Spring Break

And it's soccer camp for Jordan. Everyday, rain or shine. And boy did it rain yesterday. My poor guy was soaked, but that didn't matter to him, because he was playing his favorite game. Today Ma and Papa will take you to a movie when camp is over. Logan's not sure if he's going to go. He's such a homebody. It's funny. He gets excited to somewhere, but almost as soon as we are there, he wants to go home. Unless of course it's to Markus's house.

Easter is coming this weekend. Neither of you have really mentioned it. Jordan because he's not a big chocolate person, and Logan, well, probably because he doesn't realize it yet. I can predict how this is going to go. Jordan will have a basket of eggs that will last him until next Easter and Logan will have a basket of eggs that might last till the next day. Logan's are chocolate boy. Of course if the weather is good we will go to Easter in the Park. The Easter Bunny will be there and there will be lots of rides for the kids. I'll post pictures of that next week.

One thing I wanted to mention was that on Saturday night we had some friends over to play Rummoli. Jordan's now at the age where he understands how to play, so we let him play a few rounds with us. I was so proud to watch him use two hands while he was playing. It's pretty amazing to think how his hand was and to see now how it is. I should post some progress pictures. Yeah...I'll go through my pictures tonight and see what I can come up with.

That's all for now.

Happy 4th Birthday Logan

Saturday we celebrated you for becoming the next member of our family. On March 14th,2004 I put Jordan to bed and kissed him good night. That would be the last night that I would have only 1 little boy to kiss goodnight. The next morning Daddy and I said goodbye to Ma and Papa as we were on our way to the hospital. We were so excited. You came into the world with a huge scream. That scream is one of the most beautiful noises. You were beautiful. Perfect little round head. We were in total awe over you.

You were a very active baby in my tummy. At all hours of the night you kicked and moved around. Funny....isn't that just how you are now? My go getter! You have an agenda and that's what you are doing. Nothing gets in the way, except mommy's stern voice. I love listening to you talk. You articulate your thoughts and feelings so well. You love printing. You are always wanting us to sit down and show you letters and ask how to write them, then you copy them perfectly. You amaze me. And numbers....you love to count. You really enjoy preschool. I really thought that you would be to shy, but you've made friends and adore your teachers. Cooking class was another fun time for you. And wow! You sure made mommy a yummy lunch.

You and your brother are mommies pride and joy. Every moment I live is for you two. I'm truly honored to be your mother. You are a very polite boy. You know to behave when we are visiting people, yet at home, well...a holy terror! You adore your big brother and get very mad when he won't play with you. You are very sensitive and your feelings get hurt very easily. I guess you are alot like mommy that way. And I think my favorite thing about you is your sense of humor. You are definitely like Daddy there. You will turn anything you can into a joke. Just last week and I asked you what the movie was that you watched at preschool. You told me it was a secret. You wouldn't tell any of it. It was your secret. Well, a couple hours later, you told us that you didn't remember what it was. So your way of telling us that you didn't remember it was that you told us you didn't remember. Mommy does alot of laughing every day because of you and your brother.

So, after saying all that, I really wish you the best 4th year of you life. I hope that all you wished for on your birthday comes true. I love you to pieces punky doodle.

Love

Mommy

August?? That's the last time that I found time to update this blog. Wow! I'm pathetic! Apparently playing pogo games is more important than blogging about my children. That's so not true. It's been so hectic. Why do I say it's been hectic? It's always hectic!! 2 darling boys, and man do they keep me busy.

So here it goes: September Jordan started Grade 3. I'm still in shock over it. He's done so well. Spelling is great, reading is getting there, and math, well my poor man doesn't have a great mentor. Mom and Dad both suck at it. Despite that he's really starting to get it. It took a little while, but now I think it's all good. His teacher is absolutely wonderful. You've really got to admire a teacher that takes the time after dinner to call you at home to let you know how your child is doing.

