Tubes

Well we have a date for surgery. February 6th. The boys both cleared their Pre-op appointments and we are all set. Now it is just waiting until next Friday. I have been told that tubes make a world of difference. I hope so, I hate knowing that Joshua and Jared are in pain but there is nothing we can do, ezcept numb their ears, to help them.
Other than that we are all doing well. Work has begun to put lights in our Family Room and Living Room. We have been dealing with lamps since we moved in and it doesn't quite work at night, too dark. Our living room, or the boys playroom, is almost complete we just need the fan to be put up and then it is onto the Family room that is proving to be harder than expected but I have faith that my uncle can do it or at least find someone who can.
It is hard to believe that in less than a month my little men will be 2. WOW where did the time go. They are so active and fearless it scares me sometimes. I know boys will be boys but I truely believe that there are time when my heart stops due to whatever it is that they are doing. I refer to them as my little monkies. They will climb everything, whether it is bolted down or not. I have new pictures I just have to download them to the computer and then I will post them. I will post more after surgery.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all. The Wothers family was full of fun over the holidays. The boys had a ball opening presents. It was cute. Joshua had a little trouble with the concept of handing others their presents but he did it with a smile so what more can I ask for. The morning started off with breakfast and presents with Mommy and Daddy. Then Mom Mom and Pop Pop came over, then it was Grammy's turn. After lunch and nap we headed off to Aunt Debbie's for dinner. She makes really good Lasgna. Friday was a day of rest and playing while Mommy and Daddy packed for NY. The boys are getting better at long car rides. ELMO saves the trip again. My sister had sent a picture of the snow right before Christmas but it was all gone by the time we got there, my big question is why was it 57 degrees in NY in January? The boys didn't get to use their new snowpants, boots or sleds. Maybe we will see some in PA at some point this winter. While in NY we saw lots of trains and we really like them. Grandpa missed us so much and we missed him. It only took the boys about an hour or so before they started running to him. All in all we had a great Christmas, we now have an ELMO kitchen so Mommy can learn to cook, a ride on Choo-choo train and an Easel to draw pretty pictures on.
New Years was great. We had friends of ours, who also have twins, come over for dinner. 3 little men and a little lady all sitting at a little table. Where was the camera? The kids all hung out and played and then it was bed time. After everyone was sleeping Dave and I went to our friends' house and ate, drank and talked until the ball dropped. A great way to spend the new year.
Well that is about it for now. I will post more on the boys and their ear infection progress when I know more.

Christmas

Well here we are only 3 days away from Christmas Day and the Wothers Family is ready. The boys will be 22 months on Wed. so this Christmas will be so much more fun than last year. Joshua has already scaled the playyard and started to open presents and this was all in the time that it took me to go to the bathroom. Since our tree is up we have the playyard around it, instead of keeping the boys in they are now being kept out. I haven't found a star or angel and anything else for that matter that I like to put on top of the Christmas tree so since we have children and they love Elmo we have one of their Elmo buckets that they used for trick or treating as our tree topper.

The boys saw Santa Claus but they were not happy with him at all as you can see.

We are headed up to NY to see my dad over the Christmas Holday and as of this morning they had 3 feet of snow. It better still be there when we get there since Joshua and Jared have boots and snowpants and we haven't had any snow yet for them to play in.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from our family to yours.

Wow there is a lot to report here in the Wothers' house. Let's start from the begining, I quit my job and am now a Stay at Home Mommy again. I loved working at Aardvark but was not happy being away from the boys. with Dave working shift work the boys were also missing out on Daddy time and that was hard on all of them. So here I am at home catching up on things that I have missed since I went back to work this summer.
There was a virus going around school and the boys and I spent our last week at school at home being sick and then Daddy got sick too. No one would come over to visit because we were all sooo sick. Grammy said that she would come over but she was leaving stuff on the doorstep and ringing the doorbell.
Joshua still has fluid in his ears so we went to see an ENT (ear, nose and throat) Specialist yesterday. The Dr says that Joshua needs tubes in his ears. In order to make an appointment he has to be cleared by a Cardiologist. Go figure the kid had surgery last year and he didn't need an appointment now he does. Oh well.
Jared and Joshua went to see the Developmental Pediatrician today and they are soo smart. She was amazed at what they can do. They are falling right in sync with typical developing peers and in some areas a little better. Her suggestion: keep doing whatever it is we are doing with them since they are doing great. I love to hear things like that. With the boys being preemies sometimes I wonder if they are doing ok for their age. So far so good.
Grandpa is coming to visit this weekend and we can not wait. The boys helped clean his room and make his bed. They are all ready for a fun weekend with Grandpa.
Wow that was a lot of info in a short time. I will let you go now and I PROMISE that I will be better and keep up with the blog more often.

A Year and a Half

WOW how time flies. It has been a month since my last post and we have done so much since then. The boys are now 18 month old and changing so much each and everyday. They love to walk around the house and get into everything. They like playing in the playyard but it is getting harder and harder to get them to stay in their for very long (just enough time to take a shower). The new thing is pushing things across the floor whether it be a box or a chair it moves. Jared is very good about sharing with Joshua. If Josh leaves his cup somewhere Jared will pick it up and give it to him (whether he wants it or not). They are becoming very loving toward each other but also very boyish. They will hug and kiss one minute and then they are hitting or biting each other the next. I guess it is the age. All and all they are doing well. We tired to get their pictures done last week but they got sick so we will try again this week.
My Dad and sister came to visit the end of July for a long weekend. While they were here we went to the Zoo. The boys loved the animals. We had a BBQ and the boys went to bed for the 1st time with no nighttime bottle (YEAH!!!) and a month later they still don't need one. They get a large cup of milk after dinner and it takes them until bed to drink it since they don't sit still anymore.
We were all on vacation for the rest of the week so we went to Dutch Wonderland with Aunt Cailtyn. The boys loved Dutch Wonderland because there was so much that they could do alone and then with an adult. They rode on little trains that Dave and I pushed around a track, they rode on bulldozers all by themselves. Dave and I took them on big cars and Aunt Caitlyn took them on Monster trucks. It was a nice cool day and we all had a good time.
The day before we were suppose to go back to work I was at the Doctors with Jared, he had a bacteria infection that lead to a really high fever. Antiboitics it was and he was fine. The boys stayed home with Daddy on Friday and I came home early. Josh was next but he waited until Tuesday to spike a fever. Antiboitics for him and a very hectic week of leaving work early and then staying home 1 day. Thank God we are getting better and showing no signs of being sick anymore.
Summer is almost over. We have 4 days of school this week and then it is September and school officially starts. Josh and Jared's schedule won't change that much, a new room and teacher but that is about it. My schedule however changes quite a bit. No more playing all day. I have spent the past week reorganizing my room and making it my own. I am really excited to start teaching again. As I have started to plan I have realized just how much I have missed it. Granted if it were possible to still be at home and get to play with Joshua and Jared all day that is where I would be but teaching is the next best thing. Enjoy your last weekends of summer, I know we will.