Christmas and all the craziness that came with it....

Well as we always do on Christmas Eve we go to my grandma's house to celebrate and eat. We did that this year and we had lots of fun. The kids love to open presents and then they are off to play with all the goodies that they got. We got home and put them to bed so Santa could come.
Christmas has gotten more interesteing around here the older Caleb has gotten.. he has more questions and wants to stay awake to try to "catch" Santa. Around midnight Caleb finally fell asleep. So santa went to the basement and got all the gifts to put them out and then finally head to bed.
CHRISTMAS MORNING: Caleb was up by 7 but Connor begged to stay in bed. we got up and came to the living room to see what boys had gotten. They were so excited. Caleb got a drum set and a leappad and Connor got trucks and a racetrack for his trucks. They were happy kiddos. Barry's mom always comes down to see what the boys got from Santa then we head to my family's house.
There we EAT and we all open presents. We have a blast especailly with 5 little ones running around. Its a BLAST!!
Barry family was sick this year but his dad did make it down to see the boys and what they got from Santa.
One of the gifts from my dad in Barry stocking was all the GUYS got a certificate to go out for Wings the next night. And us girls had to watch the kids....STill thinking this was NOT fair.
SO the day after Christmas all the kids and us girls stayed at mom and dad's got a movie(which we couldnt hear a word of) and some chinese food. They guys headed out to Buffalo Wild Wings... when they got back from eating Barry began not feeling well so we headed home and he laid down hoping he would feel better by morning.
Next morning he headed off to work..still not all better.
By 9am he called me to see if I could take him to the ER and mom watch the boys.
So mom came and me and Barry and my Dad headed to the ER. After a LONg day in the ER they came to tell us Barry had to spend atleast 1-2 nights in the hospital because he has PANCREATITIS. Well so the googling began!!!
He was in extreme pain. So after a few hours we were transported to Wesley Long Hospital and there they realized from Barry's lab numbers that he had passed a gallstone that was stuck in the bile duct and that was causing all the pain and all causing his pancrease to be inflammed. SO long story short Barry spent from Tuesday to Friday in the hospital. They sent him home but will not let him return to work until soreness and pain are better and he sees his doctor on Jan 3. Gotta make sure no more chance of gallbladder issues coming.
I am now 34+ weeks prego and sleeping in the hospital recliner was not fun but he comes first. He would have done the same for me. I love taking care ofhim and being there for him.
The day after we came home Granny called and asked if she could come by and I said of course.
She came in with a bag of goodies for the kids (of course) and a envelope.
She explained that the person that gaveit to her didnt want to be known but they have followed us through FB and our blog this year and has prayed for us. They sent us a wonderful gift to help us provide for our family while Barry has been out of work. Me and Barry have had the conversation this week that since he is out of time at work he would get NO pay but GOD WILL provide. Thats all I kept telling Barry - bc I knew he had doene it before and I knew he would do it again. SO THANK YOU to whoever the giver was and THANK YOU Lord for seeing our needs before we know them.
Since the new year is coming I hope that we will continue to praise the Lord for what he has and is doing in our little family and thank him for his provisions for us when we don't know where it will come from. He is always in control.

Big Brothers Class 12-11-11

We signed the boys up for a Big Brothers Class when I found out I was pregnant. Then is was so far away we didnt tell the boys. But it snuck up on us quickly, here we are in the last full month before the baby arrives. The boys went not really knowing what to expect. They learned about holding babies, and what they should and shouldn't do without help. They even learned to put a diaper on a baby. Caleb seems very excited about the baby but Connor NOT so much he just says I your baby mommy. So we shall he how he does. They did a great job and will be great Big brothers.

WOW had no idea it had been this long!!!

Ok so since last blog a LOT has gone on. So we will take the short version and then try much harder to keep up now!!!
SEPTEMBER--me and Barry celebrated a 9 year anniversary!! We went out to eat. Also in September we found out that we are having ANOTHER boy!!!
But we really couldnt be happier!!! We just want a healthy baby. We have decided to name him Cohen.
OCTOBER-- Connor spent 5 days in the hospital and he had surgery to put in what they calla Cecostomy. Its a port in the cecum ( it come through in his stomach and we use a tube to flush it nightly. This is to help assist Connor to go to the bathroom properly. His colon has not been working correct for over a year and a half. Also Connor turned 3!!! Yay we are so happy for our big boy!!
NOVEMBER-- nothing big happening but we did celebrate thanksgiving with family. we are all local thankfully and so we enjoy this time together.
DECEMBER-- Well its the busy time of year!! Barry had surgery on his leg and has been out of work for a week and a half- despite Barry's pain we have really enjoyed having him around the house a lot. Connor has had some trouble with some scar tissue around his tube and having to have ot burnt off weekly which is horrible for him-- it hurts BADLY!! He is doing ok with the nightly flushes we just have to keep adjusting his meds.
Friday we took Barry for a check up and a lady was giving away lab/shepard mix puppies-- Well Caleb fell in LOVE immediately. So we now have a friend named Chopstix in our house and yes its a BOY so I cant win even with a dog to get a girl!!
That is the last few months in a small short version and I hope to do much better.
Especially since we are now like 7 weeks from Baby Cohen coming and I have to get better at keeping up.