Wow! A lot has been going on!

Well, I know its been awhile, but boy have we been busy. A black cloud must be over our heads because its been one thing after another at the wrong time. So about a week ago I was in our closet getting a shirt and noticed that our wood flooring was wet... I was thinking uh oh..... This was at 11:00 at night. So the problem was our water heater was leaking for sometime. So we ended up having to tear apart part of our bedroom and our whole bathroom and start over. We had to have it dried out first and a plumber come fix our problem. Not only did our water heater leak, but our kitchen sink was leaking and was fixed, but not everything, so we had to have the plumber come back and fix that again. Then our second bathroom (Tyler's) that sink was leaking. Before I noticed that the sink was leaking and water heater was leaking I had this horrible smell that I couldn't get rid of. I called some people that deal with odor to come check it out. Well, he told me my sink was leaking. I couldn't get a hold of a plumber to save the life of me. Then Tyler came down with influenza A, strep, and ear infection. So then that Sunday is when I found the water heater problem. So now we are on our way to fixing everything. We have the new floor in meaning sub-floor and one wall built, tub, and shower back in. We still have a long ways to go. Tonight, Dan was switching some plug in's around and as he was doing that it fell apart- meaning a electrical fire soon. Then he found more leaks in the bathroom. Its never ending. The plumber gets to come back...... hopefully last time. So we have been dealing with a lot. The kids are growing and doing good now that we are on our way to being healthy. I have been dealing with an horrible ear infection that I cannot hear out of. It is affecting me when I eat and swallow. I also had Strep B. Its never ending with us. I will leave you with some pictures :) Enjoy


shower in our bedroom... can't get it out of our house.. too big











we have our first wall up.. :)

Alexa 1 month old!

Wow! Time is flying by. My little girl is already a month old :( She weights 9.9. She is getting big. Now, she is fighting a cold, which is not fun. Other then she growing and doing good not much else is going on.

Its not letting me put a picture on, I will try later


Tyler had a great birthday! We are having a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese on Sunday, so he is excited for that. He wanted a swimming party, but that didn't work out, so we will do Chuck E cheese 1 more year. Its just me and kids this weekend. Dan is in Huron working on my mom's house. I cleaned and just hung out with the kids, nothing too exciting. Trying to catch up on some sleep :) that won't happen for awhile. Well, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :)

Happy Birthday Tyler!!

My baby boy is 4 already :) He is growing up so fast. I just can't believe he is 4 already.

Happy Happy Birthday Tyler!! We love you :)


I hope you have a wonderful day!


I think 2 months

Recap!

Well, its time for an update! Tyler is sure enjoying preschool. Over labor day weekend we went to Huron to help mom and Ryan with the construction of the house and then went to the State Fair. This year I was just not into the fair. We only went one day compared to 5 days last year. Then my dad was back from Rapid City. This was his first time seeing his granddaughter. We enjoyed our time with him and sure miss him and wished he didn't live so far away. Alexa is sure growing... other then keeping up with the kids there isn't much going on. I will leave you with some pictures. Enjoy :)






3 weeks


Grandpa Showed me how to reach my rings without a stool :)

First Day of Preschool!

Today, was Tyler's first day of preschool. He was so excited and had a wonderful day. I asked him if he met any friends and he said yes. Then he said they talked to me and I would talk back to them, but I didn't talk first :) He was being shy. I took some pictures of his first day. Today, Alexa is 2 weeks old. They grow up way too fast. Enjoy the pictures :)


Ready for preschool :)


Had to take a picture of the back of the book bag :)


Playing in one of the centers :)


Look what I made! A bug headband...


Ready to take Big Brother to preschool. Tyler wanted a picture taken with Alexa :)


2 weeks old!

Update!

Alexa is growing fast. She had her first week check-up and she is doing great. She left the hospital at 6 lbs 3 oz and now is 6 lbs 7oz. Tyler is sure enjoying her and loves her. The transition has been good so far. Tyler has been better then expected. We have been trying to get on a routine, so that has been interesting. Alexa is an easy going baby and easy to satisfy, which is the total opposite of Tyler. The good news is that Tyler is starting preschool tomorrow (Tues). He is so excited. We went to his open house last wed. and met his teacher. He woke up the next morning and asking to go to preschool :) I hope that continues.

We had a great weekend together. My friend had a baby shower for me. It was suppose to be last weekend and a surprise, but since Alexa wanted to come out it didn't work and we moved it to this weekend. I had a few people there and it was good time. My mom was here this weekend and we had a good time spending time together. After the shower went shopping :) Dan was at my mom's working the house, so he was busy and now sore & tired. Well, that is all for now. I will leave you with some pictures :)





Look at me 1 wk old

Our NEW addition has arrived!

It has been way too long since my last post. We have been busy and I have been forgetting to post.

Well, our new exciting news is that we have now is that our daughter has arrived. She came 3wks early. I had contractions start Sat. Aug. 15 at the fair in Worthington. Dan took me in to Sioux Falls that night, because they were getting worse. They tried to stop them because I was only 36 wks along. If I was 37 wks they would just go ahead and do the c-section that I had scheduled for Sept. 5. So they tried and kept me until Sunday late morning. They did subside, but were still there. They gave me a sleeping pill so I could sleep and I took one Sunday and slept hard. Woke up Monday morning not feeling well. My contractions came back, but were not regular. By 3:00 Monday afternoon they were getting stronger and regular and closer together. When Dan got home at 5:15, he timed them and the doctor said if they are 5 min. apart for 2 hrs then call in and then come in. Mine were 2-3 min. apart just like Sat. They also told me they wouldn't stop it this time. I went in and they tried stopping them again, didn't work. I continued to have them. I was in so much pain. My back and pelvic was killing me. Gave me pain meds, didn't help. So after going through a lot of shots and pills they decided that they will take her by c-section Tuesday morning. Alexa Ann was born at 10:20 weighing 6lbs 10oz. Her health was great. They were worried she would have to be in ICU, but she was healthy and ready to go.

Tyler is so excited to be a big brother. He is doing great for the most part. Alexa is doing great. We didn't get out of the hospital until Friday late afternoon. Wed. morning I came down with an infection. That was very scary feeling. All my symptoms came on so fast and it was a weird feeling. 101.9 fever. So they had to hook me up to the IV to get meds in me to fight it and take lots of blood. To top all of this off they had a really hard time finding my veins for IV or taking blood, so I have so many bruises and hurt from that. It was awful. I had actually 2 IV's in and they were going back and forth. So now that I am home, we are doing good. Its a slow recovery, but doing good. Here are some pictures of our bundle of joy.