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Sunday, July 13, 2014
Monday, May 12, 2014
Ace Cardiologist Appointment - TRAMATIZING!!!!
Tramatizing Cardiologist Appointment.
Since a newborn Ace has had a slight heart murmur. It was depicted in the hospital when he was first born and then again at his 1 year checkup. Apparently Dr Owens hasn’t been able to hear it at his other appointments due to him being fussy or upset. At his 1 year checkup he just sat there on daddy’s lap and let him listen. It was real shocking because normally he would throw a fit and not want the Dr to do anything to him. His year checkup was one of the first times daddy went due to me being cripple and having to use the scooter. Dr Owens didn’t seem overly concerned. He just said we’ll hold off until his 15 month appointment and then check for it again…sure enough..at his 15 month appointment he still had the heart murmer. He again wasn’t worried but did suggest we get it checked out. He made the referral appointment to go and see the pediatric cardiologist.
The time came where Ace had his cardiologist appointment. I really didn’t know what to expect. Didn’t know what all they would be doing. I of course forgot his paci at home so I didn’t have anything for him to suck on if he were to get upset…well and upset he got. The appointment did not go well at all. At first when he had to lay on the table real still for his ECG..he did ok..the nurses were there to distract him with colorful toys and a mobile over his head. He did great for that. Also did great for exrays. What was about to happen next he did not do so well. We got in to see the Dr and he did great sitting there while he listened to his heart. I was actually shocked again that he sat there so quietly. The Dr did hear the faint murmer and was like Dr Owens..not concerned. He said it was probably innocent. What he did want to do was try and get an ultra sound of his heart and see pictures of what was going on. That did not go so well. The ultra sound tech was the rudest ever. We all know that Ace has this unbearable scream when he gets upset. Well his scream was not settling very well with the technician. She kept saying how she couldn’t concentrate or even think for that matter with all his screaming..she then proceeded to yell at Easton because he was coming close to touching her computer..After 10 minutes of her yelling and screaming at my kids..i had enough. What do you expect from a 15 month old who is scared to death. I tried everything to calm him down…talk to him, sing to him, stroke his hair..nothing worked…and of course her attitude with everything wasn’t helping at all. He was becoming more scared everytime she spoke. I was about to give her my piece of mind when the Dr came in and said that it wasn’t worth tramatizing him over this. He was able to look at some of the pictures and did determine that Ace has an abnormal pulinary artery. He wasn’t concerned though. Said his numbers were normal. Told us to maybe try in a year when Ace was more mature. Not that that would make a difference. I’m thinking he’ll be just as scared. Who wants wires coming out of all directions of you. I would be scared as well. Poor guy..it was so hard watching him and hearing him. It took several minutes to even calm him down after I was holding him. I don’t even think if I had a paci that that would of calmed him down. I guess next time we go..i’ll maybe have to take a sucker or something to try and distract him. The Dr was going to let Dr Owens know of the results and we’d go from there. I know one thing for sure..i will not be requesting or seeing that ultra sound tech. We will be going elsewhere or someone else will be doing it. I made sure that to let the people at the office know how rude and in-appropriate her manners were towards us. Normally I let things go but this time I was so upset with the way we were treated that I had to say something. Ace finally calmed down after he was given a sucker…I think we all were tramatized after this visit. I know my ears were still ringing hours later! Poor guy!!!
Since a newborn Ace has had a slight heart murmur. It was depicted in the hospital when he was first born and then again at his 1 year checkup. Apparently Dr Owens hasn’t been able to hear it at his other appointments due to him being fussy or upset. At his 1 year checkup he just sat there on daddy’s lap and let him listen. It was real shocking because normally he would throw a fit and not want the Dr to do anything to him. His year checkup was one of the first times daddy went due to me being cripple and having to use the scooter. Dr Owens didn’t seem overly concerned. He just said we’ll hold off until his 15 month appointment and then check for it again…sure enough..at his 15 month appointment he still had the heart murmer. He again wasn’t worried but did suggest we get it checked out. He made the referral appointment to go and see the pediatric cardiologist.
