Litvinsky Family

Our amazing time on the farm

July 7, 2006

Happy Summer Holidays!!!!!  We are very much enjoying them already.  Starting the day the kids got out of school we got on the road to Prince George (Hixon actually).  7 hours later our holiday began.  It was a blast and we couldn't have enjoyed it more.  We love it there and the kids are missing it already.  A huge thank you to my Aunty Brenda who took such amazing care of us every minute of our trip. 

All of the kids got to horseback ride. 

Courtney learned how to drive one of the quads

Jordan got to drive around whenever he liked. 

Reagan got to go for rides with whoever would take her.  One trip with daddy she fell asleep with a great big helmet on. She's so funny.  Reagan fell in love with Glock (Jamie's dog) all over again and is sure he's "her" puppy.  To the point where she kissed the computer monitor when she saw him today.  He gives new meaning to the breed of pit-bull. He is one of the nicest dogs you'll ever meet.

The kids are wonderful and Dean has quit smoking.  I believe he has had a puff here or there but not purchased a package in a few days.  For Dean that's a miracle.  If he manages to quit I think we'll feel rich with the extra money.  LOL  I hope it works for him.  The benefits are endless.  Not to mention the life factor.  yikes. 

We are enjoying our new home and the extra space that we have.  It's incredible and beautiful.  We are forever thankful for this huge blessing.

Did I mention that I am so very happy that it's summer time.  I love the fun stuff that comes with it.  We are going camping next with some great friends.  YAY  I also told Jordan and Courtney each make a list of things they would like to do this summer and hopefully we can do them all.  Within reason of course.

Off to finish painting the kitchen. 

Laurie

Yes we actually gave the 2 and a half year old fire (a sparkler actually)  I'm sure she thought we were crazy too.  LOL  I forgot to mention the spectacular fireworks we had too.  They were awesome.

Reagan is pouring water on her mosquito bites in hopes that the itch goes away.  Poor little munchkin.

Amazing sunsets 

March 14, 2006 

Another week has gone by and I'm not so good at updating regularly.  Weekly will do I guess.  Enough for my kids to look back on if they so desire.  We are all doing quite well.  I'm still struggling a bit with my health but nothing I can't handle.  I've started my thyroid meds and I just may be improving.  I've also started a juice called TriVita, Adaptogen Plus.  I hope it's my miracle.  I'll settle for improvement too.  LOL

We are currently packing up all 8 years of our lives in this townhouse.  It's a large job with a ton of sorting to do.  I am sad to leave my neighbors who have all been so wonderful to me over the years.  It's a good thing we are only across the road.  April 1st the townhouse goes up for rent.  We have lots of fixing and touch ups to do in the mean time.  Nothing back breaking but lots of nit picking things.  We really want to make sure we have some good reliable appliances in here for our renters.  So we are hunting for some good used ones to put in here.  I imagine we could probably upgrade them as we go along.  Everyone likes new things so maybe I'll lay off the rush on it. 

Jordan and Dean are off to Victoria this weekend for the Provincials.  It's very exciting.  I've been back and forth as to whether I was going to go too with the girls but with moving I just can't imagine spending almost 200.00 for the ferry to stay there one night.  Jordan doesn't seem to mind.  Him and Dean have fun together and it's a nice break for them to  bond away from the girls.  I'm excited for Jordan though.  He will have so much fun.

Courtney is getting ready for competition with her dance class.  They are looking so cute with their Smokey and the bandit routine.  They are competing  4 times so hopefully they do well for their category.  She is enjoying her spring break and looking forward to moving.  Courtney really wanted to go to Victoria but I hope I can make it up to her with some fun things to do here at home.  We will take the kids in the summer when they can play on the beach and we can afford it with a little less stress.  Maybe a camping trip.  Sounds fun too.  She also wants to go to Prince George to see Uncle Larry's horses this summer.

