Our Last Few Weeks... In Review...

Even though I've been sick, we've managed to sneak in a few moments of fun... One night my boys received money in the mail from their Grandma and they immediately new what the wanted to spend their Christmas Money on. We tried to convince them to save it. We tried to convince them to wait until after Christmas and if there was something they didn't get but they wanted they could go get it. But nothing worked. So they each took half of their money, we did convince them to save half, and went to Chucky Cheese. Easy enough. It only requires me to sit, I can manage that being sick. They had a lot of fun, thanks Grandma!!!

And thankfully it wasn't too crowded. In case you are wondering, I do NOT enjoy going to Chucky Cheese. There are way to many kids just running around doing whatever for my liking. It's just not my thing. But I suppose twice a year won't kill me. And it didn't.

Then I started getting worse, rather than better. I have hit twelve weeks so I've been really hoping I'm on the upswing... But then it strikes again. This time with a vengeance. For about two weeks I couldn't keep anything down. I mean anything. I lost 6 pounds. Granted I needed too, but I'm also expecting... and that probably isn't such a great thing... So I got a new prescription to help me keep my food down. And it has finally started working. And I'm feeling good, once again. Like my other pregnancies. However there was a three day spell that nearly killed me... (I hate throwing up. HATE it. I'm such a baby about it.) It lasted so long my eyes were blood shot.

And it caused reddish purple rosy marks under my eyes. My husband told me the medical name... I can't remember. But they are broken blood vessels he said, from the pressure. Nice. It's hard to see, I know... There mixed in nicely with all those freckles that plague my face. But they are all the purple ones... If you can even tell...

And while I was on my three day death trap, my youngest son Ledger, must have got his little hands on my camera... Because I found about 20 of these small clips. And it made me smile and laugh... I picked out the best of them to share with you!

Then just Saturday we decided to drive up to Tacoma and see the zoo lights. Little did we know so was everyone else. It took us an hour and twenty minutes to make a 30 minute drive. It was terrible. But it was worth it. The boys had a blast. And the lights were amazing! Our house will be decorated like this one day. I swear on it. I love it. So bright and cheery!

The boys LOVED the shark tanks. Can you tell? We were there for about an hour. They were just mesmerized. I was thankful for that piece of glass.

And then we headed back outside to view the rest of the lights. There were millions of them. Everywhere.

Then we stopped by the kid zone and let the kids get their energy out. Boys and energy, It's never ending.

Thank goodness we were able to have a normal drive home of only 30 minutes, or I may have screamed. I am not a good person that sits calmly in traffic. I hate traffic.

So on top of our fun, we now have three boys who are on the naughty list. And they know it. And to top it off. I've got a sick husband, and two sick kids! Hopefully it goes away fast! I'm tired of all the sickness around here!

I'll fill you in on the reason my boys are on the naughty list... It's a whole post in itself. They up and above did themselves in this time... let's just say it involved the Christmas Tree... broken ornaments... and sticky hands.