3 boys, 2 girls...a family complete!

Busy Busy Busy

2009-09-02T15:27:00.001-07:00

We have had a busy summer....we started it off with Josh getting a new job at the Lebanon Boys and Girls club, I went back to work after maternity leave, and then Deagan and Josh went to Chicago. Over 4th of July Deagan got really bad strep throat, and 3 stitches in his head. Addie is growing like a weed, and Brayden is as funny as ever!! We have been going to the lake as much as we possibly can, but it is never enough!! I work every other weekend, so it makes our summer seem even shorter.

Deagan did T-ball through Park and Rec in June and July and had a great time!! And then finished his summer activities with safety town. He is currently playing Pop Warner football, and loves it this year...thank goodness!!!

Both boys have been swimming a lot, and love it!! Deagan has been trying wakeboarding off the boom this summer, and is doing a great job!!! Check him out below....

Brayden continues to make us laugh pretty much a zillion times a day, if not more. He has the best comments! His hair continues to maintain the mow-hawk do, I don't think it will ever go away, but it fits him great!! He is potty trained, except for at night...hopefully that will come soon:)

Addie is almost 6 months old (I can't believe it). She is about 18 pounds, and trying to crawl. She is such a sweet sweet baby, and very even tempered!!

We were blessed with a new niece last week. Morgan Kerin Lamm was born on 8/25/09, she was 4 weeks early...she had a bit of a rough start, but is doing great now!!

School starts in a week. Deagan will be in 1st grade, dual immersion program. Brayden will continue to be at Johnnie's along with Addie. Josh unfortunately can't coach CHS football this year with his new job, hopefully it is only a temporary thing, but he is able to help coach Deagan's football team. And, I just passed a certification exam for Maternal Newborn Nursing, so now I am an RNC.

I hope everyone is doing well. I will try to be more diligent about my postings from now on........however, don't hold me to that :)

6 days without...

2009-06-15T22:47:00.000-07:00

Deagan and Josh left this afternoon for their birthday trip to Chicago to visit The Gregg's. They are staying in Portland tonight, and fly out at 6am. I am already missing them, so is Bray...he keeps crying for Daddy and Deagy! Poor guy!!! They don't get back until Sunday; well really it is Saturday, but it will be too late for them to drive home.

I work all week long, so hopefully this week goes fast, for Bray and for me!

Have fun boys!!! And GO CUBBIES!!!

A quick update

2009-06-06T18:18:00.000-07:00

I started back to work this past Thursday. It was nice to be back, I missed my friends at work, but it was a little hard to leave my last baby. She of course was in good hands, at Johnnie's!!

The boys have been crazy....I came into the playroom, and it was flooded with water thanks to Bray. I was letting them play in the yard with the hose, I closed the playroom door. Some how, while I was on the phone with the bank, the door got opened and the 2 year old thought it needed to be cleaned :) Good thing we have a lot of towels! Then, when I put them in the bath, he thought he should smell like toothpaste...the bath was full of blue crest kids toothpaste! YAY! Josh thought it was a good punishment for them to clean it up....not a great idea. The boys ended up with toothpaste all over them. I cleaned the bath, and back in they went!

Addie has been great. She is such a great baby! She is smiling all the time, and talking (cooing) tons! She is starting to hold her head up more and more. She is a chunk. She weighed 14 1/2 pounds at her 2 month check up, and had grown 3 inches!! She is in the 97% for height and weight!

Josh got a new job. He is the Assistant Athletic Director at the Lebanon Boys and Girls Club. He started last Monday. So far he loves it! It is great for him to work more with sports!!!

Josh and Deagan leave for Chicago a week from Monday. They are both excited to spend time with Uncle Kev and Aunt Luthy, and the kids.

That's it for now~

Time's up

2009-06-06T15:48:00.000-07:00

Ok, I was just going to give an update to what we have been up to, but the baby is screaming at me from her crib...must be snack time!!

2009-06-06T15:18:00.001-07:00

Just a test to see how the mobile upload works....technology is amazing!

Spring Picture Slideshow

2009-05-18T10:27:00.000-07:00

Where has time gone???

