Whatcha doin?

Well, we were hit with a superbug that didn't want to go away. In early January Xavien was diagnosed with a massive sinus infection and it took 3 rounds of antibiotics to get rid of it. Ivie came down with what we thought was a cold but turned out to be a double ear infection. The dr. said that there was so much fluid in her ears that she spent the month of Jan. basically deaf. It took 2 rounds of different antibiotics to get rid of the ear infection. Luckily her hearing is fine now and although she is vulnerable to another bad ear infection for about a month, we are optimistic. My kids fall under the 'show no signs' of ear infections (at least none of the typical ones) but between all three kids we have had a total of 5 ear infections in their lives.

Everyone probably knows I am what you call an obessive reader. It is a bit of a joke in my in-laws family that I will always have a book with me, every picture taken I am reading etc etc. I think you get the point...I love to read! My ereading device broke this week which is incredibly sad. (Yes, I know, I am pathetic! But I used the ereader every day!) SOOOO what free time I have had recently has been spent researching ereading devices and trying to find one that doesn't cost an INSANE amount.

Matthew got to go to the Charlotte Bobcats basketball game. He had a lot of fun and even got to meet the cheerleaders! :)

So now that the kids are healthy, we are a happy family!

Terrific Kid

Kanayla received a Terrific Kid award in school last month! We are very proud of her and her efforts in school. The pics did not turn out too great...we are in no way professional photographers.

Ivie's Hair

I promised a pictures so here it is! Seriously, I have braided Ivie's hair at least three times because she has a never-ending ear infection right now.

New hair-do

Ivie has a cold. Any parent of a toddler girl would tell you that runny noses are awful in little girls! When Ivie wakes up in the morning or at nap, her hair is just nasty. I have tried to put up her hair but it is fine textured and therefore breaks easily. I have tried to french braid it but again that hair falls out of the braid after a couple hours. I am trying to avoid bangs... I don't think that they will look good on Ivie and it is hard on young girls to grow bangs out. So today I started braiding the multiple little braids! She did not have the patience to let me do her whole head but the pertinent part of the head was done. And it works!!! Yipee! Of course, my camera isn't working so I can't show off a picture. Maybe tomorrow!

Tagged

My sister-in-law tagged me! I am a bit slow answering...sorry. The kids are having round 2 of the cold season.

8 Favorite TV shows
1. NCIS
2. House
3. Jon and Kate Plus 8
4. Food Network Challenges
5. Fringe
6. Bones
7. CSI
8. Law and Order

8 Things I did Yesterday

1. Change Diapers
2. Called the dr. AGAIN
3. Read a book (yes only one...it was a slow day) :)
4. Took a bath
5. Finished a craft
6. Folded laundry
7. Talked on the phone
8. Played with my kids

8 Things I look Forward too

1. All the kids healthy again
2. Buying a house
3. I have 2 books on my 'automatic buy list' being published in the next 2 months!!!
4. the snow melting
5. All my kids potty-trained
6. Vacation
7. Retirement
8. Winning the lottery--- I can dream, right!?

8 Favorite Resturants

1. Moe's Southwest Grill
2. Olive Garden
3. Pizza Hut
4. Chili's
5. Red Robin
6. We don't eat out enough b/c nothing else is coming to mind!!

8 Things on my Wishlist

1. Unlimited books!!
2. A trip to China, Austraila, New Zeland
3. More money
4. Live abroad
5. Free diapers
6. Free chicken nuggets
7. Plasma TV
8. Private swimming pool

I think that does it! I am not tagging anyone else, so if you want to do it you can!

Catchup

My sister and some friends have been nagging me to get back on my blog, so Tiff this is for you! We had an excellent Christmas! Lots of food, presents and visits from family. Matthew's brother and his family came to see us. They introduced us to a new game called Acquire, lots of fun! If you have never heard of the game look it up! Matthew's sister also came to stay with us during New Years. It was wonderful seeing parts of our extended family!

For Christmas Matthew made the kids a train table. I have been bugging him about a train table for months and Matthew would alway retort that he could make a table better than those in the stores. I asked Matthew to prove it....luckily he did! The table is great! The kids love it and play with it every day.

We made gingerbread cookies for Santa. We had a lot of fun decorating them and I think it will become a tradition for us.

School is once again in full swing. Kanayla started the year out with a loose tooth. She should lose it very soon and I will try to post pics of her missing tooth smile!

Xavien started sunbeams and the adjustment is moving slowly. He is actually handling sunbeams much better than I expected.

Ivie decided to take a header out of her crib. Luckily the first fall was hard enough and scary enough that she hasn't tried to climb out again. We knew she could climb out (Ivie is our child that has climbed the piano, computer desk and counter without any help at all) but now she knows why she shouldn't climb out of her crib especially in the dark!

Creche

The stake we live in puts on a holiday creche every year. I don't know what 'creche' translates to exactly but basically it is a whole lot of nativity scenes. The activity committee really tries to make this a missionary effort for our community. I didn't go last year but I took Kanayla this year and I was impressed! There was a children's room with nativities that the kids could touch and play with. Another room showed the Church's video of the the nativity. Another room was filled with absolutely gorgeous pictures of Christ. There was a live nativity outside. And lastly the cultural hall was filled with nativity scenes from around the world. I only took a picture of a few but all of the nativities were beautiful. The event really emphasized to me how central Christ is to the holiday season. That is easy to forget sometimes in the rush to buy presents and going to Christmas parties. Kanayla really enjoyed it too and has been asking for much less after being reminded that Christmas is celebrating Christ's birth not Santa Claus coming down the chimney! :)