I'mm backkk

Ohh it's been forever I know. I don't really even know where to start. A while ago I was going to trade bedrooms with the tots so they could have our bigger room. Tim complained about it and we ended up not doing it. But at first he said we could..so I took apart like everything in the bedroom..including my computer. Well my computer is in there and I can't figure out how to get the internet back on there..either can Tim. And then our laptop crashed..so ya, no internet for a while. Now we are using one of my dads laptops while ours is being fixed. So I've been mia for a little while.

Anyways. The kids are doing great. I feel like I blink and a week has gone by. Max has been battling ear infections all winter. He had an ear infection a couple weeks ago and they gave him anti biotics..and it was not the first one he's had in a while..he's been having them for months. So I thought when this one didn't clear up it would be tubes for sure. But nope, I go back and instead of just having one ear infection, he's got two..and they just put him on stronger anti biotics..but they did say in two weeks if he goes back and he's still got them, he will have to go to an ENT.

Mady isn't walking yet :( She's trying..she did take her first steps :) She actually moved each foot once. She's been standing a lot lately. I'll hold her and set her down and she'll just stand there. I can see that she concentrates a lot on trying to walk too. She's just not doing it. She's going for a developmental check up at the end of Feb. and the doc said they normally get concerned about not walking at 19 months..she'll only be 18...but I'm going to insist that they send her to a specialist. I think she needs physical therapy to help her walk. I'm not ashamed to say that. She's a twin and she was five weeks early. I think she rocks! She's a big brave girl! She held all the weight of her brother and her in for 35 weeks when I was pregnant with her. I'm so proud of her. It's not a big deal that she needs a little help walking. I know that her legs work. That kid can climb anything and she walks around furniture all the time. She's so smart too! She signs Eat when she's really hungry..so does Max..and he says, 'EAAAA' haha they are so funny! She can point, clap, wave hi and bye, give five, and blow kisses (Max can too) I love when they point! I think it's the cutest thing ever :) They love for me to read this book called Night-Night Hop..it's a hooked on phonics book. But they love it! At the end of the book..the Mommy gives the baby a kiss goodnight..and they both love to kiss the baby too! It totally melts my heart <3 Ohh and the last time they got weighed, Max was in the first percentile and Mady was in the 33rd. I thought that was halarious! Max is my little midget man!

I feel like someone took my Macky and replaced him with a big kid over night. He's sooo freaking smart! I'm just shocked with the things he knows. I love that he loves to figure out how things work and the process of making things work. That's awesome to me! Today I heard him explaining to Makenna how power lines bring electricty to peoples homes and I was like wow this kid is something else! He has a mind like my dad! He just looks at things and knows how they work. He's sooo into video games right now..lol I say right now, like it's something that's ever going to change. If he's anything like his dad..he'll be playing them forever. He really wants to get into some sports..and that's going to be my mission this week..to figure out what he can get into at the Y and do it asap. He really needs something to concentrate all that energy on. It's really easy when he's being super hyper to tell him to go play video games and cool out..but I don't want to be like that! He's like a teen ager already. Today we took him to BK for lunch and he ate a double stack and like all my food and then went to my moms and ate her food..then puked it all up in the car because it was too much for his little belly to handle. He does that a lot..over eats all the time. Tim's friend was telling me Tim used to always do the same thing. Ughhh I can handle anything but puke. I wish he'd stop it.

I can't believe my little Kenna Bee is going to be FOUR this spring! I'm seriously speechless with how old these kids are getting. I look at her, and I'm like wow, this little princess of mine is really growing up! She's got the longest prettiest hair ever! I love her curls! I love her long eye lashes and beautiful blue eyes and her ruby red lips..I just love how beautiful she is! She's a total girly girl! She loves to put make up on..ALL THE TIME. She's always sneaking into my make up and doing her self up..it's always good for a laugh. She loves to do her hair and my hair too..I love doing little make overs with her. I hope she continues to be a girly girl. Im not.. but I would love for her to be! I really want to put her in a dance class and she really wants to too! I would always eventually like to put her in voice lessons. She loves to sing and she loves to make up songs..I want to bring out any creativity in her I can. Ohh and her drawings are AMAZING! I love the things she drives. She's got such an imagination and is so good at translating what she sees in her head to paper :)

Well this is a long enough catch up blog on the kids. I'm watching HGTV like I always do.. I freaking love this show and can't wait to get a new house so I can do it up like they do :) I think we might expiriment with colors at the next house..oh and IKEA of course :)

