Cute Noodles

Here is Noodles in her cute new sweater it even has a hood. She is doing really good. Izzy and her are becoming close buddies and sleep together often. I think Izzy needed a companion.
Well Jason leaves Sunday afternoon for Boston. We are all sad and will miss him. But Nik and I have a busy week so I hope it goes by fast.

New couches

These are our new couches they look so nice and make a huge difference.

Beginning of the transformation

Here is the new color in the family room. We love it it brightens up the room and makes it look bigger and cheery.

We get the couches Tuesday. I can't wait they will look so nice with the new color. Our new table will come in a couple of weeks.

Noodles and Izzy sleeping don't they look cute, Noodles is in her cute little shirt to keep her warm.

Next Sunday Jason leaves until Friday for training for work in Boston. It will just be just Nik and I. It will be a long week. We will miss Jason. Jason and I are going to Hocking Hills in April for a weekend without the kids! They will be staying with Grandma Rosie and Uncle Jimmy! Kimmy went to the doctor and they gave her a due date of Sept. 28th. She didn't really like her doctor so she is searching for a new one. She has a lot of morning sickness. I am in charge of her baby shower and I can't wait to plan it. We will probably have it at the end of July.

Happy Valentines Day!!

Nik's class had their Q and U wedding at school. It was very nice and the had dancing and cake and cookies and punch. This is the cake they had.




Nik walking down the aisle he was Letter G each child was a letter of the alphabet.


Nik with his brig smile at the reception. Everyone is doing good. We are getting new couches finally since our have been broken for months when Jason and Nik broke them by jumping on them. We got a black leather couch and loveseat and a new wood coffee table. The coffee table is on backorder and will come March 6th and the couches come next Tues. I am also painting the family room this weekend before the couches come a lighter color. It would of looked too dark with the brown walls and the new couches so I wanted to brighten it up. I will post pics when it is done.

One more good thing

Jason was officially made IT Director of Lake Erie College today. Yeah! Congratulations Jason I am so proud of you and knew you could do it.

Going to finally be a Aunt!

We found out that my sister Kim and Jay are going to have a baby! So Jason and I will finally be a Aunt and Uncle. Nikolaus will have his first cousin. Everyone is so happy and we can't wait to have a new little one in the family. She will get her official due date tomorrow but it should be in Sept, sometime.
Noodles is doing good she doesn't like this awful cold we are having and I don't blame her the high today was 9 degrees. The kids had no school today because of the snow and starting tonight we are supposed to get hit with 6-8 inches so maybe another day off, will see.

Noodles week one

Rachel and Noodles

Noodles looking cute

Izzy and Noodles

Noodles what a cutie!
Noodles first week has been pretty good. Izzy and Noodles are getting along great, they are having fun playing together and they sleep together at night which helps so Noodles does not cry at night. She played with her brother next door a few times they named him Pugsley after their father. They are so cute playing together they like to give each other kisses. He is so much bigger than her he his going to be a big boy! I will have to take pics the next time they play together. Tomorrow night we are having or monthly game night with Uncle Jimmy.

Noodles again

Noodles chewing her first bone.

Nik and Noodles he is so proud.
Well tonight our neighbors bought Noodles brother. So Noodles will get to have a lot of play dates with her brother.

More Noddles

Rachel and Noodles

Rachel watching Noodles play ball.

Noodles playing ball.

Noodles sleeping after lots of play.

Noodles day 1 cont.

Noodles Day 1

Miss Noodles as I call her is doing wonderfully, she is a perfect fit to our family. Our first night was really good. She whined for about 2 minutes and then that was it for the rest of the night. She slept in the laundry room where Izzys sleeps with the gate up like I do with Izzy. They slept on Izzy's bed together all night long. It was so cute, Izzy is growing quite attached to her already. There were also no accidents over night and actually we have not had a single one yet. She seems very smart and she is becoming more playful as you can see in the picture. That is her toy we bought her. Also today I went and bought a bigger bed since they are sleeping together because Izzy's is small. Rachel will finally see and find out about her tomorrow and I am sure she will be thrilled. Hopefully another good night and I will keep you updated on my little baby.

More pics of Noodles

Our new addition to our family

Today we got a new addition to our family a fawn pug named Noodles. We got her from a breeder in Willoughby. She is 8 weeks and her birthday is Dec 3rd. Nik helped pick her out and he is so excited! Rachel doesn't know yet but she will find out Thursday she knows she is getting a surprise.

Video of excited Nik

Nik new hair cut

Here is Nik's new buzz cut! He thinks he looks really tuff and was so excited that we did it. At first he did not want it cut but we explained how much easier it would be to take care of. I think he looks pretty cool!

Rachel's report card!

Rachel got her report card yesterday and did excellent. She got an A in composition and B's in everything else. She did really good way to go Rachel! She is going to start playing the recorder in music class it is a requirement so this weekend we are going to buy her one. Jason is going to take her to the music store to buy one. She has also been showing an interest in the piano and Jason is all excited and wants to teach her. I am fighting a cold and its really cold outside and theres a lot of snow, I have the winter blues and am ready for spring! I hate this weather!

Nik's karate test for green belt

Nik had his test for his green belt yesterday. He did very well.

Here is a small video of the test at the beginning when he did his form.

Playing in the snow

Here are the kids today playing in the snow and their baby snowmen. They had a lot of fun but got cold quickly.