Big Boy Beds

For a long time I was totally against ever moving any of my children to the basement.  My thoughts were that it's just too far away from me, and if there were ever an emergency and I couldn't get to them I would never forgive myself. 
Then.....
Last week, I somehow talked myself into it being ok.  I decided that I could no longer handle having all three boys' stuff crammed into one little bedroom when we have a fairly large, four bedroom home.  We actually have two bedrooms in our basement.  So, I decided that the eventual goal would be to decorate one room and make it Kayden's, and then do the other as Tyler's room, but still have them both sleep in Kayden's room on the bunk beds.  I think it's gonna work.  Last night we worked on cleaning out the first bedroom (Kayden's), and putting the bunk beds together.  We got an extra dresser from my parents, and things are starting to come together.  It will  be kind of a long process.  We are going to need to get a few things, and do some de-cluttering and re-decorating, but I think it will work.  Hopefully having the boys' bedrooms downstairs will make it easier for me to move most of their toys and other stuff down there so that the upstairs can stay a little more under control. 
So.....
Last night was their first night sleeping downstairs and they did awesome!  I put a little lamp kind of thing in their bedroom, and left the stairway light on, and put our old baby monitor in the bedroom.  They both stayed down there all night.  They came up this morning for breakfast, then went right back down to build a fort in their new room!  I really am excited about this big step.  I think it will help keep things more organized and under control.  Mike on the other hand, is struggling with the fact that he is running out of places to store all of his "stuff" since the kids have now taken over most of the house.  Sacrifices I guess =)

Where has my baby gone?

My biggest baby turned 5 today!  This is just craziness to me.  I honestly don't know where the past five years have gone.  In less than a month, we will go to Kindergarten Round Up.  This means it's real.  I really have to send him to Kindergarten.  I can't keep him little forever.  I hate that.  I want him to go to school, I know he'll love school and he'll do awesome, but I just don't want him to grow up.  

We had his birthday party yesterday afternoon at our house.  We went with a Lego theme since Legos are one of his newest loves.  He got lots of great presents and we were able to spend lots of quality time with lots of the people who love him.  

We spent the day today at Mall of America with just Kayden and Mike and I.  He loved it.  My mom had free passes for Sea Life Adventures.  He loved it!  He got a camera for his birthday and was snapping pictures like crazy!  We also hit up LegoLand (which, by the way is NOT what it used to be.  It's now just a Lego store.  Dumb.), we had lunch at Rainforest Cafe, shopped at the Disney Store where he spent some of his birthday money, and went on a bunch of rides.  He was beyond exhausted.  Our big boy needed to be carried by the time we were ready to head to the car :)  I really think he had a great time, and I'm so glad we took the time to spend the day with just him.  Even though, there were a few moments when he did say, "We should have brought Tyler here too".  I'm learning to cherish these days and these moments as I am now seeing just how fast time really does go. 

Problems solved????

In the past month, Tyson has had double ear infections twice.  So, we decided to have new tubes put in his ears, and the doctor also thought it would be a good idea to take his adenoids out thinking that they may be at the root of his endless ear problems.  

So, this morning, we dropped Tyler and Kayden off at daycare and headed to the surgical center.  After a quick 15 minute procedure, he was done and in recovery.  When they called us back to see him, he was cuddling with a nurse.  As soon as she handed him to me, he woke up and cried, attempted to rip his IV out, kicked and screamed and yelled for his daddy, so I handed him over :)  He ended up sleeping on Mike's chest for a good hour before he finally really woke up and drank his juice.  By 11:00, we were sent home.  Mike headed to work, while Tyson and I had to make a quick Target stop for an anti-biotic and some ear drops.  We've now been home for a few hours and he has been running around like a little animal.  I think he really enjoys being able to play with all of the toys without his big brothers stealing things from him.  We had planned on keeping him home from daycare tomorrow, but if he continues to do this well, I think he'll be able to go back to daycare and Mike and I can go back to work.  Let's hope this is finally the end of all of these ear issues for my little guy!

Update

Because I made that resolution to make sure I blog at least once a week, I better write a little something.  We had one of usual weeks this past week.  A few nights at home, a few outings, etc.  We went to Amazih's basketball game Friday night.  This time some good friends brought their daughters too, so the kids were kept busy which meant I actually saw some of the game!  Saturday morning Mike went fishing and the boys and I made a quick trip to Sam's Club and Walmart.  They are getting better at these outings.  Maybe because they are getting a little older, maybe because I have been taking them by myself more often, so they are just getting used to it.  Saturday afternoon, we dropped the boys off at my parents' house and headed to a wedding without kids!  Some of our good friends from my high school class got married.  It was a good, relaxing time.  It was definitely nice to spend some time with old friends since we don't get together nearly as often as we should. 
Today, we're just having a lazy Sunday.  Mike fished this morning, and the kids and I hung out at my parents' house.  Now all are sleeping and we'll hang out until after supper and head home to start another week. 

Happy 2012

Our New Year's weekend was pretty relaxed.  We headed to Brainerd Friday night after work to spend the weekend at Pat and Leah's.  We got there at about 8:00.  The kids played for a little while before jammies and bedtime.  Saturday we hung out all day while Mike and his Dad and brother went fishing.  I struggled to stay awake until midnight, and went to bed at about 12:01.  Sunday, the kids played some more and we headed home at bedtime.  Mike and I both had today off so we have been hanging at home getting a few random things done including naps :)

Umm...yeah.

Ok, so the whole take lots of pictures, write lots of blog posts thing didn't work out so well.  As much as I love my new camera, I found out my computer's operating system is too old to use the software.  So, forget the pictures.  I will add them when I can.  

One of my MANY resolutions for 2012 is to blog at least once a week.  So, here we go...

O, the things that are to come!!!!

I honestly have no idea where time has gone.  We have been a busy little family.  I don't even know when my last post was, and I am currently far too lazy to go back and look.  

I'm going to try HARD to be better about blogging more regularly.  This is supposed to be a journal for my family, and I've been really slacking.  I have a ton of pictures on my crappy camera waiting to be posted and have clever postings written to go with them.  I'll get there.  

I'm hoping the fact that my new camera is on it's way will help the situation a little.  That's right, I took the plunge and spent more than I ever thought I would and bought myself a new camera.  Let me tell you people, I.  CAN'T.  WAIT.  FOR.  IT.  TO.  GET.  HERE.  

Once I get it, you may see some picture overload, but I am beyond excited.  It should be here this week.  when it gets here, I will put my memory card into it and upload pictures and write those clever posts and update ya'll on where we've been for the past month.  Wait for it people.  It'll be good.