It's Going Around!

So the Christmas pukes are going around. This is how it started at my house. Feel free to add your name to the list.
Aiden
Jacob
Kaedyn
Kaedyn's Uncle
Becca
Cooper
Addy
Matt
Soby-yes she even puked once
Aunt Amy
Kylie-I don't know if she got it from Matt or Tamara's friend.
Janiel/Jacob
Matts dad, and two brothers
My mom

Yes, I am happy to say that my name hasn't made the sick list. The great part about daycare is I am immune to everything. I hardly ever get sick-other than when I am pregnant. Knock on wood!
At one point almost ever kid in my daycare had the 24 hour flu. Just one bad day of puking and than your better. However cleaning up puke for two days (Aiden and Jake) grossed me and Matt out. Matt and Aiden did get a flu shot but I didn't. Weird huh. The only good part is that it is gone almost as quick as it comes. Hang in their Amy!

Santa

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You can tell they loved it!

This years visit to Santa actually went better than I thought it would. Last year Jake screamed and was terrified of Santa. Then after he got down from his lap he was given a candy cane and he through it. He wanted nothing to do with Santa or the cute little elves helpers. This year he managed to hold on his candy cane and didn't cry. The pictures say the rest. I have put up all our decorations and I am surprised how well the kids are at leaving the decorations alone. While watching 7-8 kids everyday I thought it might be more than I could handle. I had one miss hap where Jake pulled on the lights above my fireplace and the whole line of garland, ordiments, stocking hooks, and pine cones came crashing down. Only a few ordiments were broken and one of the hooks did break but wasn't a big deal. Aiden pulled down one ornament and gave it to Soby and she must have thought it was a ball and went to town chewing on it-so that one was ruined. But other than that it has been good. I figured that with the amount of kids I watch something was bound to get broken-yet I still have the rest of the month. I did have the kids presents under the tree but I had to move them because the toddlers were trying to open them.

Aiden has been under the weather. He has had the nastiest nose. It is constantly slimy and when he sneezes it isn't pretty. He threw up a bunch of times tonight it just broke my heart because I couldn't do anything for him. I gave him some applesauce and that came right up. Yuck! Having the daycare in my home has made me such a healthy person. I am hardly ever sick. I guess being around the germs all day long, builds up my immune system. Matt on the other had is around the germs long enough to catch everything. I feel so bad for him. I hate it when he is sick. I am just crossing my fingers that none of us are sick for Christmas.

Last week Matt and his family celebrated my birthday by going to Chuckarama and seeing the lights on temple square. It was a lot of fun. We rode the tracks and Jake loved that. Matt bought me flowers and I will have to post them later. They look so cool. They look like it is windy. I don't know how to describe them. It was so nice to get out and not have to cook. It was also fun to be with Matts family.

Remember This?

When I was a kid we loved Mickey mouse. My mom would record them on a vcr and we would watch them over and over. I found some video clips off of youtube that really brought back memories from when I was little. The funny thing is Matt and I must have watched the same videos because he remembers all the ones that I watched. Let me know if you watched any of them. Some of them are long so this is something you have to do when you want to blow some time. Enjoy!

In the bag:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHI0Cz3JjbM

Lambert the sheepish lion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRtKAQJUc3g

Donald Duck Honey harvester:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLpBqTpcG94

Donald Duck: Bee on Guard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXId2ziUvo

Working for peanuts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KraQQ-Pv-U

Out on a limb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba7Ib3iBAds

Donald Duck: Chips Ahoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTvzYoWg05o

Dare Devil

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Now most parents would freak out if they saw their baby pulling off this stunt. Matt and I don't because this is Aiden's normal routine. Every time we put him in his high chair he wants out. I have straps but don't use them because he cries and screams and tries to wiggle out so it's not worth it. Needless to say he has only fallen about 2 times and once even managed to climb down all by himself. He must be following his dad and Jacobs steps because I am not a dare devil.

Yes I know his hair is getting long. I have trimmed his bangs but hesitate to cut it because he wont look like a baby anymore. I gotta hold on to my baby as long as I can:)

Before and After

The one nice thing about having your own house is that you can change anything that you want to. The one thing that I hated in my house was the color of my grout in my kitchen. It looked dirty even when it was clean, muti-colored, and dull. It seemed like every other month I was down on my hands and knees scrubbing it-yes it has been sealed.

Matt says that I was obsessed with trying to get it clean. I just wasn't happy with the results. Home Depot told me to chisil out all of the grout and start over again. Man would that be a tone of work! I did some researching online and found out that you can dye grout. So after a trip or two to the Home Depot and a lot of hard work I can finally say that I love it. When I got it done Matt said "Teresa please tell me you will stop after this" and I have. Vaylene has asked me to post it so here are some before and after pictures.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

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AFTER:

Battle Wounds

Yesterday Aiden had a mishap and landed himself in Primary children's hospital. I didn't see what happened because I was washing dishes. I heard him cry and found him by the fireplace. I am guessing he tripped and fell into the rock or climbed on top of it and fell. Any ways he got 4 stitches along his bottom lip. It knocked his top tooth loose but I think that it will be fine. Poor Matt spent 6 hours at the hospital mostly just waiting for them to stitch it closed. Aiden was a trooper until the doctor wiggled his tooth and then he threw his first tantrum. Matt says he kept taking his juice and hucked it accost the room. They had to sedate him and gave him a drug up his nose that made him loopy. He couldn't walk because of the drugs and that made him mad because he kept falling over.


He is doing really good today. He is back to his old self. Poor Baby!

Happy Halloween

Jake and Aiden had so much fun this Halloween. Jake was tigger and Aiden was a monster from the muppets. And I do have to add yes I did make Aidens costume. I acually made it for Jake but my plan backfired when Jake refused to put it on. Aiden didn't like wearing it eithtter but it was much easier to force it onto him than Jake.

Jake is picking up a few more words here and there. He still calls me by my first name. He won't call me or matt Mom or Dad. All day it Teresa Teresa Teresa. I hope Aiden doen't do the same. Having a daycare where all the kids call Teresa can have some disadvantage. He is almost three and he still isn't talking like I wish he would. I am thinking about getting him checked out because I really think that he should be saying more words by now. He basically talkes nonstop all day but it is in his own laungage. I pritty much know what he is saying because I have memorized his way of communicating.


So here is the scoop on Aiden:

I took Aiden in for his yearly shots and is weight has dropped from 25% into the negitive percentile. He is also short. His little fat rolls on his thights are just about gone and he is looking more like Jakes skinny legs. Oh well I guess thats what he gets for having skinny parents. He loves to get into everything. He really likes it when I tell him no. He cracks up and thinks its a game. His favorite thing to do is get into the t.v. cabinet and pull out the d.v.d's.


Jake is just about potty trained. He is still learning to master the poopen thing. I can't tell you how nice it is to change only one kids diapers.