This. Is. Awesome.

This totally has nothing to do with Jace and Lexa but you gotta hear it. Mommy has the church giggles.

Ozzy is home!!

Click the link below to see just how great he is feeling!

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Thanksgiving 2012

Before Mommy delves into the Thanksgiving fun, she must tell you that Ozzy is doing great this morning! He will hopefully be coming home today! Also, thanks for all the calls and texts to check on him! They are appreciated! Now, on to the holiday.....

Thanksgiving 2012 was spent at Grandma and Grandpa's house followed by Sunday at Nana and Papa's. Lots 'o pictures to follow......

Lexa and Logan. She is such a little Mommy. Her Mommy probably needs to teach her to actually hold on to the baby when holding him though....

Watching the lighted Christmas Parade with cousins. It was a bit chilly if you can't tell from the bundled wee ones.

Saturday brought a trip to the North Pole on the Polar Express Train. This is a picture of all the kids...minus Lexa.  She was in 'I'm a raging lunatic 2-year old and I will NEVER stand for a picture just because you want me to' mode at this point.

Inside the train. Oooh the excitement builds!

Outside Santa's caboose. Lexa had told Santa that she wanted a baby. When she was walking away she looked at Mommy and said, 'So where's my baby?' Really, it is good logic. She has been told that Santa will give her presents. And she told him what she wanted. Why would she have to wait until Christmas. It would be so much simpler to get the gift on the spot. Think how much time would be saved on Christmas Eve for Santa!

Lexa and her crazy cousin Ashlan. Lexa did smile at one point. Just not this one.

Jace telling Santa his list. It was pretty much what Mommy expected. Except he has decided he wants a skateboard. Oh boy. Has anyone seen him ride a bike?

Crazy Aunt Kay. She does have moves though.

Jacer and Ashlan. She won him over by giving him Spiderman stickers she got at the doctor. He thinks she is pretty awesome.

Apparently Mommy failed at taking pictures at Nana and Papa's. This lone picture is Jacer and Lexa playing the Sock 'Em Robot game that Papa bought. They loved beating eachother up. Speaking of, Mommy will soon post a picture of the wound Lexa gave Jace last night. It was actually a wound too. With blood and all. Sigh.

This speaks for itself. 

Ozzy.

Ozzy had surgery today. It wasn't planned and actually turned into somewhat of an emergency. He hadn't eaten or drank since yesterday and appeared very bloated. He was dry heaving and was passing TONS of gas. So a quick trip to the vet this morning led to xrays which led to immediate surgery after the vet could see the amount of gas in his belly. The surgery went well and luckily none of his organs had twisted due to the large volume of gas in them. The vet sutured his stomach to his abdominal wall to prevent future twisting and sewed him back up. The surgery also revealed some arthritis and discoloring of his liver (sigh) but this will all be secondary to getting him through his recovery. Mommy was able to spend some time with him and pet him this afternoon while he was waking up and Jace and Daddy did the same this evening. So far so good!

Get Well Soon Bubba!

Yesterday.

The pictures below depict Jace and Lexa's yesterday......

She watches Mommy put her glasses on first thing every morning so she has decided that's what she must do as well. She literally wore these for like an hour before the fact that they popped off her head every 5 seconds annoyed her enough to give up.

This is what you call a lil' Thanksgiving miracle folks. Both of them quietly laying down and watching tv. And this went on for at least 5 minutes. It was a glorious 5 minutes. Next time Mommy won't waste 1 of the minutes snapping a picture either.

Then came the tree decorating. And the princess dressing up. Did you know what she is going to be when she grows up? A dress up person. Mommy said, like an actress? Nope, just a dress up person.

Then there was this. The most disturbing part of the whole deal was that the 3T coat fit Jace surprisingly well. Eat a sandwich kid!

And last but not least.....note the level of water. So, Mommy starts running bathwater for the kids and leaves the room to do a few things. 5 or so minutes later she decides to go shut off the water. EXCEPT Lexa had shut and locked the door. And left. So Mommy mildly freaks out and is frantically using a screwdriver to take the doorknob off. Lexa is screaming because she thinks Mommy is breaking the door. Jace is screaming because the house is gonna flood. Mommy is just screaming in general. Finally she gets the knob off and opens the door to find Ozzy laying calmly next to the tub. So, there were 2 rescues in that mission: the floor and the dog!

