TJ turns 11 today....

TJ made his entrance in this world in only a few short hours. I started having contractions at around 10 pm with him and by 12:24 am he was born at 8 lbs 8 ozs just like his older brother. Poor boy screamed and cried for 2 hours after his birth while James tried to console him to no avail. He was my ONLY baby I did not have a epidural with so I remember it well. HEHE.

TJ always loved animals as a toddler and young child. Everything he did was centered around animals. He spoke animal, he referred to everything in an animal way and would spend hours looking at animal books over other books. He could recited theory on Manta Rays, sharks, etc. He has a brilliant mind.

He is the artistic one out of our family. He loves to draw. I even got a comment from his teacher at school that she thinks he needs to go into graphic design because he is so artistic. He is my only one beside Rae of course that loves to draw.

TJ is great at football and Lacrosse. He is an aggressive player. He will be playing lacrosse this weekend at the Battle of Bothell. He is great!

TJ has a softer side to him. Even thought he hates being touched to much he loves to give me hugs and will do so without me asking him. He my child who HATES being forced to do anything. You have to ease him into things and talk him into it. Lookout teenage years. HEHE. That is what I love about TJ, he has a independent soul like his mamma.

I love you TJ. You mean the world to me. Happy BDAY! And look at those cute double dimples. :)

Rae turns 9.

By the time I posted this it was 12:02 am on the 25th, 3 minutes to late for her real birthday. :)

My only girl turned 9 today. I can't believe she is 9 already. We made cupcakes last night so she can bring them into school this morning. She has been so excited for her birthday all week. We plan on having a friend birthday party for her in 2 weeks and we already have been preparing for it. :) Tonight we went out to dinner at a Chinese Buffet that Rae loves, Rae got some Webkins and a lot of crafts, clothes for her birthday.

A little about Rae:

Rae's had been the only girl in the house besides me of course. Poor girl. She is stuck right in the middle of 4 boys, bless her soul. Even though her brothers tease her a lot she still loves them so very much. She would do anything for them. That is the sweet natures of this sweet girl in our life. She is a pleaser, a great friend to all her friends and tries her darndest in everything she does.

Rae is doing great at school, in fact Miss Rae has worked hard to get 100% on all her spelling test this year and she is a really great reader.

When I found out I was pregnant with Rae I was overjoyed. My pregnancy with Rae was very easy. They day that I had her and found out she was a girl I was so very happy. I actually was so excited that I finally had a little girl that I cried. Not that I was not as excited to have my boys but it just something to have your own little girl. She has been the best girl ever. I could not ask for a better daughter.

Rae loved to do crafts and she always loved her babies. Rae will spend hours creating cards and coloring. She also is a big into journaling. She has books and books of journals and writings she has done. (reminds me of me, as I have journals from when I was 8 thru teens years, which are so funny to read). She has been a joy to have in our house. We love her so much...

Here are some pictures of our Rae...

Happy Birthday Sydney, We love you tons and can't wait to see you grow up with our family.

My EJ turns 12 today

Today is EJ's 12th birthday. I can't believe he is already 12. The years have gone by so fast. We celebrated his birthday on Saturday with our family. He got a Lacrosse bag and an expansion pack for his World of Warcraft game that he loves to play, some money and a trip with Dad to Las Vegas. James had to take a business trip today to Las Vegas for a conference he is speaking at so we planned it so that EJ can go along with him as a father/son retreat. EJ was so excited about going on a plane and being with dad. I think this will be our new tradition when the kids turn 12, as in the LDS church, 12 is a big year, almost a right of passage. This is when they get the priesthood (for the boys) and start YM/YW. I can't believe EJ will be one of the boys up front passing sacrament. James will take the boys on the retreat and I will take Rae when she turns 12. EJ and Dad are planning on see a few shows will in Vegas. EJ wants to see the BLUE MAN GROUP or a magic show. We will see what James takes him too. HE is so excited. As soon as I get some pictures back from the trip I will post an entry about it and let EJ write the post. :)

EJ has such a great personality. Anyone that comes around him instantly likes him. He is a responsible and loving boy. He absolutely loves Gaming, and plays with Uncle Ian (my 21 yr old brother) online in World of Warcraft. He is a great Lacrosse, Football, and Soccer player, where Lacrosse seems to be his sport of choice, he is a starter on their team. EJ is a smartie pants and is an A student and hardly tries (just like James). He has been a joy to have in our family and I wanted to tell him I love him very much and I am proud of him.

