Happy New Year!

• After sleeping for most of the day, I woke up and thought I better find out what I missed. Found out that we are under a tornado watch. Crazy! It's December. Johnson and I are still feeling pretty crappy. Last night was the first night out of 3 that he did not run a fever. Jordan went with Aunt Jayce around 2 today. Jayce called a few minutes ago to let us know that Jordan is now running a fever. Jerry made out a list and hit CVS to pick up motrin, lysol wipes, lysol spray and 7 up.
• Not the way we had planned on celebrating the New Year. Jerry & I had planned on eating at Gray's then coming home and heading to Effingham with the kiddos to stay the night, eat some yummy TGI Friday's tomorrow and do a little shopping at Kohls. Hubby says he is not bummed, but I can tell he is. ;) We try to do something like this each New Year's Eve. However, last year we did not because Jerry was out of town working and did not get home until late.
• From the Ginder house to yours, we hope you all have a blessed New Year that's full of happiness & good health!

Tuesday Fun

The kids have been so hyper today.

They are waiting on their Aunt Jayce! She should be here in about 1 hour.

A friend came over today and hung out with us for awhile while her mommy & daddy were at work. They get along really well and Johnson enjoys playing with them too.

I love this picture!!

Visit from Indiana

This is a late post. At Thanksgiving, we had a visit from my uncle Danny from Indiana. This is my dads brother.

Jordy bug and Uncle Danny! We had a great visit.

Aunt Jayce....

....will be home tomorrow! December 28th. She called me today and said she was making a trip home! She has almost a week off work and Nathan will be working long hours, so after a very quick debate....she is heading home! We are so excited to see her!!

You can almost count on it that Jordan won't get much sleep tonight, she is tooooooo excited!

Christmas Morning at the Ginder house

Ginder's had a great Christmas!!

It just goes so fast.

I took tons of pictures that morning.

I have posted just a few.

And I did not do a very good job

keeping them in order when uploading them to my blog.

This picture was taken right before we left for my moms house. Christmas morning, well more like 11:30.

Johnson was so so tired. Jerry & I ended up waking him up around 8am because
Jordan couldn't wait any longer. She was ready to start unwrapping.
This is him after all presents were opened. He played in the box that Jordan's American Girl doll came in with his Monster Trucks.

Johnson with the gift that Santa brought him.
YES, Santa brought him a kitchen. When Johnson & I have playdates with our buddy Blair, he plays with her kitchen set.
SO, Santa thought that would be a great gift for Johnson.

Jordan & Julie.
Julie was Jordan's gift from Santa.

The Ginder's hope that you all had
a blessed & healthy Christmas!

AW & MJ

My brother and his girlfriend are home from California.

They will be here until January 2nd.

They rolled in around 3:30AM Christmas morning.

This picture was taken at my moms Christmas Day around noon.

AW (short for Anthony Wayne) looks really tired. I didn't take many pictures at my moms and I'm not sure why. MJ (short for Mary Jane) was still sleeping, so that's why she is not in this picture and Johnson, well he was too busy dancing around to be in it.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve night, we went over to Jerry's parents. We had a yummy meal and then the kiddos unwrapped

their presents from Grandma Brenda and P-Pa.

Jordan "freaked out" when she opened up her new barbie house.

and she "freaked out" again when she opened up her GOGO dog.

Johnson wasn't sure what was going on!

Clearly, this picture is not good, but after watching his big sister tear into her presents, Johnson was getting the hang of it!

Christmas Program

On the days that I work (Thursday's & Friday's) Johnson goes to Small Blessings. When I took the job, I was so so happy that they had a part time opening. Jordan also went to Small Blessings. She was just a tad over a year when she started attending, like Johnson. She still gets to go over the summer on the days that I work.

Any hoo....on December 21st, they had a program for all the kiddos. Johnson was a bear to get ready. Sometimes he likes to be in pictures and sometimes not. Before we left, he thought he was going to take some pictures of his own with Jordan's camera.

Cheese!

Jordan & mommy!

Jordan & her buddy Maddy at the program.

Maddy's brother Carsyn also goes to Small Blessings!

Johnson decided to sit the program out.

Bless his heart.

He had this scared look to him while all the kids were singing.

He would go from my lap to daddy's lap. However, after he realized the program was over, this was him running all around the church!!

KIDS...I tell ya! ;)

John is home!

Baby John is home!

He was released from Riley's on Thursday.

He is no longer on oxygen, however he did come home with a feeding tube and a breathing monitor.

I ask that you say another prayer for he and his family.

After many, many tests and several days in the hospital doctors are still not sure what caused him to stop breathing.

We had the Ginder Christmas today.

Baby John and his momma stayed at home.

He can not be around anyone that has not had the flu shot.

Us Ginder's are sending them lots of loves and kisses!

Is so......

ready for Christmas!!!!

I love the fact that Jordan is almost 9 and she still believes in Santa! Johnson seems to be interested in Santa too. He loves the lights at the park, we honestly go 3-4 times a week and he walks around the house saying HO HO HO!! This morning I caught Jordan taking Johnson by the hand and heard her say "Let's try to find some gifts"!! CUTE!! Most of my wrapping is done, however we don't have any gifts under the tree. We don't wrap our Santa gifts. Gifts at our house go under the tree Christmas Eve.

Also, my brother & his girlfriend will be home on Christmas Eve. I can't wait to see them. It's been way too long. This makes my mom sooooo happy. She is on cloud nine!

From our house to yours, the Ginder's hope you all have a

Blessed Holiday Season!

