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Too long without a post- Not too much new, but here are some cute pictures. :)

This last picture is the newest potential member of our family. Her name is Lexi- isn't she cute? Hopefully the kids will adjust to her as well as she has already adjusted to us. :D

I'm not sure I knew what I was getting into...

So yes, this is my sweet baby boy.

He was contently on the carpet BEFORE we came upon our first little mouse friend.(Now I don't ever want him to lay on the ground again!!) After chasing the mouse around our little aparment for a while- i finally caught him, and he posed for this picture. :)

The next evening, Josh spotted another little friend. So we have set traps, but haven't caught anything yet. We are seriously trying to find a cat to join our family. We haven't ever had a cat- but are thinking it is a much better option than having rodents running around. We have found a few loving cats, but I'm a bit nervous to take the step and actually bring one home. Not sure why I'm so nervous. Any advice? Males over Females? Can declawed cats still catch mice?

And this last picture is just another one of our many friends we have met while living in a basement. :) He's not the biggest one we've come across- but with a swift hit with a flip-flop and the critter was dead.

In better news, Josh had a good interview with Pioneer Valley Hospital- we are waiting now to schedule his State CNA test, and hopefully we'll have a job as soon as he gets that over with.

I finish training for my Merchandising position tomorrow. Yay! After that I'll be able to work at my leisure. (5-10 hours a week). I'm really looking forward to having some time just for me, and earning a little income for our family. I think Josh will enjoy the time with the kids as well.

Our Easter weekend was very busy! Saturday we went up to Logan for my nephews Baptism. It was very special, and it was the first time our little girl really got to see a baptism. It was good to see all of my family- and to take the beautiful drive up to Logan. On Sunday we tried to attend a bably blessing up in Ogden, but got there a few minutes late and missed it. :( We did go to the luncheon after though, and had a great time catching up with our friends. They had a little egg hunt for all the children, and our kids were funny, they found just one peice of candy each and were content to be done hunting. :) After we got home from Ogden we headed to Grandma Err Errs for Easter Dinner. The kids did another little egg hunt, and were much better at looking for lots of eggs. It was fun!!

***** update****

We adopted this cute male Tabby named Sparky last night. (Tuesday). He is very affectionate, and sure seems like he needs some love. Unfortunatly, I broke out in hives, was very sneezy, and my eyes and throat were itchy, so we took her back this morning. :( Our poor little girl keeps talking about our kitty, and is a bit confused why we had to take him back. Guess we'll figure something else out to help with our mouse problem. I hope another family takes Sparky in, he needs a good home.

Our lives are filled with countdowns.

Only 4 more nights of class, 2 more clinicals, 2 tests, and CPR certification and Josh will be done with his CNA. I can now see a light at the end of this long 2 week(ha ha) tunnel. Last week was pretty hard, the kids were constantly asking for Daddy, and completely confused why they went several days without even seeing him. By the time Wednesday came, I decided it was time to go eat lunch with Daddy. And then they took late naps for the rest of the week, and got a glimpse of him after he got home from school.
On Sunday, Josh got to do his first clinical at a Care Center here in the Valley. He had a very enjoyable time, and learned a lot. I learned that my Husband has a very big heart, and will make a great nurse. I have always thought he could be successful in any profession he decided to stick with- but have been a bit nervous about him being a Nurse for some reason. Anyway, that nervousness is all gone, and now I'm just anxious and excited to get the ball rolling to one day be done with school!
Last Friday our little girl and I were having a rough day, so we dropped the boys off with Grandma, and we went and got our hair cut. I got a bit teary as they did the first cut on her hair, as about 5 inches of hair fell to the ground, but it sure is nice to have less tears over knotty hair, and she looks adorable with her cute little A-line cut. I just took a little off, and got a lovely side sweep bang. I'll have to take some pictures later today.
Our little man is definatly almost two. :) Poor kid finally got one of the 8 teeth that are trying to break through his gums. I'm taking he and his sister to the Dentist today for thier first visit. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I hope they are prepared for a bit of screeching from my little boy.
My sweet baby boy is 3.5 months old now. He is such a delightful little boy... he's really a happy baby as long as your attention is on him. I've been dealing with a great lack of sleep since we moved to our new home, but am hopeful he'll figure out sleeping again soon. I've been trying to get him to take a small amount of formula at night to see if that would help him sleep longer, but the little stinker just will NOT accept the bottle at all. My next idea is perhaps a little bit of rice cereal. I'm hoping that goes better.
I have been quite lonely without my dear Husband around. Absence really does make the heart grow fonder. I'm so greatful that my parents live close, we have spent a lot of time with them in the evenings for all of our sanity. The kids are always excited to see Grandma and Grandpa.

I'm off to get the day really started.. Happy Tuesday.

Good Luck with that..

I'm a bit of a nut case tonight. Our sweet almost two year old has croup. Yuck! We took him to kidscare today and they gave him a nebulizer treatment, and a steroid to help with all of the swelling in his throat. Hopefully he'll sleep better tonight now that he can get some more air into his lungs. I'm very worried about the other two getting it though... especially our 3 month old. Just thinking about him getting it makes me sick to my stomach. I suppose the thing that worries me that most is that Josh is starting a CNA course this week and will be gone from 6:30 am until 10:30 pm each day. So, I'm playing single Mommy for a couple weeks. I'm greatful he'll be home at least to sleep for a bit each night, and I'll just be praying that the other kids don't get as sick- if they have to get sick at all. :)

We are enjoying our new home. The kids enjoy the extra space, and the back yard to play in. I'm hoping we've gotten rid of most of the spiders. And we just bought some space heaters that will hopefully make it a bit warmer for us. We had forgotten just how cold basements can get. We have unpacked everything we 'need'. But still have several boxes of stuff- that need to be unpacked.

Well I should go and charge my Mommy Power for the week- I'm going to need all I can get. ;)