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I honestly cannot believe it has been over a year since I have written on this blog! I think about it all the time, because I really want to have this to look back on when this kids are older, I just never have the time to sit down and do it, it seems like. So there is noway to write about the entire last year, so I will just cover the important stuff. Jameson is 2 now!! 28 month tomorrow! This, to me, is insane... It seems like I just had him yesterday and time has literally flooown by! He is the smartest 2 year old I know. He talks in sentances, pretty much like an adult, he remembers everything, and repeats everything. He has the strongest personality ever! He is so outgoing, smart, and sweet, all at the same time. He loves farming with his daddy ;) Of course. His new thing is to say "mommy I love you soooo much." Or I miss you soooo much. He is so sweet;) He loves his sister to death. They are best friends and it is the cutest thing ever. He is such a big brother. Always taking care of her and making sure she is okay. If I get him a drink or something, he makes sure I get her one too. In the mornings when he wakes up, he goes in her room and says "good morning beautiful sissy." LOL. That is what Jon does, so he has to do it too;) Adorable. Alivia is 17 months now. Hard to believe. She is running all over the place, following her brother. She is such a sweet heart. Always happy and lovey dovey. She is starting to talk like crazy. The first thing she said besides mamma and dada, was "thank you" It was so cute, and she says it all the time. Such good manners my children have;) And now she is starting to put together little sentances. She loves book and her babies. Both of my kiddos are so good and I feel so lucky to have such sweet little ones.
The most exciting thing that has happened lately would have to be our new store. Jon and I took over the picture peddler :) and i could not be more excited about it. I cannot wait to add my studio!! Jon pretty much did this for me. He loves me and believes in me so much... and the fact that he bought this store for me, proves that. I could not be more lucky. He pretty much believes in me more than I believe in myself. And he is always encouraging me with my photography and I love that about him:)
I def want to be writing on here more... hopefully everyday. We shall see!! Peace out!

Loving it!

I really need to start writing on here more! I really want to do this, so when the kids are older they can come here and read about what life was like when they were little! Well life is BUSY, so I dont get the chance to write as often as I would like! I am on Spring Break this week and looking forward to not having to worry about school. Now I just have to worry about getting the kitchen finished! It is coming along...which is very exciting! It is a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. Home is so much more enjoyable when it is a place you love and worked hard to get it that way! The weather has been amazing! It is amazing the affect the weather can have on your mood! Yesterday was beautiful! We went to check the cows as a family and it was so peaceful! Just driving in the country with the windows down! I love it! The kids are doing good. Jameson is his usually crazy self. That boy...I tell you is going to give me a heart attack before the age of 25! He is just ALL BOY! times 100! We got him little rain boots like Jonathans... they are super cute! So we took him outside the other evening when we were grilling out and he went nuts!!!!!! Running all over the place stomping and splashing in the puddles! He was in heaven I think! We are most def gonna have to get a fence because he has no desire to stay close to us at all. He wants to go and explore and he dosent care if we are there are not! We are going to have to keep a very close eye on that one...! I feel bad because he spends most of the time we are at home during the day looking out the windows! He rotates from one to the other...yelling daddy daddy! or doggy or kitty if he sees one! He wants to be outside so bad! And this summer he will have plenty of time out there! He will be able to hang out with Jon and we plan on getting a little pool so we can be outside alot! I cant wait! Miss Alivia is growing like a weed! I cant believe it! She has gone through another growth spurt and it makes me sad because she isnt a "baby" anymore! She is rolling all over the place! Always wanting to be on her belly.... And she is drooling and chewing like crazy so we think a tooth is coming soon... Jameson got his first tooth the day he turned 6 months.... That will be April 6th for Alivia... so we will see, but I am thinking it is coming! Lately she has been staring at her big brother alot! She seems to be amazed by him! It is adorable! She just looks at him and smiles....like she thinks he is the coolest thing ever... which to her, I am sure he is! What an entertainment he is for sure! Last night we didnt get much sleep! Jameson woke up at about 3 am... wide awake for some reason.... So he just played in our bed for a couple of hours which was fun! NOT! haha... by the time he went back to sleep Alivia was awake! I was like my goodness!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today the kids and I were lazy! We just hung out in our pjs all day! It was nice! When Jon got home we went into Davenport to do some running around.... I hope the weather is nice tomorrow...I want to take the babes to the park! Nightnight!

Yay for March!!!!!!!

