Max, We will miss you!

Well, we went in to feed the guinea pigs today and found Max laying on the bottom of the cage. I moved the cage to see if he would wake up, but the was no movement. And it stunk really bad in there. We told Collette and she wanted to see him. Then she looked at us like we had no clue what we were talking about and said "He's just sleeping." Then we had to explain it the best we could. She took it very well. She wanted to take the box outside and put the dirt on it. Then on the way back in she says "Can I go to Tyler's house and tell him what happened to Max?" So, she doesn't seem to mind to much that he is gone. Here are some pictures of sweet Max. He was the nicer of the two guinea pigs. He was a lot better about letting Collette hold him, the Guinea is. Now we are down to one guinea pig and one dog. I think Guinea is confused about where his buddy went. He seems scared and not himself since we cleaned out the cage. Hopefully he will adjust soon.

Collette's 4th Birthday party

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Here is a glimpse of Collette's Polar Express Party. We had a great time riding the train. Collette loved all of her gifts, but mostly enjoyed getting to spend time with friends.

A view from Collette's eyes

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We bought a kid camera for Collete for her birthday. I know that her bday is 2 days away, but we are having her party tonight. We thought that she could have fun taking pics at her party. Here are a preview of what she has taken so far.

Collette's musical debut

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Collette had her Christmas Program last night. She and all of the kids were so cute. They each had a solo while the rest of the kids did hand motions behind them. We are so proud!

Ode to Collette

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Our baby is going to be 4 years old on Monday. She is so excited about it. It has been such a wonderful thing to see her learn and grow. We have cherished every moment as much as we can. This is to you baby girl...We love you. Have a happy birthday!

Nursing School Graduation!

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Enjoy the pics. I will post more later.

I Passed!!!!!

It is over. I passed Nursing School! Yea! I am so excited, relieved, and a bit tired. All of the hard work, sweat, and tears(no exaggerating) has paid off. I am officially a nurse. So my graduation in tomorrow night at 7PM. We were asked to write a small thank you for graduation and I don't feel like I thanked enough people, so here it goes:

Thanks goes first of all to God. He has lead me down so many paths that I never dreamed possible and I am here because of Him. He pulled me through when I wanted to give up and things were at there worst. Second to my family, Troy, Collette, and Dakota for sticking with me and encouraging me to continue. My family is the other source that I drew strength from. To my extended family...for support and to Dad, Mom, Jeana, and Sharon for helping me care for the kids when I was in a bind. My close friends that stuck with me through the entire process and talked me down when I was having a slight panic attack yesterday...Rhianna.
I also want to say a special thank you to all of you whom I have met at school. What wonderful people I have been blessed to learn along side. There are so many of you who have taught me strength, endurance, and mostly love. I will never forget you guys and I wish you all of the best. Thanks for being a part of our wonderful journey. May God always guide your path.

"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7

The Gift of Giving

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About a month ago I took Collette and my nephew Tyler to Target to pick out gifts for others for xmas. We originally were going to put these into shoeboxes and give them to a church to hand out to those who need it. Well, Tyler ended up getting strep throat that week so all of our effort went down the drain. Sharon then had a great idea to go to a hospital and let the kids hand out their gifts. I called a few places but kept running into the same problem...it is RSV season and our little germ factors would be too much of a risk for these kids. I eventually remembered about this really neat place that I had done clinicals at last semester. It is the Children's Center in Bethany. The kids live at this rehab center. They have school, PT, OT, Speech Pathology, etc available for these kids. Most of the kids have some form of Cerebral Palsy or mental retardation. We called and a wonderful woman named Heather was so excited for us to come visit. We met with her and she let the kids put the presents under the tree. Then she took us on a tour of the facility. Collette and Tyler were able to meet several kids on the tour as well as see classrooms, the gym, and their rooms.
I was so proud at how well our kids did. All of the kids that they met were in wheelchairs. Neither one of our kids were scared or acted weird about it. They said hi and told them their names, how old they were, etc. It was a great experience, not only for Collette and Tyler, but for Sharon and me as well. I am going to put a link to this place so that you can see how great it is. And if you ever want a great place to visit or take presents to, you can do that also.
God is so good! Merry X-Mas!

http://www.thechildrens-center.org/

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Dakota's 1st Birthday Party!

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Carter Family Ho down

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Two weeks and counting!!!

