Forgot to mention

I forgot to tell you of a prayer answered! This week they replaced the balcony to our apartment and it is very kid friendly! Sounds crazy I know but what a world of difference to get fresh air. We can leave the patio door open and they go in and out. As long as I can see them they can come and go as they please. The only hitch is that Ace has learned to thow everything that will fit through the slats. But the people below us are good, they just toss it back up when they get home! The kids have loved it, they stay out there almost all day. Okay now I really have to go finish laundry. It is 10 pm and I have about 6 loads left, at one hour to dry a load, well I have a long night ahead of me!!!!

Warmer weather, zoo trip and school

Rosa Logan and I went to school today. Okay well I dont know that I would call it school, but the kids do and that is what counts. It is a thursday play and learn group that meets at one of the elementary schools in town. It is 1 1/2 hours and there are lots of centers set up (crafts, magnets, water, beads, etc.. ) So you just play with your kids and at the end you clean up, have a snack and then do a group activity. The kids loved it! They played and played, Logan loved the magnets and Rosa liked the linking chains. They talked about their "school" all day. This is a nice alternative to preschool right now, because Rosa really wants to go to school and we just dont think we are ready to send her. She would love it, but she will already be in school forever! We are hoping take all of the kids next week, but Peyson was sick this week so he and Ace stayed home.
Peyson has another cold that has gone to his chest. They put him on a nebulizer every 4 hours (we are now on a rent to own plan!) and an oral steroid. I took him to the Dr. on monday and they said he just had a cold, but by Wednesday he couldnt cry. It was almost like he had laryngitis. He still sounds pretty bad, I had to wake him at 4 this morning to give him a breathing treatment because he couldnt quit coughing and catch his breath. Poor boy, but he is a trooper he is still smiling a ton and learned to roll from his belly to his back today. Here are some pics from our trip to the zoo this week, we are so thankful for nice weather! I love this picture, I dont know what it is about their backsides that is so cute but I had to get a pic.

colby showing Ace and Logan how to be a fish
I know you cant see her, but Rosa is in front of Colby learning to milk a cow.
In the zoo
Feeding the fish. Doesnt Rosa look so big. For some reason every time I look at her the past couple of days it surprises me how big she is. She loves to be the helper. She always ask "Did Peyson have his bottle yet? Did you feed him" and today she was leaving with Colby for a while and she said "Mom dont forget to take care of Logan, dont leave him here a alone." As if this was something I did every day!
Groundhogs

Everyday life

This week has been a busy one, trying to unpack and make life as normal as possible. Creating a balance for our kids that the apartment is home, but only temporary that we are going back to our house later. Rosa has adjusted fine, Logan tells me about once a day that he wants to go home. We really dont mind the apartment, the noises will take some getting use to and I will miss not being able to go outside for 15 minutes here and there throughout the day. I will have to get all 4 downstairs and across the apt complex to the playground and then only hope Rosa does not decide she needs to go potty! But on the plus side if it ever warms up I am hoping to use the pool and teach our kids to not be afraid of the water.
Here are a few pics of the week Rosa has started sucking her thumb a little at night again so she actually asked us for her"thumb braclets again." I am not concerned, I think it is the change and she does not suck it at all in the day!
Today Rosa built a road and railroad tracks in our living room, Logan is watching from the sides because he was not allowed to play until he picked up all the toys that he had already drug out. He did, after 30 min. get to go play.

Isnt he handsome! Logan and I went on a date this week. We went to see Horton Hears A Who and out to eat. He was so good and was so super cute.

Peyson with his buddies. Brayson on the right is 2 weeks younger and Kaden on the left is about 5 weeks older!
Bryant got tired of having to eat his popcorn out of the bucket, he decided this was much more effective.
Logan really wants Peyson to sleep in his bed. I think Peyson looks a little terrified that I might let it happen.

LTC, crazy uncle, Easter, moving and genius

Sorry it has been so long, it has been a crazy couple of weeks. Since last we went to KC for LTC, uncle Phillip, Aunt, Ellison and Nanny met us there and we had a great time. We came home and had an easter egg hunt on Sunday. In the building because it was so cold! Logan is doing well, we had his lead tested again last week and his numbers went from 28 to 21 so it is going down! They will keep testing every 4 weeks. He met with the early access and the speech therapist yesterday and they confirmed what we already knew, that he is a smart boy! They will continue to monitor him for a while, but we are not to worried. On tuesday we moved temporarily into an apartment so that the church can do some work on the house. Finding a 3 bedroom apartment with a 3 month lease was a challenge, but we finally found 1. There are thing I think we will like about it. You know that feeling when your kids go to bed and the list is a mile long of things you should do. Well everything in my list is miles away so I plan on taking a little vacation myself. I will really miss the spring in our neighborhood we like to take lots of walks and it will be garden planting season. It is pretty good size apartment and the kids really seem to like it. Rosa is pretty confused why we cannot go in the other doors and why there are other people living in our house. We had several good offers to stay with people, but because of the adoption not being complete there are guidlines as to where Ace can be, how much room he has to have and so forth. And we really wanted to keep as much normalcy as possible for them. Here are some pics in completely random order, They just all jumbled up! Our cure easter clothes
A basket full of eggs
Us at LTC with our friends, arent we so cute!
I left Phillip and Angela in charge for the morning and Rosa dressed in Phillips shirt and Logan...
well, he adopted a new hair style!

Rosa and Logans new room, they wanted everyone to see George on their wall.
Ace's new room
Snow...Today
Peyson has learned to stick out his tongue and then laughs a himself!
Coloring easter eggs with dad.