Our craziness

We had a fun Christmas other than the fact we were all sick at various points during the Holiday. I think that must happen to everyone. Hopefully our Hayden saga is coming to an end. Hayden has had many different antibiotics and shots to stop an infection in his ears that just won't go away. He will be getting tubes put in next Friday. That should help with the fluid in his ears and help cure the infection. Hayden has also had some issues with always being congested and he sounds horrible when he breathes. His doctor thinks some of that is because he is allergic to his formula. We are trying some new stuff that stinks even more than soy formula. (I didn't think that was possible!!) Our doctor has also told us to move out of our apartment. He thinks that the mold in it is not helping with his nasty sounding lungs. They have gotten really bad the last month or so. He was pretty concerned on my last visit. We are now on a search for somewhere new to live. We are sad because we have made so many friends and really love our ward, but if it will help Hayden, we are willing to do anything. Hopefully once we get infections and congestion under control, he will actually sleep through the night. Oh I can't wait for that!!!

Christmas Eve

We had a good Christmas Eve. Jackson woke up this morning and ran into the living room looking for presents. Apparently he didn't understand the difference of Christmas and Christmas Eve. After we broke his heart, we told him the fun things we were going to do. Here are some pictures of the boys with Santa at the Nielsen party. Hayden would not take his eyes off Santa. It was pretty funny. We are excited for tomorrow morning. We hope everyone has a fabulous Christmas!

Sing-a-long

These pictures are horrible but here they are anyways. We went to the Christmas sing-a-long at Energy Solutions. The boys had a lot of fun. They really liked riding trax.

MoTab

Chris and I were able to celebrate graduation Saturday and Sunday. The boys stayed overnight at my parents house. We went to the Cheesecake Factory Saturday night. It was delicious as always. Sunday morning we were able to see the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Sunday broadcast. It was so beautiful and the singing was fabulous.

Zoo lights

We had a lot of fun at Zoo lights this year. The boys loved posing for lots of pictures with their friends.

Friend Party

My boys have some great friends that live in the court. We decided to draw names and have a little Christmas party. It was so fun. The kids were so cute with each other. We also had some good food which is always a plus.
Here is my group of girls. They are fabulous. They are all so willing to help and even more willing to have some fun. I think I would go crazy without them to spend the long winter days with.

Hooray for Chris

I am so proud of Chris. Not only did he just finish school, he did it while working full time, had three crazy boys, and graduated with honors on the Dean's list. I just have to thank him for all his hard work and dedication to everything he does. His is a great dad and husband. We all love him so much and are grateful for him.

Here comes Santa Clause

We had our ward party on Thursday. We are so glad it is over!! (We are on the activities committee.) Poor Hayden couldn't go because he was sick. The best part of the whole party was the look on Jackson and his friend, Jacob's face when Santa came in the room. Their whole bodies were shaking with pure joy. It was so cute. Here they are standing in line. You can't tell by the picture but they were so excited.
Chris was the photographer for these pictures. When I first looked at this picture, I was going to delete it because all you can really see is how Blake spilled water all over his shirt. Then I noticed he had his arm wrapped around Emma's. It is so cute.
Blake and Santa. The first picture that I have of him not crying while on his lap.
Jackson and Santa. Thanks Dad for being a fabulous Santa. Jackson told me later in the week that this was the "real" Santa and the others you see around are just helpers. You never know, he could be right!!! :)

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One less size of diapers to buy and change!!