My Little World

The bad and lots of good in April....

2010-05-10T09:54:00.006-05:00

Thought I'd start with the not so great of April. Actually the worst experience I've ever had. We We just getting home one day and Adrienne starting going up the stairs. Instead of walking, she decided that jumping on her knees was fun. After telling her to stop and hold the railing she continued to do so. Unbeknownst to me, as I had turned around to get laundry, only 3 seconds later to hear her falling down the stairs. She was laying flat on her face and started screaming. I know the scream, the scream where she's gonna lose her breathe. So I turned her over and put her in my lap and started screaming her name. She was hyperventilating, I was freaking out. She went completely limp and arms went above her shoulders and she literally had no life in her. Her eyes rolls back and she started shaking, like a minor seizure. I was bawling and screaming at her to wake up. For about 5 seconds I literally thought she was dead. She gasped for one breath and her eyes started to flutter back open. I sat her up, and she had no idea where she was, she was still opening and shutting her eyes and her breathing was very off. I carried her upstairs and she started crying again, when I layed her down she was still feeling really weird, to me and her. She told me her back and head hurt for about 10 mins. I just kept talking to her and asking her questions, hoping it was all over and she was seriously injured or had a serious problem. Although the actual experience downstairs was maybe 2 mins. it felt like 20. I was a wreck. Called TJ bawling and then called her doctor. They told us to go straight to the ER. So we did. After a clear cat scan and lots of questions, we were sent home. The rest of the week was very hard, I slept in her room 2 nights and for days couldn't go downstairs without sobbing my eyes out. This is her second head trama that sent us to the ER, crazily in the same exact spot. So needless to say she's been more attached to me and we've been giving each other lots of lovings :-)

Adrienne: "Mom I need you to help me count my flowers."

Me:" Ok Adrienne, come on over and I can help you start. "

Adrienne: "No mom, I already counted there's 7!"

Me: "OMG did you just count and write that?"

Adrienne:"Yea mom I did!"

Me: super excited dance!

Adrienne always had a hard time with her letters and numbers and still doesn't know a few letters, and definitely does not know how to write them. So needless to say we were excited! She's too cute!

We went to Kidzexplore this year and I wasn't impressed. It was fun to get out and do something different but no really worth it.

They favorite was the slide and the ponies!

Too cute, everyone loves little Salem :-)
Made it to PE 101 a couple times. Shelley came to play with us this time and Adrienne was all over that!

I let the kids take some pictures, although I haven't downloaded those.

We're really glad it's MAY!!!! Although some wonderful moments in April, the bad one kind of overshadowed the rest. We're ready for warm weather and lots of park time :-)

Trains, bikes and bubbles...

2010-05-10T09:29:00.008-05:00

Caleb's birthday was a super fun and busy day. TJ had to go to work (big project to finish!) so I took the kids to the Durham and we had a blast. And if you want to know why we go to the Durham, this is it....

to watch this model train coming zooming through the tunnel, they they race it to the other side and back and again. They just love it!
One of my favorite parts of the museum is the floor right when you get off the elevator. It's a map of the city and Caleb is standing on our house :-)
The tram is easily one of Adrienne's favorites...she runs up and down and screams ha...

They always lean out the windows to watch the big train bell sound...
Then a REAL train came by which was awesome! Caleb was thrilled. We've actually never seen a real one go by here so this was super exciting!
In the model train area, they have a little town set up and this is one of my favorites to look at. I always find things I didn't see the previous time. I love this picture I captured of the church.
Oh the well, it provides lots of entertainment and the occasional fight of whose turn it is!

Caleb made me take a picture of this because it looks like Doc Hudson from CARS :-)
And then I made him sit next to the four haha!

When we got home daddy was home and he had Caleb's present all ready. He got a bike with a CARS helmet. He was thrilled so we went outside for some serious biking and bubbles! When Caleb and dad were busy pumping tires I grabbed some cute ones of Adrienne!

I think the kids could do bubbles all day!

I LOVE IT!! I actually have a picture of Caleb when he was 2 doing the exact same thing. I may have to do a bubble wall in his room!
Her face is awesome!

So I had no idea that there were 12 inch and 16 inch bikes and we probably should have investe din a 12 inch a couple years ago for him because he's having a hard time figuring out his bike. Poor kid didn't get much coordination, but I'm sure he'll get the hang of it once all this rain goes away. He really loves it! We're looking into getting Adrienne a 12 inch, but I have no doubt she'll master it before Caleb does ha!

Dad entertained Adrienne while I was helping Caleb and she was cackling, it was hilarious!
She also got her chance to check out Caleb's bike :)
Didn't want to be left out :-)
Heading to check out the pond, love this!
We ended the day with TGI Friday's and a stop at Auntie Shel Bell's. It was a great day!

Easter & Caleb's Bday Party!

2010-05-09T20:36:00.006-05:00

I'm thoroughly frustrated with blogger. These are taking forever to download. I have about 100 pics to upload and it just isnt' going to happen. Maybe if it rains tomorrow :-(

Anyway, my little man turned 4 on April 16!! I'm still totally overwhelmed and want him to stop growing already!! He really loves being 4 and we had a great get together with family and friends. Here he is in his new "running" outfit. Daddy got it for him and he asks to wear it every single day. We're training them early!

I didn't even try for another picture because I know I'd just get another crazy face from her!

He's so darn cute! He got new CARS glasses from us and he did this when someone told him to turn around.

Mr. TJ enjoyed the party too :-)

We spent Easter here this year so all the kids could play together and they had a blast as you will see. Easter was out at Dale and Nancy's acreage in Bennington so lots of space to run :-)

After finding all the eggs, she laid down on her back for about 15 mins...I think she was tired ha!
Sweet sweet Salem..she had so much fun too!
Oh Easton's smile just makes me melt, it was his 1st bday on Easter and he was having a ball!

This is as good as it gets with these 3...from left to right they are 2, 4, 3 and if little Salem would have gotten in she's 1....they have so much fun together!
Racing to get the eggs! I think they all made out pretty well!

March :-)

2010-04-09T18:57:00.009-05:00

My nieces both celebrated birthdays in March so we had lots of fun with them. We had them over for dinner and brownie sundays. Soo much fun! Salem was just about ready to walk...

Sydney being silly!

Then we went to their big bday party and Adrienne decided to give Great Grandma some lovin's. We were all surprised!

Easton went to town on his cupcake :-)

Happy 1st Bday Salem!

Happy 3rd Bday Sydney!

She is so darn cute, love her to pieces!

Seriously, I can never get a good picture with her, she NEVER looks!

Just before the party, showin off their sweet outfits!

I took my nice camera out for some playtime and got some super cute pics of the kids playing. I love this one of Caleb, he is getting so old :-(

I CANNOT believe I got one of them both looking AND smiling! I see hope in our future....

Caleb just adores his bike now. We asked him if he wanted a bike for his birthday, like a real bike with training wheels and he said "NO I have a real bike, my motorcycle!" Alright dude!

I had no idea he was going to do this. I was actually going to take a picture of him and his chalk drawing when he stood up and busted some moves. OMG! I was so glad I caught it all. He is a dancing fool and I just love it!

Nice washcloth tactic...she's a pro had hiding her private :-) I was practicing taking pics with my nice camera in my bathroom without using my flash. HORRIBLE lighting in there! But I did get a few good ones.

After nap bed head face :-)

Fake sleeping with dad, they crack me up!
I LOVE this! It's been awhile since we had a pick together. But I also took it because of my new do. I really love the color but the cut is starting to wear on me. It's cute just so hard to manage with my curly mop. We'll see if I keep it!
We went to PE101 a couple Saturday's ago. WOW was it fun! The kids are finally able to do most things by themselves so I'm not chasing them around like mad. It was a BLAST!
Park playdate with Maria and Alex.....sooooo fun!

He is just the sweetest!
I have to bring my nice camera next time to take pics like this. This just didn't turn out that great :-(

EASTER COOKIES....we're starting to figure out a routine with cookies which is nice. I watched Caleb who can really do them by himself now. Then it was Adrienne's turn with Dad. We have such a small kitchen that it's really hard to do them together and I think Adrienne likes the one-on-one. She gets too distracted with too many people. They all turned out great and got rave revues. She also didn't touch a single one...so if you got one you can beware that there were no Adrienne germs on them :-)
He just loves making cookies and he was so proud that he did them all by himself..so cute!

So I bought a pack of easter cut outs and this was one of them...ha....I emmediately took this pic and sent it to my dad. Easter cookie or blue bunny cookie? We agreed BB!
We took the kids to Disney on Ice. Kind of regretted it. It was a little old for the kids. Caleb LOVED it and cried leaving, but Adrienne was scared most of the time and sat on TJ's lap :-( TJ and I really enjoyed it!
There's only 2 pics because my camera died....FIRST TIME EVER!!! I'm normally extremely prepared oops!
TJ buzzed Caleb's head and we LOVE it!! It was quite the shock at first but I know it's going to be so nice for the summer! Doesn't he look so old!!!

John Mayer :-)

2010-03-05T11:56:00.007-06:00

Oh John Mayer, we've been waiting for you!!!

Joe was my date for the night, LOVE HIM! He really is the coolest kid I've ever had the pleasure of being in my life!! I'm so happy I was able to get him a ticket and take him!! We had soooo much fun and the concert was AMAZING! Music is seriously my first love (before photography!) and I have huge appreciate and love for people who write their own lyrics and music. John Mayer is one of them, his guitar skills and lyrics are absolutely incredible. If I purchase a CD or concert tickets it's to an original artist who sits down and writes and plays everything on their CD.

