Check ups, food allergies and meetings.....

I thought Brielle's 15 month check up appointment was yesterday afternoon, but after not getting a confirmation phone call the day before, I called yesterday morning to make sure and the idiot receptionist had scheduled it for Friday. I know for a fact she told me wednesday on the phone and I am going to be extremely busy friday getting ready to go racing that night, so I knew I wouldnt have done it that day. Anyway, we were able to reschedule for this morning. She is FINALLY 20 pounds and she is super long at 30 inches. She had to get two shots, but she seems to be handling it just fine now.

I asked the doc about Owen because the poor kid has been having some pooping issues. He is potty trained, but he still sleeps in a diaper or pull-up because he is unable to stay dry at night yet. He wakes up in the morning and poops sometimes and its terrible! Okay, so a little history, we have know since Owen was under 2 years old that he cannot handle apple juice. It goes straight through him and gives him aweful diarrhea. It actually gives him an instant rash, but its more like it burns his skin. Anyway, lately that has happend a few times, and I had no idea why. It has actually happend alot over the last 3 years and we just thought it was Owen. We know for sure though that happens when he has apple juice. Well, a couple of weeks ago when Forest's parents were here, he had a really bad day where he would have super small accidents in his pants and when he did make it to the toilet, it was super watery. I asked the doc about it today and she said it sound like a possible food allery to her. I was thinking, oh great, how am I going to figure this one out! As I was putting Owen down for his nap, I got to thinking, and when Forests parents were here, Sheryl had bought a big bag of apple slices, adn we had all been munching on them like crazy, including Owen. So, apparently, Owen must be allergic, or at least has a bad reaction to apples. Poor kid. He has had a decent amount of apples lately, and his diapers have been aweful. I am in the process of trying to get his little bum cleared up right now. So no more apples for Owen!

Wow, that was alot. Hopefully that wasnt the most boring thing ever...haha! We have our montly car club meeting tonight also. I always look forward to that.

Pictures, being sore, and check ups

These pictures are all from this past weekend.

Brielle ADORES her uncle Bryce (my brother)

Man, I am sore today! I did a pretty good workout on the Wii Fit yesterday afternoon and then after dinner we hooked up the kid trailer to Forest's bike, and we all went for a bike ride, neighbor kids included. It was alot of fun, but I am paying fo rit today. I can't wait to do it again hopefully tonight. Brielle has her 15 month check up this afternoon and she will be getting shots, so we will have to see how she is feeling. I am anxious to see how big or should I say, how little she is. She was 17.5 pounds last time at her one year check up, so hopefully she is at least 18.5 or more.

I will update on her appointment for sure tomorrow.

It's about time!

Sorry I have been a slacker to anyone that reads this regularly! We had a crazy busy weekend. Forest had a four day weekend and we got a ton done! He worked late Thursday night, soI decided that our main bathroom needed a makeover. I went out with kids in tow and bought new stuff for the bathroom, including paint, and new flooring. Thursday evening after the kids went to bed, I got started. I painted the ceiling that night. Friday, I did two coats of paint on the walls and put in the new "stuff". Friday night, we did the floor. Man, what a difference it made! It looks pretty stinkin good if I do say so myself! Saturday I spend the day cleaning up the rest of the house and then we went our for Chinese food, yummy! Sunday we went to Church and then my parents and brother and his girlfriend, Kara, came over for a BBQ. We had yummy hot dogs and hamburgers with baked beans and chips, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. It was YUM and we had a great time hanging out and playing with the kids. Then yesterday I FINALLY did the dreaded grocery shopping. Oh how I pretty much hate grocery shopping. I love some good retail therapy, but groceries suck! And at last today, I am still not able to relax! Haha, relax, thats funny, right?!?!? Our lawn needs mowed and since I am so super nice, or maybe crazy, I offered to mow the neighbors lawn too. Her husband travels alot for work and he is out of town for the moment and her lawn needs mowed bad! OH and to add to the weekend, we also dog sat for the neighbor. They have THE SWEETEST pomeranian EVER. I totally forgot she was even here most of the time. She is such a good dog! Here are some bathroom pictures. I LOVE it!

I got my hair done yesterday and the color looks awesome. Its perfect and exactly what I wanted! Forest ended up working late late late lastnight. They had an emergency and it needed to be fixed asap. He didn't get home til 1am. I hate when that happens. Since he was going to be home so late, I stayed in Hermiston a bit longer so the kids could see papa and uncle Bryce. They had a good time with them, but they both fell asleep on the way home, so I put them straight to bed. It was only 8am. Thats close to Brielle's bedtime, but it was about 7:30 when she fell asleep. Same with Owen and he usually goes to bed about 8:30. So, needless to say, they were up EARLY this morning. Like 6am early, yikes! Being that I didnt get to bed til after 1am since I couldnt sleep, I am going to be a bit tired today. I need to try to get the lawn mowed too. Ugh!

