We've been hit..

with the cold or flu bug.
A few weeks ago Jack and Kaelyn had a little cold and fever, so we spent the whole day in our pjs and watched movies. It didn't last very long and they were better. But then it came back. This time Rich caught it. And it wasn't a cold. I am not sure if it is the flu or food poisoning, but it is not good. We went out to dinner with Rich's family to Buca Di Beppo and he is the only one that woke up in the middle of the night with a date with the toilet. I have never seen him that sick. I felt so bad and there was nothing I could do to make him feel better. Rich was in bed all day yesterday and still is not feeling 100% today.
Jack is now starting to show signs of being sick. He has been very congested which is making him cough and occasionally throw up. But has energy and is playing. So I am not sure what is up with him.

I, on the other hand, am feeling a little sick and tired. I have a cold and as you know when you are pregnant you really can't do anything to get rid of it. I mean you can take some medicine, but nothing that will knock it out of you. Plus taking care of a sick husband and 2 kids, I don't really have the time to rest and actually get better. I am just praying that it doesn't get worse.

Thankfully Kaelyn is perfectly healthy. Not even a runny nose or anything. Praise God!!!

In the mean time our family is loading up and all the good stuff to make us feel better. The kids are drinking lots of Orange juice, water and even eating chicken noodle soup. Rich and I are taking whatever medicine we have that can make us feel a little better. And I have made sure that our house is germ free with a little help from my friend Lysol.

The best thing that we can do is try to relax and get better, So that is exactly what Jack is doing today while Kaelyn is a preschool!

Howdy Partner

Introducing Sheriff Woody and his pal Jessie!!!

As you can see we dressed up at Woody and Jessie from Toy Story 2. I went looking for costumes and wasn't willing to spend $50 a piece for their costumes. So with a few trips to Joanne's Fabric store, Goodwill and Disney.com, I was able to make their costumes for under $20. I am pretty impressed with myself. I think that they turned out pretty good.

On Monday, we got tickets to go to Little Monster's at Disneyland. This is when they open up California Adventure after hours and have 18 or so stations that the kids can go get treats. They even have a few rides open for the kids to ride. Rich was out of town at his company sales meeting, so we met up with the Grasse's and Aunt Lu and Aunt Bev. The kids walked away with kites, toys and some candy. By the end of the night, all of the kids were exhausted and fell asleep as soon as we went in the car. I had my hands full while we were walking around so I didn't get any pictures of them actually trick-or-treating. This is before we went in.



Kaelyn's preschool had their Halloween Party and Trunk-or-treat for the kids. This little boy is one of Kaelyn's friends in her class that dressed up as Woody. (as you can see his parents actually spent the money to by the costume).
This is Jayla, Kaelyn's best friend at Preschool.


Then on Saturday, we went over to the Grasse's to go trick-or-treating in their neighborhood. Mia, the Pirate, Peyton, the flying pumpkin, Jack, Woody and Kaelyn, Jessie. They got a ton of candy and had a lot of fun.


Hope you had a great Halloween.

Good-bye Morning Coffee

I have had to say goodbye to my morning cups of coffee. And say hello to morning sickness. Well really it is all day nausea. My new best friend is my toilet. Yes I am pregnant, 7 weeks today. My first doctors appointment is next week. I will be doing some initial testing which hopefully can tell me if I am having twins or only one baby.
I don't really know why I think that I am having twins. Maybe it is because I am soooo sick, maybe because I am a twin and Rich has twins on his side of the family so my chances go up. Maybe it is just because I have teased so many of my friends and family during their pregnancies that they were going to have twins, that I feel it is going to be me that has them. Karma.
This pregnancy is crazy. I am so sick. I remember being sick with Kaelyn, but it was nothing like this. I worked the whole time with Kaelyn, maybe taking a couple of days off before I realized that I was in fact pregnant, but I was able to work. I seriously can not function the whole day with this baby. I find myself constantly laying down in order to not feel so nauseous. Sometimes it works other times, not so much. Thankfully my mom stayed in town this week and watched the kids for a few days so I could relax and feel sick without having to watch and take care of them. What a blessing.
So if I am out of contact for a while, this is why. I really can't do much without feeling like I need to run to the toilet.
I will try to keep you all up to date with what is going on and what my doctors says about this baby or these babies. Until then I guess you can all place your bets and see who guesses right!!

Maui

Here are a few of our almost 400 pictures that we took on our trip to Maui.

Sunset in Hawaii the first night.

At the resort when we got there they had a "Make your own stuff animal". So Kaelyn picked the pink pig (because it was the only animal that was pink) and Jack picked the Dinosaur (really it was a alligator).