The time came where Ace had his cardiologist appointment. I really didn’t know what to expect. Didn’t know what all they would be doing. I of course forgot his paci at home so I didn’t have anything for him to suck on if he were to get upset…well and upset he got. The appointment did not go well at all. At first when he had to lay on the table real still for his ECG..he did ok..the nurses were there to distract him with colorful toys and a mobile over his head. He did great for that. Also did great for exrays. What was about to happen next he did not do so well. We got in to see the Dr and he did great sitting there while he listened to his heart. I was actually shocked again that he sat there so quietly. The Dr did hear the faint murmer and was like Dr Owens..not concerned. He said it was probably innocent. What he did want to do was try and get an ultra sound of his heart and see pictures of what was going on. That did not go so well. The ultra sound tech was the rudest ever. We all know that Ace has this unbearable scream when he gets upset. Well his scream was not settling very well with the technician. She kept saying how she couldn’t concentrate or even think for that matter with all his screaming..she then proceeded to yell at Easton because he was coming close to touching her computer..After 10 minutes of her yelling and screaming at my kids..i had enough. What do you expect from a 15 month old who is scared to death. I tried everything to calm him down…talk to him, sing to him, stroke his hair..nothing worked…and of course her attitude with everything wasn’t helping at all. He was becoming more scared everytime she spoke. I was about to give her my piece of mind when the Dr came in and said that it wasn’t worth tramatizing him over this. He was able to look at some of the pictures and did determine that Ace has an abnormal pulinary artery. He wasn’t concerned though. Said his numbers were normal. Told us to maybe try in a year when Ace was more mature. Not that that would make a difference. I’m thinking he’ll be just as scared. Who wants wires coming out of all directions of you. I would be scared as well. Poor guy..it was so hard watching him and hearing him. It took several minutes to even calm him down after I was holding him. I don’t even think if I had a paci that that would of calmed him down. I guess next time we go..i’ll maybe have to take a sucker or something to try and distract him. The Dr was going to let Dr Owens know of the results and we’d go from there. I know one thing for sure..i will not be requesting or seeing that ultra sound tech. We will be going elsewhere or someone else will be doing it. I made sure that to let the people at the office know how rude and in-appropriate her manners were towards us. Normally I let things go but this time I was so upset with the way we were treated that I had to say something. Ace finally calmed down after he was given a sucker…I think we all were tramatized after this visit. I know my ears were still ringing hours later! Poor guy!!!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
April 2014
This month was rather busy.
4/5/2014 Great Grandma's 90th birthday party in Denison. The boys did great. We decided to not stay the night Saturday night due to Ace not feeling well. I really didn't want to have to put up with a fussy baby over the course of the night. Grandma's party wasn't until 2 so of course before we did anything we stopped at the famous family owned Dairy Queen for some Denison burgers. The boys just loved them. They are the perfect size for little eaters like our boys. I of course enjoyed them as well. There food is always so good! We were able to see lots of family that we don't get to see very often. It was really nice. A lot of people came out to celebrate her 90 years. The boys had a great time playing with all their other cousins. Luckily we brought a pack in play so Ace could at least get a little nap. He didn't nap long but it was just long enough for him to get in a better mood. The party was a success and it was great seeing everyone. We didn't end up leaving till almost 5 and immediately when we got in the car..both boys were out like lights. They only slept half way though. The last 45 minutes were rather trying due to Ace not being happy with being strapped in. Thankfully we made it home safe and the boys did great. Hopefully we'll have another 10 or more years with Great Grandma Henningson!!!
4/9/2014
Baby Sanders was born today. Julie and Johan didn't find out what they were having. They welcomed a healthy baby boy into this world. They at first like us didn't have a name picked out. They finally came up with and both like the name George Johann. We were able to go and visit baby George the following day. He was super cute and cuddly. Just gives me baby fever but then again..i was happy to hand him back to her after we left. I do not miss the days of the newborn stage. Easton of course wanted nothing to do with baby George and Ace was not happy that mommy was holding someone else. I'm super happy for them and so excited for our boys to grow up together..they will be just like brothers!
4/11/2014
First visit to the park. Weather is finally getting nicer where we can plan playtimes at the park after daycare. Daddy ended up joining us when he got off work. Ace loves the swings..Easton loves the slides. This summer will be so much fun since both boys will have a great time playing together at the park.
