M' Baby

She's getting big. I have decided to break out the point and shoot camera so I'll talk more pictures. There are too many little hands to leave my nice camera out. . .and if I don't leave it out I don't use it very much. SO here is M'. She is usually getting clobbered by the older two and not very happy but today G' was at school so M' wasn't out numbered. O' was distracted by the Ipad so M' was good. She is an official walker now. Today I even asked her to get her jacket which was across the room. She walked over to it, picked it up and showed me and then walked it over. I was impressed.

Whirlwind. . .

Ah. Its been a month. A crazy month. O' turned 3 right before Christmas, then for Christmas we drove to New Jersey. Mike's parents are back raising support so we were able to spend Christmas with them, Nate & Jessica and Krista. While we were there we got about 9 inches of snow. The kids enjoyed building a snowfort and playing in the snow. . .well, actually, Mike, Nate and Krista enjoyed building the snowfort and the kids played along. We had a great time. The trip was long (we drove 16 hrs. each way) but it was worth it and we had a blast.

Here are some updates:

-M' is walking.

-Obie is three

-I have 5 weddings booked for this year

-house is still on the market

-we have a contract in on a new house so we are just waiting to sell ours

-Mike has been watching the kids so I can clean for open houses on the weekend. . .McDonald's ice cream dates!

-G' still loves school and art

-M' is starting to say more words and seems to only call me Mama half the time. . .the rest of the time she calls me Dada. (We are working on that)

-O' has been sick twice in the past month throwing up

G' Quote.

O' loves soft triangle cheese. Today he wanted one so I got him one. Most of us like to put it on a cracker but since O' loves the cheese so much he wanted it plain. G' saw him eating it and informed him he needed a cracker. I told her that he was ok and didn't need one. Her response was "O's just lazy, thats why he doesn't want one!"

Gracie Quote.

Ice Day.

Its freezing. Yesterday we got freezing rain so today all the schools are shut done. Everything is covered with ice. Its pretty amazing and it only took a few hours. Needless to say, I didn't want to venture out anywhere so the kids were going a little crazy. M' is getting new teeth so all she wants to do is be held. G' and O' were board so they get a little too creative. Yesterday we got a box in the mail from Aunt Candy, and we opened it today. The kids were so excited because she said they had one thing in the box they could open early. It ended up being little matching bears that sing Jesus Loves Me. G' got pink, O' got blue and M' got red. They loved them and are all taking naps with them now. Thanks so much!

My Baby Boy is 3!

Obie turned 3 on December 14th. We went to a huge indoor playground and had a party there. It was a great success and he was so excited. We had pizza, presents, dinosaur cake and got to play. There were a total of 10 kids along with their parents. Obie enjoyed every minute of it and now wants to know what he can do for his next birthday. He picked out the cake pan and I decorated it for him. I'm not so sure about he taste of the super green frosting but it looked good. As I was decorating it Obie stood on a chair watching me. Every once in a while he would let out a "Wow" or "Oh" it was great and I had so much fun doing it for him.

My Baby is One.

M' turned 1 on November 22. (I'm a little behind) We had a pizza party and of course cake. She loved it, and so did we. She tore the cake up. It was great. . .