My date and I :-) Eating pizza at Farrell's, probably one of the best pizza I've ever had, Buffalo Chicken pizza, yea you heard that right....go there...eat it...thank me later!

BTW...I look horrible in these pictures, I've had a sinus thing for weeks and I was pretty miserable, so excuse the paleness and red nose :-(

My bro's and I :-)
Michael Franti & The Spearhead opened up for them. We didn't know who he was and were really not that excited to see him, but he was super fun. It's kind of reggae, hip hop, guitarish. Hard to explain but it was a blast! He was all over and had a great band. He came a few rows above us on the other side of our section and sang his most popular song, apparently on the Top 20 :-)

Then came Johnny Boy...the back was a screen so we got to see him super up close, it was so awesome! I"m really not a big fan of concert pics unless your front row with your $3000 camera, but my little ps camera is pretty darn good far away and I love him so I'm gonna post them anyway :-)
Even cooler BW!

A little whistling.....

Brady let us sit in his seats that were closer on the side, so I got a little better pic.

And my favorite image of the night....it's horrible quality but I LOVE the grain and the mood, sooo stinkin' coooooool!!!!
This was his encore. He came out and they rolled this screen back around and projected him on it while he was singing on the stage, you can see him really small at the bottom. It was pretty cool. I loved his lighting and screens!
He really is an amazing artist ( I say artist, as his personal life is a little much for me, so I wore my Jessica Simpson shoes just to stick it to him haha!!!!!!)! And a night on the town to hear music is always a good time!! Hopefully I'll get some videos posted soon :-)

Caleb & the Ogres

2010-03-05T11:13:00.004-06:00

When I got home this morning from boot camp, Caleb was sitting at the table with his head in his hands and looked really sad...

Me: "Caleb, what's wrong?"

Caleb: "I did not have a good nap."

Me: " Why not?"

Caleb: "Because the ogres made me skerred."

Me: "Why were the ogres scary?"

Caleb: "They were starring at me and I could hear their noises."

Me: "What did it sound like?"

Caleb: "Doot doot....doot, doot....oooooooooo it was soo scary (shaking)."

Dang Shrek!

February has been a blur....

2010-02-27T08:29:00.005-06:00

Seriously where did it go? Well maybe I know. It's been crazy around here.

Caleb started Kindermusik a few weeks ago and just LOVES it! His teacher is amazing and I am so glad he is enjoying his first class away from mom. It's bittersweet!

He had to make an instrument for his next class. So I told him before his nap to dream about what he wanted to make. He ran out after his nap so excited "Mom I want to make a trumpet!" Really child, a trumpet. I mean you couldn't pick an easier one! I was thinking shakers, maracas, drum, even a guitar I know how to make but really a trumpet!

So I had to find a tutorial on the internet and then we gathered all the stuff needed for it. See Grandma Hills my very large collection of toilet paper and paper towel rolls really do come in handy :-)
Last week was Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday (day before Ash Wednesday/Lent), so we make Mardi Gras pancakes. The kids had fun putting the colors in and mixing them, until Adrienne decided to try it get dark blue food coloring all over herself and realizing it wasn't frosting was very disappointing haha!
I love this pic!
I always make cinnamon/vanilla so they are tasty without syrup but because it was Fat Tuesday they'll delved into the syrup and each ate 4 pancakes. We had a ton extra and the kids ate them for breakfast and dinner the next day!
We did tons of Valentine's activities and had a blast. The kids put stickers on the windows. I clearly need to invest in window clings because scrapping theses off was not fun!
Target had mailboxes in their dollar bins so I picked these up and the kids got to decorate them. They really loved it and played with them and gave each other things. They even got to decorate some for their cousins!
These were the Valentine's they gave out. I do not like box valentine's, I mean DO NOT LIKE! So I created a wallet photo card and tied it to mini-M & M's. So cute and the kids loved handing them out!
I have officially mastered my sugar cookie recipe. We didn't give many out as you will see below but everyone that ate them told me I should sell them haha! They really are amazing and so glad I stuck through the 5 batches to get it right. This was also my first attempt at royal icing which I clearly need to work on. It was a little running and the kids made every single one of these so obviously they are messy, but none the less delicious!
Caleb LOVED decorating them, so he helped me with a second batch when Adrienne got he boot for licking too many cookies!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I promise I fixed her hair after this picture, they really had just woken up from a nap. See her finger she's going to go lick the frosting. Oh my difficult child, you could tell her a million times and she'd still do it. After this TJ took her away to play so that we could finish and at least have a few without licks to give away!

They are even delicious alone....we made so many!

Although we had some fun activities and got out a lot at the beginning of the month, it's been a very rough end of the month. I had outpatient surgery last Friday, only to wake up on Sat. night to find out Adrienne was seriously sick. Monday she was diagnosed with pneumonia and Caleb followed her shortly. We are so ready to get out of the house and see people and feel the sun!!!!

TJ and I both started boot camps, I started kettlebells and TJ started cross fit. We both really like them, although are trying to figure out our schedules so we can both go 3 times a week and figure out how we are going to afford it haha! It's been so nice to get out of the house and get a few workouts this week, I'm really enjoying it!

Is it spring yet? I am enjoying the little 30's warm up we're having. I hope it lasts and just continues to get warmer :-) I can actually see a little bit of grass yeah! We hope you are all enjoying this little warm up and staying healthy. It's been a rough month so we are sooo ready for MARCH!!!

MIA

2010-02-10T13:17:00.007-06:00

WOWZERS...so this blog has been neglected to say the least! Sorry! These are from January and last week. Most winters are very boring and we don't do much but boy have we been busy. Many play dates, meetings, prayer groups, work, etc. have filled up our days.

I decided to try shrimp again with the kids. They have never been too fond of seafood but Caleb loved it. He even commented that he liked how spicy it was. This is one of my favorite dinners, spicy shrimp, couscous and sugar snap peas....delish!

Adrienne and her strawberrys, she has to poke her finger through and eat them. She was being a goof!

We had Alex and Maria over during one of the many ridiculous snow days OPS had this year. They had a blast and of course were mad when it ended!!!
Another snow day, unfortunately we live at the top of a hill and if we leave we would never get back. So we were stuck in the house a few too many days, as you can see Caleb isn't too happy to have his sister around all the time.
Our friend Jen is expecting little Springroll anyday now. This was her shower a few weeks ago. You can check out her maternity pics here.
My bro Joe played at CBTJ a few weeks ago. Adrienne lovin' on her Grandma!
It always takes Adrienne awhile to get used to people. Once she sees them again she's usually fine. So when Jody asked for a hug right when we got there, she wasn't haven't it. After the game though it was another story. She would leave Jody...too cute! (Jody is my best friend Jenny's little sister, basically my little sis)
She finally went to Michelle by the end of the night too!
P is for Penguin!

We are all back together! WOOOOOOOHOOOOO! Out celebrating Jen's 28th. We had a blast, can't wait to do it again!!

We've been doing "Muffin Tin Mondays" for the last couple months but of course keep forgetting to link them up and post pics for that matter. They love this and normally eat everything on their plate. BTW...this was for ABC's & 123's,

1 hot dog

2 cheese sticks

3 strawberries

A is for apples

B is for beans

C is for Cherry yogurt
They are quite excited when they realize it's Muffin Tin Monday

We got to go to Pump It Up with some friends, and the kids took awhile to get used to it. It took them quite awhile to be able to do them by themselves but they finally went down the slides by themselves and we cheered and cheered! I'll post a video below!

We had another playdate at Backyard Adventures...OMG so much fun! Caleb found a little friend named Claire who he has talked about ever since and Adrienne loved trying everything! We may just have to invest in one!
I rarely get my nice camera out for pics around the house or to take on play dates anymore so I whipped it out for a few shots of the kids. Many people have asked why my images are so white. Well I use all natural light and when you have 3 feet of snow to bounce off of, it's very white.

I think Caleb gains a pound or two in his cheeks in the winter...what a goof!

Adrienne was being super silly at breakfast one morning( one morning the sun was actually out!!!!) So a snapped a few of her!

ENJOY!!

Giveaway at Designer Blogs

2010-01-12T13:50:00.002-06:00

Designer Blogs

Hope on over to Designer Blogs! They're having a giveaway of four blog designs :-) Now whose blog doesn't need a facelift?? Mine does!

New Years

2010-01-07T21:46:00.008-06:00

Caleb was being super silly one morning and I caught this cute pic of him. He has a mohawk from the night before!

My two peas in a pod. No really she is just like her father!
We finally made sugar cookies, after Christmas, but don't hate, I still make a ton of other cookies. Anyway, this was my first attempt at sugar cookies. If you know me well I'm picky about my cookies they have to be soft and chewy, yet stay together. THESE ARE AMAZING!!! I got the recipe off a cooking blog of a texas mom. I have no idea how I found it. They are even better right out of the fridge. So your thinking, another awesome cookie Lindsay can make for me. Well I don't have the recipe. I never wrote it down and I thought I saved the blog and I didn't. Yep...you have no idea how mad I am about it! So needless to say I won't be making any sugar cookies for awhile. I must find the recipe!!!!!!!
The kids all dressed in the painting garb from GG Rossiter. They were so excited!!!! I was very smart. I made 24 small cookies, short and sweet They would have done this all day long and my house would have been painted Pink frosting if Adrienne had anythign to do with it. It was so fun though!!
Their cookie creations!
Adrienne all dressed for New Years Eve...she picked her entire outfit out...so cute!
Each of the kids got to make a homemade pizza with Grandma :-)
Uncle TJ and Salem....Salem loves TJ!!
Caleb in his Bilibo...if you've never seen one you must get one for your kids. They are such a great invention. The kids have played with it so much since we got it. I loved this picture because Caleb was helping Salem get on him. I was really surprised at how much he was interacting with her. So cute!
Love her!
Adrienne got the hang of it a lot faster than Calen did, she had a blast!
Sydney being a "Butterfly Turtle", the bilibo is her turtle shell!

