A baby in the belly

Yes folks, we have a baby in the belly! The little munchkin should arrive around the first part of May. (or April if it follows the footsteps of its brothers!) The pregnancy has been very different! I didn't get sick as soon, I can touch food and even open my fridge, I didn't get as severely sick but granted did have full accessibility to Zofran! However, the bad news is that the sickness continues! With the boys at 12 weeks I woke up from my 2 month hiatus and went on living just fine. This one is dragging out a little longer with moments of feeling fine and others not! I'm thinking it has to be a girl of course, but won't be disappointed if we get to have another wild boy! I have my ultrasound on November 30th so feel free to post your guesses! Currently the dear is the size of a fig, can bend its fingers and even suck its thumb.

Pictures of the Boys

For the boys pictures this year my friend Melissa took these shots.

Ethan 3 years

Cole 5 years



Buddies!



Cole enjoyed hanging out in the tree afterwards!



And then doing flips on the tramp!




E took a turn on the tramp!



Pumpkins and Halloween!

We carved pumpkins a little early this year so that we could catch some time with dad. The boys loved it!

For our Halloween festivities we hit Matt's work, had lunch with him and trick or treated around the office. Saturday Matt took the boys to the ward trunk or treat that was a success. I don't have any pictures of costumes because the boys decided they didn't want to wear anything but glowing bones shirts this year. That makes 2 years in a row that the kids wouldn't wear costumes so the costume budget for next year just got slashed! They had a good time without their costumes anyway.

Happy Birthday Cole and Ethan

Cole turned 5 and Ethan turned 3 this year! First thing in the morning we had their presents laid out so that Dad could participate as he had class later that night.

They added to their collection of batman stuff and got some Kung Zhu pets/stuff.

 We had a party for the boys with 7 friends! That's right, 9 boys were running around for awhile! We played games, ate cupcakes and then played. The theme was Ironman, but I forgot to take pictures of the decorations!

We had a frosting theif.....




 And discovered who it was!





Nice action shot!

 

 The friends.

 And the presents.

Many thanks to my friend Melissa that stuck around to assist with the madness.

That night we went to dinner with the Elenbaas clan at Red Robin. The boys had a great day!

First Day of School for Ethan

This year I am doing a Mommy School for Ethan! There are five kids in the class and I got to teach the first day. Ethan was very excited about going to school and since then has had mixed reviews. In the end I think he likes it! He is very interested in his letters and numbers so I think he enjoys that part.

 Here are his school friends. Ethan, Caleb, Emmett, Leah and Thomas.

Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy

Now you see them.....

Now you don't!

Over the last year Cole had been having periodic episodes of fevers and sore throats. They came every couple of weeks and I visited many different doctors! I finally convinced one doctor to give me an ENT referral and we had our appointment the day we got home from summer vacation. They diagnosed Cole with PFAPA. It essentially stands for periodic fevers and sore throats! The treatment is a tonsillectomy. They happened to have an opening two days later so I signed up. I was tired of missing out on so many different things so I figured we better get it done soon than later! They decided to throw in an adenoidectomy as we also suspected a little sleep apnea.

I was the lucky winner who got to go with Cole. After Ethan's surgery we decided it only took one parent to take a kid through surgery. It was a drive through tonsillectomy! We showed up, they took him back, knocked him out (he didn't go down as peacefully as his brother), they called me back about 20 minutes later when he was waking up and I knew which room he was in from the screaming I heard! He also didn't wake up as nicely as his brother. I held him while he was screaming and in the meantime he pulled out his IV and bled all over us. He eventually stopped, ate a popsicle and they wheeled us to the pharmacy to pick up the meds and we were on our way home an 1 hour and a half later. It was pretty crazy.

Cole recovered pretty well and overall the experience wasn't any worse than his fever episodes so we knew the drill. I'm happy to report, two months later Cole hasn't been sick! I think it is a record for this child and we are so happy with the result!

First Day of School

Here is Cole on his first day of school! He is going to a gymnastics preschool which so far he loves. This is his best friend Jack that he goes to school with.