Nick where is your phone?

"In the toyett (toilet)" When I asked him why would you do that?, he said, in his deep scratchy voice,"Because I did!"

That's right, Nick decided to FLUSH his buzz lightyear cell phone down the toilet! So Ben and my dad had the joy of removing the toilet and pulling it out! Apparently cell phones don't go down easily, they get stuck in the S bend in case you were wondering!

Never a dull moment in our house! Some people think the boys are entertaining... I think they are exhausting!

*sidenote here, is it just me or does it look like Ben's hair is getting thin? Hope it is just the angle. I will have his hairdresser check it out! :)

Can't keep up!

As usual I have let way to much time go in between blogging. I never know what to say so I will just post pictures and comment on what has been going on lately in our lives. We had Ben's cousins Eric and Sara along with their 3 little ones, Nate, Taylor and Tyler. We had lots of fun and played outside as much as possible!

The pictures are from our last day together at the beach! The boys absolutely LOVED the beach. We will be going back for sure this summer! Hope you are all enjoying your summer, now that it is half over! We wait all winter for summer and then it is over int the blink of an eye!

Fun days... well sorta!

Here are a few lastest pictures. The one with Matt is how he looked when I picked him up from preschool! His teacher said if you can't paint your hair in preschool when can you do it! The problem was all the kids laughed so he thought he was pretty cool that day!

The other pictures are when the boys got a hold of some tape. See what happens when mom has to go to the bathroom! At least that is all they got into that time!

The other pic is when Matt wrote his name for the first time all by himself! I know I am a dork... but it is exciting to see your child growing!

Matt's visit to Children's Hospital of Michigan...

Yes that's right, Matt and I made our way downtown to CHM by 6:00 AM on a very snowy morning a couple weeks ago. It was not any kind of emergency so nothing to worry about! He needed to have an endoscopy done so that we could hopefully find out why he has so many stomach aches and vomiting! Most of you know our struggle with that so I won't bore you or disgust you with the details. The dr thinks he has acid reflux but I really don't think that is it!

So, as of a week ago Saturday we no longer give him milk. Milk has been the only common link to all of it, so I thought I would at least give it a try. We did this last May for a month and he was still sick. Just thought it was worth a shot. It is hard though because he LOVES milk! Every time we go to the store he reminds me to buy milk. =) This week he has been fine but this would have been his good week! Every other week he is sick. So we will see what this week brings.

Here are a few photos from our adventure to the hospital! He did really awesome and once again was a trooper! I always feel guilty on our way because he has no idea whats about to happen. He knew that a Dr was going to take a special picture of his tummy! He already has had tonsils removed, an MRI, an X-ray of his belly and now the scope. Poor kid!

Nick is doing great also! Hard to believe he will be 2 next month! He talks non-stop! He is the complete opposite of his brother yet the same in so many ways! He always says "Did you see that Mommy?" or "Mommy, watch this!" When he says that he is usually jumping off something, sliding down the steps or doing something to make us laugh. He is very silly!

Hope your all doing great and staying warm! It is VERY cold here right now and I hate it! I always ask myself why do we live in michigan?

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!

This is what happens when you tell a 4 year old that it is Jesus' birthday! They wear the advent wreath as a party hat!!

I wanna see Oma and Opa!

This is what we hear EVERYDAY!! That is what Matt calls Grandma (Oma) and Grandpa (Opa) Heiden. We told him 2 weeks ago that we were going to Minnesota for Chrismas. He instantly got up and ran to his room to pack his "coose case" or suit case as normal people call it!! He even packed clothes for Nick. Wasn't that nice of him! He keeps it by his door or by his bed EVERYNIGHT! Little does he know that when we do leave it will be another 12 hours before we get there!!

Needless to say he is very excited!!

** The other picture is Matt reading Nick a book before bed. He reads it to him almost everynight, it is so cute cause he has it memorized now.

1...2...3... Ok timeout boys!

Yeah so much for Supernanny! As you can see this was an attempt at a timeout for both of them!! They are starting to double team me and they know it!! All day long you hear one of them say to the other "Do It Again!" What ever "IT" is, it is NEVER good!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY MATT!!!

The boys being themselves!!

I am not so good at this...

So I have officially decided that I am REALLY bad at blogging. I just don't update it often enough! I feel like you really don't want to hear about all the craziness that truly goes on in the Heiden house. And when I say crazy I mean crazy! The boys are soooo busy all the time and it tires me out!

We went to the cider mill today and that was lots of fun. Until we got in the car to come home with 2 little boys screaming "DOONUUUTS" the whole way home. So as you can imagine that was loads of fun. We did manage to get a few pictures that I added for ya to check out. And of course I can't seem to get a picture of the two of them when they are both looking at the camera. Oh well, it adds character right?

Matt has been doing great at school, no more tears so that is awesome! I can't believe he will be 4 in a week. Old clients always ask me how my baby is when they seem me at the salon for the first time in a while. And I always laugh because I tell them he is in school and I have an 18 month at home! Their jaws just about hit the floor!! The last 4 years have gone by so fast!

Nick is getting bigger everyday! He talks so much it is amazing! He favorites are MINE and DO IT AGAIN! Usually both are in reference to Matt. Both boys have been on the sick side the last 2 weeks. Both have colds that just won't go away! The joys of being in school!

