All Recovered

I think Landen and I will make it through! We have both been sick for so long and now Nick has it but we are all recovering. This cold/flu that is going around is horrible!!! It lingers and it's a hard one to fight. So it started off by Landen and I just having regular colds then all of a sudden Landen got really bad. He acted like he was having to work so hard to get a breath. So I made an appointment for the next morning at the doctors and of course when we were there he wasn't near as bad as he was the night before, but she gave him antibiotics because he had a double ear infection and she said we can get him an inhaler, but it would be hard to give a little boy one and have them use it properly so she gave me it in liquid form. That wasn't really working because it goes into his whole body and not really his lungs so I took him back in the next day and his oxygen level feel to a 94 so the doctor tried to give him a breathing treatment in the office but he was NOT going for it! So she said I can either take him to the ER or I knew that Janelle has to give Connor breathing treatments and has Tasha's machine so I thought I would try that at the comfort of home. We went home and he did GREAT. He would hold the mask to his face but then want to stop so I would just hold it next to his face while he did finger paints with the help of Auntie and Maama. I don't know how moms take care of sick babies when they are sick too without the help of family. I couldn't have mentally got through it without my mom and Lyndsey! They are GREAT. So we spent about a week in the house. Talk about needing to get out! And we had to stay in Landens room most of the time because I had two humidifiers going andhe couldn't breath the moment he left his room! So we played in there for a week straight and our rooms in our house are not roomy:)!
We are all getting better. Landen is better and now I just have a lingering cough and my ears are plugged and Nick is getting better!!!
Here are some picutres of right before his was sick in his Daddy's dump truck and at the mall on the mall toys.






Here are some pics of him watching the movie Cars that we watched probably 20 times that week..

Supercross

So I finally got to go to a supercross race after not going to any for about 3 years! We went to San Francisco for the race and had a great time. The weather was perfect for being January. No wind or rain, it just got cold when the sun went down. Landen stayed home with my mom and sister while Nick and I am my Nonnie and Papa went down. My family has been family friends with The Villopoto's for a long time. My mom dated Danny Villopoto which is Ryan's dad and all the siblings were friends with my mom and uncle. They were such good friends that they would spend holidays together. So we hung out with the family for most of the afternoon in their motor home in the pits. They were very welcoming! My grandparents and Fred and Fran (ryan's grandparents) were so excited to see each other. They now just see each other once a year or so at races and they talk about once a week. So we enjoyed their company and I hadn't seen any of them since I was about 10. I remember Ryan racing here at Redwood Acres for my dad's memorial race, and then seeing them at races here and there for a few years but that was I think the last time. Ryan did great. He got 3rd place and he is definitely getting better and better each race. Can't wait to see how the season turns out for him!!!!! GOOD LUCK RYAN!!
I didn't get any pictures but like two because I totally forgot!!! When we were leaving the pits I remembered to take a pic of his bike and his motor home, then while they were introducing the top riders I took a video of them introducing Ryan, but that's all, I wish I would have taken more, oh well, next time.
The video is really loud with all the music and my grandma and I screaming:)

Happy 2nd Birthday Landen!!!!

Here comes a LONG post!! Be ready.
This is a day early, but I don't work tomorrow and my computer isn't hooked up at my house so I have to wish Landen a happy birthday today.
Landen is turning 2 tomorrow! He had a birthday party last Saturday which turned out great. His friends and family were there to help him celebrate and he got blessed with LOTS of presents that we are still finding places for! Thank you to everyone!
Landen is a great boy.
We got him a trampoline for his birthday and he is getting really comfortable on it! Here is a video of him falling on his bottom and learning how to do a somersault. Turn your mute on because I am pretty obnoxious! lol

Here are pics of his birthday party.











This is by the end of the party...




I have been teaching Landen letters. He now knows 4!!!! Here is another video. He tried to trick you the first 30 seconds by acting like he did know:) I am loud in this video too so watch out!

I love you

Just a little video now that I got a new camera

Misc. (Weekend activity and Lucas Michael)

Here are just some misc pictures of Landen washing my car with his dad and as a few people have posted, Janelle and Mikey had their second baby boy yesterday!!Lucas Michael. He is SO cute!!!! I just got two pictures of him sleeping, but you can still see how dang adorable he is! Congrats Janelle and Mikey!
We also put in a fireplace in our house for christmas presents to each other. Nick's friend Darl put it in and he did a great job. I haven't decorated it yet and it's not quite done(the electrical) but here are before, during and after pics.

Baking Cookies

I know I posted this stuff backwards, but here are pictures from we when baked goodies the weekend before christmas. The cookies Landen was making are candy cane cookies, so he was trying to roll them out and place them on the cookie sheet like candy canes...you can see how they turned out:) But it's the effort that counts!




This is landens new thing he does on all coffee tables. We call it Superman. This is xmas eve at my Nonnie and Papa's.

Landen and his Cousin Chloe singing Christmas songs with the bell

Christmas

I hope everyone had a great christmas! We sure did. I think Christmas gets better when you have kids:) I enjoyed watching Landen open all his presents and get so excited about each one (even clothes and shoes). We were all blessed this christmas and we all got Great presents!
Here are some pictures:

Landen showing Paige how to ride her new pony:)






This is the quilt Lyndsey made Landen. Her first quilt and it's beautiful!


I know this is blurry, but I thought it was cute because Landen woke up from a nap and I had taken the tree out and he just couldn't get why there was no more tree! He went on and on about it:) This is where the tree was and he just stood there saying "all gone"