This week has been busy! I had school on Tuesday and Thursday, the kids had shots and dr. apts on Wednesday, and we have almost successfully installed our kitchen floor! Well Jon has anyways! It makes it hard because the kitchen is not exactly usuable, so we have been basically living upstairs.... So we out out an old comforter on the bed and have a picnic! haha.... We had Happy Joes taco pizza in bed the other night and it was sooo much fun! Jameson had a blast! And made a huge mess! but it was worth it! I love our new floor! I have been waiting for it for 2 years!! Now we just have to decide on colors for the cabinets, walls, backsplash etc. which is driving me bonkers because I cant make a decision, as usual. We also really need new appliances.... Ours are really really old! Like since Jonathan was a kid old! But that is not going to happen anytime soon with everything else we have been doing around our house. Alivia's room is completely done and it is SO adorable! I love it! Next we are painting the bedroom and then we have the bathroom to do still and some paint touch ups here and there and hopefully some carpet in the living room which is much needed for the kiddos. AND our flatscreen TV in the living room just broke :( Which we are very upset about because we just got it a little over a year ago, but of course we only had a 1 year warranty on it... So that really stinks. We need a money tree to appear in the back yard! I WISH! The kids are doing good! Alivia started rolling over both ways-front to back and back to front. She is getting to be such a big girl :( I cant believe it. 5 months!! Where have they gone!?? And Jameson has been a crab. He is cutting all four of his "fang teeth" at the same time :( Poor Bubba... I know that must be very painful! He is turning into quit the talker. His favorite words are... of course DADDY! DOGGGY...KITTY...BALL! He wakes up every morning and walks around to all of the windows yelling DADDY! DOGGY! DADDY! DOGGY! haha... It melts my heart! He LOVES his daddy! They are best friends! He will get his coat and take it to the door when Jon is getting ready to go outside and work! I love them! I love my family! Buh bye!

Lovely Sunday ;)

Yesterday was a good day aside from the whole tooth fiasco..... Aunt Charley came to visit and then we went shopping with our cute baby girls. I needed it... Charley is my favorite shopping partner because she is just as bad as me about buying clothes for our babies.....! Plus she is fun to hang out with and a good listener ;) I love her! We had a very relaxing evening and the babies were so good! They must have known we were buying lots of stuff for them;) When I got home it was late and Jameson and Jon were sleeping. That made me a little sad because I missed them both and wanted to see them! We had plans to go to church this morning, but didnt end up making it... we slept in and didnt have time to get everyone ready :( I was so excited to go too. I have been wanting to try this church for a while... Its called "new hope" in Moline. I really want our family to start going to church together! We went out for breakfast instead! Aunt Charley and Makenna came and met us there and ate too! After that we came home and it was nearing nap time. Alivia went right to sleep, but Jameson was being a stink. So I eventually gave up when Aunt Charley, Aunt Gina, and Makenna came to visit. Jameson is SOOO funny with Makenna... He tries to play with her like he plays with his dad. He wants to wrestle with her and she just runs away! It is funny. Then he gives her lots of hugs and kisses ;) He loves her;) I think she thinks he is annoying though! haha~! I think they just need to spend more time together... So they will be pals! After they left Jameson and I played until Miss Alivia woke up. Then we hung out in her roon, while I put her curtains up. They are super cute! Jameson climbed up the chair and into Alivia's crib! I was like YIKES! He kept trying to give her hugs...AKA smothering her.... so I took him out!... I turned my back and of course, 2 seconds later he was in there again! Before I could grab him, he basically did a nose dive out of the crib and face planted into the floor! I was like OMG he broke his neck!!!!!! That is what it looked like... but he was fine... That boy is going to give me a heart attack soon.. ! He needs to slow it down, but I know that is not going to happen anytime soon so I just need to get used to it! Tonight was tubby night, so I gave both of them their baths and they both went to sleep early! Very sleepy babies! I am still so sad about Jameson's tooth... ! I feel like I am in mourning! haha... I just need to get used to it... Everytime I think about it I get a sick feeling in my stomach! bah! I just wish I could go back in time and make that not happen!

Jameson knocked out his front tooth!