Reagan continues to be as funny as ever.  She talks to everything around her and still refers to herself as Reagan.  She told daddy on the phone the other day that "Mommy took my sister away!!"  I took Courtney to school for the day and Reagan did not think that was a good idea.  Reagan is still naked whenever possible.  It drives me crazy but I hope it will pass soon.  It's not uncommon for her to be walking around the house in her ski jacket and snow boots and her birthday suit.  Not too good for the photo opportunities.  I can't say we've taken too many pictures lately.  Her favorite thing to do now is play barbies, babies, and stack blocks or soup cans.  She's very creative about finding things to stack.  Also there is a new fascination with knives and that she thinks we need knives to open everything.  That one is kind of scary so we've really been working on educating her as to what can happen.  She continues to bring us joy and amaze us every day.  Reagan is such a little doll and so much fun to spend time with.  I truly enjoy this age despite the enormous messes she creates.  LOL

We got new pictures done as you can see.  I have to get them done more often.  I'm hoping at the new house I can set up an area or take the kids outside and get some great shots of them.  I miss taking pictures.  It's been a while since I've turned on my camera.

Off to continue packing.

Laurie

February 22, 2006

We are all sick, sick, sick, sick, sick.  It is terrible.  I think this is the worst I've ever felt or maybe it's the same as ever but worse because every one of my children is every bit as sick as I am. 

The nebulizer is going non stop.  All 3 kids and I use the ventolin via the nebulizer and it takes 15 minutes to do one treatment.  Then after we have all done the ventolin it starts again to do a pulmicort treatment and that takes another 15 minutes.  So with the ventolin done 4 times a day each and the pulmicort twice a day you can imagine we spend allot of time at that machine. 

We are all on antibiotics but they don't seem to be doing any healing other than warding off any secondary infections I hope.  This is mid of week 2 for Jordan and I and we still feel just as sick as the beginning.  All of our days and nights are backwards because we are all so sick.  Reagan just lays around, sleeps, whines and lays around some more.  Courtney has never ending fevers that thankfully haven't gone any higher than 102.9 so far but that's high enough that if it keeps up we will be going to the hospital.  Poor kid has the chills and can't even eat.  Jordan is coughing and coughing and coughing some more, his head is pounding and his whole body just aches and aches.  He can barely get up and walk around the house most times.  He hasn't touched his school work for almost 2 weeks and he knows that spring break is going to be spent catching up.  It's terrible.

Me well me I am so very sick I could just cry and cry.  My doctor doesn't see how I can take care of these kids and be able to get better but what choice to I have?  These are my babies.  Of course I wouldn't have it any other way.  I am a little bit stressed about how I would deal with Courtney if she had to go to the hospital.  If they heard me coughing they'd admit me too.  I actually had to go to the hospital the other night to get a shot for this horrific headache I had.  Thankfully it has stayed away for now.  I need this to go away now.  I've had enough coughing to last me a lifetime.  When this is over I'm going to request a referral to an ENT doctor to see if I need my tonsils and adenoids out or maybe I have some weird sinus drainage problem that they can fix.  It's not right that I have to be gagging on my hands and knees until I'm puking and seeing stars on a regular basis.

Dean is starting to feel really sick now too to the point where he doesn't feel he can function properly. 

Please pray that this horrid virus goes away and we all get better without any complications.  I seem to be at my wits end and all we can do is just lay together on my bed watching tv and taking turns with the nebulizer.

Thanks for listening if you got this far.  I just felt the need to whine for a while.

Happy healthy positive thoughts and prayers.

Laurie and the sick family.

Ps.  The journal page seems to be broken or something but I am in no shape to figure it out or sit here any longer so I'll leave it broken until I feel better.

February 13,  2006

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

We are doing well.  Dean didn't manage to quit his nasty smoking habit but I'm sure he'll try again when he's ready.  I on the other hand thought I would try a cigarette while we were out and gosh it tastes gross in the morning.  Once in a while a little reminder of how gross it is.  Yuck  Live and learn.

