VIVA Mejicanos

hope this spooky holiday finds you and yours well! ethan doesn't understand the whole 'three amigos' things so he has been telling everyone we are mexicans. whatever works...of course in a town like this, we didn't have to look far to outfit the entire family! believe it or not chacho's outfit was the 1st one we found!

the three amigos: sancho, chacho, and pancho

pancho, sancho, and chacho, with wicked felina

pancho, sancho, and chacho with...marty robbins? they never said his name did they?

time to trick or treat!

we hardly even know these people, but i though this was the cutest costume i had ever seen so i had to share! SHE even had a cape. viva nacho!

the smartest mexican in the family....chacho crashes-over stimulation!

priorties

so the last few weeks i have spent obsessing over these twilight books. jeremy totally supports my addiction and actually is the one who finally got me started on the series. now i am counting down the days until this! if they'd only quit changing the release date!!

so after putting off reading these books forever i give in and totally neglect my family and read all 4 books in a weeks time. then...in the middle of baseball playoffs, garet throws us our curveball! because garet wasn't acting like himself and had 1 dry diaper i called the dr. and ended up in the hospital with him for 8 days. after numerous tests including a colonoscopy and lumbar puncture (spinal tap) it was determined garet had acute allergic colitis which is fancy terms for an allergy to something he ate. since he is strictly breastfed it had to be something i ate and the most common allergy in infants is cow's milk. now.....i have cut dairy and soy (the 2nd most common allergy) from my diet. finally! he is thriving on the $40 a can formula and we are awaiting the go ahead to breast feed again. it has been a rollercoaster ride for us all as i am sure you can imagine. but i am hoping to be able to have my bonding time with this little guy back again soon and you can bet that time will not include me reading a book. i know it may seem weird, but i really enjoyed the uninterrupted 1 on 1 time with my new little man while we were in the hospital. life takes over too easily and it happens far too often that i let a swing entertain him instead of entertaining him myself. i am trying to worry less about the stack of laundry, clutter piles, and dust bunnies and am trying to take more time enjoying the perfect little blessing that i have been entrusted to care for. i am forever grateful for medicine that helps, babies that fight, family that supports, and most of all a father in heaven who knows every desire in my heart.

curve balls

blogging to you live from providence memorial hospital room 609 (located on the 3rd floor-how does that work?)......
just when you feel life is back in order enough to send out birth announcements, garet throws the curve ball of the year(hopefully-the year isn't over yet). friday during frantic house cleaning and preparation for company for garet's blessing (on sunday) we notice a bit of green substance that is questionable in his diaper. a nonchalant call to his doctor to check to see if i can cut dairy from my diet to get the color normal again, lands us in the hospital 2 hours later. here i have been for the last week. i will post new pics and video of our 'adventure' when i get home. for now, aircard is a bit too slow. jeremy said he may even try his hand at blogging the experience, so stay tuned. 1-2 % of babies are allergic to mommy's milk which is what they are thinking (after numerous other tests) this is. last poke count is 20. 1 on back,5 on hands, 4 on vein in elbow and the rest on his toes and feet. hope to be returning home soon and appreciate all your prayers, those are really what we need most.

big dreams

every year they have an airshow out at ft. bliss. we have meant to take the kids a few times but always seem to miss it, until this year...thanks to jeremy's luck with the local radio station we won tickets and hauled the boys out there. it was exhausting but luckily not too hot. garet slept through it all because i wrapped a blanket around his ears to block out the noise.

the boys had a blast, talk about something tailor made for little boys~!!

anticipation-the long bus ride in

the show:




bet you can hear these sound effects


the helmet was unusually heavy-hence the forehead wrinkles


the boys looked towards the sky and now they have big dreams.....

and then there were three

never again will we be even numbered. we are now taking wagers on how long it will take them to gang up on and over-throw us. how overwhelming..usually we can say you take him i'll take him, but no more....now one of us will have to take two!!!