Also in September, my little Logan started Preschool. The picture at the top is his first day. He was the same teachers that Jordan had when he went there and he loves those two ladies. He's really well behaved at school (which is often hard for me to believe..lol) and loves going. He's made alot of friends, but Logan's alot like Jordan in the fact that he's kind to everyone, but only has 1 or 2 close friends. Markus next door is his best friend and although they don't go to the same preschool, they are best buds. Logan's a smart cookie. He LOVES numbers. He counts to 30 no problem, no all his ABC'S, can spell and write his name and recognizes numbers and letters when he sees them. Recently he's been very proud of the fact that he knows his left from right. Every chance he gets he tells us to turn right, go left, etc. I love it!!

Christmas was wonderful and white!! The boys thought that was the best! Jordan got his Wii, and Logan got the games for his DS that he wanted.

That is all I will post for now, but I'm going to sit down and update what's happened in the New Year tomorrow. So check back for more in a couple days!

Love

Kelli

Cast is Gone!

And you know, I don't know who is more happy about it. Jordan or Logan? Poor Logan got in the way of that cast too many times. When we'd tell Logan that Jo Jo was getting his cast off he would yell "YAY!!!" Poor little pumpkin.

Anyways, the cast is gone, and from what we can see we are very pleased once again with the results. Jordan is happy to, and I think in some way is proud of his "shark bite scars". When he had his first surgery he told everyone that he broke his arm trying to jump off the Space Needle. This time the story was that he got bit by a shark in Hawaii. Hey! It gets boring explaining to people over and over that you had surgery. We will see in the next few months what Jordan is now going to be able to do. I'm going to get him back into swimming lessons. I think it's great for his core and he's got alot of potential to do good at it. Barb his principal at school gave him a bunch of swim passes, so now we are going to use them everyday this month. Ease him back into it. I told him that we will do 30-45 minutes of real swimming then the same amount of time of "fun" swimming. He's such a fish and just loves the water.


Dean and I took the boys to Crescent Beach on Monday. They had a blast. Jordan was right in there and you couldn't get him out. Logan eventually got used to it, but stayed close to shore which was just fine with me.

I am looking forward to taking them there again next week. They are so happy in the sand and the water. It's also very relaxing for mommy!!

I'll update more later, because there is more to say, but I just don't have time right now.

Love
Kelli

My little Trooper!

Surgery for Jordan went really well. We don't know the true results yet, but Dr Thayer seemed to be very happy with how it went. Jordan was a really trooper yet again. He got a little nervous when we first checked into his hospital room, so I quickly took him out and we went for his favorite dinner. Pasta at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Once he had some food into him he seemed much better and we just chilled out for the rest of the night watching movies. Jordan is such a great cuddler.

The next morning we got up and he had his bath. Then it was surgery prep time. The only thing that he complained about and I can't say that I blame him, was the Midazolam to relax him. It is GROSS! But he got most of it down, it did the job and it was off the to pre-op room from there.

Jordan was so brave. I can't really say the same for Mommy. It was a very nerve racking 2 and 1/2 hours as you can imagine.

Once Jordan woke up they called me into the recovery. I walked in and asked my baby how he was doing. He immediately looked down at the cast on his arm and gave me this VERY pissed off look. I knew right away why he was upset. The doctor had told him that this time his cast would only come to the elbow. He lied and put it up to Jordan's armpit. To Jordan this meant he couldn't ride his bike, play DS or PS2 and would just be that much hotter!! Jordan voiced his unhappiness to the doctor, but the doctor explained that he didn't feel it was set that well, so he brought it all the way up the arm. Nothing we could do now. Then the doctor lied again and told him that it would only be 3 weeks, but yet the appointment was booked for 5 weeks. Hmmm..I didn't think Jordan would notice. Silly me! He did, but in typical Jordan fashion, he brushed it off.

Jordan has managed to figure out a way of playing DS and PS2. He's always been a great problem solver. Dean and I always say we should learn from him. Very rarely will Jordan ask for help, unless it's something that he possibly can't do for himself.

