HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Sooo....its been lots of months since I posted on my blog. Lots of things have happened. I still have an unfinished post from April/May that I WILL finish and post someday soon...I hope!

We didn't get Christmas cards out this year. Not to be a baby but its really hard to get things like Christmas cards done when there are more important things like feeding Molly what seems like 24 hrs a day and making sure that Elliott and Aaron are not feeling neglected. I think I might have made a Christmas letter last year on this blog and I guess I will do that again...this way we save paper and money!!! I don't have any super awesome Christmas family pictures to post right now but will add them when I can...if you would like to see our failed attempt at getting our children's pictures taken go to searsphotos.com...enter the email address jenhicks33@gmail.com and then my password...which I don't think I want to add here...so email me and I will give you the password. It was not good....the boys didn't nap and Aaron was SUPER cranky...

on with the letter

The Hicks Family 2009
Andrew is still working a million hours a week for Verizon Wireless...but we are thankful he has a job! The boys really miss him and are super clingy when he has a day off. He has started to do a little ebay-ing again and seems to really enjoy looking for things he can buy for super cheap and sell for a profit on ebay. Verizon stressed him out quit a bit and its nice for him to have an outlet that might even make a little money. He has really had fun with the boys this year! He has taught them all sorts of silly things and they LOVE to make him laugh. He is an AWESOME daddy.

I am still a stay at home mom...and I gave birth this year!!! What a surprise our little Molly was! I keep myself very busy at home and am really trying to figure out how to be an awesome mommy and wife and keep the house sort of picked up...I think I am usually failing at the clean house part, but I think that when the kids have grown it is more important that they look back and say that they had a great childhood filled with fun memories instead of a clean house...right? Its been so fun to watch the boys grow more and more into individuals...not that they have ever been very similar! It been challenging for me to find things to cook that everyone will eat and even more challenging to keep up with the laundry! Molly has made things a little more complicated around here but she has also enriched our lives greatly!

This year Elliott was able to grow all the rest of his teeth except for his 2 yr molars. He was hospitalized in April when he had a cold and had trouble breathing. We gave him breathing treatments at home but they did not work. He spent the night in the hospital and now takes Pulmicort daily in order to keep his lungs from needing rescue treatments. So far the Pulmicort has worked! Praise God!!! From what I understand...breathing is essential to living! Elliott is saying more and more English words and is also an excellent ASL signer =) He is beginning to get upset when Aaron takes his stuff instead of just letting him. He LOVES keys and Blues Clues and to make people laugh. He is very brave physically but gets pretty shy around new people and crowds. Elliott loves to jump off of things and is in constant motion...usually running! If you get the chance to stop by it would be worth the drive to watch Elliott dance =) He loves Molly and is favorite thing to do with her is hold her and fall backwards and laugh (I am also holding Molly when he does this). He also really likes to tickle people...he does not like timeouts and being without Aaron.

Aaron got his first tooth in 2009 and is now only 4 behind Elliott!!! Aaron is still our little cuddley kid but would rather run around most of the time. He also spent one night in the hospital...in May. He had a seizure at home and then again on the way home from the Dr. I took him to the ER and they admitted him to make sure that he didn't have a serious problem. He was diagnosed with Febrile Seizure and sent home the next day. We learned from Andrew's Great Aunt that Andrew's dad had a seizure when he was around Aaron's age...that was somewhat good to hear because the doctors kept asking if febrile seizures ran in the family and we didn't know. He probably won't have another one but I still like to load him up with tylenol when he has the slightest fever....I don't ever want to see my child seizing again. It was terrible. He has been healthy since then until Thanksgiving when both boys caught colds after spending their second birthday at Chuck E Cheese. Aaron likes to run around after Elliott and take things from him. He's like the cop...when Elliott has something he shouldn't, Aaron takes it and brings it to me. Aaron also takes things from Elliott just because he wants to play with what Elliott has. Aaron also has a little OCD I think. He has to have a specific plate, fork, spoon etc...his blanket needs to be a certain way on him when he lays down in his bed...he puts toys and snacks certain ways...sometimes he even has to have the floor picked up in his room before he can get into bed! This year he has overcome his fear of bubble baths and now LOVES to play in the bubbles!!! He is talking lots and most of the time we understand it!!! Aaron also loves Molly and even asks to hold her sometimes.

Molly is still pretty new. She went from preemie diapers to size 2 in less than 3 months!!! She is growing super fast and is the squishiest baby ever!!! Her favorite things to do are eat and be held. I think she really loves her brothers and her smile will melt your heart!

Well...my blogging time is up. Aaron is up from his nap so I guess I need to gets snacks ready and prepare to go to Henry for Christmas dinner! Pictures to come soon....I hope...

Jen