School Days!

After enjoying a wonderful summer the boys were ready to start school, and I was definitely ready too! Nolan started his Kindergarten year at Yuma Lutheran. He was so excited! He was ready to see his friends from last year and no longer be in the Pre-K class. This year his teacher is Mrs. Pendleton. She is a seasoned professional and was excited to have a good boy like Nolan in her class. I'm excited to see Nolan grow!

Eli started another year of preschool at the Treehouse. Eli loves the Treehouse and wanted to go to school just like his big brother. This year Eli has Mrs. Lisa as his teacher. We know Mrs. Lisa from church so we were excited to hear that she would be his teacher at school. Everyday Eli asks to go to school, but for now he is going twice a week. This year he is also eating his lunch at school, which he really enjoys! I'm looking forward to this year being a big year for Eli!

Triathalons!

Bobby has started doing triathlons and is actually pretty good at it. He has a lot of fun training and racing-which is good because Bobby needed a good stress reliever. Bobby's Dad, Danny, goes with Bobby to all of his races. It's a lot easier than having me go because I'm no help with the kids around. I never realized how intense triathlons are, but racing requires quite a bit of equipment! It takes a lot, but it's definitely worth it for Bobby to relieve some stress!

Brothers Gotta Hug!

It's funny have three boys! They're each so different and have wonderful things about them.

Nolan is so smart! He amazes me everyday with the things he says and thinks of. He's in Pre-K this year and has started reading already! He can also count to 100 and more all by himself. I am so very proud! Nolan also loves to play basketball, baseball and soccer. Nolan could spend all afternoon playing basketball in the backyard. I love to see him having fun. He's also become quite the friendly kid at school. He has lots of friends and is a great big brother. I love to see him make the boys laugh. Of course, Nolan and Eli have their moments, but what siblings don't?

Eli is such a funny boy! He loves to have fun and play. Bobby always laughs because wherever there is fun, Eli will find his way there. He loves school and nursery. It makes me laugh because he just runs right in and sometimes he doesn't want me to take him home. Eli's absolute most favorite thing in the whole world is sea life! He loves Sea World and asks to go back every week. The last time we went I didn't think we were going to get him out of the the sting ray tank. He loves sharks and his favorite toy, Sharky, goes with him everywhere. Eli can be very persistent and stubborn, but that's part of the Eli package.:)

Cade smiles more than any other baby I have ever seen. He loves Nolan and Eli so much! Cade is very curious. He's learning how to wave and crawl. I've caught him standing up in his crib a few times and I am not ready for that yet. I hope he keeps crawling for a little while longer. Cade isn't the best night sleeper quite yet. We are still working on that. Hopefully soon he will learn to love sleeping at night as much as I do.:)

First Tooth Lost!

Nolan lost his first tooth! It had been loose for quite a while but we couldn't quite wiggle it out. One morning while he was eating his egg sandwich-out it came! At first I thought he had swallowed it, but luckily he didn't. The Toothfairy brought him a dollar so he was one happy boy.

T&A And BMT

In other words: tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and ear tubes! Poor Eli had to have these three procedures done this month. Apparently he couldn't hear very well. I had no idea. I also learned that he had sleep apnea and of course he was always a heavy breather. So, after a trip to the Ear Nose and Throat Dr., we got Eli all scheduled.

We got to the hospital early in the morning. Eli wouldn't take the medicine that relaxes you before getting the anesthesia. The anesthetist was a little nervous, but 45 minutes later Eli was done. He made it through the surgery very well, but it was really sad to see him lying there and crying because he was in pain. While we were in recovery he threw up mucus slime that was so terribly disgusting! During all of Eli's little colds his drainage was going down into his lungs so he was getting rid of all that junk. Poor guy! We were able to go home after an hour.

Recovery was very grueling for the first week. The hydrocodone they gave him for pain was making him throw up so we got rid of that and just stuck with tylenol. Eli isn't a very good medicine taker so that fight was very difficult. Once he was able to eat soft foods I mixed it in with applesauce or yogurt. Thank goodness for that! After we got that squared away recovery was much better-minus the extremely stinky breath!!!! It was terrible!!!!

So, now Eli can hear, breathe, and eat much better. I'm glad we made it through!

Cade William

I guess we can start with the biggest change in our family...A new baby! Cade William was born on August 15, 2010. He was my biggest baby at 8 lbs and 7 oz. His delivery was definitely the easiest. I woke up at 5:30 with small contractions. Bobby decided he'd better not go on a bike ride and stay put in case my contractions increased. And boy did they! The boys had broken our camera a few weeks earlier and we had put of buying another one. So as my contractions continued Bobby called his Mom to come over and he ran to Wal-Mart to get a camera. He took forever! Finally he made it home and Kathy came over to watch the boys. We got to the hospital at about 8:30 and I was already an 8-9. I couldn't believe it! I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get the epidural but I was able to get it. Whew!

At 11:00 Cade was born. It was a very easy delivery! When he first came all I could think was that he looked just like Bobby. He also looked so little to me, but the nurse let me know he was a big baby when she told me how much he weighed. I couldn't believe it. He was even a week and a half early! He's been a stinker here and there but we love him a lot, especially since he's grown out of his colic. He loves his brothers and loves to smile. I love that boy!

Way Behind..

I am really behind, but I'm going to attempt to catch up on the last bit. Wish me luck!