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)

trying to keep up

Well I am attempting to not neglect this blog. I'm sure there is enough going on that I could update daily but taking the time to think about what to write doesn't always happen. I really thought today was Tuesday, made it a very slow start to my week when I realized it was Monday.

We had a fairly uneventful weekend. Connor managed to stay in the nursery at church almost the whole mass and Aidan was very good. Ian is always good and always has plenty of volunteers wanting to hold him. Our Christmas tree is up but has yet to be decorated, maybe we will get that done by the weekend.

Sunday night involved Connor having some kind of accident in my bathroom involving a whole lot of poop. Pretty much par for the course in my life for a way to end the week! Now he has come down with some kind of crud that has him coughing a lot and a fever.

I think I'll keep this short for now because I really need to get addresses done for my Christmas cards. If you would like to make a personalized video to your child from Santa check out this link PNP You input your child's info and can even upload a picture to appear in Santa's book. Aidan totally bought into it.