Kennedy turned 3 today!!

Today was full of little surprises that brought tears to my eyes, some good, some sad, and some funny!

The birthday fairy brought Kennedy his birthday balloons which he was very excited about. We quickly rushed out and headed to VBS!An hour or so in, ke was complaining that his "ant bites hurt"(that is just what he calls it) his leg and so I called the ped because it was not getting any better.Then a little later during VBS the teacher came and got me and said that there was something wrong with his ear. I looked and the poor guy had orange goo flowing out of his ear. YUCK!Turns out he has a "NASTY" ear infection that the tubes could not drain so it flowed out of his head. GROSS! He actually has an ear infection also in the other ear. As if that was not enough his leg was infected also!!!

Tonight I asked Gabi to please clean her room. It is always covered in clothes for dressing up. I i told her to put all the dress up clothes in the pink bucket and all her regular clothes on the dresser. Then I told her that I would be so happy if she cleaned up her room. I figured that she would just pick up two things and call it quits. I left her there and headed back to the kitchen to do my cleaning. About 9-10 minutes later said and walked out. Gabi comes bouncing into the kitchen and said, " I cleaned my room. you have to come look." Hank and I walked down the hallway(thinking I was going to have to explain it allover again). Our eyes just about fell onto the sparkling clean floor! Yep, Gabi had cleaned everything EVERYTHING !! There was not a thing on the flooor!!! We were shocked! You would have thought that I had cleaned her room and vacuumed. Everything seemed to be in the proper place and believe itor not, they were! She did not just throw everything on her bed or mush it into an ugly pile. Tears of joy! I am still so proud of her!!!
Kennedy was so happy by the end of the day because he got a birthday card of Spiderman and it says, "Happy birthday Superhero!" His reaction to that card was awesome!! He also got a Cars card and it makes racing sounds, which he LOved! Ge fell asleep holding his cards.

Adorable end to a rough day!

Yes, I KNOW!!

Hi everyone! Yes, I know that the pictures ARE NOT working! :-( I spent over an hour putting up these pictures and I just have a chance to re-upload all of them! I will get to it as soon as you can!
Love you all!

JANIUARY FAVS

Tea party at Cheers

Some pooltime photos

kids as slides and Bridges

Strange title...yes, I know....who ever thought I would be writing these...

So Hank was hanging out with the kids and they were being so creative he finally had to intervene just as a safety measure...

Gabi was using her brother as a human slide...and vice versa

 to explain, Gabi wold position herself with her head barely on the sofa angled with her feet on the floor so that her body created a slide. So kennedy would sit on head(thats right, folks, sit ON HER HEAD) as a starting point and then proceed to slide down her neck, back and legs until he reached the floor. Then she would repeat this using Kennedy as the slide. Awwww... they were so sweetly taking turns and luckily not breaking eachother's neck!

I will upload a picture of the next one soon..its quite funny.

Now for kids as bridges....Hank received a santa on  a motorcycle at the holidays..the kids found it in the garage tonight and just had to play with it...so Gabi made a bridge with her body for Kennedy so that he could drive the motorcycle up and over "the bridge". And again, they took turns! I am so proud ...:-)

gabi words of the day!

this evening I was rcoking Gabi to sleep and she says," Mommy you forgot to take of your spikey's.. and now I am hurting under here." and first I thought.."What?" but then I realized that the spikey's are the hairs on my legs because I have not shaved them in a few days.


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Busy times

So the last few weeks have been very busy! We finally moved into our new house!! YAY!!! We are thrilled to have room to spread out and for all kids to have a safe and spacious place to play. I will post some pictures later.

Hank and I have a new neice, Jaden Addison, and she was almost born on Hank's brithday! We are very excited for her arrival and that her parents are getting to experience the unbelieveable bundle of love and sleepiness that a baby brings!

