Horsing Around.....

just before bedtime!

Valentines Day

It's amazing how some cute decorations, hershey kisses and chocolate chip muffins will brighten a morning!  I had some excited girls this morning, on Valentines Day!  Landon didn't have a clue what was going on.  He just knew breakfast had never tasted so good.

Sawyer woke up with a cough and runny nose.  I guess it was inevitable.  It was almost impossible to keep Landon away from him when he was sick.  The poor, little baby didn't want to be put down.  I held him in one arm and Landon in the other.  We watched two hours worth of Little Bear's.  Landon has said goodbye to Curious George and now has a new love, Little Bear.  Which,  I personally think is the sweetest cartoon ever!

Around 11:30, a miracle happened.  Landon went to his bed and fell asleep.  He slept for over two hours.  I snuggled with Sawyer the whole time.  I loved it.  I rarely get to sit still and hold Sawyer for any length of time.

Landon woke up crying and cried for the next 45 minutes.  I have no idea why he was crying and neither did he.  He just couldn't stop.  He finally choked down some yogurt,  in between sobs and then started giggling.  I said, "do you feel better?"  He said, "feel better, mommy."  Guess he just needed to get it out.  It was then time to go get Laurel and Savannah.  He yelled, "superman!" all the way to school. 

Laurel and Savannah got in the car.  Savannah was upset.  She said,"I did not get to eat my snack, all I had was those hearts that have words all over them!"  When I told her she could eat her snack when she got home, she burst into tears! 

While the kids played in their room,  Seth and I sat at the table eating dinner.  I ate a healthy choice meal.  He ate left over pizza.  Such a romantic valentines dinner, huh!?  Actually, it was to me.  That's what is funny.  Romantic to me was 30 minutes of quiet. No crying.  Just some good, adult conversation!

This is what I'm thankful for on this "day of love."  I'm thankful for my sweet, emotion filled, sugared up children.  I'm thankful for a husband, who I love even more today then yesterday.

Not just for boys

The croop fell upon our house this past week.  It has been one, really long week.  Landon woke up Monday morning barking like a dog.  We have never experienced the croop before.  I had never heard a cough like this so I knew we better go to the doctor. 

The doctor confirmed that it was the croop.  Landon was put on a steroid.  Let me just tell you,

Landon + Steroid = craziness!

I tried everything to make him happy.  I found this cardboard and drew roads and houses and trees all over.  Nope, he was not impressed.  He had no desire to play cars with me.

But, when Savannah got home, she thought this piece of cardboard made into a neighborhood was the coolest thing ever.  She spent all afternoon playing cars. 

Who knew?!

Sawyer

Well, hello!

Guess What?  I'm 3 months and a few weeks old!

I know, I know!
Where has the time gone?!

So, let me tell you some things about myself:
At my 3 month check up, which I hated by the way, I weighed 12 pounds 6 ounces.  My mommy and daddy call me chubby cheeks and they are always kissing them and chomping on them.  Daddy chomped a little loudly one night and I started crying!  I thought he was about to eat me up!!

My head is 15 3/4, which they say is in the 50%

My height is 23 1/4 , and that is the 25th percentile

So, there are my stats.
Now,
let me tell you what I can do:
I hear my mommy say all the time, "he is the best baby ever!"
I only cry when I'm sleepy and hungry.  My mommy stays on top of that every 3 hour deal with feeding me, so I don't cry very often. 
I smile and laugh a lot!
Let me just tell you, there's a lot going on in this house.  I have three older children who love me so much.  They make me laugh and take good care of me.  Mommy can't forget about me because anytime I make a sound, my big brother says, "baby cying!" or "bruter awake, mommy!"  He loves to tickle my toes.  I think we are going to be best buds!

I always wake up cooing!
I love playing with my hands.
I have started reaching for things. 
Now, this one is huge!  I SLEEP through the NIGHT!
Sometimes I get confused and think it is morning time and I start cooing at 1 or 2 in the morning.  I'm so excited to see my mommy when she appears over me.  I start smiling and cooing and kicking my legs, like I'm running in place.  She picks me up and takes me to the swing.  That's where I sleep the rest of the night.  Whoever invented that swing was BRILLIANT!!!

My favorite part of the day, is when it gets dark, and all the "big kids" have gone to bed.  The house is quiet and my daddy holds and rocks me.  I even watch T.V. with him.
I think they are all in love with me!

Saturday

It's a wet, cloudy day but there's a party going on inside!
And everyone is invited.  All dolls and stuffed animals are welcomed.

Here we have Sarah, Alive (short for baby alive), and Isabella.  Isabella came to our house with the name Robyn, but Laurel thought that sounded like she was "robbing something" so she changed it to Isabella.  They have a third cousin named Isabella and they love that name, so we have several dolls named Isabella!

Come enjoy some refreshments!  We have plenty!



Here are your hostess, Laurel and Savannah, with Kaitlyn and Ashley Rose!

On Saturdays, I can always find Laurel and Savannah in their room with some sort of setup, such as this one!  I love these girls and their imagination!
Today we are having a wedding!



Hobby of Speed

This is our dad.
He raced a team series in 2011.
He and his team mate, Adrian, came in 1st place.
Sometimes people ask me if I get sick of him riding his dirtbike.
I say, "No!"  This is his stress reliever.
He never yells at me.
His mood is always consistent.
I can't help but have this mental image of him riding through the woods really fast, gripping the handle bars and screaming like a maniac!  I mean, come on, how can someone have this much patience.
And, I think he looks hot in his dirtbike gear:)
I hope he rides until the end!

{and this little guy thinks his daddy is the coolest.}

Observations

Some things I have noticed about these four.......

Laurel
She looks like her daddy.  Her eyes are his exact shape, only hers are blue and her daddy's are hazel.
Her personality is more like mine.  She will say whatever comes to her little mind, which sometimes leads to embarrassment.  Speaking of embarrassment, she told me a story recently that I don't want to forget:

I picked her and Savannah up from school.  Savannah started telling me about this boy in carpool line who kept saying something to Savannah about her having diarrhea, who knows what all that meant.  Anyway, Laurel sees that her little sister is being picked on so she decides to tell this little boy a funny story.  She says, "you know when I was in the first grade, I went up to all of my friends and said, "have ya'll read Diarrhea of the Wimpy Kid?"  She said they all started laughing and she said, "what?  I just said Diarrhea of the Wimpy Kid!"  Then they told her it was Diary of the Wimpy Kid. 
Oh my goodness, I was laughing so hard because I could see myself doing the same thing at her age.
She is our comic relief around here. 

Savannah
She looks like me.  She is our only child who has green eyes.  I was the only one in my family with green eyes.  But her personality is more like Seth's.  She has his calm, gentle personality.  She will say things like, "well, mom you don't have to yell!"  "We are just little children."  Statements that stop me in my tracks and make me think that she should probably be the mom and I should be the child.  She lets me know when she needs more attention.  She will say, "I'm not getting enough love."  I think it is so great she can express herself like this.

Landon
He looks like Savannah from the nose up, but as soon as he smiles he is all Seth.  He has the same little dimples as his dad.  He is full force, wide open all day long!  He has no fear.  He is such a charmer.  He pulls Laurel and Savannah's hair.  He hits.  He is happiest when he is outside.  He loves to explore.  He hates taking naps.  I hear he acts just like his dad did at this age.

Sawyer

He looks just like Seth to me.  His eyes especially.  He has the chubbiest cheeks and we can see the same dimple that his daddy his when he smiles.  So far he has been the best baby.  He looks deep into my eyes, like he's flirting with me or thinking about something really hard.  He smiles all the time and just melts my heart.