Here we go...

So just to give a little update,
Jason just quit his 2nd job, his last day in on the 12th.
This is a a good and scary thing at the same time.
It will be really nice to have Jason here more often, I know that he has really been wanting to have more time with the kids and to do things that he wants to do. But the things that is scary is that we just won't have very much money, which we can get by on just his one job, but barely. He did just get a little raise at his one job, so that is good. I am not working because I am going to school and there is no one that would really hire me with the specific hours that I would need, part time and at night. So for now I am just being Mommy and going to school, I really want to finish school!
But other than that our little family is doing great! Ben and David are just the 2 sweetest, adorable little human beings on the planet!! ;) I could not think of anything that would make me want to have any less time with them, I LOVE being able to stay home with them, and when I go to school I am able to just have family members watch them, so that is a good feeling. The scary thought is that once I get accepted into the nursing program, it is a full time gig, so they will have to go to daycare, eeks! But that won't be for a least another year, maybe 2, so I don't have to think about that just yet! So for now, we are all great, flourishing and loving life!
Here is a list of things that David is doing and saying:
1. mama
2. Daddy
3. Papa
4. bye bye
5. uh-oh
6. baba (for bottle)
7. cracker
8. Ben
9. Quack (for what does a duck say)
9. puppy
10. more
11. gaga
12. no no
13. peepee (he discovered he was a boy and says it whenever I change his diaper now!)
14. woof (for what does a puppy say)
15. bubble
16. Hi
17. shoes
18. toes
He loves to walk and is already trying to take off running! He loves to give hugs and kisses! He is such a sweetie, but he does have a set of lungs on him! He can scream with the best of 'em!

Ben is super smart too! He is so social.

He will just say hi to everyone and anyone, and David has picked up that habit too! But people are always so friendly to them and they are just good kids! I hope they keep these attitudes as they get older, I want them to be good, smart, happy boys!

Walk tall!

SO, David has been trying so hard to walk lately, he is really determined! He really is trying so hard, the most steps he has taken so far has been 7!

He is so smart too, this is a list of words he is saying now:

Baba-for bottle
Dada
Mama
Nana
No no- everyone's favorite!
puppy
Ben
papa
gaga
yaya
uh-oh
bye bye
wow

Like I said, super smart! He has been sick for a little while though, poor thing!
He had a bout of RSV we think about 4 weeks ago, now he has had this horrible cough that the doctor thought was croup (don't know if that is spelled right) But he is finally getting over it all, and Ben had it too just not as bad!
So for now, we are a great happy family! Can't wait for my boy to walk all the way! I love my boys!!!

Legoland!

So I had my spring break from school last week and we decided to go on a trip. I first wanted to go to Disneyland but decided it would be better if we went there with our family. So we decided to go to legoland! It was so much fun! Ben was having so much fun! I have never seen him so excited and happy before! It was such a nice time to get away from everything for a little while and just be able to focus on my boys! It was a great time for mommy and daddy too! I can't wait to take them back there next year, and by that time David will be able to ride the rides! Ben's favorite ride was the dragon! It goes pretty fast, and he was barely tall enough to be able to ride it, you have to be 40 in. tall and he was barely at the 40 in. bar, his hair was fluffy and I think that was the only reason he reached it :) But we will definitely be going back next year! And we also went to the beach, which was fun too, it was just really windy and the water was really cold so we didn't get to stay as long as I wanted to, but me and Ben went and found some shells and he liked to run away from the waves as they came onto the shore. David liked it too, especially eating the sand ;) What a great trip!!

Fun time in life!

Well...

David is now 10 months, holy smokes..time goes so fast! He is such a cutie pie and so smart! He is trying so hard to walk, trying to keep up with one of his favorite people, Ben! He loves Ben so much, he wakes up in the morning and gets a huge smile on his face when he sees Ben, it is the sweetest thing! He is trying really hard to talk too, he yells and does his own little talk, but he is trying to say Ben and Juice. Can't get over how smart this kid is, and cute, like I said before! :)
Ben is also very smart, even though I know he has been a little behind in learning a few things, like his letters, which has been driving me nuts for some reason! But he now knows most of his letters, and he picked it up so fast! He loves Star wars, and anything to do with star wars! He has this lego video game that he is obsessed with!
He also loves his baby brother very much!!

