Gavin's First T-Ball Game

His team name is the Royals

Warming up

"Riding the pine, just like his old man" -Chris

Up to bat!

On first base

After the game at Dairy Queen =)

Gavin's Pre-school Graduation

May 18th 2009

Faith Lutheran School

Mother's Day Tea

Gavin and Dylan's classes both put on a little program for Mother's Day at the school.

They both had lines to say. Dylan's was "You're Welcome!", and Gavin's lines were "And when I sit down to eat, I fold my hand up nice and neat", and "She hugs me when I'm angry". of course out of context they don't make any sense. lol

Both the boys made a handprint t-shirt for themselves (Dylan's class wore theirs at the tea, but Gavin's class wore theirs at graduation), and the also made a shirt for the mom's!

An interview with Gavin and Dylan

1. What is something I always say to you?

G: we're having burritos for dinner

D: Listen to you

2. What makes me happy?

G: obeying

D: Playing with my puzzle

3 what makes me sad?

G: when we do bad things or say no

D: when I scream

4. How do I make you laugh?

G: Tickle me

D: Tickle me

5. what do you think I was like as a kid?

G: Blonde hair and a crazy kid

D: You had a little bear

6. how old am I?

G: 16

D: 5

7. How tall am I?

G: don't know

D: this tall (pointed to the kitchen cabinets)

8. What is my favorite thing to do?

G: Make dinner

D: Make my baby book

9. What do i do when your not around?

G: Scrapbook

D: Stay with Chase

10. what am I really good at?

G: building houses

D: Eating cereal

11. what am I not really good at?

G: working the T.V. (when it's broken, you can't fix it)

D: turning around

12. what is my job?

G: babysiting kids

D: to get cups

13. what is my favorite food?

G: Tacos

D: Cereal

14. what makes me proud of you?

G: obeying

D: when I get tickets at school

15. what so you and I play together?

G: seguence

D: wresting

16. How are we the same?

G: same skin

D: our fingernails

17. How are we different?

G: you wear rings

D: you have a pen

18. If I were a cartoon character, who would I be?

G: Mickey mouse

D: a wonder pet

19. How do you know I love you?

G: because I came out of your tummy

D: because you tell me

20. Where is my favorite place?

G: Chuckey cheese

D: the movie theater

My color is

GREEN

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not so glamorous 365

So I slacked on this big time for a while, took a few pictures, and slacked again, so there's some pretty major gaps in here.

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(don't worry, it's not a real tattoo, I designed it on photoshop)

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For this one I thought I'd give a little more explanation on it, and why I did it.

"The ongoing battle in my mind over weight and self image. The "me" on the right is the way I see myself, bigger than I should be.
The "me" on the left is thin and the way I think I should be. Then there's the "me" the way I really am standing ashamed in front of the evil mirrors."

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catching up

Hello to all! Seems like forever since I blogged last, oh wait. Maybe that's because it has been forever!

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We've been pretty busy lately, but it seems like when people ask what we've been up to and I stop to tell them it really doesn't seem like that much (how does that happen?!). But I guess it's enough to eat up all the hours in the day!

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We're finally all well again, everyone (except Chris) got the flue not once, but twice! That was a fun experience.... not! I actually had it 3 times, but I thing the second time was because I didn't fully recover from the first time, and it just came back on me. It's hard to rest when there's 3 little one's running around! The weekends just don't do it.

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The boys are glad that the weather was warmer this week, and I must say I was pretty darn happy too! We've played outside for 3 days straight! Although the forecast for the beginning of next week is predicting the weather to only be in the 40's again. But that's still a record high for march! I'm just glad it's not snowing!!!

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Gavin is doing good. He still thinks he knows everything (he definitely gets that from his dad!), and he's a pretty smart guy, so he just might!

We got the bad news at his last dentist appointment that he has two cavities, on his baby teeth, so we made an appointment to get those filled. Then we got the statement from the dentist and we're going to have to pay close to 300.00 to fill them! Yikes!! Just seems like a lot of money to spend on teeth that are going to fall out, but then again I don't want to cause problems for the future either. So I have to talk to the dentist and figure things out.

And for those of you who need to know, he's had a name change. He would prefer to be called Optimus Prime (from Transformers) now, not Gavin. We will let you know of any further name changes when they take place. lol

He's also grown and inch since November, and is wearing size 6T now. I was shocked when he stood against the wall and he was that much taller.

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Dylan is a little bugger, and is pretty much a carbon copy of me (darn!) I see so many things that he does, and I can remember doing the same thing to my brother and sister when I was little, it's just scary!

He was evaluated by a speech therapist at his school, and she thinks we need to get him into speech therapy to correct some of his problems. I completely agree, and we know a lady at our church who is a speech therapist, and she's agreed to see him!!! I just have to wait until she gets a cancellation, and then we can start working it all out.

He's doing really well in school , when I can get him to let go of me and stay in the class! We have the same problem every week, but after we get him comfortable and I'm gone he does just fine. He's also very smart, loves puzzles, books and music. It's so funny, in the car we listen to "the Optimus Prime song" by Lincoln park (that's not the real name of the song btw), and he and Gavin just sit back there and sing right along. It's so cute!