So far this week has been a good one. I was offered a job at Mercy in L&D!!!(I accepted it) I officially start on January 7th. I had my last clinical for nursing school...thank goodness. Don't get me wrong, I think that clinicals are useful and we learn. They are just very time consuming and its just another thing to do in my week. Then yesterday we had a NCLEX comp predictor test. I passed and it said that I had a 97% chance of passing the NCLEX!!! So, my week has been going well as you can tell. Now all I have is 2 weeks of school left, not counting Thanksgiving. For the next couple of weeks I will be studying and praying that God will get me through the rest of this semester. God is so good and does such wonderful things!

Dakota's party is this Saturday. I can't believe that he is almost a year old. I feel like time has just flown by. My friends had a precious baby boy a week ago and it just brought back so many memories of my tiny baby. Here is a look at Dakota over the year.

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Collette is excelling in homeschool. They have learned so much this year and it has reaffirmed to me that this is the right thing for our kids. I think we are going to look for a soccer league that she can join in January. She seems to be interested so we are going to give it a shot. I will have to get some video of her showing off what all she has been up to.

Halloween 2008

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Back on track

Ok, so everything is back on track with the adoption stuff. We ended up submitting our app via internet. We recieved an email and a phone call the very next day. So we set up our phone orientation for the following Monday. On Monday we talked for about 30 minutes about applications, when to send things, where to send things, and of course the cost. It doesn't seem so overwhelming until you get off the phone and look at each other perplexed and think "What did she say?". Anyway, we made notes and I think that we have most of it straight. So, Tuesday we sent off the application to adopt internationally. Then last night we got our I-600A form filled out and gatherd all of the appropriate docs. Then FedEx picked that up today. Which I have to plug FedEx online service. It is so easy and they pick things up right at your front door! Too cool! Next is homestudy and more and more paperwork!
More to come! I will post Halloween pics of the kiddos this weekend.

Oh and I got a B on my test tonight!!! Things are looking up.

Fall pics!

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No news is bad news...

...at least that is the case when you are applying for adoption. Troy and I sent in our apllication on the 11th of this month. We certified it and everything so that we would know when it arrived. So, we watched it for awhile, knowing that tracking on USPS is sometimes a day or two behind. Several days went by and no action on the site. So, Troy calls the post office and they say that they are going to look into it and get back to us within one day. Well, the next day there is no return call. Troy calls yet again and they still don't know what happened. Tonight I got home and just decided that we needed to start over. I pulled up the online application and proceeded to fill it out, again. It has been submitted and our family picture has been sent. Hopefully we will hear something in the not too distant future. Please continue to pray for this adoption and that God will bless us with another healthy baby!
In other news, I have some pumkin patch pics that I will post soon.

Slide show!!!

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Where the heck have we been?

I know, I know. It as bee way to long since I have blogged. I have list of excuses...here they are all summed up. I started back to school(last semester!) , Collette started day school two days a week, We started homeschool ing with a few of our friends, I started a new job at Mercy Health Center, we had VBS(It was so much fun, but I we were very tired.), Dakota is moving and grooving, and we moved. So there are my excuses, I will do my best to try to catch up on pics for the last two months. I am going to make a slide show to catch you guys up. Iwill post that as soon as possible. Oh, and bear with me for the next 8 weeks until I can finish school.

So, we mailed off our adoption application today!!! I know that it is a bit earlier then what we had originally decided, but we got a little anxious and wanted to get the ball rolling. We were told that all the paper work that we have to fill out all depends on how fast we get it done. Well, Troy and I hate filling out papers or writing so I figure this will give us plenty of time to get all of this done. We are asking that you all pray for us in this adventure that we are all about to start.

Dakota is now crawling around like a crazy baby. He is pretty fast and if you aren't watching him he will crawl off some where and hide. Collette and I were running around the house the other day searching for him. We found him in a corner playing with the dog bowls. He is just so quiet when he sneaks off. We really have to keep one eye on him at all times. He is also saying two words now, "Dada" and "Dog". (He is still 100% Momma's boy though!).

Collette is doing all kinds of new things too. We started homeschool and she loves it. Every day she runs up to me and asks "Can I do some homework!?" When she has done all of her homework she gets a little upset about it. So we let he do some computer games that are geared toward learning.

Troy's job is still going well. He really likes setting his own hours and being his own boss. He is such a wonderful help and support to me right now, too. I really could not have gone back to school without him. God has blessed me with so much!

