Our year (doesnt end at December)

Summary for the last , almost year lol. I'll treat this as the Christmas Letter I never wrote this year either lol

What have we been up to? Well, I think it would be safer to say what havent we been up to.

We are expecting! That's right, we are going to have a 3rd child, Yes we think we are crazy too. We will find out in a little under a week what we are having. 

We just bought a van, no seriously, we bought it Monday. We need a vehicle that can fit 3 kids soon, and well, my car is way to compact. We have been saving for our van and once our taxes come in ( we filed them a while ago) we will have it fully paid off. It feels nice to know that we worked hard to save for our van and we will never have to make a monthly payment on it.

Dustin: Dustin works, ALL THE TIME!!! Its a bit frustrating actually, but he's an over achiever and it pays the bills. Dustin has been taking one class a term and is ecstatic to announce that he has completed his calculus series. He got the opportunity to go to Japan. He actually just got back. He was gone for 2 weeks and yes, I hated every minute of him being gone. He had a great time in Japan though. In fact he had such a great time he thinks we should all move there....

Jenifer: I graduated school! HALLELUJAH!! I kinda miss some aspects of school, But I enjoy being done. I graduated with honors, on Phase 2, completed my Dean's List, Attended Beacon, and Caper (2 times) I can happily say I completed every goal I set out for myself when it came to my education. I started in a salon, but I didnt quite feel the vibe or like my schedule so I just recently switched to a Paul Mitchell Focus Salon. Love it. Much more inviting, come as you are atmosphere. I  only work 2 nights a week to be home with my kids, my main job.I would tell you more about that job, but I don't think you care about cleaning up after kids and poopy diapers ect. :)

Kirsten: Kirsten switched ENTs to one that we actually like. We went her other doctor because she was a pediatric one. But we feel that our new ENT cares a lot more and knows a lot more. Kirsten had holes in her eardrums and our new ENT covered them up and Kirsten is as good as new! She has been dramatically improving in her speech, language, understanding and listening, balance, basically everything! She still has a long way to go but its nice to know she is getting better. Kirsten got a dog. We got her a golden retriever. Her name is Daisy. She is great with our girls. We planned on training her to be a therapy dog so that she could come to the hospital with Kirsten for her surgeries, however, We dont see Kirsten needing anymore surgeries!!!! Cross your fingers!

Mikelle: Mikelle is borderline potty trained. Its really close. She is still wrecking havoc around our home. I have never seen a child that could tear through a room so fast while having the cutest smile on her face. Mikelle just had her birthday. She loves horses so of course she wanted a cowgirl party. She made a really cute cowgirl. Mikelle knows her ABC's, can count to seven (sometimes more) but she hasnt quite figured out her colors yet, But that girl retains information like a sponge.

We have been doing great. There are lots more things that I left out, but I am trying to keep my eyes open as I type. Hope everyone else has been doing well also :)

what we've been up to

Hey sorry I know I'm super bad about writing on here now. I have been crazy busy. Kirsten has preschool 4 mornings a week and then she has therapy's 5xs a week. Its intense. Plus add on being a night student and Im sure you can imagine what our home looks like right now. I also used up all my photo space on my blog so I have to upload my pictures to another site and then upload them on to my blog... in otherwords, Im lazy.

Kirsten applied for a therapy dog. We are waiting for her references to be turned in and then we get to interview with them. We had to make a 15 minute video about Kirsten. I think it turned out great! I had never made a video before and I really liked it. I wish I could figure out how to make it viewable on here.

We have been enjoying the nice weather lately and been trying to do more things outside. Mikelle and I play at the park when Kirsten has her longer therapy days. They love to play on the "play places". We have been trying to do a play date at least once a week. Its hard because we literally only have 1 day that isnt completely scheduled out.

The girls have also been loving ice cream lately, in fact I have to remember to keep the lock on the fridge/ freezer. I took a shower and when i came back Kirsten was relaxing on the couch watching her movie while eating staight out of the tub of ice cream with a spoon.

Mikelle enjoys singing. Its super cute. She makes up a lot of her own lyrics, for example one of her most recent song lyrics went something like this " da da da faurted (farted), ed it id all fall down, all gone say bye bye." ya... No idea where she comes up with this stuff. they never fail to amaze me lol.

 Here are your pictures, because I know thats mostly why you get on here :)

Kirstens birthday

Kirsten is 4 now!

We celebrated by going to chick-fil-a. They got their first happy meals

Mikelle was pretty excited too.

 

Kirsten was hilarious, she would go down the slide then give us high fives and say "I did it" We spent close to 2 hours at that place. They were having so much fun.

Kirsten cruising on her bike

 ( her new favorite thing to do)
 

Not sure why she sticks her tongue out

 Mikelle Popping a wheelie

girls partying it up

 

 And of course we had to end the day with some bike riding. Kirsten is getting really good at riding her bike, I am very impressed. She has some scrapes and bruises,but she is a tuff one. I think her therapists think we are abusing her lol.

Valentines day

Here were 2 of my cute little valentines eating their pink heart shaped pancakes.

They are too cute, Its Ok, I know you wish you had them as valentines too.

Mikelle turned 2!

Mikelle Turned 2 at the beginning of February. Unfortunately She and all of her friends got sick so we had to cancel her party :( It was sad. She ran around the whole morning saying "My brithday!" Her great grandma came over and brought her a gift so she had some visitors for her party day. Dont worry, we did combine her party with Kirsten's later.

The girls helping to make brownies for the party  the day before it got cancelled

 Mikelles birthday present!

 

   

Grandma and papa came to visit Mikelle While Kirsten was at school

 

MMM cake

  

  

 She cracks me up, she was playing Night night with her dollys tucked them into bed then sat on them and snuggled up with a blankie

little moments

I wish I could relive these moments