1st time for everything

7 years of being a mom and this is the first time we have had a kid who needed to get stitches....pretty amazing especially considering they are all boys!
So the story isn't very exciting: Henry was running away from Joseph, who was shooting at him with a Nerf gun (thank you Uncle Paul) and ran into a wall!  I heard a really loud smack and thought he just hit hit head (which happens all the time in our house) then I saw blood gushing out of his head and thought....great we're going to the ER.  Thomas had just walked in the door and dinner was ready, so at least I didn't have to take all of the boys with me and the others had dinner already.  Thankfully the brand new Urgent Treatment Center is only about 5 minutes away and they were open until 7pm.  Henry doesn't look too upset in the picture, he was so brave and calm, he didn't even cry.  I promised him McDonald's for dinner if he was good so I think that helped!  I hope we don't end up back at the UTC for more injuries but I have a feeling this will not be the last trip!

Still here...

I am still here, even though I haven't blogged much.  I have been dealing with temperamental children and yucky weather and haven't been motivated to do anything.  Does anyone else get depressed in the winter?
Anyway, I just realized that I haven't bought a baby book for still unnamed baby boy #4.  I usually buy them during my pregnancy and start filling in the information.  
It dawned on me that maybe I don't need to get a baby book that is very similar to the one MY mom had for me way back in 1978.  
I guess I can now move into 2011.....Has anyone made one of these for their baby?

I am just wondering if this would be a good way to go for the 1st year....not sure though.  I wonder if you can add the growth info, teeth info etc.  The only downside to the custom photo book is is that I can't actually make it and order it until he is at least 1.  
I am just wondering how these books actually turn out.  I guess I can keep thinking about it, I have nothing else exciting to do this month!

Ready for Normal

Silly me, I thought that Christmas break was going to be a break....I was wrong.  I am finally getting back to normal after the holidays.  Here are some picture thoughts because I am too tired to write much.  I am dreading tomorrow when we have the usual adjustment day of getting back to school after too much time off.  My least favorite month has begun, followed by my second least favorite month...ugh.  I am just hoping for unusually warm weather and that the next 12 weeks FLY by!

The boys before Christmas Eve Mass.

 Santa came!

 One of Henry's favorite gifts from Santa.

 Joseph was thrilled...can you tell?!

 Oliver feeling a little overwhelmed.

 Thomas got a sushi mat and a book on how to make sushi for Christmas.  We had it about 4 or 5 times over break..YUM!

 Grandma and Grandpa came for a week too, the boys always love their visits.

Merry Christmas!

Yummy

Oliver enjoying his Christmas pizzelle's from Aunt Astrid.  My boys love these so much I just might have to invest in my own pizzelle press.

So Glad That's Over!

Well we survived....all being sick that is.  From last Friday until this Wednesday night, everyone in our family was very sick.  The boys had it the worst and then Thomas and I.  Let me explain, we don't get sick.....seriously.  Our kids are rarely sick, and never to the point of throwing up.   I have to admit, sometimes I get a little prideful and take for granted the fact that I have healthy kids.  Honestly, the night the throwing up started, I had just told Thomas 10 minutes earlier, our kids never get sick, Oliver has never thrown up and the boys haven't in years!  Literally 10 minutes later Oliver threw up, and it didn't stop for 5 days!  
I just don't deal well with kids throwing up, scrubbing carpets, giving baths, changing sheets etc. at 2 am and every 15 minutes following.  Not to mention the fact that Thomas and I were both sick too, so it was an elbowing match everytime we heard one of the kids running to the bathroom again in the middle of the night.  I am just so thankful that we got this out of the way this week and it wasn't on Christmas.  From now on I am going to make a point to be thankful for healthy kids because it is so easy to take it for granted!


P.S.
It wasn't over....I was sick all yesterday and throughout the night.  Thankfully, Thomas came home from work early.  Just this one night made me so grateful that I have never had to be on bedrest...yikes!  

The Portable North Pole

I created one of these last year for Joseph and Henry and again this year.  If you haven't tried it before you should, it is very believable.  The boys LOVE getting a video email from Santa.

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/home