OUR FAMILY: Updates Galore

It would be a complete understatement to say that we have been busy the last few months. We went from Ramsey's 1st birthday to getting a new house to having baby Lenix, and now I would say that things are finally starting to settle down.

The new house is absolutely amazing and perfect. Jess really did a great job. Not only by finding it, but by repairing and updating it too. A big thanks to all of our family members and friends that helped us, yet again, make a home for our family. We owe everyone big time! We are so blessed and thankful. This house has a fenced yard and a basement for the boys! We are all loving the extra room. Being able to wrestle and run around all day long really does wonders for all of us! Not only do we love our new house but we love the neighborhood and our neighbors. Just next door there's an awesome family, their kids range from 9-17 years old, and they love our boys. Whenever Oden sees them he says he wants to go out and play with 'the neighborhood'. He has especially grown partial to the girls, Britney and Christina. We are very fortunate to have good neighbors!

As of right now, Oden is going to be 4 in December and is not yet in preschool. I was under the impression that they couldn't go until they were 4, I didn't realize that he could go if he was under 4. I hope to get him into a preschool starting in January. He is so smart. We think that he would really excel in a structured school setting. He loves books, puzzles, building blocks, and of course trains. His obsession with Thomas the train has calmed slightly, but that's only because he now likes ALL trains. He will tell you on any day that he loves his brother Lenix a lot, but that he only loves Ramsey a little bit. I think he really just doesn't like sharing all of his toys with Ramsey. I can tell that they will be best friends when Ramsey gets a little bit older. Oden says the funniest things and he definitely has a personality that's all his own. He is just awesome.

Ramsey is almost 18 months old. He is getting so big, but we have to remind ourselves often that he is still a baby. Anyone will tell you that his smile lights up any room. But when he's not in a good mood, every one knows it! We have had to deal with a few illnesses over the last 2 months and when he gets sick, he really gets sick. At one point, he had a double ear infection, sinus infection, and upper respiratory infection, all at the same time. It was heart breaking. Add all of that to the fact that he is also sprouting new teeth all of the time. All I can do is continue to clean and sanitize and hope that we are past our share of sicknesses for the year. We call refer to Ramsey as Linus a lot, because he carries his blanket with his EVERYWHERE! It's his security, for sure! He just had a doctors appointment, he was 31.3 inches and a little over 23lbs. That's 40-50 percentile in height and about 15 percentile in weight. He's just a little guy but he sure has a big heart!

Lenix is amazing. He also had a doctors appointment about a week ago and he was a little over 10 lbs and was 23 inches long. He was about the same percentiles as Ramsey. He's a little guy too! He is a typical newborn, in every way. He really only cries when he needs something. He smiles a lot, he is a very happy child. He is already very responsive to people and coos all the time. His head control is improving but just like Ramsey, we often have to remind ourselves of exactly how old he is. He up every 3-4 hours throughout the night. I am hoping that he starts sleeping longer soon. The boys rarely nap together during the day so Mom is really sleep deprived. But again, they are all worth it.

All in all, things are very good for us right now. Even on our bad days we just keep our faith and pray that everything is part of our master plan. Blogging is so hard right now but I hope that it will get easier to do. I really want everyone to be able to see these boys grow. TTFN!

All of the boys and me, a few days after coming home from the hospital.