boys for sale

Anyone want to buy them? I suppose I would miss them if they were to go, it might take a while though. Connor dumped a brand new box of Coco Puffs all over the floor and these are the times I really question why I had children! So tomorrow I will be vacuuming up smashed cereal. They are just one disaster after another, I don't think it is possible for my house to ever be clean. They destroy things twice as fast as I can clean. It will probably only get worse once Ian gets older.

Everything seems to take longer/more effort when it comes to trying to get anything done around here. I suppose this blog post is a good example. Just when I try to take a minute to type Ian gets fussy or the boys get out of bed. I am trying to make myself go to bed a lot earlier now, I just don't have the energy to stay up later and by later I mean after 9 pm. Everyone gets along much better around here if we have had enough sleep. I don't want to get through my day relying on caffeine and energy drinks. The secretary at Aidan's school took a look at Connor the other day and said "you must just be exhausted by the end of the day" I laughed and said "try by four o'clock!" Getting up at 5:45 every day and staying up to late took its toll on me this month.

I don't know if this entry is making much sense but that may be fitting. I am tired and surrounded by chaos. Hopefully February will be a better month. I am starting it off with a massage appointment on Tuesday. I definitely carry my stress in my shoulders and have been hurting the last couple of weeks. I started going to bed earlier this week and it definitely helped things. Now if the boys would just start listening things would be great. Oh and Ian is teething but thankfully he has only been slightly cranky so maintains his title of "worlds easiest baby".

One great thing this week was I finally bought a new laptop and Rick is temporarily at a different location that actually has webcams on their computers. We have been able to do a couple of video chats which has been good for all of us. It is sad when you go 3 months without seeing your husband/kids/dads face.

Even though I don't have to be up at 5:45 tomorrow (just by 8!) I do need to get some sleep. We were supposed to do pictures of the boys today and were rained out so hopefully there is a break in the weather for that. I should have some new pictures to share for the next post.

Pirate Fun

We spent the weekend partying with the Beech family. They are another Army family we met at church. They have SIX kids and he is currently deployed to Afghanistan, well not at the moment though because he is home on R&R. They had a pirate birthday party on Saturday for their son and then a baptism/first communion party on Sunday for 2 of the girls. My boys would stay and play with their kids all day long if I let them. Never a dull moment there.



Ian had to be a pirate too!

Not much else new to report. Basketball starts tomorrow for Aidan and then swim lessons start in a week. Back to our busy schedule.

I swear I'm trying!

I could say life is just to busy to keep up with a blog but for those of you on my facebook friends you probably see on my profile "Ariana is playing Bejewled Blitz" so I'm totally ratted out. Yes I like to play Bejeweled when I have a little time to myself hahaha Our lives just are not very exciting these days and I don't have that knack for turning everyday life with these boys into something hilarious to read about.

Really less excitement is better when I look back on our last few months. I appreciate that we don't have a lot going on because the alternative usually involves hospital visits! I guess I can just give a rundown on how the boys are doing these days.

Ian - I thought Aidan and Connor were very good easy babies but Ian is outdoing them both. I am so thankful to have such a happy, good natured baby. Despite being in his braces full time he still just spends his days smiling, talking and generally being cute. He will be 4 months old on the 17th, time sure is flying! It will be interesting to see where he falls on the growth charts. He is SO long and outgrowing clothes like crazy. We don't have to go back to Seattle for his feet until February 22nd so we have had a nice little break.

Connor- What to say about my middle child........ he definitely keeps me on my toes. We have a lot of battles every day, currently he HATES going to bed and it is usually quite a fight. Of course what works to get him to sleep one night won't the next day. At least he is coming back around on the potty thing, it was very frustrating when he regressed to having accidents all the time after Rick left. I am happy to say he isn't changing his pants 3 times a day anymore. He is still loving preschool and will be starting back up with swimming lessons in a week or so.

Aidan - Luckily Aidan seems to be handling this deployment better than the last. He does have issues at times but overall he is doing well. He is doing great at school and really loves it there. I am so happy we made the decision to switch him to private school. He is anxiously waiting for basketball to start next week. He will be playing on the same team/coach as last year which is great because we really liked his coach. He's losing teeth like crazy and growing fast, he has to watch out or his brothers will be catching up with him!

I am tired but hanging in there. Life isn't always perfect for us but really we have a lot to be thankful for. A longtime friend was diagnosed with cancer this week, she is the same age as me and has 2 little girls. Definitely makes you appreciate being healthy. Looking at the disaster in Haiti is another good reality check.

Well like usual I will try to keep updating here and get more pictures posted here and there but for now I better go get in one last game of Bejeweled before I go to bed :o)