4/12/2014
Easter egg hunt at the church. This is the first year for the Easter Egg hunt at the church. They haven't had it for a couple of years. It was really windy..the sun made up for the warm air. There were so many kids at this Easter Egg hunt. I don't think they were expecting such a huge turnout. The kids were split up by age groups. Eastons age group there were a ton of kids. Even though it was crowded..Easton was able to get some candy. Ace had no clue as to what to do but he had a good time anyways. It was fun seeing all the kids go after the eggs.
4/14/2014
Ace's 15 month check up.
20.3lbs 14%
31in 44%
Over the course of the last three months Jesse and I have been giving Ace double doses of iron drops. At Ace's 9 month check up his iron levels were extremely low. They were around 8.9 when they should of been around 11 or 12. The dr told us to start giving him iron drops..we of course didn't take it seriously. At his 12 month appointment they were stil incredibly low. poor guy had to get his finger pricked every time to check his iron levels. Since they were still low Dr Owens suggested getting a full blown blood work up ..well i didn't feel that this was necessary at his age. We told the Dr that we'd be more consistant with the iron drops to see if that helped..well we're at his 15 month check up and once again..his iron levels needed to be checked. Thankfully since we have been consistant they were up a little bit. They were at 10.2 this time. Not has high as the Dr wanted them to be but at least a little higher. He just said that he my have low iron all his life..kind of like me...i cannot give blood because of my low iron. He suggested going off the iron drops and on to some multi vitamins..if then again his iron is low at 18 months..we would have to take him in for the full blood drawn. Poor guy..i just hate the thought of him being tramatized by getting his blood drawn. I guess we'll do what we have to do to keep him healthy. Other than that..the appointment went well. It was rather tramatizing for him since he was so upset with having to have his finger pricked again and then more shots on top of that. He's still little for his age but then again..my boys are just tall and skinny
4/16/2014
Easton's first soccer meeting. We enrolled Easton in Soccer this spring just so he'd have some interaction with other kids outside of daycare. I think he's going to love it. I hope at least. We met Ellie and Mindy there and got him all signed up and then went to dinner aftewards. It was nice getting to hang out with Mindy and the kids had fun together.
4/19/2014
Easter weekend - Spent the evening at Grandpa Tom's and Grandma Marla's house. We decided to stay the night since we weren't able to spend the night the last time we were in town. The boys had fun playing with all of their toys and had fun playing with Grandpa Tom. They made us a great steak dinner. Jesse and the boys even got to watch the penquins play. It was nice relaxing and not having to drive up and back the same day.
4/20/2014
Easter - family all in town for Easter weekend. Jesse and I hid eggs for an Easter egg hunt for the boys and got their Easter baskets ready. The boys loved all the toys and the candy they received. Easton had a great time searching for eggs.The weather was perfect..actually kind of warm for the clothes i dressed the boys in. Ace was uncomfortable because he had a rash all over his body..Not too sure as to what that was from. You could tell he wasn't comfortable though. Turned out to be a great weekend. Didn't sleep all that much though. Easton and I shared a bed because it was too hot for Jesse and I to sleep together. Ace kept both of us up all night long. Still was a good weekend though.
4/22/2014
Easton's first soccer practice. Jesse had to end up taking him because i was heading out of town to meet up with Michelle and Mom to do some garage sales in Sioux Falls. Steph and I left around 3 this afternoon to get into Sioux Falls early enough to visit. Ended up being a stressful afternoon as plans started falling through for Steph..Ben came through though and got everything ready for Steph to go. He always procrastinates and never checks into things..this time it bit him in the behind. Jesse sent me pictures and a video of Easton..super cute..although all he wanted to do was play with Ace. He really wanted nothing to do with his team or his coach. Ace was a little rock star. Jesse said he wanted to play with the big boys and got upset if he didn't have one of the soccer balls...too cute..i wish i wouldn't of had to miss it but then again..there will be more practices. Steph and I had a great week shopping at all the fun garage sales. This wil definitely be an annual trip for us. We found a lot of good finds. I bought all of Easton's 4T warddrobe which is what i was looking for. Steph said she had 12 months for Ace since i really don't have any 12 month summer clothes for him. It was a huge success and the boys did great for Jesse. He survived
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Saturday, November 30, 2013
November 2013
Can you believe it's almost the Holiday season. Thanksgiving is just right around the corner. Crazy how fast this year has gone by and how my little baby is already almost 10 months old. Pretty soon we'll be celebrating his 1st birthday. I am a little behind on even getting his birthday party all prepared. Normally I spend months prior thinking about birthday parties but we've been so busy lately that I haven't even begun to think about it. I do have the theme though all picked out and it should end up being pretty cute.
