To Jupiter and Back

Writer's Block

2009-08-18T22:48:00.004-05:00

Wowzers...its been quite a while! SO much has happened since my last blog. My 7 year old is now 8, and our summer break has come to a closer. So I am now a Mom to a big 2nd Grader. I can't believe it. Where does the time go? Here are some pics of Ady's first day. She did great, she is an old pro and it really showed.

Adyson sitting at her desk waiting to learn :)

Adyson & her teacher , who she absolutely loves!

Kaylee , Ady & Brandon, what a great group of kiddos in that class! I am so pleased with all the parents in there. We are gonna have some great parties! I am so proud of my big girl, she is maturing and surprises me daily with how sweet and sincere she can be. She loves her baby brother more and more everyday. She also still has Brandon as a boyfriend, going on a year now, can you believe it? They actually talk too! Its not like the boyfriend /girlfriend I remember in school where we never talked to each other. They talk alot, hang out on recess, and since I am friends with his Mommy we get to do alot of out of school activities together. Works out nice, Kim and I have decided if they break up it will be harder on us, I'm sure there will be tears coming from our eyes :( But for now we will enjoy this young love :)

Check back tomorrow, I have tons of stories to catch up on and will be updating daily. Cross my heart, pinkie swear... So come back here tomorrow for more fun!

Lil' Explorer

2009-07-26T01:03:00.001-05:00

Kanon is becomming such a little toddler here lately. He is into absolutely everything and wants to do any and everything his big sisters are doing. He loves flashlights so I let him take one with him to lay down with him for his nap. I went in to check on him a bit later and this is how I found my little guy.

Pure Bliss

2009-07-21T00:21:00.003-05:00

Gotta watch these 3, they will run ya over in a heartbeat! Oh how I love to watch them ride, however Kanon's ride obviously requires a little pushing on the other end. Most of the time his big sis Ady will push him around the house a few times until she tires out. Ava loves her ride-which is really meant for Ady. It is a Polaris and goes 7 mph, its quite a site to see her manuver this thing around. She has came so close to smacking into my tahoe, it would def. put a good dent in the car and her head. Ady is having a hard time fitting on the little 4 wheeler these days, but still thinks its tons of fun to go splashing through the mud on. These little rides have entertained us all summer long and hopefully will last many more!

What can be more fun than a waterhose and a trampoline? Oh and wrestling your cousin... Makes for a great time. I have some awesome pics of these guys having a blast. The best part was when Adyson had Luke down and had a worm in her hand, I saw luke shielding his mouth from the slimey guy. Luke managed to knock Ady off him and squirt her down...they have such a blast together!

Best part of a hot day is spraying yourself off with a cold water hose :)

We have definately got our moneys worth with our trampoline. We have had ours since Adyson was about 2. We lost our cage around it during the ice storm but it seems to have become more popular without it. I am just waiting for the day that we have to take one of them to the ER for a cast.

A few days ago Kanon had his first jump lesson and was successful!!! As you can tell by the grin on his face he is a new fan of the trampoline!!! If only his sisters would let him have some alone time to practice up on his flips :)

Hope you guys are enjoying the cooler weather, we sure are! It was nice to pull out a chair and my favorite magazines and catch up on all the celeb gossip while my kids played outside all day and night. I love days like that, gave me a bit of fall itis. I am starting to crave those fall days!!! I am sad that my blog has been a week apart, I will try hard to not let that happen again. Hope everyone has a Happy TUESDAY tomorrow!!!

Summer Weekends Fly!

2009-07-13T02:12:00.003-05:00

Its amazing how fast the weekends go by during the summer. This weekend Luke & Lawson stayed with us and we had a great time! I love getting all the kiddos together and watch them play. They always seem to have such a great time together. I wanted to post some more favorite beach shots, I am slowly getting them edited but here ya go, some more favs from our trip to Orange Beach!

Beach Babe Ady

2009-07-10T23:49:00.002-05:00

Adyson had such a blast at Orange Beach this year. Was the first time her eyes saw the Ocean and a beach. She was very brave at getting out there with the waves, even though her paranoid mother and grandma kept calling her back in haha. Adyson is becomming such a good swimmer and I am so proud of her. I can't believe my baby will be going into the 2nd grade this year, seems like yesterday we were playing outside in her baby pool and she would talk up a storm, such a smart girl from day 1. She makes me so proud and I know she will continue to do so through the years. She is beautiful on the inside and out. I love you Ady Grace!!!!

She always loves to be in front of the camera, always wanting to "strike a pose"

Didn't have time to warn her about this wave so instead I took a pic of it, and what a cool picture it turned out to be. No harm done except a great memory from our summer on the sand. Tomorrow morning Cory is bringing Luke and Lawson over for me to keep all day and the boys will be spending the night with us. The girls are super excited for a sleepover with their cousins. They have had such a fun summer together already, can't wait for even more memories together. I will make sure to take some pics and post them of our Bunkin party. Going to bed so I can get rested up for the gang!!! Night Night

Wordless Wednesday

2009-07-08T19:00:00.002-05:00

The Apple of My Eye

2009-07-03T21:50:00.003-05:00

That he is, he makes me happy when skies are grey.

More beach pics to come soon, I took close to 2,000 so I am editing every chance I have, which is not too often since we are all still trying to get rested up from our vacation. Hope everyone has a Fun and Safe 4th of July weekend!

My Night Owl

2009-06-23T00:19:00.002-05:00

Ava has always been a late nighter, but since the summer has begun it was only gotten worse.
She has slept with me ALWAYS, since she was a baby, and I dont want that to change ever, maybe when she gets married one day but not any sooner than that! I love her snuggled up next to me, she is the best bed partner ever!!! We lay in bed at night and she will be like "mommy I love your eyes, they are so pretty" or she will say "I love your hair" And my poor hair will be all over the place. She is always complimenting me , even when I look like PURE CRAPOLA. She is my sweetheart and my mommas girl.

It is now 24 minutes past Midnight and where is Ava? In bed one might thinik? No she is sitting on my bed watching WOW WOW WUZBY. I have tried turning tv off , no luck she will lay in the dark until I come get in bed which is about 1. I have tried music, which doesnt work. The child does not take a nap during the day either so you figure by this time she would be dragging. It just blows my mind. Any suggestions on how to get her to fall asleep before 1 or 2 in the morning? I mean yes its nice to have her sleep in til 11:00 but I like for night time to be my peaceful quiet time. Please refrain from saying "put her in her own bed" because I don't want that , I love her in my bed and she will be here as long as she likes. Anyway, I am about to get ready to crawl in bed next to the owl and cuddle with her and get my nighy night smootch. How precious can a 3 year old be?

Goodnight All

Not Me! Monday

2009-06-22T17:17:00.002-05:00

Before Ady's Dr. Appointment today, I did not leave a bit early so Ady and I could feast on the new Marble Slab Ice Cream.

We Also DID NOT have chocolate sprinkles added to our vanilla, why would I do that when I am trying to lose weight ?

I also did not leave Ady in the car real quick -doors locked might I had, for a few minutes while I ran into Walgreens, what kind of crazy mother would do that? Not me, no way!

I have not been counting down the hours, minutes, seconds for Jon and Kate Plus 8, why would I be that engrossed in someone else's life? No way thats not me!

I did not scream and shout for joy when I found out the games were cancelled tonight, why would I not want to be out in the 100 degree heat?

Swimming is great for...

2009-06-18T23:22:00.007-05:00

Takin it Easy!

Exploring

Looking Beautiful

Floating

And the best part of all...Soaking your Papa!

Sam A. Baker

2009-06-17T22:56:00.002-05:00

Sam A. Baker is such an amazing place, minus the camping in a tent part, thats just really not too easy when you have a 15 month old coming along for the trip. If Ady and Ava were the only kids there it would have worked out great. We did stay til late and roasted marshmellos on the campfire and did all that campy stuff. The best part of the whole trip was defin. the kids playing in the river. I had so much fun taking their pics. Kanon was amazed how he could sit in the rocks and play with the water, he could have sat there all day, and I could have sat there all day watching him. It was a wonderful day with my kiddos. One of those days that makes me realize how blessed I am. I am so in love with my kids and each one of their personalities, they are so much fun and I can't wait to experience all the fun things in life that are to come! Enjoy our pictures, there are several more I will add in another post, didn't wanna overwhelm ya b/c I was really snaphappy that day.

Been slacking on my blogging this week, boy has it been hot. Seems like it either is storming and having severe weather or its 95 degrees, something in between would be so great! My brother and his family are at Panama City Beach this week, we are having a sad week without Luke. He keeps me constantly laughing and is so much fun to hang out with. We can't wait til their return and to see his Florida tan :)

Mr. Blue Eyes

2009-06-14T23:49:00.001-05:00

I have so many pics to post from our trip to Sam A Baker, but I am so exhausted so wanted to leave you with one tonight. Its of my Mr. Blue Eyes Kanon. He sure did love the water, which was shocking to me, I figured he would be like his sisters at that age but I am so happy he proved me wrong. Here he is, the love of my life!!!

Hi Ho Hi Ho

2009-06-13T12:47:00.003-05:00

Its off to the woods we go......

Headed off to Sam A Baker, wish me luck. not sure how a sleeping bag and 3 kids are gonna work out, but its worth a shot!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-06-11T00:20:00.001-05:00

3 Amigos

2009-06-09T23:53:00.004-05:00

After all the:

tantrums

diapers

slobber

hair pulling

biting

pushing

shoving

toy stealing

boyfriend stealing haha

name calling

slamming doors

no brothers allowed

no sisters allowed

cooties

slobbery kisses

superman capes

bugs

Tag

sword fights

dolls

chasing

sleeping bags and flashlights

screaming

noogies

Baseball Games

boogies

talking on the phone

boys boys boys

girls girls girls

and many other things that will come throughout the years with you 3. I hope and pray that you 3 Amigos will be the very best of friends forever.

Laughter

2009-06-09T01:29:00.001-05:00

"If every word I said could make you laugh, I'd talk forever..."

Summer Nights

2009-06-07T20:57:00.005-05:00

Its been a few days since I have blogged, we have been busy playing outside. We spend the majority of our summer days/evenings outside doing lots of activites. One night my friend Tara came over and brought her 2 kidds Reese and Jagger. She looked through tons of my yardsale stuff and all the kids played. Ady, Ava, Reese and Jagger were later joined by Peyton, Parker and Carson. They played with sidewalk chalk, bubbles, riding trikes, bikes, and Ady's new ranger which was a huge hit! Ady thought she was big stuff buckeling in all her passengers and taking them for 3 spins around the house! Later on Reese and Jagger came in with the girls for a while and played and played and played some more. Jagger and Ady play so well together, she can't wait until they come back for another play night!