That's all! Everyone have a Happy Thanksgiving!

A couple randoms.

First, ignore Mommy standing front and center looking goofy. This is the group that Mommy is doing the new model of identifying kids for speech services with. They submitted a proposal to win an award for innovation in the profession through the state Speech and Hearing Association....and won the award! Cool right?!

And this would be Jace's family art project for school. The assignment was to use as many items from around the house to decorate this turkey. Some example items were cloth, buttons, sequins, etc. Soooo, did domestic Mommy have ANY of these items? Umm, no. So, Jace's family project consisted of cereal, noodles, chocolate chips, and cookie sprinkles (you know kitchen staples). Lexa really enjoyed this activity as evidenced by her green hands and mouth. If only you could have seen Mommy's mouth you would realize how much the apple truly doesn't fall far from the tree.....

So there you have it. A couple of randoms.

Lexa is awesome.

Lexa's rendition of the Barney song. 

Jace is awesome.

And his Mama taught him everything he knows. Except that.

Date night and Omaha.

Mommy and Jace had date night last week and went to Shrek the Musical. Jace thought it was a-ok that he was going to be Mommy's date for the play....but he said, "lets just not say that again though". Sigh. And so it begins.

 The weekend brought a trip to Omaha to catch up with Tom, Erin, and Keegan. A major goal of Mommy's was to get a stellar shot of the 3 cousins. You will see the results below......

Ok, this picture does not apply to anything Mommy just talked about. But Lexa is beginning to be slightly more willing to let Mommy dress her. Emphasis on 'slightly'. But doesn't she look smashing when Mommy can actually put matching pieces on her?

This would be Jace at Shrek. The seats left something to be desired but the play was awesome! Jace took a little cat nap in the middle but after a tough day at kindergarten a guy needs his rest when he can get it.

Omaha. Eating. This is pretty much what Keegan does. And he does it well.

See.

Ok, so Mommy really wanted that great picture of all 3 kids. Note: 2 are missing in this first attempt.

Getting closer.....and this one just makes Mommy smile.

At least all 3 are actually in the frame. And Mommy's little dream boat Jace, always trying to help. 

Ok, so this is where Mommy got sidetracked. Because COOL! 

Seriously they are like hairy humans. With long arms.

And last but not least, Jacer feeling out some ocean goodies. The most interesting being a shark egg. Did you know that the egg attaches itself to some plant or other stable item in the ocean and then hatches there...with no parents! Mommy was amazed. That information almost topped the orangutans. Almost.

Gues Who is Famous?!?!

Daddy and Jace!

They were in the local picture after their picture was taken waiting in line to vote last night.

(Mommy put the arrow in to help you find them quickly.)

Your welcome.

What's new.

What's new you ask? Not much. Mommy, Jace, and Lexa made their own mini pizzas Saturday night. And Mommy took 3 pictures. So, that gives you an idea of how exciting things have been.

Saucy!

Cheesy!

Nice Lexa. And Mommy is now realizing just how many black olives were actually on her pizza.....Yuck.

And just so you don't think pizzas are the most exciting thing happening.....Captain America stopped by.

So did his little sister. She was grumpy.

And finally.....reason #1 why it's good to have a big brother: To teach you how to make your armpit fart!

Mommy is pretty sure you can't handle any more of this excitement. Check back soon!

The Actual Halloween Pictures.

Check out how Halloween Night went.

No she did not go as Jane Fonda. She refused to put on her dress. Imagine that. The best part is that her arms are crossed. 

Ok, so after Mommy said kids could ABSOLUTELY get NO candy without a dress....she put it on! Mommy really wanted to get a good picture of the kids and Ozzy. Ozzy wouldn't scoot back....which is why he looks like a 200 lb. BEAST.

Great poser. Willing and eager.

And, not so much. Mommy can't recall verbatim what she was saying at this point....but you can probably fill in fairly accurately.

Getting ready to trick or treat at the mall.

Lexa and Lilly after they filled their buckets. This would also be after Lexa realized you actually didn't have to wear your entire costume to still get the treats...hence, bye bye antenna. Sigh. 

And thus ends Jace and Lexa's Halloween fun for 2012. Mommy must add that she was thoroughly impressed with the number of mini chocolate bars she they received. It had to have been a record setting year! Cheers!