As far as my life goes...
I get kidney stones all the time, which sucks because we have no health insurance so each visit to the E.R. is pricey! I got a wonderful blessing from Jason the other day that I hope will make the kidney stones subside so that I can focus on my life! I am taking Anatomy right now, which is proving to take up all my extra time, plus more at times! It is hard, I know everyone I talk to says that they loved it and that they were the top of their class, I am just barely making it through, I do like it, but it is challenging for me to memorize everything!!
I need to get a B- to pass the class for nursing, so good luck to me :)
But I love my life! I love spending as much time as I can with my boys, they are the only reason I do this, so I can provide a better life for them and give them everything that they need and deserve! I want to make a better life for them! I want to get a house so they actually have space to run and play! I want to be able to pay for their schooling and missions! I know that is far off, But I am a planner!
I hope to be done by next year, if all goes as planned!
For now, our life is good!

Growing Boys!

So just to get a little bit of an update....

David turned 9 months on the 15th of Jan. He is growing really fast and getting so smart! He has been crawling since 7 1/2 months, he now pulls himself to stand and is trying so hard to walk, I am sure he will pretty soon. He really wants to catch up with Ben!He says "Dada" most of the time and he also likes to say "mama" but only when he desperately needs me. He starting saying ball the other day but then stopped. He is now sleeping in his own bed, and he has been sleeping in their pretty good, usually about 8-10 hours a night, and he wakes up to eat usually once or twice.
He loves to be held, so it makes it hard to get stuff done during the day (especially homework) but he is a really good baby! He loves to laugh!
He really loves Ben and loves to be around him and play with him!
He eats pretty much all the baby foods that we give him, his favorites are sweet potatoes and bananas. We have also started him on some more solid foods that we eat, just break it into tiny pieces. He is just so cute! We love him so much!

Ben is super smart and cute too! He is growing taller and now starting to lose some of the chubbiness that he had. He loves to play, and especially video games. His new favorite game is the lego star wars on the PS3. He is really good at it, and is addicted, not gonna lie, we have to restrict his game playing during the day. But he loves to play with other kids his age, and he is a really nice kid to them. He loves to be with his cousins especially!
His speech is getting more and more advanced. He talks like a little adult sometimes, its really funny! But he loves to help out with David and with things that I need. He is amazing, couldn't ask for a better son! We love him so much!
He is excited to go to school, he asks me all the time when he can go, I keep telling him 2 more years, he will get to go to preschool when he is 5, he is looking forward to that, and me too! He will be a really good student, I just need to teach him the alphabet, he only knows 3 letters (BEN).
We started doing FHE a few weeks ago and he seems to really enjoy that too! He loves to learn new things and to color and see pictures of Jesus. Like I said, he is really smart, and he retains so much information after just telling him something once.
I can't wait to see what kinds of boys and men they will both grow to be, I hope that they will continue to be smart and healthy and kind and sweet! I don't know what I would do without them! They are my whole life and heart!

Online Christmas card

So I have never sent out Christmas cards, so I figured I would just write an update on here.
Benjamin-
He turned 3 in Sept. And everywhere I take him everyone always thinks he is 5. I took him to the Wic the other day and he weighs 43 pounds, which is a pound down from the last time he was there a few months ago. I know he shouldn't be losing weight, but he is a big boy. He is also 39 1/2 in. tall. He is so smart, as anyone who has ever talked to him knows. My mom says that he talks like he is a 1st grader (she is a teacher). He does talk A LOT. He says the funniest stuff that I never know where he picks these things up. He has a new word every week that he likes to use with everything. This week it has been "Fabulous" everything is fabulous. Last week the word was "Marvelous". But he is a sweet boy also, he loves hugs and kisses. He is also very social for someone his age. He says hi to everyone we see when we go out and he loves to play with other kids and make new friends. He is like the complete opposite of me. I am very shy and it is hard for me to make new friends. He likes trains and cars. He is a total boy! He loves his family, especially David and Grandma and Grandpa (or as he calls them Gwamma and Dumpa)He loves to sing! It is the cutest thing watching him sing! He has been singing the Christmas songs, and he will just randomly start singing along in the car with whatever song is playing. My favorite that he sings is "love you like a love song" by Selena Gomez, it is so cute! But he lights up our life like we never knew our life could be without him!