All the kids toasting in the New Year with Pomegranate Blueberry Sparkling Champagne....big hit!

Caleb was being so sweet with Salem. He's really getting good with the babies and enjoying being around them.
This is the "I've never had anything carbonated before and it's soooo good!". She reminded me of her dad savoring each and every drink.
Adrienne received the pj's from GG Hills and insisted on wearing them right away, and she now wants to wear them everyday because they're "footy jammies".
Caleb received The Polar Express book with CD from Grandma and Grandpa Hills and he is in love!!! He loves the movie but boy this kid listens to it at least 5 times a day. It doesn't have page turns but he knows when to turn the page :-) I love my little book reader!

Christmas in Sioux City

2009-12-31T21:39:00.008-06:00

These are from yesterday all the way back til last Wed, I know their backwards :-( Anyway, the kids got a really cool veterinary kit from Santa and this is Dr. Ernst.

The kids decided that getting in the Lego box would be fun and it was quite hysterical. Caleb actually went first and got in all by himself, you'll see below. So funny!

I <3>
Daddy got right to his Wii perfecting when we got home.
Building their new Lego Duplo Fire Station....HUGE hit!
On our way home from Sioux City on Sunday afternoon, we didn't leave til 3:45 and by that time Adrienne was wiped! She fell asleep just outside Sioux City and looked just like mommy when she slept :-)
Getting some good pics of the kids with Uncle Joe....they just love him!

Grandma's little mini-me. My mom spoils her and so she hangs on her the entire time we are there! "Grandma do it!"I really didn't do a dang this while I was there because neither of my kids wanted me to. It was nice!
I love this one! Gma and Gpa love their kiddies!
We can't go this high in our house, she was giggling like crazy :-)
So this big story of Christmas was obviously the ridiculous blizzard of 2009. We headed up for Sioux City on Wed. during the really icy rainy part, not fun. But we made it in 2 hours and then were stuck inside until Sat. Sioux City got 22 inches but on top of that 50 mph winds. The drifts were insane and the 22 inches is just way too much snow!! On Sat. after the wind died down a bit, Adrienne wanted to get out in the snow for her first time, who knew her first time would be 22 inches! I went out for little bit too, it was cold!
The 12 ft. drift on the side of my parents house. the night before the guys were sliding down it. This was the 3rd or 4th time my dad was out snowblowing trying to get through a little bit of it so Joe could park in the driveway.
Next to the big drift!

On top of the snow at the end of the driveway, she slid down and thought it was soo cool!
Walking on the just snow blowed sidewalk, crazy how high the snow is.
We watched Polar Express on the big screen in my parents basement and everytime we watch it, Caleb puts his hands on his ears but doesn't take his eyes off the movie and he will tell you he loves the movie. I don't get it!
Adrienne got some super cute clothes from Gap Outlet, our favorite store!!! She was being super silly and posing for me!

What a ham!

This is my parents Christmas gift. My mom want BIG pictures for the walls, so I FINALLY got them for her, only 9 months late. These are 16x20 float wraps. The photo is wrapped around a foam board and then glued to a standout board, so they stand out against the way, sooo cool! This isn't where I thought she'd put them but we all agree it looks pretty darn cool! Now I just have to order them for myself! Grandma Hills got smaller ones of ALL 4 grandkids and she loves them :-) Will post a pic once she gets them up!

My mom getting her new camera (the same as my point and shoot!) I think she's excited!
Opening presents, I didn't take pics of the basement which I should have UGGHHH!! So this pic shows you when you walk down the stairs on the left, wide door is storage, then to the right on the wood floor is the workout stuff, ping pong table and bar is just in front of the table.
Caleb getting into his stocking!
The boys ready for Christmas Eve mass....we lost power 7 times on Christmas eve. The last time lasting 2 hours. It was kind of annoying. We ate dinner by candlelight which Caleb thought rocked! Thankfully when it came back on at 12:30 it stayed on the rest of the weekend...PRAISE THE LORD!
The kids sitting next to their plate for Santa and his reindeer. 2 cookies, 4 carrots and a glass of milk. Santa was hungry they were all gone when we got up!
Ping pong tournament...this was the first game, but Brady ended up winning!
So I tell people all the time she looks just like my mom and either they don't know my mom or they politely agree but don't really think so. Now if this picture doesn't prove my point I don't know what will. They were singing a song together..there hair even parts exactly the same!!!!
Auntie Brooke playing legos with the kiddies.
We had a great time, even though we were all cooped up. We got out to the mall on Sat. finally getting out and about and the kids had a blast running around and playing in the kids play area. Caleb told Grandma on Sunday that he wanted to live there ha! They really do love it up there!

Rossiter Family Christmas Dec. 20

2009-12-29T10:48:00.005-06:00

We celebrated the Rossiter Family Christmas the weekend before Christmas. Here are a few of the kids that night being silly!

Caleb's new thing, fake sleeping. It's hilarious. He'll walk up the stairs, brush his teeth, go potty, and go to bed all while "fake sleeping". He is so funny!

My mom has the most beautiful tree. So while the kids were messing around I used my macro on my point and shoot to capture some of the ornaments and I loved this one. The macro on my camera (for a point and shoot anyway) is awesome!

John and Dee from Aurora, MN!!! love them!
My cousin Elliott and his adroable girlfriend Katie!
The guys, I absolutely love this picture, just wish TJ was in it!
Me and my love, not so newlyweds!
The newlyweds!
My cousin Michelle, her little one Emma and Caleb reading a story
Grandpa and his new Heelan gear, seemed to be the theme for Christmas gifts this year!
Caleb's new shirt!
Adrienne got a doodlepro which is a HUGE hit. We've had the small ones forever that the kids just love but this new one, it amazing!
Caleb and cousin Karigan!

In this pic I realized we have the exact same eye color but then I went and converted it to BW silly! I love it thou! Love you Joe!

The treat table, I couldn't even get it all in my frame!!!!!
Miss Emma is 6 days younger than Adrienne. I really enjoyed hanging out with her, she really developed the cutest personality.
Daddy and his little mini me!

More Advent and the Durham!

2009-12-29T10:08:00.006-06:00

We went to Durham a week and half ago to see Santa and their gorgeous tree. A really nice daddy (he had 3 kids in tow!) asked if he could take this for us and I am soooo grateful. We never get family pics together and it turned out great!!! So THANK YOU DADDY WITH 3 KIDS IN TOW!! I love it!

Look who we ran into!! Cousin Syd and the in laws...so fun!!
Adrienne and her daughter Salem....so seriously Adrienne takes on all responsibility once Salem arrives. I love this pic!
Laying on the big pencil in the Omaha Public Schools exhibit, Dad liked looking at his alma mater's information, Central High.
The kids and I in a very large indian hut/teepee. It was super cool!
This is probably the only pic I think we actually look alike. And I LOVE IT! This is in the really fancy train car, that mommy wanted to live in!

So we didn't know what to expect with meeting santa. I didnt know if it was a big production with a professional photographer or not. So I just brought my little point and shoot and hoped for one good picture of them. It was super laid back which was probably good for Miss Adrienne. As you can see here, she did not like it and was shaking mad when she went up to him. She did like Mrs. Clause and told her she wanted a baby. And if your little baby doll baby you are wrong, she was a REAL baby in mommy's tummy ha! Wishful thinking Adrienne!
Caleb did great and really liked him!
The tree is phenomenal!!! I wish I would have gotten better pictures of it.
I did lots of cookie dough making and baking. These were for our friend's, Jen and Thuc's, "SanThuc" Christmas party. We had a blast but I didn't bring my camera so no pics from that but I do have pics of my delicious cookies. These are MINT chocolate chip, a slight variation to my ever popular chocolate chip and they are TOO DIE FOR!!!!! Luckily the hubby bought my several bags of the mints so I can make them all year :-) I am seriously considering undertaking a third business (which really is just insane!) but the amount of people asking me for these is crazy! I've stopped giving out the recipe because I get more complaints about how they don't turn out the way I make them :-)
I did a variation of my peanut butter too. Although my hubby and I don't prefer these, it's more of a Christmas thing so I thought I'd try it!
I don't htink I had posted a pic of Adrienne on the pot, so here it is!!!!!!! We are not using the little one anymore because she would rather sit on the big girl toilet which is great. But we had to result in pull-ups for #2 because she's deathly afraid of doing it on the toilet. Once we finally get her regulated and feeling back to herself we'll try the toilet again. For now she'll let us know when she needs to do #2 and we'll get a pull-up on her. #1 is completely mastered. Hasn't had on accident since the first week, nor has she wet the bed since the first night. So happy for that! Time will tell with # 2!
Another one of our Advent activities was having the kids make Christmas cards for THEIR friends. I bought a foam card pack at Target for $4.99. It had 25 cards and tons of snowman/snowflakes/letters to attach to the cards. SOOOO CUTE! They absolutely loved it. I got them started and once they figured out how to pull the backing off they were on a roll. The literally did it an entire morning and Caleb actually worked on them the following morning as well. I let the kids pick who they wanted to send them to which was pretty cute. So if you didn't get one don't feel bad, they went to people we haven't seen in years to their best friend Alex. Some very random but sooo cute they thought of them!

