hello again

We haven't been feeling well for the last week so we haven't been doing to much. Wills got the yucky cold that seems to be going around, cough, fever, congestion, snaught nose, achy body, you know the one. He passed it along to sister and so now she is going through it. (I feel like I have had a touch all along.) We took a trip to the Dr. to make sure it wasn't anything serious and she said nope just going to run it's course. So Wills has been sleeping back in our bed and about half of the night I sleep in his. He keeps me up every time he coughs and it doesn't seem to rattle Nick so I let the boys snuggle and I try to get a little sleep in between big coughing fits or baby crying. Fortunately he seems to be on the mend. He still tells me he doesn't feel good, which I believe, but I also think he knows it gets him what he wants.
Allie has some weird rashes we are trying to get worked out. One of her back and one on her rear. The Dr. said she thought her back was from product use. I hardly put any "products" on her so we will see. Her bottom is looking much better so I am thankful for that since now we have the cold to deal with. Oh and Allie is sitting up all by herself now. To help with the back rash she has been taking baths siting up like a big girl. She looks so cute.

here are the pictures of the week.

Nick and Wills snuggling. Wills always sleeps this close. If I get into bed he just makes sure to touch both of us. If we both get up he wakes up with in ten minutes.

I felt bad taking this pictures. It was a completely dark room and the flash kept firing so I could get the shot. Didn't wake either of them up.
Wills in allies walker

he stands up and walks around then sits back down .silly guy

he climbed into the diaper box. he folds up so small.

Wills loves to climb into Allies crib. On occasion I will go in there after her nap to find him telling me "she woke up on her own" hmmm.

Allie looking a little desperate. Umm Mom you see this big guy don't you.
Playing together in the crib

Sitting like a champ. eating some books. what else do you do with them? she actually likes to look at them with me but then she tries to eat them.

Some pictures daddy took while playing with Allie.

She is getting pretty close to crawling

playing

Nick can't really do anything without Wills wanting to be a part of it. If daddy's not at work or school you are sure to find William close by.

February

We are all doing well this February. The kids and I seem to have head colds but they have been pretty mild. They seem to be hanging on but it is just snaughty noses, congestion, and a cough. No fever or throwing up. I am very thankful! We don't have anything huge to report so I will just ramble a little about the kiddos.
Our biggest news is that William and Allie are both going to be in their own room. Wills still wakes up and will come to be with us but he consistently goes to bed in his own room. He also slept the whole night in his own bed most of the week. WOW! I can hardly believe it but I love it! William doesn't always wake up happy and all week he has woken up with a smile. You don't understand how nice that is! One of the down sides to the kids sharing a room is that they wake each other up earlier. We have been consistently getting up before 7:30. You might not think that is all that early but Wills rarely goes to bed before 9:30. He doesn't like to take naps any more so we try to get him to take a "relax" time. He hates it! I need to get in a better routine with him on this one. If he wants to have a good attitude I don't mind him being awake I just need a break. At least 30 min, is that really to much to ask? We will be working on this this week hopefully. If I can get William to calm down for 10 minutes he will go to sleep. If I put on one of "my movies" on he will fall asleep or if we drive anywhere. It is just not easy to get William to slow down. Our schedule got readjusted because Nick started school three weeks ago so we have been trying to re-adjust life to that. He goes to class on MW so he is gone till 6:30 and Thursday nights from 5-9:30 so our days are long. We miss him when he is gone but we are so proud of him for working hard!

Our sweet little lady is doing well. I am really enjoying watching the boy girl differences between she and William. Her fine motor skills are much more developed. She loves to pinch things and she grabs everything, my hair is paying for that one. She knows that if she cry's she gets attention (she is such a girl!) when she is being honery she will just yell for no reason so she can get picked up. She yells sometimes when Wills comes over. We have started telling her to have a good attitude and stop whining (we know she doesn't really understand) but it is seriously ridiculous. She also started saying momma. She doesn't call me momma per say she just says it when she wants something so in a lot of ways she knows its for me :) It is super cute and of course it works like a charm on my soft heart! I am thankful that both my babies are doing great. Speaking of babies when William was sitting on my lap the other day I told him " I love my baby" he said Allie your baby. I laughed and said I know but your my baby too! He said NO my not I'm big! (Nick has taught him to say my instead of I) He tells us all the time he is grown up now. It is cute but it makes me sad. He is getting so big. He is a sweet little guy. The other day Nick had just come home and Wills was grabbing his leg saying I LOVE YOU DAD I LOVE YOU DAD I LOVE YOU DAD. It was adorable. That is one of my favorite moments as a mommy! Another William thing is that he loves to take all his clothes off and wrap himself in a blanket. It makes me laugh! Well that is all the disjointed information I have for now.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!


Here are some pictures...

Allie doesn't crawl yet but she rolls to get places. She gets stuck sometimes. Here she rolled herself under this stuff. (it was recovery Monday and things needed to be cleaned up) It is pretty funny to watch I will try to get some video soon. The other day I was on the computer and I looked over and William was lighting matches. Oh yeah he can light matches! Daddy taught him how! After telling him very strictly that he had to be with mom or dad to light matches I helped him light them and blow them out. Maybe I should move those higher?

Here he is a little embarrassed that I was taking a picture

Ok so I was serious about recovery Monday. We have busy weekends where the house gets well used so Monday I usually go through a full house clean. I spent several hours cleaning house and for what? It takes Wills 5 seconds after lunch to go from the table to the bathroom and make a disaster! I was discouraged so i took a picture.

Allie loves to eat real food. Nursing not as much unless at 2 am. here she is sucking on one of those pacifier bag things. It had cantaloupe in it.
we went to a Valentines party at Chuck E. Cheese with a bunch of Williams friends. I didn't bring the camera so here are the pictures got there.
they have this fun machine that does "sketches."

wills and Becca

:)

We had a fun time. it was our first Chuck experience. William spent most his tokens and time on one ride. the monster truck. He loved it!

whats for dinner tonight

I don't usually share recipes on my blog because I don't really cook anything that is extremely interesting and it is our little family blog not just my personal blog, however, this is the easiest tastiest recipe in the world and I just have to share! We have been making it for awhile and we love it. I enjoy the fact that is a slow cooker and also that the leftovers are DELICIOUS. You can do all kinds of stuff with the leftovers. Nick's previous coworker Stevie gave us this one last year and it is a keeper. so here it is

here is the link just in case you want to change the amount the recipe is for or read the reviews of how people altered the recipe. I make it straight up and love it.
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chicken-and-Corn-Chili/Detail.aspx#nutri-box


Chicken and Corn Chili
INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1 (16 ounce) jar salsa
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
salt to taste
ground black pepper to taste
1 (11 ounce) can Mexican-style corn
1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans
DIRECTIONS
Place chicken and salsa in the slow cooker the night before you want to eat this chili. Season with garlic powder, cumin, chili powder, salt, and pepper. Cook 6 to 8 hours on Low setting.
About 3 to 4 hours before you want to eat, shred the chicken with 2 forks. Return the meat to the pot, and continue cooking.
Stir the corn and the pinto beans into the slow cooker. Simmer until ready to serve.