Pics will be up soon!

Horses are a little overrated!

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Our cousins, Lindsay and Ashley, are in town visiting from Portland, OR. We decided to take them horseback riding. It sounded like such a good idea until we were an hour in. The horses were very much in charge and the kiddos were done. At one point, I thought that we were all going to end up in the lake or be stuck in a field while the horses ate. We eventually made in back and now we are sore. All-in-all we had fun and it was well worth it. We do have some great stories from this day. We will always remember this wonderful day of riding. Stay tuned for more updates while the girls are here.

House and kid update

So, we were suppose to close today and it didn't happen. We are having some AC issue that we just happen to find out about. It all seems rather fishy to us because we are pretty sure that the seller knew about it. Luckily, we stuck to our guns and had our own AC inspector out and he found all sorts of stuff that weren't right. I would go into what all is wrong, but I don't think that I could explain it all in a post...it is that much info. Needless to say we are now hoping to close on Tuesday and hoping that the sellers will work with us on lowering the price of the house. We should have some news by tomorrow.

On a better note... Dakota is CRAWLING! It's about time-ha! As a Mom of a second child I actually would rather him not move at all. But since he is I will be excited for him! The same day that he started crawling, I also noticed that his bottom right tooth was in. So, two milestones in one day. This boy sure is busy all of a sudden.

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We took the kids swimming today. Coco is getting more brave evertime we go out. Today she jumped off the diving board, several times. She also swam with her face in the water. She kept saying "Mom, teach me something!" It is so great that she wants to learn. I think that we are going to have to put her in competitive swim when she is a little older. The girl is pretty good. I will have to take the camera next time and post some video.

In other news...

Our new house:

So, we have just recently purchased a duplex with Troy's sis and bro-i-law(Brian and Sharon). It is all going rather fast so that is why not much has been mentioned about it. We close on July 24th. We are all really excited about this new adventure. Our side is the left side (Right side if you are looking at it from the street. It is about 3400 sq/ft total. So roughly 1700 each. I will try to post more pics soon. The inside needs a little modernizing, but other than that it is in pretty good condition. Now we just need to sell our house (pray we can do that soon)!

Adoption update: Troy and I had our info meeting today. We are both really excited about all of this now. We learned a lot more about the adoption "process" and it still hasn't scared us away! So we are looking at starting all of this first to middle of 2009. Please be praying for our decision and that God will lead us to the country and child that needs our family. Now we just have to get Collette to understand that we are not going to trade in Dakota and we will be set. (She thinks that if we get a new baby then baby Kota has to leave. It is so hard for a 3 year old to understand!) I love how her mind works and that she loves Dakota that much.

Adoption? For real?

So, Troy and I have some friends who have just recently adopted kids from other countries. Troy's old college roomate is also in the process of adopting a child. Well, we have been following their stories and have been touched by all of them. We started discussing how nice it would be to be able to raise a child that is in need of a loving family. Then it was like, why not? Why not look into adoption? We have been blessed with two wonderful healthy children. We would like to be blessed with more, but I really don't know if my body can take another pregnancy. Dakota was pretty hard on my body or maybe I'm just getting older, who knows. Anyway, we are going to an information meeting today to find out how we can start this wonderful, hard, long adoption process. So, be praying for our family and this decision that we feel that God has laid before us. We probably won't start the official adoption until beginning to middle of 2009. That way Dakota and the new baby will at least be a year to two years apart. I will keep this updated on where we are in the process and what conutry that we will decide to adopt from.
More pics to come soon!

Our Fourth

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We had such a wonderful Fourth of July. We got to spend the evening with my Dad's side of the family. It's been a while since we have all gotten together. We had so much fun setting off fireworks and playing games.

Thank you!

The kids recieved gift from my Aunt Carmeleta a couple of weeks ago. We wanted to say a big thanks for the toys! The kids love playing with the toys. Here is a video to show you how much they like them.