This weekend we had a sleepover. My mom came to my house after work and joined all my kids plus Luke & Lawson. They had so much fun that day!!! They swam, played on the swingset, jumped on the trampoline, ate Mickey D's and even got a snowcone! I think we are keeping the snowcone stand in business this summer, but its so hard to resist...its just that good!!! To top our evening off I took Luke, Ady and Ava to see the movie "UP", which might I add , was FABULOUS! A great movie for kids and adults. It had me laughing one minute and fighting tears back the next.

Summer has been a blast so far and like I have said before...it has just started! We are loving our days with Luke so much, that has been such a blessing! Him and Ady are having so much fun together and I am trying to keep their summer filled with activities, if you have any fun ideas please feel free to leave them on my comments. Kanon was asleep during the whole event-poor guy. He has been having a hard time with teething, the whole weekend him and Ava have been so snotty and coughing their little heads off. There is nothing worse than having a cold in the summer, its just not right! I will leave you guys with some pics of our Summer Night
Reese giving Ady some love

Tara getting her some bargains haha

Ady and her buddy Jagger

How cute is she?

Ady taking Jagger for a ride

Jagger riding the trike

Ava and Reese

Adyson's new ride

2009-06-03T17:01:00.001-05:00

Not Me Monday

2009-06-01T22:43:00.004-05:00

* I did not make a "bribe box" for my nephew and 2 girls, it is not filled with tons of their favorite toys, and I would never reward them with those toys only if they helped me pick up misses and even sweep at times, that would be child labor right? Not me, no way Jose.

* I did not have thoughts of spanking my son after not once, but two times of taking his clothes off and pooping in his bed, the first time he had mashed it all around, and peed making it into a slop. The second time it was like a hamburger patty and he threw it out onto the floor. I would never think anything bad of my sweet little Kanon, no way, he is way too precious for a spanking, or a time out.

* I did not take the kids multiple times to the snow cone stand just because really Mama wanted one. It was all the kids ideas, I can control myself from sweets, especially light, crunchy grape and strawberry snow cones, yum.

* I did not do any late night shopping this week with my credit card, No way would I have got on Gymboree and baby gap and filled my online cart full of goodies for my kids. I already know they have way too many clothes and would never buy all that stuff just so they can basically sit in the closet with all the rest of their thousands of clothes, I have way too much self control to be a shopaholic.

* I also did not buy my daughter *Ady* a new riding toy months before her birthday. Im the type of mom that waits to give gifts on their birthday not months before, even though it would be so much fun to see her ride this new 24 volt ATV the whole summer long, I would never break down and get it early, Not me, maybe some of you would but no way not me.

Gotta love days like today...

2009-05-31T22:25:00.005-05:00

I have had such an amazing weekend with my 3 kids. Had alot of time to sit in my lawn chair , watching them play together, chasing my boy, rocking him, kissing him. Summer has finally made it here and I am loving every second of it. Tonight we stayed out til dark, watched the kids swim, played with Kanon in the sand and slide, pushed Ava in the swing. After all the fun I took them in and threw their booties in the tub. Kanman had sand caked to his scalp, Ava had grass in her buttcrack hahah, poor Ady was stuck in the tub with these 2 little crazies! Here are some pics from tonight.

Sleepy

2009-05-28T22:49:00.002-05:00

What a day it has been. Today I had Peyton, Luke , Ady, Ava, and Kanon. They were all angels however those little dudes wore me out so now I am headed to bed. We drove to Dexter tonight to watch Luke play ball, he was great, got an awesome hit, we are proud of him!!! I am loving getting to keep Luke, he makes me laugh and smile and we are forming an even closer bond than we had, same goes for Ady & Luke, they have yet to argue, they are best friends and they have something so special. Anyway I have a blog Im gonna write about in the morning so stay tuned .

He is gorgeous right? How lucky am I to be his Aunt. So So blessed!

That's Just Crap!

2009-05-28T08:39:00.003-05:00

Woke up at 7:30 am to the smell of feces. Usually the smell is smothered with a diaper, however this time it was all over little man's crib. Kanon sleeps in a crib- a smaller one- like the ones you get in hotel rooms. I like to have him near me at night but not in bed with me because we are already over crowded anyway. Kanon apparently had woke up, taken his diaper off, pooped, smeared his poop everywhere, stomped on his poop, painted with his poop, decorated his crib with the poop, even had poop on the plastic matress. After gagging for 20 minutes I scooped him up and put him in the bathtub, while bits of poop floated around in the water *gag* He kept trying to grab them and I was so close to puking all over myself. After getting him clean and all the poop bits down the drain, I slapped on another diaper and put his little booty in his other crib and began scrubbing the crap crib. So far my day is crappy, I sure hope this is no idicitation of things to come. I will be taking 5 kids today to the waterpark , and meeting my friend Kim there with her too kids for a day of fun in the sun! Wish me luck and lets hope to a crap-free day!

Jon & Kate plus 8

2009-05-26T23:29:00.005-05:00

I have been wanting to blog about this subject for a while, but was waiting to see the season premiere. My thoughts on this? ....well first and foremost it doesn't really matter because its none of my business. However I felt I needed to blog because I have been a fan from day 1. Seriously since the 1st episode, not just recently jumping on the bandwagon, I have been on the ride for a long time. I love the kiddos, they are so adorable and such good little kids. I can't imagine if I had cameras on my kids, you guys would probably be thinking we needed to be on SUPERNANNY. 8 little kids in a house should be pure chaos, but it never really is , always fairly quiet. I really hope they stay together, they have done so much as a team for so long. Every vacation, trip, even little outings they are always together. I think it would hurt the kids so much not having them together. I just hope the media calms down and stays out of their business, its gonna do nothing but hurt those poor little kids. So sad that when they go into a store or supermarket they are gonna be bombarded with magazines of their parents on the front page with big headlines calling them CHEATERS. They need to think about the kids, the ones who are going to suffer from their magazines and pictures. Anyway the premiere was great as usual, was sad to not see them on the same couch the whole interview but I am still happy they were at the party together. I can't believe the sextuplets are another year older, they keep getting cuter and cuter!

Onto happier and smellier things. About a month ago it was mentioned on someone's blog about Goat Milk Soap. I thought I would give it a try, I am a sucker for things that smell good. When I got to the website there were all these comments from customers, and that's what sold me! People had wrote how soft it made your skin, how you can shave with it, it feels like you have been using lotion on your skin, and the smell is very yum. I ordered right away. My favorite is Ocean which I will post a picture below. I have also ordered, Milk, Honey and Oatmeal -thats a great one too, and Fiji Island is good, haven't ordered anything that's not good but definitely would recommend OCEAN, I just got done washing my face with that and my face is softer than Kanon's butt, and that is really soft! Adyson, who has always been big on the tube of body soap has made the switch. She loves her goat milk soap and I catch her in there washing her face so many times a day hahaha. Please check out the site http://www.goatmilkstuff.com/ I received the soap very quickly after ordering, it is packaged very neatly and I will never switch back to regular soap again!!!! Hope you try it out!

Last but certinately not least is a pic of Ady & Luke playing in the water on Sunday. What a pair they are, there is so much love between these cousins. They are the best of friends, it has been a joy watching these 2 grow up together.

T'was the night before summer vacation

2009-05-21T23:13:00.004-05:00

I am so excited that tomorrow is the last day of school.....Schoool's out for summer!!! Yahhh. Adyson can't wait, gonna be such a great one I can feel it! Here are some things I love about summer.

* Staying up late and sleeping in

* playing outside til dark (our subdivison is full of kids)

* playing baseball and tball

* the sound of crickets

* catching lightening bugs with my kids

* bbq's and visiting with friends

* picnics at the park

* Bluff Falls

* camping at Sam A. Baker -can you believe it? I do sleep in a tent and its so much fun!

* taking pictures of my kids playing in the river

* bike riding

* watching the kids in their little pools

* sweet tea

* Great Movies at the Theater

* Overnight trips to St. Louis

* Six Flags & City Museum trips

* Ice cream truck -even if they are 3.00 -who cares...its summer!

* Going to the Lake

* Visiting my family

* Library visits

* Late nights at Mcdonald's playland

* Snow Cone Stand yum

The list could go on and on. I am so excited!! Bring on the summer!

Please leave a comment, I am getting discouraged at the lack of comments, however I know I have alot of people visiting due to my stat counter. So I know you guys read , please don't be rude and leave a note. Even if its a "great blog" or "crappy blog" Anything would make me happy. I just need comments. Anyway I will leave you with a pic of my middle child swinging at Ady's play day at school yesterday. I love this pic, my friend Kim took it and I want to order a big one of this! Enjoy

Farm Town

2009-05-20T00:20:00.002-05:00

Hi this is Kanon and my mommy can't blog tonight b/c she is playing farm town. Sad huh? She started this game a few days ago and she is glued to her computer chair. She does hop up from time to time to change my diaper luckily. What is farm town? Why is my Mommy stuck to her chair? Hopefully this trend will end soon so Mommy can get some sleep, she looks very tired . night night blog fans!

Not Me Monday!

2009-05-18T14:01:00.003-05:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

* Yesterday we spent the day at my parents house, Ava did not hop in the "little gator" with her cousin Lawson to take a spin. They also did not have a head on collision into a block of concrete. If that would have happened all of us grown up's standing around would have noticed right? That would have never happened....esp in our care.

* We are now the owner of a turtle named Tucker, and I would never paint his back in all different girly colors in shapes of squares right? That would be so mean and I would probably get turned in for doing so. However no way in the world would I take a picture to document such a horrid thing and then to post it on facebook? Not me, no way!!!!!!!

* I didn't go out and buy some new ammo for bribing my kids to clean and be nice to each other. However I hear there are these Kid coupons that reward them for doing things ex: cleaning, being nice to their siblings, doing what their parents ask of them. That would be such a major form of bribery, and I would never do such a thing, not in this house !

* Last night Adyson had a tooth hanging by a thread, she did not want me to pull it whatsoever, I would never be the type of parent to tell her that if she let me pull it , I would take her out for lunch this week instead of leaving her at school during noon, and I also wouldn't bribe her with a movie for the weekend. That's just not my style.

* You know those coupons mentioned above, well I would never offer my oldest daughter 2 of those coupons for cleaning my car out after school today, that would be child labor right? Not me, no way!

And I think to myself....What a Wonderful World!