These adorable Christmas shirts are from Auntie Maria....my kids adore her and she is so sweet for bringing them over, we now where them all the time!
Cup of letters!
Caleb actually made this one for Chad, which made me laugh, sorry Chad!

Maria also brought over Candyland which is now Caleb's favorite thing to do!!!! Here he is winning!
Caleb and daddy love to play it together, Adrienne likes to be a bugger (and this is why it's hard playing games with her around!)

Jingle Bells

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Adrienne wasn't quite with it on this one!

HELP PLEASE!

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Ok Mommies out there...I need some help!

I started potty training Adrienne last monday. She's done exceptionally well with #1. Had 4 accidents in 8 days and only wet one night. #2 on the other hand has been horrible. She absolutely refuses. She will hold it in for days and then finally will let it out in her underwear. This is very unlike her. My kids gets tons of fiber during the day and go 2-3 times a day, #2 that is. So for her not to go for days is really hard on her. She's now constipated, so when she does go she has a hard time and she's overly cranky (I mean we all get that way when we're constipated!). Over and beyond the regular fiber she gets, I've been giving her prune juice and raisens every day, sometimes a couple times a day.

Normally I would say she's not ready and go back to diapers, but how fast she #1 trained, I can't possibly go back. She's technically fully #1 trained. She even tells me when she needs to go.

We give a candy reward, 1 skittle for potty, 1 for poopy. This totally worked for the potty. She's still ecstatic she gets a skittle. We also give kisses and hugs and sing and dance. Even for #1! We did the same with Caleb, but he can't hold a poop in that long, so after a week he finally made it to the toilet.

I resorted in large brides because she's so cranky! I've bribed with everything, suckers, movies, ice cream, a new baby doll, go to the zoo. Nothing works, she could care less.

So any advice, help, ANYTHING, would help! Do I need to give even more fiber to were she can't possibly hold it in? Is there a bride that worked for you? I would like to get over this hump sooner than later. So we are all happier and feel better!

Christmas pj's and funny faces!

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Lately, funny faces are the coolest thing, so we HAD to take funny face pictures!

Potty Training Dos

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Adrienne finally got her crib turned into a toddler bed and she loves it. So much that she's NEVER tried to get out at night or even in the morning. She still calls me in the morning to come get her haha! She's too funny! So we are super thankful for her not getting up at night! She did fall out once her first nap but other than that, she stays put.

Undie shots! I just had to! We started potty training on Monday. She has done great with #1, I should say amazing. She's maybe at 4 accidents in 6 days and only wet one night. She really got the hang of it rather quickly. #2 on the other hand has been horribly difficult. She absolutely refuses and is holding it in :-( Every other day she'll go in her underwear but for a girl who normally goes 2-3 times a day, she's having a really hard time. So if anyone has any helpful advice, my ears are wide open! Oh and bribes don't work...I mean I've used everything and she could care less! So I'm hoping she either gets over it or we hear about a super awesome idea so we can get past this hump! Otherwise she's been really good, which I am thankful for :-)

Advent is here!

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Yeah...I've been anxiously awaiting it this year as the kids are older and can do more things. So I planned an activity everyday. Although small and sometimes not religion based, it's been a lot of fun. I made a super inexpensive advent calendar for the kids, but crazy enough haven't taken a pic of it yet. I will do that and post more about it. They have a word card of the day and normally their activity is based off this but not always, which a small candy treat. Here they are making paper plate angels.

Caleb, mine, and Adirenne's...not that you couldn't tell that already!

She was very proud of her Angel :-)
Reading an angel book, Great Aunt Mary gave the kids a year or so ago. It has a CD to go with it so we listened to it several times that day. I try to only bring it out once in awhile because they totally get obsessed with it (just like all our other books on CD). So we hadn't listened to it in forever! Super cute book!
Finally decorated that night. TJ got the flu over Thanksgiving weekend, very bad I might add, so we had to wait til he recovered. This is a wreath that my mom maid when we were little with all sorts of our old ornaments on it. I LOVE IT and hang it every year! Although it is small for the space :-( Maybe I'll have to make a bigger one!! The kids got to help me put our little manger up. They love it, I need to get a play one though and a larger one for the house too.
Our very bare Christmas tree....its' screaming "cover me up!"
I combined two of our words of hte day "donkey" and "evergreen" and they got to glue this picture together. I cut all the pieces out and the glued them on. Did really well for their ages I would say. Caleb's trying to get the hang of cutting, crazy how hard that is to master!
On Sat. Dec. 5th we did some St. Nicholas activities, read a story and then put this paper puzzle together that I got off the internet. Which was a huge hit and they both did awesome! Here Caleb is putting it together!
Adrienne needed a little guidance but surprisingly did great. Here she is figuring out her last two pieces.
Who knew gluing was so fun??? Caleb asked if there was anything else he could glue!

All finished on the fridge :-)
Shoes outside their doors....we couldnt' decide if we wanted them outside our bedroom door, or inside the front door, so the kids choose this, which was fine with me.
St. Nicholas brought them a Christmas book, a toy animal and a candy cane.

Unfortunately, I started potty training the next day, so our activities have been shorter and very little pictures but I think this week will be better, now that she's doing so good and we aren't stuck in the house!

Thanksgiving 2009

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Beware...these are not in order!! I am too tired to put them in order, so bare with this post!

Friday after Thanksgiving, Village Pointe Shopping Center has a tree lighting ceremony and parade. So we headed out there for some fun! We didn't know what the kids would think. Adrienne surprisingly didn't want to have anything to do with it. She just wanted to sit in her stroller! Ugh, she was a grumpy pants! Anyway we had a blast and plan on making this an annual event! After the parade Caleb wanted a picture with Captain hook. I was super surprised as he usually isn't like that, but he even got to shake his hook and loved it!

We went with the in-laws and Jamie, Syd and Salem. Here is Jamie and Syd just after the tree lighting...it's so pretty! We love the huge bulbs!!

Salem stayed cozy in her stroller and was perfect!
All the kids!
We go to Jerry and Lou's for the NU vs. CO game every year and this year it was full of 5 great grandkids who were very loud and obnoxious!!! Luckily we didn't stay too long and NU won which was great!! Here's Grandma and Adrienne about ready to dig into all the yummy grub!
Grandma and Salem :-)
Easton....he's getting so big!! You'll remember him from my photog blog :-) Such a cutie and a wonderful baby!
Thanksgiving in Omaha!!

We decided to stay in Omaha this year. It was nice to not have to travel but still weird. We went over to the in-laws and the kids had a blast. Here they are all playing hte piano together. They sang, ABCs and Jingle Bells and then they were on to new things.

Syd and her favorite Uncle TJ!
Adrienne playing with Jamie and Great Aunt Kathy
Syd's new do :-)
Adrienne thinks she has to take care of Salem....she's quite the mother!
I swear this girl is all about driving me nuts...could she just look at the camera and not make weird faces!!!!!
Salem is crawling away and just learned to pull herself up, shortly we will have 4 walking grandkids...oh boy!

Dancing to Christmas songs with Grandma....check out Syd...soo funny!

Sydney just LOVES Caleb and was soo excited to see him. Her voice is as sweet as she is. "Caleb you come over to my house to play, I love you Caleb"
The kids playing around in Adrienne's room.....can you tell they are saying cheese. Can't wait till we are over that stage and we just smile, just smile!

Bath, pj's, popcorn, milk and a movie!
This was before the movie, caught them reading books side by side. I loved Caleb's no butt and Adrienne's chunky butt!
She just doesn't do it to me, she does it to everyone, I guess that makes me feel a little better!

Pooley's 2009

2009-12-12T21:47:00.005-06:00

Feeling horrible that I am just getting this up now that it's almost Christmas. Boy oh boy! Anyways, our 3rd annual trip to Pooley's in Bennington was wonderful! Grandma Sherri got to come because she was in town for the weekend which always makes it so much more fun! This is her second time with us!

Caleb still loved the chickens, but declined to ask them how they were doing this year haha!
The chicks are ALWAYS our favorite. Both of the kids held one, even though they jumped out within seconds. They just loved them!

I'm not sure if it was because we went so late this year or because they made it for really little kids or my kids are getting soooo big, but the maze was not to be desired this year. So short, my kids lasted 2.2 seconds in it. They did like watching all the little kids get stuck though!
Oh man, I love them....only Grandma and dad can get smiles like this!

I was buying pony tickets and didn't know about this picture til I downloaded it...too funny!
This is also a favorite. Caleb rode last year and loved it and remembered it well. He was very excited to ride and rode all by himself!
Adrienne was equally excited, our little no fear girl! Dad did walk with her because her poor short legs don't exactly help for staying on a horsy very well. She did awesome and gave us some super cute faces!
Grandma helped Adrienne pick out her green pumpkin :-) I am so not surprised!
Dad and Caleb went on their way to find the perfect pumpkin and let me tell you it was the most beautiful little pumpkin I've ever seen and again I am not surprised!
A super fun day at the pumpkin patch!

New book...learning and helping...