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Puppies and fireworks

As you can probably tell, we have adopted a puppy. We went to a Fourth of July party last night and came home with this cute puppy. Our friends breed these schnoodle puppies and sell them online at http://www.okiepupstoo.com/ Well, Collette got a hold of them and did not let them go the entire night. We were about to leave and she asked our friend for a box to take him home in. Somehow, Collette suckered us into bringing one home. On the way home we were trying to come up with a name that Collette would agree to. We tried Bear, Micah, Whitey, etc. She just kept saying that those were not dog names. Finally she says "How about Yoyo?" Troy and I weren't to keen at first, but now it is growing on us. I think that it is cute that she gave him his name. So far he is a really good puppy. He has had a few accidents, but his puddles are like drops of water because he is so small. Cleaning up hasn't been too bad. Enjoy the pics. If you are interested in getting a puppy, there is still one that needs a good home!

Troy and Collette went yesterday to pick out fireworks. Coco has had the best time lighting the sparklers and throwing the poppers on the ground. Tonight we are going to shot off the bigger fireworks at my Grandparents acrage in Mulhall. We are looking forward to letting the kids have fun on the fourth. I will upload pics of our big night as soon as I get a chance.

Blast from the past!

Dakota and Molly 6/2008

Collette and Tyler 4/2005

So, I thought that it would be fun to compare the cousins. They are all definitely related. I was looking through pics last night and I cam across these pics of Coco and Tyler when they were little. It's so hard to remember how little they actually were. Now they are big and talk and do things all by themselves. It's fun to remember these times. Enjoy the cute pics!

Cute Pics

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So, as you can tell...Dakota iss getting bigger and Coco got her hair cut. It is a really cute cut, thanks to Kari! Collette calls it her "Princess" hair. Don't worry, the curl is still there. I need to try to fix it straight one day to see how that looks, too.
We have a lot going on, as usual. I am back in class this summer. I had to take one more prerequisite, Microbiology. Not the most fun, but it's ok. Troy is working hard at his job and at all of the things around here that need to get done. He is almost done with Collette's loft bed. We will post pics as soon as we can. Collette is excited to have a big bed.
Dakota is sitting up on his own. He is also starting that fear of strangers phase. Which is all new to us because Collette has never met a stranger. I guess Dakota's just going to be our sensitive child. (Troy hates when I say that!)
Enjoy the pics. Coco took the ones of her guinea pigs.

Kellie

Portland pics

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Craziness of May and June

There has been way too much going on this last month. We went to Portland to visit Troy's family. We had a really good time getting to see everyone. The kids really enjoyed being spoiled by the grandparents. We also had a lot of fun with all of the extended family. Collette enjoyed running around with her cousins, Caitlin, Ethan, and Callie. We have some of the cutest nieces and nephews (I'm not biased at all!). We got to go to the zoo while we were there. Of course, it was like the hottest week ever while we were there. So, going to the zoo was about as hot and sticky as it is when you go to our local zoo. We had fun anyway. We also went to the Rhododendron garden. It is beautiful there. There are so many flowers. Coco wanted to pick them all and bring them home (she loves flowers). I limited her to just picking up all the ones off the ground. This seemed to satisfy her. I think that she is following in both of her grandfather's footsteps. They love to work in the garden, as does Collette. It's cute to see her get so excited just to go out and pick the flowers. Dakota enjoyed getting to cuddle with everyone. He just loves being held.
A week after that trip Jeana and I took the kids to Dallas. My Mom flew to Houston the week before and drove to Dallas with my grandmother to meet up with us. The girls did really well in the car. But the boys were a whole other story. Brody didn't sleep once in the car and Dakota, well he doesn't even like riding in the car a short distance. So, you can imagine how it went. We did enjoy getting to see Grandma, Harold, Gail, and Rudalfo.
I started back to school this last week. I am taking microbiology this summer, ugh. I just want to get through it and be done with prerequisits. I will be done in 7 wks, so not much longer.
Work is going well for Troy. He is still enjoying working for himself. The kids and I enjoy him being around the house a lot more too.
Well, today marks our 5th anniversary and we are so far from where we started. It's crazy to even think about. In 5 years we have had 2 houses, 2 kids, 4 cars, 1 and a half degrees, countless computers, and so much more. God has truely blessed our marriage and I hope and pray that the blessing continue. I look forward to what God will put into our lives in the future.
I will post pics real soon. I am uploading them as I type.

Cute Pics

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Schools out, time for blogging!

My nephew, Brody. Isn't he cute?

Aubree and Coco (the girls)

Well, finally another post. I just finished school yesterday and it feels great. We are all needing a break from that crazy schedule. I only have one more semester and I will be finished!!! It has gone by so quickly and so slowly at the same time.

