I have been meaning to post but I don't really have any time to myself anymore.
My so-caller "Great Sleeper"...aka Hope...has decided not to nap anymore since we have been home. She started out just sitting there. The first day she sat there 1 1/2 hour, the next day an hour, the next 40 mins, and today 20 minutes. I don't know what to do. I gave in today and rocked her to sleep, which took 30 minutes (Dave and Isaiah were out), but as soon as I put her down she screamed and screamed. Obviously she was spoiled when she was sick, but she has to be exhausted. She is up from 5:30am to 7pm. She has been doing OK with it and is usually happy...but Isaiah is getting more sleep than her. Any suggestions??
We decided to try and put Isaiah in his own bed. Don't jump to any conclusions yet....his mattress is right next to ours on the floor...Ha ha...Baby Steps. We just started tonight so I will keep you posted on what happens. It is just getting too crowded in our bed and I am sick of being kicked in the face...not that he knows he is doing it:)
Oh well....at least they go to bed at 7 and Dave and I get a little time together. Time to do what?? Watch 24 and American Idol of course..Ha ha! Actually I have not watched that much of American Idol. I do not really like this part that much. But I will start tuning in more next week when they have Hollywood week!!
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Our Vacation (or whatever you want to call it)
For all of you have may have been just a little envious that we were going on vacation and getting away from the cold....you have nothing to be envious of. We are still not home, but I wouldn't exactly call it a vacation.
We started out in San Francisco and met Dave at the airport. He landed a little bit before us. Gary picked us up and we were off to see Dani, Makenzie and Zach. We had a great day and were looking forward to going into the city and visiting an aquarium with the kids but....then Hope woke up and wasn't feeling well. We decided to stay in...good thing we did...it ended up being the stomach flu..YUCK! We tried to keep everyone away and clean everything. We didn't want anyone else to get sick especially baby Zach (he is only 9 weeks old). However...after I started not feeling so well we were going to leave the next day..and then Isaiah got it that night!! So we packed up the next morning and knew we had to get out of there. So...where did we go?? The only place we know so well....Valencia!!
We were excited to come here and maybe catch up with our friends....but we have been on quarantine ever since we got here. On our drive down...which is about 5 1/2 hours...1 mile before we reached our hotel...Isaiah got sick all over the car. Then later that night Hope and Isaiah were sick all over the hotel. Then....my Mom got it...Dave's mom got it....and I kind of got it. So we are all waiting for Dave to get it.
We were going to fly out as soon as everyone got better...but now we are wondering if we should just make our vacation here?? What is the rush to get back to freezing cold weather?? We haven't decided yet....but we need to decide before tomorrow morning!! :)
Hope you are all in good health.
Some prayer requests:
1. That we all get over this nasty flu and get healthy asap....And pray that nobody else gets it from us.
2. Please pray for Dave's Aunt Sue. She is 80 years old (but you would never know it)! She is in the hospital because of a bad reaction to medicine which turned into double pneumonia.
3. Please pray for baby Zach. He has a chest x-ray tomorrow because of some sounds he makes when he is breathing. Pray that everything comes back normal.
4. Please pray for Makenzie who ended up getting a bladder infection after we left...poor thing.
We started out in San Francisco and met Dave at the airport. He landed a little bit before us. Gary picked us up and we were off to see Dani, Makenzie and Zach. We had a great day and were looking forward to going into the city and visiting an aquarium with the kids but....then Hope woke up and wasn't feeling well. We decided to stay in...good thing we did...it ended up being the stomach flu..YUCK! We tried to keep everyone away and clean everything. We didn't want anyone else to get sick especially baby Zach (he is only 9 weeks old). However...after I started not feeling so well we were going to leave the next day..and then Isaiah got it that night!! So we packed up the next morning and knew we had to get out of there. So...where did we go?? The only place we know so well....Valencia!!
We were excited to come here and maybe catch up with our friends....but we have been on quarantine ever since we got here. On our drive down...which is about 5 1/2 hours...1 mile before we reached our hotel...Isaiah got sick all over the car. Then later that night Hope and Isaiah were sick all over the hotel. Then....my Mom got it...Dave's mom got it....and I kind of got it. So we are all waiting for Dave to get it.
We were going to fly out as soon as everyone got better...but now we are wondering if we should just make our vacation here?? What is the rush to get back to freezing cold weather?? We haven't decided yet....but we need to decide before tomorrow morning!! :)
Hope you are all in good health.
