I'm baaaack!

Well, after just 17 short months I have returned to our blog. Geesh. Let's hope I can do better this go round. I will do my best. The only good thing is that means I have lots to talk about so here's a brief recap of last year.

Cameron had just turned 1 and was doing what 1 year olds do. Here is a picture of his most recent birthday cake. I had so much fun making it!

He loved it too! Just look at the excitement. Well ok, it could be that he loved everyone singing happy birthday to him but I like to think it was the cake along with it!

He grew and grew and is now 2 years old and full of energy. I will say without hesitation that he is in the Terrible Twos inside and out. He has become very independent, stubborn, and knows exactly what he wants when he wants it but is not doing well communicating this with us. He has a wide range of words, but does not want to talk in sentences yet. This makes things challenging but we are working on this so it makes life a bit easier on us all. He is very healthy and active and although some days he makes me want to pull my hair out, I would not change him for the world!

Zachary has is now 5 years old. He is the best big brother to Cameron. He puts up with most of the things that little brothers do to annoy big brothers pretty well. He is still very loving and growing up too fast for this mom!

Zach didn't get a super exciting cake but the cupcakes were fun! He was pretty happy with this one. I think we are doing a pirate theme come November. Stay tuned for a fun cake then!

He finished his first year of preschool at Wilber Clatonia Public Schools with Ms. Jenna and loved it! He did great and really enjoyed school. The highlights form his first week of school were according to him: My bus has seat belts and we get to pick which kind of milk we want at snack time and I pick the pink one (strawberry). I thought to myself, well this sounds like it's going to be a great year and it was!

Looking at this picture still amazes me how much he changed in just one year. (Insert Tear Here)

The biggest change for our family was that we moved to Wilber Nebraska on July 31st, 2010. It will be one year next month which is hard to believe. We found a house that we loved and it was just the right move for our family. This tough decision has turned out to be the best thing we ever did. We both work in town so huge plus, we live on a dead end filled with kids and mostly boys similar in age to Zach, second plus, and we have met some of the best people to add to our circle of friends, plus plus plus! Our Crete friends (aka extended family) are still close to us and we see them often. I could go on and on but you get the idea....we are truly happy here and know this is where we want to raise our kids.

This gets me started on recapping where we have been this past year. I will jump back when I think of things that happened. Stay tuned for more current events from all the Crazy Monkeys here at our house......That's what my blog should be, Monkeying around with the Vyhnaleks. It sure could be compared to a zoo some days! I am still playing around with a new background so right now it's monkeys, tomorrow who knows. If you have a fun one that is "Tonjaish" send the suggestion my way. Thanks!!

It's my 1st Birthday!

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Today is Cameron's 1st Birthday. He really has no clue that it is a special day, but we keep telling him happy birthday all day long. He just smiles. He wore his birthday boy shirt today and will wear it again on Sunday for the big party. We are having about 40 people for brunch. Whew, sounds like a lot but really it's family some close friends who are just like family and we just can't leave them out. Our house will be full but it will be okay.

Aunt Alli brought over some balloons which were a huge hit. Cameron called them "ba" so we pretended he said balloon. :) Zach still had his Elmo balloon from Sesame Street Live. He went with Melissa, Chelsey, and Shane on Saturday. This was part of his birthday gift back in November. He had lots of fun and was really glad the characters didn't get too close to him. He went to the meet and greet and I was told that Ernie and Bert just sat in chairs and that was ok, but he didn't want to talk to them. He never has liked people in costumes and I am guessing never will. That's ok.

I am on call for ambulance transfers this week. It starts on Sunday at 7 a.m. and goes until Sunday the following week. It's only from 5 p.m. - 7 a.m. but of course we have already had 3 transfers this week. It's good money but can mean little sleep. I don't mind getting out of the house and enjoy driving or the patient contact. It gives me my "fix" since I don't get to go on to many rescue or fire calls these days. Craig is a captain and needs to be on scene. I do make some calls but usually stay home with the boys. One challenge of two parents being on the same dept. Oh well, the kids will grow up fast enough and I will enjoy being with them now.

I will post more pictures after the party!