2009-05-17T21:50:00.006-05:00

What a great and beautiful weekend we had! My mom spent the night with us Friday night which is always tons of fun, gives me a chance to get some of my running done while she stays here with Kanon and Ava...Adyson almost always goes with me. Saturday we did a whole lotta nothing. Saturday night was a quiet one for me without my Ava, she stayed the night with my Mom and Dad and boy was I lost without her. I never thought I would say this but I missed her bossing me around and telling me to go get her something to drink, and her asking over and over and I will put on another Little Bear show. When it was bedtime I missed her cuddled up to me telling me "you have beautiful blue eyes Mommy". She can be the sweetest!

Today we had so much fun at my parents house in Bernie. My Brother, Sister n law and their 3 kids joined us for the afternoon. Was such a nice cool day sitting back and watching the kids play. I love days like that! Here is a pic from our visit

Eating in Nana and Papa's Patio

Luke and Ady connected at the hip!

After our afternoon there, Ady, Ava, Kanon, Luke and myself headed back to Poplar Bluff. We went to my friend Kim's house, and Adyson's friend Brandon's. We just hung out and watched the kids play. They got to jump, swing, slide, play ball and even ride the 4wheeler. It was such a great time, I look forward to hanging out with them this summer, they are such great friends! I thank God he has brought them into our lives! Here are some pictures from Kim's house.

I hope all weekends this summer can be as great as this one!

Summer is near!

2009-05-17T00:19:00.001-05:00

Adyson has 4 1/2 days of school left this week and I couldnt be more excited. I love sleeping in with all my kiddos, waking up about 9, then deciding what we are gonna do for the day. We have a big summer planned. We are going to the beach, finishing up ball games. Gonna hang with Kim and Brandon tons, and Brandy and Sebastian on her days off. I am going to be babysitting my nephew Luke 2-3 times a week, which I am the most excited about. Adyson screamed when she found out. They truly have a bond that is like no other. I feel this summer is going to be action packed and full of great memories!!!

Please tell me what you will be doing this summer?

The Beginning & End of Life

2009-05-15T21:34:00.002-05:00

This picture of my nephew Lawson (3) and my Great Grandmother (93) gives me chills. This really is the Beginning and End of Life! I took this picture on Mother's Day this year. Bambi has always been our rock, hopefully we will have several more years with her, but no matter how much longer she lives, the love and memories she has given us will last a life time!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-05-13T13:34:00.006-05:00

Create Your Own

Create Your Own

Lil' Lawson

2009-05-12T23:12:00.008-05:00

Tonight me and my friend Brandy got on the subject of how everyone always talks about who your kids look like. Have you ever noticed as soon as you have a baby that is always one of the first conversations. "he or she looks like aunt patty, or uncle bob" . It always seems that the fathers side thinks the child looks like the father or family members on that side, and the mother's family thinks the baby looks like her side. HOWEVER there is one little boy of mine named Kanon who looks just like his cousin Lawson. There is no doubt about it, their baby pics are amazing. I don't care how many times people think he looks like Uncle Frank, Aunt Joanne, Grandpa Billy Bob, they are all wrong. He looks like a Blocker, and anyone who says anything different is in denial. Check out the proof:

This one looks so much like Kanon's baby pictures its scary. Kanon had a little more hair but other than that its identical. I had showed Ady this picture a while back and she thought it was Kanon and was shocked when I told her otherwise.

Here is Lawson in the tub when he was a baby, looks just like Kanman.

I took this one on Mother's Day. We were all joking around and said these were the Triplets. Everyone always comments how much Kanon even resembles Cory. Whenenver we go see him for a Dr visit everyone in the office thinks he is a Cory look a like. They all have the Blocker forhead going, same noses, smile, eyes, even hair color. Lawson and Kanon have the same exact body build when they were babies, and even dance alike...it is quite amusing but there is no other baby I would rather him look like. I am proud of my handsome little nephew, I guess it runs in the family!

Ok...I feel better now..had to get that out of my system. That has been a pet peeve of mine since I have had kids. I had once heard on a tv show, if you want to know who your baby looks like ask the cashier at Walmart, isnt that the truth! Adyson definately looks like the Kingree's... Ava looks more like a mixture between her Mommy & Daddy and like I said Kanon is 100% my side, whenever I hear anything other I just laugh to myself. So the moral of the story is, if you feel the need to tell me my son looks like anyone else, please don't because its so silly and drives me insane. Ok to end the night I got some new pics of my little man. I was so proud of these pics , here they are, and THANKS Brandy for my new Layout, you rock chick.

Awww This one is my all-time Fav..I picture this one HUGE on canvas!

A breakdown in the park, a guy can only handle so many pictures.

Kanon kept running away from me and at this point I was saying "Kanon come back here" and this was his reaction haha.

The end :)

I have the greatest!!!!

2009-05-10T09:04:00.003-05:00

Mother that is.... No for real, she belongs to me! I know I know ..everyone says their Mother is the greatest in all the land, however I really belong to the greatest. She lives in the state of Missouri and is the grandmother to 6 beautiful kiddos. She is the hardest worker I have ever met and has the kindest heart ever. My mom is my best friend in the whole wide world, and that will never change!!!! She has always stuck by my side, made sure I had the best of everything, spoiled me completely rotten in my younger years, and would break her back to help me do anything I asked. I feel so blessed to have her in my life, to be able to spend time with her and share my children with her. We have so much fun together and I look forward to every moment we get to spend together. We love you so much Nana!!!!

How can I end this post without mentioning my 3 blessings from God. Adyson , Ava & Kanon...you have brought so much joy and happiness to my life and I look forward to all the fun times we will get to have in the future. I can't imagine my life without you guys....I mean really...what did I do before you 3 were here? I can't imagine not waking up to Kanon staring at me, well more like screaming at me to go get him a bottle. How could I go to sleep at night without a hug from Ava and her telling me that I am her best friend in the world? and how could my afternoons be complete without Adyson running in the door from school hugging my neck and showing me all her work she has completed and aced! I have had so many laughs, tears, and fun times with you 3, I can't thank God enough for choosing me to be your mommy!!!!

Before I was a Mom...

2009-05-07T22:24:00.003-05:00

Before I was a Mom, I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom, I had never been puked on.

Pooped on. Chewed on. Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom, I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom, I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom, I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom, I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom .

Thank you God for giving me Adyson, Ava & Kanon. They are the best blessings I have ever been given and I will cherish every day...hour...and minute that I have with them.

"Look at me...I could be...Centerfield!"

2009-05-06T23:23:00.003-05:00

You know its ball season when it won't stop raining enough so we can have practices and games! I love ball season, love the weather *usually*, love watching the little ones sit out on the field playing in the dirt, love when they hit the ball then have no idea where to run to, and best of all is when the ball is hit and the whole infield and outfield come and tackle the ball...its great! I have always had a love of the game since I was 6. I played pee wee league, little league and then in High School. I never got tired of the practices and the games, I just love the sport so much!!!! I am so happy that Adyson is really getting into it this year. She is playing first base for the Cubs this year! I am so proud of her, she is really doing a great job and making her mama so proud! She has always had a good arm on her , even when she was Ava's age. Hopefully Ady will get to play her first game tomorrow night, RAIN RAIN STAY AWAY!!!

Ava played her first game last night, Cubs vs. Dodgers. How confusing...two teams, the same color shirts, made it very confusing for the little kids, and even us at times.. hard to keep up with the little 3 year olds. I was very proud of our team, they did great for what little practice we have had. They acted like true ball players and made their parents very proud! If you have facebook you can check out my album FULL of pictures from the big game. If you don't add me, just search Sarah Kingree, its that easy! If you don't have facebook boy are you missing out! I had told Ava if she got the ball I would let her play on the slide after the game, well she had tried and tried and finally got her hands on the ball and immediately had the biggest smile and ran back to me and showed me the ball. I was screaming "AVA AVA THROW IT TO FIRST" haha . She was so proud she wanted to be sure that I knew she touched the ball. So she got to slide, not once, not twice, but 3 times!!! It was a very good night!

Kanon has had a bad day today, he has a mystery rash that has appeared all over his legs and a little on his belly. He has had some tummy problems and just so fussy!!! He got to take a trip with me to Krogers tonight to get some groceries and he is my little sweetheart. I love our one on one times together, even if its late night grocery shopping, or a trip out to check the mail. As he was sitting in the cart he starting doing peek a boo. It is the cutest thing in the whole world, I will capture it on video so I can post it on here, its too cute for words so I must show you !!!

OK OK enough gushing over my kids. Life is good, my kids are constantly making me proud. I am looking forward to summer so my kids and I can have lots of fun playing outside, playing in the water, hanging out with friends, and best of all our beach trip! I am attaching some pics of Ava's game hope you enjoy! Leave me comments, I love when you guys comment on my posts!

Not me! Monday

2009-05-04T21:29:00.003-05:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Ok... so this s my first go round with the Not Me Monday, so here it is, my week "not me" style!

* I did not feed my baby boy chocolate chip mini muffins for breakfast, how totally unhealthy would that be ?

* McDonalds was not consumed at our house 3 times during the weekend, only home cooked meals for my kiddos!

* While shopping in St. Louis I completely looked past all the boy clothes, didn't buy Kanon 12 new outfits, that would be so insane...I mean he already has a whole closet full...what kind of shop-a-holic maniac would that make me?

*I did not call my friend (who I will refer to as K) and rant and rave over all the stresses running through my brain at the moment, we did not speak bad about no one, no how!

*I did not talk to my friend (who I will refer to as BRANDY) online and be evil and talk bad about people, thats just not what we do ..is it BRANDY?

* I did not have any late night snacks with Ava this week that consisted of Strawberries and Sugar hehe

* I did not throw all my junk and dirty clothes into closets, under the bed, and into drawers when my realtor called and said they wanted to show my house. I don't clean that way...I am a clean freak!

* I did not buy Ava a webkinz figurine, a book, candy and a soda tonight a Hastings just b/c she kept telling me how much she loved me...

* I did not jump for joy when I found out the games were cancelled for tonight, if that ever happened it would only be for the fact that we need practice before we play a game!

* I did not end this NOT ME MONDAY because I wanted to return to gossip talk with Brandy...no not me, I don't subject myself to that :)

Boy that was loads of fun :) Maybe next time I won't have to think so hard. Now that Monday is out of the way, it is onto the rest of the week. I have never been a Monday hater like the rest of the world, I guess that's because my job as a stay at home mommy allows Mondays to be like Fridays or Wednesdays ..you get the picture? I actually like weekdays better than weekends at times b/c we are HOME ALONE and get the TV to ourself and if we choose to go shop...the malls are less crowded :) Always thinking like a shopper. We were supposed to have our 6-7 year old game tonight, however the rain has kept us from playing for a week now. I love ball and love watching my kids play ball but we are in serious need of a practice, which we will be having WEDNESDAY -yah cubbies! Ava's team has a game tomorrow night, she is in the 3 year old league so I am not as worried about them. They don't keep score, don't strike out, its pretty much just for fun and laughs. Anywhoooo I must continue on with my MSN'ing tonight and my facebook duties. Catch ya tomorrow!

