10 months....where has the time gone?

Happy 10th Monthday, L-Train!!

Love,

Daddy, Mommy, M and P

#70

Yeah, this is my 70th post. We have been so busy...

Good news about the furnace...it wasn't totally out...but the guy did tell us there is a good chance that it will go out within 5 years. It ended up costing us $75.00 to get it fixed. I was not here when it got fixed but apparently it was GROSS. I guess we should have it cleaned more often...

M has a new job that she is getting paid $2.00 for....

that is right she is picking up dog doo doo. And she even came to me today and said she wanted to do it...she must want to go shopping. That's my GIRL!!!

A BIG THANKS from L goes out to Rachel, his girlfriends momma. She made him the cutes blanket and he has quickly grown attached to it. THANKS RACHEL!! I LOVE IT!!!

P started school on Monday. Monday he threw 2 fits, Tuesday he threw 2 fits and today well today was a fit all day long. He was pretty good during the first hour then I think he was just really tired from the week.

The type of preschool he is in now is through Fort Zumwalt West High School. The high school students have to take child development classes and after 2-3 classes they can sign up for the lab. This is a class that the teacher selects the students so they are usually good students. P is 1 of 16 children in the class and there are about 5-6 student teachers in the class. I noticed on the "Topics to Discuss" list on the board in the classroom was PARKER. (I am sure that I totally confused some of you so I will take some photos and post them.) So I guess on Monday P's name will be brought up multiple times.

Do you really think this face could throw a fit??

boy are you WRONG....

Last but not least....here is some tongue from L!!

Happy Halloween % )

The Feagans' Family had a great Halloween. We started out the evening with McDonald's (which in my opinion could become a tradition on Halloween Night), then D got out the wagon and we loaded everyone up! Below is a slide of our photos!

Mommies little Pumpkin ;)

All 3 of my bundles of CANDY.....

My Dorothy and Bob the Builder

Ryan, Sara and I having a shredded paper fight.....it was EVERYWHERE!

Jen

A Week to Forget.....

OMGosh.......what a week from you know where.....

lets start with monday.....

d's grandma had surgery on her back. she is doing fine now and she is in delmar gardens rehabilitation program doing PT to get back at it....someone has to keep grandpa in line....btw....it is a truly beautiful place, i think she would stay if we let her. there are children there that can eat with the elderly and make them pictures....really cool for both the old and the young.

at some point....not sure when d's sister (the one who is in colorado) went into the hospital for her stomach pains. not too sure of all the details but i think the doctors think it is her gallbladder but they can't find any stones....so the insurance company will not remove it unless there are stones.....now really who are they to say if she should or should NOT have the surgery.....are they the ones in pain......i hope something bites those insurance people in the butt...

not sure if anything too big happened on tuesday....that could have been when K went to the hospital.....

so onto wednesday....which was my birthday....i had a great birthday! i hung out with a really cool girl....rachel and her daughter lorelai. we had lunch together and then well she had to go home for a nap....she didn't care for my room or the pack n play in it. we went to dinner with my parents and had endless shrimp at red lobster!! Below are photos of p looking at what he called bugs.....our waitress pulled a lobster out of the tank and p didn't want anything to do with it.....he just said "no bug"another bad thing happened on this day but i didn't find out about it until later so.....you will have to wait.....

thurdsay....our furnace went out.....need i say more?

friday....we had a guy over here working on the furnace and he pulled out about 7 hot wheel cars and a bunch of other stuff. M had her school "fall party" and she had a blast. they had an animal parade and she dressed up as a cat. she is awesome!

then i went to see lorelai's swimming lessons. she is in the "isr program" you can go to http://www.infantswim.com/ to find out more information. i am thinking about becoming an instructor. the cost is a lot but that out weighs the amount of children i could save. then friday night we went bowling

with our friends joe and kristen. the boys were with my mom so M had all of their attention. she loved it!

saturday....we were so excited that our furnace went out (NOT!) that we over whelmed with joy and went to go price a new one....and also look at ceramic tile. not sure if the ceramic tile will happen now that we have this bill from about $1200.00 from the furnace coming.....while looking at ceramic tile my brother called to tell me that my great-grandma passed away....so i called my mom to talk to her about the whole situation....she was my dads grandma. and i don't talk to my dad but did talk to my g-gma. when i talked to my mom she got online and looked up her information...come to find out she passed away on my birthday. she was my last great grandparent. she love to fish, she lived at the lake of the ozarks, she always had beautiful nails, she didn't think twice about telling you what was on her mind, she and i agreed very strongly on one thing.....but we won't go there. saturday night the low was in the mid 30's so we stayed at daniel's aunts house. she has a nice little set up for company down stairs with a bedroom, a bathroom, t.v., and little kitchen area.

