3 A.M.

When your 18 month old wakes up at 3 a.m. they usually want a drink, a diaper change, or just want their Mom.Nope not my child, he just wants to sing Happy Birthday in his crib.

A couple nights ago I woke up at 3 a.m. hearing Parker. I thought he might need something until I listened really hard and realized he was singing Happy Birthday as loud as he can. As tired as I was I couldn't help but laugh at him. That's our Parker for you. You never know what you will get.

Merry Christmas!!

Yes i know we are such slackers. I just didn't have enough time(or money) to send these out to everyone of you, so i thought i would just post it here. That way my stalkers will even get one.

Sammy Girl

Today is Sammy's 3rd birthday. She is so excited to be 3. We love her so much and love having her be a part of our family. When she was born I wanted her to be a girly girl. So when I started putting bows and bracelets on her she didn't like it. I figured I had a tomboy on my hands, which I was okay with. Just in the past 6 months she has become such a girl. She loves her dolls, pretending like she is the mom to her little brother, painting her nails, and giving that dirty, dirty look that some girls give. She still has some tomboy in her though, like picking up bugs and getting dirty. We asked her what she wanted for her birthday. We said Ice cream, Mcdonalds, and I even threw in Cafe Ri0 hoping she would pick it. Her choice was little donuts. So that's what she got. Happy Birthday Samantha. We love you!!!!

She just woke in this picture. I love how her face is a little swollen.

Here she is at 2 months. Isn't she a cutie!

It what?!?!?!

Yes it has finally snowed here! I'm sure everyone and their mother will be posting about this but how could you not? People go crazy here when it snows. It's on the news and right now there is talk of school being cancelled. People were let off early from work today so they could get home safely. Call us dramatic, but hey we never see this stuff. They say it hasn't snowed like this since 1979. It started at 12:30 and it has not ended yet(it's 6:30). Usually it snows for a couple hours and stops then melts not too long after.

This is right when it started
Then 3 hours later it looked like this!

I swear he loved the snow but for some reason he was giving me a dirty look

I thought Sammy would be the first one to go back inside but she was loving it. She was so into making this snowman. We had a couple problems with it. The carrott wouldn't stay in, and the licorice(for his mouth) wouldn't stay either. So we just stuck with rocks.

This is what our house looked like. Doesn't it look pretty??

Most of you who know me well know that i don't like snow. I love the look of it but then it takes you about 30 min to get all the kids dressed and layered up and then they only last about 20 min. Also it's not my favorite thing when i have just mopped my floors. At least the kids had fun and that's all that matters. Now if only the snow can all be melted by tomorrow so i can get some things done.

One more year

Today I celebrated my 29th B-day. It's hard to believe this is the last year of my 20's. I feel 29 but at the same time I feel like I am still 20. Must be my beautiful youthful looking face( wouldn't that be nice). I started the day of with a great present. No not that kind of present people, get your mind out of the gutters. The kids all got me a present from the dollar store. They were so excited to see me open them. Nicholas gave me some peanut butter M&Ms, Sammy gave me a pink spray bottle, and Parker gave me a cheese grater. Then my Mom, Sister Amber and SIL Lindsay took me out to Mimi's Cafe(we missed you Amy). I actually enjoyed myself because my awesome friend Merridee offered to watch Parker and Nicholas. It was so nice to actually eat and talk. Thanks Merridee!

Then when Luke came home we headed to my 2nd most favorite place. I am going to my first favorite place tomorrow. All in all it was a great Birthday. The kids were pretty good, and Luke was the best. He has come a long way since my first birthday together as married couple. Let's just say he didn"t say Happy Birthday to me until 5:00 that night. Yeah it wasn't a pretty sight. To his defense we had only been married 2 weeks. But every year he gets better and better at it.

I might be a little wired from some Diet Coke. Oh and check out Emily's blog for some crazy and funny facts about me! Thanks Em!

You tell me....

what's wrong with this picture?

Your answer might be that our tree is tiny and we need a bigger one, right? Is that your final answer? Nope you are wrong. Yes I do understand that we have a tiny tree but hey it was free, I can't complain. Click on the picture and look closely. All of my ornaments are on the top half(except for a teddy bear on the bottom left that i have made Parker's toy, and so far the legs have been broken off and one arm). I hate this, it drives me crazy but you see I have a crazy crazy toddler who thinks he can touch everything. And for some reason everything he touches breaks. The 2 older kids never really had this problem. Sure they started touching them but after a couple No's and timeouts they got the point. Not my Parker, this kid has a mind of it's own.

I love my ornaments and I want them to be all over my tree. I am not a matchy matchy tree person. While i think they are beautiful it's just not my style right now. Maybe in 10 years when I have my dream house and a lot money. From the time I was a baby my parents gave us an ornament every year for Christmas. They were always the fun Hallmark one that played music or something really cool that we did that year. When I got married my Mom handed them all to me and Luke and I have carried on this tradition. I love getting out all of my ornaments and having all of the memories come back to me. It's a fun time but like I said I can't wait until I can put them all over the tree and not worry about any of them getting broken. It could be awhile....

Our Little Visitor

Meet Mr. Elf. He was sent down from Santa to keep an eye on my kids. He tells Santa if they have been naughty or nice. He goes up on December 1st and then Santa takes him back on December 25Th. Let's hope this works!

My Mom and Dad came by last night and gave the kids this gift. It is such a cute idea. You get the Elf down at the beginning of December and read a book that came with it. The book talks about how Santa knows if you are being good or bad and his little friend the Elf is here to keep an eye on them. Of course right after they left Nicholas threw a fit because he wanted hold the Elf. Thanks Mom and Dad for the cute gift.