Doctors and Pre-school

On Wednesday both of the boys had check-ups, Drew for his 3 year and Tyson for his 4 month.
We prepared Drew for the doctors telling that he had to stand up straight so they could see how tall he was, and they were going to check his ears, his heart, his eyes, his nose, his heart, and his knees. So he made sure the doctor did everything we told him his was going to do. Drew is 37 pounds which puts him in the 90 percentile and he is 41 inches which put him off the charts.

Tyson, poor think had to get 3 shots in the legs, so he wasn't much of a happy camper. He is 16.4 pounds (my good little eater) which puts him in the 75 percentile and 26 inches which also puts him in 75 percentile.

Tyson also is getting ready to pop two more teeth through and is extremely close to rolling over. He will get up on his side, but goes back to his back.

Thursday night we registered Drew for pre-school. He will start on August 25 and go for two and a half hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He was very excited, but upset that he couldn't start right away.

Drew Turns 3

On Saturday my Little Man turned 3. This was a hard day for me, I can't believe he is 3 already. I know everyone says this, but it seems like just yesterday Jeremy and I were on our way to the hospital.
Anyways, on with the party. Sunday we had family and friends over to celebrate the big day with. Drew's one request was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cake, which I wasn't sure I would find, but lucky me, Hy-Vee had them. And, to make things even better we had good weather, which, I am pretty sure was the first weekend since before Christmas.

Our Friends Mark and Lisa came over around 11:00 so Mark and Jeremy could sneak off and play a round of frisbee golf before everyone else showed up. Later came Melissa and the girls, Melissa brought the scooter that Jeremy and I were going to give Drew, so Lisa and I went to the basement to try and put it together, however, we weren't so lucky, thank goodness Bill and Mom showed up so we could utilize Bill. After they showed Bob and Deb came, followed by Todd (a co-worker of Jeremy's) and my best-friend Sherri and her oldest daughter Kayleigh.

Next was present time, he received a remote control car and remote control helicopter, a little skate park with a little skate board that folds up into a van, a scooter with helmet and knee and elbow pads, a big wheels, an army tank, and lots of color books, and some games.

After presents was cake and ice cream. Drew was happy to see that the turtles come off and have magnets on the back of them. I made homemade ice cream, thanks to the Pingel's (great Christmas present).

Afterwards some left and the rest of us sat around and watched the kids play.

It makes me cry a little just thinking of the fact that he starts pre-school in the fall.

Pickles

We were blessed some more snow today/yesterday and our trip to Nebraska has been postponed yet again...keep your fingers crossed that this Sunday is nice for Drew's birthday party.

Anyways, this week has thrown us several pickles, so I am thankful that a new week has begun.

Tuesday morning I woke up and went straight to the sink to start my pot of coffee, as I was filling up the coffee pot I glanced out the window and notice a bright yellow piece of paper on my windshield. I tossed on my coat and ran outside to find a $25.00 parking ticket, I am thinking to myself we have parked here all winter with no problem, but apparently we were in a snow emergency and can't park on the street during snow emergencies. Later that day they issued another snow emergency, and since our driveway is only long and wide enough to fit one vehicle and our garage is full of our landlords junk (oh the joys of renting) Jeremy spent about 45 minutes outside shoveling the sides of our driveway so we both had room to park.

After the minor pickle, but a waste of $25.00, we thought the worst of the week was over, but oh no, little to our surprise, Thursday morning we woke up to find that it was only 57 degrees in the house. So my not so handy handyman husband decides to look at the heater, he reads something, unscrews something, and then says "I don't know call the landlord" (on of the joys of renting...not our problem). But, with our luck he doesn't answer, so I think "father-in-law, he knows the answer to every problem". After speaking to Bob for a minute he is sure he knows exactly what the problem is...the PBC pipe on the outside of the house is clogged with snow...easy fix. Just as Bob suspects the PBS pipe is clogged with snow, so I pulled it off the house, beat it on the sidewalk, put it back on, turned the heater switch off and then on, and felt the heat instantly.

So, here I am thinking "this is it, nothing else can happen this week...right?" Oh no no no no no...I was WRONG!

That leads us to Friday morning...Jeremy had to close Friday night and didn't have to go into work until 12:00. It has taken me some time to get use to the fact that Jeremy has to close again (never closed a single night the four years we were in North Liberty), but it is the perfect time for me to grocery shopping with no kids. I run out to start my car and it won't start and I think to myself "my fault for not starting it yesterday, but not problem I can drive Jeremy's car". I run over to his car and it won't start..."WHAT"!!! "Two cars and neither of them will start?" "You've got to be kidding me" At 4:00 Jeremy came home and got my car started and his car started at 9:30 that night.

Iowa Winters with Iowa Pickles...only 61 more days until Spring, now lets just hope that we don't get snow until April.

Well...

Tyson has been eating his hands for about a week today, me thinking that he was too young for teeth didn't think much of it. I checked in his mouth today and he has both his bottom teeth.

Thought I would share with you all.