Reality Bytes- Room/office Edition

2009-05-03T21:26:00.005-05:00

Ok so we lied when when said we would do this every tuesday night, how about just when we think about it? Does that sound more realistic? Well tonight ladies and gents I am going to show you where I work and lay my head at night, and where my kids are piled up on top of me at night as well. Here it is.... my favorite room in the house...my room!

Here is the portable crib that stays right beside my bed. Kanon takes his naps in his own room and own bed but at night time I have to have him right beside me. I know I know a little crazy, but hes only gonna be my baby for a little bit longer, I love having him close to me.

Here is my stack of External Harddrives. This is where I store all my clients files and mine too. This goes back to 2001, lots and lots of memories in those metal boxes.

Here is Ava all ready for bed, the dinosaur pillow is her, Ady's is the pink one, they both get to sleep with me tonight, usually its just Ava. My bed is a king size, however doesnt look king from this angle. I got it for Christmas and its the softest most comfortable bed in the world, I promise ya!!!

Here is the humming that keeps me resting good at night, and breathing good. My humidifier...I purchased this for the sound only, when I sleep I have to have some kind of noise going and it cant be tv noise.

Random junk in a wicker organizer thing...doesnt look like it helped out too much.

A lens probably wondering where his body went.

Where my butt is planted so many hours out of the day. Alot of editing, ordering and playing on facebook is done here. Oh and some serious shopping as well!!!

My 42 inch tv, I figured since I spend alot of time in my room I needed a huge TV. As you can see Little Bear is playing so Ava gets to enjoy this the most.

Well I hope you liked my room, nothing too fancy but it is indeed cozy. I love everything about it! Stay tuned to the next reality bytes, I think we will be journying into the kids rooms, now that will be horrifying!!!!!!

"I was a-splishn and a-splashn"

2009-05-02T20:07:00.003-05:00

Splish Splash I was takin a bath
Long about a Saturday night, yeah
Rub a dub, just a relaxin in the tub
Thinkin' everything was alright

Well, I stepped out of the tub, put my feet on the floor,
I wrapped the towel around me
And I opened the door, and then
Splish, Splash! I jumped back in the bath

Well how was I to know there was a party going on!!

They was a-splishn' and a-splash'n,
Reelin' with the feelin', movin and a-groovin,
Rockin and a-rollin - yeah!

A sick boy & his crazy nurse

2009-05-01T23:36:00.004-05:00

Kanon started the day off sick, coughing, snotty, fever, and lots of pottying! His Uncle Cory is taking good care of him and hopefully by tomorrow he will be feeling lots better, but please keep this little man in your prayers. I hate to see any kid sick but especially babies, they are so small and helpless.

Lets move on to the bright side, Kanon did have this very sweet little nurse wanting to help him out. Did I mention she is a little on the crazy side too? haahahha Ava loves dressing up as a "doctor" as she says and making you be her patient, she is not a gentle doctor thats for sure, she likes to jab the thermometer all the way to the back of your throat and make you gag haahah. I seriously doubt that healthcare will be in her future after what I have seen today and in the past. But she sure does look cute in the scrubs!

Dr Ava to the rescue

"does someone need a shot"?

"Mommy please keep that crazed lunatic away from me"

awww a smile for mommy

Ready for bed

Goodnight Dr Ava

Bluff Falls!

2009-05-01T22:48:00.002-05:00

May 23rd is the Grand Opening for Bluff Falls Waterpark. Please come on out and enjoy all the fun and activities!!!! Here is the link to add them to your facebook, add them to your friends and you can win free passes and discounts.

Bluff Falls's Profile

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Will we ever get to practice?

2009-04-30T22:12:00.004-05:00

Poor little Cubbies are suffering this year from lack of practice. Anyone with a nice big building wanna donate it so we can teach our kids the fundamentals of fielding? We would be forever greatful. If we can't find a place I guess we will be having practice in the mud followed by mud wresting. Tonight I found a tick on adys thigh, those things scare me to death. We got the whole thing out luckily and I gave her strict instructions not to be playing in the woods during recess. Those things freak me out!!!

Tomorrow night the big cubbies are supposed to play however I am thinking that will be rained out, but we are practicing Sunday at 2:00 at our usual location, call me if you cant figure that out. This practice is very important so please everyone try to make it, we have alot to cover before monday nights game. We will be putting you guys in position and making out the batting order.

Other than that this weekend is gonna be a lazy one. I may do some yardselling on Saturday , pull out the baby clothes that I did not sell and see what I can make off of them. If you are interested stop on by!!! I better end for now, I have a 3 year old needing my company in the living room. Goodnight to all.

Hump Day Play Day

2009-04-29T22:30:00.005-05:00

Today was such a fun day, my awesome friend Brandy and her little boy Sebastian came over for a play day. We really didnt do a whole lot of nothing but sit around and talk, and the kids played. We also took them outside to blow bubbles, and that turned into a mess all in itself but was a blast!!! I love spending time with them, I wish so bad they would move closer to us!!!

Here are some pics from our exciting day-exciting becasue we rarely get out of pjs

Onto Cubbies news..we were supposed to have a game tuesday night-got rained out, our next one is friday night, Im already predicting a rainout. Next week we have games everynight but wed , please pray for us. See ya tomorrow!!

Kanman's new look

2009-04-28T13:51:00.003-05:00

This past week the kids, me and my mom headed to St.Louis. I had shopping on the brain * imagine that* but the kids had the zoo and swimming on theirs. We shopped on thursday, my mom was so great to stay in the hotel for a while with Kanon and Ava and let me and Ady tear up the mall!!! We had a blast, was nice to have some alone time with Ady, I don't get much of that here lately. She took advantage of her mommy in justice, piling the clothes up in my arms , but she deserves it with all those good grades of hers :) That night we ate and I decided to run Kanon to the nearest MASTER CUTS and get that mop of his cut off *sniff sniff* He did awesome for his haircut, this was probably his 5th or 6th one now. His hair grows amazingly fast, and each time I do get it cut short it makes him look so different. It puts about 2 years onto him, he looks so much like a little boy right now. We went swimming that night in the hotel and then the zoo the next day... Mom and I were exhausted, we are so outta shape and pushing 2 strollers up and down hills were rough on us haha. We had a great time with the kids and they acted very good!! Here are some pics of Kanon's new do. I can't decide if I like it better long or short. PS Stellan was released from the hospital and is on his way home as we speak, GOD does answer prayers!!!!

I Love Brandy

2009-04-25T00:20:00.002-05:00

Ok... we are home from our trip and exhausted..I will blog about the trip tomorrow..but for now I am enjoying sitting in my leather padded computer chair chatting with my bestest friend Brandy. Have I ever said how awesome she is? She is the best! And no you cant have her she is mine, I have claimed her forever! I met her 2 1/2 years ago when she came to bring her beautiful baby boy Sebastian in for pics for the first *OF MANY* times. I have now adopted Sebastian as my nephew and am so proud to be his Aunt Sarah :) Brandy loves my kiddos just as much as I love Sebastian. They have claimed her as Aunt Brandy and she is definately the best Aunt in all the land!!!!! She has the biggest heart and we have the most hilarious yet evil conversations. If we lived in the same town it would be bad news!!! Anyway onto my mushy part .. I am so thankful God brought her into my life, I SO BADLY needed her as my BFF, and I pray that we will still be having our evil conversations well into our 90's :) LOVE YA Brandy and Sebastian . Check out her blog she is a fantastic blogger too!!
http://www.sebastian-blayde.blogspot.com

Our Celebration for Earth Day!

2009-04-22T20:43:00.016-05:00

Happy Earth Day everyone! Adyson is really into the earth, recycling and going GREEN! We decided to plan some flowers to celebrate the day. What a beautiful day it was!

We have a busy next few days planned, Ill post all about it when we get back :)

We have been practicing ball and preparing for the upcoming season. Our schedule is posted on http://www.christianathleticleague.com/ we are teams number 6 -avas team and ady is number 22. So all you fans come out and support the CUBBIES!

Here are some random shots of Ava's practice, the 3 year old bunch. They are like little monkeys, so wild and full of energy!!!

It was a little chilly out there, but my girl made it to first base!

Run little Southern Belle!

Charly, Jagger, & Ava

Ava just after a hit, taking off to first!

Jagger sure does have the women!!!

Last but not least I have to put some pics of my Kanon, before practice the other day we had some play time, he loves playing out in the driveway pushing Ava's bikes, he likes the pink and the purple ones...silly boy. Here are some of the little dude.

Not sure if he could smile any bigger, silly guy!

What a boring day

2009-04-19T22:27:00.003-05:00

Do not have ANYTHING to post about, we have had nothing but a lazy , lay around, chasing babies, fixing kids food, weekend! Ady is staying the night with my Mom tonight so the fighting has ceased between Ava and Ady for the evening. Kanon has been in bed since 7 so I have been laying in bed watching Jon and Kate plus 8 reruns and then the new GO GREEN Jon and Kate.

Got one funny story. I took the kids to Sonic early to get them one of the 1.00 Jr. Ice Cream thing, and got Kanon an ice cream in a cup. Well Ava ended up wanting to switch with Kanon b/c his was bigger, so no big deal we did. On the way home it was leaking all over, not sure if Ava bit a whole in it or what was going on but ice cream was dripping everywhere in the back seat. I told Ady to just toss it out-the ice cream that is, not littering b/c another animal could eat the ice cream! Anyway so Adyson gave it a good tossed and it hit the lower part of the window and splattered all over the inside of my car....Thanks Ady..your the best!!! I got very mad and made her clean it up with clorox wipes , took her about 30 minutes, when she came in I felt guilty but hey at least my car is not sticky anymore. Anyway will leave you with some pics of Kanon from yesterday, one is of his MEAN hateful look that he once in a while will give ya, and the next is of him cracking up.. He laughs so hard he can't breathe...its hilarious we call it his old man laugh. NO OFFENSE TO ANY OLD MEN WHO MAY BE READING THIS-you have such a cute laugh old men :)

Book Worm

2009-04-18T23:00:00.003-05:00

Ok, Im so not the book worm type..however when it comes to my reality tv show books, ex: Jon and Kate, Rev Run, The Duggars, Tori SPELLING! THen I become a worm..... So I bought the new Tori Spelling book called MOMMYWOOD and it was AWESOME.. Thats really all I have to blog about b/c thats all I did this weekend. Stayed up til 2 reading her book, finished it in less than 24 hours thank you very much. So the moral of this blog is to go out and buy the book and read it!!!!!