Some prayer requests:
1. That we all get over this nasty flu and get healthy asap....And pray that nobody else gets it from us.
2. Please pray for Dave's Aunt Sue. She is 80 years old (but you would never know it)! She is in the hospital because of a bad reaction to medicine which turned into double pneumonia.
3. Please pray for baby Zach. He has a chest x-ray tomorrow because of some sounds he makes when he is breathing. Pray that everything comes back normal.
4. Please pray for Makenzie who ended up getting a bladder infection after we left...poor thing.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Picture Update
I was really bad with taking pictures this past month. Here are most of the ones I have from Christmas and the cousins..Sorry:)
Isaiah and Hope love their big cousin Cade!
They are so cute sharing everything...most of the time:)
A rare moment when Isaiah would actually share his chair. 
Isaiah's new thing is to hug people and tell us to take a picture.
Isaiah and Hope love their big cousin Cade!They are so cute sharing everything...most of the time:)A rare moment when Isaiah would actually share his chair. Christmas morning....most of those gifts were not from us. Our kids only get 3 gifts from us...just like Baby Jesus:)
Loving their new chairs...Thanks Tita and Jaja!
Hope LOVES princess stuff..even though she has no idea who they are!
Loving their new chairs...Thanks Tita and Jaja! Hope LOVES princess stuff..even though she has no idea who they are!Friday, January 9, 2009
Holiday Catch Up
We have been busy, as usual here, and I know I haven't posted in awhile. I will catch you up on all that is going on here...and then I will not be posting for a few more weeks...we are going on vacation!! :)
We had a very blessed Christmas with lots of family around to share it with. Dave's parents were here and so were Doug, Carrie and the gang! We missed you Dani and Gary:)
We spent Christmas Eve with my family at my Grandma's house. It is our tradition. She has had Christmas Eve every since we were little. It has grown and grown and now she has seven great-grandchildren there!! We went to church first and met my cousins and their children there. They saved us some seats!! Thank you!! So much better than standing. Since we went at 4...the kids were starving so we fed them dinner there....Well...some of Isaiah's came back up right before communion...all over the floor and on his cousin Olivia. She was so good about it and didn't even cry. What a big girl! (She is the same age as Isaiah). Then off to my Gram's. We had a great time seeing everyone and the kids had a great time playing. There are always tons of gifts under the tree, but usually they are not for any of us. They are for the kids that have godparents there...and our kids godparents are not there. Anyway...we were about to leave when they said your kids have to open their gifts. I was shocked to see that they had gifts. My Grandpa's friend, who does not know any of the kids....bought all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren 3 gifts each!!! I could not believe it. First of all he does not even know have of the kids and he was not even there to see how much he made those little ones night! My Aunt Mary and Uncle Craig also bought the kids gifts. They didn't want anyone to be left out. They were so thoughtful!
On Christmas day...the kids faces were so adorable when they saw all of the gifts. We do not teach our kids about Santa Claus. They never have asked..we never brought it up...it is just about Jesus and His birthday. The gifts were from whoever they were really from and they loved them. Isaiah was really protesting about Christmas because he wanted it to be his birthday not Jesus'....but after we opened gifts he really started to understand more about it. He is growing so fast. After opening gifts...off to the kitchen to start Christmas dinner. We had Dave's parents, my parent's, Doug and Carrie and the kids and Josh and Melanie and their kids as well as Auntie Lil. Dinner was great...but the best part was yet to come. For all of you that have been here...you know our house has a stage on the third floor....Well after dinner we got a great show put on by all of the kids. They worked so hard on it and it was wonderful. It reminded me of my childhood. Every year at my grandma's house, all of the kids would go downstairs and put on a play or sing Christmas Carole's. It was always so much fun. I am so glad that everyone could come and I hope it starts a new tradition every year. Isaiah really wanted to be up there...and finally made his way in and copied the kids dance moves. Then it was his turn and he sang and dance.
New Year's Eve we spent at Josh and Melanie's house with Doug and Carrie and all of the kids. We had such a great time. They are so creative! We played games and ate a ton a delicious food and the kids had a blast all playing together. We were home and in bed before the new year...but we had a great day!!
New Year's Day...Dave left for Hong Kong like he always does for the big toy fair. We miss him very much and are looking forward to seeing him on Monday. We are going to meet him in San Jose where we finally get to meet our new nephew Zachary!! And then we are off to Hawaii! I will post when we get back and tell you all about it!
