The Kids

Well lets see, some things in a nutshell...

The kids worked on arts and crafts projects for Thanksgiving. The picture I provided is a turkey we made from leaves and bark. Noah was obsessed with the glitter and glue and was eating is all the time. Noah is also obsessed with the baby exersaucer he sits in it all time time and watches TV. Maddie is as cute as can be with her little hair, she is starting to push up a lot on her arms, but honestly I only put her on her tummy 1 to 2 times a day, because yes I am a busy girl between taking care of kids and being a house wife. We did put up our X-mas tree last night and it looks great, I basically just collected ornaments all day long that Noah took off the tree and I put them back at the end of the day. Well we are going to TPA, this weekend so I will be sure to post some pictures.

Pics of the kids and video

Just a note that Maddie has been driving me crazy, she has been wanting to eat every 2 hours all day and all night and has been biting me of course becasue she has sucked me dry!!!!! Talan and Noah fight constantly but is is a brotherly love fight :-)

Disney Weekend

Vacation in a nutshell: We ate out everyday, because Chiefland has no resturants so we took adavantage of it.

Thursday: Checked into Orange Lake resorts in Orlando and took the kids swimming in 1 of their like 12 pools and we also floated down the lazy river. We had outback for dinner, it was great!!!

Friday: Went to Disney with the kids and my dad. Everyone had a blast, Noah was obsessed with seeing Mickey and Talan wanted to see the them also but he was very interested in Cindrella's castle. Maddie still wasn't feeling well, she spit up quite a lot so of course she had a outfit change mid day. Overall we went to the park from 9am-630pm and the kids did great. They enjoyed all the rides, we tricked Talan into thinking the Haunted Mansion was a Scooby Doo ride and he got a little freaked out with the 3-D show of Mickey but it was all cool. Noah was a little scared at first of the rides but after being on 2 of them he got the hang of it. It's a small world was his favorite. We had Red Lobster for Dinner!!

Saturday: We had to go to the marketing tour in the morning and my dad watched the 2 boys and we took Maddie. After about 2 hours of it and them insulting Mike (because we didn't want to by a timeshare, because we just don't go on vacation that much they basically called him an awful husband and father) and me pulling out my boob to feed Maddie exposing myself because I was tired of them hasseling us so I wanted to make everyone uncomfortable we came back to the room and went swimming all day. Talan went home with my dad because he wanted to stay the night. My bestfriend Amy came up with her daughter Addison and had Carrabba's with us. After Cujo (AKA Addison) beat up Noah and bit him, Noah was too overly tired so he got put to bed. We loved having Addison and Amy over, it was great seeing them and Addison was too cute pretending to be a baby and beating up Noah.

Sunday: We went to my parents and then went to the bucs game and we finally got home around 9pm.

Bike Ride

Mike got me a bike for part of my Christmas present and we bought two trailers so we could exercise with the kids. Yesterday we went for about a 4 mile bike ride down too the boat ramp near Manatee Springs, which is right near our house. Here are some shots that we took. Also this is a video of Maddie from Friday of her talking to me.

Maddie is Sick, Noah is Better

Well everyone Noah is much better, back to his old self. Now Maddie is vomiting and not wanting to eat. I think we got our neighbor sick because today she was vomiting so I took her little boy today for a little while so she could rest. Here are some pictures of the kids well and not so well. UMMM the video was taken on Tuesday when Noah didn't feel well.

Update on kids

Talan: Is at James's house this week, however he had a good Halloween, he didn't get to go trick or treating because no houses give candy around here but we did go to a little kid Halloween party at our neighbors house. He had a little GI bug, but it has passed and he is doing better. He had fun painting pumpkins on Halloween. His new thing is now if he doesn't get his way he tells you that he doesn't love you or he goes in his room closes the door and locks it (you would think he was a teenager).

Noah: Got the GI Bug on Sunday and is starting to feel better, however still doesn't have much of an appetite. Noah climbs on everything (like the kitchen table) he climbed on the kitchen chair and fell and started crying (however he didn't hit anything) so we were wondering why he was crying and come to find out he much have stretched his upper lip, because he tore his frenulum (the skin connecting the upper gum and upper lip) and his mouth was filled with blood. His gums are a little bit bruised but he is doing better. He also frequently tries to surf in Maddie's bouncy seat and actually has hit his head a few times on the corner of teh table. He was so cute on Halloween he kept saying Trick or Treat, but no body had candy it was really sad.

Maddie: Is as sweet as can be, she loves her mommy that's for sure. I had issues getting her to take a bottle but I found one that works like the breast so she finally taking the breast milk in a bottle if she has too. It was very difficult because I couldn't go anywhere without here because she was refusing the bottle and it left poor Mike out of the mix. She is sleeping from about 8pm-330am, which is awsome and usually eats at 330am and then 630am so it isn't bad.