So now he has 1 week left and then his cast comes off. We are all very anxious to see the results!!

Love
Kelli

Happy 8th Birthday Jordan

Oh my! Where have the years gone? It seems like just yesterday I was making that 911 call to you dad to tell him that you were ready to meet us. I can remember that day like it was yesterday. It started the day before your due date, but you weren't going to make it that easy on mommy. How very unlike you. However, when I think about the fact that you waited until 1 hour past midnight (now your due date) it makes sense. You always like to play by the rules, and that was the rule. We were give June 15 for a reason. You were a little stubborn, well no, not stubborn, just upside down and didn't want to flip over. You needed a little assistance (like the forceps) with that part. You and mommy had a hard labor. You're heart rate drop quite a few times, and those damn doctors still didn't take you out. Sorry, honey, it's a sore point with mommy. Then when you did come, they barely let me have a chance to hold you before they whisked you away to the special care nursery. They tried to put and iv in your beautiful, pointed (due to the forceps) head. Finally they put it in your arm. Mommy had one too. They wanted you in the nursery for 48 hours but mommy cried so hard that they doctors let you out after only 24 hours. That was the happiest day of my life. The day I got to have you by my side all day long.

Mommy was quite scared. Not sure what to do with you. Ma was a big help and stayed with us for 2 weeks. Oh yes, when her and Papa left to go back home mommy cried like a baby. Then it was just you, me and Daddy. You had a tough start. Cow protein allergy then we found out that you had had a stroke during labor. But mommy and daddy didn't have time to feel sorry for you. We just had to get you better.

You hit all your milestones on time. We were so proud of you. It was then we knew what a little fighter you were. You put your mind to something, and even when it got tough, you conquered it. Wow! The things that you have taught us.

You are the kindest, gentlest boy. You have amazing patients with your little brother. You've done so well in school. You really know right from wrong and I know we will never have any trouble with you. When I was pregnant with you, I prayed that you would have Daddy's skin and temper and the man upstairs listened. You are so much like your daddy, and for that I am very thankful!!

You've become the best soccer player. You really do like it. You also love riding your bike, and to this day, mommy and daddy are so amazed, but yet very proud of how well you ride.

You are now 8 years old, and I'm writing this 2 days before you are going in for yet another surgery. This time it's to do with the tendons in your thumb. Mommy is very scared about the surgery. Well, not the surgery, but the whole anathestic thing. It never gets easier. This will be your 4th time having anasthetic and I'm just as nervous this time as I was the first time. But you will do great, and you will be the best patient in the hospital.

Mommy loves you so incredibly much! I'm so proud to be your mommy!!

Happy Birthday Jo Jo!!
Love
Mommy

But I can say cheese?

What a joke! Ever tried taking a 3 year old for a passport picture? Well, we did yesterday. Before we left the house, I combed his hair and told him that we were going to get pictures taken but that he couldn't smile for them. His response was "but I can say cheese?". No honey, you aren't allowed to talk. No biggie right? Yeah right! Dean goes first, then Jordan, who was totally awesome and his picture turned out like a true passport mugshot. Then myself, then Logan. Logan sits on the stool, we adjust him, and he's not saying a word. But his mouth is open slightly and the man tells him to close his mouth. So his picture looks like he's biting his upper lip. Kind of cute. I just find it weird that there are all these restrictions on kids passport photos, and yet in 5 years time when their passports expire they aren't going to look anything like they did in these. Oh well, those are the rules and we have to follow them.

On another note, I finally got myself contact lenses yesterday. It's just so hard playing ball and not wearing sunglasses on a sunny day. I chose contacts over prescription sunglasses because I don't mind loosing a $20 pair of sunglasses but I do mind loosing a $300 pair.

I'm looking forward to another girls sleepover at Shannon's house with Peggy, Emese, and Kelly. Should be a good time. I'll fill in with details after the weekend!!

Love
Me