2009-11-17T22:34:00.002-06:00

Since starting a new book in my mom's group, "How to Raise Good Catholic Children", we've(meaning the kids and I) been having some super great conversations. I really like the book and hoping I can incorporate more and more everyday. They really are so eager to learn and absorb so much so well that I know it's perfect timing. I'm hoping it also gets us over the terrible twos and threes :-) It's totally crazy to me how much they already know about Jesus, Mary and Joseph and God. Adrienne particularly likes Mary and talks about her alot. We have a great Christmas story book by Gloria Gather that she really likes. Caleb's is definitely more indepth. Working with "would Jesus want us to act this way?" during our trying times. Caleb gave Adrienne a hug this morning and said "I love you and Jesus loves you too!" Oh bless his heart! I know it's helping us and can't wait to keep working it.

A hint of Nov...

2009-11-17T22:26:00.002-06:00

Still need to hash through all the Halloween/Pumpkin patch pics but before that a few super cute ones from all this playing outside last week. I have so many pics of Caleb in the backyard...it's so crazy how each on he gets bigger and bigger!

I never taken pics with the kids mainly because I never had a wide angle camera since I'm normally with them alone. So taking advantage of having a wide angle point and shoot has been great! I love these next two!

FUUUUNNNNNYYY!
We did this for days, except next year I think the kids need to learn to rake :-) and we need to get a big play set :-)

My favorite quote thus far.......

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Kids were playing hide and seek outside....

Caleb: (pulling Adrienne's arm) "You hide right here and I'm going to go count to 1o and come find you!"

We have a large pile of stones from when my hubs took out the above ground pool that just sit on our porch (insert frown face!). So he put her on one side and then went around to the other side to count and he would run around say "I found you!" and they were scream and giggle uncontrollably. It was hilarious!

Halloween pics and November to come....I'm getting there!!

October 2009

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October was beautiful so we had tons of outdoor play which my kids definitely NEED now. I also purchased a point and shoot so these pictures will not be superb quality, but needless to say I am taking a lot of pics of the kids now that I don't have to lug around my big fat camera. Enjoy!

My cousin Lisa was in town for a few days so we met her and Shel for lunch and had a great time. Both the kids immediately loved her and while looking at these pictures today Caleb said, "is that Lisa? I love her name!" He's so cute!

I wish they were like this all the time!

This has become more regular, they love wrestling, chasing each other, tackling each other. I have a feeling it will be sooner than later we will have a broken bone :-(
Children's Museum w/ Shel

Carousel...yes I would love to! This is Adrienne and Alowicious(I have no idea how to spell it!) who loves the fishes... Caleb road on a cat (pic wouldn't upload) and it didn't have a name so he had to name it and he named it Pluto...perfect don't you think!

They had masks to make for all the kids...so fun!

Adrienne loved the swings, poor Shel!

Horse rides anyone, I just love that they are ALL looking and ALL smiling!
Zoo

Carousel anyone...I think I will!
The kids just love the petting zoo, I do not care for the smell afterwards and the poop in our shoes :-(

Seriously great image for a point and shoot :-) love it!
The kids love how close you can get to the ducks and the little fishes in there.
This crab was looking right at us and waving it's claws, needless to say Caleb had a hard time leaving his buddy!
We loved that the turtle came up to say high, he is so big!
If only they were smiling at me or even looking at me!

Reading time before bed....I love <3 this pic!
and this one! Reading a toys magazine...getting very excited for Christmas!
Fr. Walter stopped by and the kids just loved him to pieces. It's been a very long time since we've seen him, he's since moved to Creighton, NE. I just love this pic....all big smiles and hugs!

It took Adrienne a good 20 mins. to get used to Fr. but then she was ALL OVER HIM...thank goodness Fr. loves kids!
Drawing on the doodlepro...It was nice to not have to draw for awhile. Those kids love those things!
Dancing away!
Have I told you my best friend moved back??? YEAH!! I can't even tell you how excited I am. It's been over 3 years she's been gone and we are all excited to have her and her hubby back. Makes for lots more girls nights out and double dates :-) Here she is with her mom, Sue (which is my mom's best friend).

We love puzzles, it's one of the few things that keeps Adrienne occupied for awhile.
One of the many Shelley visits!
We went to Target and got all ready for winter (in anticipation of the first snow). Although it did snow 6 inches here, the kids were in SC with Gma and Gpa and totally missed out :-( Caleb asked almost everyday if it's going to snow. Looks like I know what we'll be doing all winter!!
Park, park, park! Hefflinger Park that is....

With all the 60 degree days we had in Oct. we hit the park hard. It's still crazy trying to chase two of them down or push one on the swing while the other one wants you to go down the slide with them. So I'm more warn out then they are most days. Adrienne just loves to swing and swing and swing.
This time Alex and Maria met us. Adrienne loves her Maria!
Big boy Alex :-)

What a cutie!
Joe's Confirmation-Sioux City, IA

My little bro, Joe, was confirmed, so we went back home to celebrate. That night both my brothers walked down with the exact same coat on (and no they had no idea they both had it!).
Wow, I continue to get shorter and shorter and I have a feeling it isn't over yet!
Uncle Brady
Grandma Sherri
Another park date! THis was our first attempt at the swing and it was hard and they didn't really like it.

I love this!

Grandma and her little princess....after a fun filled morning of hanging with Grandma while mommy worked.
Alex came over for a fun night of playing. The kids laughed so hard!!
New monster halloween pj's!
Oh Adrienne I can hear your little heart beating, she loves her Alex!
Making home made pizza...well as home made as we're going to get! And eating a few pep's along the way!
New digs that they got to pick out....you know the light up ones...yep and they still think they are the coolest things under the sun!

Down to walk around the pond.....

I will be trying this with my good camera and clean clothes becuase I love it so!

September 2009

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Adrienne turned 2 on Sept. 14...YEAH!! I still can't believe it, or maybe I can't believe I'm not pregnant again haha! There were actually two parties in one day for her so she was wiped by the end of the day, my fam and a few friends came over in the morning and then TJs side of the family had a big birthday bash for that whole side of the family. It was super fun!

She got tons of fun things, here is her fancy nancy tutu and heels, princess books, tons of clothes and a kitchen!

Excited to open her new kitchen!
This is how she did 2 for the longest time, crossing her fingers, so funny!

Dumb and Dumber anyone....my kids hair grows way too fast!

YUMMO!
The new kitchen in the kitchen!
Yes they are cute, but that's about it!
I took the kids to the zoo the next day and Adrienne found her hamster things she loves. No really she LOVES them! We go back and back to check on them!
She wanted a picture with the elephant!
You'll remember a picture very similar to this...he loves these games!

We now have to go see Dorie everytime and Caleb will be out which one is REALLY her!
I love this <3
My favorite now is the butterfly exhibit...I had a few seconds to snap a couple good ones!

Caleb loves the Tarantulas because of a bug book we have, I DO NOT like the tarantula's!

August 2009

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I know, my posts have been sparse, sorry!! Hoping to get all caught up this week!

Not great quality but such an Adrienne face!

Laying on the bed in Okoboji....sadly this is the only pic from Okoboji. We only had one beach day and I didn't bring my camera.
In Minneapolis at Lego Land. Lego Land=Love!

Waiting in line for Blues Clues ride!

He wouldn't look at me :-(
The kids love carousels, luckily the zoo and the children's museum have them here in town :-) Needless to say, we've already been there!
The Adrienne Face!
I call her Pippy because when TJ does her hair he puts the pony's way to the sides and they stick straight out, I just love it!
He looks so darn old!
Adrienne eating her first whole piece of pizza. I know you're thinking why haven't you given her a whole piece of pizza, because she's the messiest eater in the world and eating with a fork just proves to me less messy. But this officially began her facination with eating everything whole!
Our church picnic was the day after we got back from our vaca. The kids had a blast riding the rides and seeing all their friends!

Our friend Issac and Jacob (way to the left). Issac is just a hoot!
Snow cones and ice cream with friends is the best! Alex is 4 months younger than Adrienne, haha!
Bath time!!!!!

Overdue posts....

2009-09-03T13:04:00.007-05:00

With both of our businesses in peak season, we are ridiculously busy. Posting even on my work blog is very hard. So today as we all lay on the couch with fevers(mine hopefully receding, but poor Caleb is very sick still!) I thought I'd punch out a large post! Hope you enjoy how adorable and old my littles are getting....love them soo much!

I few weeks ago my aunt and uncle and cousins were driving through town to drop my cousin off at Valpo for college. So we were able to hang out twice and the kids had a blast. Loved reading with Nicole!! Adrienne was doing some dramatic reading here...she likes to read books by herself now outloud and they are so funny. She even bounces her head and uses her hands. Theater here we come!

Nicole and Caleb reading :-)
GREAT uncle Jeff and Caleb giving high 5's
Loungin' in Shelley's new chairs...Caleb is getting really tall and skinny. All his shorts fall off of him :-) He's definitely had a growth spurt this week as he can't stop eatting!!!
My little bro turned 17 in Aug. and they came down to Omaha for the day. This was taken after his birthday lunch at Rivera's (YUMMO!!). Isn't he just a doll! LOVE YOU JOE!!
A very long time ago, TJ's first cousin Jessica and her daughter MacKinsey came into town. Adrienne and MacKinsey are only 6 days apart and had never met, they had so much fun together!!

HOLY EYES!!!!!!!

Yes these are bubbles all over her face, I'm pretty sure she burbed bubbles for day!
My princess, she was actually posing for me and I love it!
Great Uncle Jerry got the roll of bubble blower and boy was he good. He had the kids running all over the yard!
Caleb got the hang of it much better than the girls!
Back in Sioux City for some work, the kids both got a ride on Gramps new lawn mower.

Durham Museum....I wish we would have gone here sooner cause the kids were in love. All those trains made Caleb kookoo! But I got an all year pass so hopefully once we are all feeling well we'll head there next week. I'm hoping they get a new exhibit soon too.

