Surviving Winter!!

SO SORRY for the blog slacking lately. It has been too long and with way too much to tell about. I don't think I ever recall having such "spring fever" in my life. This winter season has pretty much been full of sick kid, sick kid, and oh...SICK KID. I am quickly becoming a believer of the idea that having two kids means having a LOT more sickness in the house because it will get passed back and forth. It's seems as though I'm always 2 coughs too late to tell Spence "cover your mouth", like he understands, or even reaching over to try to cover it for him, as I notice cough, sneeze, and spit residue flying across the room, and usually in the direction of Jaidyn. And Jaidyn, at one doctor's appointment was diagnosed with strep, low oxygen levels and given breathing treatments, ear infection, and vomitting.Both of them have been sick off and on, more on, this entire winter and man, we are just sick of it.

Although we're dealing with some ailments here and there we still stay pretty busy and as some of you know having 2 kids under the age of 2 can definitely be rewarding and exciting, but can also make things pretty crazy sometimes. On a positive note we have two beautiful children and there's absolutely never a dull moment in our house. Just call me any given day before 2 p.m. and you will know what I'm talking about. Spence continues to amaze us with his curiousity and sweet spirit, especially with his little sister. He is well on his way now to being potty trained and lets just say that it has been a very challenging, yet a teachable moment for Spencer and I. I suggest if you're interested in trying to build patience, then take up potty training. If not, stay away! Jaidyn is our very busy little girl. She is constantly kicking her legs, grabbing anything and everything in sight, and continues to jabber up a storm. If you put her down on the floor, she immediatly rolls to her stomach. She's not crawling yet, but she is very mobile. She's a lot of fun and I would say although she doesn't look a bit like her momma, she's much like her momma in personality because she won't sit still for one minute.

Here are quickly some other things that have taken place with us:

• We've had a couple of nice snowstorms that Spence has been able to get out and play in. He loves sledding with his daddy.


• Spence is cutting 2 molars on top, and only 2 more to go!
• We finally had Jaidyn dedicated and decided although everyone but me was sick, including Spencer who was running a fever all day, we were going to do it anyway. We left immediately after the prayer. This sickness stuff is sooo getting old! But everyone survived and she was so precious :)
• Jaidyn has decided to skip the sippy cup and go straight to a big cup! She's got such a strong personality and it is so adorable
• Spence is going poopie and pee pee in the potty and it is great! We love that boy!! He's turning into such a BIG helper in the kitchen too. He loves to cook!
• Spence will turn 2 years old in April (unbelievable) and Jaidyn will be 6 months on March 1st