Ethan

Ethan is learing so much he makes me smile just hearing what he is learing. He can count to ten all by himself and knows all of his ABC's but maybe 9 letters. Now he is working on who has a winky and who doesn't. He knows mommy doesn't and daddy does. He knows him and Liam both have a winky too... 
He gets mixed up with other people but its so cute to have him ask me Mommy Aunt Shawnda have winky then he shakes his head no and says Noooooooo then he says Mommy William winky then shakes his head and says Yessss.
Last night I got three pumpkins and let William, Octavius and Ethan "carve" them. William did more helping than the other two he picked the headless horse man and he poked a few holes to trace it and he pushed the chuncks through once we got them cut free. He even cleaned the pumpkins out. Octavius only picked out his picture he picked a cat. Ethan picked a bat flying he also didn't really help much but they all had fun. I will add pictures of them later.

Hospital trip X2

Well Saturday Liam started to puke a lot he never does that so I called his doctor today and because his puke was green she sent him to the ER to be checked. Well I took him to one hospital I got there at 1:00 they did blood work and at 5:00 I left there being told he has reflux and colic and is borderline dehydrated. I was very worried and did not believe what I was told, so I took him to a different hospital and they told me he is NOT colicy and does NOT have reflux but he has a virus and is NOT dehydrated. Now we are home and he is in bed sleeping.
I have a few pictures to add but I will later.

Tomorrow is the big day.

Lol tomorrow is not really a big day but I do have a lot going on. First I have to take Liam over to get his shots and then I have togo to my WIC appointment. I am not looking forward to shots I ALWAYS hate taking them to get shots but I hope Liam does good like Ethan and just sleeps them off and doesn't get fussy.
As of right now both boys are sick nothing major just colds I made sure it was ok to give Liam shots while sick and his doctor said it was fine as long as he doesn't have a fever.

It's been 2 months!

So today Liam is 2 months old! I cannot say that the last two months have been perfect because they have been far from perfect. I have felt stressed, depressed, alone, helpless, you name it I felt it. It was a struggle to get Ethan used to his baby brother and I did that alone. Lucky for me it did not take long.
I can say that even though the past two months have been far from perfect they have been wonderful. I love getting to know Liam. I know he is not the person he is going to be as a young child like Ethan but I still enjoy watching him grow and learn new things. So far he only talks (coos) smiles when he sees someone he knows and he has rolled over a few times. He is sleeping better at night too. Still not good enough to sleep in Ethan's room.
Liam was the puzzle piece we were waiting for and he made our family complete!

Going back to work.

Well the time has come... I had to go back to work last Friday. My boss wants me to be "flexable" but I cannot be flexable. My husband works 40-50 hours a week leaving home at 2:00 p.m not getting home until 3:00 a.m so working through the week is out because the hours at work are 7-3, 3-11 or 11-7 all of them cut into Keith's work schedule. Also I do not want to send the boys to a sitter and try to get a ride. So the only days I can work are Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I do not like 3-11 because I feel like I am away from the boys to much, They get up at 8:00 or 9:00 then go in for a nap at 1:00 then by time I get home they are in bed. Plus that shift sucks it goes so slow.. 11-7 isn't bad because the boys would be asleep until I got off but I would need to sleep and that would take me away from the boys too. 7-3 goes fast and I don't miss the boys so much. I will not work Sunday so that leaves 2 days I can work 1 shift. I mean I could always do 11-7 Friday but then I couldn't Saturday so the schedule I gave him is what I can do. I am willing to trade sometimes but not every week.
Friday was my first day back and I did not want to go to work because Liam was awake and Ethan was sick. I got to work and it was crazy busy but I got through the day went home and spent time with the boys before the football game.
Saturday did not go as great. I got up late ran out the door and got to work 5 minutes late. I had to fix the credit card machine and that did not go so well. I did not even get to clean the breakfast room because I was busy with the credit card machine. After work I went home and fed Liam fell asleep while doing it and Keith left to go get our oil changed and came back woke me up then I went to get Ethan from the lake.
I hope this week goes as good but I am not looking forward to going back. I wish I did not have to work but its part of being an adult you have to do what you don't want to do and the boys didn't seem to miss me to much lol.

What do you do when your child cannot find his favorite toy?