The month of November is also a special month because it's Jesse's (daddy's) birthday. We celebrated Jesse's birthday by attending an Iowa Wild Hockey game on Saturday night. His friend Andrew from work and his brother who was in town visiting and Johan and Julie joined us for the event. This was the boys first professional hockey game. We've taken Easton to a couple of the Bucks games but never a semi professional game. It actually was pretty fun. Ace had a good time and actually sat pretty good during the game. Easton started to get bored after the second period. We ended up leaving during the 3 period just because the boys were restless and the Wild was losing anyways. Turned out to be a fun night out.
The boys have been doing really well at Daycare lately. Easton's little friend Braydon is back at daycare. He is a little boy who always tends to get him into trouble. Easton being the little follower he is tends to do it to himself but of course him only being 3 he doesn't know any better. I was thankful when Brayden did leave for that short period because Easton was doing so well not getting any time outs. Guess we'll have to see how these next couple of months go with Brayden back at daycare. Ace hasn't been as fussy either....so she says.....he's been napping better and playing better. He loves people food. She has given up on the whole baby food and has just let him eat with the older kids since he gets so mad when he sees the older kids eating and hes not.
11/09 - Our church Altoona United Methodist held their annual Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. Last year we were unable to attend due to celebrating Grady/Jace's birthday. This year we ended up going. Little did we know that waiting would be in store. The dinner was from 4-7. We got there around 5:30 and ended up waiting almost an hour an a half to get seated to eat. Next year if we go we will be planning on showing up around 4 so we won't have to wait in line so long. Thankfully the boys played rather well on the sanctuary stairs and were content with snacking on crackers while we waited. Amazingly enough the church ended up raising over 90K that went to building 2 homes for habitat for humanity and other charities.
We have carried on our usual family nights every Sunday night...switching off between our house and Stephs house. The boys just love getting together and playing. Easton waits all day on Sunday to see his cousins and then when he does see them he would rather play on his own at our house than actually play with Grady and Jace. It's not that way when we go to Steph's house..seems that he does better playing with them. Not sure why. Strange I know. It's so cute getting them all together..wild to say the least though. Definitely not quite in the house when we have 5 boys running around. It's always fun times getting together though and I wouldn't change a thing.
Ace is growing up so fast. He's gotten his second tooth this month. Extremely fussy when those teeth are coming in but I can not blame him because i'm sure they do hurt tremendously. He so far has his two bottom teeth. So cute when he smiles. I'm sure all his teeth will start coming now since normally babies have more than 1 or 2 teeth at his age. Guess he'll hopefully have good and healthy teeth when he grows up. Ace has also mastered standing on his own/alone this month. Won't be long now and he'll be walking soon. I'm fine with him just crawling at the moment...i'm not sure i'm ready to have him start walking just yet. Another milestone for him is saying DA DA. He has been saying MA MA for months now but hasn't said DA DA yet. Funny to because Easton said DA DA before he even said MA MA...guess this time around I get the first word..Ace know's who his favorite is.. :)
11/23 Blum Family Thanksgiving - this year Ann and Curly held Thanksgiving for the Blum side. I think it was held there last year as well and was suppose to be at Linda's house but she had surgery the day before so wasn't sure if she was going to be up for it. We ended up going down a little early and seeing Grandma and Grandpa Henningson and Grandma Brenda out at the house. It's always good to go back to Denison and make sure we see Great Grandma and Grandpa..it won't be too long and they wont' be around much longer since they are getting up in age. We take every opportunity to go back and see them when we are in town. The boys played well at the family get together. It's always fun getting together with the Blum side. They tend to spice things up a little since they are a drinking family. Also always good to see everyone whom we only see about once a year. All the kids are growing up so fast.