The train went "Choo choo" and Adrienne went "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
They have a great exhibit there called "Moneyville", it's a little old for hte kids but we got to make money with their pictures on it and take it home and Caleb LOVED this game and actually figured it out. Crazy!! He's soo smart!
Adrienne weighed some blocks for about 2 secs. and then she was off to the next thing.
This was the first day I got my new lens, 85mm 1.2....awesome!!! I took the kids outside and followed them around. Isn't it creamy??? Adrienne looks so old in this pic, she turns two in a little over a week, I can't believe it. Oh wait yes I can, her tantrums are monstrous!!!!!!! Needless to say she's hit the terrible and she's in the corner ALOT!
My sweet boy...the other day we made a quick drive to the post office and on our way home, I told them we were going for a walk in the stroller (not Caleb's favorite thing to do anymore now that's he's older, but I wanted to get some exercise in and this is the only way I can do it anymore), he threw a fit so I told him sometimes we have to do things we don't want to and it's ok. He threw a fit until we got down the hill and around the corner and he turned around and said "Mommy I'm sorry I said I didn't want to go, I'm having a really good time." CUTE!!! He's definitely growing up, we of course have our moments but what a sweet boy!!

4 beautiful years :-)

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I have absolutely ZERO pics of my husband and I, very sad! So because he's such an amazing dad, I'll post him with the kiddies on our June trip to Boji. I love both of these!!

4 years ago today, we sweat our faces off and danced till we couldn't walk anymore. Besides the 105 degrees, it was absolutely PERFECT and it really was a testament to how our life would be!!! It's been CRAZY PERFECT but that's how we like it! I love you honey, more every day! Thank you for this PERFECT life, I wouldn't change a thing :-) LOVE YOU!

The best place on earth :-)

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I thought I'd start of with a laugh HAHA!! Caleb is apparently still losing his baby fat and many of his shorts are falling off, oh man...good stuff!

Beware bloggers color is icky because these were all taken with my new amazing lens and they ROCK!

We had a first trip to Boji for the summer and the kids at a blast. So much more fun than last year (last year Adrienne was still a cranky pants!) It did rain a few times while we were there but the nice days we did have were so much fun! Adrienne is going to be our little fish, while Caleb is just content sitting on the sand!

Because chunky babies are my favorite :-)

This was totally staged but seriously soo cute! I love sandy butts!
Adrienne spent most of her time in this tube. Once she figured it out she thought she was hot stuff. Take note the "I'm too cool to look at the camera" face!
If only we were all so brave to show our chunks! You go girl :-)
I LOVE HER!
Caleb show us his stuff. He is getting so skinny and old, crazy!
This was his face most of the time. It was very cold so he wasn't as much into it as Adrienne!
We'll be going back up in a couple weeks...yippee!

Our Surprise Father's Day Present :-)

2009-06-24T22:10:00.005-05:00

I have a million things to post before this, but this comes first today :-) I'm had the pleasure of getting to know a fellow photographer in town, Catherine Bosley of Bosley Creative. I feel so blessed to have met her. She's super talented, such an awesome person, and a great new friend!!! So I got ahold of her a few weeks ago to see if we could exchange services for father's day pics and she was all for it! Unfortunately, the day of the shoot, my kids didn't sleep the night before and were up bright and early, so needless to say it wasn't that enjoyable. Luckily, Catherine is talented enough to get amazing shots of me and the kids. I just LOVE all the pics!! Any photographer out there knows how hard it is to get good shots of your own kids or with you in the pics so these are so precious to me!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH CATHERINE!

My kids are getting sooo big...I can't believe I have a 3 year old and almost 2 year old :-(

Without furthur ado...Catherine and her beautiful family, Kobe, Maddie and Jack :-) Sooo cute!

Probably one of my favorite pictures of all time...isn't she stunning!!!

Kobe is one of the greatest big brothers, it's soo awesome to see!

Oh and TJ and my dad loved the pics :-) I tell you pics of kids and grand kiddies always puts a smile on their faces!

Oh what fun!

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Apparently 3 year old's think stinking their tongue out is cool....I'm over the point that it's cute, not sure cute anymore!

SMILE....I GOT A SMILE!!!!!!!
Adrienne, Farmer Brown and Goat :-)
What a look missy!
She stood at the top of our little hill in front and did her thing, flailing her arms, yelling, laughing, making noise, dancing and all. It was quite comical.
I don't know what happened here :-(
This was Caleb's idea. Her sitting in between his legs. So funny!

And of course more bathtime!
They don't normally get to blow water in their faces but I knew it would make for killer pics so this is just for all of you :-) But then again I'm SURE Caleb will remember and do it from now on :-(

Brady and his Bride :-)

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Like I promised.....introducing, Mr. & Mrs. Rossiter!!! By my ever so fab bestie, Kace :-) she's AMAZING!

WARNING: Nakedness and Skivvies!

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I watched Alex Tues. and Wed. as Maria was at a conference in Lincoln and the kids had a blast. They play SOOOO well together. We had zero fights and the occasional, "Momma he stole me toy, can I have it back?" How sweet is that!! Maria stayed for dinner Tues. night and the kids decided it was NAKED TIME or Alex calls is Nake and Adrienne called it NaKED!

Oh man these are awesome!
Could my kids be any cuter, I don't think so! Even with dinner still on their faces :-)
Big brown eyes...he's so much fun and such a good kid!
So we might be planning their wedding, is that a bad thing? They love each other and follow each other everywhere. It's soo cute!

Everytime we wanted to get them all together Caleb would put his arm around Adrienne..ah!

Then it was time to jump to Maria. Poor Maria had to catch my two lugs compared to little A. They did not want to stop!

I think they had fun don't you!
Maria loves my kiddies :-) and we LOVE her!

Crazy fun weekend

2009-06-02T22:58:00.002-05:00

We were in the sewer all weekend for my brother's wedding. Unfortunately, I had a child in my hands at all times so these are the two pictures I have argh! Oh wells, luckily my best friend was the photographer for the wedding so I know there will be plenty of fabulous photos to see. I'll post a link once she posts them on her blog. Anyway, since my best friend was in town for my brother's wedding, her family had a reception for her and her new husband for all the midwesterners to attend since their wedding was in AZ. It was super fun! We got to see the beautiful video of the wedding and I got to catch up with my dear from Jameley and of course Kace. My kids also had a blast with all the little ones there and I think Adrienne found her new boyfriend, Miles. She was quite the flirt!

Beeeeaaauuuutiful Jame and moi!

The only picture I have of Mr. & Mrs. Rossiter, and my kids, don't they all look great. I was not only trying to take a pic but make my kids look at me. It was quite comical(luckily their were few in the church to see me do this!)!!! The wedding and reception were beautiful and everything went down without a hitch. I spent most of the night in the bathroom with the kids ha! I did get my dance on though and I think the kids liked the cake and lemonade the best haha! Brooke is a fabulous addition to our family!! They are now basking in the sun in Antigua!

Love you all!

Our Princess

2009-06-02T22:52:00.002-05:00

These pics deserve a post all their own. I got to spend a lot of time with Adrienne alone this weekend and she was a hoot! These were taken in my parents kitchen, as she was sitting on a stool. She is getting so big and pretty and oh so loud!

Isn't she beautiful!!

She is so fun! A handful but so fun! Tonight she wanted me to rock her before bed, which she's never asked before. I sang rock-a-bye baby and she was just was mesmerized. Unfortunately, she wanted to rock all night :-(

Super Suppers Play-date!

2009-06-02T22:42:00.004-05:00

Last Thursday, we joined our friends at Super Suppers for an awesome idea. We got to make pizza bread and a snack mix and hang out with friends. Caleb LOVED it, Adrienne liked eatting the food of the table!

Sauce time!

Cheese time!
A feeble attempt at a group pic :-(
Folding the bread in!
Eating their snack mix...did I have twins????
Our friend Timmy! He did a great job all by himself :-)
My friend Jen and her twins, Andy and Matt.
Oh and the pizza bread was fabulous...the kids LOVED it!! I hope we get to do this again soon!

Grandma Christine's Bday and Memorial Day

2009-06-02T22:32:00.002-05:00

Grandma Christine's birthday fell on Memorial Day this year so we headed over to their house for a cookout with family. The kids had a blast! For some reason Adrienne had a lot to say that night. Here's Great Grandma Ann and Grandma Christine :-)

Miss Blue Eyes!
Come on, a smile...PLLLLEEEAAAASSSSSSSSEEEEEEE!

My 2 neices...

2009-05-26T16:22:00.002-05:00

My sister-in-law sent me some pics of my neices this last week and I just couldn't resist posting them. They are just too darn cute! Sydney is 26 months and Salem is already 2 months old :-) I miss Syd so much and can't wait to meet Salem. They're starting to look so much a like!

Birthday Party

2009-05-26T15:41:00.007-05:00

We went over to Alex's house on Sunday to celebrate his 2nd birthday :-) As you will see in the large collection of pictures the kids had a blast. Alex got tons of fun toys and cute outfits and they all had so much fun together!

Adrienne loved riding Alex's new trike. Well she loved being pushed on Alex's new trike!

Sooo cute! Someday they are getting married they just don't know it yet!
Maria took my camera for awhile to get pics of me and the kids...LOVE HER! I never have pics with my kids.

