February Already?!?!

Wow January has come and gone and we are well into 2011 can you believe it? It was a month full of grumpiness and sickness for our family although we did manage to have fun! Scott was the first to get sick then Brayden and Landen. I thought I had been saved when a week later I got sick and then Scott got it again and is still trying to get over it!

We celebrated Christmas at the beginning of the month (before the sickness) we were apart for the real one and wanted to share the boys Christmas together. It was a really nice day! We just hung out all day had Pizza and movies and lots of presents!! It was a nice day to just be together as our little family. Brayden was really good at opening presents... Landen... well... Landen was good at throwing them!!! Good thing Santa didn't get him anything fragile or expensive! They were both spoiled new clothes and toys and EXTRA SNUGLY PJ's that I made for them. This was a Christmas more for mom then the boys! It was Brayden's first Christmas which makes it memorable. It has only been a couple of months since we learned what is wrong with Landen and until that moment it had never occurred to us that we have a limited number of Christmases with our precious child. It is important to us to make the most of our time even if the boys are too young to remember all the activities we want to enjoy EVERYTHING!

We spent a weekend up in the mountains for my birthday unfortunately both the boys were sick and puking but we did manage to get out side a little bit. I managed to get the car stuck on a STUPID rock when I slid off the driveway running to Walgreen's to get Tylenol for the boys. The rangers came looked at our car and told us they would have to think about how to get us out... they never returned. Took us two trucks and five really nice people to get us out!!! But we did have fun. Landen loved sledding for a little while while he was feeling good. We spent most of the weekend snuggled up with a nice fire and cozy blankets sleeping!

Both Little Landen and Baby Brayden got new teeth this month... This is Brayden's first and Landen's 15th!!! Not fun having both babies teeth at the same time! But we made it through only to have Brayden get his nine month shots and get grumpy all over again! Grumpiness is contagious!! But we have survived sickness were weren't going to give up just because of a couple teeth and a flu shot!! I'm glad to report that although Scott is still sick they babies are back to their happy and destructive selves and Mommy as usual is too busy to be either sick or grumpy!

Landen did have some blood work done this month nothing to big just checking some liver functions and other things. Landen's liver is slightly enlarged nothing to be too concerned over in a normal child. But with Landen they just wanted to make sure that it was functioning properly. Both the boys had checkups with the doctor Brayden is getting so big weighing in 17 lbs 11 oz and measuring 23 inches long... yes he is short and small for his age but when your Mommy hasn't even reached 5 feet you shouldn't expect to be too tall! Little Landen gave me the most surprise after going 18 months THAT'S A YEAR AND A HALF only gaining one pound and 2 inches the little turkey gained almost 1.5 pounds and 2 inches in six months weighing in at 22 lbs and 32 inches... yes he is still very small for a two and a half year old but we work so hard for our pounds and inches with Landen that we celebrate every gain (we should start celebrating with cake so that he can gain even more!! Prompting us to celebrate again with another cake... it would be an endless joyful cycle of happiness and cake!!)

Thank goodness after 9 months Landen has decided that Brother is here to stay.... not to say he likes it but he is becoming more tolerant of brother and less likely to hit him for coming to close. The fights are now minimal only when they are tired or Brayden is trying to eat Landen's toes (which he does often). They are even playing together... well near each other... on occasion....

We look forward to February and what it holds... hopefully no more sickness!