Here we go, this month has been a little hectic for us.
The first weekend of February we were finally able to make it to Nebraska to see my family. The boys and I headed to Eldora Friday night and spent the night with Melissa and the girls. Saturday morning we got up and headed to Nebraska with four kids and two adults (yes, Melissa and I are crazy). I am thinking that Tyson will probably sleep all of the way, but I was completely wrong, I think he slept about 20 minutes of the 4 hour trip and the rest of it he fussed, Ally and Izzy fought over who was going to sit up front, and Drew, well, he was good. We finally get to Grandma's house, we are greeted by Grandma, and Rich and Carol (who have just moved back to NE). We sit down and have some lunch chat for a bit, and then rush to see the Mintken family before they head off for a wedding reception. Sunday morning we visit with Jim and Shelly some more then head back to Tekamah for some homemade sticky buns and then it is off to Iowa. On our way home Shelly calls to tell us we forgot something, she is nice enough to offer to meet us where we are at, but I tell her, not necessary, just mail it to me. The boys and I drop Melissa and the girls off in Eldora and off to Dyersville. We finally get home after 7 hours in the car...ugh.
After our trip to Nebraska the boys and I have been fighting off some horrible head colds. It has been almost two weeks and we are still fighting them, but they will soon go away...at least I hope.
Soon we will have another baby in the house...no I am not pregnant. I am going to start watching the grocery assistant's daughter Aubry, she was born February 10th, finally I will not be as out number as I am at the moment.
Last weekend Mom was nice enough to meet me in Dubuque to help me find a new sofa, we only went to two stores and the new sofa will be here on Monday. Jeremy also talked me into buying a new TV, he finally got his 42" and a new home theater. The TV and home theater caused so many problems, but I will spare you from my bitching, problem has been solved.
Drew has been busy painting, working on cutting, working on using his glue sticks, and working on writing his D and R. He does very well with them all, he won't cut a paper in half, but will cut triangles on the edges, his "D" looks a bit like a triangle, but come on he just turned 3.
Tyson, has growing up before my eyes, he has been rolling over for a couple of weeks now and has figured out that is how he can get from one end of the room to the other. He is also sitting up some, he hasn't figured out how to balance his self just yet, but he is still doing a good job. He loves his baby food and cereal, since I have been staying at home I have been making all of his food and his wet wipes, it is actually fun, gives me thing to do during the day and saves us a few bucks.
The month is also a sad month for me, most of you know why, it is hard to believe that that it has been 8 years. Dad is missed horribly and I didn't even imagine how difficult it would be to explain to Drew where Papa Dave is, but I think every time we talk about it, he understands alittle more.
These are our updates for now, wanted send out birthday wishes to Uncle Rich, Aunt Shelly, and Izzy. Also want to thank Rich and Carol again for moving back to NE, I appreciate that they are there if Grandma needs them...THANK YOU!