2009-05-18T09:47:00.000-07:00

Deagan will be 6 tomorrow, I can't believe it. He is such a wonderful kid. He is sensitive, smart, and his heart is full of love for everyone. He is a wonderful big brother to his sibilings..minus the normal fighting :) It is amazing that just 6 years ago he was 8lbs 6oz, and 21 3/4 inches long...now he is 57lbs, and 4ft 2inches!! He is finishing up kindergarten where he is learning spanish and english; and doing amazing I might add...he will be starting 1st grade in the fall. We love you buddy!!!!
New baby

1 month old
1 year old

2 years old
3 years old
4 years old

5 years old
6 years old

Addie Pictures

2009-03-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

Welcome Addison Harper Copeland

2009-03-20T21:02:00.000-07:00

She is here. On March 13, in the wee hours of the morning Addison joined our family. She weighed 8lbs 5oz, the smallest of the 3 kiddos, 20 1/2 inches long. She is too cute!! Labor was easy, I had a GREAT epidural, and I only had to push about 5 minutes...the benefits of having 3! It was a long wait for us....I was schedule for an induction on the 11th, but it was sooooo busy at the hospital that they had to keep putting me off. So finally at about 7:00pm on the 12th I got the call to come in for the induction. Anyway, when I have some time to upload pictures I will do so!

Parental Advisory

2009-02-02T18:30:00.000-08:00

So, today Deagan and Josh had a rough morning. Let's just say Deagan had a HUGE fit over chocolate milk. Anyway, when I picked up Deagan from afterschool club, he had a book and a CD that he had checked out from the bookmobile, and extension from the Corvallis Public Library.

The Bookmobile comes to D's after school program once a month. Anyway, he was sooooo excited because he had gotten a CD for his Dad. I asked D what CD it was, and he said Korn. I said, does Daddy like Korn (we do not listen to Korn), and D said yes. I happened to be on the phone with Josh, and he said you'd better check the CD for parental advisory. After we got home and I unloaded the kids, bags, and went through D's backpack, I found the CD and there was parental advisory. I couldn't believe that the bookmobile would let a 5 year old check this out. I immediately called Josh, who was irate. I then called the bookmobile, thinking it is 530, they wont be there, and they weren't so I left a message that I was concerned with something that my 5 year old checked out. About 15 minutes later, after I called my Mom and Nan, the guy called me back.

I explained the situation, and he validated my concerns. Apparently, they are not allowed to tell anyone, even 5 year olds who can't read, what they can and cannot check out due to freedom of whatever. Anyway, he was very nice, and said that he was the one who checked the CD out to D. He said that he questioned D about the music a couple of times, and D kept saying it is for my Dad he really likes Korn (not). I still haven't figured out if they library guy told him the name, or if all of the sudden he can read. The guy said that he really appreciated my phone call because there are a lot of parents out there that don't care, and that we were really good parents for doing so. He also said the teachers are usually in the bookmobile, today they weren't, and the teachers normally say what is appropriate and what isn't. Still, I am very frustrated that any 5 year old can get a CD like this.

The CD will go back tomorrow. I told D that it was so nice for him to get a CD for daddy and that it was very thoughtful, but anything that has the parental advisory label (I showed him the label), wasn't for 5 year olds, and that you had to be really really old to get these types of CDs....he asked if daddy was really really old to get it since he likes Korn so much, and I said yes (sorry Josh) :) And, next time to stick with country music like Rodney Atkins. D agreed, and went off to play.

However, I can't help but smile, and my heart warms that he would try and get his dad something on his own. D is so thoughtful, and has such a warm heart for all of his family and friends. He is so sensitive and was only trying to surprise his daddy.

It's been a while......

2009-01-18T15:02:00.000-08:00

Wow, it has sure been a while. We had a great holiday season, it was very busy, and we are now trying to get back into a routine.

Over the holidays we had a total of 4 Christmas's, my mom's birthday and New Years with our normal crew.

We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the baby. Deagan picked the name, we gave him our top 3 list, and he chose Addison.

We went to the coast this weekend, it was beautiful!!! Here is a slide show of our adventures.

Snow Day!!!

2008-12-15T16:19:00.000-08:00

There was no school today thanks to the cold weather, snow and ice. The boys went to my parents, while I made my way to my doctors appointment. On my way to my doctors appointment I decided to go the "hilly" way to the highway, and slid my car down one hill backwards; boy was that fun!! Anyway, here are some pictures of the boys and their day outside with Nanny and Papa.

