THE THINGS KIDS SAY

So last night I was watching American Idol with Zack and when the girl had finished singing, Zack said "She's pretty mom. I like her make-up." Remember he is only 5, almost 6. I said "yes she is pretty." Zack then said "She's prettier than you mom." I'm sure he didn't mean that.

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The last few days, anytime the boys want something and I tell them "just a minute," they actually count to 60. Preston did this yesterday. He said "mom it's been a minute. I know cause I counted to 60." Who taught these kids how many seconds were in a minute?

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On another note- Lucas who is almost 1 is finally getting teeth. Last Friday his first tooth (which happens to be on top. Don't the bottom ones usually come in first?) finally broke through the gums. Then within a couple of days his 2nd tooth (also on top) poked through. And now today I think I see the faint showings of a 3rd tooth. This one on the bottom. I think the teeth might actually be the cause for the runny nose this time.

Laughter

I love when my kids laugh and play together. It is one of my most favorite things.

Preston's Birthday

2005

Preston loves to hear the story of his arrival. He was born 5 weeks early via c-section due to the fact that he was standing on his feet in my tummy instead of standing on his head. He tells me that he was ready to just walk on out of me. (if only it were that easy) He thinks that he is pretty cool because he is the only one of the kids that did that. This is not a birthday picture but Dave wanted me to put it on. As a baby, Preston always had his eyes so wide open. I think he is about 2 months old.
2006-1 yr

2007-2 yrs

2008-3 yrs

2009-4 yrs

2010-5 yrs

Preston was super duper excited for his birthday this year because he is finally 5! He can't wait to go to school at the end of the summer. We just love him to pieces and are so so grateful that he is in our family.

So far in 2010

I don't like how blogger posts the last picture first and the first one last. Anyway, this is our day today. Rachel just loves any picture of herself.

We have Eva over today so we get to listen to both of these little gems all day. Surprisingly they are both asleep right now. Yea!

I told Preston to put on a long sleeved shirt under his camo one so that he would be a little warmer. This is what he came up with. He calls his plaid shirt his work shirt because it has buttons down the front like daddy's shirts.

Lucas has found his tongue and loves to play with it and show it to everyone.

Dave played twister with the kids while I watched the Biggest Loser. I know I should turn the tv off and play too but we don't have DVR anymore. So sad!

Dave got a black eye from church ball. This was how he kept the ice pack on without having to hold it all night.

Lucas figured out that he can climb into cupboards now. He just cant get back out.

He thought he was pretty cool with his brothers head lamp on.

Is that talent or what? Zack was being a little creative during our Uno game. If you cant tell he is holding the cards with his toes.

Rachel made pudding muffings. She even put them on the cooling rack to cool off. She ate all of them before anyone else got one. I'm ok with that.

And it's only February!

GUESS WHO?

Well, nobody guessed the right kids in my little guess who. Some of you got one right, but nobody got two. Preston and Jackson were the two that cried because I pulled them away from the treasure box and Preston is the one that cried from Bountiful to Kaysville. It was such a lovely ride home. Better luck next time.

The Results are In

We got the results back from the lab yesterday and it turns out that Lucas has strep in his nose. Weird huh. So we are back on antibiotics (the same thing we had a couple of weeks ago) and we will just wait and see if this takes care of it. If not I guess we will have to look into other options. But at least he is happy while he is on the antibiotics. So there you have it. As for the guessing game, I will wait a few more days to see if anybody else wants to give it a shot. Good luck to all of you. I love being the one that knows the answer. Ha Ha Ha!

NOT SO HEALTHY

So I did my last post a day to soon. Lucas' booger nose came back. So I called the doctor this last Monday and he wanted to have a nasel culture done on Lucas. So yesterday I packed up all of the kids and headed to Bountiful for a 5 minute trip to the lab. Poor Lucas had to have a 4 inch swab stuck up his nose. He for some reason didn't like this much. In the meantime, the nurse was nice and let the other four kids pick something out of the treasure box. Two kids picked theirs out and were ready to go. The other two couldn't decide what they wanted and not wanting to stay their all day I gave them to the count of 5 to pick something. They still couldn't decide so I grabbed them by the arms and pulled them away. They both cried all the way to the car. One I had to drag behind me the whole way while carrying Lucas in the other arm. We made it to the car and one of the two cryers cried all of the way from Bountiful to Kaysville. I love my little ones. Now we have to wait for the lab results to find out if anything is wrong with Lucas. Now for a little quess who. Who were the two that were crying and which one cryed halfway home? Leave me a coment with your guesses and I might have a prize for anyone that gets it right. For anyone that wants to guess and doesn't know all of the kids names (there is only a few!) we have Jackson, Zackery, Preston, Rachel, and Lucas.

HAPPY BABY

This is the ledge just outside of our shower. And yes he is sleeping. This is when he was sick.

And this is when he is healthy and happy!

It's so nice to have Lucas smiling and laughing. He has had a cough and a runny nose since the beginning of October. At one point he had an ear infection so he was on antibiotics for that which cleared things up but as soon as he was done with the medicine all of the runny nose and cough came back. When we took him in for his 9 month check up and he was still sick the doctor wanted to try a stronger perscription so we did. He was happy and feeling better while he was on it (which was fabulous because this was over Christmas) but as soon as the medicine was gone it all came back. So I called the doctor again and got stronger antibiotics. A couple days after starting that he was so happy. He has been done with it for five days now and is still healthy. Yea! Now he plays by himself and laughs and gets into everything. I never thought I would be so excited about a baby getting into things and making messes and eating anything and everything that he can find on the floor. And he sleeps better. When he was sick and grumpy all of the time he would randomly fall asleep on the floor because he was so tired from not sleeping at night. Anyway, here's to a happy baby!