11/26 Kuehnhold Thanksgiving - this year we again decided to hold thanksgiving at our house. Steph and Ben decided that they were going stay at home and have a quiet day in decorating for Christmas. Paige/Tyler and Jamie and Brenda all made the trip to spend Thanksgiving with us. Brenda brought some salads and dessert while we made the Turkey and all the fixings. After we ate I put Jamie to work doing some things around the house. He hung the ceiling fan for us since it's been sitting in the basement for months with out even the thought of it being put up and I had him hang some curtain rods for me. Seems like whenever we get together..after we eat....Jamie passes out on the couch and sleeps the whole time. I told him that this was not the case and that he was going to enjoy some family time together...apparently he loves doing things around the house....boy do I have tons more projects for him if that's the case. Steph and I did end up getting together later that afternoon to do some black Friday shopping. Now a days all the stores open on Thanksgiving. We started off at Walmart to get the LeapPad for Easton..no one told us that we had to have wrist bands in order to get them and that they were all sold out of wrist bands at 4pm even though Walmarts prices didn't start till 6pm. Would have been good to know. Since no other store was open till 8pm we decided to go and get some dinner at McDonalds and have a coffee. Steph was interested in a bigger tv and some other things at Target when I was interested in the LeapPad at Kohls. We did separate and did wait in lines even though neither of us brought a coat to wear out in the cold weather. Luckily it wasn't all that cold. Shopping was a blast. We had a ton of fun. Steph got everything she wanted and I ended up getting all that I wanted and then some. I spent 450 at Kohls..had 100 in gift cards..15% off which was 70 dollars and then we got 15 dollars for every 50 we spent so I technically only ended up spending 200 dollars I think when it was all said and done..not too shabby. We ended the night around midnight. I had to work the next morning so it was a good thing that we didn't stay out all night. Fun times though :)
The month of November has sure been a busy one. We are blessed beyond measure for family and our little boys. They bring such joys to our lives each and every day. I love watching Ace grow up and achieve new milestones and watching Easton learn new things...like his ABC's and counting to 10. He also knows Jesus Loves me and his ABC song. We try and sing it every night when I put him to bed. He has also fell in love with airplanes..you know boys...trains/plains/cars....boys dream for toys. Easton has fell in love with all three types of toys. He's at a fun stage. Talking up a storm and trying to carefully play with his brother even though he tends to be a little rough. You can tell he cares deeply for him and loves on him all the time!
The month of November is also a special month because it's Jesse's (daddy's) birthday. We celebrated Jesse's birthday by attending an Iowa Wild Hockey game on Saturday night. His friend Andrew from work and his brother who was in town visiting and Johan and Julie joined us for the event. This was the boys first professional hockey game. We've taken Easton to a couple of the Bucks games but never a semi professional game. It actually was pretty fun. Ace had a good time and actually sat pretty good during the game. Easton started to get bored after the second period. We ended up leaving during the 3 period just because the boys were restless and the Wild was losing anyways. Turned out to be a fun night out.
The boys have been doing really well at Daycare lately. Easton's little friend Braydon is back at daycare. He is a little boy who always tends to get him into trouble. Easton being the little follower he is tends to do it to himself but of course him only being 3 he doesn't know any better. I was thankful when Brayden did leave for that short period because Easton was doing so well not getting any time outs. Guess we'll have to see how these next couple of months go with Brayden back at daycare. Ace hasn't been as fussy either....so she says.....he's been napping better and playing better. He loves people food. She has given up on the whole baby food and has just let him eat with the older kids since he gets so mad when he sees the older kids eating and hes not.
11/09 - Our church Altoona United Methodist held their annual Thanksgiving dinner this weekend. Last year we were unable to attend due to celebrating Grady/Jace's birthday. This year we ended up going. Little did we know that waiting would be in store. The dinner was from 4-7. We got there around 5:30 and ended up waiting almost an hour an a half to get seated to eat. Next year if we go we will be planning on showing up around 4 so we won't have to wait in line so long. Thankfully the boys played rather well on the sanctuary stairs and were content with snacking on crackers while we waited. Amazingly enough the church ended up raising over 90K that went to building 2 homes for habitat for humanity and other charities.
We have carried on our usual family nights every Sunday night...switching off between our house and Stephs house. The boys just love getting together and playing. Easton waits all day on Sunday to see his cousins and then when he does see them he would rather play on his own at our house than actually play with Grady and Jace. It's not that way when we go to Steph's house..seems that he does better playing with them. Not sure why. Strange I know. It's so cute getting them all together..wild to say the least though. Definitely not quite in the house when we have 5 boys running around. It's always fun times getting together though and I wouldn't change a thing.