Dakota is growing so quickly too. Last time I took him to the doctor he was 17lb 5 oz. Solid little man. He is starting to roll over from his back to his belly and occasionally from his belly to his back. He continues to be a happy baby even when Collette is hugging and kissing on him. He loves to watch Collette play, he just laughs and laughs.

Coco is becoming such a big girl. We got a Nintendo Wii for Christmas and she has already learned how to play it. She has this Princess game that Sharon, Brian, and Tyler got her for her bday and she will sit and play that all day. That is, if we would let her. It is amazing how quickly she picks things up.

Troy is still loving his job. He can work whenever he wants, most of the time. He is also working on building a loftbed for Collette. He took Coco to the store so that she could pick out the paint color. So, her bed will be pink, of course. We will post pics as soon as they finish the project. Collette is so excited.

Well, that's it for now. I will be posting more often since it is summer!

Darla look-a-like

So, someone told us that they thought Coco looked like Darla, with Blonde hair, off of Little Rascals. What do you think?

What's new?

Troy and Dakota outside on a really nice day.

Coco riding her pink bike

Me on Coco's pink bike

Dakota's first time to eat from a spoon. That is a look of joy on his face.

Hey guys, sorry that my videos didn't work. Computers can be so frustrating some times. Anyway, I am almost done with school this semester!!! School is really stressing me out right now so I am ready for a nice long break.

Collette recently took swim lessons at the Y. She loved every minute of them, she is such a water baby. Lately she has been really into singing so at church on Sunday I had a hard time stopping her. The hard thing is that it is great that she is singing, but how do i stop her while we are in the middle of a prayer? It is so sweet and innocent. When I did ask her to stop she looked at me and said "I'm singing my concert right now." How do you stop that? ha

Dakota is continuing to grow so quickly. He is over 16lbs, chunkey monkey. We decided to make our own baby food this time. It's really quite simple. He has had bananas, carrots, and rice cereal. He seemd to like them pretty well.

Troy's job is continuing to go well. He is really liking working for himself and being very flexible in his schedule. I think that it has made such a difference with how Collette acts, too. She is such a Daddy's girl, she had a really hard time when he went back to an office job. She really started to act out and started potty training issues. Now she is doing much better.

We have had a great week. It has been spring break for me, so we tried to take advantage as much as we could. Monday we took the kids to this place called "Nothin but Fun for Kids". It's a pretty neat place. The kids really enjoyed playing dress up in the dressing room. There were all kinds of princess dresses and accessories to go with them. This is wondeful for Collette since she has been calling herself Princess Coco. Anyway, you get an all day pass to this indoor play place and the kids had a bawl.
Today we went to the Zoo to see all of the animals. We got to see alot of the animals, it seems as though they really like this spring weather. The kids enjoyed it too. They had fun pointing out all of the different animals. They all wanted to go and see the giraffes, but they are on the back of the property at our Zoo and us parents really didn't feel like hiking all of the way there and all of the way back. So we will have to venture out there next time.
Troy is still working hard at doing contract work. He is really enjoying all the different kinds of work that is available to him. It's nice for me to see him so happy and enjoying his work. It is also nice having him at home again. I can tell that it is making a big difference with Collette. She is such a Daddy's girl.
Dakota on the other hand is my sweet boy. He enjoys cuddling with me and just being held. It's bad though when we need to go on car trips because He hates his seat. He is getting so big. He likes to play with hanging toys. It looks like he is hitting a punch bag, it's really funny. I'll have to get video of it some time soon. He also loves to coo and laugh at us. It is so sweet. Well, that's about it for now. I will post more pics soon.

Here are some cute videos of the kiddos. Collette is singing 5 little monkeys. It is this really weird song that she learned at school. Dakota is "singing" good night sweetheart to Collette. We love our cute kiddos.

Congrats! Another beautiful niece

Brian and Sharon have a new addition to their family... Molly Joyce. She weighed 8lbs 3oz and she was 20 inches long. She is so cute and has a head full of dark hair(I am so jealous of this). My poor bald babies. Here is there website so that you can go look at pics.: www.brainfuzz.com I will post more pics as soon as I can.

Congrats to Brian, Sharon, and Tyler! We love you guys.

Happy V-day from Coco and Kota!

Troy and Collette built a fort out of some old boxes that we had. This is her and Dakota inside it. Doesn't he look thrilled?