My little man <3

There's something about a beautiful baby boy in a diaper laying on your chest suddenly feeling better because he's resting on your chest that really gives you a sense of accomplisment <3 It's an amazing feeling knowing that beautiful little baby is here because of you :) I love my kids! It's amazing to know that there are four little people here because of me..and that some day those four little people are going to grow up and hopefully marry and make lots of little babies for me to love on. I've always looked at my grandparents who each had lots of kids..and I've looked around the room at the holidays when our whole family was there, and I've thought about how they were at the top of a pyrimid and there were so many people here and so much love coming from all those people. It's a very comforting thought knowing that some day it will be me sitting at the top of the pyrimid looking all around the room at all of the people there because of Tim and I's love <3

Today Tim's friend was leaving and I told Max to say 'bye' but I didn't think he really would, and then he waved! I was shocked :) And then we clapped for Max, and you could just see the pride beaming from his face. He started clapping for himself. Then I told him to point to Mommy and he did! And he clapped for himself. It was so cute seeing him clap for himself for doing smart things <3 I feel so bad for him right now though :/ He's got an ear infection AGAIN. He doesn't want to sleep, he hardly wants to eat. He's standing in his crib right now crying and I go up and get him and bring him down and let him lay on my chest and then he decides he wants to get down and it's really hard to get him comfortable on my chest again. I don't want to let him cry it out..so I guess I'm done with this blog. I feel like I haven't blogged in forever. Kind of writters block. But I really do have to go get him now..poor little man

yesterday & today

Yesterday I took the kids to Blendon Woods for thier preschool program. The kids learned about animals, they read books and played games. There was only one other little boy that showed up..but that was ok, because my kids had run of the place! They played this game where they climbed up on a chair and dropped nuts into a jar that was on the floor..I know sounds very simple..but they LOVED it! They were so proud that they could do it well. They also played hot/cold. One kid hid in the hallway while the others hid a shell and then the kid had to come out and find it while we all said, hotter/colder ect..you all remember that game! The kids loved it too! And it was fun for them that there weren't a lot of people..because then the kids could have more than one turn. They also got to look at animal skeletons and furs, and there were big windows in the back that we watched birds out of..they had lots of bird feeders..and they attracted all kinds of birds..there were quite a few cardinals <3

Today since they enjoyed yesterday so much, I took them to the preschool class at inniswoods. We got there late bc I thought it opened at 10 and it was 930. But we got there just in time for the kids to do two crafts, they had fun with that. Then we went on a winter nature hike. I was really suprised how well they did with it. It was really cold outside..but they were champs! A lot of the trees had 'faces' on them..and the teacher told the kids to point them out. Makenna found a lot of them before he even said for them to look around for them..he was shocked with how well she was able to find them! The kids got to see animal tracks, and nest, they learned about hybernation, and they even got to see a muskrat eating by the pond! It was really really cool! The ones at inniswoods require you to have a reservation..so we signed up for the one next month. I'm really excited about it! And if you go to five of them, you get a patch [like a girls scout patch] I think the kids would really think that was special. I never really thought about going to the parks when it was snowing..but it's so beautiful! I think tomorrow I'm going to bundle the kids back up and take them there to let them play in the snow and take some pics. I know we won't be able to stay there very long because they'll get cold. But it's worth it.

Tim and Mikhail had a rough morning this morning :/ For some reason, Tim and I were downstairs talking and Mikhail thought it would be a good idea to get Tim's attention by throwing a piece of his train track [it was a building with sharp edges] at Tim..it hit Tim on the foot and it actually made him bleed. Tim got really upset about it. Which it's hard not to when someone throws something at you and you don't expect it and it hurts. Well Mikhail felt really bad about it all day. His intentions weren't to hurt Tim and Mikhail has a really big heart and he worries when he hurts someone or thier feelings. I told Tim that Mikhail was worried about it when we were gone..and Tim surprised Mikhail by taking half a day off to come home and take Mikhail to a movie :) They are going to see Avatar..which Mikhail and super pumped to see <3 I thought that was really sweet of Tim. They packed candy to take and Tim's going to get him pop corn and they are going to have a special boys time. When Tim was little his dad used to take him to the movies a lot, so I think it wouldn't be a special thing for the boys to start doing. Tim offered to take Makenna too..but she doesn't like going to the theater. She says the movies are too long. Which the girl loves to watch movies at home..but she can always take a break and play or get up and run around whenever she wants, and she can't do that at the movies. So she wasn't sad about not going..and Tim told her he would find something special for them to do this week.