Ill leave you with a pic I found in my files today of Kanon and Maely. Giddy up little dawgies!!!

SPORTY GURLZ

2009-04-16T22:03:00.004-05:00

Today we finally got to have ball practice for both teams, the rain stayed away...can you believe it? My mom came over to watch the Kanman and I took the girls to the field. Ava's practice was really not what I expected, I guess I wasnt thinking that much about it......however twelve 3 year olds are VERYYYYYY hard to control haha. Ava was in monster mode, was not into playing whatsoever. I kept pulling her aside trying to reason with her and she kept saying "IM JUST SO HUNGRY" ..thats all that girl thinks about is food.....Mcdonalds....brownies....Candy...she is a junk food junkie!!!

After Ava's practice I ran her home and came back for the 6-7 year olds which were PERFECT ANGELS compared to the 3 year olds!!! We had a great practice and I think we are off to a great start for our season. We have some awesome hitters on our team and these kids are not afraid of the ball at all. So watch out all you kids in the league b/c the Cubs are gonna dominate!!! Ok..maybe not dominate but I do think we will win more than lose this year!

On to other news, we had our first Parents as Teachers meeting this today with Miss Rhonda. First off was Ava.. she showed Miss Rhonda her strong will and how stubborn she can be, however she did show her smart side as well. Kanon was sweet as sugar and even told her "thank you" Good job lil man!!! We enjoyed Miss Rhonda so much and can't wait to see her again!

Im gonna get the kiddos in bed and watch my shows I recorded today and relax....Ill leave you with some shots of the girls before their practice..I did take my camera to the field but never got to take any because it was too crazy.. Goodnight All!!

Ava is so goofy!

Always the clown

Check out the muscles!

Silly girls

Walkin on Sunshine!!!

2009-04-15T23:47:00.004-05:00

Finally the sun came out! It has been such a dreary spring so far. I hope we at least get a few good weeks of spring before summer hits. I love spring weather!!! Summer is almost too hot but spring is perfect so I would love to be able to enjoy the mild temps before we get into the scalding hot ones! I took the kids outside when Adyson got home from school, we drug out all the riding toys. Kanon refused to get on his MANLY JOHN DEERE ATV, but instead wanted to push Avas purple bicycle with tassels and a horn. So macho Kanman!!! I tried several times picking him up and putting him on his ride and pushing him up the hill and down the hill but after I stepped away, he got down and crawled over to the bike and began his pushing game again......O'well my boy likes purple and pink....whats wrong with that?

How happy is this little man, with his sisters purple bike, it even has a place to put your baby dolls :)

"your so funny mama"

Watching his sisters act crazy

Ady got on the sit and spin, a fight is in the making!

Uh oh Kanon sees the fight, he thinks girls are so full of DRAMA!

Ava trying to push Ady right off of there!

Ady pushing Ava's buttons, poor little Ava...if we would just give her everything she wanted she would be the perfect child. hahah

Tomorrow we are FINALLY gonna get to have ball practice *knock on wood* We have scheduled it 3 times before and each time it has been rained out. I think I have told you guys I am coaching both Ady and Ava's team this year, and they both have practice tomorrow, so should be a busy busy afternoon for us. I will try to get some good pictures of them. Ta Ta for now!

Reality Bytes

2009-04-14T22:41:00.006-05:00

Ok, so me and my buddy Andrea always talk online, we have been MSN friends when we became pregnant, thats all we would do is shop, msn chat, shop, chat, shop, eat mini muffin tops, shop and chat some more. Then we had our beautiful kiddos ,Kanon and she had Maely...Kanon's woman. We have so much in common it is freaky....way freaky. We think alike, like the same stuff for our kids, and even feed them the same nutritional meals ;) OH OH and we have also typed the same exact things at the same exact time..I kid you not!!!! Another weird thing about us is she has 2 boys and a girl and I have 2 girls and a boy, and they are all real close in age. You can find her blog over on the side linked to mine, it is called 2 superheroes and a princess.

We were on here tonight trying to think of something to add to our blogs and we thought of doing some shots of something in our house, and she said tonight lets do the refridgerator. WITHOUT CLEANING THEM UP beforehand might I add... I bet your thinking, wow these two women have pretty boring lives to sit around thinking of silly stuff like this right? Or are you giddy to see what we have shot with our cameras? Please feel free to do a "Reality Bytes" on your own blogs as well, we will do this every Tuesday. READY SET HERE WE GO.

So it just looks like a regular fridge from the outside...a few handprints, smears and drips here and there....Typical fridge of a house full of toddlers.

Here is the side of my fridge, my KATE GOSSELIN Calendar that I love but haven't filled out for the month of April yet..hmmm I think ill wait til May. Then there is Adysons drawing from school that is about recycling. And some emergency contact numbers...

WOW It is the messiest fridge EVER.... Its crammed back full of goodness and badness....calories and fats and sugars OH MY. If you could only zoom in there you would see all the strawberries. Ava is going through a small strawberry addiction at the moment and I am supporting her habbit...hey at least its fruit!

As we move onto the freezer as you can see its still messy and out of order.. Just a bunch of frozen junk tossed about. Pizzas, TV dinners, nothing healthy..o wait I do see some corn in there. ATTENTION FOLKS....WE HAVE FOUND A VEGGIE!!!!!!

Some Lean pockets and frozen veggies

If you ever need some sausauge balls you know where to come right? And popscicles, french fries and can't see the rest its too crammed.

The fridge door.... OJ, condiments, whipped cream that Ady eats out of the can.

We have blue milk for the girls, and red milk for the Kanman. Snowcone juice in the back for fun spring/summer days.

The icemaker is screaming "SOMEONE DRINK SOME ICED BEVERAGES" He is overflowing!!! Think ill go get some water.

Had to open up the eggs for you guys and show you that these eggs arent regular THEY ARE EASTER EGGS....waiting on trash day so I can toss these babys out!

OK ...so how was the peek into my fridge??? Boring? Funny? Stupid? All of the above... ? Does it make you wanna come over and organize me? Believe me it doesnt work..its been tried and it always goes back to looking like that. Ok all you bloggers, its time to show us your fridge as well, go take some pics and get to posting!!!!!

would like to give a shout out to brandy for all my layout needs, hahah and one to Josh and Anna Duggar on their pregnancy .....im sure the one of many to come. Gotta love reality tv show as well as reality bytes right?

EGGCITING TIMES!!!!

2009-04-11T23:39:00.002-05:00

Today we broke out the dye and got busy. The girls had an absolute blast. Of course their mama went nuts in Walmart and bought every dye kit there so they had sand, paint, glitter, foil, and regular stuff. I have to say everything went smooth and no one got hurt, except a few eggs. I will post about Ady's date tomorrow, it went great by the way!!! But had to make sure I show you these EGGSCellent pictures on this Easter Eve. Happy Easter to all and to all a goodnight!!!
To see the rest of our EGG DYING adventures, I put the other thousand pics up on my facebook. Add me if you haven't already, I practically live there.

Fascination

2009-04-10T21:24:00.002-05:00

Had a very lazy day on this Good Friday, gave the kids some early presents, had an indoor egg hunt and finishing up the day with The Velveteen Rabbit and some popcorn. Tomorrow we are gonna drag out the dye and the eggs for some messy colorful fun, so stay tuned for some crazy pics!!!

oops forgot to add that Adyson gets to attend a private screening of Hannah Montana with her "boyfriend" Brandon. She has been counting the days down and has had her outfit picked out for the event. He is the sweetest little guy! My daughter has great taste!! He called her up on thursday and as I was snooping in on the conversation I overheard him say "will you go on a date with me?" Adyson replied "I would love to!!" Ill make sure to take a pic of the 2 when he picks her up tomorrow. Please check out Brandon's website at www.caringbridge.org/visit/brandonscott If you would like to help collect pulltabs for Brandon please put in a ziplock back and I can make sure his Mom gets them. Thanks!

Scooter bug...

2009-04-08T19:39:00.005-05:00

Ava dug out her long lost scooter this afternoon. Its a leapfrog and makes all kinds of music, has a fan that blows, all the bells and whistles. She has got it mastered this year!!! We had to take a trip outside to get some pics of her on it, here she is...in her under roos of course...it wouldnt be ava if she was wearing pants hahahah.

Kanon's Birth Collage

2009-04-08T01:27:00.003-05:00

I have been wanting to make a collage for each of the kids "birth" day for a while now. I finally found a program that would be easy to make what I was imagining in my head! I ordered Kanon's tonight and can't wait to get it in. I ordered it on fine art paper, with a glossy finish. I plan on doing the girls the same way and hanging them throughout the house.

Things I LOVE about Adyson

2009-04-07T00:20:00.002-05:00

*I love how your heart is as big as the moon.
*I love the way you kiss me everyday before you go to school, and Kanon too.
*I love how you listen and obey, even when things do not go your way, your ok with that.
*I love how kind you are to your grandparents, you give them so much happiness.
*I love the way you talk to Kanon, and how you are always there to watch after him.
*I love how you love church and love God, and your knowledge about his word.
*I love the way we can have conversations now, you are so fun to be around!
*I love the way you can make lil cracks and make me laugh so hard about it!
*I love the way you share my love of shopping and get just as excited as I do to go into shops.
*I love OUR love of video games, we do have so much fun together!
*I love your BRAIN! You are too smart sometimes for your own good!
*I love how you want to be a Dr. and a Cake Baker.
*I love how when the UPS man comes your face lights up, knowing its clothes for you!
*I love how much you have matured and grown into such a GREAT girl!

There are so many more things I could add, but there are not enough hours in the day. The most favorite thing about you Adyson is that you made me a Mommy and that is something we share and no one else. You are so special to me and as I have said before you have an amazing heart and I know that is going to take you very far in life. I will always be right there with you through all your journeys. I can't wait to see the person you turn out to be * just stay little for a long time yet* I am enjoying each and every moment with you. You have made me the most proud, you have already accomplished so much in your little life, and I can't even imagine what is to come. Love you baby girl!

Little Boy Blue

2009-04-06T18:02:00.010-05:00

Couldn't resist a mini photo shoot with my Kanon boy this afternoon. He was wearing blue and it matched his eyes perfectly! Enjoy!

Bathing in the moonlight

2009-04-05T23:29:00.003-05:00

My kids and I have always been late nighters. Even little Kanon has become one. I like it that way cause then they sleep in late, and I can get Ady off to school and go lay back down for a bit.
Anyway here are a few pics I had to post of tonight, Kanon's late night bath and some snuggle time with Ava watching Yo GABBA GABBA. Enjoy!

