Happy President's Day

The boys and I have been lucky enough to have a long weekend. There was no school on Friday, then today (Monday) is President's Day, and tomorrow is a short day (done at 11). Sadly, we haven't been able to do to much this weekend as the boys have both been sick. They are fighting a nasty cold, fever, and add to that, teething for Kaden. Thankfully Kaden has done a lot of sleeping but Nikolas hasn't slept much. I think he keeps waking up from not being able to breath (poor kiddo).

Along with having sick boys, Duane and I have made a big decision for our family. In roughly 5 months, the Cruz family will be moving to a new home in Port Orchard.

The development we will be living in is called McCormick Meadows. It is a Quadrant Home development. We start the process by picking out a lot. Since our realtor found out about this new development early enough, Duane and I were lucky enough to get the biggest lot. Usually they aren't very big lots but the one we are getting is almost exactly the same size that we have now. It's in a culdesac so the boys will be able to play without their mother freaking out all the time about cars. The fence in the background of this picture will be our fence. Obviously not the whole fence but a section of it will be. One of our neighbors will be Roxanne and Travis Bassett (our cousins). We are all very excited.

As of yesterday, we picked out our house plan that we like and now we get to start picking out everything that goes in the house to make it complete. We are hoping to "break ground" in about a month or so. Once we break ground, the house will be built in 57 working days (hoping that there are no issues that slows the process). So, mid July we should be moving into our new home. These are not the colors of our house, as we have not chosen colors yet.

We will be sure to keep everyone posted as this process get underway and complete.

Before I end this for the day, I would like to let everyone know how the boys are doing in swimming. Kaden....hmmm, how to put this...isn't a fan. HAHA!! He does not like to be held, so he screams the whole time. He would rather play in the kid pool and be able to walk and do his own thing.

Nikolas on the other hand, is doing AWESOME! I bought him some goggles a while ago and that has transformed him 100%. He will now put his head under water with no fear. He also jumps into the pool trusting that I will be there to pick him back up. Before he would only jump in if my hands were on him. Nikolas is doing so well and we are so proud of him. Duane couldn't believe how well he was doing when he saw him on Thursday. With them being as sick as they are still, we wont be going to swimming Tuesday. Hopefully we will make it on Thursday though. Only time will tell. And I would rather have them healthy, as we are going to Disney World on Sunday. :) No sick boys for that AMAZING trip!!!

Everyone have a wonderful Monday! Be ready for a lot of pictures from Disney World!

Happy Sunday

Well, I just need to brag about my boys for a minute.

They let us sleep in today. Ok, 6:30am really isn't sleeping in but considering that Duane and I were up and moving about the house even before the boys, it's a start. :) The boys woke up in good moods and very cuddly and fun.

I guess I should mention that I didn't see the much yesterday. I went and had "mommy" time. Got my hair done (Thank you Andrew and Aniela) and then had my monthly book club get together. It was great for me and great for Duane, Nikolas and Kaden. Much needed time both ways. Anyways....when they woke this morning, I just couldn't get enough of them. We started watching "Woody/Buzz", also known as Toy Story 3. Half way through that, Nikolas found the Chipmunks CD and wanted to dance. How can you say no to that?!?

We put the CD on and the house was turned into a club. We were all dancing, singing, and having a blast. The boys have such personalities. They truly enjoy just being carefree and crazy.

Sorry, no pictures right now and I'm really wishing I had video of this morning. But, I have videos of them dancing so I will find them and post them. It's so much fun to watch.

With this, Kaden is feeling much better. Like I said, he woke up happy so I didn't give him his ear numbing drops today. Just gave him is antibiotics that he has to take till empty (about 7 days).

Now they are in the bath, their FAVORITE place to be. We are getting ready for our day. Love to all and have a wonderful Sunday!!

A few days later....

Wow, it's been a few days since I have had the energy to post. The boys started swimming lessons on Tuesday. I forgot how much of a workout it is for me. They have swimming every Tuesday and Thursday but we did not make it yesterday.

