It's Been A Long Time

Sorry it's been so long again since blogging. I haven't really found the groove again to blog. I have a lot to say, just little time to actually say it. Things are going well at our house. The girls are getting so big. Princess is doing well in school and learning to write her name. At the end of this school year, she will be attending kindergarten. Holy smokes! I can't even begin to tell you how I really feel about that. It just doesn't seem real. Little Miss is doing fantastic as well. Talking up a storm and being our little bruit of the house. She gets into everything and loves to play with the boys at Grammie J's house when they come over. (The boys are her cousins) She will be attending preschool next year for 2 days a week to get her used to the interaction with other children her age. I believe that it will also continue to help with her speech. Other than that, things are going well at the D-H household. Oh and did I mention that we are getting a new puppy?! I can't even believe that I am saying this. Really I didn't want to get another dog, but M has been so persistent about getting one that I finally gave in. She will be arriving probably next Friday if everything turns out like it is supposed to. I will not put up to much details until we know for sure she is arriving at our house. But for now she is ours and she will be getting shipped to us hopefully next Friday. So be on the look out for pictures of all our kids!

January Already

I can't seem to believe that it's already January. It seems just like yesterday we were celebrating Little Misses birthday. So much so that I haven't even taken her for her 2 year pictures. (bad mommy) I have to get to it though, since I have taken Princess since the very beginning. It just wouldn't be fair if I didn't.

Things are going well around here. It's bitterly cold, and there is still to much snow on the ground for my liking. I have always said that I wanted to live in Florida, but after seeing the weather there lately, it sure doesn't look any better. Maybe not having the snow to clean up might be the only plus side at the moment. The girls are doing great, and although we have been battling a cold of some sort for the last month or so we seem to be on the mend. About a week ago it was so bad that I had Grammie J take both girls in to the doctors just to make sure I wasn't neglecting them. (I never do...just a side note) He just said that it was a cold with both of them to use a humidifier, and that the reason why Little Miss was so fussy was that she was cutting her 2 year back molars. I have seen them cutting through for a while, but he thinks that is why she has been fussy. Since seeing him though, we seem to be better. M is doing well and work has been super busy lately for both of us. It is hard to believe that for me since it is winter and most people head down south for the winter, and this is usually our slow season. It's nice though being busy, since it can be very boring all day long sitting doing nothing. For Christmas we got a new living room set. I absolutely love it. It got delivered this Saturday and we had our carpets in the living room professionally cleaned. They came out great and smelt even better. Our living room is coming together finally. We went out today to an art show and got a great painting for our wall. It looks great and fits the wall and decor nicely.

That is about it from our neck of the woods. I hope everyone is doing well, and may this new year bring you all nothing but happiness and good health!

Wow It's Been That Long

It's not that I am trying to neglect this blog, but so much has gone on that I haven't seemed to have the time to sit and blog. The girls are doing well, and are growing way to fast. Princess is very smart, and witty. While Little Miss is a little dare devil, from pushing the chair over to the counter to climb up to get the chocolate on top of it, to getting into lotion and putting it all over her body...with clothes on. These are the things that I have been doing with my girls. Princess is loving both preschool and dance school. This past week I went to dance school and got to watch the class. We usually get to do that about twice a year. It was nice to see all that Princess has learned. She is now the oldest girl in the class at the ripe age of 4. Next year she will progress into the next age bracket all the while Little Miss will be joining and attending this class. As long as the little one is potty trained. What does that mean? She acts like she doesn't know what the big girl potty is even though she really wants to wear big girl undies. Hopefully soon. Our house is full of festiveness if that is even a word. We decorated our Chris*tmas tree right after Thanks*giving and it looks beautiful as always. We had our first real snow storm, more than that a blizzard today. It snowed buckets. As I speak Princess, M, and my Dad went to Grammie J's house to snow blow her driveway. Unfortunately we both have to work tomorrow so we need J to come over to watch the girls. M is only working a 1/2 day, but I have to work a full day. Doesn't seem that logical, but my boss just doesn't get it. What can I say.... Our Chrit*mas shopping is nearly complete. We just need to get stocking stuffers, and 2 more people, which I hope to get done tomorrow after work. Our gifts are wrapped, and now we wait for the big man to arrive. The kids are beyond excited, this should be a fun year.