Not a whole lot to report today. I am getting my hair colored and trimmed though! I can't wsit, its badly needed. We had to give in and turn on our air conditioning in the house yesterday. It feels MUCH better, although I still need to get used to it because it still feels a bit warm to me. Oh well, off to the salon I go!

Wow, what a weekend!!! We were extremely busy. Saturday we had our carshow and it was a huge success! It went perfect and could not have been any better. The weather was awesome also. Forest got 1st place with his car, which was awesome because he had some pretty good competition. Paul (Forests Dad) cleaned house! He ended up going home with four trophies. He won first place with both of his cars (cars were in different classes) and also poeples choice and officers choice with his 1972 Dodge Charger. WOOHOO!

Forest's car

Pauls Charger


Paul and Sheryls Challenger

Yesterday we didnt do a whole lot. We had to teach in Owen's sunday school class at church and then we came home and all four of us took a nice long nap. I still dont think I am quite caught up on sleep though.

It was in the low 90's yesterday and I am so ready for it to be warm....but not quite that warm yet! Its supposed to be the same today and I believe it because when I took out Brielle's stinky diaper this morning at 7:30, its already hot!!! It is supposed to cool down to the 80's for the rest of the week though. Let hope!

I posted yesterday, but it must have been having issues because it would not work! So, here we go again.

Sheryl (Forests mom) bought Owen the Toy Story movie a couple of months ago and hei s in love with it! Well, we let him stay up late and wait for Grammie to get here wednesday night. And Gramma, like usual, had prizes! She had found Owen a Woody doll. He was so excited when he opened it up. The next morning, Owen, Grammie and Daddy went down for coffee. On the way home they got Owen all jacked up about Buzz being lost and Woody having to find him. So, sure enough when they got home, Grammie had abother prize. Theyfound Buzz! He is on top of the world.

She also got Brielle a cute outfit and a little doggie purse. SHE LOVES IT. She puts it on her shoulder and struts around all over the house with it. It is the cutest thing ever.

Hump Day

The kids are both jacked up and excited that grandpa is here! Even Brielle is loving it. She is just too funny. Owen on the other hand.....his attitude has me to the point where I don't even like being around him, as bad as that may sound.

We bought a new truck lastnight. Well, not brand new, but new to us. Its a 2004 Dodge Ram diesel. It has four doors, which is SO nice compared to our old one. We needed a new one because of towing our car trailer. Our old truck wasn't capable of safely towing. The new one will be much better.

I am going down to Hermiston today to see my friend Shelby and her brand new baby boy, Parker. I can't wait to get my hands on him!!! He is an absolute DOLL!!!

The wind, ugh!!!

I swear, the weather is awesome, sunny skies, COULD be warm, but NO, the wind thinks it has to blow 900 miles per hour. UUUUGGHHHH!!!!!!!I am so sick of the wind. Its about to make me go crazy.

Anyway, on to better things. I talked to mom lastnight and it looks like grandpa will finally get to go home today! He has had a few minor set backs that made it so he wasnt able to go home on time, but its finally looking good for him, Praise the Lord!

Brielle did pretty stinkin good lasnitght with no binky. Hopefully today goes even better. What a big girl seh is now. They are growing up WAY too fast.

Speaking of growing up, Owen is starting pre-school this fall. I cannot believe my baby is ready to start school. Where have the last 3 years gone?!?!?! Seriously! Oh, and we are taking any and all donation that you may want to send to help with his tuition...hahaha....okay, so I am a little serious. It costs good money for a good school.

Paul (Forests dad) will be here this afternoon and then Sheryl ( forests mom) will be here tomorrow evening. They are coming for the carshow this weekend. They are bringing Pauls charger and the new Challenger also.

What can I say? It's monday.