Ben and I are doing good. Just trying to keep our focus when the boys stress us out!! I just started a new business venture this past week. I am now selling jewelry for Premier Designs! It will be a great opportunity to make some extra money and to get out of the house a little more!

Looking forward to our Minnesota trip at Christmas! Look out Heiden family because the tornado is about to hit Anoka!! Be prepared is all I can say. And be well rested before we get there!! Ha Ha

First Day of School!!

Today was a day that I never thought would come so fast!! Matt went to school! It was very bittersweet! I was excited to see him go but was also sad to see him go. He is no longer my "baby boy"! When I was pregnant with him 3.5 years ago, I made a comment to my friend that I don't know how parents can just put there little child on a school bus with no seat belt and send them on there way. She just laughed and said "you have to have the baby first!!" =) Well, I had the baby and now is time to send him on his way! :( Man does time go by fast.

I told his teacher on orientation night that it was like when you are pregnant and you go to birthing class, you are like "Oh my gosh, this is for real. This is REALLY happening!" Well that is how I felt that night, "Oh my gosh, this is REALLY happening!" Ben doesn't get it he just thinks I am crazy. Who knows maybe I am, all I know is that I can't believe his first day has come and gone.

It was really cute while he was at school, Nick wandered around the house saying Matt-moo, Matt-moo! That is how he says Matthew...it is so cute!! He is talking so much! You have to watch what you say because he repeats everything. I call him my little parrot! fun times!!

Hope your all doing great!

Florida 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICK!

Sorry this is almost 3 weeks ago. I am so bad at posting. By the time I think about I am to lazy to walk downstairs to the computer. Plus I am enjoying the peace and quiet of both boys being in bed. =)

So, about Nick's big bash! We had a party at my mom and dad's house with all the cousins and as you can tell by the pictures he really enjoyed his cake! But that is not a big surprise since the boy can eat!

Hope everyone had a great Easter! We spent the weekend after with the Heiden family in Illinois at an indoor waterpark. It was a lot of fun. Except we thought Matt had chicken pox, but it ended up being an allergic reaction to something. At least we think so, because he never blistered like chicken pox do.

Hope everyone is doing great!
Sarah

Back to the grindstone

Waiting to leave!

At Seaport Village

Matt driving!!

Matt Crashing!!

Giddy' Up Cowboy!


Well, it has officially been one week since we have been back from San Diego. And I have been dragging my feet ever since. It is so depressing to come back to reality... at least when you live in Michigan. It was so nice and sunny and GREEN!! Then you come back here and as you are landing all you see is brown and dirty snow. We looked forward to going out there and now it is done and over with. How sad!!!

We had a really great time while we were out there. It was so awesome to spend time with our family ! We got to go to LegoLand one day and the kids LOVED it. It was nice for Matt to finally get to do some of the big kid stuff. He is still a little on the short side but was still able to go on a few rides. We basically had fun the entire time we were gone and I think the boys would have slept for 3 days straight if given the chance.

Hope you enjoy the pictures !

Matt & Nick at 9 months old

Finally a new post!

Are you lookin' at me?

Don't let that cute face fool ya!

Got laundry?


TROUBLE!!!


You're afraid of the claw!!



Ok so I know it has been almost 2 months since my last post! I apologize. I can't believe that Christmas has come and gone. And it is now 2007... which means that I graduated from High School 10 years ago!!! That makes me feel old, which actually I am closer to my 30's now than my 20's!! How crazy is that?

Hope everyone had a blessed Holiday and a healthy New Year. As you all know Matt had his tonsils out in December because of strep month after month. Well, he has it AGAIN!! Yeah thats right he has strep and doesn't even have tonsils. The doctor said it is rare but possible. So once again we are dealing with it! Please pray that we can find a solution to this. It is very frustrating.

We are looking forward to a trip to California for my Uncle Al's 60th birthday bash in february! We can not wait to go! We are going to have a awesome time. It has been way to long since we last saw our California family!! That should be an interesting flight! We are all traveling on the same flight except for Ben and Dan. They are leaving 2 days later because of work.

Speaking of work... Ben received a promotion just before Christmas! He is now the Digital Production Manager. It is a new position for the company so there is a lot to figure out first. The problem is he is still doing his old job and trying to work on the new position. So they are trying to get someone he can train to do his old job so he doesn't have to do both!! On top of this being his busiest time of year with Daytona coming up in February. He has been working 13 hour days and also on Saturdays! He is wiped out right now! As well as stressed out!!! pray for him! =) I am very proud of him.

I am officially a soccer mom!! Ha Ha All I need is the mini van!! NEVER!! I will stick with my Durango for now!! But seriously, Matt is doing soccer on Saturday mornings! He seems to like it! So this may the start of many soccer games... at least Ben is hoping so!

And as for Nick, well I think he gets bigger by the minute! He is now 10 months old and is 24 lbs!! He is now starting to wear 18 months clothes! He amazes me! He is so cute, when ever we go out some where people always stop and talk to him because he smiles at everyone that looks at him! He is quite the ladies man!

Well, enough for now! I will try to be better about writing more often!!

Sarah

Pictures from today!!

Getting our instructions!


Proud little patient!!