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(Allie sleeping in the stroller)

During the first week of November, Amy and I took the kids to Disneyland, Magic Mountain and then to the LA Zoo in one week. Both of us have passes for Disneyland and Magic Mountain and Amy has a pass for the LA Zoo which got all of us in for free. Amy's son Ryan loves animals but Hunter is not too impressed or interested.

Hunter, Amy and Ryan

how cute are these three.....

Ryan drew the line with the white snake

giraffe

while Ryan was actually checking out the animals Hunter was organizing the brushes...

looking out the telescope

Ryan sitting on the ground in protest !

Bouncy Seat

Kyle, Jesus, Jesus, Kyle

Checking in, Updates, Funny things, and Papa

Welcome back blog readers...... I have had a sudden increase in blog readers this last month, maybe it is because I am trying to update as much as possible. I have one of those crazy trackers on my blog so I know mostly who reads my blog and where they come from. So if you are trying to quietly read my blog.... I know who you are ! I promise that I will start giving details to the pictures I post when my daughter agrees to let me put her down. Right now I carry her around because it makes my life easier and I can only take so much whinning and crying.

Have you heard..... I am having my gall bladder removed on Tuesday !  I have never not wanted to do something so bad in my whole life. To make a long story short, in September I had a gall bladder attack. We went to dinner, got in the car and I started experiencing the worst pain I have ever felt in my whole life (yes... worse then labor). Got home, started getting sick but adventually the pain went away. Three hours later, the pain was back, I was sick again and Wayne decided to take me to the hopital. After spending the night in ER they sent me home with what appeared to be a urinary tract infection and maybe a gall bladder attack. Come to find out once all the blood came back it was indeed a gall bladder attack and my liver is not functioning as it is suppose to as well. Fast forward a month later..... I went to see the surgeon and he immediately told me the gall bladder had to come out. He wanted to do it the next week and I talked him into three weeks later. So Tuesday is the day.... I have heard the surgery is no big deal but none the less there will be no heavy lifting or exercising for 6 weeks. Hopefully no medical decisions need to be made on my behalf because my husband will be at training and my mom will be home caring for the little lady. Its pretty inconveint when a mother of two small children needs surgery. Thankfully my mom is willing to deal with my stubborn daughter who only likes her mom and my friend Amy is whilling to go with me. I told Amy to drop me at the door but she said she would feel bad just dropping me off.

On to Hunter.... The other night, Hunter was in the bath and I was on the bed feeding the baby. I could hear him filling up his water cup and dumping it over his head becuase after every cup he would declare, "I clean mommy".  I was back watching Oprah when I started to hear a different kind of splashing water. It took three huge cups of water until I realized that he was filling up the cup and throwing the water out of the bath and all over the bathroom floor. Three cups of water , all over the floor, all the mats where soaked. I now think its funny but that night I just stood there and cried.

Papa and Hunter

Thankfully, these two are the best of friends. John is helping me survive the deep dark trenches of living with a two year old by swooping Hunter up while Wayne is at work, taking him on errands, and playing with him for hours on end. Some days I get a ton done, and some days are spent holding Madalynn.

Tummy Time

Seriously, this girl has totally taken this house and turned it upside down.

We are all head over heals in love with her, including her two year old brother.

Exercising