sunday....we went to church and then we came back home. i had to get ready for the funeral and my mom was coming to pick me up. GOD is awesome, that really sums it up....i was all worked up about being at the funeral and my dad being there and all that humbo jumbo....but i was late getting back to the house so we got to the funeral about 10 minutes before it started and we were the first ones to be released to pay our final respect and then we left. i didn't even see him. so really i don't even know if he was there. then we were off to home team and then back to jamie's house for another night of sleep...

this leads me to today....i am at home waiting for the furnace guy to tell me if we have to replace the whole darn thing or not....it is about 64* in here and i just want to lay all bundled up and sleep....it is COLD.....

if you're the praying type you can pray we don't have to get a whole new furnace.....just expensive parts.....and that we have a better week......

BTW....the pumpkin photos are the ones we cut out! Aren't they cute!!

ENT....Ears, Nose and Throat

Yesterday at 4:40 L had an appointment with Dr. Agolia for a possible ear infection.....and as it turns out, he has ANOTHER ONE. So this means there is a very good possibility that L may go to see an ENT in the future.....

Dr. Agoila says that he knows that an ENT will NOT put tubes in at this point. P went from 4-6 months with a solid ear infection....Lincolns are a little different b/c his are being fixed with the medicine. So this time we are on a stronger antibiotic; Omnicef 1/2 teaspoon for 10 days.

Last night we cut up pumpkins....I have some of the cutes pictures of P. I will post them later for you to see!!

Until next time....please pray for an answer for the tubes thing (I would rather just do them because they have been such a positive thing for P), & the pain that the infection is causing L.

Reminder.....

Hey Guys.....

Just a reminder that I will be changing the privacy settings on November 1st. If you want to be added as a viewer just send me an email to jennifer.feagans@gmail.com and I will probably add you. I just want to check you out first!

I can't believe it is Monday, and surprisingly I am glad it is Monday. I miss my Monday - Friday schedule....I feel like I have things somewhat under control. :) Last week was an extremely busy week for me. It just seemed like everything fell into my lap at the same time. I had a foto shoot on Monday at 8 AM....of triplets and I nearly forgot about it....Tuesday was our anniversary (thanks for the wonderful cards and best wishes you sent our way), Wednesday Madison had dance and I had a "Vendor Night" with Jordan Essentials and Daniel Paige Photography. Thursday I had to find some time for me so I went to the Chocolate Cafe in O'Fallon for a thick cup of hot chocolate and some conversation with WOMEN ONLY.....that was nice....On top of all of that I had to get a video for church finished and to the church for the baby dedication Sunday. So I finally dropped off the video at 4:00 on Thursday and I was done..... Then into the weekend...Friday we went shopping for a wedding gift (yes the wedding was on Saturday). We went to William Sonoma and I found my birthday present!! I have thought about it all weekend. I even said last night before we went to bed....chocolate is all I can think about....I think it is my guilty pleasure.....But the wedding was beautiful, the reception was a blast!

Funny Note from the reception...
So when we get together with all of D's fraternity brothers the boys always get their photo together on the dance floor....well this time it was the wives!! GO GIRLS!!!

I gotta get ready to take M to school....ahh a schedule!!

Our Anniversary

So I was planning on making this fun slide with a bunch of our wedding photos on it and well....the week got away from me. Maybe we didn't make such a big deal out of it b/c we are not celebrating until the 7 & 8 of November.....maybe the slide will show then!! But here is one photo...







October 16th, 2004

DJ,

I love you more and more each day. You are a fantastic husband, wonderful father and great person. I NEVER imagined a marriage would be the way ours has turned out to be.\

I think God for bringing you into my life often!

love,

me

The Good, The Bad and the UGLY...

These are all the photos I took tonight...the good ones and the not so good ones!

Lincoln at 9 months

L J

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Happy 9th Monthday, Lincoln!!

Shots....crying....now really is that the way to spend your 9th monthday? NO...it really is not. Sorry Lincoln for making your appointment on your 9th Monthday....

Here are the stats:
Weight: 20.6 lbs. only up 8oz from 6 months....
Height: 29 inches!

I will have photos soon we are going to do these outside!!!

Who is that baby...

Post a comment as to who you think this little on is....

FIRE, PRIVACY, & EVERYTHING ELSE

Alright so I am sure you all want to know about the FIRE first....



OK, so yesterday I was so excited to get out some Halloween decorations :) I put one of my newest on the top of the entertainment center...and then I lit it...that was all around 11:00. SO we go through the day I forget all about it...Then I remember seeing it and thinking I need to put that out before I go to bed...then Daniel and I went down stairs to flip laundry. We came up and went to bed...NOT EVEN THINKING TWICE ABOUT THE CANDLE...So around 2:30 I wake up to the smoke alarm and we open our door to a hall filling with smoke...



