Halloween

We started out our halloween by going out to breakfast at Big Boy. We went to the mall at 3:30 to go trick or treating. It was fun and perfect for Grace. It only takes about an hour and she got about 1/4 bucket of candy. Perfect for her. She was a princess and Jack was a lion. I've tried to put on here but for some reason I can't. I will keep trying.

After the mall we went over to Bernie's aunt and uncles for some pizza. We were having a great time. Gracie was having so much fun with Bernie's cousin Danielle. After a little while we were sitting relaxing watching Winnie the Pooh. All of the sudden Gracie threw up everywhere! All over the couch and carpet. I couldn't beleive it. Bernie's aunt is so nice, she of course said it was no big deal and said that the carpet needed to be cleaned anyways. We cleaned Grace the floor and couch up and went home. She was fine the rest of the night and next day. Not sure what happened...

On another note, Jack is getting big and is 4 months old today! Time flies. He is so happy and is starting to talk. He learned how to blow bubbles this week too. This time change has him a little screwed up. He has been waking up at 5:30 and not going back to sleep until we are on our way to daycare! Not necessary!

Gracie's birthday is on the 27th. She is going to be 2. It makes me want to cry thinking about how big she is getting. She is so smart, she learned how to spell her name this week. We have been teaching her her address. When you ask her where she lives she says, Midland Rd. She hasn't quite figured out the numbers yet. I'm trying to figure out a way to get her bink (pacifier) away from her. SHE LOVES IT! So does Jack so we will have this same problem in a couple years. Gracie's new favorite thing is to watch Barney in her bedroom. She goes in there as soon as she gets home. She loves it. It saved Bernie and I also. A couple weeks ago she started to get scared of her bedroom. We put Barney in there a voila! She's not scared anymore.

Another hospital visit!

Well we spent Thursday night through Saturday afternoon at the hospital with Jack. I swear that sweet little boy is going to give me a heart attack one of these days! This time we were there for blood in his poop. They tested him for something called Melix (sp?). That is like little polyps on his bowel (I think) which caused the bleeding. That test came back negative so we left the hospital knowing just as much as we knew when we went in!

Now for the long version of the story.....

We got to the hospital after sitting in the doctors office for 2 hours. The amount of blood in his poop concerned his pediatrician. So the nurse that helped us get settled kept calling Jack a girl! Hello, he doesn't look like a girl and she even changed his diaper! Strike 1 for Bay Med. Then they take him to get his IV. We tell them right away to put it in his foot because his veins are hard to find. They got it easily in his foot last time. Did they do that? No. They got it in his arm after about 40 minutes trying to find one! Strike 2! Then they needed to draw blood and again couldn't find a vien, so while listening to his scream they poke his finger and get blood that way. I had just calmed him down when they try to flush out his IV and he started screaming. The IV was bad. Strike 3! So they take him back to the room to take it out and try again. He was in there for about an hour, came back with red little cheeks and bloodshot eyes from crying so hard. They couldn't find a vein so they didn't put one in and decided to let him sleep. Gee thanks! They tried again the next morning because he had to have an IV for the test he was having done. Again, they couldn't find one and said they were calling the anesteologist to see if he could find one, if not we were headed to Saginaw. Well he found one, IN HIS FOOT, so he was good to go with the test. For his test he could not eat for 8 hours because they had to put dye in his little body. He did so great! I was so proud of him! He laid there and slept for all but about 10 minutes of the hour test. When we were done he was ready to eat! They called someone from his floor to come get us, it took them 20 minutes! I was just about ready to go up myself when they came down. At this point he's mad cause he wants food! So the rest of Friday was pretty uneventful. His test was negative but he had more blood in his poop so the pediatrican called the pediatric surgeon in Ann Arbor to see if he wanted him down there to do a scope. He decided he wanted him observed for 24 more hours. Friday afternoon Gracie came to see me and baby Jack. So Friday night I was pretty upset when Bernie got there because I was worried about Jack and I missed Gracie like crazy! The night nurse came in his room about 7:30 pm and said that she wanted to change his tape by his IV so he didn't squirm out of it. Ok no problem. She didn't come in until 11:30! He was sleeping so good, after that he was restless the rest of the night. Strike 4! The next morning the new nurse came in and thought that Jack was a 9 month old with a heart condition! Are you kidding me! Strike 5! Friday night through Saturday morning he didn't have any more blood in his poop so they sent him home. So he's doing good now and still no blood. They said it could of been the antibiotic he was on from his last hospital visit. He is home and happy now. We just need to watch for more blood. If we find some he has to go to ER. And you better believe we will not be going to Bay Med, we will go to Covenant. Our doctor told us to go to Covenant to. Bay Med is done for us. We were not impressed at all!

