Wow, it's been a long time since I posted. We went to Johnny's parents a few weeks ago. Johnny got to fish and have a cookout with some of his friends from his old youth group, and we were able to be at Abby's birthday party. Since we've been home, Johnny finished building the boy's sandbox. It's actually Caden's birthday present, but we figured if we waited until his birthday they would miss out on playing with it for so long. It's a really nice box and he was able to make some flower bed boxes for me out of the scraps. We're trying to get ready for our Canada/Niagara Falls trip which is coming up really soon. We're leaving the 27th to go to Wolfe Island for a week of fishing and then we'll stay one night at Niagara on the way home. Getting ready for that trip is a big deal.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I am sick and tired of this weather. We've been in the pool one time and other than that, it's been rainy and just dreary the rest of the time. I know in a few weeks I'll be complaining about how hot it is, but this is not summer as far as I'm concerned. Well, got to get ready for dinner and small group.

Not much has been going on around here. Our computer is totally screwed up, so I pretty much only get on the internet when Johnny brings the church's laptop home. The boys are doing really well. Monday we got the boys rooms switched. Now Corban is in the front room in a big boy bed and Caden is in the nursery. Caden has made the switch much more easily than Corban has. He likes his bed, but now that he can get in and out freely, he does so often. So far we've had to spend about half an hour every night and naptime putting him back in bed. I finally got lazy yesterday and just looked at him standing at the top of the steps and told him to go back to bed... and he did! I had to tell him a few more times before he actually stayed there though. He didn't get up at all during the night last night, so that was an improvement.

Tuesday we're going to Williamsport for a few days. Johnny is going to fish Wednesday and Thursday and then we're having a picnic on Friday with some of his friends from his old youth group. I'm getting Corban and Caden's hair cut on Wednesday I think. Caden is in desperate need of one, and I promised Johnny I wouldn't let his get in as bad of shape as I did Corban's before his first hair cut. Bums me out though, that Brenda won't be giving him his first cut. I don't know what I'll get into while Johnny's fishing. Well, the little one is crying and it's naptime f or him.

So far we've had a really good weekend. We had friends over for a cookout last night. This was the first time entertaining on our new deck. The adults were able to hang out and talk while the kids played in the yard. It was a very nice evening, except for that the neighbor decided he needed to mow his lawn while we were out there. Oh well. I'm up early, which I am not loving, but Caden has a little cough and I don't think that he feels very good. Neither boy has been sleeping all that well lately, so Mommy and Daddy are pretty tired. Yesterday we had both been to the gym and showered by 8 am. Yuck. Today is a work day at church, so Johnny won't be around much. I don't even try to get involved with stuff like this because I would spend more time chasing the boys than working. Tomorrow is church and a cookout at Don and Bonnie's. Libby and Cameron had talked about coming down and taking the kids to the zoo on Monday, but that didn't work out. Now Johnny and I are trying to find something fun to do.

We found Caden's first tooth on Thursday! He does patty cake now and I'm pretty sure that he's said "bye" a few times. His "Ma Ma" and "da da" noises sound more and more like he's actually saying our names. Both boys are getting hair cuts in a few weeks, and then we're finally going to have Caden's "9 month" and Corban's 2 year pictures taken. I'm looking forward to that.

Mom and Dad have been out with their stawberries all week, they'r having a lot of fun with them, but I am so jealous not to be eating any of their strawberries! Maybe next year the boys an I can come down and "help." Have a great Memorial Day weekend everybody!

Caden is doing much better! Every day I could tell a difference in his tongue from morning until night. It's still not pretty, but I don't cringe every time I see it now. He will probably have a scar, maybe even a dent in his tongue, but I guess I would rather that than something more visual or that would hinder him. Of course, he never knew anything was out of the ordinary, he took it like a trooper.

So I haven't cooked in a long time. Tonight Craig and Diana had us over for stuffed shells, last night we ate out with a group of couples (no kids), Sunday night Bonnie and Don had us over for a cookout, so maybe I cooked Saturday but I'm not sure. We don't have plans for Memorial Day yet, we'll see what happens.

Trip to the ER

Those of you who have FB know that I had to take Caden to the ER last night. We had already had a busy day. Both boys had to go the doctor, Caden's 9 month visit and both of them had to have their ears checked after their ear infections. Then we went to Target and the post office to get my passport renewed. We came home and had a good afternoon and then went to the gym. When we got back I was trying to put the gate up so that Caden didn't climb up the stairs (again). He was getting in my way, so I stuck him in his high chair w/out the tray (there's a mini tray under the one that comes off). Anyway, I was fixing dinner too, so I left him there a little too long and he fell out. He hit his mouth on the table on the way down and bit through his tongue. There was SO MUCH blood, and I was home alone with the two kids. I ran next door and asked my neighbor to drive us to the ER and called Diana and Johnny on the way there. By the time we got there Craig, Diana, Penny, Luke, and Johnny were all there. They brought Corban home while we stayed in the ER with Caden. In the end, there was nothing to be done for him. If it had been really bad they would have had to taken him to Children's and sedated him to put a stitch in it. I've consulted with two Ear, Nose, and Throat doctors and they've both said the same thing, it should heal on its own. It's really gross though and freaks me out a little bit. In fact, I got kind of sick after everything was pretty much over last night. I felt bad for Johnny b/c he had to deal with me AND Caden.

Caden's check up went well though. He's 40% for height, 25% for weight and 15% for head circumference. He's never been above 50% for anything, which is funny b/c I don't think that Corban was ever under 50%. He also has a little heart murmur, which is no big deal. Honestly, with the stuff that my family has, I'm surprised they've been as healthy as they are! Well, gotta get Nina's hair ready for dance.

This morning when I got Corban out of bed he said something about the lion on the bed. He kept talking about it while I was changing his diaper and when we got done and were going out in the hallway he said, "Go see the lion now. Mommy and Daddy bed." When we went in there and he saw there was no lion on the bed he was truly dissapointed then he wanted to check the pack-n-play for the lion. I asked him if he had seen the lion while he was sleeping and he said yes. I guess the poor boy has inherited my vivid and wierd dreams.

No plans for today except that there is a planning meeting for Diana's baby shower this evening. I might head to the Y as soon as babysitting opens at 5 so that we can be home for dinner in time for me to go to the meeting. The boys are playing right now. Most of the time I feel like a referee because all I do is tell Corban to get off his brother or to give him some toy. Ma, they're growing up fast!

Two things I wish: 1) I wish that it would stop raining and be pretty weather already! We've not gotten to be out on our deck yet because the weather has been so yucky. 2) I wish that the boys would get over the runny nose. We have gone through a HUGE box of Kleenex in just a few weeks because their noses just won't quit running.

As soon as Johnny gets finished with a board meeting we' re going to Johnny Carino's for Luke's graduation party. It's taken the guy so long to finish school because he's been on at least two deployments with the National Guard. After that I'm hoping that the boys come home and take good naps because Caden had me up all night last night. He seems to sleep really well all week long, and then Saturday night a switch is flipped and he decides he jus doesn't want to sleep.

Corban is saying a prayer at mealtimes now, he says, "Thank you God, Amen." Caden is climbing stairs. I've got to get the gate up because he'll be halfway up them in no time and he's going to end up falling eventually.