We went to a fund  raiser for Jordan's lacrosse team and had lots of fun.  It was wonderful for Dean and I to go out together and Dean realized he could have fun without drinking.  It was wonderful and he was such a blast to be around.  Quite a few people came up to me and said that Deans more fun to be around sober than when he's drinking.  I was extremely proud of him and I think he was pretty pleased with himself too.  It was really nice to have a break from the kids thanks to Grandma and Grandpa.  Reagan needed to be with her grandparents.  She really misses them when it's been a few weeks. 

Reagan thinks that we are going back to see Santa Clause any day now.  She asks all the time to go see him again.  She has no idea that it's only a Christmas thing.  She's so funny.  Right now Reagan is trying to get anyone to play hide and seek with her.  She loves that game.

Courtney is really looking forward to her Valentines party at school tomorrow.  We are making cupcakes to take along.  It should be fun.

Jordan's lacrosse team is going to the provincials in Victoria.  It should be a fun trip.

I better go make cupcakes instead of typing.

More later........

Laurie

January 31, 2006

Another month gone by.  We are doing well.  I think.  Dean is trying to quit smoking so he is not so well.  I laugh at him once in a while crazy for some tobacco.  This morning I found him sitting in his truck in the garage smoking a cigarette because he found his last bit of tobacco.  He is going to have a tough time this time.  He really wants to play men's lacrosse this season so he cannot smoke and get into shape to do so much running.  I imagine he would be pretty embarrassed coughing up a lung in the middle of the game.  A healthy change is always a good change.  I do love that he is quitting smoking.  It's such a nasty habit and freaking expensive too.  Not to mention a death wish.

Reagan seems to be struggling with some sort of virus or infection lately.  Her fingers I think are fine as far as feeling any pain goes but she really seems to be getting sick in her chest and sinuses.  I think whatever she has she may need some antibiotics.  We've tried to avoid them as I really want her to be allowed to fight it off without them if possible.  She is developing some little red dots that I'm not sure about and along with the chest cough we are going in for a visit today.  Ahhhh I just had to run upstairs and shower Reagan as she decided instead of coming downstairs when she woke up she would lather her whole body in hair conditioner.  She smells good anyhow.  Little stinker it's 5:30am right now.  The joys of a toddler or is she a preschooler now.  No, I think 2 years is still toddler.  Reagan can now count to 12 I think maybe higher but for sure to 12 consistently.  She knows her ABC's by heart and gets it right pretty much every time.  Thanks goes to the leapfrog learning fridge magnet toys.  I love them.  She especially loves the farm animal one she got for Christmas from great grandpa Harold.  Which reminds me last night Reagan got it in her head that she was going to get into the van and daddy was taking her to see her grandpa Marc.  She threw a fit when daddy said not tonight.  All night she said "I'm going to see my grandpa Marc."

Here's a picture taken by a friend at the lacrosse field on Sunday of Reagan and daddy.  I love it!!

Jordan is doing well.  His buddy Christopher came for a sleepover this weekend and got to come see Jordan play a lacrosse game.  Jordan's still putting some extra practice into his stick skills and Dean says he is improving.  Jordan's last two games have been local so the boys have been able to go skating after while the parents watch the next couple of games after them and Jordan seems to enjoy that.  Home schooling is moving along.  It's slow going but I am pretty sure we may decided to continue for one more year.  I really don't think Jordan is ready but we'll see.  If I could afford a tutor I would put him in public school and have him tutored every day for an hour but I just can't.  So we may continue.  He really needs to be ready and get all caught up.  The stuff we're doing just takes so darn long for him to get through and that's with me by his side every step of the way.  He has to be able to have time to play in the afternoons when the other kids are out.  I just won't take that right away from him.  Last year he just didn't do his homework on the nights he had lacrosse because I just couldn't do that to him.  A kid can only take so much and all last year he begged to stay home every day.  Every single morning he would tell me he was sick.  He could even make himself cry till he puked.  It was awful and the more I think back the more I realize that this year has been a breeze.

