Sick Boys

Well it's the beginning of a long fall/winter. My kids love to get sick for some reason. They've had quite a cold for the last few days, but not terrible. So today we didn't go to church because I didn't want them getting the other kids sick. I know I hate it when other parents bring their kids to church sick, because no matter what my kids always get it. So my mom said to go ahead and bring the kids to dinner since she had a cold too. Well they ate their dinner and then of course were being boys and being naughty the whole rest of the night. I couldn't keep up with them. So finally papa took them upstairs and played with them for about 30 minutes so that I could get a break. We finally decided to head home so that I could put them to bed and get some relaxation time. Well so much for that.....Roman does this weird thing sometimes where he puts his finger in his mouth, gets it to far and chokes himself. Well tonight his throat must have been fed up because he threw up all over himself and his carseat. It was absolutely disgusting. So I had a puked on kid and 10 minutes left to drive home, my car smelled, my husband had been gone for 2 weeks and I definately didn't get to relax. As soon as we got home, I put Jaxon in bed, and then got Roman cleaned up. I then put Roman in bed and proceeded to clean up his puked on carseat while trying not to throw up myself. All in all it was definately not the best night ever. Ah the joy of kids. I love my kids though. They are blast, even if they have throw up all down them and in the cracks of thier carseat that they don't have to clean up.

One of Roman's favorite things to do is take pictures, granted some of them he looks a little tipsy in. As soon as I get the camera out, he instantly says cheese.

Jaxon discovered today that he was smart enough to move over the laundry basket to the little table and stand on it. You can tell by the look on his face, he definately knew he wasn't supposed to be up there.

Roman's Grandma gave him that car as a toddler bed, but we decided to make the boys a sandbox out of it and they absolutely love it.

And there it is again....Roman's infamous CHEESE! Jaxon was being shy of course.

Sleepless Nights!

Ever since Jon has been gone, I have had the hardest time sleeping. I don't sleep well with him not home. I have not gone to bed any earlier than 11:30 this last week and most nights it has been between 1 and 2 that I do fall asleep. Well, my kids get up between 6 and 7, so I have been very deprived of sleep. I have a hard time doing things since I am so tired. Anyone have any ideas as to what could get me more energized other than fruits and veggies that isn't some crazy drink or pill?? The other night I thought I was going to be able to catch up on my sleep when Jon's mom said she was going to take the kids for the night. It was actually the worst night I had. I was up every hour and just didn't sleep. When my kids wake up in the morning I can't believe it. I just want to sleep all day. Then when it is time to actually go to bed I'm finally alert and can't sleep.

On another note.....it's been about a week and a half now since Jon has been gone, and only about 6 more weeks till we finally get to see him.

Husband Gone :(

For those of you who don't know.......my husband took a 3 week course last year to become an insurance adjuster for Hurricanes. These adjusters go out into the field after a hurricane and assess the damage. They can be gone for months at a time. Well my husband left on Saturday for Hurricane Ike, and wont be back for a few months it looks like. He is staying in Houston right now and as of tonight already has 100 claims that he is working on. We will go out to Houston once a month to visit and stay for a week or two. I am going to miss him so much. Well.....I already do miss him so much. I'm okay during the day, but when it comes to night time, I have a very hard time. I don't like to sleep by myself and have had a couple bad nights trying to fall asleep without him there. I don't sleep very well when he is gone. The boys miss him very much...Roman is always asking for him the majority of the day, but especially in the morning. Jaxon always looks at my phone and just says daddy. He knows that he gets to talk to him on the phone. It is very hard especially for Roman since he is such a daddy's boy to not get to see his dad. I sit down with him every day and tell him that his daddy is working very hard so that he can buy him a new house and then Roman gets a little bit happier. But he still has a hard time in the morning. He used to always come in our room in the morning and snuggle Jon. We are all going to miss him very much and I hope that the middle of October can get here fast so that we can go and see him.

So I have been having a very hard time weening Jaxon off of his bottle. He was very attatched to it because of having so many ear infections. It is his security blanket. I am normally very strong with stuff like this and just take it away like I did with Roman. But for some reason with Jaxon I feel so bad because he was in so much pain for so long. Then he looks at me with those puppy dog eyes and say "da ba" which means....the bottle. And then i cave and give it to him. I guess I will just have to throw away his bottles so that I can't give it to him.

Roman is as big as ever. He just turned 3 and is wearing 4T/5T clothes. He is just humungous. I can't believe how big he is getting. I have a feeling by the time he is 10 he'll be towering over me. He is just so cute. He was wrestling around with a friend of mines girls and they were beating him up, so when he was talking to his dad tonight, he said "those girls beat me up 4 times. and then the boy beat them up." It wa so cute.

I'm just getting super excited to be able to buy a home whenever jon gets home. I'm am so looking forward to it and cannot wait to finally own our own home. I know he is going to be away for a while, but what he is doing for our family will give us great financial stability. He is a wonderful husband and I'm grateful to have him as mine, and that no one else gets to have him.

Football Game

DANNY'S FOOTBALL GAME!!

We went to Danny's football game last friday, and Jaxon had a blast. Roman couldn't be their because he was with his mimi and papa. Jaxon was running up and down the bleachers until it was about time for him to go to sleep. Then he was passed around from the grandparents to me when I finally got him to sleep. We couldn't believe that he actually went to sleep because we ended sitting right next to the band and of course all the people screaming because Danny's team the Riverton Ram's kicked butt that night.
That's one of Jaxon's many papa's. He is always tugging on his ears even though he doesn't have infections anymore.
There is the team running out....Danny is #2. Danny is a senior this year and he played very well. He played quite a bit of the game and I'd say his most eventful part of the evening was when some guy was trying to tackle him and he just grabbed him by his helmet and flipped him over. It was so awesome. It was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Danny isn't that huge either compared to some of the kids, so it was really cool to see his strength come out like that.
There is my metal mouth husband. He loves to yell at Danny to do things during the game. It is really cute. I can't wait until those braces come off. It will probably be another 2 years though. Maybe less. I hope so. Then we will both have straight teeth. Plus he won't look like such a goober and have what we call when you have braces as buffalo breath. Braces don't add very much to your breath. You have to constantly have breath mints or gum.

We had a really fun time that night and we look forward to the rest of his home games.