linc's hernia surgery

lincoln had his hernia surgery on tuesday, and he is doing fine...he was a lil fussy and tired the day of, but he is already acting like my happy baby boy again! actually turns out that he didn't really have a hernia, rather a hydrocele. which means he probably didn't really need the surgery, because it would have healed on its own. but i guess they really couldn't tell which it was without the surgery...oh well, he is all fixed up now and thats all that matters. it was pretty stressful seeing my baby boy being taken away for surgery, but i survived : )

on top of dealing with a cranky baby who just had surgery, nic decided to get the stomach flu on tuesday as well...oh the joys of being a parent! he was throwing up all night long. we had to change his sheets 3 times in the middle of the night, and he was basically up all night long....fun stuff! he was sick all day yesterday too, but seems to be doing better today, thankfully.

well thats all i have for today...just wanted to fill everyone in on the surgery, and subsequent excitement, lol hope everyone has a blessed day!

Happy 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! hope everyone had a safe and good time last night...i know i did, probably a lil too much fun : ) been feeling it all day long, i guess i'm just getting too old to party! anyways, just wanted to wish everyone a blessed new year...good luck keeping your new years resolutions!!!

sick boys

i guess it is just that time of the year, but it seems my boys have been sick so much lately...took linc to the doctor yesterday and he has an ear infection again. then last night nic woke up in the middle of the night with a high fever, he has seemed better today, but had a lower fever when he woke up from his nap. i'm sure alot of it has to do with being exposed to the depot germs...they had never really been around that many germy kids before i got a job. hopefully they build up an immunity and fast, because i am sick of sick kids! anyways just felt like complaining a bit, other than that everything is good : ) here are a few new pics for your viewing pleasure:

well, thats all i have for now. everyone have a safe and happy new year! blog to ya all next year!!!

*************************UPDATE***************************

i just got home from taking nic to urgent care and he too has an ear infection....aye aye aye! my poor lil boys need to get feeling better asap! just thought i would fill everyone in...

we wish you a merry x-mas and a happy new year!

hopefully everyone out there had a great christmas, i know we did! the boys got totally spoiled, and we still have 2 more christmases to go.....i have no idea where we will put everything, but we do appreciate all of the great gifts that we have received and those yet to come! we are very blessed to have so many who think of us at this time of the year! merry chistmas and a big thank you to you all! santa was very good to nicolas as well (and lincoln too, but he didn't really care) he got lots of new thomas stuff that has been keeping him very busy the past couple of days : ) and he got a very cool caterpillar train set too!

here is nic getting a good look at his new caterpillar train set....good job santa, very cool!

lincoln was more interested in eating the packages : )

i couldn't resist dressing them in lil santa outfits...they are probably gonna resent me for this when they grow up...but it is sooooo cute!

santa nic

santa linc

christmas has been great so far, and a real blast to watch the boys enjoying it! especially nic, this is the first year that he has really started to grasp the concept, which makes it even more enjoyable! haha(a lil side note)-it was also fun to use blackmail on him-you know-if you aren't a good boy santa wont bring you any presents. it worked for the most part too : )

A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL & A HAPPY NEW YEAR AS WELL!

a return to blog land...

hello to all of my friends out there in blog land : ) i realize that it has been an incredibly long time since my last blog post, and i apologize...i know that you have all been missing me terribly : ) but between working, spending time with the fam, and my computer having issues, i just haven't had time to get on here lately....and when i do, it seems my computer doesn't want to cooperate. (*** if anyone knows anything about javascript, please let me know, lol***) anyways, i thought i would get on here today and post some pics of the boys...no big news or anything else to report. just trying to get ready for x-mas and working a lot (when the boys aren't sick that is) we have had a stomach bug and both boys have had pink eye so far....i'm sure that is just the beginning too...that darn depot! germs, germs, everywhere...lol ok, better get some pics posted and get moving...hope everyone has a great day!nic thinks it is really cool when lincoln lays in bed with him...after they both get in bed nic asks us to take a picture of them (he hasn't been exposed to the camera too much, has he?)here is nic all bundled up, i love his hat! it has been soooo cold out lately, and snowy too....i hate the cold weather, brrrrrrrrrrrrrthe other night the power was out for a few hours, so nic ate his supper on the living room floor!

here is lil man linc playing on the floor, wont be much longer and he will be crawling and into everything!

10 things that make me happy

been tagged by 2, so i guess i really have to do it now! but i'm not scared : ) i could come up with a million things that make me happy, i'm just a happy go lucky type of person...the hard part will be cutting the list to only 10!

1) my beautiful baby boys
2) spending time with my hubby
3) having a great best friend
4) my family
5) helping with EDGE
6) watching the red sox win (and the yankees lose, lol)
7) watching my boys learn to do new things
8) crisp fall days
9) talking with jesus
10) road trips

oh christmas tree, oh christmas tree

we put up our x-mas tree over the weekend, and it was a lot of fun! nic really got into it this year, for the first time. he tried to help put it together, but he had a hard time fitting the pieces in the holes. then we tried to get him to fluff the branches, but he didn't really get the whole "fluffing" concept : ) mostly he just randomly placed branches within the ones that we had already placed on the tree...

nic trying to fit a piece on the tree...good try buddy!

here he is trying to pick up the top of the tree, but it was a lil too heavy

we didn't have time to decorate the tree the same day we put it up, so we finished it the next day. nic was equally excited about this. he is a very good little tree decorator : ) after we got it all done, he kept on saying, "oh, its boootiful!"

getting ready to put an ornament on the tree

helping daddy find the perfect place for an ornament


he was so proud of the finished product

hey boys, the camera is over here! me and the boys in front of our tree...