spoke too soon

Well, I spoke too soon... I thought we were doing so good to not have any biting incidents in a week... however, on Saturday night, during the twins baths I found that Courtney has once again bit Cadie! Same arm, almost same spot! It was just a little lower. I didn't take a pic of it this time however. Poor Cadie. They had on long sleeves, so I didn't notice it until we took their shirts off! I am hoping this is a very temporary and Courtney will not keep biting Cadie!

Courtney has also learned she can hook her toes in the gate between their 'temp' room and the kitchen... and managed to flip herself over it!

The twins have discovered the AristoCats! They love this movie! I took some pics of them watching it today! It is just too funny. They normally don't pay any attn to TV, however, they love the AristoCats!
Cadie is totally mesmerized! I can put that on and actually fold a load of laundry or wash dishes or manage a phone call!

Last Tuesday we picked up our Tracker (or cracker as it gets called) from Paul's Transmission and drove it home and parked it. They did about $2100 of work on the transmission! What is worse is after I bought it I kept continuing to take it back to the dealership b/c I complained that there was something wrong with the transmission! I complained bc it was hard to put into reverse and it had this high pitched whine. They told me that was normal. It wasn't NORMAL!! We also learned that it had a plug that went bad and leaked fluid... slowly and wasn't able to be detected unless they took the transmission out. Long story short... we got it back and it sounded wonderful! Better than I have ever heard it run! On Friday while John and Janice were here, we noticed that there is a paper plate size oil spot from the transmission! It is leaking oil... already! It was only driven home from Canton and parked! So, it is now back in the shop! ugh! I want to trade it off... however it has to last 1 or 2 more years. At this rate, we are going to have to drive it 10 more years to get the good out of the new parts put into the transmission. However, a new transmission for it is $4000... about the same as what we would get out of it to sell it! Can I say that I hate the cracker?

Some good news... we were approved for the loan to add on to our house. I don't know when the contractor is going to start. He said he was behind when it came to one of his many projects. I don't know if we are going to be first on the list or last or in the middle. He estimated about 3 mo to do the job. I am anxious to get it started!

more good news, JC was able to fly to Iowa not only to pick up Jonah, but the weather cooperated and he was able to fly to take him back to his mom. It is nice when he is able to fly b/c it cuts his day in half! He can leave here about 9am instead of 7am and he was home by 3p instead of getting in at 5p. Sammy even road along! It was hard for me to let "my baby" go... but I did. Oh, wait, I forgot... Sammy isn't the baby anymore... well... he was the baby for 6yrs... so to me he is the baby! He did wonderful and had a blast. I can't count how many times I told JC to be careful and extra careful and make sure that you are careful! I am sure he thought I was crazy, but he handled it well. He knows I have difficulty letting my kids out of my sight. I don't know what I will do when it comes to them going to high school and growing up!

To finish out last week, JC, Jannea (his sister) and his mom took the big kids skating. I went to my cousin's baby shower with the twins and my mom. It was a challenge to entertain 2 16mo old girls for 2 hours at a shower. However, I thought I was doing pretty good.
One little 2y/o girl there kept taking toys away from the twins. She apparently didn't think they needed to play with anything! When my cousin Becca came over to talk to us, Cadie placed her icing caked fingers on Becca's big belly just like she was feeling for the baby inside! It was so cute and Becca didn't mind having the nice white icing in the shape of a little hand on her black maternity top! We got my cousin this diaper bag that she wanted and I stuffed it with baby soap, baby lotion, towel set and pack of lg t-shirts. My mom also got her some Germ-X stuff that we stuck on the sides! I also put a note on the t-shirts that she should take a pic of the baby every month and watch how much he grows over the 1st year!

So, that finishes off the excitement around here. This week will be busy as well since JC is back to work and Sammy has surgery on Thursday and Annie has a field trip Friday. I am thinking of teaching her how to use the old digital to take pics with and then I can go through them and save only the good ones! Hmmm... do I trust a 10y/o with a digital camera on a long trip where I won't be???