Kids ready for their first day at the Pirate pool then off to the beach.






Hula dancing lessons. Kaelyn had to wear her Hawaiian hula outfit, with new flower rubber band.



Look at this smile.

Little miss diva. This is what she did when I asked her to look at the camera for a picture.

Hula dancing. I have video of this too, but for some reason I can't figure out how to download video on this blog.

The next day we went to a beach so that Rich and my dad could surf. They had this great tree that provided shade and also a cool backdrop for a family photo.




Holding daddy's surfboard for a picture.

The next day we drove up a little north and found this cool beach for the kids to play. It had a nice pool area for the kids to swim in and not get taken down by the waves. It also had huge sea turtles swimming just on the other side of the rocks.


I love this photo of Rich and Jack checking out the surf.


a beautiful rainbow out our window.
Kaelyn and daddy jumping in the waves.

This was our last beach day. We met up with my parents friends and their family and it was HOT!! Probably the warmest day we had, plus there was no shade or trees. But the kids had fun.





Kaelyn had to take a picture of our airplane. It is funny, now every time we see a plane she says that it is going to Hawaii. I guess airplanes only go to Hawaii.


We had so much fun and can't wait to go back. Maybe when the kids are older and can swim in the ocean by themselves. And don't need naps (even though they really didn't take naps, only when they fell asleep in the car on the way back to the resort). But we look forward to going again, hopefully with more of our family next time.

One of THOSE mornings...

This morning has been one of THOSE mornings with the kids. A morning that has been filled with crying, hitting, not sharing and big tantrums. Normal punishment was not working. It got so bad this morning and I was so tired of the yelling and me having to tell the kids to share and be nice, that I did something that I never thought I would do.

I separated both kids, cleaned up the toys that were out, and I put ALL the toys in TIME-OUT. I have put a toy in time-out before, but never ALL the toys. I told the kids that if there were not going to play nicely with each other and share their toys, then they weren't going to play with their toys for the rest of the morning.

After a few minutes of crying, it finally worked. Silence.

No more yelling. No more crying. No more hitting. No more tantrums. They were forced to play nice together, because they had nothing else to play with.

It was amazing.
They were back to being best friends.
Back to being loving to one another.
Back to being the kids that I am used to.
Back to this.

"Moley Mommy"

Tuesday was Jack's birthday and it was just me and the kids for dinner. Rich had a work dinner he had to go to. When it is just me and the kids for dinner, I let them pick what they want. Jack said burrito and Kaelyn said quesadilla. Got to love that they love their mexican food as much and their parents. It was a little early to start making such a quick and easy dinner so I told them I would make it in a few minutes. They went back to playing, until a few minutes later Jack walks up to me and says "Moley Mommy, Moley." I looked at him puzzled. What was he trying to say. I thought he was saying "Molly" my in-laws dog, nope. "Movie Jack?".. no not what he wanted. I could not figure out what he wanted. Looking around the living room for anything that could be "Moley." I felt so bad. He was getting so frustrated with me. He eventually gave up on his idiot mom and went back to playing.

I then went into the kitchen to make dinner and it was like the light switch went on in my brain. I look over and see the avocados and ask "Jack, did you want GUACAMOLE?" I wish I had a picture of his face. The biggest smile suddenly appeared and he shouted "Yeah!!!" Like, it was about time you figured out what I was trying to say mom. I felt so stupid.
You are probably thinking it as well. How did I not think of guacamole? but it just didn't come to mind. Needless to say, I now know what "moley" is and considering it is one of his favorite things to eat, I am sure we will be having much more Moley in the future.
Jack went on to eat 2 avocados (guacamole) and his bean n cheese burrito. The birthday boy was hungry.

My Little Man is 2!!

Happy Birthday Jack. I love you so much. You are such a sweet little boy. So mellow and easy going. Your laugh is so contagious and your smile melts my heart. I can't believe that you are two today. Where has the time gone? You have grown up way too fast. I enjoy seeing your personality come out even more now. You love your sister so much and love playing with her (even if she doesn't want to play with you). It is so sweet to watch. You have gained your independence, so much that you always want to do everything yourself. Even if it takes you 15 minutes to buckle your seat belt. You are determined!
Your favorite things to do right now are climbing on anything and everything, throwing or should I say pitching a ball (we have a Major League Pitcher on our hands), playing with cars, trucks and dinosaurs and doing anything Kaelyn does! (which means an occasional tea party, Sorry Daddy)
You are my big boy today, but will always be my baby!