Christmas was ok, nothing special james ended up falling asleep and it was jut the kids and i most of the day. pretty much stayed in our P.j’s and played with the new toys. sure did miss california this year. James said in 2009 he will send us home. but that’s another year away. Katie enjoyed opening up her gifts she recieved from everyone. Jimmy well he was in heaven ripping up the paper and eating wht he tore off, but for a 6 month old he had a great time with his gifts. katie even showed him wht to do. when we were all finished up katie and Jimmy played with their toys, katie’s favorite gift was from mom & dad which was a real size buzz and woody that actually make noise like the characters in toy story. Jimmy is a happy little bouncer, My mom and Aunt bought him a house seat he sits in like a johnny jumper just dosn’t go in the door way, buddy will be in there for ever just happily bouncing, silly boy. as for james and I we are still working and keeping busy. I think its almost time for a vacation. this weather we have been having is a drag. sure makes me sleepy and always tired, not good for a california girl. poor james has been delivering papers in this weather, I try and keep the house warm for him. Well Hope you all had a great Christmas and have a nice new year. James will be working and I will just stay home with the kids, Happy 2009 all.

You remember the other day i wrote a very short post about how I love snow. Well I hate ice. The last 2 days have been hell around here. They dont salt or sand any residential streets in whatcom county so my route is just a big ice skating wrink. Good thing I have decent tires but then again even the best tires dont help you much on the ice. It just means the route is a bit slower. About 1 hour slower to be exact. With another 3 - 6 inches of snow falling tonight we are sure to have a lot of ice for the next 3 -5 days untill we get back above freezing. Which our high as not gone above freezing since saturday. The cold snap should be over on sunday and we will be looking at a high temp of 40! Nice and toasty warm. I can live with 40. But when you are outside and its about 16 with a wind chill of -10 that kinda hurts. Its funny how much slower you move when you start to get cold. Yes I do bundle up to deal with it but you still feel the bite. I have since purchased gloves for when we unload the truck since I feel I got a bit of frost bite on sunday and that really effected my dealing. Every flick of a card was painful. I have once again got used to the pain only to make my hands stronger. When people has me why I dont use moistorizer on them when they are cracking in any possible place they can crack I tell them I just want strong tough hands. Working man hands. No point being all wimpy about it. 

Still I cant belive that Bryan is 20! He will be done with school in a couple more years and starting his professional carreer. He is on track for a good start. Way to go buddy!

Katie is still loving going to school and playing with her friends. She has been takeing swim lessons the last few weeks and seems to be enjoying it. She has also taken a few field trips on the school bus to cornwall park. She jsut loves going out and playing with her friends.  Can’t believe this will be her 4th Christmas. Our princess is growing up to be a beautiful little girl.

Jimmy is doing good he is starting to eat baby food now. its funny to watch him taste things for the first time cause he will push the food out with his tongue or he will make a funny face. when I show his is bottle he will grabe it in a heart beat and shove it in his mouth. Jimmy has his 6 month Check up on the 19th.  So I’ll Update again next weekend to let you know how our little guy is doing.

So I will need to pick that up too. My wife is going to enjoy her gift. I would have let her pick it out herself but you know she dont know much about that kind of stuff :D. 

Now what about mom and dad. Any books or anything you would be interested in? Dont make me start guessing even though that is kinda fun to do too :D 

I went to costco today had to special order my tires. They will be in later this week. They dont do appointments so they are making it kinda hard on me with my funky sleeping sched. I am trying to get trisha to drop off and pick up my car but she says she has not driven a stick in a couple years and would be afraid :O.

Last night on my paper route my lights went out. Well first I was down to one head light i was cool with that then the other one went 20 minutes later. Thank goodness it was the bulbs and not a dimmer switch or something. I went out and go a very nice set of bulbs. They are very bright! Almost blinding! But will help with my night driving since almost all my driving is after dark anyways. When you put on your highbeams you would think the sun was out :D. So new tires and lights should be good to go for the winter now. 

The kids are out getting there pictures taken right now. Trisha was not ready so she decidied pictures would be kids only. We will bust out some family ones when we have some time.

Today at the Bank was terriably slow. I had only done 10 transactions in 5 hours. around 1:30pm I got a phone call from Kids world leting me know Jimmy had a temprature of 102.4. I was consurned cause he had that bronchialbronchitas three weeks ago and I thought maybe it was RSV. I called the Nurse right away. Since his Doc wanted to see him if his fever returned. I then drove to the school to pck up the kids and get the info I will need to tell the doc what was going on with james. while visiting with the teach she said her son was like this when he was teething. I was like katie got her first tooth when she was like 14 months old. but then jimmy started to cry again. I got a glance in his mouth and what do you know there on the bottom there were 2 teeth tring one you can see and one just about to break thru. The teacher looked in his mouth and said i think there are three. I was so surprised no wonde he is fussy, I knew he started teething he was chewing on everything. but i didnt thik it would be today when i would see them lol.. our little man is growing up so fast he is moving and rolling and sitting up he found his little voice and loves making sounds to katie cause he knows she will do the right back to him. now he has teeth geeze i bet her will be walking when he is 8months old to keep up with his big sister. Katie is so amazing with him. he loves to rock him, hold him and play with him, she does such a good job helping me clean up and put things in the wash, James and I are So lucky to be blessed with such wonderful kids.   

anyway whats everyones plans for x-mas? looks like james will have to work so only the kids and I will be home. Sure makes me want to move back home jsut for the holiday get togethers.

http://www.btc.ctc.edu/DegreesCertificates/Programs/PRG-ProgramMain.asp?Program=25

I was like wow! Now if only the silver reef would give me full time 5pm - 1am shifts I would be able to go to school and maintain benifits for the family! That aint going to happen any time soon so back to the drawing board

What you all think about this rain?

To night after I pick up the kids from day care I am going to surprise Katie with a mommy katie date, We are going to drop jimmy off at the house with James then Katie and i are going to see Madagascar and have dinner, just Katie and mommy, I think she will like it every much, then home to bed for hopefully a good night sleep and a sleep in tomorrow. hopefully i will catch up on my sleep. lol. dout that will ever be the case. but worth a shot

 Yesterday I Got the kids Christmas Shopping taken care of. Just have to get the few odds and ends for the stockings. Katie has been showing me a few things that she really liked so yesterday when a friend gave me a 30% off everything in the store coupon on top of the sales that were going on and her employee discount I had to do it. I just have a few things I want to get that I wasn’t able to yesterday then I’m all done WOOT! I know its not even thanksgiving yet, but this year Katie and I are really excited for Christmas. Katie keeps asking when is Ho Ho Coming. and every time we see a snowman she has to stop and show me. Maybe this year is going to be extra special cause its the first Christmas with a family of 4. and katies at the age that every surprise it priceless. Anyways this year for thanksgiving My friend yanna is is coming over and we are going to cook a nice turkey dinner. Since neither one of us have family by it will be fun. well i need to get stuff done around here before i head home. So I’ll let you know how the dinner date goes Probbaly by the end of the week lol!

I voted McCain but this speech still touched me. It was very nice to hear and look forward to what he has planned for our country. What did you all think? 

Yes WE CAN!