Good idea

My sister had a great idea to one day make this blog into a scrapbook/journal. I think it's a great idea and since I am horrible with keeping up with the kids baby books, I will try to post more often. I will also post more about Bernie and I and not just about our perfect kids! So some of these posts might be more for my benefit than anyone elses.

Well Gracie will be 2 years old next month! The idea of that makes me want to cry. She is my baby! She is so smart and says things everyday that just keep us laughing. She recently started saying shampoo while taking and bath and says shampoop! It is hilarious. She calls Woody from Toy Story, Hodey. Since starting daycare she loves to come home and rub our backs or her babies backs to sleep. She loves to be cuddled for about 10 minutes at night before bed. She always switches between Bernie and I. I think it's the best 10 minutes of the day for both of us. She loves loves loves her daddy, they are pals. She is such a good helper with Jack. Everyday she gets me a diaper and throws the yucky ones away. She gives him his bink or bottle if he's upset. She just loves him. She calls Jack either Jimmy Jack because that's what my dad calls him or Jackaroni because that is what my sister in law calls him. She is really just the sweetest little girl and so smart!

Jack is 3 months old already. He started cereal on Monday and seems to like it so far. Last night he had it about 9:30 right before bed. He liked it but was not to happy because he was hungry and he wasn't getting it fast enough! He slept really good. He's a good sleep anyways, but the cereal made him sleep good for about another hour. He is a sweet baby to. He is a flirt (just like his dad). We are in trouble! He has alot more unique features than Gracie. He has big ears and they stick out and are absolutly adorable. He has very long skinny legs. I don't think they have gotten bigger since he was born. He has such a tiny tiny butt, it's so cute. He last long skinny feet and big hands. He is starting recognize his name. He has scared up by being in the hospital when he was first born and then again a couple weeks ago for a virus.

We got very lucky with our babies, they ar both so sweet and love each other so much. Jack's face lights up when Gracie comes around. They have us wrapped around their little fingers.

Now Bernie and I! Nothing real excited with us. Our life revolves around our children! I think our excitement is going out to dinner this weekend kid free. Yeah!

The best time of the day for us is when the 4 of us are hanging out and having fun. We love our little family.

Crazy life!

Things have definately changed since we had Jack. Having 2 babies is a lot different then 1! It is wonderful though. Jack is growing like a weed! He had his 2 month checkup on Tuesday and is 10.13 lbs and 23.5 inches. He has grown an inch and a half in 3 weeks! He is a sweet baby. He smiles all the time and is starting to coo. He loves Gracie and smiles at everything she does. Gracie is a great hleper too, she loves him! She gets diapers (even when he doesn't need one), she gives him is pacifier if he's fussy and tries giving him his bottle. She's a great big sister. They are in daycare now and Grace loves it! She has a little boyfriend named Matthew. She talks about him all the time! Since she started going to daycare she has learned to sing, itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle, and the clean up song. She sings them all the time.

Baby Jack & Gracie

Jack is home safe and sound! He had a doctors appt. last week and everything looks perfect. He is 8lbs 1oz and 19 1/2 inches long. He is such a good baby. He never cries unless he is hungry, then you know it! He is a good sleeper to, waking up usually only 1 time during the night. Gracie loves him, she is very good with him. We are enjoying our babies, and are very tired but it's wonderful! We are having fun with my stepmom and sisters in town this week from Utah. Gracie is a goofball and is keeping them very entertained!

Improvements

Look at how sweet baby Jack looks watching his mommy and daddy. This is Heathers sister. Jack is doing better today. They were able to turn his oxygen down to 94% and they are increasing his feedings. Slowly but surely he is getting better and will soon be home with his family. We love you Jack!!