Ace is growing up so fast. He's gotten his second tooth this month. Extremely fussy when those teeth are coming in but I can not blame him because i'm sure they do hurt tremendously. He so far has his two bottom teeth. So cute when he smiles. I'm sure all his teeth will start coming now since normally babies have more than 1 or 2 teeth at his age. Guess he'll hopefully have good and healthy teeth when he grows up. Ace has also mastered standing on his own/alone this month. Won't be long now and he'll be walking soon. I'm fine with him just crawling at the moment...i'm not sure i'm ready to have him start walking just yet. Another milestone for him is saying DA DA. He has been saying MA MA for months now but hasn't said DA DA yet. Funny to because Easton said DA DA before he even said MA MA...guess this time around I get the first word..Ace know's who his favorite is.. :)
11/23 Blum Family Thanksgiving - this year Ann and Curly held Thanksgiving for the Blum side. I think it was held there last year as well and was suppose to be at Linda's house but she had surgery the day before so wasn't sure if she was going to be up for it. We ended up going down a little early and seeing Grandma and Grandpa Henningson and Grandma Brenda out at the house. It's always good to go back to Denison and make sure we see Great Grandma and Grandpa..it won't be too long and they wont' be around much longer since they are getting up in age. We take every opportunity to go back and see them when we are in town. The boys played well at the family get together. It's always fun getting together with the Blum side. They tend to spice things up a little since they are a drinking family. Also always good to see everyone whom we only see about once a year. All the kids are growing up so fast.
11/26 Kuehnhold Thanksgiving - this year we again decided to hold thanksgiving at our house. Steph and Ben decided that they were going stay at home and have a quiet day in decorating for Christmas. Paige/Tyler and Jamie and Brenda all made the trip to spend Thanksgiving with us. Brenda brought some salads and dessert while we made the Turkey and all the fixings. After we ate I put Jamie to work doing some things around the house. He hung the ceiling fan for us since it's been sitting in the basement for months with out even the thought of it being put up and I had him hang some curtain rods for me. Seems like whenever we get together..after we eat....Jamie passes out on the couch and sleeps the whole time. I told him that this was not the case and that he was going to enjoy some family time together...apparently he loves doing things around the house....boy do I have tons more projects for him if that's the case. Steph and I did end up getting together later that afternoon to do some black Friday shopping. Now a days all the stores open on Thanksgiving. We started off at Walmart to get the LeapPad for Easton..no one told us that we had to have wrist bands in order to get them and that they were all sold out of wrist bands at 4pm even though Walmarts prices didn't start till 6pm. Would have been good to know. Since no other store was open till 8pm we decided to go and get some dinner at McDonalds and have a coffee. Steph was interested in a bigger tv and some other things at Target when I was interested in the LeapPad at Kohls. We did separate and did wait in lines even though neither of us brought a coat to wear out in the cold weather. Luckily it wasn't all that cold. Shopping was a blast. We had a ton of fun. Steph got everything she wanted and I ended up getting all that I wanted and then some. I spent 450 at Kohls..had 100 in gift cards..15% off which was 70 dollars and then we got 15 dollars for every 50 we spent so I technically only ended up spending 200 dollars I think when it was all said and done..not too shabby. We ended the night around midnight. I had to work the next morning so it was a good thing that we didn't stay out all night. Fun times though :)
The month of November has sure been a busy one. We are blessed beyond measure for family and our little boys. They bring such joys to our lives each and every day. I love watching Ace grow up and achieve new milestones and watching Easton learn new things...like his ABC's and counting to 10. He also knows Jesus Loves me and his ABC song. We try and sing it every night when I put him to bed. He has also fell in love with airplanes..you know boys...trains/plains/cars....boys dream for toys. Easton has fell in love with all three types of toys. He's at a fun stage. Talking up a storm and trying to carefully play with his brother even though he tends to be a little rough. You can tell he cares deeply for him and loves on him all the time!