Christmas Tree Hunting and Decorations

2008-12-10T09:23:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we decorated the outside of our house, and went hunting for the "perfect" Christmas Tree on our friends property. Josh and the kids did the outside of our house....Josh went to Jerry's to pick out the Christmas lights for the house this year...it is hard to see but they are white and orange....GO BEAVERS! We then went out to the tree farm. Here are some pictures, they are in reverse order, but oh well :)

Prego mommy using the chain saw to trim up the tree
Our tree
Deagan using his little chain saw
Look out!!
Mommy and Bray
Daddy and Deag

The boys running

Pictures from October

2008-11-27T11:17:00.000-08:00

The Phillies won the World Series
Carving Pumpkins
The Fam at the World Series
Silly Boys
Deag
Daddy and Deag
Bray in the dried corn
Bray
Deagan shooting the corn...he made it in the barrel and won $25!!

Late, late Halloween Update

2008-11-27T11:09:00.000-08:00

Brayden the Scottish golfer
Optimus Prime...I mean Deagan
My Boys
My sleeping little skunk of a nephew.

IT'S A GIRL!!!

2008-10-29T11:39:00.001-07:00

We had our official 20 week ultrasound today, and found out it was a girl. I had the technician check 3 times; and all three times nothing hanging around! Deagan went with us, and he is super excited. We left Bray with my parents, because he can barely sit through a short book, let alone a long ultrasound appointment!!

Here are some pics of our little girl:

Happy (belated) Birthday Brayden!!!

2008-10-21T18:35:00.001-07:00

About 1 hour old.....

Okay, bad mom of the year.....Brayden's 2nd birthday was on Friday, and I didn't even have time to blog........I can't believe how fast it went, really it was WAY faster than Deagan!! Brayden continues to amaze us everyday, and makes us laugh every minute! He is the funniest little guy, plus he is pretty darn cute! I am starting to think that his permanent mowhawk is going to be the trait that matches his personality! He is talking up a storm, and repeats everything.....we have to be really careful!! Here are some pics of my little guy!!!

Trying to open his eyes....he is so cute!
1 year old, playing in the tub

Big 2 year old!!

Has it really been that long????

2008-09-20T11:48:00.000-07:00

So no pictures with this entry...I am at work right now.

What has happened since I last blogged????

**Well we are expecting our 3rd child in March. We were very surprised, but are VERY excited. We have a few more weeks before we can find out what the little bambino is, but Deagan and Josh are really wanting a girl. Brayden is too young to care, and I don't care what the little munchkin is as long as it is healthy.

**Deagan tried the Pop-Warner Football thing and it was a very bad experience for him; so now we are on to soccer and he LOVES it! He also started kindergarten at the beginning of September. He is going to Lincoln, and is in the all-day dual immersion program...he will be fluent in Spanish before I will be able to remember mine...yikes! He likes going to school, but still says that he isn't going to speak Spanish...the teacher says that is normal. I will throw in a few Spanish words here and there, and he says "You know Spanish?".

**Brayden turns 2 in a month...I can't believe it! He consistently makes us laugh; and holds his own with his big brother. He is a talker, and a repeater, so we have to be really careful with what we say :) He still has his permanent Mohawk...poor kid, I don't know what we are going to do when he gets older. Oh well, it goes along with his personality!

**Josh is into CHS football, and is gone Thursday and Friday nights. He is still working at the Farm Home.

**I am still working and that is about it. Between work and the kids I am pretty much busy all the time. I am really tired, but not too sick anymore from the pregnancy. I could sleep 12 hours a night, and still be tired. I will try to be more diligent with blogging, but no promises!

Were did time go?????

2008-08-05T10:16:00.000-07:00

Wow, summer has gone by so quickly. We have been so busy, barely even making it to our favorite place on earth....Triangle Lake. Our summer has been filled with work, T-ball, Safety Town, Weddings, Yard work and who knows what else.

Deagan has been in T-ball, and Safety Town this summer and has really enjoyed both. Hopefully he will be starting swimming lessons next week too! Plus, in a couple of weeks he starts Pop Warner Football, yikes!!! I can't believe that he will be in Kindergarten in less than a month, it is crazy how fast they grow up. He is very excited to start Kindergarten, and talks about it all the time, hopefully it will continue that way when he is in school all day :) Deagan continues to amaze us with his interesting comments. We are also heading down to Roseburg this afternoon to see his favorite singer, Rodney Atkins....should be interesting!

