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.