


Poor babe fell asleep on the floor in the living room.


Ready to get suited up - Mr. Race Car Driver!


Super Cool, "fast like Lightning...kachow!"

Kayden and Connor

Where's my girls??

Chick Magnet!

One of the few pics of my smiley butterfly!

The only picture of all 4 of the kids

Connor and his bat sign?? Not sure. K is sure to take care of little sis though!

Piglet - Mackenzie and Race Car Driver - Kayden

Mackenzie and Hannah

Hannah and Auntie Holly!! SMILES!

We are all so thankful to have Kyle home, Hannah is, too...but she is NOT pleased w/ her mom for putting her in that costume. I believe this is her saying "Uncle Kyle save me!"

Kayden and Holly and Kyle!

The 3 older kids on their way to trick or treat. Kayden kept saying "ohh - look candy yummy yummy!"

There's me and my girl!!!!

Connor at his school Halloween Parade

Saying Hi to Hannah :)

Grandpa Lind and Hannah at the parade! In her Halloween tutu!

Hannah and her pumpkin, they are both 18 lbs. It was her free pumpkin from the pumpkin patch! (another blog post I have forgotten, lol)

Kayden LOVED his cookie monster pumpkin!

Hmm...this stuff looks fun!

Cookie Monster and the Ham!

The kids w/ their pumpkins - 2010

Apple Orchard / Pumpkin Patch

So I was all updated, for like a day. :) lol Not so much anymore. But Cayen & Justin updated their site right away, so here are some pics, I'll post our soon!! I love how they did the first picture of all three of our years!! Thanks guys!! :)

http://www.vanlaeres.com/2010/10/apple-orchard-10.html

Mommy's Photo Shoot

I wanted some fall photos of my babes, so I thought I'd try my hand at doing it myself. On the other side of our neighbors house is a corn field that had not been picked yet, I thought it would be perfect. So I put 18 lb. Hannah in her car seat, threw my camera around my neck, and loaded Kayden's wagon w/ him and 3 pumpkins. Needless to say we only got as far as this grass before I about passed out. So the grassy background it was!!


My BEST ONE!!

Mom's a moron huh?? This is funny!!

For real....we're done!

Kayden putting grass down Hannah's shirt.

Our little Hannah Nana

Bright Eyes!

Hannah, I am going to smack you in the head w/ this loader...K?

Carolyn...here are Kayden's Pictures!

We're fast!!

Had to ride the wheeler before we went inside!

Soooo tired after her photo shoot...its hell being beautiful.

Couldn't even finish her meal...that's a first!