A "Love to Hate" Relationship

2009-04-05T19:32:00.004-05:00

I came across these pics of Ava and Kanon and had to mess around with them and do some cool stuff with them. These two are quite the pair. Since day one Ava was so unsure about this new little guy that came into our lives. She would never hardly touch my belly, no talking to Baby Kanon, no kissing him, he was just in my belly and thats as far as she would get. At the hospital every picture we have of Ava her face is pale, she was so scared the whole time and was not quite herself. When the baby came to the room to meet the family for the first time , she had NOTHING to do with him so we thought it would be better once we get home. We did get her to feed him, which is absolutely precious. I love the look on her face how she would rather be doing anything else other than feeding this little lump of nothing.

Now days things are getting a tad bit better. Believe me they still have their fights, and Kanon has learned to scream at her right back. One minute she will want him to come in her room and play with her then 2 min later she will be telling him to get out. Poor little guy, he is gonna learn how women are right off hahah. As bad as he may get on her nerves, there is alot of love in Ava for her little brother. I have witnessed it several times before. If anyone else tries to mess with him she will let you have it, or if we are leaving to go somewhere she wants to make sure he is going with us. It is rather cute and I can't wait to see their relationship grow through the years. I think they will be great friends here in a couple of years...if not they will make great punching bags for each other!

Here is one of my fav pics of them in their "GRILLZ"

A Picture is worth all the words in the world!

2009-04-02T00:50:00.002-05:00

Today we took a trip to the park, will make a post about the trip tomorrow. I was browsing through the pics and came upon these 2 and had to edit them for a short post. They took my breath away....Im so sad Adyson was in school and missed out on the fun :( Thank you God for choosing me as the mother of these precious miracles.

April Fools :)

2009-04-01T19:46:00.004-05:00

YES YES YES this is a APRIL FOOLS joke, most of you guys got it right away, others it took a while, and who knows I may have this all over town now that I am pregnant with triplets.. Just found out that my daughter was carrying on the joke at school today, Thanks Ady for the help ..grrrrr.

Anyway hope everyone had a great April Fools Day! I will post later about our day of fun, but wanted to clarify my non pregnancy at the moment hahah.

Wow

2009-04-01T00:06:00.001-05:00

Well here it is, my big secret...I look at this and all I can say is wow!!!

So I once owned a monkey named Ava

2009-03-30T23:16:00.000-05:00

And now she has grown into a 3 year old princess :)

Driving slow on Sunday Morning

2009-03-30T00:09:00.000-05:00

Had to add some maroon 5 for you guys , one of my favorite bands. Love all their songs, so catchy!!

Love Sundays, another lazy morning, Kanon slept til almost 10 today, Ava was 10:30, those kids amaze me, however I was up at 7:30, why is that? If I was trying to sleep in late, Kanon would for sure be up wanting his bottle. And that baby boy just doesn't want a bottle, he makes me heat it up for him, and HOLD IT for him. S P O I L E D!!! Today me and Adyson went outside and tossed the baseball around for a bit. I pitched her some balls and she smacked the crap out of Daniel's truck....ooopss don't tell! We searched for dents and couldnt' find one. She was knocking the balls far into some neighbors yards a few houses down, she is going to be good this year!! I also hit some balls to her like she was fielding and even busted her lip OUCH. I wouldn't even let her go in to clean it off, I told her to be tough and suck it up... she did and continued to play ball. Mean mama huh? Nah just trying to get her tough for ball.

Being outside is so wonderful!!! I wish it was a bit warmer out so the kids could wear some shorts, Im ready for the rain to stop too so the ground will dry up a bit. Anyway I found some pics from the past summer at the park and thought I would post one of Ady and Ava, I will talk to you guys tomorrow!

Please remember Stellan, he has had a bad day today and is needing all of our prayers.

You Idiot Boy!!!!

2009-03-28T18:20:00.000-05:00

Today has been a wonderful Saturday afternoon, full of laziness, kids screaming and of course McDonalds...

I woke up at 9 *thank you Kanon* and made Ady some biscuits, Ava slept in til 10:30. My friend Brooke brought her 4 week old baby boy Alec in for some pics, we had so much fun. I will post some on my facebook page when I get them edited, we did all kinds of fun stuff with him that he will hate us for when he is 16. We even managed to lay him naked on a skateboard while he was sleeping hahaha.

We were going to go see Monsters Vs. Aliens but decided to hold off til tomorrow because I am not done having my lazy day yet and plus the fact of getting all the kids dressed right now makes me cringe!!!

I was sitting on the couch , watching Ava and Kanon play and Kanon picked up Ava's fake ice cream cone and was slobbering on it. Ava saw him and screamed "KANON!!!!! That is not real that is a fake ice cream and you slobbered all over it you IDIOT BOY!!!" I looked at her and thats all it took. I asked her where she learned that and of course she wouldnt say, however Ady informed me that it was from Spongebob haha. Poor Idiot Boy just sat there and smiled at his sister. It wont be long until he tackles her when she calls him names and takes his toys. Its hard work being a baby brother but so far he has been the best!! He takes all kinds of abuse from Ava and lots of babying from Ady, so we are not sure what kinda boy he is gonna turn out to be!

I will end with some pics of Kanon eating his birthday cake. He made his mama proud!!!! Please keep praying for baby Stellan, he is still fighting hard in the PICU.

My thoughts & prayers are constantly with baby Stellan

2009-03-25T23:46:00.000-05:00

Stellan is doing a little better tonight, oh the power of prayer. This little guy sure does have the prayers pouring in for him. He is such an amazing little man. Here is an update on Stellan, straight from his mama's blog

"For the first time since he's been in the hospital, Stellan has been able to sleep rather peacefully. He had two naps today. One in his bed here and the other on my chest as I rocked him for hours. It was beautiful. My heart was so comforted to see him be able to rest.During his second nap with me, his heart converted to perfect sinus rhythm for almost 45 minutes! This is progress! After that, he flipped back into steady SVT with no little breaks like he'd been having, but at least his body got a rest for almost an hour. His capillary response was great, his breathing, which had been at about 80-90 breaths a minute, went down to near 40 per minute during that time he was in sinus.I know he felt reenergized. I won't lie, it was very difficult to see him flip back into SVT and start to feel unwell again, though. Although I'm so thankful he had that reprieve, gearing up again for more time in tachycardia would not have been my first choice.But again, we know that it's not me who gets my choice here.Stellan is still tolerating all of this amazingly well. His nurse Andy today told me that if he couldn't see Stellan, but could only see his monitor showing what his heart was doing, he would never in a million years believe that the baby connected to that monitor could continue to look so well!It is taking Stellan a longer time than the cardiologist hoped and expected to get this under control, but we are so blessed that Stellan is tolerating this lengthy time in SVT so well as of yet. We are praying that he can hang in there until his heart rate finally gets under control!The pediatric cardiologist wants to see Stellan in 24 hours straight of good rhythm with no episodes of SVT. That is what we are working and praying towards!Stellan is off Esmolol now and is also no longer taking an antibiotic or a steroid. He is only on Flecainide and a different beta blocker (whose name escapes me at this moment). Of course, the doctor is hoping that this will be the combination of meds that will kick Stellan's SVT to the curb and that we won't have to move up the ladder of more serious interventions for Stellan!Of course, only The Great Physician truly knows what will happen. The rest of us will wait and see. "

she has remained so faithful to God during this trying time, she is such a inspiration to me and I hope to everyone who reads this.

My day has been a busy one, getting some stuff ready for a yardsale coming up. Going to have lots of baby girl and toddler girl clothes if anyone is interested? I also took pics of a baby boy named Camden and he did a great job and was such a cutie! I have posted pics of him on my facebook page. If you dont have me on facebook, please add me.

I forgot to post a funny story about Ava yesterday, as we were going through McDonalds she decided she didn't want the normal nugget meal, she stated "mommy I want a hamburger without grass" I laughed my butt off, how cute was that? She sure did not want a speck of grass on her burger, funny little girl. The things that kids say, they can be so serious about it to but it can be the most hilarious thing to us!

Well im fighting to stay awake tonight I will have more interesting stuff to post tomorrow, as I will be taking Kanon's cake pictures FINALLY!! It has been in our freezer since his birthday. Keep your fingers crossed that he tears into it and lets his mama get a bunch of great pics of him.

Check in tomorrow for some updates on Baby Stellan, remember to squeeze your kids a little tighter!!

Tonight I...

2009-03-24T23:47:00.001-05:00

We are still praying hard for baby Stellan as he is fighting for his little precious life. Tonight Ady and I made a picture for one of his blog pages to show him how we are thinking about him and praying so hard for him. The thoughts of this little baby boy have been running through my head all day and all night... It has made me appreciate the little things in life so much more.

Tonight I watched Adyson play a video game where I would usually be on the computer doing my own thing.

Tonight I took the kids to Mcdonald's for a special treat , a late night supper, we all sat together in the living room and ate, laughed and talked together.

Tonight I played blocks with my kids and didn't get mad when they were being thrown around my kitchen and launched at my face, I simply laughed and joined in.

Tonight I let Ava have a brownie RIGHT after supper because I thought today she deserved it!!

Tonight I let Kanon pull down all the dvd's off the shelf and play with them, I watched him do this for so long and sat there smiling at how big he has gotten and all the things he has learned.

Tonight I layed in bed with Ava and read My Little Ponies, not once but twice.

Tonight I hugged each child a little harder and a little longer before they went down to sleep.

Tonight I turned my baby boy's lullabye music on and hugged and danced with him through 2 whole songs before I could lay him down.

Life is so short and can be taken away from us in the blink of an eye. I have always heard the saying Don't sweat the small stuff, well it is so true. Don't worry yourself with useless worries. Life is about loving God, yourself, your family & friends and showing them and telling them as much as possible.

Please say a very special prayer for Stellan tonight before bed, Goodnight

Please pray for Stellan

2009-03-23T21:03:00.000-05:00

The past few months I have become a bloggaholic, thanks to my friend Brandy who keeps me going when i start to slack. She helps me with my cool backgrounds and banners, she is the best!! Stellan is a little boy who is now 7 months old, and is having some heart problems. He is a living miracle as he was not supposed to even live and he overcame a condition in utero, came out perfectly fine and just recently has been struggling and has been moved to the NICU. His heart rate was up in the high 200's and then would go back to normal, then back up to high again. Its messing his blood pressure up as well...just alot of trouble for a little guy. Please pray to God to watch over Stellan and to do whatever is best for this little guy. I will post more info later about him when we find out an update.

For the rest of the blog I am going to take my friend Brandy's lead and steal her idea and write some things that I am thankful for. Stellans situtaion really makes you think and realize how lucky we are and I wanna share these things with my blog readers tonight.