For some reason (let your mind wander if you wish) I slept in the buff last night. So when I got up to see what was going on I grabbed a shirt to wave at the smoke alarm. Yeah, so standing there naked waving the shirt at the alarm....



In the mean time....D goes to blow out the (THANK GOD) small fire and it jumps up like a grease fire....crappy candles from Wal-Mart. So he has to get the hot mitts and carry it to the kitchen to get it out with flour. At this point I am still in the buff holding L and rocking him to sleep. MANY, MANY, MANY thanks to GOD that there was NO damage to the entertainment center, there is NO smoke stuff on the wall or ceiling, only one of my children woke up, and NO ONE WAS HURT...PRAISE TO GOD.



So on the the next item for conversation....

PRIVACY SETTINGS....On November 1st I will be changing my privacy settings. I have many reasons for it and some of you I have shared those reasons with and also I read disturbing articles about people using blog photographs for kid porn, advertising with out permission, (like the 1st reason is not good enough to shut the whole thing down), and this article was also upsetting...so please email me and I will add you to view our family blog. Sorry, but I feel it is for the protection of my children. So you can email me @ jennifer.feagans@gmail.com



EVERYTHING ELSE....

For starters...here is a very cute photo of P-Man and the Tigger on our front porch...

He can be such a cutie and such a stinker all at the same time....

Our Halloween Costume line up this year is....M will be Dorothy from the Wizard of OZ, P is going to be Bob the Builder, and L is going to be a pumpkin!!! So look for photos of that...I am sure it will be interesting.

Also, here is a confession I have to confess....I don't know why I have not shared this with you in the past, maybe b/c it is a sign of weakness (to me), and I have issues with that...so here it is...I am on Weight Watchers (WW) well, I should say I have the books and I weigh in at home. I don't go to meetings, and there are still VERY few people who know. But I started on the first day of school and I have lost a total of 12 as of today! I am excited!!!

Also, I want to thank everyone who commented on the "Church Sunday" post. It is nice to know I am not the only one out there that thinks those thought on a regular basis!! Kim, I would love to be a SSR of yours if you let me take a peek!!

Church Sunday

So at 2Rivers church on Sunday, Ron, our pastor preached on the 10 Commandments and made us all feel about 1 inch tall....

So here is what I am struggling with...maybe one of you can help...

#2: Do not make idols.

Or as Madison's book of the 10 Commandments has it...

DO NOT WANT WHAT OTHERS HAVE.

Daniel and I hang out with a lot of his friends from college. The are all great people and would do anything to help each other out....

But nearly all of them who are married live in these GINORMOUS houses. Some of them have children and some don't. ALL of them work, both husband and wife. And I understand that is how they are able to afford the really nice house (not that I am complaining, I love my house), but often I think I am the reason that we don't have that stuff...well actually I am the reason.

I love staying home with the kids and I love that I am able to crawl into bed with Madison when I wake her up in the morning....
I LOVE:
*being the first one they see and the morning and the last when they go down at night
*being able to kiss boo boos and hold them when they get hurt
*watching Parker mow the grass over and over with his mower
*Putting Lincoln down for his nap and getting him up
*seeing his face light up when I get him out of bed
*being able to take Madison to school EVERY morning
*being there as Madison runs to me when she gets off the bus
*knowing that the are in the best hands everyday of their lives
*teaching them their ABC's and 123's
*potty training them (even though sometimes I want to put out ALL of my hair)

And there many, many, many more that I could go on about for days...

So those of you that stay home is this a common concern that you have to or am I over reacting?

I just have to keep telling myself.....DON'T WANT WHAT OTHERS HAVE....

How do I get over this? PLEASE HELP....

Update on Daniel :)

Constitution Trail

Normal, IL

The large building in the left upper corner is a Schnucks with some retail attached. Other than that is it just retail buildings and site work(parking lots, road work, sidewalks....)

photo by: anthony saluto photography studio / gallery

Many of you have heard me say over and over again that "Daniel is out of town tonight."

Well above is a photograph of the job he has been working on in Normal, IL. It looks like the traveling will be cut to a day trip now. Sometimes he will have to stay over night but not too much!!! Luckily, he has a great project engineer working out there with him!!

Great Job, Bobby!!!!

Did he really say POOP?

Wordful Wednesday

Yeah I have a l0t to blog about today....really just an update!!!

I will start with Lincoln:

Lincoln got his 2nd tooth and is crawling EVERYWHERE. I don't remember the other 2 getting into EVERYTHING the way he does. Maybe it is b/c Parker keeps his toys in the living room and Lincoln really can't play with them so we are always on the look out for toys and other stuff he can't have. He is sitting up in the bath tub all alone...well he sits on a hand towel since it is so slippery in there. We don't need stitches in another tongue. As you saw he got his hair cut the other day...he looks so handsome!!!