Today is a sad day :( Jameson was climbing up on the kitchen chair and he slipped at his his mouth on the side of the chair and knocked out his front tooth..... He cried and it bled really bad, but after a few minutes he was fine like nothing even happened. Me on he other hand... I am devestated :( I feel like it could have been prevented if I was watching him better. He is just all boy and a million miles a minute. I feel so awful. I am sad because he is not going to have a front tooth until his permanent one grows in.... I just feel like he is going to look funny :( My poor baby... We called the dentist and they said it does more harm than good to try and put it back in.... So he is just going to be missing a front tooth for the next 5 or so years or whenever their adult teeth grow in... Ugh... I just really really wish this wouldnt have happened. I just keep telling myself that at least it is not something more serious. At least he is still a healthy little boy. I know I am totally overreacting, but I cant help it. I just feel so bad.

Sick Day 7 :(

It has been a week today since Alivia first got sick :( This is no fun at all. Alivia is mostly better she still has a bad cough, but she is a ton better than she was. & fever free, which is wonderful ;) Jameson on the other hand is not doing so well still. This will day #4 with a fever :( If it continues tomorrow we are going to take him back to the doctor because that scares me. He still has a bad cough, fever, will not eat, very cranky and tired, but can't sleep well because of the steroids. They make him edgy and restless. He was up til after midnight last night. He was in the bed with me because Jonathan fell asleep in the chair in Alivia's room. It was funny;) Jameson was being so silly, you could tell he was just so overly tired it was making him loopy. He kept trying to say DOG, but he dosent quite have the G sound, so he was saying DOOOO, over and over and over. It was hilarious. And then he said kitty and JJ!! It was so excited and adorable and cute. This morning he said SNOW too! He is growing up way to fast. It is bittersweet. So is Alivia. She laughed for the first time today ;) Priceless. And she was doing this spitting thing. Spitting and blowing bubbles and making cute noises. She melts my heart ;) Today I stayed home from school to take care of them. Alivia had a really good day. Jameson just wanted to be held all day. He was a big crab! This afternoon I gave Alivia a bath and went to get her clothes on and when I went back in the bathroom Jameson had taken all of the folded towels and thrown them in the bath water! I was like you little turd! It was a fun mess to clean up. There was like 10 towels submerged in water, which makes them very heavy! I had to wring each one of them out and out them in the washer! So that was the excitement of the day! Jameson also does this new thing where he always wants to walk in between my legs! I will be walking and he comes up behind me and goes right through! It is funny..... He makes everyday so bright even when he is a big crab. i just wish i could make him feel better, I hate feeling helpless! Hopefully tomorrow he is feeling better! And I hope we get some sleep tonight! Alivia is used to being up in the middle of the night from being sick and Jameson has been up off and on for the past few nights.

Owie day :(

Today was a terrible, no good, very bad day for my monkey! First thing this morning he was climbing around and fell off the little night stand dresser thing and hit his back on the corner of these step things. It left a big scratch across his back. Ouch! Then I was doing dishes and he climbed up on the kitchen table chair and it tipped over. He hit his nose and mouth on the counter and then again on the cabinets. That was a BAD ONE! He was screaming bloody murder and there was blood everywhere! He had a bloody nose, lip, gum, and tongue. It was awful. I was holding him and their was blood all over my shirt... I felt so bad for him. I though he needed to go to the hospital, but once the bleeding stopped, we saw it was only a cut on the inside of his lip. THEN.... he was trying to get something out of a drawer and he was shoveing his arm down in it and then he fell and his arm was caught and bending all wrong. I though he broke it :( AND THEN.... I was getting his bath ready and he reached in and lost his balance and fell in head first with all of his clothes on and hit his head really hard! TALK ABOUT A BAD DAY! I am sure he is sore :( So we have been keeping him tylenol'd all day. Poor monkey. It makes me feel like a bad mommy, but I dont know how I can prevent these things from happening.. He is just 1,000 miles a minute, never stopping, and never looking down! ALL BOY!!!!!!!!!!!! for sure. Alivia Mary-Kate is feeling much much better today.. FINALLY! She was so good this morning! She watched cartoons and we played on her bedroom floor and worked on rolling over! She is very close! They both took naps at the same time today which was great. I relaxed and when Jon got home I went to target and walmart to get diapers and what not. It was snowing like crazy, so it was not fun at all. You can tell Alivia is feeling better b/c she has been eating like a horse. If only we could get Jameson to eat... He will not. He still dosent feel good at all. All he wants is to be held :( I am hoping they both sleep through the night tonight! I could really use some sleep! Especially with school tomorrow! Although I am hoping it keeps snowing so it will be a snow day!!!!!!!!