I am thankful for...

*My Mom and Dad. They are always there for me no matter what, esp Mom. She is my rock, my everything. I can depend on her anytime, I could call her in the middle of the night telling her I didnt feel well and she would be here in 3 minutes to help me out. I am so blessed to have such a great relationship with my mother. I can only hope Ady, Ava, and I are this close. It is such a blessing in my life and I can only see us getting closer in the years to come.

*My children. Adyson, Ava, and Kanon. You are my life, I would do anything for you guys. Adyson... you are starting to become my bud. We love playing our video games together, we love to sing and laugh together. I love taking you to walmart with me and grocery shop together. I love having our little heart to heart talks. You are such a smart child I am so lucky to have you in my life.... I cannot even begin to imagine the wonderful young adult you will grow into . I have never met a child in my life that has as big of a heart as you do. Don't ever change for anyone, God has made you so very special!!!!
Ava -You are my Ava Bell, booger butt, precious girl, Avers, and Leonards, hahah we are two of a kind. I made you the person you are today...sorry about that girl, i was always told I would pay for my raising and here you are. But i would not change you. you keep humor in my life and anytime I am down you come up to me and wrape your little arms around me and tell me that i am your best friend. I live for moments like that!
Kanon- Kanon boy, Kanny, Kanman, Kman.. You are my sweet precious man. I love to snuggle you, sign to you, play our silly games. We have so much fun ahead of us its gonna be crazy and afun times baby boy!!!

***Brandy... You are always there for me in good times and bad. I know if I am feeling bad you are gonna be there for me and lift me up..you always do! You are such a trustworthy and COOL friend with the coolest little boy, I can't wait to grow closer to you guys as the months go by. You two are such a blessing in our lives.

**** Reality Tv... I am thankful for Jon and Kate plus 8, Run's House, Ace of Cakes, Man Vs Food, American idol, the bachelor.

****** last but not least Photography... This helps me get some stress out and get in touch with my atrtistic side. There is nothign like seeing a new baby that is so new and fresh and creating pictures for them that will last a lifetime. I love my job and love my clients. I do believe I have the cutest clients by far than anyone else I know!!! I am truly blessed!!!!

Please dont forget to pray for Stellan tonight. He is too young to be going through all this. We Love Baby Stellan!

An Oldie But Goody

2009-03-22T23:24:00.000-05:00

Was looking through some old pics tonight and found this one...

I really need to start getting some pics of Ava, I have so many of Adyson from this age and alot of them are my favs. Poor Kanon hasnt had his first birthday ones done, his cake is in the freezer, guess I should get it out and give it a shot. It is so hard taking your own kids pictures, esp when a 2 tier cake is involved....any volunteers? I will give you a slice of cake if you come help me haha.

Ava is gone tongiht , she wanted to spend the night with my mom and I am missing her bad. She is my night owl buddy..she sits up with me til I go to bed and then she sleeps right beside me and rubs my arm. I am going to miss that tonight.....maybe I should go get her? Nah....better let her sleep :)

Hope everyone's weekend was enjoyable, the kids have P.A.T in the morning and then depending on the weather, we are going to do something fun!! so stay tuned for some FUN pics!!!

He makes me so happy..

2009-03-20T20:10:00.000-05:00

What I like to spend money on.....

2009-03-18T23:42:00.000-05:00

Ok so its almost midnight, I could not think of anything to blog on, so I did a search on ideas to blog about and this was one that I thought would be interesting. We all love money, sometimes I think I love it a little more than the average bear. Welcome to my countdown

Sarah's top 10 things that I spend my money on

10. Ebay... ebay is something I enjoy doing on the computer when there is nothing new on facebook, when no one has updated their blogs, when my gymbo forum is dead, and when there are no new clothing lines out on all my favorite sites. I love to look for old toys that I had when I was a kid, and old movies ex: my little ponies. Ava has become obsessed with the ponies and I have helped her out quite a bit!!! My favorite ebay item ever purchased was Kenny Chesney tickets at Little Rock...6th row might I add.

9. Medicine...The last few months it has been a hospital here at our house. Together my kids have had pnumonia-im sure I butchered that word, RSV, RSV, no that wasnt a type 2 rsv's, Flu, 2 stomach bugs, pink eye, pink eye, and a partridge in a pear tree. We have spent a huge amount on medcines this winter...it would get so bad that while riding in the car Ava would say "I dont wanna go to Walgreens" Well I didnt either, those lines make me angry and apparently her too. Kanon won't go for it, he just cries the whole time while Ady finds dirty suckers, dirty pacifiers with hair on them, and shoves them in his mouth hahah. We are happy to welcome spring into our lives!!!!

8. Electronics.... I love catching up with all the modern technology we have these days and have recently discovered BluRay. We got a bluray player about 6 months ago and I have been purchasing the discs left and right and have developed quite a collection. For those of you guys who are still using regular DVDS I swear, I was in denial about the whole thing at first..thinking that it wouldn't make that big of a difference...but it has changed the way I feel about sitting down and watch a movie. I used to not be a big SIT DOWN, POP POPCORN, and watch the whole movie kinda watcher. However now that we discovered this, every Friday night is our movie night and I usually purchase a new movie for us to watch, any suggestions for this week? Cartoons look unbelievable, its amazing. We watched TWISTER a few weeks ago and that was really cool, however words of wisdom : do not watch a movie about tornado's in tornado season, not too smart to do with a 7 year old.

7. Reality Tv stuff.... This falls into its own category aside from electronics because there are so many items related. My favorite reality tv shows are: Jon and Kate plus 8, 18 Kids and Counting-GO DUGGERS!, Run's House, Tori and Dean, The Hills. I recently purchased the old duggers dvds from amazon.com , some of their first footage of them when they lived in their first house, can't wait to find some alone time to snuggle up by myself and watch it from start to finish with no distractions...yeah sure.... Also have the book of the Duggers and its great, so is Tori Spellings book that is also one worth buying.....aaaaah I could go on and on but I wont.

6. Target.... Enough said...anytime I go to this store I find so many unique items. They must restock every few days because you never go in there and run into the same stuff. I wish we had one closer, its like an amusement park for me..I love getting me and the kids a bag of popcorn and drink and cruising around checking out all the latest items they have to offer... and one by one the kids come out of the cart as we fill it full of goodies! We Love you target!!

5. Groceries... Yadda Yadda so everyone has this on their list... I hate having to go and get groceries..such a silly process if you think about it..you load the food into the cart, then take it out of the cart only for the checkers to put it back in bags and back in your cart... you take it to your car and take it out of your cart to put it in your car..you drive home and then take it out of your cart and then take it out of your bags to put it up where it belongs..the whole process makes me wanna go takea nap..... This should be a guy job!

4. Mcdonalds... When all else fails "if you be good I will get you a happy meal" Thats a pretty common phrase around this house.. ok so I am no Jon and Kate and have not hopped on the organic band wagon just yet. Fast food is too easy.. Even Kanon Boy has learned to eat his own happy meal. We used to could share with him, but nuh uh not anymore, he has his own and he downs it like there is no tomorrow. He is even quite proud of his happy meal toy. Where did my baby go?

3. Clothes... for my kids of course, do I actually get clothes for myself? Heck no, I spend all my clothes money on my kids. I want them looking hip and stylish at all times, who cares about me? hahaha Ady loves Justice now, she has pretty much outgrown gymboree-which we will talk about in just a bit... Justice is very cute however if you ever buy jeans from there it will surely wipe out your pocketbook. I had picked up a pair of jeans for her and realized that the tag said 68.00 on them.. WOW, instead of getting those we went to Childrens Place and bought the cheaper ones that look just like the expensive ones. We are also big Gap fans, more so for the Junk Food T's and the tanks. Kanon gets the biggest part of his wardrobe from Gap ...from head to toe he usually is styling Gap..

2. Toys.... I am more of a child than my kids are. When we go to walmart, where is the first place mama steers the cart? To the toy isle....why is that? I have no idea, the kid in me goes there first...I am such a child and not ashamed to admit it. I love looking at the toys with my kids, ripping them out of the box when we get home and playing with them hahah. My kids are spoiled rotten and usually get a toy a visit, which sometimes can really add up. I'm a sucker I can't help it! That's why our house looks like Toy's R Us, o well you only live once and we are having so much fun living!

1. GYMBOREE... My obsession...My Love.... My Passion.... ok I went to far... GYMBOREE is a hobby of mine. I love the message boards, the clothes, everything about that place. I love waiting up til midnight on Sunday nights to see what the next line is going to be. I love collecting Gymbucks, and coupons so I can make myself feel a little bit better for going overboard. Kanon and Ava wear Gymbo... Here lately the lines have been kinda lame but word has it that that's about to change and there will be monkeys in the near future, That will have to be for another post..monkeys..I love monkeys.. Anyway Hope you enjoyed my top 10.. I have wasted enough time to now go to bed and dream of Target and Gymbo.

I love this picture, I took it through the door, didnt want little man seeing me or he would have dropped to the ground and came after me. I love seeing them play together, its such a rare event. Have a great Thursday !!

IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE!

2009-03-16T23:20:00.000-05:00

What an amazing day it was today!!! I was dying to get the kids outside to play in the warm sun. My dad showed up and played some tball with Ava, she is going to be able to play on a team this year and I am so excited about that. I am even more excited that she can hit the ball, run really fast and throw like a champ! Here is a big of my lil slugger

She was so wanting that ball, was ready to clobber it, and she did a few times. I was sure glad that my dad was pitching, even being far away I was kinda scared she would bust out my camera lens. haha I think she will be really into ball this year! Dare I say the terrible 2's and 3's are diminishing and she is starting to be human like again? I love her so much!

After all the ball playing Ava found a patch of flowers, ahhhh life's simple pleasures. She of course had to sit down and explore all the different colors of the -weeds hahah and pick some for me. Isnt it sweet how all children will pick us a boquet of weeds , adorable!!!! Anyway here she is with a dandelion.

I simply adore this picture, I love how my dad's hand is holding the flower-week and how hard she is her little cheeks puffed up.

After the flowers of course she wanted to jump.. She will say "I wanna go get on the jump" the "Jump" as she calls it, my dad got on there with her and she jumps while he lays, or sleeps on there with her. They are quite a pair. I am so blessed to have them in her life. Here is a picture of Ava jumping as high as the sky!

This picture makes me laugh hard, she is such a little goof. She really has such a sense of humor..but its a really dry one. Sometimes its hard to catch all her little witty comments but if you do , you will for sure be laughing hard at her. She is def her own little person!