Makenna has been really cute playing with the babies. Right now she is on the push toy and Max is pushing her accross the room. Max likes playing tea party with her..and he pretends to drink his tea out of the cup. He also brings the cup to me to give me a drink. He puts the drink right up to my lips and makes me 'drink' it..and he grins so big! Madelyn climbed in the tv stand where Tim's xbox is..and Max shut her in..lol he shut the door on him. It was really funny! She got upset though. She's been really whiny today. I feel bad and I dont' want to just put her back to bed all day. I know they haven't really been feeling well lately though, and sometimes sleep is what they need. Right now she's watching Shrek 2..lol she LOVES this movie! She's such a couch potato. Max is sitting backwards on his push toy watching the movie..it's cute! They are both in thier diapers right now, and Makenna actually got them confused! I love having twins :)

Makenna told me the babies were 'cute' and I said, yaa but so are you! And she said that the babies were cuter than her..and I said, NO all my babes are cute just the same! I hope she doesn't think the babies are more special than her because they are babies or because they are twins. Of course I think all my kids are the best and perfect! They all have thier own special qualities that I just adore. I think maybe I just think a little too much into things.

Ohh last night, Mady was being so funny! She was sitting beside me on the couch and I was on the laptop..and everytime I would look at the laptop she would scream to 'scare' me..and I would act startled and she would laughhhh and laugh! Ohh it was so freaking cute! She had Tim and I cracking up! This morning Tim was sleeping and first I told Mady to kiss him..and she didn't so I told her to 'scare' him..and then she just started kissing and kissing him..SO freaking cute! She's definately a doll baby <3

my big boy

I am insanely bored right now. I'm so anxious. I want to do something but really have no idea what? I know right now would be a great time to clean the house..but I have no motivation to do it. There's nothing good on tv, there's nothing fun on the internet..I need a hobby. When we were on vacation Kenna and I made soy candles. I really loved it! I would really like to get into candle making. I think it would be sooo much fun! And I love doing crafty things. Of course I'd love to scrap book..but really don't have the time for it. I guess digital scrapbooking would be a better choice as far as all that goes. But I don't feel like getting into that. Anyways, Tim thinks it's a good idea for me to get into candle making. I burn candles all the time..LOVE soy candles! It would be great to make my own and to be able to give them as gifts. I'd love to take some college classes. But there's really not any time for that right now. Lately I've really been reassing my life..Mikhail is going to school SOON. Like real school real soon. I realized that this is the last winter he'll be here at home with me, this will be the last spring, and the last summer..Then my little boy will be in school until he's grown and moves out of the house. I've got to make the most of the time we do have together before he runs off to school. I've also had to start thinking about the things that Mikhail needs to learn before he goes to school..and it's not letters or numbers or things like that. He needs to learn how to listen because that's what big boys do. He needs to learn to listen the first time I tell him to do something. He needs to learn to give his 'task' his all. I seriously think that Mikhail is a.d.d. I really wouldn't doubt it..because I think Tim and I both are. I don't want to medicate my four year old. I just think that's insane and I think we can figure this out on our own. I really want to put him into karate so he'll learn to focus. I think it would be great for him. I know that I can't keep punishing him like I do at the house. When he acts up, I take away his video games, or I threaten to take things away ect. I know his school teachers aren't going to do that. They are just going to insist that he listens because that's what he's supposed to do. That's how I'm going to start treating him. I don't know I guess I'm really nervous about him starting school. The thought of waiting until he's six to start him crossed my mind..I know he'd be a little more mature. But then that messes everyone's starting year up. Mikhail will go this up coming year, Makenna will go the year after that, I'll have a year at home with just the twins, and then BOOM they go. I don't know what I will do when that year comes. I guess that will kind of be the year I find my self outside of motherhood. Of course I will still be doing all the home room mom stuff, I will be on the PTA..I will be picking them up and having a snack ready for them when they get home, actually having a clean house...lol I know there will be a whole different part of mother hood I haven't expierenced yet. But I will have some time to myself that I'll be able to go to school, or work, or have an awesome hobby that will maybe even make me some money :) It will just be kind of neat to discover a new part of myself. But I'm not wishing these last couple years of my babies being home away. I'm wishing them to be the best years ever..it just inspires me to do even more fun stuff with them and take them on even more awesome adventures :) This spring and summer is going to be the best! I just know it :)

I didn't really set a new years resolution..except to just do better at being a SAHM..I know that I do the best I can with the kids..but that means sometimes neglecting the house work, or my relationship with Tim...and I don't want to do that anymore. I've been waking up every morning and getting the kids brekfast right away, making Tim lunch, doing lots of projects with the kids, and working on the house a lot more. I feel good with the improvements I'm making and just hope to do good at keeping up with them. I've noticed Tim is a lot happier with the way I've been keeping up with things too. I just wish I wasn't so tired at the end of the day..it would be awesome to tackle this house after the kids go to bed..I just feel completely exhausted :/

Ikea...lol

So I'm starting to not hate my house as much...lol yes I really did just say that. I go back and forth all the time on hating it, and being ok with it. And I just decided that there's really no point in hating it, because at this moment it's not going to change anything. Tim and I are really wanting to get a new house..but we aren't wanting to rush it. I'm good at jumping on the first house I see..and that's not the way I want things to be. We are also still putting money away for a down payment...something we didn't do the first time around, and are for sure doing this time. I know there are a lot of good deals and great houses out there, we just really need to take our time finding the right one.

