We're Alive!

I feel as though we have been in a bit of a cave for the past few weeks.  As most of you know Shayden was pretty sick for a week or so there and we had a scare from the doctor regarding a scary disease they were worried about, but all has ended well and we think it was a severe reaction to his MMR Vaccine.  I won't even get started on that...

Needless to say, we are back in the land of the living!

Quinton is picking up a few more words.  He still prefers to grunt and motion to things which is frustrating and endearing at the same time.  Shayden seems to know almost everything he needs and between the two of us we figure him out most times.  :)  He is still the cutest little guy and melts my heart over and over each day.  He is just so tiny and sweet and ugh you just want to squeeze him!

Chris is still loving his new line of work and getting processes and procedures in place - something he is very good at.  His clients are very appreciative of a rep in their area that finally cares, Chris has had a lot of ground to cover from the previous sales guys that had his territory.

Me, well I feel as though I am in the bit of transition.  I am feeling more and more convicted to step things up a bit in the way of how our family eats and what we consume.  Not that I want to go overboard, but more and more I feel as though our 'easy eating' in this country is not going to pay off in the long run...and watching my kids get sick just slaps that in my face.  I'm still not sure what all that will mean, one step at a time, but I''m praying for direction and clarity.


So all that to say, we're back!

Valentine's Day Video

This year Valentine's Day came with a surprise, some screaming and me laughing so hard I'm pretty sure I wet my pants.

Uncle Scott and GG did the honors of delivering a Valentines Bag of goodies for the boys from their Grandpa and GranDanna.  The boys were SO excited - big red bag, big heart balloon, surely wonderful things inside.  But first the card, I instructed them that we must open this first and thus the screaming and laughing...the card, while cute was not met with much approval.  Shayden would not touch it and Quinton ran from the room as if the monkey inside was going to jump out of the card and get him.  I had to get some of it on video and share it with you.

Say What You Mean

I had a hilarous 'laugh out loud' moment with Shayden yesterday that I had to jot down on here so someday I can remember it.

We were playing (I was cleaning up) in the basement/play room and I was working on picking up all the boys' matchbox cars.  Shayden was about 8 feet away and near the bucket they are kept in so I asked him to do me a favor and "toss me the bucket for the cars".  

He registered the request on his face, looked at me and then flung the bucket in my direction!   I was shocked and almost pulled a bad mom move but thankfully my response was, 'hey buddy, why did you do that?'.  

Plain and simple was the reply..."you asked me to toss it to you".

Yes, Yes I did.

Quinton's Room Makeover

If I start this post honestly, I would have to tell you that I need to take a break (after only entering the title) to go wipe Shayden's bottom for his second potty break during nap time...can someone say 'milking it'!

Ok, here we go...Quinton's room!

I can honestly say I have had a total blast getting to decorate Q's room.  There is just something about doing a nursery that makes you feel all warm inside.  It was particularly fun because while not too many changes were made, kept bedding, kept furniture, etc., great things were added and the painting of the room brought it all together.

Here is before we moved in:

And after:

While I still have a few things I want to put on the wall, it is definitely a little boys nursery and we love it.

Now on to Shayden's.