Holy Moly, I'm a slacker..

I cannot believe I haven't posted since early December. How lame am I? Ok, honestly...I have a valid excuse. Things have been pretty crazy since around January 6th. My husband got laid off from his job due to lack of sales. Since it was a new position he could not draw unemployment..which sucked. Hardcore. It's been a difficult month - not knowing what the future holds financially sorta sucks. Thankfully our bills were paid and we were on the constant look out for another job. Fast forward to yesterday - he got a really awesome job. In fact, he almost landed this job at this exact same time last year. Seriously. So maybe good things do come to those who wait. I never doubted that. I pray continuously and thank God for everything, no matter what. I'm thankful he has this new job/new position where he can climb the ladder pretty quickly. It's better pay than he has ever gotten and the bonuses are amazing that he will get. So many worries were washed away yesterday. Glory be to God!! Having a pretty good flow of income just relieves my fears of diminishing our little cushion we have. Just praying and hoping for the best!!

Noah is doing great in Kindergarten. He is reading small readers now. They are learning how to write 1-16 and yet he is writing past 100. He is also doing double digit addition and they haven't even started any math yet!! The teacher contacted me a couple of weeks ago because Noah is starting to have a wandering mind in class. He isn't acting like he's into it at all and she was getting concerned. Well..he's bored. This child was counting to 10 in English, Spanish and French when he was two years old!! He knew all his basic colors, numbers,and said his ABCs. I had to have a serious talk with him and I told him that he had to stay on the same page as his classmates..he cannot just whiz through it and then start getting distracted when he is suppose to sit still in his chair. They are given new readers (for and five word sentences per page) every week. He reads and learns every book and is usually given a new one every couple of days. The teacher stopped me at the Valentine Party today and said he is doing phenomenal. I'm so proud of him!! Hopefully first grade will be just as good in the learning department.

Toby has grown so much. He is bigger than his brother was at this age and he is a total daddy's boy. Caleb has been home since losing his job and he has grown even more attached to him. He doesn't want me doing anything for him. At all. Matter of fact I can ask for a hug and he'll head butt me. lol, he's so cute but so rough!!! He is also destructive. He will tear up metal - no lie. He loves ripping into our books. Noah was never like this. Ever. He isn't really talking much other than the usual "mama, daddy, bubba, skysky (dog), Nana, Papa, Wes, huh, bite bite, bye bye, oww, here dough (here you go). He's a ham and so funny. He makes the cutest and funniest facial expressions I have ever seen. One thing that makes him JUST LIKE his brother - he screams and pitches horrible fits every single time he gets in the car. He never did this when he was tiny. Never! He was a total dream baby. I felt so relieved and lucky that I had a child that didn't scream in a car. Noah screamed bloody murder in a car from day one..well, till now. They HATE going anywhere. Toby must have picked up on it because about a month ago it started up. He screams until he loses his breath and pukes. He screams til I head a headache. I hate this. We can never go anywhere in our car without our boys acting crazy. They act like the car is a horrible torture chamber. ugh. Toby has also started making weird sounds with his mouth. He loves looking into his baby mirror in the car (he is still rear-facing) while he screams or makes sounds. He also gets into everything. He is very picky lately with food. He won't eat until he is ready to eat..and sometimes he goes to bed with nothing but a pop tart in his tummy. Must be his age because his brother eats like a pig!! Toby still pretty much sleeps through the night except for an occasional outburst at 5a. Not sure what that is about.

With everything we're doing on a daily basis I find myself with baby fever. I want a little girl so bad I can't see straight. While I love being a mom of boys, I feel as though I'm destined to also be a girl mom. I know it is totally up to God though. Honestly, I'd love another boy..but then I would know that would be my last. No trying for #4. C-sections aren't anything to look forward to. Trust me. So, not sure what we'll do. We want to try again maybe next yr..and hope for that little girl that I believe we are suppose to have :)

I've meen MIA (updated)

So sorry I haven't updated in forever. My laptop screwed up and the only internet access I had was my cell phone. I refuse to use my blackberry to update my posts. I tried and it was taking forever. My keyboard on my phone is touch screen and it gets on my nerves. Anyway, I got a new laptop for Christmas!! yay! Thanks to my parents :) Here's a short but sweet update:

We had a wonderful Halloween. Noah dressed up like a ghost, transformer, and I forgot what else. Toby was a skeleton and a dog. We only trick-or-treated a few houses and then took Noah to a trunk or treat at church. He loved it so I think thats our game plan from here on out. It was pretty awesome. We took Toby but he stayed bundled up and in his stroller. At Toby's last appointment he was 14lbs and i'm sure he's much bigger now. He's a little chunker. The pediatrician noticed that he has a weak neck. He's unable to hold it up on his own except for a tiny amount of time, then his head drops back down. I call him my little bobble head. He needs physical therapy and I've also been doing exercises with him at home and that seems to be helping alot. I'm still waiting on the therapists office to call me with an appointment. Toby is starting to reach for things and he'll grab onto it and start chewing away. He laughs, giggles, smiles, coos...all the wonderful baby things. He's a very good baby and sleeps through the night still. Occassionally he will wake up around 5 or 6 and want an ounce or two...but then he goes right back to sleep. Noah is still very much in love with Toby. Always loving on him and giving him kisses. He tells Toby everything he is going to teach him when he gets bigger and it just melts my heart. Then there's the days where Noah is a turd lol. He has an attitude and whines ALL the time. I talked to the ped about it and she assured me it has to do with his age and the fact that he was an only child and got his way for so long, that now when he has to wait for a drink or something to eat, he gets inpatient and does not want to wait. Then the fit pitching starts. Some days it gets on my nerves so bad I just sit and cry. I recently became a member of Barnes & Noble and I ordered this book called You're Not The Boss Of Me: Brat-proofing your 4-12 year old. I read some of it inside the store and I couldn't stop thinking about it so I ordered it online. I still have yet to recieve it but I can't wait to get started. I hope it helps because my little Noah is turning into a brat super fast.

Caleb & I are doing great, just very much in need of a date night. I honestly think its been years since we've gone out on a date just the two of us and I miss it. I wish we had a babysitter for just a few hours per month, it would help us tremendously. He doesn't get home from work until around 2 a.m. and I'm already in bed, so theres no time then. Then the next morning I'm making breakfast, taking care of the kids, doing laundry, etc and there's no time for Caleb. Our relationship stands strong though and I'm so thankful. We also had a wonderful Christmas. Of course Toby didn't know what was going on, but Noah was SO excited! I did not take many pictures for Christmas, just video. As soon as I upload pics to my new computer I will update again. I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!!

Plane Crash Dream: Update

Noah decided to tell us today that he see's a plane blowing up in the sky. He said he also see's people falling out of the explosion, and watches the plane crash to the ground - in our yard.

Okay, here's the thing. Noah has NOT heard me talking about my dreams, I've only written them down. Another thing, I may or may not have mentioned in my last post, the dreams I've been having- I see the planes exploding or coming to the ground near our home. Even the one dream where the plane went down at the convenient store - thats at the end of our road!

Oh jeez. What now?