Baby Jack

Baby Jack is finally here. Jack made his arrival via c-section on July 4th, which is special, because he now shares his birthday with his grandpa Kaiser. His cord was wrapped around his neck 2 times. He weighed 7 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 in. He is gorgeous. He is having a rough start. When he was born he swallowed some muchonium (spelling??). The morning after he was born he was transported to a different hospital due to breathing problems. He has a hole in his lung and is still on 100% oxygen. He is expected to be in the hospital for atleast 7 days. We have not been able to hold him yet, which has been very hard. He is a tough little guy and will be just fine.

New swingset!

We got Gracie a swing set a couple weeks ago. She loves it and wants to 'wing' all the time. She loves the slide to. She's a little daredevil and when the slide is slippery she falls right on her tummy and thinks it's hilarious! She figured out how to climb up the ladder right away to. She loves it.

Ice cream

Gracie loves ice cream! We take her to the park and you can get a ice cream cone that is about 2 inches tall, ice cream and all! She absolutly loves it. The other day she was sharing with a duck (no we didn't let her eat it after that) and the duck took it right away from her and ran away! Needless to say, she pretty much started hypervenilating! I had to give her my cone. Then last Sunday we took her and she wasn't quite full when she was done with hers, she ate most of Bernie's too! She loves sweets.

She had her 18 month check up on Tuesday and she is 26.6 pounds and 32 inches long. She now says her abc's k-z. We need to work on the beginning of the alphabet! She's such a smarty pants and loves to here that.

Due date

Well today is my due date and I feel no different! Everyone thinks I should have him on the 4th, which is my dad's birthday. That would be very cool, but it's a week away! I've come to the conclusion that Jack is up there with my dad having to much fun. I'm sure my dad is teaching him all of the naughty things he shouldn't be learning!

"Peekle" and abc's

That is how Gracie says popsicle! She absolutly loves them. When we buy them she has to hold onto them the whole way through the store, cries when I take them away to pay and has to hold them all the way home. They are her favorite treat. She gets so excited when we buy them! When I hand them to her she says "peekle" over and over, she's so excited!

The last couple weeks we have really been saying the abc's with her and she repeats them perfect. The last couple days she will say them all by herself! Not all of them together, but 3 or 4 in a row, then she will skip a group and say another 3 or 4. When she did it for the first time, I almost cried. I couldn't beleive it! Last night I was cleaning the kitchen and she started at q and went all the way to z! She's our little smarty pants and when we tell her that she is so proud of herself and gets a cheeseball grin! We love her so much.

I have a doctors appointment today, I'm hoping to here that I'm almost ready! I only have 11 days until my due date! I'll keep you posted.

3 weeks and counting...

The countdown is on! I had a doctors appointment on Wednesday and everything looks good. She did say though that right now Jack is about 8 lbs and if I go another 3 weeks he will be arounds 9 lbs! I don't find the humor in this but everyone else does! Like my mom says, it's going to hurt either way no matter how big he is.

It looks like we are going to have a BIG healthy baby boy. As long as he's healthy we don't care.

5 weeks to go

We are anxiously awaiting our newest addition. Jack should be here in about 5 weeks. I'm really hoping it's not that long. Gracie is excited to have a little brother, or so we think, all she knows is that Jack is in my belly. She comes up to me and points to my belly and says Jack. She's so sweet. She is acting more like a toddler now than a baby and I love it, but she's getting so big. She talks so good and is our little parrott! She loves to be outside and would spend all day in the garage with her daddy. Yes I said the garage, she loves it. She also loves to ride 4-wheelers when we go to my parents. She gets rides from her grandpa, uncles and dad. She's going to be a little tomboy. She really doesn't have a choice with all of the boys she is around all the time! And now we are adding another boy to the group.

Well we will keep everyone updated with when this little guy will be here!

