Our day to day life

Monday, July 14, 2008

We clean up pretty good

Here it is - the outfit Aaron picked out for me for his reunion. I loved it, felt great for the night. And now we have proof for when the kids get older that we were hip and good looking once upon a time! lol We had a really good time. Of course yesterday I was reminded why we don't drink very often! It was a little bit of a rough day and I hated feeling like such a beautiful day was wasted.

My dad came up yesterday to see the kiddos and took us out for lunch. Mackenzie and Turner didn't want to let him leave. I really think he should retire and become full time Grandpy, he is so good at it!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Owwweee

Could this be the next Patch Adams??!!! I'm an alien - no I'm your doctor!! lol This kid, seriously he is pure entertainment!

Austin had to have 3 shots today at his doctor's appointment, and he was NOT happy about it at all. Went down for a nap on his way back home and he is up right now eating and a happy baby. Hopefully he doesn't remember anything. OK for the stats...

First...our doctor agrees that he is PERFECT and we couldn't hardly kick her out of the room, she just wanted to stay and love on him. I have the BEST pediatrician and love her and her practice.

Height: 26.5 inches (50th%)

Weight: 18.4 lbs (70th%)

Head: 17.5 (70th %)

Tonight Aaron and I are going to a BBQ for a lady that he works with so I will be meeting a lot of his co-workers for the first time. Hope I hold up to all the compliments I'm sure he gives me at work! lol And then tonight we have Aaron's 10 year reunion. It is exciting - but I think I'm more nervous than if it were my own. So I searched and searched yesterday for a dress to wear and couldn't find anything, so when Aaron got home he said that him and Caitlyn would go find me something while I was at gymnastics so I could stop stressing about it - well I came home to 3 dresses to choose from and a pair of shoes!!! Now THAT is a good husband - oh and he only spent like $50 - so he understands my issues with having to only buy stuff on a budget! Even better. So now I have something to wear and a new personal shopper!

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Just some quick pics

Sometimes you just gotta let em Dance in the Rain!

I LOVE my mommy's kisses!

Momma bear and her cubs

3 incredible reasons to smile every day and know I'm the luckiest mom in the world!

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Happy Half Birthday Austin

I can't believe it has already been 6 months. Wow, what a difference 6 months ago today was. I'm so sad that my little baby is getting all grown up. But then it is so exciting at the same time. I'm sure every parent reading knows exactly what I mean.

We have Austin's 6 month checkup on Saturday. He is eating a lot of baby food now, and is starting to decide that he doesn't care for some of them. Last night he was spitting chicken noodle right back at me. He is technically sleeping through the night. He goes to bed about 8 and gets up between 5-5:30, then back to sleep till around 7. He is still the perfect baby. I know some of you may think that that is just a mother's point of view, but really, he is perfect. just wait till you get to meet him. He has been starting to try to get up on his legs when he is on the floor, so I'm sure that crawling isn't too far away, but he sure gets to anything he wants right now by rolling and scooching his way. And he just LOVES his brother and sister, always happy to see them. I love this little guy so much - I just don't know what else to say.............

Monday, July 7, 2008

FIRETRUCKS!

Sorry, but had to post before I forget to. So Turner keeps calling fireworks "Firetrucks". lol It is hilarious, he just keeps yelling out Firetrucks! Firetrucks!
And the other funny thing he is saying right now "YES I DO" ...yesterday I told him "Turner, we don't jump from the couch to the chair" and he turns around and says "YES I DO" - so I have to tell him, I know that you do, but I'm telling you you aren't supposed to. So everything this weekend is "Yes I do" and "Firetrucks". Saturday night he was scared when he went to bed because of the fireworks going off, so he came out on the couch to fall asleep, so last night he tried the same thing again. Ended up letting him go in Mackenzie's room to go to sleep so they slept together all night for the first time. It was SOOO cute to see them there this morning. We actually had to do the "Kids, it's time to go to bed, stop talking"! LOVE IT!

"Look mom, I can hold my own bottle!" -Austin is taking some formula now. He has been on 1/2 and 1/2 at the babysitters, and now I give him a bottle here and there when it is inconvenient to stop to feed him, like at the zoo yesterday or when mommy needs a little bit from the bottle too! lol It is kind of the best of both worlds right now, I can bottle feel him when I need to and breast feed him when I want to.

Look mom, I wrangled a dinosaur - this dino aint got nothing on me!

Turner was GLUED to us yesterday at the zoo through the dinosaur display. The kid loves them and goes around all the time roaring like a dinosaur - but once he got up close and saw them moving and making noises, I think he thought they were real.

And he was GLUED to Aaron in the Penguin house too. OK maybe by this point he was just taking advantage of the fact that if he said he was scared when Aaron tried to put him down, then we would coddle him and hold him closer - he is a smart one!

Mackenzie came out all dressed up yesterday. She then proceeded to tell us that she couldn't eat lunch right then because her and Turner were going to the wedding and they would be late and miss it if she had to sit at the table. Ohhh all the memories of me playing wedding: setting up the altar, runner down the hallway, bible on the table, bouquet of flowers, all dressed up - guess I should probably start saving up now for the dream wedding she is already starting to envision!!

Our friend Kelly holding Austin and Sean. We had a 4th of July BBQ on Friday and had a great time. Lots of kids playing together and good adult time. We might just go ahead and adopt the 4th as OUR holiday!!

Doesn't Austin just look so sweet sleeping. And I love the spiked hair that he has all the time now!

Our cousin Kayla playing with Turner. she is SOO good with the kids and such a beautiful and nice girl. When I'm around her I just want to steal her and take her home with me. Makes me look forward to the years when Mackenzie is that age - such a good age - right before she turns into an evil teenage that thinks I'm the stupidest person on earth! OHHHH, can't they just stay babies!

No I wasn't trying to pose weird, I was looking at Turner and the guy was in a big hurry to take the picture. Oh well, at least we are all in it!

OK, so now you've seen all the pictures, let me put a little text around the weekend. Thursday night we went to a neighborhood party and met some more neighbors. Had a great time. Friday we had people over for the 4th for a BBQ. Pretty much took all morning setting up for that and then people were over from about 1 on. Gosh I love having parties. If it were up to me we'd have one once a month or more!! Saturday I took 2 - yes I said 2 - naps. I went back to sleep for a while after Aaron woke up since the kids had me up at 7. Then got up, got everyone fed and down for naps, and down I went again! I can't remember the last time I've been able to do that. Then we got up and went out to our cousin's house to go swimming. Sunday we got up and went to the zoo to see the dinosaurs. It is a great display, I really liked it. The kids did too but it was a little too life like for them. They weren't quite sure what to think about the moving dinosaurs. We just did half of the zoo, then went to the history museum and then home and watched a movie together. All in all, a GREAT weekend.