David-
He is now 8 months old! Can't believe how fast he has grown. He is just a shadow of the tiny preemie baby that was in the Nicu! He has chunked up and he is also very smart! He is now officially crawling, he has been for a few weeks now. He has gotten his 2 baby teeth on his bottom gum in the front, that are so cute! He is already starting to try and walk, ugh, not ready for that yet! But he also says a few baby talk words "baba", "dada", "mama" and he has tried to say Ben a few times! He loves to smile and laugh, he has the sweetest laugh! He is also very social. He is a pretty bad sleeper though. He will only sleep part of the night in his swing, then he wakes up to eat and then spends the rest of the night in our bed. Just like Ben, (Who still is a bad sleeper also, he comes into our bed almost every night.) He is now eating more solid foods. His favorites are sweet potatoes and squash. He does not like green beans or peas. We love him to death, and life with Ben could only have gotten better with this addition of our sweet spirit David!

Jason-
He is working 2 jobs. He works 8:15-4:45 mon. thru fri. at Accelerated Payment. Then he works from 5:30-11:30 tues, thur, fri, and sat. at Convergys. He is a trooper! He doesn't like working 2 jobs, but he does it so that he can provide for us in this time that we are deeply struggling! Hopefully with him working these 2 jobs though we can get some money saved up. I would still like to buy a house someday. But other than that, he just works and sleeps basically. He probably won't be going to school until I finish school. so ya, not much to tell about Jason :)

Me-
I just finished my CNA class through the MATC. I am just waiting now to take the state test at the end of Jan. Hopefully I pass so at least I can feel like I am accomplishing something! So next semester I will be taking Anatomy and Chemistry. Insane, I know, but I really want to get done with school! And I just found out that they don't hire LPN's at the hospital anymore, so i am really frustrated about that, cause I was planning on working at the hospital when I got done with school. So now I have no idea what I'm gonna do! I really really want to be done! So hopefully I can just pass my classes next semester!

Merry Christmas to all! Love ya!

When it rains it pours.....

It is so true, everything seems to go along fine and then when one thing happens, everything else seems to happen at the same time!

First: Jason lost his job in March, on unemployment for 6 months, til finally he got a job, after searching forever for one! Now he is working 2 jobs, so that worked out ok.

Second: Our cavalier has always run just fine, we bought it used, its a 04. Then one day it just starts having a hard time starting. Then it just stops working all together. Luckily, my bad is a mechanic so he was able to come over and try and find out what was wrong with it. We first thought it was the battery, so we replaced it and it would start, but then the next day when we went to go drive it, it wouldn't start again. So then my dad checked it again, and said it was the fuel pump, so he replaced that too. Then it worked! So we drove it for a day, then the next day it was dead again! So we finally took it in to have it looked at and they hooked it up to a computer to see what was not working and said it was the spark plugs. So they fixed that and now it is working! For now....

Third: Still poor, from Jason not working for so long, used up all our money, so now we start out at the bottom again, trying desperately to save as much as we can, still wanting to get a house someday!

Fourth: Holds on both mine and Jason's school records which was preventing us from registering for classes next semester. Got mine taken care of and signed up for Anatomy and Chemistry next semester (yeah me!) Jason has no time whatsoever to go in and meet with a counselor, which is the only way they will take a hold off, so he will probably not be taking any classes next semester, which just puts him further behind to finishing school. Hopefully, if all goes as planned, I will be done with school next April!

Fifth: David is teething, Literally getting no sleep at night!

Sixth: Family issues, not gonna say anything more on that.

Out of all of this that has happened, I still do have a lot to be thankful and grateful for! I have wonderful parents, who are always there to help meet our needs whenever we are in need! I am grateful for my dad, that he is always willing and able to fix our car problems! I am grateful for my mom, who is always wanting to help out with the kids when we need a babysitter!
I am very thankful for all of our family, and the relationships that I have with all my brothers and sisters!
I am very, truly grateful for my husband! Even though I know I do not praise him enough and show how much I appreciate all of the hard work that he does and how much I think that he is a wonderful dad! I need to get better and telling him those things!
And of course, I could never live my life without my 2 babies! Every time I look at them, it takes strength, and me telling myself to hold it together to not just cry, just cry out of the happiness that I feel when I look at them and know that they are mine forever! To know that I created these little people and my heart just fills with love! I am trying really hard not to cry while writing this, man I am such a mush! But I really could not live without them, it is hard for me to think that if anything were to ever happen to either of them how I would go on living, so I try not to think about it. But anyways...I just love my boys!
so, now, we are just working on trying to stay sane and for me, trying to finish school so that we can have a better life and get into a house! That is the ultimate goal, cause we can't have any more kids til we get more space! :)