curtis is growing up!!

there has been so many times during the last couple weeks curtis has really shown me that he is not a baby anymore. he is a big boy now.

he has decided he likes a clean house and hes trying to keep his room clean. he has been wanting to take the garbage out all by himself and usually we walk down to the dumpster with him to lift the bag in. i didn't go with him yesterday. the bag was full but not heavy and he carried it to the dumpster and lifted it in all by himself. i was so surprised he could reach! he also decided he likes showers. both curtis and ari got sooooo muddy and dirty. they found a mud puddle to play in. i put ari in the shower first and she screamed the entire time. curtis told her that he likes showers. hes a big boy. i left the shower running while i got her diaper on her and curtis climbed in and got right under the water to start getting rinsed and wet. after getting wet enough he stepped out of the water so i could wash him and then stepped back under to get rinsed. all without the slightest hint of fear of the water. he even rubbed his hair to get some soap out. he decided he was done so he got out and dried and dressed.

it may not seem like a lot to most but its amazing to see how my little baby has grown.

ari's "surgery"

ariana had her 2 year check up shortly after her birthday in may. it all went well she is growing like she should be. then the dr looked in her ears. he said it looked like she had a piece of plastic next to her ear drum. one of the nurses brought in a bottle of water and sprayed it in her ear to try to get the "thing" out. didn't work so he told us to make an appointment at the ENT (ear nose throat) place down the hall. when that appt came, the dr looked in her ear and asked if she had an ear infection lately. i told him it had been a couple months. he said her ear drum probly burst and in healing it left a piece of infection that mineralized and became basically an ear booger but it needed to be removed anyway. he prescribed ear drops so we used those and went back for a check up a week later. it was still in her ear so she was scheduled for "surgery". the 12th we went to the treasure valley hospital and they got all the paper work done and finally took her back to give her laughing gas and put her to sleep so they could safely pull the booger out without her squirming. it ended up being just a glob of wax and she was out for about 5 minutes and then allowed to wake up. the nurse said usually kids cry coming out of being asleep. not ari, she smiled and looked around and within a couple minutes i had her back and gave her a glass of milk since she was so hungry and theres been no problems since then. she still doesn't listen so the ear wax wasn't the problem with her listening to me ;)

may and early june updates

wow its been awhile. lots has happened since the end of april. ariana had a birthday which makes her 2 already! i can't believe shes already 2. her birthday was may 19th. we had a little birthday party for her. my dad came over that morning and brought her a couple gifts, a little later we had her cake decorated by jen. it was awesome, we looked at a picture of "my little pony" and had it drawn on the cake. vaughn got called for a job interview so he got up and left for that. a couple hours later i got a call and he told me that he has a job and is going to take a drug test and then off to work. kind of put a damper on her birthday to me a little. but a couple hours after that he called again and said he was on his way home and said he will start work in the morning instead. works for me. that evening my mom came over to see ari, didn't have much for her then but just to say hi. a little after that vaughns family came over to see her too plus have dinner and cake and watch her open presents. i think she had lots of fun.

so vaughn got a job as i mentioned earlier, its another pipe laying company. bodiford construction... hes been laying pipe for 3 years. he likes it i think. the only thing with this company is that hes getting so many hours that he may not be able to go to school during the summer. if thats the case he will try for school again this fall.

we had been hired to mow the yards at our apartments and to keep it looking nice around here. this year we got tired of spending 3 hours pushing a mower around. so we bought a riding mower from campbell tractor. its a john deere dealer. we finally had it delivered the 2nd of june. its so nice. we can get done mowing in about 2 hours now without being sooo tired. in the deal to mow, it makes is so we only owe 5 a month for rent! as long as all the mowing money goes to rent.

right now i'm about 17 1/2 weeks pregnant. almost half way!! but i feel the baby move now. vaughn can even feel it move once in awhile. its great. we will hopefully find out in a couple weeks what it is. pretty sure its a girl but i still wanna know for sure.