Some conversations with Isaac

Me: Hmmm, what should I wear today?
Isaac: I think you should wear, ummmm........clothes!!!

Cormac screaming
Me: why is Cormac crying
Isaac: cause he got in my way.
Me: What'd you do?
Isaac: I punched him.
Me: you punched him?
Isaac: yeah, in the face.

In school Isaac was learning about emotions and the teacher had them draw a picture of something that made them happy. Isaac drew a picture of a whale eating fish. When I asked him why that made him happy he told me that whales aren't mean and don't eat him they just eat fish. I guess not being eatin by a whale makes me happy too.

Cormac's first haircut!!

It was quite evident that Cormac was past due for a haircut.
We took him to a great place just for kids where he got to sit in a fire truck and watch Elmo while they cut his hair.
He did awesome and hardly moved, he actually looked at himself in the mirror most of the time rather than watching Elmo.
But appearantly he's not a fan of the new look. Oh well, he doesn't get to decide. We love the haircut and think he looks adorable. When Isaac saw it for the first time he laughed uncontrollably, I think it was the most genuine laugh I've ever heard from Isaac.

He's Finally 4!!!!

I know what your thinking, "wasn't his birthday last week?". It sure was, but Isaac couldn't or wouldn't accept the fact that he was 4 until after he had his party. We kept saying "wow you're 4!" and he'd look at us like we were idiots and say "nope not for a couple of days." So he's finally 4!!! He had a great birthday party, we played fun games and had 3 friends over (it seems so small after the shindigs we had in MD). It was of course dinosaur themed since that is what he wants to be when he grows up.

Here's Isaac playing pin the tail on the dinosaur (which Jason drew by the way). We also did a race where we made them put a dinosaur egg (balloon) between their legs and run but unfortunately didn't get any pics.
I love this picture. You can almost hear the yell coming from his mouth.
Isaac was very excited about his presents.
This is Cormac in one of the dinosaur masks we made all the boys wear. I love the way he tries to keep up with the big boys.

Sick little guy

October 10 was Isaac's fourth birthday, we had a whole day of fun activities planned but he woke up that morning with a fever and so had to cancel everything, including his party. He still got to open his presents and was allowed to play Halo and got his favorite dinner. We expected him to get better in a day or two and really didn't think much of his fever or cough.

Well after two days he wasn't getting better and actually became quite seriously ill. On friday he decided he wanted to take a nap around noon and we thought it would probably be a good idea and might help him finally kick the bug. I frequently checked on him and he seemed to be fine but when he was still sound asleep at 4 I decided I should wake him up so he would go to sleep that night. I tried waking him up and it just really didn't work he'd open his eyes and whimper and then fall right back asleep. He was also burning up. I took his temperature and it was 103.7!!!! I quickly gathered him up gave him some motrin and started heading for the ER. Luckily Jason was home so I didn't have to worry about getting Cormac anywhere I could just go.

My poor little guy was so out of it, it was like holding a giant spaghetti noodle. He wouldn't respond to any of the nurses and couldn't stay awake to save his soul. After being poked and x-rayed and peeing in a cup (which I thought he would think was cool but he actually thought it was very naughty, his words), the diagnosis came back as pneumonia!!! He was dehydriated (sp?), and needed a IV. I must say the worst part of this whole experience was when the nurses (one to poke, one to hold him down), where getting the needle in and Isaac just looked at me crying and said "mommy they're hurting me" and I just had to fight back tears and say "it's ok it'll make you feel better". Honestly that was one of the hardest moments of my life.

He is doing much better today. The fever is gone and he is eating again, they have him on some heavy duty antibiotics. We hope he has a quick recovery but have heard that it can take a while for people to feel good again after pneumonia.

Here are some pics from his birthday.


Isaac opening his presents, he got a spiderman scooter and some starwars action figures.

This is Isaac coughing on his birthday. We honestly had no idea he was soo sick.

I's Birthday

October 10th was I's fourth birthday!!! We can hardly believe our little guy is so old. We had a fun day planned for him including a birthday party but were forced to cancel because the poor little guy was running a fever of 103.4!!!! YIKES!! His fever went down with some medication so we're pretty sure he'll live to see five but it was very disappointing for everyone especially I. We kept telling him happy birthday, but he'd tell us his birthday wasn't for a couple more days, and he refuses to acknowledge that he is four until he has an actual party. Poor little guy. But

update

Well it's been brought to my attention that I have slacked on the blogging so I figured I'd update everyone. While someone suggested that my life isn't boring I must disagree and inform you all that it is very boring, crazy, but boring. I am officially a soccer mom!!! I spend my days running Isaac from activity to activity, meeting Jason for lunch and hoping that Cormac will take a nice long nap when we finally get home. Jason works 3 twelve hour days, he'll do Mon, Wed, Fri., one week and Tues., Thurs., Sat., the following. Isaac is in preschool 3 days a week and he is involved in soccer and baseball 2 days a week. I have joined a moms group that meets everyother week (luckily babysitting is provided!!) and that is pretty much our life. I have been greatful for my new car that I love and adore and feel like one hot mama in!! Recently Cormac made things more difficult by coming down with croupe and I had to spend an entire night in the ER with him while he received various steroid treatments. I got 3 hours of sleep before it was time to get the boys up and get Isaac to school. I'm still trying to catch up on sleep but with little luck.
I guess the only big news around here is that Jason and I will celebrate our 6th anniversary tomorrow!!! We look forward to a night out without children but still don't know exactly what we'll do. It's crazy to think we've been together so long, time really has flown by but we've tried to enjoy every minute of it and embrace every stage in our life. Hopefully I'll have some cute pics of just me and jason to post on here after tomorrow night. But we'll see.....