We are so glad that our EJ is with us today. He is another miracle child in our home. A few years back our EJ was seriously sick. His appendix ruptured when he just barely turned 5. We thought at the time that he just had a stomach flu. 5 days of EJ contantly throwing up, diahrrea and a very high fever we knew there was a problem. We took him to the doctor and was sent to the hospital because he was so dehydrated. They did tons of test and did not find anything. He was sent home on Monday and by Tuesday his fever had spiked again to 105 degrees and he was so sick. Poor kid. We then took him back to the doctors and they finally did a Cat scan on him to find 3 grapefruit size abscess in his stomach and tons of tiny ones. We rushed up to the hospital in Rochester where we where living at the time and he had drainage bags put into those abscess to drain them and had a PIC line put in for all the medications he needed as his body was so infected. He spent a few weeks in the hospital while James and I took turns driving an hour one way to stay with him overnight. He then was sent home for 6 weeks with a 6 wks prescription of Augmentin. When the infection was under control, we went back up to Strong Hospital childrens center and he had his Appendix removed. They could not remove it the first time he was in the hospital because they where worried about about rupturing his abscesses in his body as one was right in his bowels. So they cleared the infection first and then removed his appendix. Poor EJ was in an out of the hospital all summer long. He was being watch over I can tell you that because when we showed up at the hospital in which he was treated at the doctor told us he was a miracle child that usually by 10 day after an appendix burst a child usually is not alive and that EJ had a "Rock Kickin" immune system. It was a very scary experience knowing that your child almost died. We have been truly bless with this boy and I know he was save for a reason.
I wish I had the picture of him on a little tricycle with the IV pole while he was at the hospital. He would ride this little bike as fast as he can down the corridors of the childrens hospital, being sick did not stop EJ. :) I need to convert some of the pictures to digital form as he was born back when Digital was not even a option. I have so many pictures of EJ as a baby too that I need scan in or convert.

Here are some pictures of EJ that I could find. Most are when he was older as he was born in the age of NO Digital Cameras. Enjoy.....









Here are some of his favorite songs right now, I put them in my playlist for a few days for EJ, Heres to you EJ, Happy Birthday

Take you there
Rockstar
Shadow of the day

My baby turns 4.

Look what I got for my Birthday



My littlest AJ turns 4 today. Time has flown by so fast. This blog entry will be all about my sweet little AJ. We love you tons. Our baby was born to us at 1:29 am in the morning 10 days early. He was 21 inches long and 8 lbs 5 oz. He would have probably been my biggest baby if I had gone to my due date. He was so calm when he came. He hardly cried at all even when the nurses started to suction the meconium out of his lungs and having a oxygen mask on. He never made a peep. Right from the beginning we knew he was going to be a quiet gentle one.

I was looking through all our pictures on flickr and I must have some of AJ's new born baby pictures on the memory stick somewhere. I am going to have to look for them but here are some pictures of my sweet AJ.

CJ and AJ have such a bond. They are always rolling over over wrestling with each other. The bond was there from a early age. AJ was a trooper the first year we attempted snowboarding. In the picture below he was just hanging out with the family eating snow.

He has such a great sense of Humor. He is always trying to scare James and I. He will hide and we will be looking all over for him and then he will sneak up on us and scare us. Just like his dad!

We almost lost him 1 1/2 years ago to the accident. As you can see part of his life was recovering from his accident. I am so grateful and thank our Heavenly Father everyday for preserving his life so he can grow up with us. He is a true miracle and Angel's were watching over him that day.

Here is AJ is at his first dentist appointment a few weeks back. He was so cooperative with the dentist. AJ also loved his new puppy Titan who is 6 months old. Ok now who is the baby now. :)

We are so happy that AJ decided to join our family. He has been a blessing, a joy, and everything parents could want. We love you AJ.