As for the kiddos, Gabi & Kennedy have been super companions. Riding bikes together on our new porch and playing dress up. Gabi is still intrigued by Bugs and has been spending too much time letting beetles, rollypolies, and other small bugs crawl on her. Kennedy has been talking up a storm, which for those of you who know him well is a huge step. He enjoys pretending to be super heroes and has recently impressed us by running circles in the new house at more than a snails pace! Gabi loves to be the Mother Hen and tell him things and then say, "Yes Ma'am?" to which he replies in his little man voice, "yes, Ma'am." And yes, he responds to her much more quickly than he does to me! They have both been so kind to Piper & Phoebe and enjoy sitting with the twins, making faces at them, and bringing them toys. Gabi gently rubs their heads and gives them a kiss on the head. It melts my heart that she wants to show them love on a regular basis!

Piper & Phoebe had their nine month check up and are now 14lbs, 6 oz and 14lbs, 4oz. They have fallen off the charts by the official standards but seem to be thriving and we are thrilled with their gain since that mere 4 lbs at birth! They are both sitting very well on their own and play with toys and are feeding themselves finger food now. they look incredibly tiny sitting in their booster seats! We don't see and crawling or walking signs happening yet, but I am happy to have them wait! the longer they sit, the more time I have to prepare the new house for exploring toddlers!

Aunt Patti came to visit us from Texas this week which has been a huge highlight for the kids! Boy, does Gabi love her Aunt Patti!

Hank is doing great! Busy blogging, writing and keeping up with many changes at work. And I have been doing a bit more singing these days. He and I are so happy to be settling in and spending quality time with eachother and friends.

I will be posting photos soon and even a few more funny stories. For now at 3:51 am I am off to get some shut eye! Much love to you all!

First Pets

Grandma CIndi got the kids Ant Mazes and Bug Catcher necklaces. Yes, we really spent 2 hours collecting Ants and Flies. The first pets are flies.. Kennedy's fly is named Cogo and Gabi's fly is named JoJo.

Gabi & Kennedy Dance like Superstars!!

What will we hear next!

On A daily basis, Gabi & Kennedy both have us cracking up about something! Sometimes we truly have to contain our laughter until later when it would be more appropriate as a parent to laugh.
In the movie Mulan II, there is a popstar who covers the theme song at the very end and sings the phrase, "NO Platform Shoes"...but Kennedy sings " No Panty Shoes"! I kid you not, he really does say that EVERYTIME!!

Gabi likes to tell us what we can or can not do. And how well we are doing it. For example, HAnk was peeling eggs and the kids were "helping". Gabi walks around the corner to where I am pumping and says, "Mommy, Daddy is NOT doing the bang bang before he rolls the egg. " TO which I explain to her that Daddy is bigger and can do it another way if he wants. In all honestly, my "bang bang, then roll "technique did work better. :-)

REcently, Hank and I walked out of our bedroom to find Gabi Telling Kennedy something about his penis...What?..that's right, he had been in the bath and we had not yet put his diaper back on. SHe looked up and saw us and said, MOmmy, Kennedy is pulling his penis in and back out. We then informed him that he needed to leave his penis ALONE! Hank preceeded to grab a pull-up and lay Kennedy down. DArn it if he wasn't "pitching a tent"~ Ughhh!!! And he is only 2!

Tonight, Gabi with her eyes almost tearing up, said to me.."Mommy, I think I am a little nervous without my white kitty in my bedroom." She then proceeded to go find her white kitty. So totally understood what nervous meant!!! I am still shocked!

She also informed me that she will ask a Mommy if she can hold Baby J if she cries. And that if you hold Baby J by yourself without asking for help then you have to go to time out. Hopefully, Aunt Christy she will follow her own advice!! :- )

more to come....

Our First Pillow Fight!

My Favorite Pictures from this weekend!

Aunt Christy Showed Gabi how to make a heart on her belly!
Kennedy in his KNight's costume....he is so tiny he looks like Yard art!
The back of Mom & Rob's house....SO SPECIAL...This is where Hank and I were married!
Daddy & Gabi's feet....so sweet!
My new favorite Picture ...Gabi looking out over the water at Grandma & Poppy's ...wonder what she was thinking......"I love you, Gabi" is what I am thinking!

Gabi being sweet for her Daddy

These pictures were all taken at Grandma Judy & Poppy's house by Hank with our new Camera. Great Job Hanky!

Let's stick out our tongues!

Phoebe
Piper
Phoebe
Piper actually likes to twist her tongue..goofy girl!