rest in peace

Great Grandma Carol passed away yesterday and is now in a better place. We are sad to see her go, but know that she would not have wanted to continue to live like this. We are thankful that she got to meet our children, and wish she could have enjoyed them as much as she would have prior to her decline in health! She is a wonderful lady that will be missed.

Happy Valentine's Day!

from out little Valentine's! Rowan took a tootsie roll sucker valentine flower to share with her friends at preschool! She got a box full of goodies to bring home! Too bad she wasn't overly interested in decorating her box as school. Apparently she is a minimalist! Eddie was feeling a bit lovey dovey with Rowan's doll during our picture attempts today too! Sorta cute?

V-Day shirt #1

My sweet valentine boy! Excuse the props we had to use to keep him happy during the photo shoot. Good thing Rowan has good toys to keep him entertained!

1st sickness for Eddie

Well, I guess I am happy to say that it took 11 months for my little boy to come down with something. He was up crying last night around 1030pm, so I went to his room to get him and barely got him in my arms before he puked all over me. And he was burning up. So got him some tylenol, some new clothes for both of us, and rocked him back to sleep with some formula. He only slept in about 1 hour increments. Then he puked again around 330am. Still feverish. Gradually throughout Monday he got better, no more puking, and better sleeping anyway. But continued the Tylenol and developed a runny nose.

Oh, My Maria...

I was able to catch up with my long lost friend Maria, I can't even tell you the last time I saw her! It's been years. I stood up in her wedding years ago, and she moved to Illinois, and I'm not sure I have seen her since she moved. But she was willing to make the trip up here to visit us today. It was so great to catch up. She is one of those friends that you would never know you hadn't seen in years, it was like we never skipped a beat. Love that. Of course, the kids kept her quite busy and entertained while we visited, but I think she enjoyed it as much as them! Hope to do it again soon!

kicked out

Ed kicked the kids and I out of the house for the weekend so that he could work on the basement. So we headed to Lyndon Station to visit Grandpa Bill and Grandma Pam. We left Saturday morning after breakfast. When we arrived, Grandma, Eddie and I headed to the outlet mall to do some shopping. Rowan opted to stay home and play with Grandpa Bill. And, oh did they play. She had him running ragged! They were in and out of the house playing outside in the snow, on the sled, on the 4 wheeler, in the house playing games, watching cartoons, you name it, they did it.

Then that evening, Great Grandma Elaine and Great Grandpa Ron came over for dinner and to visit, as well as Stu and Deb. So the kids entertained them all. It was nice to see all of them.

Sunday, we had breakfast, and played some more, had lunch and then headed home shortly after. It was a short visit, but long enough for Ed to work on the basement enough that he was too sore to do anymore by the time we were home on Sunday! 

Eddie even got to try out the 4 wheeler and sled a bit. He liked it, but it's hard for him to move around in snowpants and boots, so he wasn't a fan of it for long.

freier family

In the winter, we all go into hiding, and therefore don't hardly even see our neighbors. So, tonight we had the Frier family over for a couple hours to catch up and let the kids play for a bit. It's hard with the littlest ones, because they are ready for bed when they are ready and don't just fall asleep in our arms anymore. So we couldn't play into the wee hours of the night, but it was nice to catch up! And the big kids had tons of fun. Excited for the weather to warm up so they can play together a bit more often!