pending

We finally have an offer on a house. We decided to back out of the short sale because it was taking so long and have found something that we think will be a great fit for our family. Inspection and appraisal are done, now just waiting for closing around mid November...woohoo!

10 months

The not so little babes are now 10 months. They had a NICU follow up yesterday to see how they are progressing. Jackson is a little behind in communication and motor skills (Around the 6 months level) but Madison is up to speed around the 8th months level, which is their adjusted age, and completely on track. Jackson is a big guy and in the 95th percentile for weight and his head is still way above average at the greater than 98th percentile range :) Both are steadily progressing and doing great!

Below is our typical cranky Jackson and mild mannered Madison...oh how we love them both!

new addition

We have a new little addition to our household. Yes, that little black kitty , Boo. My brothers wife, who lives in California, was taking a walk and saw this tiny black kitten by the side of the road. She was covered in fleas and completely malnourished. She rescued the poor kitty and got her clean and fattened up, then asked if we would want her....well the kids have been begging for one so I gave in (and Trent still says we cant have a cat :))  and she now has a nice, comfortable in Idaho!

Miss Madi seems to like her already

But Bailey and Nick fight over who gets to feed her

And these pictures have nothing to do with the new kitty, they are just too cute of my sleepy Jackson!

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Nick

 Nick's kindergarten class took a field trip to Linder Farms pumpkin patch last week. He had fun playing in the hay, petting farm animals and going on a tractor hayride through the pumpkin patch and picking his very own pumpkin.

(He is pictured next to his teacher in the top left corner) He is such a joy and I love hearing his stories each day as I pick him up. Yesterday he told me that Kidd and Jason (his twin friends)  got new earrings and that now he likes 2 pretty girls in his class. My oh my, this little boy is growing up way too fast!

NICU harvest party

Every year, the NICU puts on a harvest party for all its former  patients to come back and see the nurses who helped them. Since we had babies in the NICU (for 5 LONG weeks) it was nice to go back and see some familiar faces in a better environment. It brought back so many memories of how hard it was when the babies were so little, but the nurses loved seeing how big they have gotten.

It was for all family members and kids were to dress up. Bailey and Nick had a blast playing games, eating treats, doing crafts and decorating cookies. The babies were pretty good and were probably just wondering who the strange, yet oddly familiar people were who kept holding them and passing them around :)

They took family pictures there too! Babies went as skeletons, Bailey as Anna from Frozen and Nick is a cowboy ...complete with Grandpa Parsons cowboy hat.

Our troublemaker kindergartner

Nick is our little troublemaker. He has a very hard time listening and obeying. He can also be very sensitive, so I was wondering how he would do in kindergarten this year.

Well, he says that he gets in trouble a lot (but his teacher has never said anything so I'm hoping that's an exaggerations) He also became best friends with two twins in his class, Jason and Kidd. They are "more naughty than him." When I went to pick Nick up after school, he says "look at the white thing that Jason is wearing today" I look up and see this tiny kindergartner in a white wifebeater tank top. What 5 year old wears a wife beater to school?  The next day when I pick him up he says "mom, Jason and Kidd are both wearing earrings" Sure enough, both little white thug kindergartners have these HUGE diamond stud earrings.  The boys come give Nick a big hug when he leaves and put their arms around him and they are the best of friends. He really loves these two boys and I'm sure they are nice little guys.....BUT....if these are his friends in Kindergarten, I am so afraid of what his friends will be like in High School.

We sure do love our Nick but I think we are in for a wild ride with this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the hectic life in Idaho

 


Since school has started, we have become a quite hectic family. The kids school is 20 minutes away and since Nick is in Kindergarten, I drive THREE times to  the school and back each day. We tried sticking the kids on the bus but it arrives at 6:35 am which is an hour and a half before school and it takes them just as long to get home. I hate the kids to waste 3 precious hours each day riding the school bus, so I will sacrifice and drive...but it seems like driving is consuming my day!!!




Then when I get home it is time to feed and give naps to these crazies.... My dad seems to be doing a pretty great job of feeding both at the same time :)

(check out the background all the baby crap in the front room...yep it always looks like that)

Then we get them dressed for the day and hope they stay pretty happy.

Then it is time to pick these kiddos up again. Here they are all ready to go on picture day