Caleb did great on the trike. He loves to take his motorcycle outside now and ride around the circle. He gets better every day!
Alex and his grandpa!
Maria and her friend Angie...sooo cute!
Adrienne attempting her first wheely!
My 3 loves....cute peeps horrible pic!
Chad had to give all the kid rides in the wagon and on their way back he would run. Oh was that a hit! Caleb is riding with Alex's cousin, Luke.
Caleb had to help Chad this time...adorable!
Could she get any cuter!!
She is looking at Maria's friend Nicole, who Adrienne really liked!
I think Caleb thought this was seriously for him. Alex had just gotten into Thomas so now they are going to have even more fun with each other this summer!

I think we actually look alike in this one!
I can't even remember the last time we had a pic together...sad!
Alex loving all his new presents!
All the kids admiring the cool cake!
Caleb devouring his piece

The whole group...so much fun!
We had such a great time!! It was a perfect night too :-) We are anxious for Maria's last week of school to be over and lots of play time...the kids cannot wait..and the mom's too!

Hairy situation....

2009-05-26T15:28:00.002-05:00

So we are having issues with our hair. Growing the bangs out but this little girl doesn't like to keep hair things in argh! I can't bear to cut it because it's soooo gorgeous!

My favorite series...

2009-05-22T21:40:00.004-05:00

The two coolest little kids in the world decided they actually wanted to pose for me in the tub last night...praise the Lord! Some days I want them to grow up haha, but most days lately I'm sad they are getting older :-( Beware there are some girl parts in here :-) And I finally actually edited and processed pics of my kids...crazy concept right!

That little curl was killer!

They really do love each other!

And now for a chunky bottom....she'll kill me someday for this but seriously isn't that absolutely adorable!

And her long curly locks!

God knew I needed them! They are my pure joy! :-)

Conversations with a 3 year old

2009-05-21T18:26:00.003-05:00

About once a week Caleb and I do a little cuddle session where I tell him all the things about him that I love. I usually start with all his body parts and point to them and tickle them hehe! Then do all the other things I love about him (i.e..how he plays nicely with his sister, what a good dancer he is, how polite he is, etc....oh the list is endless). And today it went a little different.....

Mom: Caleb do you know how much I love you??

Caleb: This much!!! (arms stretched out)

Caleb: I love your eyes.

I love your teeth.

I love your eye lashes.

I love your lips.

I love your toe balls.

Yep that's how it ended. "I love your toeballs!!!" HA! Quite comical but more sweet as he has never done it to me and it just melted my heart!!!

OMG!!

2009-05-20T18:47:00.001-05:00

This is downright hilarious and awesome! Enjoy! Happy Hump Day!

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

What would we do without it!!!

2009-05-08T15:12:00.003-05:00

Now that spring is finally here, the only thing the kids want to do it play in their sand and water table. They literally can play with it for 3 hours straight, it's incredible!! The only problem with this is that they are covered from head to toe in sand and WATER! So needless to say we are changing clothes several times a day ha!

Adrienne pointing to "airpane". She's obsessed!

The ever famous Caleb look. I'm not sure when I'm going to get a good one of him!
Ok so I have 50 others just like this. This is all she did the entire time!
Isn't she the cutest! She's getting so old :-) Long hair, taller and oh so talkative! Our favorite lately is when you ask her to say "octopus" and she always says "applesauce". They sound alike, right???
Oooo a smile, too bad he won't look at me!
I did find sand in his ear during dinner this night. Never fails! They sure have a blast though!!!

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

2009-05-06T09:33:00.002-05:00

I can't imagine being a teen and trying to raise a child. Being 27 and raising two is extremely difficult, rewarding and a blessing, but difficult nonetheless. If I was 17 and raising a baby, I'm not sure I would be able to do it. I know many people young and old read this blog for other reasons then to hear my rant on issues, but I thought if one teen read this and made new, better choices then my work was just beginning.

For years now I've thought about talking to teens about this huge issue and starting to realize that I may just be getting somewhere with it. I know I may not be the prime candidate considering I waited to have children in marriage. But I have my fair share of friends who didn't wait. Seeing the impact a 27 year old can have on a 17 year old in the last few years has been eye-opening.

So today, just one small step. A blog post to open your eyes. If your a teen, live your life to the fullest before living your life for your child. You have your whole life to raise children, live this time for yourself. If your a parent, do what you can now, to prevent your children for becoming a statistic. May it be small or big considering your circumstances, there is no time to wait. If your an adult, just the smallest act can be a huge difference. Write a blog post, have a nice talk with your teenage neighbor, call an old friend who may need help talking to a teen, or volunteer at a local organization promoting prevention of teen pregnancy. One small step will change someone's life for the better.

My best friends wedding :-)

2009-05-05T18:14:00.003-05:00

One of my most amazing, beautiful best friends from high school just got hitched in AZ. Unfortunately, the times and finding a babysitter to watch two kids under 3 was impossible. So these will have to do. I second Mindy's comments, their love literally will knock you to the floor. It's beautiful and breathtaking, just like them :-) Enjoy!

Spring is here!

2009-04-24T15:12:00.002-05:00

Swingin'.......

This next photo's quality is horrendous, I'm only posting it because it's the only one I got of her shirt hehe...

My cute littles...if only they'd smile!

2009-04-24T15:11:00.000-05:00

Can't believe he's 3!

2009-04-17T23:03:00.000-05:00

Caleb's Birthday :-)

2009-04-17T21:16:00.002-05:00

This is what he looked like after dad dried his hair the night before his birthday :-) Boy do we need a hair cut!!!

And Adrienne always getting WAY too close!
This is what it looked like when he woke up on his birthday! It was a mohawk all day and so funny! This picture is just classic....Caleb goofing off and Adrienne with her deer in the headlights look. Fabulous!
Gotta love my two monkey's...they just keep getting cuter :-)

Seth's Celebration of Life

2009-04-15T13:54:00.007-05:00

This is a webcast of Seth's funeral. If you knew him or even if you didn't and wanted to see his celebration of life, visit the link. I've also added their family blog , Country People, link to the Friends and Family list on the side.

Here comes the sun...

2009-04-14T09:27:00.002-05:00

We staying in Omaha for Easter. We had a long week prior and then visitation for Seth was on Sat. and the funeral was on Mon. so staying home and resting felt right. Lots of tears were shed and we met some nice friends and family of Seths and heard some great stories which helped. It was all pretty exhausting! We know Seth is watching over all of us now which is a huge comfort.

I had three sessions on top of all that so my fri/sat was crazy fun! All photos are blogged!

These are from about a month ago :-( We had a really nice day so we of course were outside playing and then ate lunch on the picnic table in the kitchen haha! We are anxious to get outside today and tomorrow for some super nice weather and hopefully a photo opportunity :-)

Thinks my new home might be sunny AZ.....

2009-04-13T20:14:00.002-05:00

More pics from my trip to AZ....love my Kace!

In Memoreum

2009-04-07T22:28:00.004-05:00

One of TJ's friends and groomsmen passed away today, Seth Embrey :-( I found this picture from his wife's blog and thought I would share their happy moment 19 months ago. Just feeling so heartbroken for Joey, but I know the Lord will provide!

Few posts...

2009-04-06T09:40:00.005-05:00

Why you haven't seen any posts???

Well,

1. I was diagnosed with Primary Stabbing Headache Sydrome and had severe stabbing pain in the back of my head for a week. I've been on an anti-inflammatory ever since (apparently the only med. that will work for this particular migraine syndrome). Weaning off now. It was a rough week for all.

2. We took a short trip to Des Moines to watch Heelan dominate at the state tournament. It was so awesome to watch Joe on the court and even though it was only a few seconds of playtime for him, it was still awesome to see. They of course won which was pretty overwhelming for a lot of people. So glad we made the quick trip!

3. Adrienne pushed against our front porch railing, it gave way and she fell head first down to the cement. I jumped after her and took a gash out of my head. We spent that night in the ER. Adrienne faired better than mommy. She's soo tough!

4. Spent 5 days in SC watching Joe while the rents were in Las Vegas. The kids love their new house and playing with all the toys and Joe! The weather was nasty while we were there so we didn't do much but play and cook and clean :-)

Kids playing with G & G's new play set :-)

5. I took a trip to Phoenix to see my bestie Kace. Life-changing trip, can't wait to go back. Wedding pics from the wedding I assisted her in www.lindsayernstphotography.blogspot.com and soon at www.kaceyluvi.blogspot.com. We hiked two mountains, hung out with her fiancee, walked and ran around her beautiful city of Gilbert, ate some great food and super cool restaurants, worked on photoshop, she took some fabo pics of me and had much needed girl conversations :-)

(photos courtesy of Kacey Luvi Creative Productions www.kaceyluvi.com)

Hopefully shortly there will be a pic of us together. Surprisingly for two photographers we didn't take many pics :-)

6. My sister-in-law gave birth to her second girl, Salem Olivia on Mar. 28. They are in Texas now so we don't get to smother her with lovings, but Grandma is down there now and we sent some with her :-)

Also, TJ's cousin Amber and her fiancee Austin welcomed, Easton John, on Sat. April 4. All are doing well! You will see pics of him up on my photography blog soon :-)

7. Now that the weather is starting to warm, I am getting back into work, the kids have been enjoying a little bit of outside time and TJ's business is taking off as well. I can only imagine that the next month will be the beginning of unknown craziness for us. But we are excited and ready to take the kids to all the parks around town!

Zoolicious :-)

2009-04-06T09:26:00.003-05:00

I have been a very bad blogger :-( This was from 4 weeks ago when we had a super fabulous 70 degree day and we headed to the zoo. Surprisingly it wasn't busy and we got front row to everything.