Asking for a prayer

Please say a prayer for baby John Ginder. On the day he was brought home from the hosptial, he stopped breathing and was taking to RMH. He spent several days there in ICU before he was taken to Riley's in Indy. He currently is on a feeding tube and was to have surgery this morning to remove the flap in the back of his mouth or to reduce the size of it, however I was told this afternoon that nothing was done to the flap. Doctors said it appeared to be fine. Along with the feeding tube, he is getting oxygen, due to his levels dropping. From what I understand he will be having more xrays, blood work and another sleep study test. Stephanie is at Riley's with John. Jason is home in Olney taking care of big sister Josie who has a cold\flu\fever.

Holidays are meant to be spent with family and for all to be healthy. Jerry, myself and the kiddos pray every night for GOD to heal baby John so everyone can get back home so they can enjoy being a family of four.

Another "J" name!

Congrats to Jerry's cousin Jason Ginder & his wife Stephanie.

They welcomed baby John Drew Ginder into the world on Friday, Dec 3rd. How precious is this picture? We can't wait to meet him!! Proud Grandma Jill is keeping all the family updated with pictures!

Congrats again to Jason, Stephanie & BIG SISTER Josie!

Jerry update

From posts a few weeks ago, I mentioned that Jerry was back to work. He had a doc apt 1 week ago. His wrists are doing pretty good. His doctor is still a little concerned with his right wrist. He goes back in 8 more weeks.

Thinking of....

Tonight I'm sitting at the computer thinking about my cousin Savannah & her groom to be Blake. They were to get married tomorrow, Nov 20th.

Early in the week they decided to move

the wedding to a later date because of Savannah's health.

I'm sending prayers to them tonight hoping she gets all better quickly so they can enjoy the day they both deserve so much!

Halloween weekend!

Was a busy one for us. Good times all weekend long.

• Friday night we took the kids to the parade and met some friends there. After the parade we brought Johnson home to stay with my parents while we took Jordan and her friend Madison to the Trail of Terror north of Noble. Stacey, Brandi, Dave and their kids came too. It was so much fun. Great job goes out to Jody and Kerry Brown for putting it on and to everyone else that makes it happen. We will definitely do it again next year.
• Saturday I had a bridal shower to attend for my cousin Savannah. She is getting married November 20th. Can't wait, it will be fun.
• Sunday we went to Carsyn's 3rd Birthday Party. It was at Star Studio. Jordan and Johnson love that place. During the party while everyone was still playing, Johnson decided he was going to unwrap a gift for Carsyn. He opened up a tractor set. Johnson LOVES tractors. ;)
• My kiddos did not go Trick or Treating this year. Johnson had no desire to put on his puppy dog costume and was actually taking a nap shortly before it was time to take off. Jordan decided she wanted to stay home and pass out candy, so that's what we did and oh my goodness...it was so much fun. We woke Johnson up so he could help. He would just run in circles and scream when someone would come to the door.

Back to work he goes!

On Thursday, October 29th Jerry was able to get the cast off his left hand and the pins\screws and rod off his right hand. He was so happy. 6 weeks of limited hand use was a challenge. I had to leave the room while they took the pins\screws and rod out. My stomach couldn't take it. He is doing really well. In fact he went back to work today.

Light duty for 2 weeks, then another doctor apt to see how he is coming along.

Rock out girls!

Today, Jordan went to Evansville with her buddy Taylor for her birthday party. Taylor had her party at the mall in Evansville. There is a "boutique" in there where the girls can go and pick from a few different dress up themes. I don't know all the details, but I do know that these girls had a blast.

They decided on the "rock girl" theme.

As you can see their hair is all done along with make-up and nails.

Happy Birthday Taylor!

We hope you had a great day!

Birthday boy & school pictures

Today is Johnson's Birthday.

THE BIG 2.

My kiddos are not morning people.

I work on Thursday and Friday's so we get up a little earlier on these days so we can get around.

This is the picture of him I took this morning while Jerry and I were singing Happy Birthday to him. After I took the picture, I remembered the picture I took of Jordan on her birthday. It clearly shows their grumpy side! haha!!

Birthday boy playing in the play room after enjoying some pizza!

Jordan had school pictures today.

She was so excited to wear this shirt.

It's a Justice shirt, her favorite store.

I found this shirt one day last week at the Garage Sale. It looks NEW and it only cost me $1.00. I love bargins!!

I don't know what it is about these pictures, but she just looks so grown up!

• Oh, and by the way...Jayce called tonight to wish Johnson a happy birthday. AND, GUESS WHAT?! He said "JAYCE"!!! So sweet!

Brrr...it's cold, but....

....we went outside today anyway! Jordy bug spent the day with Grandma Brenda. Jerry & I took Johnson outside so he could ride in his new tractor.

Getting dressed to go outside!

He picked up the sticks for daddy! Such a big helper!
CHEESE!

Birthday Bash

Saturday, Sept 25th we had a Birthday Party for Johnson. It was at the lake and we had a John Deere theme. He loves tractors right now. Thanks to our family & friends for sharing the evening with us. Our baby boy will be 2 on the 30th!! WOW!

This picture cracks me up!

A big Thank You goes out to Jill Kocher-Cucinella

for making Johnson a John Deere cake. It was just what we were looking for. It was so so cute, so so yummy and Johnson so so loved the tractor on top!

Time to decorate!

Kiddos had fun putting these stickers on their daddy!!

From summer to fall

I love summer, but love fall even more!

While Jerry was taking a nap, I went thru the pics on my camera and decided to post some of my favorite from the summer.

Hope everyone had a great summer!

Enjoy the fresh air, break out the fall decor

and get your halloween costumes ready for the kiddos!!