Monday, November 11, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
October - 2013
This month is going to be a crazy month I think with it being fall and all. I love the fall time. I love how the trees turn colors and the feel of the fall weather since it's starting to get cooler out and bon fires are about to start. This month Easton and Ace visited the pumpkin patch twice. Once with Mindy, Ellie and Jill and another time with Aunt Steph and Ben and the boys. The one where we went with Aunt Steph and the boys was definitely way better than the one we went to with Mindy and Ellie. The boys had the best time. Just wish we would of gone earlier since there was so much to do their and they closed at 6 when we just had gotten there at 4. Definitely could have stayed longer. The boys were able to ride horses, play in the corn bin, play on a huge haystack, ride pedal pusher cars, road some go carts and were able to pick their own pumpkin. Even Ace and Dax had a good time and were actually really good. After the pumpkin patch we decided to go and get something to eat and ended up at Taco Johns. Ace was exhausted and fell asleep while eating
10/ 19-20 This month also Jesse and I were able to take our trip to Ikea with Johan and Julie. Jill watched the boys most of Saturday and then Grandma Brenda came down and watched the boys till we got back. Ikea was awesome and totally could have stayed there a lot longer but the boys and even Julie were snapping at the bit trying to get out of there because they wanted to go and watch the Iowa game. I guess I was really shocked when Julie didn't even want to shop. I did end up getting most of the things that I had wanted but could have spent way more time in there shopping. After Ikea we went to an Iowa bar where it was standing room only. Only lasted there till halftime since Julie and I were tired of standing. Back at the hotel we watched the game and took a little nap before dinner. Dinner was spent at a very expensive steak house in downtown MN...Rooths Cris. It was really good but when I seen the prices my jaw about dropped. Our meal alone was over 180 dollars with tip included. I don't think I've ever spent that much on a dinner for two in my life. Don't get me wrong..the food was pretty good but we probably won't be spending that much on just dinner in a long time. Drinks were even expensive. Overall we ended up having a good time away in MN and the boys did really well for Jill and Grandma Brenda.
10/24 Altoona United Methodist church every year holds a Halloween festival. We got the boys all dressed up..Easton was Iron man and Ace was a little dinasor. They looked so cute. After doing the churchs festival we went over to Clay Elementary where we did their little Halloween thing as well. They ended up getting a pretty good amount of candy. Ace wasn't too fond of the whole dinasour hat though.
10/25-27 Papa Chuck and Grandma Janelle were in town for Ace's dedication and all three of the older boys birthday parties. Decided to do them on the same weekend so our parents wouldn't have to travel so many weekends in October. Grady and Jace's party was held Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning we dressed all the kids up and took them to Indianola's Halloween event. Michelle even allowed all the girls to come and visit the boys. They had a lot of fun going from business to business collecting candy. After the festival we drove back home where mom and I got some things ready for Easton's party. Walmart forgot to give me Grady's gift so we had to go all the way back to West Des Moines and pick up another gift for Grady. It was nice that they gave it to me for free since I didn't even get the one I paid for. Grady and Jace's party was all themed around Paw Patrol. All three of the boys really love paw patrol and my sister did a great job. It was held in their youth room at church which was a great location since it always gets crowded when you do parties in your home. After the party we went home..mom came with us since I had so many things yet to do for Easton's party and Ace's dedication. We did get everything done though and in a timely fashion. Easton's party will be so cute.
10/27 Ace Dedication - AUMC only does dedications in the morning service or the 11 o'clock service. I opted to do the 11 o'clock service due to it being later and since everyone had to travel it gave them a couple of hours to do that. Everyone showed up as in family. Ace was very curious when we were up there about Pastor Johns go-tee. It was super funny how even during prayer Ace was trying to put his fingers in Pastor John's mouth and causing everyone to bust out laughing. The church even gave us a video of it because it was so funny. Pastor John told us he'd never forget that baby dedication and told us that Ace was a special little boy. Lunch after Ace's dedication turned out really good. Jesse smoked a pork shoulder which was fantastic. Family had a good time getting together and the weather was perfect for playing outside with light coats on. After lunch I started decorating for Easton's birthday party....his party was themed "CARS" since he loves Lighting Mcqueen and Mator. I even made little cars out of cardboard for races. It was the cutest thing ever and the kids loved racing around the front trees. Ava really turfed it and the yellow car didn't make it after that. What a great memory for Easton to have. Easton ended up getting a lot of fun gifts. Mostly tractors since his love for tractors has flourished. What a great weekend it ended up being. Everyone for the most part made it to Easton's birthday and it turned out amazing!!!! Cannot believe our little boy is already 3 years old...now to start planning for Ace's 1st birthday party