Brayden is a halarious little toddler. He continues to make us laugh almost every minute. His faces are too funny, and he is talking ALL the time, and repeating EVERYTHING!! He loves picking on his big brother, and then saying "oweeee....Deagy hurt".

Our computer crashed last week, it was horrible. Luckily we found a new one, and our friend Randy was able to save all of my 3,000+ pictures, and got them on our new computer. I have now learned that I need to back things up....I really didn't care about anything but my pictures.

Last weekend, I went to a bachelorette party at the coast for one of my oldest friends Kim Turpin. It was a great weekend with al of the girls. Josh stayed home with the boys, and he happened to have the flu. I felt really guilty leaving, but he insisted that I go.

Josh starts football within the next few weeks, so our even busier schedule will start then. Josh and I and our friends Jenni and Jason are heading down to San Fran to see Kevin and Nicole in the middle of August, it should be a fun way to end the summer!

Hope everyones summer is going well! Here are a couple of pics from this summer.
Deagan riding Casey the horse
On a road trip with Nanny and Papa
Bray at Johnnie's

Time goes by so fast....

2008-07-15T10:07:00.001-07:00

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A few days before the wedding

July 15, 2000

4th of July

2008-07-06T14:07:00.000-07:00

Wow how a month has flown by!! This weekend we went to Triangle Lake, our weekend getaway every summer, to celebrate the 4th of July...along with my parents 35th Wedding Anniversary and my Brother's 26th birthday.

It was a wonderful weekend spent with family and friends. All of the Denson's, Hoover's, Locey's (minus a few), and The Copeland's were there.

The kids were great. Deagan and Mackenzie (my niece) played with the little boy Denson's, Justin and Jackson, most of the weekend, and got along well. Brayden made his way around playing with whatever and just being his busy self. Payton (my nephew), was a great little baby, for only 4 months he slept well at night, and was happy go lucky the majority of the time.

Josh got sick on Saturday, and ended up going home about 9:45 Saturday night...poor guy, he missed the big fireworks :(

We had fireworks for a million people, and also got to enjoy the annual Triangle Lake Firework show, which is just amazing....the sound effects of the fireworks that echo around the lake are just crazy!!!

Here are some pictures of our weekend!!

Josh's 31st Birthday and Memorial Weekend Combo....

2008-06-02T15:19:00.000-07:00

May 24th marked Josh's 31st birthday. It usually goes hand in hand with Memorial Weekend, which is "opening" weekend at our favorite spot on earth, Triangle Lake. We headed out on Friday with a packed full pickup; it is amazing how much stuff we had. We were the first to arrive, and it was cold, a little rainy and a tad windy, but that did stop the boys from being outside about 99% of the time; and didn't stop Deagan from swimming. He swam Friday through Sunday it the cold water.......YIKES!!

My grandparents, aunt, uncle & cousins, The Denson's, my brother & his girlfriend and My parent's were all there. Our good friends Jenni and Jason came down too. It was a great weekend for a relaxed birthday for Josh, and for the kids to play.

Saturday turned out beautiful, Sunday was not too bad, and Monday it was rainy the perfect time to come home. The kids were excellent, a couple of rough nights sleeping, but for the most party they were perfect!!!

We were all exhausted when we got home; Brayden slept on Monday for nap time from 11:45 until I had to wake him up at 4:30 WOW!!!

Here are some pictures of our weekend!

Bray and Uncle Brett
His outfit for the summer...the lifejacket is a MUST HAVE!!
Papa and Deagan going fishing
Deagan attempting to hold his first fish
Getting ready to ski biscuit with Jason
Deagan and Jason
Look who had to hop on...MOMMY...it was freezing!!!
Deagan
Josh
What we came home to...a Happy Birthday banner that says GO DUCKS....I wonder who that was from, thanks Redner!!

5 went fast!!!

2008-05-19T14:36:00.000-07:00

Deagan turned 5 years old today! I can't believe how fast it went, it seemed to just fly!! He is such a great little boy! He is loved so much, especially by Brayden; they are so cute when they play, and fight :)

Deagan was born May 19, 2003 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. After initial problems we were all okay....He was such a hungry baby, nursing every 1 hour for the first 4 months of his life!! Here are some pictures of Deagan throughout his 5 years....

