My Baby, Officially a Mom of 4!

A few months ago Abby brought home some guppy fish from school.  She had spent some time learning about them in school and got to keep the ones she had studied.  Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not a pet person, even fish are questionable.  But when your daughter starts a question with "Well, I know you're just going to say NO!" you think twice, right?

So, we got a fish bowl and food and the works and the 2 fish have been happily living in Abby's room.  She feeds them and Andy cleans the fish bowl (I had to do it once and it was so not fun).  Anyway, Abby came to me one day and said, "Mom, I think one of my fish is pregnant!" Great, I thought, just what I need, more fish.  I quickly told her that we are NOT breeding fish and that she will have to give the fish away, take them to the river, or let the mommy fish eat them (apparently that's what guppies do...eat there own babies)  Abby was appalled at the 2nd and 3rd option. I'm such a mean mom right?

I was working in my office this morning when Abby came running down the stairs breathing so hard she could hardly speak.  I immediately thought someone was hurt!  She then said "come quick my guppy had her babies and she's going to eat them!  Jacob actually discovered the teeny tiny fish thank goodness otherwise they may have all been "breakfast".  I ran upstairs with a bowl and the net to fish out the adult guppies.  When I got to them there were 4 baby guppies left (10-15 babies are normal).  Abby is so Happy, she is now the Mommy to 4 baby and 2 adult fish.

 She is so proud!

 The 2 big fish separated from the babies

If you click on the photo (to make it bigger) you might be able to see the baby guppies, they are sooo small. They are towards the back of the bowl.

Summer Fun in Cali part 2

Going to the Family Cabin every Summer has been a yearly tradition since I was born. I have since taken my family every Summer and hope to continue the tradition!

We enjoy eating outside

Climbing on tree stumps and going on walks

We went to the lake everyday.  Bryson looks particularly awesome in his suit.

Mom and Dad celebrated 39 years of marriage while we were there.

I think every member of my family has a picture of them on this rock.  There one of me at this age that is almost identical.  Hopefully I can find it and post it.

Climbing on Rocks is always a must

The cabin got a new couch which is awesome!  If I had a picture of the old one you would understand how nice this one is.  The kids were all playing Fruit Ninja on their various i-pod, phone, etc.

Bryson is such a fun baby, I love his kisses

And finally our tradidional picture of everyone in front of the Cabin.

Summer Fun in CALI part 1

After our 6:30 AM 5hour flight to CALI the kids went directly to the pool.  They have been living in Grammy and Grandpa's pool ever since we arrived!

You'll have to click the photo to enlarge it in order to see that Jacob's floaties don't match.  That's because Grammy bought him Sail Boat floaties and then he found 1 random Spider Man Floatie in the pool toy box so Off Went the Sail Boat floatie in favor of Spider Man

 Bryson's Big Cousin "C" turned 1 and we had a pool party for him.  He is so so cute and super fun.  He thought Bryson was pretty cool too. 

Oh My sweet Jacob

Oh Jacob, my little sweet baby boy, what has happened to you?  It seems like only yesterday you were wanting to kiss and hug everything and everyone in site and now you can't get enough of wrestling and boxing and karate and you name it.  It's great when you're with Daddy and are playing but when Daddy isn't around anyone is considered an opponent.  I am really tired of hearing, MOM!  Jacob hit me!  So I saw this at the store and thought "perfect" you can take your obsessive need to hit out on a punching bag.  I remember my brother having one of these and thought,"Hmm, maybe this is something you are supposed to buy for boys so they don't beat up everything in site!  Look how happy you are :) and it worked.  I was free from having to hear the complaining from your oh so innocent sister and peace was restored.  That was until you beat the thing to death and after a few patches and repairs we had to say goodbye. 

Bryson 3 and 4 Months Old

 Bryson at 3 Months.  He is such a sweet baby and really ready to do more with his body.  He almost always has his hands in fists.

Bryson at 4 Months.  He is really Smiling a lot and talking so much.  He can roll over, scoot, and sit up for a few seconds on his own.  He is such a fun baby! He has 2 teeth already and growing way too fast. 

15.5 lbs and 26 inches long.

A visit from the Magic Fairy aka: Brooke

Brooke spent the week with us and all our Mayhem.  It was so fun to have her here and the kids loved it!  Even though Jacob kept asking her where her "friends" were, aka: her kids.  And he kept callling her Aunt Jaime and the nice mommy.

 Auntie Brooke pampered this little guy, and he loved it.



(cant get this one to go the right way, sorry)
She helped me a ton with decorating my house.  I have a lot of ideas and tons of things I like so it's hard for me to make a decision.  Brooke helped me narrow it down and I actually have things hanging on my walls.  (it's only been 9 months since we moved in), I even have curtain fabric (gasp.)



 We layed out the frames and accessories on the floor until we had it just right.  It took a while as you can imagine.

 I love the yellow and blue keys we found at non other than Hobby Lobby.  They match the curtain fabric beutifully.

Now keep in mind that the picture of the birds is not staying that way.  I have a date with a spray paint can and possibly my silhouette.  Stay tuned for more on that.  I could not have done any of this without Brooke!  I even have a color scheme for my "Bow Room".  More to come on the progress in that room as well.

We spent hours (as you can imagine) shopping for fabric, frames, accessories and then hanging everything.  With a 2 month old and 3 year old in tow. Andy came home and I asked him "so what do you think?"

Andy: "what the *** is that?"

Me: "what are you talking about, you don't like it?"

Andy: "the pictures ard fine but what is that ugly spoon doing hanging on the wall?"

Me: "you mean the cute yellow key that matches the decor perfectly!"

Andy: "it's a key?"

Me: "yes, do you like the blue one?"

Andy: "There's another one!" "They looks like a spoons, why are they on the wall?"

Me: "for decoration"

Andy: "Why?"

Me: "for decoration"

Andy: "Why do we need decoration?" "Did you pay money for that?"

Me: "I give up."

Here is the inspiration board for the Family Room.

Happy Easter

Our Easter Weekend started with an Easter Egg Hunt at the Township Community Park. The kids had a good time but Jacob especially LOVED the Easter Bunny. He kept hugging and hugging and hugging her. He really could have cared less about anything else.
Since the kids were dressed up I took advantage and snapped a photo. Easter Sunday is always so busy to take one before church and if I wait until after usually someone is half undressed before we even get into the house, so this was the perfect time. Abby 7, Jacob 3, Bryson 2 1/2 Months.
Abby sure loves and takes good care of her little brother, she's so sweet to him.

Jacob is my little goofball. He's at such a fun age and so sweet (most of the time.)

The kids ofcourse searched for their Easter Baskets full of goodies before church but after church we went out and found all the eggs that silly bunny left outside the house.

Bryson really loves being held this way, I know it's weird but he LOVES IT
Abby made special Easter artwork for each member of the family. Notice that the letter J has wheels because Jacob loves cars. She is always creating something anytime she has a free moment. Oh, and we did Dye Raw Eggs for Easter since no one in the family likes hard boiled eggs I figured why waste them. Sorry, I didn't take any pictures of the experience. It takes all my hands when dealing with 3 munchkins.

2 Months Old

I can't believe my little man is already 2 months old. I took him to the Dr and he is weighing in at 12 lb 7 oz and 23 1/2 inches long. He's in the 75% for weight and height and in the 25% for his head size. His brother Jacob is in the 90% for his head size, my 2 boys are so different in so many ways.

Bryson has started smiling and cooing which simply makes my day(s) the best ever. He's also been sleeping through the night which puts a smile on my face for sure.