A full night of sleep...finally

We decided to put Dakota in his crib on Friday night. He slept for about 6 hours straight that night. The next night we put him down and he slept the entire night. Troy and I woke up to our alarms on Sunday morning in amazement. We should have put him in his crib weeks ago. You forget how nice a full night of sleep is. Dakota is still growing like crazy and starting to show his personality. He loves when people talk to him. He will give you a huge grin if he's in the right mood. He also likes to cuddle. He will let you hold him all day if you have the time. He is such a sweetie.
Collett is continuing to amaze us. She is such a sponge. You tell her something once and she remembers it. She plays games on the Wii and she has beaten me and Troy a few times. She likes to play games on the computer, too. She is much happier if you let her do it all by herself. She thinks that she is older than what she really is. She is so good with Dakota. She wants to hold him and kiss him all the time. She tells everyone about her baby brother, Baby Kota. She is so proud.
My Bell's alsy is getting better. This last wekk I decided to go get some acupunture done. As crazy as that sounds, it really wasn't that bad. The needles are so small that you barely feel them. Every says that my face is starting to heal faster than it was, so I guess that it's working. I am going to try it a few more times to see if I can get any further with it. At this point I will do just about anything to heal.
This is Troy's last week of work. We are excited and nervous all at the same time. Troy already has some great job opportunities lined up so that we can have some income to live on. I start back to work this week. I have missed being at the hopital helping to deliver babies. I am ready to get back to my job that I love so much.
We have a lot going on right now, so please keep us in your prayers. We have some big, tough decisions ahead of us. I will go into more detail later. I will post more pics soon.

Goofing off

Here is just a really cute pic of our little man. He's not going to be little for too long. He is growing so fast.

Here is Dakota with his "laptop". We are starting him early.

Collette, with her crazy hair, trying to keep Dakota quiet.

So there has been a lot going on in our lives lately. Dakota just had his 2 month check up. Crazy that it has already been 2 whole months. He weighed in at 12lbs 1.6oz and 23inches long. He had to get his shots this time. He had 3 total and he was not happy about it. He got so mad, but as soon as I picked him up he was happy again. He's a tough kid, but then again he has to be with big sister Coco hanging around.

We got Collette a "Hooked on Phonics" learning set. She is working on her letters right now. She is doing a really good job at recognizing the different letters and their sounds. We have gotten to the letter "D" so far and she is loving it. The cool thing is that there are games that she can play on the computer. That's her favorite part of the whole thing.

The biggest change that we are getting ready to undergo is that Troy is quiting his job as of Feb. 22. He is going to start doing contract work. Thanks to Sharon, Troy has already gotten two different contracts lined up. All of this is kind of scary because are income will depend on how much work Troy does in a month. There is no "salary". So we will keep everyone updated on how all of that is going.

School is still going for me, I am so ready to be done. I passed my first test so I just have like 7 more to go for this semester!!! We are studying Psych this semester and it is so interesting. I'm pretty sure that I don't want to work Psych, but I enjoy learning about it.

Enjoy the pics, hopefully I will post more soon.

Ok, ok...it's been way too long

Our cute little man hanging out.

Dakota worn out from all the xmas excitement.

Collette and Dakota on Sunday morning before xmas.

Collette at her 3rd bday party!

We have had such a wonderful time since Dakota was born. We feel so blessed to have two beautiful, healthy kids. Collette and Dakota are both growing like crazy. At Collette's 3 year appt. she weighed 36lbs and 9.6oz and was 39inches. Dakota at his 2wk appt was 6lbs 12oz and 20in. He is now well over 8lbs and starting to get some rolls. Collette is a great big sister. She takes kisses and hugs Dakota all the time. She never wants to leave him with anyone else and if anyone asks if they can keep Dakota she always says "You get your own baby!". She is very attached. Dakota likes to eat and sleep a lot. He is good about being patient and waiting for things though.

Troy is still liking his job. He didn't realize how much he missed being in an office with other people.

I am on xmas break right now. I have to go back to school on Jan 14th. I am looking forward to getting another semester down. Only one year and I will be an RN!!!! I have also applied to take my LPN test this year. I am hoping that I will hear back about that soon. The good thing about that is that I will get a raise and be able to fill more positions at work. Again, just trying to make myself a little more valuable.

That's about it for now. I hope that everyone had great holidays.