Yes, we are still here.....

A lot is happening, a lot that right now I can't really put in to words. We are hoping to move at the end of the month and that is going to be fantastic, as long as everything works out. We will finally have space.

Tanis is doing great. She's an absolute fantastic big sister. She has come in to her own bossiness, helpfulness and her speech is coming along great. I love having my one little girl to dote on. She's my cuddle bug.

Michael is a straight A student (at midpoint right now) and he just makes me so proud of him. Now if we could just put some weight on that kid. lol. He's so darn skinny it scares me, but my family reminds me that that's what I looked like at his age. I can say he eats like a horse so it may just be his motabolism. He will not be here for Christmas, again, and that just tears me apart. This will be the third year that he is not with us. Next year he will be, but that's a nother year away. He's not really looking foward to not being here, but it has to be. Things are really tough with him, but unfortunately I can't be too public about it because I never know when someone is going to hold one single word against me now. Sad. We are going to give him our one big family present before he leaves and then he will do Christmas the night he returns. (because the day after he gets back we are supposed to start moving)

Nolan is still.....blah. At the begining of January he is going to be having a endoscopy (throught the mouth and to the intestines) and a colonoscopy done. He will have to be put to sleep for this procedure and that scares me. Its going to take about three hours, and I know I'll be on edge the whole time. Thankgoodness for my cousin because she will be watching my other babies and I know I won't have to worry about them at all. Because of what he is having done, 24hr ahead of procedure he will be put on medicine to clean out his tummy. This in itself is going to suck. The poor kid already has diahhrea and stomach cramps, now we have to give him medicine to make it worse. And no solids, only clear liquids/foods for 24 hrs before. The good thing is that he will be able to have juice/applesauce, etc during this time so he will love that. These are foods he's not normally aloud to have because of the reaction they cause to his tummy. :) Wish us luck.


This is something I love about CO, being able to drive around and see Deer in random yards. They are so pretty, although I'm sure the persons whos plants he's eating doesn't think so.

All my babies

Nolan fell asleep while grocery shopping after having a very bad night. Of coure he couldn't wait for us to get home so mommy could take a nap at same time :)

Brother and sister sharing breakfast in a bag

Sharing breakfast in a bag is a regular occurance :)



Shingles, you don't have to be 60 to get 'em

Shingles, something I "though" only older people got. Apparently I was so so wrong.

 It started about two weeks ago. I had a migraine that lasted almost 4 days. Not out of the ordinary since I get them often because of the thyroid issues. So I ignored it. Then, I broke out with what started as painful bumps all over the back of my scalp. ONo problem, I get psoriases in the winter, so that's what that had to be, right? Then, each one of my lymph nodes around my neck and shoulders swelled up very bad. They were beyond painful. The one under my chin, yeah, couldn't even bend my head down. Then the one that's on the lower part of my neck next to shoulder, couldn't move that arm at all or turn my head the slightest bit to the right without the pain surging through my shoulder and down my back. Then a huge red welt looking line formed from one of the scabs/lups on the bottom right, down my neck and then back up towards my ear. (I found out later it was going towards a lymph node and this is called Lymphangitist,where  line forms from the infection site towards the closest lymph node, and its VERY VERY painful line) So I decided, along with the hubs pushing, that it was time to go the ER.

I get there and its beyond packed. And of course, I left my wallet at home. That totally sucked because I fed the babies and took off with the full intention of getting someting out of the vending machine. But, my awesome cousin came to the rescue and brough me some much needed nourishment. :) Thanks B.

So, after a couple of painful hours (and I mean pain almost as bad as giving birth people) I was taken back. The Dr came in pretty quickly and told me what it was. I asked him if he was sure, and he said yes. I told him that all the ads say that older people need to watch out for them, the vaccines are ONLY for people 60 and older. How did I get it?

He said its part of the chicken pox virus that sort of stays behind (kind of like once you get a cold sore, you carry the virus and they always come back). And a major factor in younger people that causes it is stress. Yay.

So now I am on two different kinds of mediation and pain meds. It's going to take about 2wks for the bumps to go away, but there is no known time frame for the pain to go away. This is not good. We are looking for a house, I'm trying to find a job so the stress level isn't going to go away any time soon.

Stress people, is not good. First the husband gets a massive ulcer and now this. All I have to say is there better be a good ending to the end of this year!

Good Morning....Blizard anyone?

We have a Blizard/winter storm warning and around here we've learned to take the warnings with a grain of salt. However, today, they were right. We woke up to snow already on the ground and the temp at 6am this morning was a mere 23 degrees. Now, at almost 8am its a warm 27 degrees. (and our wind chill is blah, with winds up to 50mph) Our high today is going to be a hot 34 degrees. So, I sent the hubs and son to school all bundled up and bid them farewell.

 Right now the roads are pretty scary and of course Michael goes to one of the only schools in the Springs that isn't closed or on a delay. Poor kid. Hubs called me when he got to work and said that his speed maxed out at a whopping 25mph. On one major road he had the person in front of him spin out. Yay. Our police department is on whats called a "weather allert" which means if someones not hurt, dying, or in really bad need don't call them. Not only is it not safe for you to be on the road it's not safe for them either.

This also means that the kidos and I are pretty much on lock down in the living room. The heaters in this dreaded apartment are floor heaters, like the ones in hotels. The one in the babies room, SUCKS! Not only that, they cost a damn fortune to run. So, we have the heaters going in the living room and will only use the ones in their room at nap time. (before and after because they get really damn hot to the touch) Being in the living room suchs because it's super crouded with boxes and crap. It's going to be  fun cuddly day. lol.

This is obviously our paitio furniture. What you can't tell is that it's not only snow, it's FOZEN solid.I went to pick up one of the pillows and they were stuck to the couch. lol.

For some reason I can't get this picure to load the correct way, but you can see the gloom in the sky. And the snow on the ground is actully frozen.

Brought the kids toys in the living room. Bring on the mess :)

This is the heate. It gets pretty hot and so I have to make sure it's not on when I put the baby to bed. Otherwise he's bound to get hurt since he's my little trouble maker and gets in to everything.