Lots of Love

Well, we have been sick at our house...again. Brock had a cold and was miserable, Braden acquired thrush from his many antibiotics for ear infections as well as a fever, and Thor and I are miserable with sinus infections. We are getting better though and are all returning to our normal activities. This morning I put Braden in his car seat to go to daycare. We haven't gone all week due to us being sick! Once I got him all strapped in and ready to go I called Brock over. Brockers has been a little goofy lately and will put his cheek to mine and give me loves...every once in a while he will do it to Braden too. The problem is, once he has his cheek next to yours he pushes his big old head down so you can't get up! I really do like to believe he means well! Anyways, Brock came over to Braden's car seat and stood up. Normally when he does this he is getting ready to shake the car seat as hard as he can...then he laughs, we call this the "shaken baby". I looked at him and said, "Don't even think about it, Buddy." He looked at Braden and looked at me again then laid his head on Braden and had a big ol' grin on his face! So today he just gave Braden lots of love...no shaken baby!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wow! What a busy couple of weeks we have had. The boys hardly noticed the big pine tree in the living room until Christmas Day. Then they were VERY interested in the lights but still didn't bother it too much. Braden has decided that it is OK to crawl like Brock but only when no one is watching. His swimming crawl is almost done with. I must say though, he is a lot faster when he does his swimming crawl. Maybe that is why it took him so long to do a four point crawl. He just knew that he was quicker on his belly!
For Christmas the four of us enjoyed some quiet family time while we were snowed in in Laramie. On Christmas Eve I took the boys in for their RSV shots and we discovered that they both have ear infections...in all ears. So now we are looking at getting tubes soon. On Christmas Day we let the boys open presents all day long. They opened one and played with it for a while and then opened another. We took a nap then opened some more...and so went our day. I think opening presents all day kept them from becoming overwhelmed. We did have to fish wrapping paper out of their mouths every once in a while, but for the most part they had a great time. We bought them Tonka dump trucks and discovered that they actually fit in the dump part. SO we put Braden in the truck and Brock pushed him around the living room for most of the day. They had a great time.
We celebrated Christmas with our families on the 27th once we could get out of Laramie! The boys were spoiled rotten, which is fine. But we have decided that we are not getting them any toys for their birthday...just clothes. Our living room looks like it has more toys than our daycare!
We enjoyed having my cousin Rebecca here for Tuesday night and then we all headed to Cheyenne for Matt and Rachel's wedding. Their wedding was beautiful. Both Thor and I were in it. Brock and Braden were perfect angels the whole day. Braden was a little chatter box during the ceremony and I had a really hard time not laughing, but I was able to control myself a little!
The best part of this Christmas season was remembering back to last Christmas and having to lay in bed! Last year I was scared and didn't know what would happen with the boys, if I would make it to 32 weeks or longer, if the boys would be OK when they were born or not. So this year was special. We have two beautiful boys that are healthy (except for the many ear infections we have had). That was the best part of Christmas. I still haven't gotten my Christmas present from Thor. I told him all I wanted was nice family pictures done close to the boys' first birthday. SO we will be getting that scheduled soon!
Thor and I are looking forward to this upcoming year. We have lots going on will be kept busy with the boys. We wish the best for you and your families in the New Year! We hope you have many blessings and lots of fun!