In the NICU after he was born...
1 Year old Deagan
2 Years old
3 Years old
4 Years old
Big 5 year old boy!!!!

Deagan's 5th Birthday "Kid" Party

2008-05-11T13:25:00.000-07:00

Deagan doesn't officially turn 5 until May 19th, but since I work every other weekend, we had to do his kid party on my weekend off. Yesterday we had his 5th birthday party at Peak Elite Gymnastics. Deagan has never taken gymnastics, but we have been to plenty of parties at this place. It is amazing! They have 2 staff people there to corral the children, there is a bounce house, and all of the gymnast equipment to play on.

18 kids showed up; a variety from school and daycare. They all did great, and no one got hurt, which is always the main goal with the majority of the kids being boys. We had one yellowjacket sting, and a few other bumps a bruises, but nothing major.

My friend Johnnie, who is my kids other mom :), her sister makes cakes, and made Deagan's. The party was a Transformer theme, and he wanted an Optimus Prime cake. It turned out SO GREAT!!!

Here are some other pictures from the party:

The Birthday boy at the party......
The birthday boy at home....who NEVER takes naps anymore, sleeping soundly in Daddy's chair :)

WOW, it's been a month......

2008-05-07T19:11:00.000-07:00

We have been busy, doing not much of anything, but obviously too busy to blog.

I did the Eugene half marathon this past Sunday......

I did it with my mom, aunt Jan, and best friend Lisa. It was such a great route, much prettier than the Portland Marathon. However, this time we only did the 13.1 miles, instead of the 26.2. We tried a new method run a mile, walk a mile. Which was great until my knee and foot started killing me about mile 9; so then we walked the rest until the last little bit. We finished in just over 3 hours, a 14.19 minute mile; which isn't too bad since we walked a lot. A lot better time than my Portland marathon time!!

However my foot has been killing me; I had x-rays yesterday....no stress fracture, just a pulled tendon or something.

Anyway, I will try and find time to blog about what we have been up to when the kids go to bed........

Updates

2008-04-02T15:48:00.000-07:00

**Josh and I got to go without the children to the concert; our neighbor Rosie watched the kiddos!

**Last night was a great success for our friend Dan. They raised almost $4,000 for him and his family. The concert was great. There were 4 artists; Paul Wright, Dan Hartman, Nate Christiansen, and Logan Martin. They are all wonderful, you can check them all out on Myspace under the music search. Hopefully next Monday night will be a success too, with the Papa's pizza fundraiser.

**Deagan woke up this morning with a loose bottom tooth. It wiggles a tiny tiny bit, but whatever, it is still loose. He is so excited.

**Brayden continues to be a riot act. He is so funny, and talks more and more everyday!!

Dan Hartman Papa's Pizza Benefit Day April 7th

2008-03-29T14:27:00.000-07:00

Come and help support Dan, all Day April 7th at Papa's Pizza. You must have this coupon (see below) to have the proceeds go to him. Email me for a copy of the coupon!!!!

Also join us on April 1st....see previous blog for info!!!

Here is Dan's story:
" I recently found out that I have to undergo open heart
surgery to save my life. I have an aneurysm five and half centimeters at the base of my
aortic valve. The surgeon told me if I don't have the operation it will kill me. The good
news is that it is operable but the problem is that I don't have insurance..."

Currently Dan is not working (due to the diagnosis) and is taking medication to
get him through to his surgery which is scheduled for April 15. Please join Dan,
his fiancé Michelle, 9 month old daughter Bailey, family and friends for this
special evening!   Bring your heart and pocket book to help out!

For more information about Dan 
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=7335757

2008-03-29T08:02:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, in case you haven’t heard my good friend Dan Hartman is going in for heart surgery on April 16th to get a new heart valve. He is currently without health insurance and is putting on a benefit show to cover medical costs. The show is going to take place Tuesday April 1st, at 7pm at the Laselle Stewart Center in Corvallis. The building is located across from Reser Stadium on the NE side of the intersection at 26th and Western. There is a donation of $5 at the door and all proceeds will go to the Dan Hartman heart fund. We just recently were able to put this show together and therefore have limited time for advertisement. So please spread the word to all your friends and family and make sure you make it! Logan Martin, Nathan Christianson, and Dan himself will all be performing. So please spread the word and make sure to attend.