Oh Nooo.... Puppy is MISSING!
Ethan has a favorite toy and we call him puppy. Puppy is like our third child because he goes where we go. Ethan has puppy with him when we leave the house and there are only a few places I will not let puppy go for example on the boat. Ethan NEEDS puppy to sleep and if he cannot find him he walks through the house yelling PUPPY WHERE ARE YOU I LOVE YOU COME HERE!
 Ethan cries when puppy is in the washer but I have to wash him once a week because puppy gets so dirty I mean how could he not when Ethan put him in the swimming pool and the bath tub even the potty. when Ethan is sick puppy is sick they take their medicine together, so puppy gets it on him.
Well last night I was at my dads with the boys and Ethan had puppy at nap time and then he left him lay on the bed while he played with my nephews. Well at 10:00 I figured I would get ready to go home and I told Ethan to go get puppy so we could go home and go to bed, Well he looked for him but could not find him so I put our stuff in the car then went back in to look for him too. We looked everywhere and could NOT find puppy my nephew even checked the toilet for him lol, My youngest nephew has this obsession to throw everything in the trash, toys, shoes, cups, you name it if he gets it he puts it in the trash. Well I thought maybe it got thrown away but the problem with that was my dad had taken the trash down to the trash hopper already so I got a flash light and my sister and I went down the the trash and started to look through the trash for puppy but could not find him, So after looking for over an hour checking places two and three times I told Ethan we just had to go home it was getting to late. So we left and the whole 30 minute car ride home Ethan was in the back seat crying I want puppy. then he would say Mommy I want puppy please. My heart was breaking for him because he needs puppy. We got home and he ate then I sent him to bed and the crying started all over again, 30 minutes later he finally fell asleep. But the first thing he asked for this morning was puppy I told him he was gone forever and that he went to stay with someone else thinking that Puppy was gone and would never come back. Well he would not take his nap today and cried for 2 hours for puppy he just kept saying Puppy at Papa's. I was crying because of how upset he was and plus I want to keep puppy for when he is older. My dad sent me a text telling me he looked all over the camper when he got home from work and could not find puppy so we figured he got put in the trash and he was gone for good.  I was going to run out to the lake tomorrow morning and look all over for puppy one last time but at 7:30 I got the BEST message ever PUPPY WAS FOUND! yay I guess one of the boys put him in the drawer under my grandmas bed and when it got shut puppy fell out and went behind the drawer, my Aunt found him when she lifted the bed to see why the drawer was not shutting right. My dad is going to drop him off tomorrow after work. I am so happy about that I do not know how much longer I could go without puppy. Ethan cried at bed time tonight for an hour I gave him a bear and he came out of his room with the bear and hands him to me and says mommy no monkey bear I want puppy. So I told him he wanted to spend one more night with Papa and he would be back in the morning.

Ethan always sucks on puppy where his tag is.

A trip to the ER and we couldn't forget puppy!

Puppy needed a bath too.

Puppy loves to swim

You cannot play outside without sunscreen even puppy got some on.

Sleeping in the chair with puppy,

A sick boy with his "sick" puppy watching t.v.

Ethan's best friend Puppy

That is one happy boy with his puppy!

It is pretty bad that Puppy is one of the most important things to us. When we leave the first question we ask before pulling out is does Ethan have puppy! We have turned around and went back to my mother-in-laws house for puppy and she is 25 minutes away and we were home when we found out he did not have puppy. Puppy is our life line. When Ethan is tired he wants puppy when he is hurt he needs puppy after I give him boo boo kisses I have to give them to Puppy too.
As you can tell by the pictures I added puppy is Ethan's favorite toy he is more than his favorite toy he is his best friend who is always there when he needs him. You can also see that puppy does what Ethan does! We talk about him like he is a person at times lol.

How can I make time?

Having two children is hard work at times. Having a sick 2 year old who wants mommy all the time and a 5 week old who wants to eat all the time makes it almost impossible for me to get stuff done.
My house is a mess and I have no energy to clean it because I was up almost all night. Both boys slept good but I am a worried mommy and kept checking on both boys. I need a shower and I need to start dinner but I have no idea what to make and I don't even feel like getting a shower. Keith (my husband) let me take a nap while he watched the boys but I didn't sleep long because I forgot I had running to do before he left for work. I just find it hard to get anything done while the boys are awake and while they nap I want to relax and watch my shows that I don't watch while Ethan is awake because I give him the t.v for his shows. I just wish Keith was home more but he works 4 days a week some times 5 from 2 p.m until 3 a.m The good news for me is that he was told no more over time this year so he will be home one extra day a week to help with the boys.
Now do I let this mess sit here and ignore it until tomorrow when he is home or do I force myself to get up and clean it now? I guess I am going to get off here and clean a little bit then start dinner. I just wish I had more time to do things but I guess as long as my boys are happy, healthy and fed then the way our house looks is not a big deal.
Well cleaning is going to be put on hold because I have a crying baby!

My boys.

Ok so I wanted to start a blog about my two boys. I have two amazing boys and they mean the world to me. This blog is going to be where I talk about everything from problems to amazing things. I will start by telling you about my boys.
As I have said I have two boys my oldest is Ethan Michael he was born February 4th 2009, He is a great child yes he has his days where he can be rotten but that's normal for any child.
Then I have Liam James my youngest he was born July 22 2011, He is growing like a weed.
It was hard getting used to having two but we got used to it quick. Ethan is a great big brother and he seems to enjoy his brother MOST days.
We are working with Ethan on potty training and that is going good. He has it pretty much down, He hates being told when to go potty he likes to go on his own and that works for him he hasn't had many accidents and won't pee in his pull up at night or nap time, He just has a hard time going poo in his potty so that is where we need to work on him then we are done with training. Well I guess he needs work on going potty while we are away from home he holds it while we are out until we get him home to his potty.
I am not sure how often I will post because of having the two boys. But I am going to try to post once a month or if we do something worth posting about.
Here are a few pictures of the boys.

Ethan and Liam

Liam does not get many bottles but his big brother really wanted to feed him.

Ethan and Me at the park

My sweet cheeks

My booger