Christmas and Anni.

Merry Christmas! We had a funfilled Christmas and celebrated 8 years of marriage....gosh....are you kinding? Yes, we are still married after eight years....from Rodeo Cowboy (living in Texas, to rancher......what will it be next with us). We had a exciting Christmas as well...Tripp was really fun...even though I thought he wouldn't care about it...he got a toy from Santa that is a little car and it sings a song...he loves it! He stops and dances to it everytime he hears the song....he is pretty cute...it could be just because I am the mom. Jett got his 'big pick up and trailer' from Santa which was very exciting for him ....he has wanted it since May. Jett also got a brick house kit that he built two days ago it was VERY messy .....but it was very fun for him. And instead of hanging around enjoying the season I got my wisdom teeth taken out today...so if this post is kinda crazy....just realize I am on some major drugs!

Tripp's Seattle Dr. Appointment

We took Tripp to Seattle to check out his ear problem. The Dr. was great....he told me that cases like Tripp's are EXTREMELY rare. He sees the worst of the worst ...from several states....his recurrent ear infections even after two sets of PE tubes is rare and even he only sees 4 or 5 kids like him in a year. He explained that most babies like Tripp that have recurrent ear infections most often have trouble with pneumonia but he doesn't have any of that. He said he wanted to check his antibodies in his blood in order to check his antibodies. He explained that in extremely bad cases where babies get pneumonia all time they cut a slit back behind their ears to relieve pressure. But that isn't something that he thinks Tripp needs unless he gets lots worse...which probably won't happen. SO...check the antibodies and he said hopefully he will grow out of it! Gosh..lets hope...puss coming out your ears in college isn't cool. As far as adenoids being taken out..he says it may or may not help...so we will continue to go to Dr. Ulnick in Moses ...he is great too....just thought we would talk to someone who sees lots of little people. The biggest thing I learned was that ...the waking up at night isn't ears....it a habit from ears that ...has gotten worse because he likes to be with his Mama. He actually said he needs some tough love....shout! I have been babying him. But best of all is we got to go shopping because we stayed in Seattle the night before the appt. and we saw the Snowflake parade at Bellevue Square...it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!! And we got to go with PENNA shopping...how fun! This picture is not justice to how cool the parade was...it was like a movie!

Another tooth is gone

Jett lost another tooth!

Tripp is Eleven Months Old

My sweet boy has grown too fast. How did this happen? He is now really walking...still crawls when he needs to get somewhere quick but....why do they have to grow so quick? I do not like it! He has 9 teeth! He has gotten two back teeth in the last week or so. He is really starting to talk. Uh-Oh, Jett, Dada, Mama, Tada, Peekaboo, hi and Papa is the newest one...probably cause Jett hasn't quit saying, " My Papa..." since we got home from my Mom and Dad's this weekend. Tripp's favorite things are playing peekaboo and cuddling with his Mom...what mom wouldn't love that? Let's hope he wants to cuddle when he 12.

This one is for you Chi Chi!

Here is a picture of my cousin -- whom my kids call Aunt Chi Chi ....when she went shopping with me -- it was so nice having her help me! She loved this had on Tripp. We love ya Chi Chi!

The true spirit of Christmas.....

Waiting in the car while brother and Dad get the tree!

So I had to a test in Lagrande and Jason needed to pick up our bulls and he had to tie up a few other things....we decided that this would be a great opportunity to take the boys and get a Chirstmas tree. We thought and debated a couple different options and on the way down to Lagrande Jason and I had discussed the 'true' spirit of Christmas with Jett. That Christmas is really about Jesus and not presents....so on and on. As we were driving to get the bulls there was a tree that had been removed by the power company and it was laying there kinda sad --kinda like Charlie Browns' Christmas tree...live what you preach so we pulled over and asked Jett if this tree would be good for our tree -- his eyes lit up and in his eyes that tree was fabulous. I wanted to protest but the problem is that this little tree is very imperfect and so are we as humans but Jett was the only one -- with his innocent to see the trees' value and to him it was perfect ...so in the true spirit of Christmas I have the ugly duckling Christmas tree ...but Jason says, "We are teaching our boys it is not about 'perfection' it is the spirit of Christmas." Well....I still kinda felt like protesting -- but he made me feel petty --darn! So, our 'special' Christmas tree is a sight that is for sure!!!!

We also got to spend the weekend with our friends! And even saw a light parade -- Thanks guys!!!