Going, going, gone

2008-03-26T18:31:00.001-07:00

Baby Hair ------>
Ok, so Bray has had the best mow hawk hair since he has been born. However, it is really really fine, and hard to cut. So Monday we (josh, myself and Mackenzie) decided to try a buzz cut.....

----Before

---During

----After

He looks sooooo different!!! He is such a little boy now, not a baby!!! :(

Boys.....

2008-03-26T18:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some random pictures that I thought were cute....

St. Patty's Day shirts....

Deagan decided he didn't want his Lightening McQueen stickers on his wall anymore, and had a helper to take them down.....

And then we finally got pictures of just the boys (Deagan, Brayden and Payton) together. It is quite an ordeal with Brayden not wanting to sit still.

Yesterday we went to a family Baby Shower for Mackenzie and Payton. This picture is of Deagan (4 1/2), Cullen (almost 5 in the back next to D), and Caleb (3 1/2 in the front)...they are all 2nd cousins....What a picture, I LOVE IT!!!

Happy Easter

2008-03-24T20:15:00.001-07:00

I had to work Easter, but after work we went to Josh's parents house. It was a wonderful meal, and nice to be with family. Here are some of the pictures!

Ice Cream Anyone???

2008-03-24T16:59:00.000-07:00

Deagan has found the new love of "making his own ice cream cones"

Needless to say, it is a little messy most of the time.

Finally Home

2008-03-12T10:59:00.000-07:00

I am finally sitting down at the computer to write. I got home late last night from Portland. My friend Natasha and I went up to Portland to work at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in the Level 3 NICU for two 12 hour shifts...Monday and Tuesday. We left Sunday, after I got off work, and stayed at the Holiday Inn-Convention Center. It was a nice hotel, but we were barely there, so kind of a waste of money...we do get reimbursed :)

It was so amazing to work with such little babies, we don't ever see anything that small, or sick for that matter. I worked with 2 wonderful nurses, Sophie and Barb. They taught me so much in such a little amount of time. Although to them it wasn't busy at all, for Natasha and I it was a great learning experience; everything was so different, new and exciting!!!!

Josh was waiting up for me when I got home; I am sure he was relieved for me to come home, the boys are as busy as ever. And, he had done ALL of the laundry...I am sure that it was a task (thanks babe)!!! And, right before I left we FINALLY got a Wii, so we had a bowling match before bed, I won of course :)

Deagan has come upon the habit of slithering in bed with us in the middle of the night; but by the time I got home last night he was already there. Anyway, he seemed happy to see me, then fell fast asleep. This morning Bray woke up, and was off doing his own stuff.....don't think he missed me at all :(

Well, I have to get going; Bray is down for a nap, Deagan is at school until 1:00, and I have a work meeting at 1:30........

Wow, where did time go?

2008-03-07T18:47:00.000-08:00

Wow, I have blogged in forever....what have we been up to??

*On the 20th of February, in the midst of my flu, I go Lasik eye surgery. It is AMAZING, right after my surgery I could read Josh's shirt, and the next day my vision was better than 20/20...and I was REALLY blind. The eye surgery didn't keep me out of work, it was the nasty flu.....

*On Saturday the 23 of February, my sister-in-law was admitted in the hospital for high blood pressure during her pregnancy....finally on the night of the 24th they started inducing her, and on the 25th, just before midnight my handsome nephew, Payton Marcus Lamm, was born. He was huge 9lbs 3 oz, Mackenzie did great. I got to be there the entire time, and I got to cut the umbilical cord because silly Ryan didn't want to. They are doing great after a few days in the hospital they are home and doing well!!

*Since then, we have just been working and working. Deagan wants to see Payton EVERYDAY, which is great, but they live in Albany, so we don't quite make it there daily. He is a very proud cousin!!

*Josh is at the Nike Football Clinic in Portland this weekend, he comes back on Sunday, as I am making my way up to Portland to do a 2 day orientation at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland for the NICU. So we won't see each other until late Tuesday night....sad!!!

*Brayden is talking SOOOO much now. He says a ton of words, is running around like a mad man. It is so amazing how quickly kids grow up!!!!

