29 November 2009

Amanda apologizes for the lack of a blog last week, however as many of you know she is pregnant with baby #4 due to show his face July 2010. Little blob is causing quite the ruckus and mommy now has been diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum and is taking lots of medicines to keep her from vomiting and losing weight and getting dehydrated. However this all after not being able to keep anything down for 3 days and spending 3 days in the hospital recovering.

This week after Amanda was released from the hospital on Wednesday we readied for Thanksgiving. Amanda's mom and her fiancee flew in on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day (this apparently saved a bucket load of money). We planned to combine Thanksgiving with some friends, but our traditions are so different that it really didn't go well. We won't do this again in the future. The boys ate lots and had fun. Even Gavin really had a grand time....the mashed potatoes were a hit, especially since they went well in hair, nose and ears! He needed a bath after. Friday was black Friday shopping for Rob and Amanda.....they finished out the kiddos presents and found GREAT deals!!! Even tho they waited a little late (9am). Saturday everyone put up the Christmas tree and decorated it. Looks OK, but we have decided we need a better one and some new decorations for next year, ours are becoming old and sad looking. We got some new lights for outside, which hopefully gets decorated soon. Also trying to get our Christmas card picture taken. Will be doing the Christmas letter this week, if you'd like to get one please send your name and snail mail address to EMSAmanda83@yahoo.com.
We had Gavin's birthday party on Sunday and unfortunately no one showed up. But Mommy made a cool cake and he had a blast with his presents....will try to post them on the blog when they get uploaded! Until next week CHEERS!!!!

15 November 2009

So the big news this week is that Mr. Gavin is ONE. He has mastered fast (but still out of the ordinary) crawling and pulling up on ANYTHING. Mostly this includes people's legs! He is into E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!!!!! We're not real sure how the christmas will work.....his new found favorite thing is pots and pants and banging on things. He also has found something that entertains everyone including himself.....the shaking the head "no". He finds this rather amusing and so does everyone else so we are incessantly doing the same to try to get him to copy. He has a little mini birthday party yesterday on his day, but will have a "big" party when Nana gets here on the sunday after Thanksgiving. All are invited!

Rob is finally back from the field. Peyton & John have a new found obsession......flashlights. Due to the cheap $1 Halloween ones my mom sent that I was not expecting to last the night (and I dare say neither was she!). Well they lasted until Thurday night and John finally broke him. His poor little heart was broken and he went to be crying with promises from Mommy to buy him a new one at Walmart the next day. Well when offered the $1 non-Halloween equivalent, they were NOT impressed. We ended up with the almost $6 Cars version....oh well. Oh and of course could not leave the store without some playdoh to boot....it is amazing we were able to leave without any matchbox cars!

Nothing New to report about anyone else! Onto pictures!!!!

8 November 2009

In the wake of the events of 5 November 2009, we chose not to post a blog this week.

1 November 2009

Really? Is it November already??? Amanda has just been thinking back to one year ago when she was hospitalized thinking she'd be having Gavin any second. She did hold out for two more weeks from yesterday.....

All of the boys dressed up yesterday for Halloween. Peyton was Thing 1, John was Thing 2 and Gavin was The Cat In The Hat.....Gavin was not impressed with his costume or the whole trick or treating deal. But P&J had a BLAST!!!! Apparently their costumes were a hit. Everyone we passed commented on how cute they were. Pretty darn good considering they actually weren't costumes at all! Amanda's sister bought them Thing 1 and Thing 2 matching shirts a while back (they are finally about to grow out of them) and Rob got some long sleeved red shirts and red sweat pants from walmart (great investment since they can keep wearing them). Then we gelled their hair all spikey and sprayed it with wash-out blue hairspray. They loved it! Trick or treating on post was mostly a wash...most people don't stay home and we found that a lot of people actually brought their candy with them and gave it out as we passed by. (Interesting idea, wish we'd have thought of it!) We also went to Amanda's friend's April's house a few exits up on the highway. She went ALL out. Decorations were awesome and her husband was scaring 3/4 of the people that came up to their house. P&J were a little afraid at first, but once they were convinced that it was just Mr. Sam they were ok. Rob took them trick or treating while Amanda stayed back with cranky/sleepy Gavin and talked with April. Trick or treating was waaaaay better in that neighborhood. The favorite treat was actually not candy at all. Someone ran out of candy and gave the boys the new years toys that blow out. Gavin thought they were HILARIOUS!!!

Not much to report for the rest of the week. Rob is still in the field. The boys' babysitter went on vacation and we tried out a new back up babysitter. Ms. Elaine is the wife of Rob's co-worker/friend. They had a lot of fun there. Rob is trying to go to a class in December, warrior leadership class that will help him to get promoted. Amanda's job has been overly busy with people being more rude and demanding than normal, due to the arrival of the H1N1 vaccine. Amanda has been exposed numerous times and actually cannot get the vaccines the clinic has been provided as they contain thimerosol, to which she has had a violent reaction in the past. She has also decided to decline for the boys as well. They likely have been exposed secondary to Amanda's exposures and they don't go to daycare. Gavin probably has some immmunity from breastmilk. We just don't think it is necessary.

Gavin cut his 3rd tooth this week and has learned to shake his head no and crawl.....the crawling is rather interesting. He doesn't go very fast yet and it is not what you would traditionally think of. He keeps one leg in front of him and drags his butt across the floor. It is rather amusing. He is also pulling up and trying to walk. It probably won't be much longer for that!

Well that is all for now.....13 days until our little monkey turns one!!!