AGGGHHHHH......

I'm sorry it has been FOREVER since I have posted. Here is what has been going on for the Dean clan lately: Andrew is continuing to remain busy taking a full load in school, and running his business that has him now working well into dark every night. I have been busy with my 6:40 in the morning class Mon-Thurs (what was I thinking!) and working 30 plus hours lately. Mitchell is continuing to grow like a weed. He is soooo tall now. People ask me when he starts kindergarten and I say that he isn't even in pre-school yet! The twins have been keeping me busy this winter with their series of ear infections. One a month at least. Emily has a perforated ear drum which has spurred the both of them to see an ENT specialist. They will both be getting tubes within the next couple of months. We also have started having para-professionals come over once a week who are part of an early intervention progam to help the twins developmentally. They also have been scheduled to see a physical therapist on a regular basis as well as out of town optomologist appointments. I have started to feel OVERWHELMED by the sheer volume of medical visits we have had to make. Don't get me wrong I feel so very blessed to have completely healthy babies but at what point will their prematurity not be such a medical issue anymore? I guess I just get so frustrated because I want them to just grow up and develop normally without someone looking over their shoulder telling them where they should be. I feel bad for even complaining about it. I know we will get through this busy time in out lives, and be better off for it. :)

Emily's Mohawk

Ok, shouldn't one of my boys have a mohawk and not Emily? Oh yeah, this is all
NAT-UR-AL.

Sunday Photo Op.....

1st Annual Birthday Bash Bonanza continued...

The kids had a great birthday party! They all had so much fun. Thank you to Vanessa who helped me put the party together and make the yummy cupcakes! Just think 4 more years and I'll be taking 90 cupcakes to 3 different classrooms!

Pismo Trip....

We decided to take a Pismo trip a few weekends ago to celebrate our last weekend of freedom as a family. I am going to back to work at Citibank and will be working Saturdays again, so that will leave very little time on the weekends. I also started taking a class at COS in hopes of getting into the nursing program after completing 2 more courses. Andrew has started school again, and we are back into the swing of things of keeping ourselves very busy.

1st Annual Brithday Bash Bonanza....

I always have wondered what the conversation is going to be like when Mitchell goes to school and he realizes that not everyone has the same exact brithday as THEIR brothers and sisters. We have already talked about it with him that he will have the same birthday each year as them and he already isn't having it. I always say, "Get used to it because it is going to be on the same day for the rest of your life." I mean, but seriously, how many people do you know that have their kids birthday all on the same day? On a more serious note, this year I have gotten more nastalgic as the kids brithdays slowly approach (February 1st). To remember where they have come from to how big they are now is amazing. My two million dollar babies, and miracles might I add, are almost one!!! And Mitchell is almost three!!! Shauna, my sister in law, says it best when people tell her that her hands must be full. She says, "Better full, then empty."

New Year's Eve

Jacob, Andrew's brother, has a new year's eve birthday every year. April, his wife, and us went to Sierra Summit that day to celebrate. (Thanks to my mom and grandma, who watched the kids) We had a lot of fun, although I did spend a lot of time on my bum. So, I went to sleep at 7 pm that night.