*I signed Deagan up for kindergarten the other day; I can't believe that he will be going off to school soon!!!!

Anyway, that was our month in a nutshell. I am sure that I forgot a ton, but that is the important stuff!!

Just a random picture to share

2008-02-13T14:38:00.000-08:00

I forgot to post a cute pics of the boys with Josh at Coastal Farm and Home Supply...enjoy!

It's never ending!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

So from my earlier post Bray was sick....I called into work since he was needing the breathing treatments. And not a hour later Deagan was throwing up! We already did the vomiting etc...sickness! Needless to say, I am home today with 2 sick kids. Deagan is missing his valentine's day party at school and a play date, I am missing work and a meeting and Brayden is missing play time with his friends. What a bummer of a day. But I am getting the laundry done, which was well overdue!

On a happier note:

I am hoping that my little nephew will grace us with his beautiful face sometime soon. My poor sis has been in and out of the hospital with PIH (pregnancy induced hypertension), she goes back in today, so we will see!!

Ears, again????

2008-02-12T18:14:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I picked up Brayden from Johnnie's today. As soon as I walked in the door he started screaming, uncontrollably. I thought he was just throwing a fit because I showed up before snack time......however this continued for what felt like forever. Then his scream began to change into a hurtful scream. Deagan was kept saying he was worried about Buddy (his name for Bray), and Auntie was too (poor auntie was in the car, she was supposed to be getting a ride home). So I called the Doctor. The medical assistant heard him crying and said "how soon can you get here", and of course I started to worry. Luckily we were right down the road.

I made Mackenzie call Ryan and drive back to Corvallis to get her; and took Bray into the doctor. Of course he stopped crying as soon as we entered the door, but oh well. It didn't take long to get in and Dr Hathaway came right into see Bray. He did all of his normal stuff; and shockingly Brayden, once again, had a double ear infection. This is his third in the last 3 months, apparently he likes to get them every month. Anyway, that wasn't all. He was wheezing badly in his lungs while he was breathing; so he earned himself a nebulizer treatment. Not only are we again on antibiotics, but now having to hold the poor child for 5-10 minutes giving him a breathing treatment....YUCK!!!

We did the first treatment in the office, and it wasn't too bad. They have binky's or fish masks to give to children that are getting these type of treatments. So we will see how the next few days go.

Wish us luck :)

Sad Day......

2008-02-12T18:10:00.000-08:00

Josh's the cousin was killed last night in a motorcycle accident. She was riding on a motorcycle with her husband on Hwy 20 near the Children's Farm Home. Our thoughts and prayer's are with the Kelley's, Burchards, Moreland's, and all extended family.

SNOW DAY...again!!

2008-01-28T15:09:00.001-08:00

Here are a few pictures from our morning, and a couple from last evening. Deagan LOVES the snow. Brayden is okay with it, he hates that his hands get sooooo cold!!! We had a fun day, but now most of the snow is gone :(

Vegas Baby!!!!

2008-01-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

On January 17th Josh and I headed to Vegas with our good friends Kevin and Nicole. Josh and I had signed up for one of those timeshare talks to get a free room, show tickets, and $200 in slot credits. Plus, we hadn't left the kids over night since before Bray was born. Anyway, it was a well overdue trip.

The night before we left (Wednesday) Brayden puked all night long. My parents said go, we have taken care of sick kids before....so we went. Our flight was great, we got in safe.

The first night we went to the Lance Burton Magic show, it was absolutely amazing. Josh and I are not magic fans; but Kev and Nicole got us tickets, so we went. And, WOW, I still can't believe it. We then just watched K & N play the tables...blackjack (we aren't big gamblers). Kevin taught us how to play and at first we did great, then we lost it all. And then walked the strip.

The second day we had our "timeshare" talk....it took FOREVER!!! Anyway we politely said NO, and were on our way. We had tickets to a show this night too, but I started to feel sick to my stomach. And then Mackenzie called (she had the boys this night), and Deagan was sick. Since she is prego, I called my parents and they took the boys for another night. By that time we were way down the strip from our hotel, The Monte Carlo (which caught on fire this week), and I was so nauseated I took the bus back to the hotel, and got sick that entire night. Josh, Kev and Nicole went to the show; and I was in bed.