Courtney seems to have whatever Reagan is fighting.  Yesterday after school she was screaming with sudden headaches.  It would seem to go away and then she would be frantic again and she wouldn't be able to have any more Tylenol yet.  Not sure what that's about but I think I am going to keep her home today to rest.  She went to bed at 8:00pm last night and I'll see how she is when she gets up this morning.  Maybe the doctor can look at her today too.  Courtney has been such a little brat lately.  Her smart little mouth keeps getting her into trouble and I swear she seems to have a meltdown every 2 hours or so.  It usually means she's sick or maybe she's just making us crazy.  Her classroom had a substitute while her teacher was really sick and that was tough for Courtney.  She was not happy about that at all.  Routine is very important to Courtney and so is her love for her teacher.

Well it's time to start the laundry and get Jordan's lessons for today set up.  Did I mention that the stupid cat has taken to peeing on the dryer.  Yep yellow puddle almost every morning.  Anyone want a cat???  My husband loves that cat so I think he should clean up the puddles.  I'm soooo sick of pets.  I love having them but soooooo sick of cleaning up after them.  Which reminds me to clean the backyard today so Reagan can play on her slide.

Have a wonderful day.

Laurie

January 25, 2006

Wow it seems strange that it's actually the year 2006.  1999 seems like it was just last year to me.  Time flies and life keeps rolling.

OK I lied before.  The test results came back from Reagan's finger x-rays and they are broken.  The tech that did the x-rays figured they were fine when he glanced at them.  There isn't anything that we can or need to do for them other than pain management but they are indeed broken at the tips.  You wouldn't know from looking at them really but the x-rays tell another story.  Poor kid.  She seems fine though.  Just a little crankier than normal.  Her tummy is still bothering her but not too much.

Courtney is doing well and I really enjoy going to help out in her classroom.  I've been invited to come in and help quite a bit lately and it's been fun.  Last year I was so consumed with Reagan and colitis that I didn't participate.  I'm glad this year that I have.

Jordan is doing well in all areas.  We are encouraging him to spend a bit more time with his lacrosse stick to improve his stick handling.  He agrees and seems to be doing it.  I have anxiety about Jordan going to middle school next year.  I really believe that he should home school for one more year but at the same time he would like to try it out.  Truthfully I think he just wants the locker and a fun place to lock up his stuff.  He is excited about that part.  I have a strong feeling he might change his mind after school starts and want to home school again.  I can switch him back if I choose to but I won't tell him that and cross that decision if it presents itself then.  I do every subject right there with him and I help intensively with the reading so he comprehends everything at all times.  It will surly be different for him when he does go back.  I just really want him to be confident.  That is the most important thing to me.  If he feels good and enjoys it he will do well.  He is a really good kid.  Oh and they tied their lacrosse game on Sunday which is awesome because the team was brought down from a higher level.  They were a little worried at first but remain undefeated to date.  YAY.

Well I'm off to relax before this kids need to be tucked into bed.  Courtney and Reagan are running in circles down here with frequent stomping up the stairs to squeal and be tickled by Jordan.  Just another night in to Litvinsky household.

Sunday January 22, 2006

Reagan's fingers are doing much better.  Thank you for all the well wishes and concern.  She is very playing and using them just fine.  If you ask her hw they are she will tell you "they're all broken"  she's so cute.   They are not broken.  Just traumatized from going completely flat.  There is no give or flexibility between the door frame and the door so they had no choice but to transform.  They did look gross though.  It's icky to just think about.  I am very thankful that she still has those gorgeous little fingers.  Now she just has to get rid of her tummy troubles.  She has gone from constipation to diarrhea yesterday.  The poor kid seems to have a virus now and along with a runny nose, explosive diarrhea she is not feeling to hot every now and then.  She seems to play for a bit and then rest for a bit.  Hopefully tomorrow she is feeling better or she will miss playgroup.

