A new cousin Baby Hailey

The two brothers with their kids. They are all

so cute. We are all so excited to have a cousin.

Brianna was in love with the baby, Sean thought

she was cute but more concerned about watching

fun Steve's movies.

The proud mommy holding her darling daughter.

Hailey was such a good baby she just slept the whole

time we were there. I especially love her hair bows.

Jeni was doing so well and looked so good and even rested.

Greg and Sean hanging at the table playing some games.

Me and bri got to go on a drive to get my favorite foods

Tito's tacos and diddy reese cookies.

Brianna with the new proud parents. Bri was

loving the new baby but was good kept her

distance because Bri was getting over a cold.

Steve is such a good dad and so proud. I tell ya

those girls have their daddies wrapped around

their little fingers from day one.

Nana and Papa on the farm visiting

So the end of February my parents came out to visit.

The kids were so excited we have not seen them sinc

last summer when Brianna was a baby. The were so

cute because they call them Nana and Papa on the farm

because of course they live on a farm.

While they were here we got to go on the sprinter

train down to the beach and play in the sand.

Sean and papa built a cool sand castle. We also went to this

really neat children's museum which is the pictures

you see above and below. They had a huge tree you

could climb, they had puppet show room, and outside

they had a little hut you could play in, a place to build

things and an old fashioned school. The kids loved it.

So thanks Nana and Papa for coming to visit.

We all had a blast having you here. When we

were in San diego the other day Sean said

hey that's where we dropped nana and papa

off as we drove past the airport. He was already

missing you guys.

Sledding in California

Soyes it is true we do get some snow out here in California. I must admit its not good snow but its still snow. So imagine this drive we drive up in our t-shirts driving past dessert looking areas and then all of a sudden at the top of the hill we see snow. Since all the rain we got some snow up in the mountains. So we took the kids up to Lake Arrowhead and went sledding. It just worked out that Greg's parents and his sister and her boyfriend were staying up there. So we all went sledding on our two little sleds that we borrowed from a good friend. Sean thought it was great but Brianna was not so excited about it. I think we got her to sled like once. Sean had a blast and kept trying to sled but the snow was so hard it didn't work so well. So then he proceeded to start a snowball fight which then led into building a snowman. We ended the great day by going to burgers and milkshakes which of course we all loved. I do miss the real snow and wish I could go skiing but this will have to do for now.

Sean's 2nd Trip to the ER

On Saturday Sean was at his first Valentines Friend party when I got a call saying that he cut his eye and that he was bleeding a lot and that I needed to come get him. So I frantically scooped up Bri and ran out the door. When I got the the house the friend's mom told me that the bleeding had slowed down and that it happened when Sean was playing duck, duck, goose and hit his head on some furniture. Sean was still playing with all his friends and really didn't think anything of this huge cut above his left eye. In fact, they said that he didn't cry, or for that matter miss one step in his game when it happened- such a brave boy. The cut didn't look that bad, but I needed a second opinion so I took the kids to Greg who was at work.

When we got to the firehouse Greg took a look at it and said that it definitely needed a trip to the ER, so I packed up the kids again. Luckily my wonderful new friend here watched Bri while I took Sean to the ER. It was already late and I really didn't want to sit in an ER waiting room with my wounded little boy so I dropped the "My husbands a Firefighter" card. They got us right in and took great care of us. Sean walked away with 10 stitches above his left eye. He was so brave, through anesthesia, wound cleaning, and stitches he didn't even really cry. Now 6 days later Greg had to remove the stitches. Sean's eye looks good. It is still a little red and bruised but I'm sure it will heal just fine.

Poop and throw up all in one day.

So today was one of those days that I wish I did not have to deal with kids and bodily fluids. So lately Brianna has been obsessed with sticking her hands into her diapers all the time, well lately she has even been sticking her hands down her diaper right after she poops. So today me and Greg went to the gym and put the kids into the childcare, well when I went to pick up Brianna I looked down at her out reached hands to find they had poop all over them, so I went to pick her up and found poop all over her pants. I was dying and it smelled so bad. I ran out quickly to the bathroom where I proceeded to strip her down and change her, so she got to walk out with no pants on because of course I had no extra clothes. So I thought that was enough for the day, well tonight at dinner we were trying to get Sean to eat some vegetable pizza but he was refusing. We thought we gave him a piece that had no onions(for some reason he hates onions and peppers), so Greg was going to give him a bite and he said he saw the little bit of onion but thought he'd been fine, and the next second Sean is gagging up his food and then the next minute he is pucking all over his pajamas and table. So now I know to never give onions to Sean and I'm going to buy oneies for Brianna so she has no access to the diaper. The joys of being parents.

Sweet Boy and Girl

So my children are the sweetest children ever. Last week me and Brianna got to spend some alone time together and we went shopping, and it was so cute because the first thing Bri did was find a glittery pink purse that went right to her wrist and then we tried on sunglasses together and she thought it was so funny to try on all the glasses, also while she had her glasses on she was dancing around. After that we headed up to try and on shoes and she kept trying on my shoes and helped me pick out some black dress shoes. Then of course we found her some shoes, and I learned that if you have her try on the shoes and she likes them she wont take them off, so I better plan on buying them if I try them on. I think she could of shopped all day but we had to go to the doctor but even in the car she was telling me a story all about her new shoes and about the purse. So cute. Also Brianna is talking like crazy and always trying to tell us stories.

Now for Sean he is just so sweet. Im going to give you a couple of examples of sweet and considerate he is. So last Sunday after I picked him up from Sunbeams I asked how his class was and he said it was fun. Then he said "mommy how was your class"as he stares at me like he is really concerned. " I great thanks for asking" he said "Im glad you had fun mommy". Seriously doesn't that just melt your heart. He'll even ask after I get home from work " Mommy how was work" I say "it was good" he says " oh good mommy." He's just so precious. I love to see how big he is getting and how much he understands.

Christmas 2009

This year Christmas was so much fun. The kids were so excited and all they could talk about was Santa and when he was going to come visit. Even Brianna was calling Santa HO HO. I loved watching them open their gifts and how excited they got. Sean was so cute because even when I was opening up stuff he would come over to see if I liked them. We celebrated with Greg's family and had such a good time. We hope you all had a merry christmas.