My baby is six weeks old!

Griff turned six weeks old this week and we are so thrilled. I just love have such a sweet tiny baby that never grows up. Don't be deceived by his large size, he's six weeks and he plans on staying little for a long time....Wait a minute...That can't be right....he was born in June. Okay, okay, he's four months old and I am in denial. I don't want to ever stop "burrito wrapping" him and no one can make me take out the head protector in his carseat. He's just too little. I am just going to have to put my foot down. From now on he is 4 months old! We love you Griff, stay little forever!

Honestly...does anyone else feel this way? Or am I completely alone? I will probably be rocking him to sleep until he moves out...sorry Griff.

Carpe Diem!!

Good times with the kidsThis is the handy work of Alex and Dylan while Devin and I napped
Can he just stay this way forever?

Griffin watching the football game with Dev

GREAT JOB DYLAN! So Dylan pulled off a kick over finally. And then yesterday she just did a back walkover out of the blue. Nice! My investment is paying off!
Can we keep him?
These are just a few of the things that have been going on as we run around life like crazy people! Let's all enjoy today!

A bonding moment.....

Just this last Monday I had the pleasure of having my wisdom tooth pulled. Yes, tooth. I only had one and that was great. The orthodontist said it would never come down...never say never, right. Well, it only took 15 years, but there it was.

I went in bright and early Monday morning and they gassed me up. I just kept asking them, "Is this stuff legal??" "Can I come in for weekly treatments??" They said they would work a deal with me....Lucky. Unfortunately the "high" ended quickly because it only took about 5 minutes to get the tooth out. Dreamy time over.

I took the tooth home as a souvenir and to have an educating moment with the kids. Jackson thought the tooth was especially cool. He has been working on losing his first tooth for about a month now. At about 9 that night Jackson and I were talking about how cool it would be for me to lose my last tooth and he his first on the same day. Well, we wanted to make our dream a reality. We got the dental floss and with a 1...2....YANK..... The tooth was just hanging. Jackson finished it off and we went to show Devin our handy work.

Jackson insisted that we both put our teeth under our pillows for the tooth fairy. The next morning I was sure glad I did. Jackson received $2 and I $1. I guess size doesn't matter with the tooth fairy after all. Good times with you Jackson! Loves.

A 2 year old trip to the salon....

So I put Alex to bed on night at around 9:30PM. I was getting ready to take off on a fun trip with friends the next morning. I ran around the house like a busy bee until about 11 PM and decided I had done enough and could go to sleep. I smelled some strong odors as I entered my bedroom and soon discover Alex.....She had climbed up to the high cabinets and retrieved the pink nail polish. Ok, nail polish, this wasn't the first time she had done this. Then I saw my pink hand towel and pink sink. Good one Alex! By the way...why is your face so shiny little girl and your hair standing straight up like and 80's rocker? Oh fun for Alex...she found the glittery lip gloss too. Good times! I guess rather than getting my nice, relaxing bubble bath I will give one to you at 11 PM. Sounds like fun! It's a good thing I love little monsters!

Meet my new friends

We have been married for 8 years, owned two different homes, and moved 7 times. We have been around. In all that time we have only purchased and planted 1 tree and some shrubs. Lame. Sad. Unfortunate.....Until yesterday! We have foliage! We purchased and planted a beautiful sunburst locust, a darling weeping cherry and several lovely grasses. It's as if I have had more children, I am so in love with them. (Don't worry Kiddos, Mom loves you more than the trees). So, welcome to our new family members, may you grow and flourish! We love you!