The next day I rallied around 300pm. We hit the strip, gambled more money away, and went to the Wayne Brady comedy show that night. It was hilarious; he made fun of Josh because he was wearing shorts. We laughed the entire hour and a half.

We had a great time, even though I was sick. The boys were fine, and Josh didn't get sick until this past Saturday. Anyway, here are some pics. We didn't take too many, but enjoy!

A little outing....

2008-01-09T16:54:00.000-08:00

So this was my first week starting day shift at the hospital; I worked days about a year ago, but transferred to nights so I could start working on the OB floor. Anyway, it is going great. It is nice to be a "real" person again; sleeping in the dark and eating at normal hours. I miss my night shift girls, but see them in passing. At least I am on the same weekend as the one's I hang out with the most, so we can at least have some girls nights!!

Anyway, I had a staff meeting today, and of course I didn't work, so I had to take the children. My parents are away at a funeral, so no sitter :( These staff meetings can take anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours. With a 4 1/2 year old and a 15 month old you can say I wasn't too excited to attend. But we went anyway.

I had to pick Deagan up from school, and I of course forgot his coloring books and writing stuff at home. So we took a trip to the trusty ole' dollar store; picked up some pencils, crayons, coloring books, and writing books and we were off.

The first 25 minutes were GREAT at the meeting. Deagan sat with his friend Abigail (a girl from his class whose mom I work with). They colored, traded papers etc.....And Brayden was in his stroller (which by the way he hates...he is very mobile and being restricted is against everything in his little world), being great, eating snacks, taking his shoes off and throwing them. Not too bad, I am thinking to myself.

Then, Deagan got tired of sitting and Bray was tired of his stroller and starting to scream. So I took him out (HUGE mistake), he wanted to run around and scream. And of course Deagan wanted to play with him. Needless to say, I made Deagan pick up all of our stuff, and we were out of there. We actually lasted about 35-40 minutes, which I thought was WONDERFUL!! Hopefully I don't get fired for the loud children...haha....We then went out got stickers for Deagan from the nurses station and went home. I put Bray right down for his 2nd nap, and Deagan on the couch for quite time.

Hopefully next staff meeting I work, so I can just pop in.

So it wasn't as horrible as I expected, I was actually pretty impressed.

Holy Cow...where did time go????

2008-01-07T18:29:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been a while for my blogging, shocking, I know.......What we have been doing that has kept us so busy:

*Josh's Family Christmas party was fun, like always. There are a MILLION people there, including 12 great-grand children; there will be 13 next year with my little nephew on the way.

*Xmas was the usually running around. My parents on Xmas eve, our own xmas morning, and then Xmas at Josh's parents. Plus, Josh and I both had to work that day too....it was busy! It was of course a horrible xmas at work, sad stuff...I am very thankful for my children; we will just leave it at that. Josh had a good day, and we were thankful for that!!

*We then went on a venture to San Fran, for the Emerald Bowl (GO BEAVERS, see above picture)....we went without the kids. We had a blast. Thanks to Jenni and Jason who stayed at our house with our little monsters.

*Celebrated New Years with The Gregg's, The Harlan's, The Foote's, The Edmond's and The Redner's (haha)....and all the little kids (6 to be exact, that all made it until midnight, with few timeouts).

*Josh has had an awful cough for the past three weeks (they gave him an inhaler, and cough medicine); which in turn has made his already herniated disc in his back even worse. We are now waiting to see a neurosurgeon.

*I started Day shift at the hospital today....YEA!!! A normal life schedule now. However, I miss the girls from night shift!

Anway, that is what we have been up to; the short version.

A few quick entries

2007-12-15T09:42:00.001-08:00

~I did my own pictures of the kids this year (see above). No more Sears, I have a good camera, and my brother's girlfriend is a graphic designer...works for me, plus it is tons cheaper to print them at Costco~

~Never think you are done x-mas shopping!! I thought I was on top of it this year; the kids were done a month ago...however I am STILL shopping for other people~

~And, yesterday and today have been hard for my hubby. One of his favorite clients from work, who was discharged a few months ago, was successful at taking her life. It really makes you think about how short life is!~

Inspiration

2007-12-08T08:49:00.000-08:00

Ok, never thought I would be "blogging"....I have been inspired by friends and by being a snoop on the internet to blog. This is for sure not going to happen everyday, but at least some updates here and there.