Videos

here are the girls doing their Renegade Man Makers. I cannot get the dance video to post. I will try again tomorrow. Looks like I mayb be pulling an all nighter with Syd. She is not feeling well.

Ahhh, Fat Free Sugar Free Cool Whip!!

I know you are all wondering about this post, but keep reading, it's not what you are thinking=)Below I am adding some video of the kids. The first one is of them dancing at half time of last weeks home basketball game. The dance team does this as a fundraiser, and well, our kids love to dance, so they loved it. Dancing is also a great way to burn energy, and calories, and get in a little exercise.


Speaking of exercise, Michael has been going to the gym and seeing a personal trainer for 2 weeks now. And yes, it is all legit, it is a male trainer (for those who are wondering LOL) and thanks to Joe, Michael is bringing home this "fit" attitude. I have been doing 20 minutes on the treadmill every day, and then doing a great cardio workout and focus on certain area's three times a week. Michael sees Joe 4 times a week, and he is teaching some of it to me and the kids. Along with all that, we are eating a little better as well, not that we ever really ate bad. Which brings me to, fat free, sugar free Cool Whip is really good. You can't tell the difference. So these last three videos are of the kids doing the Renegade Man Maker! It is a big challenge, I can't do very many!! Ok, I am having trouble getting the video to upload. I will try again later!

Eighteen Months Ago, and A Few Days

Well, it's hard to believe that eighteen months ago and a few day, little Xavier came into our lives and once again changed them forever. Since then he has grown into quite a little monkey. As of today, he weighs 24 lbs. oz, and is 32 inches long. He has finally tripled his birth weight! He is a shaker and a mover. He runs, jumps, and climbs on everything. And also tries to do "cartwheels" and somersaults like his siblings. He loves to dance. And he talks up a storm, not all in language that is understood, none the less. He is drinking from a sippy, uses his fork and spoon to feed himself, and eats mostly what we do. He loves to take his clothes off and take a bath. He is still sleeping in his crib in mom and dad's room, he is just not ready for a big boy bed, and since he is not crawling out of the crib, we won't fix what is not broken.

Some of the words he says are: mama, dada, papa, milk, bye bye, juice, shoes, tractor, car, puppy, you see that, where is it, sissy, ball, yes, no

Some words he understands: all of the above plus, coat, hat, boots, shower, bath, blankie, binky, up, down, go get, brothie(brother), Madison, Syd, Dylan, TV, Baby first(his tv program), all gone, drink, hungry

Madison is home not feeling well today. So far that is all it has been, but we shall see what this afternoon brings. She is doing well in school. She is playing the clarinet in band and progressing with it quite well. She has a birthday coming up soon and will be turning 11. Hard to believe.

Dylan is playing league basketball right now. Their games are on Saturday mornings. He does enjoy this for sure. He is doing well in school also. Not to much to report for him.

And Syd, she has some big accomplishments to mention. She stopped wetting the bed. She was finally ready to use the alarm and she really didn't even need it. She wore it for about 6 nights, and was staying dry and decided she didn't want to wear it. So she has been staying dry without the alarm for the last 10 days or so. And has actually wore "panties" to bed the last 4 or 5 nights as well. We are so proud of her. She too is doing well in school. The gets tired of all the reading, but I can't say that I blame her for that.

That is about all we have to post for now. Michael is staying busy as usual, which is a blessing. And for me, well, I stay busy as well.

I am going to leave you with a picture of Xavier with his new haircut and what he looks like at 18 months.

Where to Begin, Ugh, It's Been Too Long!

Wow, can't believe I haven't posted since October. Guess it has been crazy busy here and I just haven't been up to it. So what has happened since then? Hmmm... Well November was just a busy month as always. Nothing major to report that I can think of. I was busy getting our home ready for the Holiday Home Tour put on by the Corning City Library. It was a success. And yes, I was ready for it. With that said, I was also ready to take down the trees the day after Christmas. Oh, Christmas, what a mess this year, but also a time of great memories made. My mom came over, well, Michael went and got her on Christmas Eve afternoon and she spent the evening with us. That way she was not alone and snowed in on Christmas morning. And snowed in she would have been, I think just about everyone was. No mass on Christmas eve or Christmas, it was really sad and different not going to mass. She ended up staying here until Sunday morning. On Saturday, we went to KC and picked up family from the air port. It was alot of fun having them around for a week. The kids were all excited for Christmas this year and it was a lot of fun, just being snowed in with no cares in the world and no where to run.

