Oh Kaylin, you're so funny!

So Kaylin is scheduled to have surgery on Feb. 6th to correct her nostrils. Her nostrils are not symmetrical and her surgeon likes to fix this before 1st grade, because that is when teasing tends to start. At any rate, we were looking through photo albums of when she was a baby so she could see her before and after pictures from her other surgeries. We also have pictures of her laying in the bed in her recovery room. So as we're looking through the pictures she turns to me and says, "How old were you mommy? You look so young!" Thanks, kid, thanks! I was only 21, which is young, but man, I don't feel like I look that much older. I mean, I do look very young in these pics, but dang kid!

1 week until Jonathan is 2...

and he is growing by leaps and bounds!



Here is Jonathan's cutest new development - Every time we say, "I love you" he tells us, "I love you more!" So cute! Oh, except the one time we were out looking at Christmas lights and I tried to show Matt & Chera - his response that time was, "Oh brudder!" Of course, every time you try to show off a new "talent" my kids have a knack for making me look like a liar! We are at the age where he is just exploding with development. New words every time we turn around, he'll repeat any thing that is said, so we have to watch it!



We decided to just have a family birthday party this year. With all of us passing around a stomach bug, and then the flu and sinus infections I don't have the energy to host a birthday party. So, this year it'll just be family at the house. Plus, I'm fairly certain we are at our max capacity for toys. Plus, we'll get our birthday party fix the following weekend when we have 2 birthday parties for 3 different boys!

How was your Christmas?

We had a wonderful Christmas! Jonathan had the flu and felt horrible on Christmas morning, so he mostly laid on my lap while I opened his presents for him. Because of that, we don't have very many pictures, but that's ok.

We had everyone over for dinner at our house on Christmas Eve. My parents, Jeremy's dad & step-mom, Uncle Justin, his girlfriend Laura, Aunt Kayla, and her boyfriend David - who I think Kaylin has a crush on! There were 12 of us and it was lots of fun. We had lots of yummy food and swapped presents. Later that night Matt & Chera came over and we did our gifts with them as well. Then it was time to put the kids to bed and wrap gifts. We made sure to put out gingerbread cookies for Santa that Kaylin and Mimi made, carrots for the reindeer, as well as Reindeer food that we mixed up real quick from oats, colored sugar & cinnamon. Kaylin mixed up a batch at school, but she had left it at Mimi & Papa's house accidently. The kids were in bed and asleep before 9. While that is normal for Jonathan, his bedtime is 7:30, it showed us how tired Kaylin was. Jeremy and I quickly wrapped the gifts from us, then set out the gifts from Santa (those aren't wrapped!) and then Jeremy went over to Matt's house to play some rockband and I climbed in bed for sleep, as I felt horrible.

Before I climbed in bed on Christmas Eve I mixed up some dough for cinnamon rolls for breakfast Christmas morning. It was really easy! I just put all the ingredients in my bread machine, turned it on and it did all the kneading and rising work for me. When it finished I rolled it out and put the butter, cinnamon and sugar on it, sliced it into rolls and then stuck it in the fridge to wait until morning. I think we are going to make this our traditional breakfast. When I was growing up my mom always did a breakfast casserole but for some reason Jeremy is not a fan. Not just of the family recipe, but of breakfast casseroles in general, so I was on a mission to find something else. The cinnamon rolls seemed to work!

The kids slept until a little past 8 am! Can you believe it?! Kaylin must have been tired, as she slept almost 12 hours. I stuck the cinnamon rolls in the oven to bake while we opened presents. By the time we were done they were as well and we all enjoyed them while watching the Disney Christmas parade. Then we napped on and off all morning/afternoon - we were all feeling under the weather, except for Jeremy who brought it home in the first place, he was already healthy again.

Kaylin has asked me to take her ice skating over the school break, so we'll be doing that one day this week. I haven't been ice skating in many many years and Kaylin has never been. I hope I can keep us in an upright position! We were going to leave Jonathan with Mimi & Papa and have Jeremy come with us, but he says he's never been ice skating and I really don't think I can teach/hold up two people when I haven't been in so long, so we're just going to go with the two of us on a day Jeremy is at work.

Kaylin cracks me up!!!

She is playing with a calculator pretending it's her cell phone. She just got 3 text messages in a row - her friend Star asking when she was coming to her house, her friend Evy telling her she can come over to her house and her friend Rebecca asking if she was feeling ok - and then she was talking on the phone to her friend Rebecca and her friend Jenna beeped in. When she "hung up" she said, "oh man, two calls at the same time! That's crazy!"

I was going to get up and get the video camera but I knew she would stop if I got it out. Maybe she'll do it again soon and I can sneek some video.

Now, we're going to go make some fudge and some chocolate gooey butter cookies for the neighbors.

Things I have done.

Things I have done are in bold 

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited Hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland/world.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Visited Paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an overnight train.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when you're not ill.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Run a Marathon.
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run.
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen an Amish community.
36. Taught yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing.
40. Seen Michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke.
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square.
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited the White House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone's life.
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Had a baby.
95. Seen the Alamo in person.
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit.
98. Owned a cell phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.