Jordan and Kaleb around Christmas 2008

so.... where to begin. i'm not very good at remembering to write things down for the blog. well, Kaleb is now 17mo. old, and doing great. Jordan is 6 now and also doing wonderful. Not a whole lot has happened in the passed few months. Jordan is still going to his new school and is doing ok in that. When he started first grade, he was behind for that school, so he has struggled a little, but he's a smart boy and catches on quickly if you can keep his attention long enough to explain things to him. He got an xbox 360 for Christmas this past year. i think that's his favorite toy now days. he loves to play the xbox. Unfortunately so does his dad, so it can become a war at times. James is still working for CLS as a street light maintenance guy, and for now its going well, although they have made him cut his hrs. down by a whole day. i guess they are afraid of running out of work and are trying to keep there head above water, so instead of laying ppl off, everyone is taking a cut in hrs.
We still have Trouble, our dog. And he still lives up to his name. He isnt as bad as he was in previous months, but he still has his days. He likes to run away, if the door is open and we're not watching him like a hawk. If he wasnt so cute i'd let him run away and not open the door to him when he came back. Living up here in Eagle Mountain, i'm afraid the coyotes might eat him for a midnight snack. lol.
Kaleb,... he's figured out that coloring on the walls is really fun. Just today he colored on my closet door.( little poop head!) and the other day he stashed a crayon and colored on the return air vent, the recliner, the back door, dads hat, and the window by the front door. Oh and turning on the xbox is really fun, and when jordan is playing the xbox, its real fun to turn it off.
He's a talking, walking, running, giggling machine now. All day long he's walking around talking, and singing, and making all sorts of funny noises. He's also recently descovered that he can climb things, so he climbs EVERYTHING! But it's been alot of fun being able to watch him explore his surroundins and push both his and my limits. He's getting to where he can copy alot of what someone is saying as song as there simple words. But i still can't get him to talk infront of anyone. he's the shyest little boy. but i guess Jordan was really outspoken. He was the main attraction, everywhere we went. It seemed like he was always putting on a show for everyone. He'd talk to anyone, anywhere , anytime. And some of the things he would say was just hilarious! That kid hs always been my funny man.
Oh i dont think i meantioned, we moved from our apartment in Kearns, to a house out in Eagle Mountain. It's so nice up here. We're right up against the mountains, with a lake in view. Theres tons of horse property, and farming. It's alot less chaotic then SLC also. Like i said, Jordan is in a goodschool where they push the kids to be the best that they can, and do the best.
James' sister Tammy and her little family just moved out here from Tooele. That's been alot of fun. we get to see them alot more, and the kids like to play together, so it's been good.
Well i had better go....Sorry if my post is all scrambled. It's been a long time since the last time i wrote and so many things get going through my head, i just jot them all down.

catching up...

Jordan learning how to ride his bike with no training wheels!!!

Trouble being his dorky self
Kaleb doing what he does best...EATING!!!

So a lot has happened since the last time i have wrote.... I had Kaleb October the 3rd. at around 9:00 pm. after 14 hrs. of labor. He was 8lbs. 8.6 oz. and 21 inches long. Not long after that, I had to have my gal bladder taken out. (ouch!) But that's a very short, not so interesting story. I don't know if i said anything but we got a small puppy right before Kaleb was born,Trouble. He and Kaleb were buds and still are since the day we brought him home. About 3 weeks after he was born he lost a little bit of weight and we couldn't figure out why. We took him up to Primary Children's Hospital, to see the reasoning for it, and luckily he was a healthy kid. Between the Dr. and myself we pretty much figured i wasn't producing enough milk for him to eat, so we had to switch to formula. Not long after that we took him back into the Dr. office for a check up, and he had gained his weight back, plus a little... Now he has no problem packing on the pounds.. Thus the reason we call him "Tank". As for Jordan, he is doing well, he had no problem accepting having a new baby in the family. he always wanted to help me with everything, and i let him. Nothing better then a free helping hand. Kaleb has grown like a weed, it seems like everyday he surprises me with something new he can do. He's got the silliest little personality. He's always so happy... even when he's got huge goose eggs on his little melon. lol. It's so fun to watch him explore more of his surroundings as he grows. But i have to say i think his favorite spot in the house has to be Jordan's room. Everyday he goes in there and tears out all Jordan's toys, and Jordan for the most part doesn't care. Its so funny to watch them play together. They both do so well together. Kaleb I think tries to act like a big boy in "brother's" room, and Jordan tries to be very patient with him, even when he wipes out his car collection that he very carefully laid out in a straight line.

ok so i have some better news,..... i went to the dr. on Wednesday and my dr. finally gave me an induction date date!!! unfortunately its in October. its October the 3rd. at 7:00 am. i'm so excited! he's finally going to be here. hope everything goes well!!

ok so i went to the dr. on the 13th and the dr. said i'm dialated to a 1. :( not very happy about that. he said that i could dialate fairly quickly but he's not going to set a induction date till next week on the 20th if i havent already gone into labor by then. i'm still having contractions which are good b/c they help me dialate. (haha! i have no idea how to spell that word.) so i cried, because i'm just so uncomfortable now and my belly is so big, its hard for me to bend over or get up or anything now. he's getting bigger by the minute and he's getting too big for my belly. so hopefully by the grace of god i go into labor by next week. i cant wait much longer. i just hope he's not a 9 lb. baby. but i lost a pound since the last time i went in, so thats good. but thats about the only happy news for me. hehe. i think i've only gained around 15 lbs so it should come off fairly easy. (i hope) but thats al the news i have for now. when i know something, i'll be sure to write it down.

" THE CAGE "

last night james , jordan and my dad put the crib together to see what it needed as far as screws and such. come to find out, it needed screws to keep the bottom part of the crib together where the mattress lays. i was at work so the boys went to the hardware store to get what they needed. i called james to find out how everything was going and to see how my little jordy bum was doing. jordan got on the phone and was all excited that he got to help put the crib together and he was telling me about the store and what was there and he was trying to show me something through the phone, not wanting to burst his bubble, i played along like i could see what he was showing the phone. when i asked him what he was there to buy, he simply said, " nails!" knowing what he meant i asked him, "what for?" and i guess looking through a 5 year olds eyes i could see why he said what he did, because his answer was, " for the cage. the baby cage" so all nigh long everytime i talked to him i asked him how the baby cage was going. when i got home from work i went in to kiss him goodnight and he told me, "sorry mom, we didnt bring the cage home tonight." i thought it was the cutest thing.

so now that i know i'm going to have a date set for the delivery, now i just want him out. lol.... but for the past few days i've been having real bad pains in my back and in my lower part of my tummy. and then last night a friend of mine and myself went walking for about an hour and by the time we were done, my tummy was rock hard and hurting. everyone keeps telling me that those could be signs of labor but nothing has happened yet. i can tell that he has gotten lower in my hips though, sometimes it feels like he's going to fall out. it wouldnt be so bad if i didnt think that he would be too early, but not knowing how big he is, is kinda scary. i just dont want him to have any problems by coming out 3 weeks early. even though it would be a great relief for my body, nothing would be worse then to have something happen to the baby. but for now, he's all tucked away, getting bigger by the minute!! lol .