Here are some updates about the kids:
Isaiah is becoming such a lover. He tells me and my Mom everyday that he loves us! :) And when I went to a doctor's appointment the other day...when I came home he told me he missed me. So cute! He also is being nicer to his sister (most of the time!)...the one day Monica hit Hope...so Isiah hit Monica for her...not nice but being protective of her. Dave always tells him that he needs to protect her...I guess he forgot to mention not to hit girls though.
Hope is talking so much now. She is just starting to put two words together but most of the time you can understand what she wants. She is so funny right now too. If you ask her where anyone is she will say "home" but if you ask where Daddy is she will say HonKon (Hong Kong). Too cute. She watches everything you do to. Tonight she took Mr. Potato Head's eyes out and flipped them over so they looked like little cups. Then she took her finger dipped it in and put it in her eye...like she was putting in contacts. It was so adorable....better watch what I do..ha ha!
We had a very blessed Christmas with lots of family around to share it with. Dave's parents were here and so were Doug, Carrie and the gang! We missed you Dani and Gary:)
We spent Christmas Eve with my family at my Grandma's house. It is our tradition. She has had Christmas Eve every since we were little. It has grown and grown and now she has seven great-grandchildren there!! We went to church first and met my cousins and their children there. They saved us some seats!! Thank you!! So much better than standing. Since we went at 4...the kids were starving so we fed them dinner there....Well...some of Isaiah's came back up right before communion...all over the floor and on his cousin Olivia. She was so good about it and didn't even cry. What a big girl! (She is the same age as Isaiah). Then off to my Gram's. We had a great time seeing everyone and the kids had a great time playing. There are always tons of gifts under the tree, but usually they are not for any of us. They are for the kids that have godparents there...and our kids godparents are not there. Anyway...we were about to leave when they said your kids have to open their gifts. I was shocked to see that they had gifts. My Grandpa's friend, who does not know any of the kids....bought all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren 3 gifts each!!! I could not believe it. First of all he does not even know have of the kids and he was not even there to see how much he made those little ones night! My Aunt Mary and Uncle Craig also bought the kids gifts. They didn't want anyone to be left out. They were so thoughtful!
On Christmas day...the kids faces were so adorable when they saw all of the gifts. We do not teach our kids about Santa Claus. They never have asked..we never brought it up...it is just about Jesus and His birthday. The gifts were from whoever they were really from and they loved them. Isaiah was really protesting about Christmas because he wanted it to be his birthday not Jesus'....but after we opened gifts he really started to understand more about it. He is growing so fast. After opening gifts...off to the kitchen to start Christmas dinner. We had Dave's parents, my parent's, Doug and Carrie and the kids and Josh and Melanie and their kids as well as Auntie Lil. Dinner was great...but the best part was yet to come. For all of you that have been here...you know our house has a stage on the third floor....Well after dinner we got a great show put on by all of the kids. They worked so hard on it and it was wonderful. It reminded me of my childhood. Every year at my grandma's house, all of the kids would go downstairs and put on a play or sing Christmas Carole's. It was always so much fun. I am so glad that everyone could come and I hope it starts a new tradition every year. Isaiah really wanted to be up there...and finally made his way in and copied the kids dance moves. Then it was his turn and he sang and dance.
New Year's Eve we spent at Josh and Melanie's house with Doug and Carrie and all of the kids. We had such a great time. They are so creative! We played games and ate a ton a delicious food and the kids had a blast all playing together. We were home and in bed before the new year...but we had a great day!!
New Year's Day...Dave left for Hong Kong like he always does for the big toy fair. We miss him very much and are looking forward to seeing him on Monday. We are going to meet him in San Jose where we finally get to meet our new nephew Zachary!! And then we are off to Hawaii! I will post when we get back and tell you all about it!
Here are some updates about the kids:
Isaiah is becoming such a lover. He tells me and my Mom everyday that he loves us! :) And when I went to a doctor's appointment the other day...when I came home he told me he missed me. So cute! He also is being nicer to his sister (most of the time!)...the one day Monica hit Hope...so Isiah hit Monica for her...not nice but being protective of her. Dave always tells him that he needs to protect her...I guess he forgot to mention not to hit girls though.
Hope is talking so much now. She is just starting to put two words together but most of the time you can understand what she wants. She is so funny right now too. If you ask her where anyone is she will say "home" but if you ask where Daddy is she will say HonKon (Hong Kong). Too cute. She watches everything you do to. Tonight she took Mr. Potato Head's eyes out and flipped them over so they looked like little cups. Then she took her finger dipped it in and put it in her eye...like she was putting in contacts. It was so adorable....better watch what I do..ha ha!
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