Doesn't get any cuter than this!!!

The other day I decided I haven't taken a whole lot of pictures of Ethan, and I am going to need them for rememberance and scraping. So Lillie is always wanting to hold or carry Ethan (who is 1/2 her weight) so I decided to let her hold him on the floor (no chance of dropping him or letting him flop over).
Here she is trying to give him his paci.
Here is another pic of Ethan where he is peaking on his tummy.

Then when I went to work that night Josh decided to take some pics of Ethan, I did not tell him I had taken pictures of him earlier that day(doo doo doo doo(add a twilight zone music)). He then added a little wording...hope you love it!

WHEW! What a night! Who said boys are never like girls?

A learning experience if I might say. I am glad I do not have triplets or quadruplets. Wednesday was Levi's birthday, so I let him pick 3 friends to stay the night. They arrived last night between 5-6pm. We ate taco salad for dinner and then I went and bought an ice cream cake. Britta had picked up some snacks for them while they watched movies and played games. I told them that they would be lying down at 11pm but they could go to sleep with a movie on. So at 11 I had them already the only problem I was having issues with the tv. I got it figured out and had them all laying down. I went to go sew (in the next room) until they were asleep. After I finished what I was doing I came out and they were all sitting up watching the movie. I was in shock, I thought they would have all passed out. So I had to make them all lay down and had to sit there until they were asleep. Much to my surprise when I came downstairs this morning just before 8 all but 1 was awake. He woke up shortly after I got down here. Then trying to round them all up to go to Krispy Kreme. That was like trying to heard cattle without a horse. We got home shortly after 11:30, and the last boy was just picked up. So needless to say we are all going to take a nap. Levi has a basketball game at 5, and I don't think he will be useful being sleepy. All in all they were great boys, they had a great time, but man they can talk just as much as girls do. They just do it 10 notches higher so they can overtalk each other.

BBBRRRR it is COLD!!!

Well, it is Sat. night and cold! Oh wait it has been cold since I got here. I left Kansas at 50 degrees to come to 17. What was I thinking??? Oh great just found out with the wind chill tomorrow it is supposed to be between 20 and 30 BELOW! Yes you read that right negative. YIKES! Glad I will be going back to 36, with getting back up to 50 by Wed. Amazing what 350 miles can make in a weather difference.

It has been a fast weekend, as with all weekends when I travel to Nebraska. When I got into town yesterday I went to Dixie's house and mom came a while later and I ran to the Y to go workout. While mom and Dixie had their hands full with Lillie and Ethan, but mainly Lillie. In the short time I was gone she messed up the tv with the remote, they said she didn't have it but a minute, and spilled mom's tea. You have to be careful with her she's quick!! We went and had dinner at El Bees in rememberence of dad. It had been a while since I had been there. Then mom and I went to Fremont to Wal-Mart, Pennys and the kids made us go to Village Inn. They needed their pants changed so we had to buy something so we got a pie. Not just a piece the whole thing. We ended up going to bed after midnight. Short night.

Then we got up this morning and went back to Fremont. We ended up finding the perfect headstone for mom and dads grave. I think it will be a perfect fit, and it is to be at dad's grave by Memorial day which is what we were wanting. We then went and did a bit more shopping till we went home and cleaned. It is now 9pm and we are ready to crash. So goodnight, and stay warm.

Just checkin in!

Surprise I decided to post right quick. Nothing new really is going on other than Josh is now working almost 70 hours a week right now. They have a plane that is in experimental being made and it HAS to be done by sometime in April. So everyone working on this project is on overload. Well, I will be headed back to Nebraska this weekend. Mom and I are going on Sat. to look for a headstone. We would like to have it on dad's grave by Memorial Day. Hope everyone is doing well. I will try to keep checkin in! P.S. To my aunts 1 in particular Ethan and Lillie will be with me so you can come get some kid lovin'!!!

Run for cover a storm of great severity will be coming in!

Yes, that is right after this gets posted everyone will end up with a foot of snow. Well, considering it has only been 8months since my last post!!! Whew how time flys! I thought it was only supposed to do that when you are having fun. Well some times have been better than others.

Back in Oct. Ethan Scott was born. He was 7lbs .5oz, and 20". He was a wonderful new addition to our family.

I was really hoping that my parents would have been able to come down, but my dad had been really sick from the cancer. Things had taken a turn for him in July, and they continued to go down from there. I decided that things did not seem like they were going well for dad and we headed back to Nebraska right before Ethan was 2 weeks old. I am so glad we did. We got to Nebraska and dad got to hang out with his little (new) budy (he had lots of little buddies & 1 buddet).
After we got up there we found out dad had a blockage and if it wasn't removed they told us he had 2 weeks to a couple of months and even with the cancer being so bad, he had less than a year. That was Oct. 19. That was the first time we had been given any update as to what his future held. We ended up taking him to Omaha to Emmanuel where he had an illiostomy done. He seemed fine, when I left the 24th to come back to KS. I really didn't want to leave and had a hard time leaving, but was planning to be back in a couple of weeks for a benefit that was going to be held for him. I got a call the next morning from my brother Michael that dad was going into surgery his kidneys were failing. This just happend to be my 30th birthday as well. I freaked out to say the least and was upset that I couldn't be up there. The dr. didn't even think dad would make it through surgery. The fighter that he is though he did. We got back up there at 11:30 that night. On Friday his conditions weren't changing and we had decided we would make a call as to what to do on Sat. We waited from about 6am till 7pm before we got to talk to the dr. Dad was not doing any better as for recovering. We decided that dad would not want to live the way he was any longer and took him off care. That was done at 9:30. Robert and I continued to stay with dad as they took him off the respirator. As soon as the pulled it out. I kissed his forehead and said I love you dad, and he said I LOVE YOU, and those were his last words. I am sorry to those who are reading this and crying, just so you know you aren't alone I am too. Robert and I continued to stay by his side with mom and Micheal coming in and out. I had to run to the restroom and stopped by mom for a sec when Robert came out and I went back into his room it wasn't long after that he passed. 11:20pm Oct. 27 he went home to Jesus. Dad had received his salvation on Oct.21 and he was baptized while in the hospital the morning of the 27th. Praise God we will see him again!!

As far as the remainder of the year goes, well, I don't remember much of it. So now we are already into Feb. Levi will be 8 this month, and Lillie will be 2 next month. We got some snow Thur. and there was no school. So Levi took Lillie out in the sled.



I am sure you are all wondering what Ethan looks like now too. He is growing, and getting so big! When I took him in for his 2mo he was 11 lbs 11oz. and 23" (69% for his age). We will find out how big he is next week when he has his 4mo, but I bet he is at least 15lbs. I took these pics this morning and the outfit he has on is 6mo.



Well, I should probably let you all go now since you now have probably a foot of snow outside you have to go scoop. I do hope to keep up a little better this year. Maybe things will slow down. Yeah right.