Courtney is doing wonderfully.  She is very interested in scrap booking and having so much fun with all of my tools for it.  She received a small scrapbook from a birthday party treat last weekend and is busy filling it with decorated pages.  She is doing a really great job with it too.  Courtney is working hard on her new dance routine getting ready for competition in May.  They have 3 competitions that they are entered in.  I hope they do really well.  It's the first year for their dance studio to have junior musical theater.  I've heard that the costumes are jean skirts and cowboy hats for the girls.  They're going to be adorable and Courtney is on top of the world about it.  Loads of fun.  I love being her mom.

Jordan is at his Lacrosse game right now.  They are playing one of the harder teams so me and the girls are at home with fingers crossed that they win.  So far they are undefeated.  Hoping to go to the provincials this year on the island.  Dean got his coaching certification last weekend for field lacrosse.  Now he needs to go and get it for box lacrosse.  He's hoping to coach Box Lacrosse this year. 

I am looking forward to spring.  I can't wait to hang out in the backyard again and get these kids outside every day.  It's only January so I guess I have a long wait.  Oh well.  Maybe I should start scrap booking too.  I actually have material to start quilting my blanket for my room so maybe I'll start sewing.  I still need to get my butt in gear and start ebaying.  I really feel the need to bring in some sort of income.

Jordan's lacrosse team is doing a fundraiser and raffling off a custom made locker.  Here is a pic of it for all you friends and family who would like to purchase tickets.  They are $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00.  Just call Dean or email litvinskyfamily@telus.net and let him know you want tickets and he can arrange to get them to you.

The raffle is to be held February 11th 2006 at Dukes Pub.  Winners do not need to be present to win.

Anyhow I must get back to the housework.  It's desperate housewives/grey's anatomy night so I must get the house clean so I can sit on my but and watch.  LOL

Have a great day.

Thursday  January  19th,  2006

Well it's been a few weeks since I've done this but I should sit here and write.  Things have been going well.  Just the regular routine.  Except my Colitis is awful and I hate it.  I wouldn't wish it on anyone.  I do have some wonderful news though.  I saw the neurologist and through her examination she determined that my brain is fine and she thinks that my legs are going totally numb when I sit down because I am probably putting excess pressure on my sciatic nerve.  I was so freaked about having MS that I couldn't even say it out loud.  She had a really long look into my eyes and apparently that can determine allot.  She really put my mind at ease.  I do however suffer from migraine headaches and she said they can progress as you get older and after each pregnancy it's common for them to get worse for some people.  She also told me that pain can cause you to be confused and forget things.  I also have to see an endocrinologist hopefully after I get this next batch of tests back.  We are testing my breast milk to see if that's in deed what it really is.  Hormones are a crazy thing and sure do control all aspects of the body.  Not fun at all.  They account for the dizziness, confusion, some of my headaches, weight gain, acne, dry skin, extreme fatigue and on and on.

On to Reagan........  Poor Reagan has been having some tummy troubles and blood in her bowel movements.  Poor little girl.  We are awaiting her next bowel movement so we can send in a sample for testing and have a urinalysis done because she says her pee is hot.  Something's not quite right but hopefully it's just a minor correctable issue.  She cries that her tummy hurts so hopefully she will poop soon.  The next step may be allergy testing to see if there may be a milk allergy like her daddy had when he was younger.

Courtney is well.  She has a bit of a sinus infection maybe but she is star of the week in her classroom this week so she isn't going to let a cold slow her down.  She took tons of pictures of herself and her family to school to share and tell about her life.  She is so proud.  Every day she gets to take one of her favorite things to class to share and tell about.  Today she took the scarf she made with her knitting machine that she got for Christmas from Grandma Thelma and Grandpa Marc.

Jordan is doing well too.  He is getting ready for a play in which he has an acting part.  The play is Oliver and I think Jordan's character's name is Johnny.  He has quite a few lines to learn which reminds me that we should get moving on that today.  His creative arts program is amazing and we are so lucky to have such a great program available to us.  Jordan's reading is really improving too.  Thanks to a great book from Grandma Thelma he's been reading a chapter a night with ease.  Yay I am so relieved about that.

