Christmas with my family!

On Christmas day we went to my parents house and celebrated Christmas with the Schabergs (moms side) and also with my immediate family. We had so many Christmas' this year, and unfortunately I didn't think to take pictures other than at home and at moms! Maybe next year... :)


My nephew Carter...I think he was LOVING being surrounded by presents...with Spiderman paper none the less!


My Dad holding Drew... he's getting difficult to hold these days, he's so squirmy!!


Who is this handsome hunk??!! :)

My nephew Cason...drooling as always! :) How cute it he?!?!

My cousin Cade - for some reason he's the only Chiles boy I got a photo of! Jordyn is standing right behind him...love her outfit!

This one is blurry...I couldn't get the camera to focus on them. I think it was trying to focus on the tree lights behind them. LOVE the shot though...too bad it wouldn't turn out!!

My Grandma! :) She would KILL me if she knew I was putting this on here...but I couldn't resist! You really have to fight to get a picture of her, esp one she's smiling in! Love this lady!!

Jordyn Jordyn Jordyn! :) She's got her new snow boots on (which, by the way, I don't think she's worn anything else on her feet since she opened those boots!!) and she has her new baby doll diaper bag on her back! Too cute!!

Ohhh.....AND In case you aren't keeping up...... 3 more days until my birthday!!! :)

Christmas Morning at Home

Only 4 days until my birthday!

Christmas morning we spent at home with just our family of 4! Santa came, of course, on Christmas Eve, and he did not disappoint! Jordyn didn't want him to come into our house while she was sleeping, so we had to tell her that Santa was going to drop our presents off at our neighbor, Ellens, house and we would pick them up on Christmas morning. Then we were able to convince her it'd be ok if he just put them on the front porch and didn't come in the house. Well, once she saw the presents under the tree on Christmas morning, she didn't care anymore that Santa had come into the house!! She did ask me right away if we had to go outside to get them, but I told her that he came in the house while she was asleep. She didn't care since he had come bearing gifts!! LOL Ohh...3 yr olds!!



Jordyn tearing open some paper!


Baby Drew watching from the Jumperoo!


Jordyn with her very own laptop!!

Drew chewing on his new book! (It's one of those foamy kind for babies..)

And last but not least, here is a short video of each of the kids on Christmas morning. The one of J is she first came down the hall and saw all the presents.

Drews Baptism

On December 7, Drew was Baptised. What a special day in his life! Thankfully most of our family was able to make it to share the day with him. He wore a gown from Mikes family. It would have been Drews great, great Grandpas, but it may have gone back even further than that. We know for sure that his great grandpa and great, great grandpa both wore it when they were baptised. What an awesome heirloom - I'm so glad our baby boy was able to wear it!

During the Baptism

Proud Momma with her Baby Boy!

Our family, minus Jordyn! Too bad Drew wasn't looking!

Mike, Drew, and I, with Pastor Will. He baptised Jordyn as well.

Close-up of Mommy and Drew

Good picture, I wish Jordyn was in it!

Happy Boy!!

Our family with my parents

Our family with Mikes mom

Our family with Katie and Bob (Mikes sister)

Most of our family had cleared out before we got to do the last pictures, so unfortunately we didn't get pictures of everybody, but at least they were able to make it to the service.

**I didn't forget ..... only 5 more days 'till my birthday!!

FINALLY! Random Pictures..

~ 6 more days until my Birthday!

We finally got pictures back on the computer! I'm just going to put them into about 4 posts, so the next 4 posts will have quite a few pics! Just bear with me while I get you all caught up! :)

These are just some random shots that I thought were cute!


Such a big boy!!


Naked Baby!


Jordyn drinking the milk out of her cereal...if you notice, her shirt is soaked down the front. Apparantly it didn't all make it into her mouth! :)

Mommy and her Baby Girl!

Looks like he's ready to attack!

This is a picture Jordyn drew on her easle. She said it is a Princess wearing shoes and holding a purse.....can you see it? lol Too cute!

This was just last night...took it to try to show D-Mans mohawk! LOL

This was last night also...Jordyn kept asking me to take a picture of her doodle bear..so I said she had to be in it too. This is the pose I got! lol

Another video of the kids playing. Drew is in the Jumperoo, don't worry, he did not suffer whiplash, and we do get him out of that Jumperoo sometimes.....but he LOVES it! :) Make sure your volume is up so you can hear Drews giggles! LOVE these kiddos!!

Tuesdays update...

