We went to the Autorama tonight and boy was it exciting! Doran loved all the cars and motorcycles. He especially loved the Mach 5 from the Speed Racer movie. When we left he cried so hard! Everyone was laughing that we passed saying 'Oh, he is a car lover already!'
Seth and I have been married four years today! Tuesday night we spent our first night away from the kids to celebrate. It has been four wonderful years! I love you Seth!
Little Brock is sick again. He started coughing really bad again on Monday night and by last night was throwing up again due to coughing. This time I took him in right away! He has bronchiolitis, an ear infection, and a sinus infection. He is miserable. He has recently started to like blankets and his Curious George that his Auntie Lisa gave him. He is so sweet. He will carry it around squeezing him and kissing him!
We went up to Boise over the weekend and Doran had the time of his life playing with Cassie Ella! He was so sad the morning we were leaving, he kept saying 'No wanna go home! Wanna go to Idaho!' He is getting so smart. He likes to wear his backpack and tell me he is going to go to school. I love these boys!
Seth thinks Brock needs a haircut again! I am not sure if I agree or not but I just know it is getting long enough to get a little crazy! I want to grow it out a little more and see how curly it can get.
Doran's love of cars is just a strong as ever. Yesterday I told him it was time for dinner and he asked me to get Speed Racer and Racer X and when I did this is what I found. I thought it was pretty funny! He loves Speed Racer. He knows the difference between every car on the show. He will tell me whether it is the Mach 4, Mach 5, or Mach 6! So as I hope you can tell in the picture he has a little Racer X 'driving' big Racer X and a little Mach 5 'driving' the big Mach 5!
Today Seth made dinner for the first time ever! He made jambalaya with chicken and it was so tasty! He is the best husband in the whole world! I had to take pictures so we could always remember, but who knows, maybe Daddy has found a new hobby!
There is a new chef in the house!!!
Poor little Brock is very sick again. He got a cold out of nowhere on Friday and by Saturday he was coughing so hard that he would throw up. I always take them to the doctor right away when they are sick so I knew what to look for. By Monday it was still just as bad, he wasn't eating well, not sleeping well, and was just overall miserable. So I called the doctor's office just to make sure there was nothing more that could be done. The nurse asked if he was having labored breathing, no. A fever, no. I explained he just has this horrible cough that gets so bad that he will throwup. She told me I need to bring him in right away because by the sounds of it he has pneumonia. So I got very upset that I didn't do what I normally would and just take him in right away. I don't think Seth, Doran, Brock or I could handle another 5 day hospital stay like last year! So when the doctor finally saw him he laid him down and looked at his little throat and sure enough he was really working those muscles every breath. I felt sick to my stomach and so mad at myself! Then he listened to his lungs for like three minutes and he said that he was shocked that there isn't a trace of anything in them! Finally I felt a little better. He checked his oxygen and it was only at a 93 (oxygen is required at 89) which is low but not terrible. He said he may be at the start of pneumonia or RSV and there is nothing we can do but watch. So I am praying that he doesn't get any worse.
Before all this though we enjoyed the nice, warm, sunny days outside! Doran and Brock both love the park. I didn't know if Doran would because he gets very nervous, but once he opened up to it he had a blast! He just would climb the ladder, go straight to the big slide, go down, and start over! Brock loves it too! He laughs when he goes down slides and it so cute! They both love being outdoors.
Here is Brocky in the sink after he threwup the other night. He seemed to like playing in there quite a bit! It did seem like he was growing until this hit. I pray he gets better fast!
Doran recently has decided he likes talking on the phone, mainly to Daddy. It is always fun to listen to the things he decides Daddy needs to know about.
I have been slacking about blogging this last month.So here is what has been going on. Brock has finally started taking steps the last couple of weeks. I thought he would be full on walking by now but he still will only go a few steps at a time. He is very cautious. He gets very proud of himself when he takes steps. He will get the biggest smile ever and looks around to make sure everyone watched him do it.
Doran hasn't been doing to much different. He talks a little more everyday. He is pretty funny! I have been training for a half marathon, which I am very nervous about. I got shin splints and have fallen a little behind schedule on the training. I will definately be running this one to finish rather than for time. I hope to run another one later on and start working on time. Seth has just been working like usual lately. He is such a hard worker and a good Daddy! That must be why both the boys favor him!