Mikhail and Makenna are really starting to like thier room. That helps me feel better about the house. I want them to love thier room. They are pretty spoiled for being three and four. They have a tv, video games, a computer, a fish tank, a couch, a toy box, book shelf, and thier closet is full of dress up clothes..and it all fits nicely in there..They have room to play [thanks to the bunk beds] Makenna's been painting a lot. She loves being an 'artist' I love that she is actaully painting pictures rather than just mixing all her paint into a brown blob. I've been hanging her art work up in her room so that she's proud of it. I bought some stickers at Micheals today..they came with letter stickers and picture stickers..and I let the kids put the picture ones on the wall beside thier bed, and then we spelled thier names with the letters and we had enough letters to put the alphabet at the head of each of thier beds. So every night before we go to bed we are going to point and say the alphabet together. I also hang a lot of thier pictures on the wall beside thier bed. I want them to feel like it's their space and I want them to like it! I want to print some pictures from when we just went to the beach and put them up there. Makenna got a Christmas card from her cousins and it was a picture of them and she hung it up there...it reminds me of a teenager. But it's cute and I want her to see cute things when she's laying in bed so she feels good about her space. She can't wait till the next house when she can share a room with Mady. I can't either! I already know that it's going to be a pale purple..and I know the beds I want to get them from Ikea. I want to put the princess netting over their beds when Mady gets old enough to do that. I want to have a little white round table in there for them to have tea parties at, and a little toy box for thier toys, I want to have doll furniture, and a book shelf for them, I want to get thier picture taken in tutu princess outfits and I want to put it up on thier wall and have thier names on the wall..I just already have it all pictured and I can't wait to put it all together! I know the boys room is going to be bold colors. I don't want to do a specific theme, just have all thier faveorite things in there. They both love trucks and cars and yes, Max already knows how to shoot Mikhail's pretend guns, so I want them to be able to have army stuff in there. They need a boys pad :) I also want to have a play room for them at our next house, and they want it to be like Itsy Bitsy World that used to be a polaris and is now at tuttle. So I'm going to have to go in there and take some notes. I want it to be a room where they can really use thier imagination. Ikea has little computer desk for kids and I want to atleast have two in their play room. I also want a table for them to do thier homework at and to be creative at. I know Ikea is going to be the most awesome store for our next house!

But enough of the next house..we are still in this house. Tim did promise he'd give me some money to go to Ikea and get some stuff for this house. I really want a new dinning room table, and I want to get some closet organizers to help with all the clothes we having laying around everywhere. I also want some new dishes and serving trays, and we need new glasses too.. I have no idea where all ours went..I think we broke a lot of them on accident lol.

Well everyone on fb is talking about cabin fever..and I'm refusing to let myself get it. I'm not going to wish for warmer weather yet, because there's no point..wishing it won't make it get here faster :/ Although today we were all sitting around here bored and I thought it would be nice to put the twins in the waggon and go for a walk. That will be nice when we are able to do that again. I want to start getting back out and doing all the fun stuff we love to do. Feels like we haven't really done anything in a while. The week before vaca was spent getting ready for it..then the week of vaca, and then the week after was spent with holidays and recouping from both the vaca and the holidays. I'm ready to get back into the swing of going out and having adventures! On my list is for sure AHA and COSI. I really wanted to go to the Ohio Historical Society during the week this week..Tim's sister and brother in law got us a membership for Christmas, and I really wanted to take the kids. But it's only open on Sat. now because of the budget cuts :( That's sad! It will be nice once the weather warms up to be able to go to the parks and stuff. I want to take the kids to some new places too.

Well I don't really think this blog has anything important in it. Pretty much Tim is playing video games and I want to watch a show and he keeps saying just one more..so I just started typing. This is how we spend all the nights after the kids go to bed..too tired to do anything so I sit on the comp and he plays video games. I read the kids two chapters of The BFG..and it puts them right to bed...in a good way :) but it makes me tired tooo! I almost always want to go to bed after reading it to them. I'm so happy that they like it, and listen to it. Mikhail goes around the house making up words like the BFG..and I tell them to imagine what the things look like that they talk about in the book. After we read the whole book, I want them to draw a picture for thier room..and then we are going to start Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!