This little guy though, has only grown 1/4 of an inch since November, He's wearing 5T shirts, and only 4T pants, because of the length. I'm sure he will grow eventually!

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Chase is growing like a weed, and is super cranky right now. He's getting his top molars in, and is not doing well with it at all. He's not sleeping well, and he's not sleeping in his bed at all! So it makes for a long night for everyone. But this too shall pass, and there will come a day when I will miss having I'm snuggling against me while trying to sleep.

He also is completely convinced that he is at least 5 years old, and can do anything that his brothers do. That includes riding bikes, and not just on the sidewalk where it's safe, but he thinks he's big enough to get them to the sidewalk by zooming down the driveway! Thankfully I saw what he was about to do and got there before he crashed and face planted on the cement. He also doesn't think he should be limited to his trike, but thinks that Gavin's bike would suit him just fine. Um, no.

The other day we were at the park, and he had to be on a big swing just like his brothers! So I put him on and told him to hold on tight, and no to let go. He did great for a long time, then he suddenly thought he needed to let us know how good he was doing and said "ta da" (therefore taking his hands off the chains and putting them up in the air).... he promptly fell to the ground and made a loud thud. He wasn't going fast though, and the swing was really low, so he was fine after a few minutes.

I have a feeling we're going to have out hands full with this one!

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Chris is working hard as usual, they're finishing up the house they built over the winter to keep busy, and it's really cool! It doesn't seem like the economy has slowed down business for them much for the spring. Chris has been working on quite a few bids, and they keep coming in! So for that we are extremely thankful.

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I have been babysitting quite a bit lately, which is goon for the money, but very tiring. Thankfully though the only day I have a bunch of kids here at once is on Friday, so I think I can handle that.

I just joined a 24 hour fitness place here in Derby called "the body shop". It was a great deal, only 30 dollars a month, and you can go whenever! Which is awesome, because I am not a morning person, so getting up before 5to be at the gym just wouldn't happen. And Chris doesn't get home until after the rec center is already closed, so that wasn't an option either. So I think this will be great!

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That's pretty much what's been going on here for the last month or so. Now I need to remember to do this more often, and it won't take as long!

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Update on Grandpa

They kept him at the hospital yesterday and overnight, because when they got him up to walk around he got really short of breath. Grandma was a bit hesitant to take him home if he still wasn't feeling good. So they decided to stay just one more day. He was moved to a regular room where he could get up and around more.

Hopefully he Will be going home (if he's not there already) today.

I talked to them both for a little bit yesterday, and they seem to be handling everything very well. Grandpa sounds good, and I told him not to do this to us again. So hopefully he listens. lol

Thank you all again for the thoughts and prayers.

Trying Not to Worry

Which for me, is easier said than done.

I got a call this weekend from my mom telling me that my grandpa had gone into the hospital because he was having chest pain, and just wasn't feeling right.

He had been feeling this way for a few weeks, and just decided that he should probably go get checked out. I am so thankful that he did!

They found out through all their test that one side of his heart was blocked 90%, and the other 60%. They said his bad cholesterol was fine, but there wasn't enough good cholesterol. My mom said they gave the analogy that it was like you taking out your trash (bad cholesterol), but there was no garbage truck (good cholesterol) to pick it up. So the trash just keeps piling up.

The really scary thing is that if the doctor told my grandma they call his condition the "widow maker", because there's no chance of survival if he would have actually had a heart attack. I just can't imagine him not being here. Even the thought about that makes me want to break into tears.

My mom called me today to let me know that they just put in two stints and he is now in critical care to recover. He will be released tomorrow if there are no complications. Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers

And if you could pray for my grandma too, she is going through this without any family since they live in Arizona. Thankfully there was a friend with her today while grandpa was in surgery.

Boys and their Toys

For a while now Chris has really been wanting to do something special with the boys where they could get their hands dirty, use their tools and do some male bonding. lol

Chris shows up after work on Wednesday with some scrap lumber, and declares.

"Boy's. We're gonna make a bench".

On Thursday after they got back from school that is exactly what they did.

STOP!!!!

Do you ever feel like just yelling STOP? So that time could just stand still for a second, and you can take everything in that your kids are learning, doing, and remember them for the rest of your life. Everything seems to be happening so fast, and I can't beleive how big my boys are getting.

The things that I was only dreaming of them doing a few years ago are happening, and it just seems so surreal.

Today, Gavin was learning to ride his bike without the help of his training wheels. It seems like only yesterday we were trying to get him to peddal his little trike, and now Chase was walking that same trike around trying to catch up with the big boys on their bikes. Where, oh where is the time going?

Some days it seems like things would be so much easier if they were just a little older and self sufficient, but the truth is the older they get the more I miss their dependance on me. The more I want to hold them close and cuddle with them, and protect them from all the things out in the world. It's all so bitter-sweet.

Now for the pictures from today :)

And a few of the other boys too