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Fun Saturday at the museum. Crowded, but still fun.

Tubby Time

Funny Elliot Stuff

Preface: Elliot NEVER sits down to draw. I beg and offer and pull out art supplies all the time, but I never get anything more then random scibbles just to make me happy so he can move on to more active things. So this came as a big surprise!

 This is what Elliot drew in primary today and this is how he explained it...

"This is a tornado"

"This is me and the twins running away from the tornado super fast so it doesn't get us."

ps: yes, those are hearts on their bellies.

-Technically he just wrote his first short story!! 

-He also has detail in his pictures I didn't know he noticed. ie: eyebrows, hearts.

-I may be his mom, but that's a pretty awesome drawing for a 4 year old. (He takes after his uncle Matt for sure!)

I sure love my boy! He cracks me up. He LOVES his baby brothers!

Crazy Superbowl Week!

Kinda fun to live in the city that is hosting the superbowl. The entire week before the game, downtown was hoppin'. We took the kids down the first day it opened. It was neat to take pictures and be part of it, but it was FREEZING that day so the kids hated it, which meant the parents didn't love it either. Oh well, great pics. Fun atmosphere. Cool experience.

We did go back the Friday before the game to "party" that night, but the crowds were absolutely insane so we didn't last long (although because of the crowds we were stuck there longer then desired.) I really wanted to do the zip line. It looked SO fun and only cost $10, but the line for tickets was ridiculous. 

Go Indianapolis! Way to use those tax dollars for cool stuff. :)

 This one's for you Oma.

 We stopped to get warm and sure enough there was TREATS! Elliot stuffs his coat pockets with quarters just for moments like this. 

A decked out Colts fan. Someone forgot to tell him they were less then awesome this year.

Sick Weeks

January was not nice to my 3 boys. They were so sick and seemed to take turns feeling crappy. First it hit Elliot. High fevers for 6 straight days. The Doc couldn't figure out why so we just had to wait it out. By the end of the week he was SOO bored...(I was too) Being stuck inside for that long is close to torture.

Then a few days later Jaxon starts screaming and not eating. I could tell almost immediately it had to be strep. On a whim we took him in and sure enough STREP. I asked if Miles could also get an antibiotic cause they share everything and if not we'd be right back in his office tomorrow with the next baby. Thankfully he gave it too us. :) Sure enough Miles started feeling crappy too. He would either just lay in your arms or lay on the ground totally quiet and still. It freaked me out. No whinning or crying, just laying still. I was ready to take him to the ER it was so strange, but J.R. made me wait a couple more days and he finally bounced out of it. 

By the end of those 3 crazy weeks I was exhausted. Thank Heavens me or J.R. didn't get sick and that he was on an easy rotation that got him home early each day. Poor babies! Hopefully that will be the end of it this winter. We're so ready for spring, which is funny cause the weather has been so nice here. But I'm ready for everything spring brings....school out, trips home, etc.

Elliot's normal core temp is at least 150 degrees on any normal occasion. But while he was sick he couldn't get warm enough. He loved sitting on the vent and warming up the little bean bags.

This is what Miles did. Laid there still and quiet. Scary. So glad he's back to his busy self. 

I couldn't leave Jaxon out. Poor messy face. There was lots of messy everything that week. I couldn't keep up. They were just lucky to all get fed and changed each day. 

Our day at Monkey Joe's

A new Monkey Joe's just opened this weekend near our house so we decided to check it out. We had a great time. The stuff to play on was super fun. Even mom and dad got to join in the fun because Elliot was 4 and under and he "needed assistance" :) The only down side was how expensive it was. $9.50 for Elliot and $4.50 for each of the babies. I made them refund me when we walked back and realized everything was WAY to big for the twins to enjoy. But seriously $4.50 just for them to sit on a bounce thing and maybe crawl around a bit? No way. They're 1 for crying out loud. (Wow, sorry. That was a bit much) Anyway, with our money back in our pocket and a diaper bag full of toys for the twins to enjoy on the ground we really did have fun. We are LOVING the rotation J.R. is on right now. We get to see him TONS and it makes for such a happy family. I'll be so sad when January ends. 

ps: Jaxon is walking like a CHAMP! (Miles has no interest in it yet)

A warm winter day

Nothing beats having your mom come visit. We had a GREAT time! Just having someone else to take over meal times with the twins made my life SOO much easier. It's amazing how a simple task like eating can take up so much time and Energy. We did lots of fun stuff and I got lots done too. (like updating my blog and getting 2010 made into a book - Yay!) I'm so happy it was nice weather. Elliot had so much fun feeding giraffes and fighting tigers as they explored the forest behind the park. He was a sad little boy when he woke up and remember she had to go home. Looking forward to the next visit already.

Thanks mom for the visit. You are such a strength to us. Your example of nurturing and patience is incredible. We feel so blessed to call you ours!

LOVE YOU!!

Gma came to visit

 Playing Peek-a-boo

Sweetness

More Christmas Memories

Elliot made me and J.R. the cutest little christmas gift at school. He was so proud of it!! 

It finally decided to snow 2 days after christmas. 

We were out in the snow as soon as possible making a snowman. Poor guy didn't last long and we pretty much used all the snow in our yard to make him, but it was so fun!!