10/30 Trick or treating was spent in Vicky's neighborhood. The boys..Easton especially had a great time going door to door asking for candy. He was a little greedy when it came to only picking out one piece of candy. We decided not to do our neighborhood since the boys were tired and we hadnt' eaten anything yet. Overall it was a fun experience for both the boys
10/ 19-20 This month also Jesse and I were able to take our trip to Ikea with Johan and Julie. Jill watched the boys most of Saturday and then Grandma Brenda came down and watched the boys till we got back. Ikea was awesome and totally could have stayed there a lot longer but the boys and even Julie were snapping at the bit trying to get out of there because they wanted to go and watch the Iowa game. I guess I was really shocked when Julie didn't even want to shop. I did end up getting most of the things that I had wanted but could have spent way more time in there shopping. After Ikea we went to an Iowa bar where it was standing room only. Only lasted there till halftime since Julie and I were tired of standing. Back at the hotel we watched the game and took a little nap before dinner. Dinner was spent at a very expensive steak house in downtown MN...Rooths Cris. It was really good but when I seen the prices my jaw about dropped. Our meal alone was over 180 dollars with tip included. I don't think I've ever spent that much on a dinner for two in my life. Don't get me wrong..the food was pretty good but we probably won't be spending that much on just dinner in a long time. Drinks were even expensive. Overall we ended up having a good time away in MN and the boys did really well for Jill and Grandma Brenda.
10/24 Altoona United Methodist church every year holds a Halloween festival. We got the boys all dressed up..Easton was Iron man and Ace was a little dinasor. They looked so cute. After doing the churchs festival we went over to Clay Elementary where we did their little Halloween thing as well. They ended up getting a pretty good amount of candy. Ace wasn't too fond of the whole dinasour hat though.
10/25-27 Papa Chuck and Grandma Janelle were in town for Ace's dedication and all three of the older boys birthday parties. Decided to do them on the same weekend so our parents wouldn't have to travel so many weekends in October. Grady and Jace's party was held Saturday afternoon. Saturday morning we dressed all the kids up and took them to Indianola's Halloween event. Michelle even allowed all the girls to come and visit the boys. They had a lot of fun going from business to business collecting candy. After the festival we drove back home where mom and I got some things ready for Easton's party. Walmart forgot to give me Grady's gift so we had to go all the way back to West Des Moines and pick up another gift for Grady. It was nice that they gave it to me for free since I didn't even get the one I paid for. Grady and Jace's party was all themed around Paw Patrol. All three of the boys really love paw patrol and my sister did a great job. It was held in their youth room at church which was a great location since it always gets crowded when you do parties in your home. After the party we went home..mom came with us since I had so many things yet to do for Easton's party and Ace's dedication. We did get everything done though and in a timely fashion. Easton's party will be so cute.
10/27 Ace Dedication - AUMC only does dedications in the morning service or the 11 o'clock service. I opted to do the 11 o'clock service due to it being later and since everyone had to travel it gave them a couple of hours to do that. Everyone showed up as in family. Ace was very curious when we were up there about Pastor Johns go-tee. It was super funny how even during prayer Ace was trying to put his fingers in Pastor John's mouth and causing everyone to bust out laughing. The church even gave us a video of it because it was so funny. Pastor John told us he'd never forget that baby dedication and told us that Ace was a special little boy. Lunch after Ace's dedication turned out really good. Jesse smoked a pork shoulder which was fantastic. Family had a good time getting together and the weather was perfect for playing outside with light coats on. After lunch I started decorating for Easton's birthday party....his party was themed "CARS" since he loves Lighting Mcqueen and Mator. I even made little cars out of cardboard for races. It was the cutest thing ever and the kids loved racing around the front trees. Ava really turfed it and the yellow car didn't make it after that. What a great memory for Easton to have. Easton ended up getting a lot of fun gifts. Mostly tractors since his love for tractors has flourished. What a great weekend it ended up being. Everyone for the most part made it to Easton's birthday and it turned out amazing!!!! Cannot believe our little boy is already 3 years old...now to start planning for Ace's 1st birthday party
10/30 Trick or treating was spent in Vicky's neighborhood. The boys..Easton especially had a great time going door to door asking for candy. He was a little greedy when it came to only picking out one piece of candy. We decided not to do our neighborhood since the boys were tired and we hadnt' eaten anything yet. Overall it was a fun experience for both the boys
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