I hope the rain lets up soon.  It's got to be hard on Dean and all the construction workers out there to get wet all day every day.  I hope the sun shines through soon.

I think today's the day I return to listing on ebay.  I need to get my ebay store up and running again.  I have so much to sell and we really need the extra money.  Not to mention I really miss being able to shop for fun.

Home schooling is whispering my name.  I better get Jordan started for the day.

Have a great day.

Laurie

OH MY GOSH!!!!!

After I typed all of this and picked up Courtney from Dance class we came home.  Jayda came over to play for a bit and the girls were trying to lock Reagan out of Jordan's room.  Poor Reagan got her fingers squished in the hinge side of the bedroom door for about a whole minute.  As soon as I heard the shrieking cry I ran upstairs and had to push the door open because Courtney was on the other side holding it shut.  My poor sweet Reagan had such mangled looking fingers that I wasn't sure if they were going to be OK.  We rushed to see Dr. Wiebe and he said  we need to watch the color of them because he's concerned that she may have popped the bones.  Oh my this can't be.  My poor sweet Reagan.  She screamed so long and hard that her eyes were totally bloodshot and she fell asleep right there waiting for the doctor.  We go tomorrow to get x-rays to see if she ruptured the bones at the tips.  I am praying all night long that this is not the case.  Dr. Wiebe said there is nothing that we can really do for broken fingers when they are still straight.  I've never seen fingers look so mangled and in no time they got their shape back.  It was amazing.  I'm just so thankful that they weren't cut off.  3 whole fingers where completely stuck in the door.  Needless to say Courtney feels awful and won't be slamming any doors on Reagan anymore.

I'm going to go to bed with my baby now and hug her all night.  In 4 hours I need to creatively figure out how to get her to take more Tylenol and Motrin.  Poor sweet Reagan is in so much pain.

Anyhow that's my adrenaline pumping horror of a night.

Laurie - I keep thinking to myself that I should have gotten there sooner.  They have to be alright they just have to.

January 2,  2006

Happy New Year!!!!!!!

Christmas night we had a wonderful dinner at Aunty Paula's and Uncle Steve's with lots of our family that we don't see often.  The kids were great and loved all of there wonderful gifts.  Thank you to everyone and thank you to Aunty Paula for cooking such a wonderful dinner especially when she is so busy with new baby Madison.  Madison is growing like a cute little weed and starting to interact with her surroundings.

Boxing day we were off to Grandma and Grandpas for another wonderful Christmas day.  It was amazing as always and we were all showered with wonderful gifts that we love and appreciate.  Amazing little Bradley is not so little anymore and we love his adorable sweet personality.  Reagan is in love with him and I can't wait until they exchange their first words with each other.  I think they will grow up to be wonderful friends.  Right now Reagan is very much a 2 year old and is sure that everything is hers.  Fortunately sharing is a concept that will come naturally when she has a brother and a sister to share with her.

The day after boxing day Jordan and Dean were off to a bottle drive for Lacrosse.  They all did a great job and I do believe the total raised was in the ball park of  $500.00.  Way to go Abby Attack Novice Lacrosse team.  Dean said they had a great turn out.

New years eve was a quiet one as far as activities go.  We stayed home and Aunty Paula and Uncle Steve brought Madison over to ring in the new year with us.  Jordan and Courtney had 3 friends come to spend the night.  Needless to say it was not quiet as far as noise levels go.  Wow 6 kids are extremely loud.  Every time I turned around they were on their way back down the stairs to reload on sugar.  Yikes!!!! They were up until 2 am I think.  I'm sure that this is the beginning of many years with many kids gathering to party.  I want my kids at home where I can see them when they're older.  They had lots of fun and things went smoothly with no tears.  Yay.

Happy New Year!!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season.

Laurie and family.

December 25, 2005

Christmas Day

We had a wonderful Christmas as we always do.  There is so much to be thankful for.  Our family is complete and our children are healthy.  What a blessing.