Thanksgiving

Thank*giving is tomorrow, and I can't seem to understand how the time this year has slipped away so quickly. It doesn't even seem possible that we even went through a summer yet. You can surely tell at my house that it is now fall. Remember all those leaves that we raked up about 2 or so weeks ago? Let's just say that our yard doesn't even look like we even raked. M will have to go out there when the weather is looking brighter since it has been raining and drizzly for the past couple of days. This time should be it though. All the leaves are finally gone that are located in other peoples yards. Anyways, what I really wanted to talk about today was Thank*giving. Thanks*giving is one of my most favorite holidays, besides Chris*tmas of course. It is a time that we get together with my parents, and family. As we sit down and eat together at the family table, it's so nice to relax and talk. We talk about what has been going on, what we hope will go on, and such. We don't get together as much as I would like, but the time that we do spend together is so nice. This year is going to be interesting because Princesses god father was married as I think I stated previously. He usually makes our day very special because all we do is laugh. This year I am not even sure he is going to be coming over. I think he is going with his new wife over her families house. I sure am going to miss him being there this year. But what I am most thankful for is my wife, and kids. They are the most precious gifts that I could have ever asked for. My wife is so supportive of me and my decisions, and is the best momma you could have asked for to parent my kids with. And my kids, I just adore them. They are my everything. Even when there is fighting between them on a daily occurrence, I still wouldn't have it any other way. So, this year, I will enjoy my family while having great food. And after relax with them. Being together this year is the most important thing to me. I hope you all have a great holiday!

Leaves

Didn't I mention in the last post that we had cleaned up the whole yard this past weekend? And didn't I say how beautiful it looked all clean and free of leaves? Well guess what, I went out the very next morning to piles of leaves. It didn't even look like we raked and did two truck loads full. I am rather disappointed. I don't know when M should attempt to pick up the rest. It seems like the leaves on the tree that is in my neighbors yard is just not shedding the leaves at all. So it might be a while before she can do it.

Other news, I didn't mention on here Little Misses weight and height from her appointment. She weighed in at 29 1/2 lbs and 34 1/2 inches. Princess wasn't 28 lbs until she was 3 and Little Miss is an 1 1/2 tall at this point than Princess. What can I say, the girl likes her food. We decided to get the H.1.N.1 vaccination for both girls while there. They did great with it, but wouldn't you know that on Wednesday Little Miss had a 102.6 temperature. M stayed home with her for the following 3 days and both girls were placed on Tami*flu. Little Miss finally broke her fever on Friday. I would guess she picked it up at the doctors office since they don't have a well room and sick room. There was 10 children waiting in the waiting room that morning and we had to wait 45 minutes to be seen. I just don't understand doctors sometimes. Why wouldn't they schedule well visits first say from 8-12 and sick visits from 12 on. It would make more sense than exposing those healthy kids to it. The doctor did the swab and it did come back as the Swin*e Flu. Thank god she got over it quick. And thank god Princess never got it since she has bad asthma. Speaking of asthma, we are going to Boston this coming up Friday to see a pulmonologist about the asthma. I am hoping to have some light shed about what we can do to help her. She starts wheezing sometimes which leads to coughing. Coughing so uncontrollable that it keeps the house up at night. I will be sure to let everyone know how it goes. Well, I must get going. I should be working but you know how that goes.

Fall Time

Fall is here in full swing. I only really know that because when I look out the window and see the leaves falling from everyone else house and traveling into my yard I know it is here. I love to look out my window or even travel down the road and see the leaves turning, but I certainly don't like to pick them up. It's just to much work for me...not really but I feel like that. Today was the day that we needed to get going. The leaves continue to fall, and when I looked out and saw the sun shining and that the weather wasn't all that bad we took the plunge and went out there to rake, and blow the leaves. We were out there for 4 hours and we probably have another 5 to go. We must get this done this weekend because next weekend my cousin S and I are heading to another state for a few days. I won't be able to help M out after that point. So for now we break our backs and sweat like a pig to get it all done. Oh, and the acorn's, where the hell did all the squirrels go this year? They certainly didn't come around our neighborhood....

Happy Belated Halloween!

We had a great time this year with the girls trick or treating. We went to our local mall, which has become a tradition these past couple of years since Princesses 2nd Halloween. We got the kids ready for around5:30 PM and headed out. We arrived at the mall at 6 PM just in time for the stores to start handing out the candy. We did both floors and after a bucket full a piece we had to make a couple more stops. First to Grammie J's house, then to my parents house. We didn't end up getting back home until 9:30 PM. Needless to say, I am exhausted today. M's father and wife came down today to visit with us for M's and Little Misses birthday. We had a nice time together and went out to brunch. Now I am back home doing laundry and relaxing. It's a beautiful day outside and seeing the leaves falling with the wind blowing makes me want to curl up in bed and sleep.