One amazing highlight, eating lunch outside :-) It was awesome and Caleb and I even got some sun !!
The highlight of the trip for the kids. A snack eating a mouse. I can't even tell you how long we had to watch this thing...DISGUSTING!! The kids thoroughly enjoyed it!

Watching the birds and kicked the snow!
Next time, bring bread! These swans and birds were soooooo mad at us for not having any food for them :-(

Makes me want spring......

2009-03-13T21:44:00.006-05:00

Entered the National Bubble Week Photo Contest over at Angela's Adventures:
http://angeleyesadventures.blogspot.com/2009/03/national-bubble-week-photo-contest.html

Valentine's Party

2009-03-03T16:11:00.003-06:00

On Friday, the 13th we celebrated Valentine's Day with our Omaha Mom's play group at Doodle Cakes and it was soo much fun. Well sort of!! Even with two helpers my kids managed to eat the cookie before decorating, get pink frosting all over their clothes (staining pink frosting!!), and couldn't have looked more like they weren't having a good time. Nonetheless, they got to have some fun with Shelley and Alena and Caleb made the cutest little pig cookie :-)

Here's Shelley and Adrienne decorating Adrienne's chef's hat!

Caleb in his Chef's hat and his super cute cookie!!
What a peach...I love the tiny bit of frosting on the corner of his mouth, this kid does not like to be dirty!
Oh Adrienne scarfed down her non-made cookie in a flash and this is her "I didn't do it face" even though it's all over her face!!!
Oh boy...of course this is how it would turn out!

OMG I got in a picture :-)
It's been way too long since we've had a picture together :-( It was soo much fun having her in town, we're trying very hard to get her to move here!!
We didn't do much for Valentine's day. The kids got to eat on their new dinosaur and chick plates we got them for Valentine's day and got to spend time with Auntie Shelley that night, as we went out to our favorite restaurant, Vincenzo's, for our annual VDay out!

Food Photography?????

2009-02-10T21:53:00.002-06:00

I had to post this because it's consuming my thoughts and my meals haha! Ever since Christmas this has been at least one of my meals for the day and it's downright amazing! I had this salad at our friends Christmas party and for being so simple I was blown away and how tasty it was. Now it's a daily fix for me. I'm calling it Cranberry Raspberry Salad because I want to!

And this, this is the all amazing soup de jour!! That's the soup of the day if you haven't seen Dumb and Dumber ha! I'd tell you what's in it but then I'd have to kill you!! Just kidding! Anyway this has made me deliciously interested in food photography. First of all it's extremely difficult. I mean who would have thought that taking pictures of non-moving things would be hard but it is. I love the picture of the salad but the soup picture is something to be desired.

Thomas is our Friend

2009-02-10T21:35:00.005-06:00

A typical day at home always involves Thomas and Friends. Caleb loves his track especially since getting Stanley and a controller for Christmas. So one day last week Caleb and I took some pictures of his trains and had a great time. Here is the all important Thomas.

I love this picture, just wish it was more in focus on his camera.

If you don't know this is Mavis and it's a girl and she's a diesel.
Oh Adrienne, you would give me that face! Too bad your so cute it just makes me laugh! By the way, we have very bad hair days now that her hair has decided to grow an inch a week :-)
She's not much for the trains besides stepping on the tracks just to make us mad. She usually reads or runs around being silly. Here she was reading Despereaux in Chinese. You'd understand if you heard her :-)

Go Crusaders!

2009-02-10T21:20:00.003-06:00

I can't believe I forgot to blog this...argh!! Anyway, Heelan played at the Qwest Center in the Nebraska Prep Classic three weeks ago. My brother is the stud in all the pics. I wish I had an ounce of his athletic ability and dedication :-) Unfortunately, he just found out he has a stress fracture in his lower fibular and is out for the season :-( Basketball is his everything so I know he's having a hard week. Hoping to get up there to cheer him up soon!

It was so much fun watching them at the Qwest. I mean that's big time :-) Unfortunately they lost to Creighton Prep by 6. It was a great game!

Master Ernst :-)

2009-02-04T22:43:00.004-06:00

TJ graduated with his MBA on Sat. YEAH!!! We are so proud of him and so glad he's finally done! It was a long year and a half for all of us. Here's my little pretty wondering what the heck we are doing in this big, dark place. Just to preface, the lighting in this place is bad in the first place but then they turn the lights off for the whole ceremony, who does that? Drives me crazy. So these indoor pics are hideous!

Caleb and Grandma Christine reading a educational magazine (he's obsessed!)
There's Daddy! Third row, fourth one in. We had fantastic seats this time, thanks to TJ's parents. The kids could even see him and waved at him several times, it was such a cool feeling!
Walking up to receive his degree :-)
Yeah...you even look cute in your "drab" hehe!
Ta da!!!!
Waiting for Daddy afterwards. Adrienne loves her Shelley!
Oh man, the future graduate. Except I think he will graduate with a teaching degree from Oklahoma. Don't ask me why, but the kids thinks we live in Oklahoma, Nebraska!
My two favorite men!!
Gotta get some family shots!

Yeah!! You can officially call him Master Ernst...ha just kidding!

Zoolicious!!

2009-02-04T22:33:00.002-06:00

Two weeks ago today we hit up the zoo because it was 55 out and it was the most perfect day. The kids had a blast and even though it was nice out, the zoo was empty, so the kids just ran free and we spent 3 1/2 hours exploring all the stuff we don't always get to see when we are there. The aquarium is always the hit of the trip. As I've mentioned before it's very different with two toddlers to take pics so there are very few :-( Someday I'm going to bring lots of helpers and take lots of good pics !!

Caleb would not leave the Wild Kingdom. He loved playing these games and he was soo good at them. I"m anxious to take him by myself and spend more time doing all the learning activities. Adrienne's too antsy!
Both the kids loved these two lizards.

And this super orange fish. He looked right at me and I got him :-)
We may just got back there tomorrow since it's going to be 50 again :-) Can't wait!

My lovelies.....

2009-02-04T22:04:00.003-06:00

I know I've been MIA, but for good reason. I've been sitting in the bathroom. Watching Caleb pee and poop and not pee and not poop and laugh and cry and pee all over the wall and poop on the rug and pee his pants while trying to get his pants off in time and washing hands over and over and over and reading a million magazines and books and occasionally taking a potty break myself. I've secretly been dreading this experience, but it's been frustrating and fun all at the same time. I've never spent that much time in the bathroom in my entire life and now I really need to redo my bathroom, it's very boring. We are officially potty trained, we have our good days and we have our bad days. But crazy enough he's completely night trained which just blows my mind. I'm very thankful for that! We are very proud of him and glad we are officially only changing about 6 diapers a day instead of 12 :-)

Here are my lovelies reading together and being sweet. They sure are having less and less "hate" moments and more and more "love" moments. I think it's because Adrienne had finally figured out how to play with him. He also knows exactly what to do to make her giggle uncontrollably. Tonight they spent an entire hour in Adrienne's room (which they rarely play in). They turned the lights off and played with two of her toys that light up and they just giggled and giggled. It was the cutest thing. I decided to leave they alone and finally checked on them after quite awhile and found then piling things up to get into her crib, little stinkers :-)

Adrienne has quite the quaff these days. Mostly a mullet but since she won't keep hair things in there's not much I can do about it. I did however manage to get her hair in pig tails a couple weeks ago and man she was not happy with me. She looked so old and cute though. Check out her huge lips...so cute!

Adrienne's vocabulary has rapidly grown in the last three weeks. She tries to say everything...

please- plees

thank you-taa chu

banana-nana

apple-apppppllllle

movie- moie

grandpa-bumpa

Lucy-Luuuuuuuuuuuucyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Elmo-Elmo

airplane-airpane

Lion-Lione

She loves to sing but only sings portions of songs "A, B, C....H, I, J....O, P" and she's so cute when she sings "Row, Row, Row your boat"..sounds more like this "Row, row, row, row, rooooo, merry, merry, merry".

And she said her first three word sentence which I totally freaked out about. But I must tell a quite story to preface it. When Caleb gets to watch a movie he always sits on our short sofa on the same side and I just recently started sitting Adrienne on the other side, hoping she may watch a few moments of it(she has never watched a movie, not even baby einstein, she cannot sit still!). She's finally started to watch the first 10 minutes of them. So anyone, I always have to say to Caleb you can watch one movie if he asks because he usually get's upset when we have to turn it off. And many times he'll say "One movie please, just one". Just to be sweet. Well this time after I just turned the movie on. Adrienne ran to the couch and asked to get up, she needed a little help, so I helped her up and she turned around really fast and said "One moie plees". I just died! It's so funny that this girl has never watched a movie for more than two minutes that her first three word sentence would be that. Such a silly girl!

Dinner and Fun with the Kruse's

2009-01-16T21:54:00.006-06:00

Oh man, trying to download these is ridiculous so I'm stopping with what I have. Anyway, Kruse's came over for dinner a couple weeks ago and we had a blast watching the kids. So funny! Maria took my camera to snap a few shots of me with the kids (she's so sweet!!!). Unfortunately, I look like I hadn't slept in days argh! I rarely get kisses from Miss Attitude, so it was nice to get one on camera!!

How funny! I didn't know she was still doing the face when we took this. She is such a stinker!
There were lots of lovings(if you haven't caught on that's what we call cuddles/hugs/kisses/kind words at our house) exchanged.

This makes me me think that we may being seeing this reaction in the future :-(
I have a ton more of them but we'll see if blogger wants help me out here!