I have been crazy busy this morning getting caught back up on house work from the weekend. We had a very busy, but very nice weekend. I got the lawn mowed this morning while Brielle was napping. Speaking of Brielle napping, we are getting rid of the binky. She pretty much only uses it when she sleeps, but its time for it to go bye bye. Her morning nap today was teh first attempt without it. She did surprisingly well. She only screamed bloody murder for about 5 minutes. After the scream fest I went back in her room adn turned on her CD player and played some lullabies for her. I just played with her hair and rubbed her head and face for a few m inutes and she calmed down and was just about asleep. I was able to leave the room without her freaking out, just to catch Owen playing with the computer. UGH! I sent him to his room and of course he is screaming the whole way and I swear stoppped at Brielles door and screamed louder. It woke her up and she had another melt down, but we got through it and she was able to take a very good nap. Its about time for nap number two now, so hopefully I have good luck with time around.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy mother's day to all the mommy's out there! I am having a great day. Brielle slept in til 8am today!!! That was the best gift ever..haha! We went out for a nice breakfast and then hit the mall. We came home with a few things, but they were all for Forest. I don't mind though. I like shopping for him just as much as I like shopping for myself. Shoot, I just like shopping no matter who its for! Owen is napping right now, so I went grocery shopping and got that chore out of the way for the week. When he wakes up we are heading to Forest's office to pick up some car parts that he has been working on for his dad. Paul will be here on tuesday with one of his cars (the Charger) and him and Forest are going to work on it at the end of the week. Forest took thursday and friday off of work to fix Pauls car and to get ready for the carshow on Saturday. We still have lots of work to do for that, but its coming together nicely. I will be relieved when its all said and done though. Anyhow, like I said above, happy mothers day to all the moms!

Fantastic Friday

Lastnight was awesome!!! Forest is the man, he got first place at the races. It was very exciting and I can't wait for next time. This was actually the first points race, so what a great way to start off the year! I am so proud of him.

This morning we are going to go down to Hermiston and pick up Brielle from Aunt Stephanies. I just talked to Steph on the phone and she said Brielle did awesome yesterday. What a big girl. When we got home lastnight at 2am, I was putting Owen's jammies on him and he got teary eyed and started to cry a little, so I asked him what was wrong and he was so chocked up he could barely get it out, but he said "I miss Brielle." It was the sweetest thing. I told him that we would be going to get her in the morning and he was okay with that. Poor little guy was so worred about her. He asked about her all evening at the races too.

Well, off I go to get ready and to get my sweet little sugar pie!

Finally Friday!

It's 8am and I am up. Im not too happy about it, but oh well. Forest had me up til midnight working on the racecar with him! I really did enjoy it though. It's not very often we get to do things like that together anymore since we have two little helpers.

Tonight is the first points racce at the drap strip. Brielle is going to be staying with her Aunt Stephanie so I have to take her down there to her this afternoon and then as soon as I get back we are headed for yakima to the races. I will make sure to get lots of good pictures.

Anyway, have a great weekend and make sure to check back for the pictures from the races!

Almost Friday!

I am so ready for the weekend, even though its going to be busy! Tomorrow evening we are heading to Yakima to go drag racing. Its the first points race of the season. It should be alot of fun. Brielle is staying with her Auntie (Forest's sister) so it will be alot easier and both her and I. She is a bit of a pain to take care of at the track still. Owen on the other hand, LOVES IT! That kid is a gear head already.

So for those that watch American Idol, I was so dissappointed that Alison went home! It soooooo should have been Kris! I can't stand the weird thing he does with his mouth, drives me bonkers to watch him. Ayhow......

I am pretty boring this week. Stay tuned for pictures from the drag strip this weekend!

Hump Day

Not much new going on today. Grandpa is doing well. The kids are being their usual selves. I am tired, and want to be in bed!

Brielle has recently discovered Owen's rocking chair that Pop made him, and she had taken a great liking to it. Owen gets jealous and mad when she plays in his chair, but she loves it. I think its time for her to have one of her own (hint, hint Pop & Becky).

And this is what Owen thinks about Brielle playing with his chair!

Grandpa

Grandpa is doing well. He was finally taken off of the ventilator late lastnight. They were having a hard time getting him off of it. His body was fighting it too much. They finally figured out that his back was hurting him too bad for him to relax enough. He was fighting the machine breating for him. But anyway, they got his pain under control and were finally able to remove the tube. He was awake lastnight, even though he is still unable to talk because of the tube being down his throat for so long. He seems to be doing great. The surgery was very successful and he should be home this weekend! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!

Surprise!

The kids and I had a little surprise party for Forest tonight. It worked out well because my brother ended up calling and him and my dad came over for dinner also! We discovered though that Owen is scared of silly string. He did not like it one bit when I started spraying Forest with it. It was way too funny!!!!! We had a good time. Dinner was good and the cake was even better! Here are a few pictures of the festivities!

Sunshine & Birthdays!

The sun is out a shinning beautifully this morning, woohoo! The entire weekend was rainy and windy and icky. Its supposed to be around 70 degrees today and so far, it gorgeous. Its about freaking time! I have two hanging pots ont eh front of my house and the are blooming and looking beautiful. I was worried about them for awhile because they had to endure some pretty nasty weather.