This post actually makes me a little sad. Brock has been due for a haircut for a while to get rid of his straggly hair in back, cute curly straggly hair! Doran's was so long it was hard to do anything with anymore! So take one last look at how long and cute there hair was...
We wanted Doran's to be a 2 on the sides and a 4 on the top but I accidently gave Seth the 2 I guess and well, now it is a 2 all over. He is proud of it, but I do miss it!
Brock's is sad for two reasons! 1 I miss the curls and 2 he looks like a little boy and not a baby! But they both look so handsome!
Here is the little stud at his Birthday party! You can't really tell in any of the pitures but his hair looked so cute! He had a faux hawk and his little back was so curly! Look out for this one year old ladies!!!
Doran loved Brock's presents! He road this toy around while it was in the box and Brock walked around holding onto it! They were both in cute little moods.
Here they are opening toys! You can see how curly both of their hair was in this picture! He got lots of really fun stuff!
Birthday cake! Atleast he liked looking at it! When we put it on his tray he didn't take a single bite and after a minute he picked it up and chucked it on the floor! Something is wrong with my boys because they won't eat birthday cake! Doran wouldn't on his first birthday either! This picture is right before he threw it!
So we gave him a sippy cup of chocolate milk instead which he had no problem with!
Here he is playing with Jaxy with his cool new car!
At about 12:35 a.m. on January 8th Seth and I welcomed (Dallan Rodney for about an hour!) Brock Rodney into the world! I remember he seemed so small to us and the first thing we both said was how tiny he was. The Doctor corrected me right away and told he was actually really big! One ounce shy of 10 lbs and 4 ounces less than his brother! I was three days late and was scheduled to be induced the next morning. I really wanted to have Brock on the 8th because his birthday would be 1/8 and Doran's is 8/1! Kind of silly but I love it!
Brock with his parents for the first time!
Doran wasn't very interested in him while we were in the hospital. He started liking him when we got home!
Doran was however interested in the wheelchairs that were all over in the hall!
Happy 1st Birthday Brock!
The boys really like having company. Brock loved that there was a baby that had a binky. He would pull his binky out of his mouth and then put it back in like he was in charge. Doran loved Sacky. He would ask for him any time he wasn't around.
We also got to see a lot of Grandpa Cloward. He is so sweet, he always has a smile on his face even though I am sure he is pretty miserable.
I made a copycate recipe of Cafe Rio on New Years and Jake made HUGE burritos with tons of meat. It got a little messy so the guys made him wear a bag teasing him and he kept it on the whole time he was eating! He is a good sport.
My Dad and Ryan left for their drives home on the same morning so we met at Carl's Jr. to let the kids play and everyone say goodbye. It was pretty sad to see everyone go and it was sad how lonely the house felt for a little while. But we had really great Holiday season with lots of family from every side and we hope everyone else did too!
Here is Doran is his six month picture that was actually taken when he was seven months. Seth and I called this his business card pose because he is leaning a shoulder in. He was WAY chubbier than Brock and had more hair.
I tag Sarah, Samantha (if your computer is working), and Niki!
Seth's birthday is on December 23rd so it always a little bit harder to get a fun party or celebration going. This year everyone who could went to dinner on the night of his birthday. The next night, Christmas Eve, was the Engman Christmas party so I brought his cake over there. I made this cake and anyone who knows him knows that he LOVED it!
Probably not the most appropriate picture, he just liked the icing!
Christmas presents! Doran is a big time blanky boy. He has carried this Lightning McQueen blanket around with him since he got it.
Here is just some of the Engman grandkids.
I had to get a picture of this. Brooks got sent to timeout during Christmas dinner for teasing Doran. He was telling people, "I am in timeout for 14 minutes because I am 14 years old." Nice...
Here is Doran and Brock playing with what is probably both of there favorite toy. They both laugh and push the balls in and just have so much fun!
Here is Doran in his new spider man pajamas and his train track. He was very excited about Santa bringing him toys but I know he doesn't fully understand because he told me today that Santa is coming to town.
Grandma Geneal gave him a sled and he had fun for about 5 minutes and then wanted to go in because he was cold!