All morning yesterday, Kaden was screaming and crying. I would pick him up and he wouldn't want that and want down. I would put him down and he didn't want that. It was a very long morning for us. I waiting until I was done with work and decided to take him to the doctor. We found out that he has an ear infection. I didn't know what signs to really look for other than tugging at the ears. Nikolas has never had one so this is the first ear infection for us. Thankfully, Kaden is feeling much better this morning. We are all hoping he will be 100% by next week for CDC (Child Development Center) and swimming.

Back to swimming...Kaden's lesson is first and then it's Nikolas'. I already really like Kaden's instructor. They are all about light touching and holding as the kids need to "feel" the water around them. With that, Kaden went under water for the first time. He did very well, in fact, he came back up laughing. Not much of a surprise to me as he is my daredevil. Nikolas on the other hand...went under water but begged for me to not do it again. It's so funny how different these two boys are. I think I'm going to purchase the boys some goggles and maybe Nik will be more open to going under. We can hope. All in all, the boys had fun and the first lesson went well.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and I will try to get some pictures up this weekend, if I have time. Love to all!!

Swimming

Well, we received great news today that the boys will be in swimming lessons. Nikolas is beyond excited and ready to start. Kaden will just love being in the water. I'm so happy that they got enrolled.

Today was our first day of getting up early and having longer days at school and work. The boys and I were really tired when we got home today but it was good. Although we were tired, I got crazy and decided to give the boys haircuts. Nikolas loves getting his haircut, and Kaden did very well too. He was curious about the clippers but for a 1 year old, he did great.

I also got a call from the daycare that there is a spot for Kaden. Right now, he does go to work with me but Duane and I don't feel he is getting the learning and structure he should be. Since I'm working more, we can afford to put him in CDC (Child Development Center). It should be good for both of us. It's not at the center we prefer, but it's a spot and if they will let me take it with knowing we want to move to the other center when a spot is available, we will take this one. Kaden gets jealous when I'm caring for another child and is holding them, that he lashes out and bites me. Like I said, it will be good for him. :)

Tomorrow is Friday February 2, 2012. The boys and I will be sitting in the audience watching Duane graduate with his MBA. We are so proud of him. This is a combined graduation for all military. His Keller Graduation is in June. Duane has worked hard for this and deserves the two graduations that he is getting. :)

We hope everyone has a great Friday!

Phone Calls

Well, last night as expected, we were all very tired.

I made the boys chicken nuggets for dinner, but to my surprise, they didn't want any. They instead wanted my Chicken Tacos (from www.pioneerwomen.com). They are amazing and you should all check them out.

While having dinner, Duane and I decided to call a friend we haven't talked to in awhile, Josh (Nikolas' godfather). Nikolas of course took over the conversation and was just making us all laugh. After that, he started saying he wanted to talk to Devvin, Adiyana, and Abrielle. He got to talk to all of them but Devvin. Still, he wasn't satisfied with that. Knowing he doesn't talk to Nana and Tata very often, we thought it would fun to call them. Nikolas loved talking to Nana! I think it made her day. Especially when we called Tata and all he kept saying was that he wanted to talk to Nana again so we had to call her back and let her know. It was so funny.

After all these phone calls, we got the boys ready for bed. I bought them some "Look and Find" books so we went through one of them and found all the objects. The boys do very well at bedtime. If I put them down together, they will talk and play for a little while but then they close there eyes and that's the end of them. We didn't hear anything from them until 6 this morning when Nikolas came in and turned our light on. Not a way I enjoy being woke up but what can you do.

We are now eating our breakfast and getting ready for the day. This will be my last morning post for a while as I start working FULL TIME again tomorrow. Ok, other than Friday's I should say. Unless I have time at work, I will be posting in the evenings.

This picture was taken in SD with Mama and Papa but I figured I needed to add a photo for all.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Wednesday. And, everyone keep their fingers crossed. Tomorrow by noon we find out if the boys will be taking swimming lessons. It's like a lottery system so it's all generated by the computer. I'll let you all know what the verdict is.

Love to all!!