I forgot about my blog for a few days---I just have to say gemma won her first basketball game this season!!! whoo hooo--well not just gemma by herself but you know what I mean. 32-8
The one game I missed darn it.
It started to snow a little bit today but then it just turned to rain--blech
The littles came downstairs around 8:30 and both said they were hungry---one of those nights--and you can't just send them to bed hungry......

my 4 valentines

Laken woke up friday morning with a painful earache and very out of sorts. I hate going to work when my babies are sick but thankfully dan was home to take him to the doctor, pick up his prescription, and take good care of him. it's amazing what a couple doses of amoxicillin can do to improve my little guys attitude.
I went to a sleep conference on friday that was way beyond my scope of knowledge. most of the attendees were sleep study techs who spend their nights in a sleep lab monitoring people sleeping. I think I may have gained a tad bit of knowledge on the concepts of sleep apnea--central vs obstructive
I can't believe how complicated and indepth the study of sleep is..

laken

laken loves to cheese it up for the camera

my roses

dan bought me beautiful roses for my birthday and they lasted almost 2 weeks.

I got sent home from work today with a 100.3 degree temp. went home watched a movie, took a nap, and just did absolutely nothing. I feel a little better tonight. I absolutely hate missing work--( some kind of crazy work ethic instilled in me at an early age)
my sweet neighbor and her daughter came over for a while tonight. laken and her daughter gracie are like an old married couple. they argue, fight, and absolutely love each other. we tried to watch the charlie brown valentine special but our tv antenna was not allowing for it --so we went next door. I love snoopy--

my birthday pedicure

I have gotten maybe 3 pedicures in my life--my neighbor convinced me to indulge for my birthday soooo

Laken has had a cold for about 3-4 days and has been extra needy at times. he can't seem to stay in his bed at night and truthfully dan and I are too tired to resist. Last night was no different--laken ended up in our bed about 10pm but was having episodes of crying in his sleep and kicking, tossing, turning.....
dan ended up on the couch, I slept in the chair, and our three year old son had a california king bed all to himself--ironic eh?

winter hike

5 and pierced

sadie has been insisting on having her ears pierced lately--ever since her friend down the street who is 7 got hers done. so, dan took her today and voila --my little girl has beautiful crystal flower earrings in her ears. no crying or changing her mind...
she is such a little independent, assertive go getter
she keeps telling me she doesn't feel her earrings in her ears and asks me to see if they're still there.

dirtbiking at our friend tony's house--he has a track in his backyard--sadie in leading the pack with daddy right on her heels

gemma started playing basketball last week. What a blessing to be able to go to her games and watch her improve everytime. She scored her first basket at her third game--she gets so excited to get the ball sometimes she travels with the ball or double dribbles. I am so proud of her for trying something new.