Sydnie also celebrated her 6th birthday in December. I cannot believe she is already 6. Have no idea where the time has gone. She is turning into a real little lady. She is a mixture of girly girl and tom boy. She will go out and help her dad work, but ususally wants to wear her best Sunday dress to do it. haha She is always willing to help out a friend in need, and is quite the little mother hen. She has a supreme love of baby anythings. Whether it be dogs, chickens, humans, kittins, you name it, she will take care of them.

So with the new year brings new goals. I am hoping to keep a few of them this year. I am hoping to keep up the books better and therefore spend more time doing things with the kids that I have been putting off. And I am going to lose those last 10 pounds I have been working on. Hope 2010 brings lots of health, wealth, and happiness to all of our readers out there. I will try to post pictures soon.

Oh What a Week!!!!

So to start of the week, when Syd got home on Monday, she just looked so sleepy. So I took her temp. and it was fine, but I thought to myself,"how could that be?" So an hour later I checked it again and it was on the climb. Funny how a mother knows her children like that. So we started the Tylenol remedy. I had already bumped her Flovent up the night before because she was starting to cough. So with her asthma and all, I decided to go ahead and get her to the ER for influenza testing. And they did an influenza and strep because her throat was so red. Both negative at the time. But they both have a pretty good rate of a false negative also. So we went home for the night with a follow up in the clinic in the am. Fever was 103.5 in the am when she got up, so we got ready and headed to the clinic. Not alot of change, other than the sound to her cough. So they put her on both an oral antibiotic and the Tamiflu as they were pretty sure she had the H1N1. We came home and she laid around most of the day. Fever would go up and down, and held out around 101. Then after her Tamiflu at bed time she started to vomit (because of the med). And with that she spiked a fever of 105!! OMG! What to do? I already had cool clothes on her and she was chillin. But she was not keeping things in her tummy, so Tylenol wasn't going to help. So I again called the ER and got to talk to Dr Kelly (the provider she saw in the clinic), and he said to come down and get some suppositories of Tylenol for her. So I did. She didn't much like them, but it did bring her fever down. And she finally broke the fever around lunch on Wed. So I took her to her Halloween party at school on Thursday. But she still hasn't got much for appetite and is quite pale and out of energy. So it has been a long week here. Just after recovering from Dylan and Xavier's illness, she got hit.

And on the note of Xavier, he's been a little fussier than usual. But I found a molar coming in on the top right side of his mouth. So I am sure that has been the problem. And the fact that his mommy time has been a little on the short side this week :)

So everyone enjoy the weekend and have a safe and Happy Halloween and I will try to post Halloween pictures this weekend.

On My Mind

So I have been thinking too much lately maybe. But there are a few things I would like to share with you. Like, if I had to describe my kids in one word what would it be? And it would go like this.

Madison = hard working

Dylan = Tenderhearted

Sydnie = Sassy

Xavier = Determined

And the other things I have thinking of are this. What is one thing that sticks out in my head about loved ones who have passed? And that would go like this.

My dad loved to eat sliced cheddar cheese with his apple pie. And my Grandma Jeanne ground her teeth like no other. Grandpa Flentie loved pineapple upside down cake and also hated it when us kids would eat all his dried pineapple that Grandma kept in a canister on the dishwasher. My Grandpa Eisenbarth would pop his false teeth, and it was annoying. And he loved sandwiches with those little u shaped bologna rolls diced up on them. And Grandma Eisenbarth, well I have alot for her, but some that stick in mind was that she almost always had an apron on, just one that tied around the waste and house slippers. And she didn't rinse the soap off her dishes when she washed them, strange that I know that huh. And one of my fondest memories of my Aunt Elaine is at Maddy's birth. She told me to PUSH, and she was in my face. And that day she had on these pink scrubs. My mom was video taping and she didn't know that the camera was still on. The picture is of Elaine's legs and the floor haha, and my mom pipes up "she's nice and pink isn't she and Elaine agrees, all the while what you are seeing is her pink legs. LOL. How about my Grandma Ayers. She didn't watch much TV and if she did it was like a Nashville channel or something. Anyway, she used to sit and tap her toes to the stereo a lot. She made the best cinnamon swirl bread, and she always had a Schwan's ice cream bucket of homemade cookies, usually sugar, in the freezer.

So, just a little of what's been on my mind lately. The kids are still passing the illness around the house. Dylan had probably had a touch of the H1N1. He has been running a fever for most of the week off and on. And now has a bad cold. And he and Xavier both have or had the hand, foot, mouth virus. Poor X had like 4 or 5 bad sores in his mouth. I had to break down and give him liquids from a bottle today. I guess the sores are in the wrong place when he tries to drink from his cups it hurts. Hopefully with lots of hand washing and disinfecting the house, we are in the clear soon. I am just coming down with what seems to be a head cold. So hopefully I nipped it early. Hope you are all staying healthy.