7 more days until my birthday! :)

Todays update... Went to the doctor at 12:20, she saw Jordyn and I both. Jordyn definately still has some infection in her ear. Dr Becca wasn't surprised at all, since it hadn't really been treated since she had only 1 dose of the first med and 2 doses of the second! She went ahead and wrote a script for a 3rd med, and wanted us to go ahead and fill the script they had given her Friday for her eyes. She said it most likely started with a lot of sinus pressure, that's why the eyes were seepy, and ended up getting backed up causing the ear infection. She wants to see her back in 10-14 days to make sure it's cleared up.
As for me, they did a strep test, which was negative. She said she is guessing it's Farengitis (sp?) or something along those lines. She said my throat is very swollen and red, doesn't look good. She said just because the strep was negative doesn't mean there isn't another kind of infection. She gave me an antibiotic and also wrote a prescription for a stronger anti-inflamatory to help be able to talk and swallow! YAY!! I just took my first dose, so cross your fingers!! Hopefully we'll be able to get back into the swing of things and I can get back to work TOMORROW! :)

Mondays Update

Well...good news is there is now only 8 days until my birthday....

Bad news...
Jordyn has to go back to the doctor tomorrow afternoon. Once she broke out from the first med, we had the dr call in a second med. Well, it's one that she has had before and tolerated just fine, but she broke out in hives again!!! We didn't give her a dose yesterday, and I called the dr back today. They want her regular dr to see her tomorrow and do a re-check. They want to see if there is still infection in her ear to warrant finding a 3rd medicine to try. If not, we're home free, if there is still infection, then we'll have to look at other options. She's acting and looking MUCH better, but we haven't had to give her the Benedryl since we quit giving her antibiotics. She still isn't sleeping well, and is still very tired and grumpy, but we can tell an improvement. Cross your fingers that she is fine now.
As for me....LOL I woke up Saturday morning and COULD NOT move my head or neck. WHy? Who knows! But I took some painkillers on Saturday and pretty much layed on the couch without moving ALL DAY. I finished reading a book I got for Christmas (Twilight - LOVED it! Wasn't sure it was my type of reading, but I'm addicted!!) and slept. I made it through Saturday, Sunday I didn't feel great. Had a bit of a nauseated feeling all day and just had an icky feeling. My neck just felt like a typical stiff neck that you wake up with once in awhile. Today...missed work, yeah...first day back and I wasn't there....GO ME! I wanted to make sure Jordyn was feeling better and try to get her in to the dr. Well, as the morning/afternoon progressed, I felt worse and worse. My best guess at this point is strep or tonsilitis. My throat feels very thick and it's somewhat hard/uncomfortable to swallow. My nose is stuffy and my neck/shoulder is very sore again today. Poor Mike....I really haven't been much help since Saturday!! It hurts to pick up Drew even...not fun!! SO tomorrow when I take Jordyn back to the dr, I think I'm going to have her take a look at me too! Hopefully we will both get some antibiotics (that work with our bodies) and get back to normal SOON!! This is not fun for either of us, but I feel TERRIBLE for Mike!! Say a prayer for us tonight...we'd appreciate it! :)

I will update soon.....lets hope!

Let the countdown begin!!

That's right, people, only 11 days until my birthday, and really actually closer to 10 days away!! I know, I know, you are all excited, but we have a few more days to wait!! :)

ANYWAY.... it's now January, and many of you know, that usually brings a sick child our way. This year is no exception! We took Jordyn to the doctor this morning because she had a VERY rough couple of days. She's been very grumpy and ouchy, but also was starting to get red, seepy eyes and I saw her grab at her ear a couple of times. She has her first ear infection! We got a 2 prescriptions, one for her ear, and one for her eyes and any congestion. Well, the pharmacy didn't carry the one for her eyes, so they are getting it in and we can pick it up Monday. Not bad, right? ? WRONG! Nothing is ever quite THAT easy for us!! We went home and gave her the first dose of the antibiotic, and within 15 minutes she was saying "Look, Mommy, I'm all red and bumpy!" Yep, HIVES!!! We called the doctor back right away, and had to go back to the pharmacy. They called in a new med and we started Benedryl for the hives, (which should hopefully also help with her eyes). She got the first dose of the second med, and has now had 2 doses of Benedryl. She's in bed, but seemed to be doing better. The hives were few and far between, anyway, she's still GRUMPY though!! Can't blame her, ear infections hurt and the Benedryl is making her drowsy and ouchy. Poor girl!! Any prayers you want to send her way would certainly be appreciated!!

Hopefully this second med will work and once we get the other one on Monday, she'll be a brand new girl! I hope you all had an awesome New Year and continue to have a WONDERFUL 2009!!!