The kids were so excited on Christmas Eve.  We stayed home without having any visitors this year.  It was nice and we all sat down after dinner and watched a movie.  "Lemony Snickets Series of Unfortunate Events" I have no idea if I spelled that correctly but you get the idea.  I got the kids the Xbox game from the movie so I thought it would be fitting for them to have just recently watched it.  It worked out well and we all enjoyed it.  We had a nice peaceful night and got a bit of cleaning done so we could wake up to a nice clean home.  I love that feeling the best.  Aunty Tracy called us and brought over some fresh baked cookies for Santa.  Thank goodness for my amazing neighbors that think of all of the things I forget.  So Courtney carefully put out the cookies for Santa with a glass of milk before heading off to bed.  The cookies were delicious too.

We decided to wake the kids up at 7:00am and they were down those stairs as fast as they could go. 

Reagan found her new rocking chair and that was it.  I think she sat in it while she opened everything.  It was cute.  Jordan was very happy to see his quad in the garage and Courtney was ecstatic about everything.

And that completes the Christmas morning festivities.  We then got ready and off to Aunty Paula and Uncle Steve's for a delicious turkey dinner.

December 22,  2005

The end of another year is upon us.  Time sure goes by fast as I get older.  It's been an interesting year.  As I read back in my journal I recall so many things that I otherwise would not remember.  I regret not doing it earlier in the kids lives.  I do have a ton of pictures though.  One day I'll sit down and scrapbook with them.

We are officially ready for Christmas I think.  I just know I'm going to remember something at the last minute but I just hope it's while the stores are still open.  (laugh)  All of our online ordered gifts have arrived.  One came in the wrong color but I hope we can fix that after Christmas.  Dean has Jordan's quad all ready to go other than the black flame decals have not arrived yet.  That's ok though because it could be fun for Jordan to help apply them after Christmas.  It was Jordan's helmet that came in white instead of black.  Dean really wants it to match Jordan's new riding boots so back it will go.   We are so very excited to see Jordan's face when he sees it all.  It will be one of the most exciting Christmas's ever for him.  He has an idea about the quad but I don't think  he expects the gear to go with it.  Thank goodness for ebay and the excellent prices. 

Reagan's talking has progressed to that of an older child now.  Except she has picked up a curse word from daddy that is quite horrifying to us.  We are hoping she forgets it soon.  It's quite startling when she does it.  I think she may be feeling a bit under the weather.  She's been sleeping allot.  Yesterday she slept the whole night and then most of the day.  She should be raring to go today.  I hope she is not getting sick just in time for Christmas.  That would be kind of a bummer.

Courtney is counting down the days to Christmas Eve.  10 times a day she checks how many more days until.  She is having so much fun wrapping gifts this year.  Courtney's best friend Jayda and her do a gift exchange that was started last year and this hear I picked up the most adorable Bratz palm pilot type of text messaging device that they can actually send messages to each other.  I can't wait for them to see them.  They will have so much fun. 

Anyhow I am off to drink my coffee and get back on that laundry train.  It never stops moving. (laugh)

Have a wonderful day.

December 20th, 2005

Wow tonight Reagan is running around here like a ball of fire.  Courtney is the most curious little girl in the whole world.  Jordan is still at his dad's until Thursday so the lack of fighting with one less child has been a tad peaceful.  We wrapped and wrapped and wrapped presents tonight.  Still loads more to wrap.  I bought these adorable boxes that  I thought would be great for wrapping clothing and stuff.  Well let me tell you about dollar store quality.  Not worth it.  I'll use them up but never again.  Oh well.

The little ball of fire just bit me.  What a little stinker.  She actually broke the skin right through my housecoat.  Did that ever hurt.  Did I mention that Reagan is naked all the time now. ahhhhhhh  I don't know why she has so much energy right now but it's gotta end soon.

Courtney and I sorted through the toys yet again this month and we hopefully have trimmed them down enough to fit in some new ones.  How many barbies and ponies can one child own.  Too many for this little girl.

Well House is on tonight the kids and I are going to go curl up in be