Parker-Man:

Really the word BUSY sums it up. He hates to be inside and goes outside first thing every morning. He just loves the dirt. Me not so much. We are still working on the potty thing. He is now back to wearing a diaper to bed. He just can't stay dry. We will see. He is doing OK during the day. Today I had to go to a friends house to pick up some stuff and they were not there...well he had to potty so he did so on their trash can and thought it was the coolest thing!!! He will be starting preschool at our friends preschool lab on November the 2nd. He is crazy about buses. Every time he sees a bus he says "Parker's Bus" No questions asked...he likes the bus!

Madison:

Well, well, well she is busy in school and loves it!! She is in dance and is doing great! She is also in Awana. Her friend Eric from Home Team is also in it, so she likes to see him there! She has dance tonight and we get to view(this only happens once a month) so I will get some photos and share them with you!

Lincoln's First Hair Cut

Follow Up

So a while I back posted about Madison's Plane Ride...well that plane ride was b/c Madison and I were flying to Bloomington, IL to have a weekend of just the 3 of us(Daniel, Madison & I)!! Today I came across some goofy photos on my computer and I wanted to share those!! We had a great time...all of us!!

Jen

Wordless Wednesday :) From: Lincoln

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The Great Forest Park Balloon Glow 2007

Daniel and the kids!!

Mommy with Madison and Parker

Parker and Madison (it is amazing they are touching and no one is screaming...)

All 3 of my cuties!!

Mommy and Parker

I don't thing Daniel knows how to center a photo...we will have to work on that one :)

We have tried to make going to the Balloon Glow a tradition....we make it every other year I think!!! I know there are NO photos of any balloons...that is because I brought my little camera not the Canon...this is how they turned out....

A little funny story about this photo...

Daniel sat the kids down and told Parker "Fold your hands and put them in your lap."

I guess Parker thought it was time to pray...

Mom and Daniel,

I admit that I frequently lose my keys but just be glad that I don't do this....

Fire Over Keys....

SSR from HP, MO

This is a shout out to all of the SSR's on my blog....yeah that means YOU....

I have a "sitemeter" on my blog to watch the traffic on my blog and to see who is checking out my FANTASTIC FAMILY!! I love having SSR's (if you don't know what that is click HERE). But there is one that I am unsure of who you are...You are from HP, MO. If you are from HP you know what it stands for. I was wondering if you can leave me a comment...something like "HI from HP...JMF (initials)." I love to know who my SSR's are that way I can check out their blogs too. I really don't need to SSR another blog but why not.

SHOUT OUT....

This shout out is for Emmy Lou...Thanks for your comments!! You are such a sweet girl!!
And for the Lovely Rachel...you are AWESOME...that is all I have to say!!

Thanks!

The Name Game

This should be fun. Here are the rules!

(Found online from another blog)

RULES

• Use the the first letter of your name to answer each of the following.

• Answers must be REAL places, persons, things. . .NOTHING MADE UP!

• If you can't think of anything, skip it.• Try to use different answers if the person before you had the same initial.

• DO NOT use your name for the boy/girl name question.

• DO NOT use a search engine to look up answers!

• GO!

1. Your Name: Jennifer

2. Famous singer/band: Jennifer Lopez

3. 4 letter word: jump

4. Street name: Jackson drive

5. Color: Jett Black

6. Gift/present: jewelery

7. Vehicle: Jetta

8. Things in a Souvenir Shop: JUNK

9. Boy's Name: James

10. Girl's Name: Julie

11. Movie Title: Jump In

12. Drink: Juice

13. An Occupation: Jackhammer worker

14. Flower:

15. Celebrity: Jessica Beil

16. Magazine:

17. U.S, City: Jacksonville, FL

18. Pro Sports Team: Jaguars

19. Fruit: ?????

20. Reason for Being Late to Work: Jumped on the street

21. Something You Throw Away: junk

22. Things You Shout: JUST STOP NOW....

23. Cartoon Character: Jiminey Cricket

Giggles

Our Trip to Washington

Washington

We made it to Washington!!! :) Lincoln did great on the plane and had many chics to check out...most of them were older than 45, but they loved seeing him and he loved to make googly eyes with they girls. Below are some photos!!

This is Lincoln on our way to the airport.

Here we are in the plane and ready for take off!

This guy was so funny...He was a statue!

The Space Needle

These are our friends we are staying with!!

Jay is the one responsible for setting Daniel and I together!!! Thanks Jay!! :)

This smile is for Madison :)

This is US with the ocean behind us!!! It was COLD!