Easter

Gracie looks so pretty in her Easter dress. We had a fun day. We went to my sister in laws for dinner and an easter egg hunt with her cousins. Gracie did good with finding the egs until one opened and she found candy! Then it was all over! After that we went to my parents for dinner and easter basket for Gracie. The night before we decorated eggs with my parents and one of my brothers. Gracie did better then I thought she would and didn't make much of a mess. I thought I got all of the dye off of her hands, (except for the parts of her hands that were dyed the color for a couple day!)When I put her dress on her Sunday morning her arms had dye on then, it had run down her arm! It was pretty funny.

We had a fun Easter sunday. Holidays are so much more fun with kids.

Deja Vu?

We are experiencing deja vu! When I was 7 months pregnant with Gracie we got a new car and the next day moved into our apartment. Here we are 16 months later and I'm 6 months pregnant, I got a new car last week and next weekend we are moving into a house! I love my new car. It's a Buick Rendezvous. My 2 door Cougar was not cutting it anymore and with 2 kids, I don't think so! Compared to my car, this one drives like a Cadillac. I love it. And our house is so cute. I can't wait to move. The 3 things I'm excited for is a dishwasher, a washer a dryer we don't have to share or go up and down the stairs for, and a big backyard for Gracie to play in! Bernie is excited for the garage! So we have a lot going on right now and are very excited!

My sister Nicole tagged me. I have to make a list of my top ten things that start with "G".

1.Gracie (of course!)
2.Grandparents
3.Games
4.Gummie worms
5.Grapes
6.Ground bologna (yummy!)

My list is only 6 and not 10! That's hard and I can't think of anymore. :)

Making Cookies with grandma

Gracie had fun on Thursday making cookies wih grandma. i think she had more fun eating the chocolate chips! So it's now Saturday and she is getting ready to make more cookies with grandma! These are good memories for her! Just what your supposed to do at grandmas, make cookies!

Show me your teeth!

This is the cheeseball face we get when you ask her that! I know I say this in every post but she is hilarious. She is such a sweetheart. We have decided to name the baby Jack and if you ask her where Jack is she lifts up my shirt!

She's so much fun!

It's a boy!

Yup, we are having a boy. We are very excited. We had the ultrasound on Monday and there is no mistaking it for a girl! Bernie is SO excited. He was on the phone before we even left the office. When got about 4 picutres of the baby. One being 4-D which is really kind scary. We were told before we saw the 4-D that they are best done around 25-30 weeks. I'm only about 19 and it's a really freaky picture! One of the other pictures is the one showing very clearly that it's a boy. Bernie said that was the only one he wanted to take with him! Sure enough, Tuesday morning that was the only one missing. To funny.

In Gracie news, she is doing great. She has such a funny personality. We are constantly laughing at her. Right now she has pink eye, strep throat and an ear infection! Poor baby. She is getting better though.

We are very happy to have a girl and boy. Gracie is going to be a great big sister.

My Sweet Husband

I never blog about my husband but he deserves a post about this comment. On Saturday as we were getting 5 inches of snow we were trying to take a nap. Never actually got to because our sweet daughter didn't think she needed to! Anyways, we were laying in bed talking about family and he said , " I do have the perfect family, you, Gracie and the baby." How sweet is that! I wanted to cry. :)

Twin boys!?!?!

No I don't know if that's what we are having. I had a dream about it the other night though and it's haunting me! It would be exciting but Gracie will be about 19 months and it would be total chaos! Bernie would absolutly love it. He says all he wants is a healthy baby, which I know he does, but he really wants a boy. Gracie has him wrapped right around her chubby little finger!

New Year!

We have a fun New Year's Eve. We went to Bernie's sisters. She had everyone over. We ended up leaving about 10:30. Gracie could of partied all night, she was showing no signs of being tired! She's our little party animal. Bernie and I on the other hand we tired. We went home put Gracie to bed and relaxed on the couch. Bernie fell asleep. I woke him up with about 30 seconds left until the ball dropped. We gave each other our midnight kiss and it was off to bed!

The last 2 weeks have been so nice with only having to work 2 days a week! Now it's back to reality and working 5! Maybe that's why I'm a little crabby today. Hmmmm...?!

We are looking forward to 2009 and all that it will bring us. Mostly our newest little addition to the family in June! Bernie and I are finding out what we are having on Janaury 26th. I think we are going to keep it a secret from everyone. That is going to be really hard! I don't think Bernie can do it. We shall see....