Kids...

here as some of her faces that she makes when I start taking pictures...

Ella wating for her picture to be taken!

she does silly stuff when she thinks I am going to take her picture...is this because I am a picture happy mom????

Christmas....

When Ella first walked in she came in didn't notice the tree...she turns on the TV and doesn't have a clue finally we get her to turn off the TV and we have to shower her the gifts...and this picture is what she did...she said OH presents and grabs this one and says I'll open this one!

This handsome guy didn't know what was going on but liked the morning just fine...and loved to see all the presents and rip all the paper!

This is what it looked like after Santa left! Ella got the Trike and the skate board she likes to sit on it and scoot herself around...not to mention she got a baby bed and blankets because she keep using my dish towels to put her babies to bed. Brandon got some little people sets and some of the amazing animals sets he like them a lot and the go with the train he got for his birthday!

Hannah, Hannah, Hannah & Hannah?

So this is what my family would look like if we were all Hannah Montana....

Hannah Ella Montana

Hannah mommy Montana
Hannah Brandon Montana


Hannah Dwayne dog Montana

so this is a gift Jen gave Ella for Christmas...Ella is a big fan of Hannah Montana Jen got her a shirt a wig and a tooth brush that are all Hannah Montana...Ella thought we all should try it on...EEEK

starting over

ok just so every one knows I have two blogs that I keep different...I just had to totally restart my blog so take a look and tell me what you think so far!

http://www.debnjosh.info/

lets get cooking

So as many of you know ( that is maybe 5 people)....Mom and I have started a cooking blog. I hope you all feel free to leave comments and try the recipes. The point of the blog is to get tried and loved recipe's out there...we would like you all to know that we would love for you to leave comments if you try the recipes but also to give us recipe's that you love and want to share. please please please help us build an awesome place to find recipes and a place we can find recipes that we know people have tried.

The blog address is...

http://www.letsgetcooking.wordpress.com/

please come and join us in making a good recipe blog and to save cherished family recipes!

Brandons finger Update

So We finally got our test results back on Brandon's finger. Of the three test that were done the one that was positive was the one that was for herpes simplex 1. So it is for sure that Brandon has a cold sore under his finger nail. the Anti virus meds worked well and it is is all in the scab form now here are the pics...

as you can see the finger is much smaller Less red and it is just a bit scabby like a cold sore would be!!

Why Brandon needs a Brother!

The ugly truth!

So here is the story... about 9 days ago I notice that the tip of Brandon's finger looked a little inflamed. I wanted to see if it hurt so I pinched his finger lightly to see if it was bugging him and the flinch of pain that come from him made me feel horrible. I took him to Josh and showed him the finger and even though it wasn't to bad I figure I would make an appointment for a day later. The next day we were all in my room and Brandon took a header into my bed frame and gashed his ear open. I called the advise nurse to see what I should do because it was bleeding but not to bad. They had me come in to check his head. I had them make an appointment for Ella and him...Ella said her throat hurt and I had just gotten over strep throat and I didn't want to play with that.

So we went to the Dr office and Josh met us there because the kids were due for some shots. The doc checked his ear and in his ear and there was no damage but the huge goose Egg behind his ear and the cut on his ear. Then I told her about his finger and she said oh it looks I tiny bit infected and prescribed some Antibiotics to clear it up....( Ella's throat culture was neg she was just copying mommy...when Ella would offer me Hard food I would tell her my throat hurt...she just copied me)...any way after 4 days his finger was looking NASTY. I mean it had gotten bigger and and puss infected and there was no sign of it getting better. My Dr. wasn't in so we had to see a new dr. They lanced it and let me tell you how fun that is to do to a 1yr old baby! (They did a bacterial culture from the (CLEAR PUSS) and it came back negative for Bacteria...(hummm)

Ok so this Dr. gave him a antibiotic that was for infections that were resistant to antibiotics...

Into the 4th day of this 2nd treatment this is how the finger was looking....

they are a little blurry but you can see that his Finger is twice its size
when ever they lanced it the cut would split and get fatter...

We went back into the Dr office after the 4th day cuz by now something should have been happening...and there should have been some sort of improvement even at the tiniest level. Now this time we went back to the same Doc as the first. When she saw the finger she was shocked. she pulled other doc's into see...and the were all a little shocked at the look of it after two doses of antibiotics.

there was another Lancing and squeezing...poor guy. they did three more tests one more Bacterial and 2 viral...yes Viral...as in like a cold soar...herpes. They think that he has herpes on his finger tip. The doc brought in a book to show me what it looks like and sure enough the tissue under your fingers can get a "cold sore". ( when I first got to looking at the picture I saw this awful swollen thing that looked like guy genitalia...And I was thinking Oh man poor little guy this is gunna get way worse....then the doc points at a picture on the other page and i realize that I was looking at guys part...Oops I had to laugh to myself about how big of a dork I was)!

So they put him on some Anti-viral meds and for the first time in over a week he slept HARD it freaked me out!

It hasn't even been a day and the finger is less red and swollen....hope full it is all down here from now!

The big ONE!

Brandon had his birthday on Friday...can you believe he is one already? we spent time together and then went to Jens for cake and presents...he like all the attention and the cake!

Wow I get to eat all of this???

I like this birthday cake thing!

Here is him playing with a toy that Maddie, Makell and Melissa bought him....HE loves it...you can tell by his happy screams!


We actually bought him a tiny scate board that he loves I will try and find a picture of it...he thinks it is a riding toy...we baought him balls and silly stuff like that he loved it all!

recipe Blog

So mom and I are starting a blog with recipes that we have tasted and one that we have had for a long time and love! I hope you guys will check it and try them out...the ones we have on there now ARE YUMMY so give them a chance!

http://letsgetcooking.wordpress.com/