Look-alike meter

This was a lot of fun. It was interesting to see the results, especially on Isaac because everyone always says he looks exactly like Jason. I guess they're wrong!!!

In my opinion

So I've been taking a lot of pictures lately and it has forced me to conclude that I have the cutest kids ever!! I have especially been enjoying Cormac lately, he's at a really cute stage of mimicing and semi-communicating. He has started to give very wet kisses which I adore, and he dances when he hears music, and he generally just copies anything Isaac does. We love them even if they do drive us to drink occasionally. Anyways, here are some pics to prove my case that I really do have the cutest kids ever.

Meteor Crater

For labor day weekend we decided to go to meteor crater with our good friends the McKissens. We had a great time checking out the giant hole in the earth that according to Isaac may have killed all the dinosaurs. It was a beautiful day and the company was good so here are some pics of our visit.

Isaac is giving an animated description of exactly what happened when the space rock hit earth. He entertained everyone around with his stories and enthusiastic description of the really, really, really, really big hole!

These types of things always make me appreciate the miracle of life and earth. We are such small specs in this universe. I don't remember the measurements of the hole but just to give you an idea of how big it is there is actually a mine at the bottom with like major equipment working. Can you see it? Yeah neither could we without a telescope.

Cormac enjoying a healthy lunch of cheeto's and choclate chip cookie. I just love that face and those blue eyes!!

Phoenix

So these last couple of months living in Phoenix have brought some strange experiences that I feel like sharing with whoever will listen. Let's start with the wildlife!! I have found 2 count them 2 scorpions in my garage!!! And when you try and scare them or shu them away, they don't run they come after you!!! So I now have the the death of 2 scorpions on my hands, I don't feel bad. And the lizards are everywhere!!! mostly small ones that are kind of cute and fun to chase, but the other morning there was a huge 18 inch lizard crawling up the side of my house right next to the front door! I don't even know what kind of lizard it was or if it is dangerous and more importantly where it was going and where it lives and if it has plans to come back! As of yet I have not had a lizard in my house but I feel it is only a matter of time. Then the strangest one, there was a coyote running down my street the other day. A coyote!!! and by the way it was dead silent as it ran so I'm pretty sure it could sneak up and bite me on the ass while I'm putting my children in the car!!! It's a new fear of mine.
We'll move on to the water. It tastes disgusting from the tap so obviously we have to buy it which is not that big of a deal but annoying all the same. And I can't get cold water out of the tap, it comes out hot!! Sometimes in the morning I can get cool water, but cold water is a thing of the past. I can't wash my clothes in cold water, I have to be extra careful giving my babies a bath because even when the spout is pointing to cold it can still be hot!!! I attribute this to the fact that it is 110 degrees outside and therefore the water sitting in the pipes would be roughly the same temp!!! My father in law can't even keep water in his hot tub because the water gets too hot!! It's craziness. But remember, I'll be laughing when all of you are bundled up and freezing your bumbs off while I'm sitting next to the pool in perfect weather!!!
Well there you have it, my rant for the month, maybe the year because really I love it here!!

Isaac's first day of school!!!

My baby is in school!!! I can hardly believe it, time has gone way too fast. We have him in a school just down the street from Jason's office called Creative Castles. It's really cute and we are very happy with it. His first day was supposed to be on monday the 13th but wouldn't ya know it he had a fever and couldn't go. So he made it today and was very excited but then got nervous when I told him that I was dropping him off. He asked if I would stay with him and of course I agreed but we got into the classroom and he found his desk and then I was as good as chopped liver. So I left without him noticing and he had a great day. Although I only know this because his teacher told me. When I ask him how his day went he says "I don't know". Typical guy right!! So here are some pics of his first day with his class and his teacher Miss. Laura. Notice that he is right at home with nothing but girls in his class. I think the kid is destined to be surrounded by women his whole life. I'm sure he wont mind!!!

Our Trip to Utah

We had lots of fun in Utah, but are glad to be home. We tried to see everyone but just couldn't quite do it. Luckily we'll be back in three weeks so we can try again. Jason and I were also able to get away from the kids for a couple days and go to Wendover. Not the most glamorous place, but it was kid free so we loved it. Here are some pics of our other activities. Isaac had lots of fun and misses his Mema and aunt Michie the most. He's so lucky that he has such cool uncles and grandpa's that he gets to see lots of fun things. His uncle Neille is a Police officer, his uncle Josh is a fireman/paramedic, his uncle Eli and Pepa are wildfire fighters, and his uncle Tyler drives a track hoe!! He was in little boy heaven!!

Isaac at Pepa's and Uncle Eli's work, in the heavy brush rig
At the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur museum. We were able to leave Cormac with Mema and just take the Iser man

Cormac's first birthday party!!! He did a much better job of digging into his cake than his big brother did!! We are so proud