Today is Forest's birthday. He is now 26 years old. Its about time to break out the wheel chair...haha! We are going to have his favorite dinner and this afternoon Owen and I are going to make him a yellow cake, with chocolate frosting...his favorite!

Brielle had a rough night lastnight. She has a pretty stuffy nose and it could be one of three things I am thinkig. #1 she could be teething. She always gets a stuffy nose when she gets teeth. #2 Allergies, poor thing is on precription Zyrtec already at one year old. I havent given it to her in a couple of weeks, so back to that we go! #3 She may actually be getting sick, I sure hope not though!

My grandpa is scheduled for his surgery today at 10am. Please keep himm in your thoughts and prayers. They are much appreciated.

Off I go to make a cake! I will post birthday pictures tomorrow!!

I think I might lose my mind!!! Does anyone want a 3 year old? I have one that I am offering free to a good home! This kid is driving me batty. He listens to what you tell him about 14% of the time. He yells and screams and throws terrible fits. He woke up in a lovely mood this morning. Is it nap time yet? Grrrr!!!

Brielle is a sweetheart as usual today. I think she might be working on some teeth. She has a bit of a runny nose and is just not quite herself. Its been awhile since she has gotten a tooth in, so I suppose its about that time.

We are getting ready to head out to church here in a few minutes. The kids always have a good time in sunday school. Maybe that will help Owen's mood. Good grief, something has to!

Sundays are always busy for us. We have church at 11am, come home, have lunch, get the kids down for a nap, theywake up and I start of dinner, we eat, and then at 5:30 we have our bible study group to go to. I always look forward to it throughout the week. Its nice to have some adult interaction. And the kids get to play with all the other kids.

Boring for today, huh? Not much going on. Just the usual. OH, but tomorrow is Forest's birthday. He will be the big two-six!!!

And how could I forget this! Owen is just too funny. His newest thing now is that he says "holy cow!" it completely cracks me up. His is watching TV right now with Daddy and they are watching Gone in 60 seconds. When they jumped the car, Owen goes "Holy cow!" Its just too funny. He also tells me the other day while eating a grilled cheese sandwich for lunch, "Dang mom, this is good!" I think I about wet my pants.

Sucky Saturday

I hate the rain!!!!! It was gorgeous yesterday. Sunny, no wind, around 70 degree. PERFECT! Now, today, what do we wake up to? Yep, RAIN...UGH! I washed my stinkin car yesterday too.

Oh well, on to better things. Let see....Brielle is walking more and more everyday. Its about stinkin time being that she is 14 months old already. Lazy bones. Although they do say that the longer a baby crawls, the smarter they will be. I walked at 9 months, maybe that explains a few things...hehe.

Owen was given a bike from a family in the bible study group we belong too. They son had outgrown it, so they passed it down to Owen. He is on absolute love with it. If only we could get him to figure out how to ride it. He just doesnt get it yet. Maybe by next summer he will have the hang of it!!!

So the plan for today is to putt around the house this morning. I need to make it to the bank of the post office at some point before they close this afternoon. And then this evening we get to go shopping with someone elses money. YAY! Forest is the VP of the car club we belong too and every year the club puts on a big Mopar car show here in the Tri-Cities. Well, the VP has full responsibility of organizing the car show. With the economy the way it is, even though we sent out 90 donation letters, we have gotten barely anything for raffles gifts donated to us. So, the club gave us an allowance of $700 to get some good raffles gifts with. Costco, here we come!

On to a more serious matter, my grandpa Pat is in the hospital in Portland. He is having open heart surgery on Monday. They are doing a double bypass. Please, please, please keep him in your prayers! I am serious, it would mean the world to me to know that I have people praying and keeping him in their thoughts. I will update how everything goes as soon as I know.

More pictures

Here are some more! Click on the pictures to get the full view of them.

My picture promise

Here are a few, okay a lot, of pictures of the kids as promised! Excuse Brielle's hair, i'm not sure what happend there!

Oh yea, she has attitude!

The first day of May..and its friday..woohoo!

Today is gorgeous outside!!! It's bright and sunny, and best of all, NO WIND! Forest got home yesterday evening and the kids were very happy to see him after he had been gone for three days. I got my camera yesterday, and let me tell you, I LOVE IT! It takes beautiful pictures. I will be posting some later today, I promise!!! I am having way too much fun with it.

Not much going on this weekend. I think it will be a lazy weekend at home. I am ready for one of those. It seems like we always have somewhere to go or something we HAVE to do on the weekends. Its nice to have a bit of a break.

Oh, and little Miss Princess-and-she-knows-it Brielle is walking. She is getting around pretty good. She still crawls some, but she is walking more and more everyday. She is just the cutest little tiny thing. Well, off for now. I will be back later with pictures.