After all that jumping Memaw Jane showed up for a while and I was putting the water table, that Kanon got for his birthday, together. It really is neat, it has a water wheel and boats. They had so much fun and got SOAKED!!!! Here is one of my favorite pics of Kanon playing in the water.

Kanon boy really enjoyed the outdoors today, and he was loving his new water table. And believe it or not Ava shared...she shared ladies and gents!!!!

Adyson got there at the end of school and her friend Peyton came home with her, we ended the day with some mcdonald happy meals , the kids ate them outside on their little table. Peyton is spending the night with us tonight because her little brother has the flu and so Adyson thought it was the perfect opportunity to beg Kelly to let her stay and it worked. I just love Peyton she is such a great kid, her and Ady play so well together, and they totally crack me up!! We will see what tomorrow brings, I am planning on taking Kanon out and doing a session of him in his pirate outfit that Keri made him. So keep updated for tomorrow night..

Gotta give a Happy Birthday to little Jack, he is turning 3 today. Also thanks Brandy for updating my blog clors and Banner, what would I do without you??

A video of my 1 year old

2009-03-15T23:46:00.000-05:00

To my sweet birthday boy Kanon...

2009-03-15T22:47:00.000-05:00

My sweet Kanon boy. A year ago you came into my life. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was constantly having contractions, we had a scheduled csection, I had to be at the hospital that day around noon on the 14th. However I couldve swore you were gonna make your way out a different way before then. The contractions were causing me so much pain, however later on we found out I was dilated to NOTHING. I guess its just meant for you guys to come out the csection way.

Those first moments of looking into your eyes were amazing, my boy was out, finally! I have waited and waited and waited for you to finally be in my life. I have wanted a little boy as long as I can remember. I had visions of you digging in the backyard, carrying your little trucks around, playing ball with dirt all over your face, climbing trees and terrorizing your sisters by chasing them with bugs and frogs.

I thank God everyday that he chose me as your Mommy. I promise Kanon I will do everything in my power to make sure your life is full of love, adventure, and fun! I will teach you all the things you need to know to prepare yourself for life and will also teach the stuff that you will want to know, like how to figure women out, and how to shop for a woman, I gotcha covered there bub!!!

Everything about your life from birth until now has been like a fairytale. You have been the perfect baby. You were sleeping all night from an early age, fed good, napped good...just have to lay you down and you go right to sleep. At time time I play Barney's Sleepytime songs and you conk out during the first few songs. Speaking of conking out, while you are sleeping I am often found with my chin pressed on your baby bed watching you sleep, I could do this for hours. I have also been guilty of getting you out of bed and laying on the couh with you and watch tv while you sleep in my arms. I just cant control myself..maybe its the fact that you may be my last child or maybe its because you are the boy that I have always wanted..but whatever it is, you and I have a bond that is like no other.

You are started to become so much fun! I love watching you crawl and when I get behind you and say "im gonna getcha" You take off as fast as those little chubber legs will take you and look back and start cracking up laughing. I also love how when I feed you your bottle you will look up at me and make eye contact the whole time while I sing to you, talk to you, and tell you my secrets that no one else knows! You wont tell will ya? It wont be long from now and you will begin your journey of walking, I am excited about this becasue that means you wont be sticking all the crumbs in your mouth off of my floor, I am no Danny Tanner you know? Its kinda hard picking up after you 3 kids and keep the floors spic and span.

Your new favorite food is a happy meal with nuggest, before I can get it in the door you start saying "MMMMMMM" and you will eat all the nuggets and about 3/4th of the bag of french fries. You are my little hungry man! I love watching you eat, I can tell it brings so much joy in your life, especially those fattening french fries that we all love haha.

You have so many people that love you. I could name lists and lists of people. When I posted on facebook about how you were sick, my cell started rining and messages started coming through. All the ones who love you so much were worried about you and wanted to send you well wishes and said they were praying for you and boy did it work, because what we figured you had was the flu but now we think it was a 24 hour bug that decided to ruin your birthday party. But that is fine with me, as long as you are well now we are happy!!!!!

I often wonder about what kind of little boy, Teen and Guy you will turn into. I think you will be a shy sweet little boy that is all boy! I think you will be a mommas boy, because I have prayed that prayer several times while you were in utero. You will be spoiled rotten by my, and your sister Adyson who loves you dearly. She is just as much in love with you as I am. She would do anything for you bubby. I hope you guys are the best of friends later on in life.

Well my baby boy I must close for now. You are standing in your crib watching me type wanting me to come and pick you up and say Nite Nite my little prince and give you a kiss and lay you down. OH how I wish these moments could last forever......

God Speed...Sweet Dreams

2009-03-06T14:09:00.000-06:00

Dragon tales and the "water is wide"

Pirate's sail and lost boys fly

Fish bite moonbeams every night

And I love youGodspeed, little man

Sweet dreams, little man

Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings

GodspeedSweet dreams

The rocket racer's all tuckered out

Superman's in pajamas on the couch

Goodnight moon, will find the mouse

And I love youGodspeed, little man

Sweet dreams, little man

Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings

GodspeedSweet dreams

God bless mommy and match box cars

God bless dad and thanks for the stars

God hears "Amen," wherever we areAnd I love you

Godspeed, little manSweet dreams, little man

Oh my love will fly to you each night on angels wings

Godspeed Godspeed Godspeed

Sweet dreams

More to Come???

2009-03-05T20:45:00.000-06:00

Will there be another post??...i don't know...just thought I'd share my Blogger tip of the day...don't ask someone to update your post without the correct username & password...LOL...Just a helpful tip!! ---love ya, Brandy

Ok so I skipped a month of blogging......

2009-02-26T12:53:00.000-06:00

I have a really good excuse why my so called "new blog" got neglected. As you see in the previous snow I was really hoping for snow...wow did I really mean all that snow? UH no.. I was hoping for some white fluffy snow, not the snow on top of 4 inches of ice. I will never wish for snow again..never!!!!

Then following that Kanon had RSV, followed by Ava, then of course Adyson is now sick and tested positive for the flu on Monday and has to miss school all week. Today is her first day feeling pretty good. Last night was a very bad one, her fever got up to 103 and had her mommy scared to death. I hate fevers so bad, they make me nervous, usually once she hits that point I have her in a luke warm tub and dumping water over her head. Thanks for everyone who has been constantly checking on her, it has meant so much. I have the greatest friends and facebook friends!! My Mom has been so awesome, I don't know what I would do without her, she is amazing!!!

So where is spring? Hopefully arriving soon, I am so ready to get the kids outside and introduce the grass to Kanon. I can't wait to load them up and take them to the park, and to watch Kanon get in a pool for the first time!! So much fun things to come!! Kanon will be turning 1 on march 14th, blows my mind how fast this year went by, and I knew it would. He amazes me more and more everyday and I am still so infatuated with him!! I think he is pretty crazy about me too, he usually wants me practically every moment of his waken life, which is fine with me!! Nothing better than to hear the words Mama come out of those lips. Here are some new pics of my Kanman modeling his Easter attire and some other spring outfits. Enjoy

Ok gonna have to end this because my little man is waking up.. If anyone is still here reading-which im sure brandy has already passed out by this point at the fact that I actually did write a blog. You are my motivation girly!!!! Anyway if anyone reads this please comment. however only 3 of you have the address so you all better comment!!!!

Hoping for snow!!

2009-01-26T19:20:00.000-06:00

Hello my blog readers, if there are any of you guys out there???? HELLO??? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? Its been a few days since I have blogged, hmmm what have I been up to? Not a whole lot really, me and the girls went with Memaw Jane yesterday to Jonesboro, I am always up for some shopping! Ady and Ava were amazingly good, except for a few fights on the way there, but that is to be expected. The girls got some new spring clothes, and I bought Adyson a North Face jacket and you would have thought she wont a million bucks!!! She was so grateful and thanked me a million times and told me that I was the best Mom in the whole wide world. I bought it for her for making all A+'s on her report card, she makes me so proud!!!

I went back on my old bebo account tonight, anyone remember those? It was so much fun looking through all my old photos, this one is Adyson when she was approx 3 years old, my mom and dad moved and we found my old girl scout Brownie uniform. Adyson wanted to play dress up and put it on, and she made sure to slap the Loser sign on her forehead. I have a video of her somewhere saying "I'm a brownie Loser" hahahah

Pretty Hilarious huh? haha Anyone out there into the bachelor this time around? I am, I am getting into it so much. He is such a cute guy and has such a cute little boy, can't wait to see who he picks!! I am such a reality junkie and Monday night is definitely the best night for that. On my DVR I have recorded The Bachelor, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Daddy's Girls, The City and Bromance. I would suggest for everyone to watch Jon and Kate Plus 8 I have been a huge fan ever since it has begun. Bromance is pretty cheesy and I'm not really sure about all the guys sitting around a campfire talking about their feelings and crying, kinda weirds me out a bit however Brody is a hottie so I can't resist!!!! Daddy's girls is so so, I love Run's House so I thought I would give it a chance, its holding my attention pretty good but they need to get a lil more exciting. Last but not least is the City which I love. I wish Lauren and Brody would move to NYC b/c it is so much more exciting there. Ok....enough reality junkie talk

Me and the chicks are sitting here watching tv waiting for this so called ICE STORM 09. I hope we get iced in, but would also love some fluffy snow so we can build a snowman. I would love to be able to get some great pics of all the kids playing in the snow. Kanon wants to build his first snowman. I made a mistake by going to Walmart today. I haven't got groceries in about 2 weeks and was in desperate need. Was a huge mistake , when KFVS12 says ice and snow will be coming the whole town/county freaks and everyone runs to walmart. It was worse than being there at Christmas time, it was like bumper cars with the carts, so frustrating, I definitely have cart rage in walmart.

Ok before I end I have a story about Ava, a bad one :( This afternoon when Ady got home from school , she was helping me clean the house, Kanon was doing his usual crawling around everywhere and Ava running everywhere. I ran downstairs to hang up some of Adyson's clothes and could hear the little guy crying his eyes out. I couldn't find him and could tell he was in the bathroom, well Ava had got him to go in there with her and then ran out, shut the lights out and shut the door. My poor little guy was stuck in the bathroom with all the lights off screaming bloody murder. I felt so bad for him, I got him out and he had tears just streaming down his chubby cheeks. Ava got in trouble big time and disappointed me bad :( I hope that soon these days of her being mean to her brother ends, but I have a feeling I will be having similar stories in their teen years haha.

Thanks to anyone who has stuck with this post and made it this far, I will post a few more pics to end, some oldies but goodies.

Bomb threat at our schools today

2009-01-20T23:42:00.000-06:00

Today created quite a stir, the school where my 7 year old goes to had a bomb threat. Actually all the schools in pb had one as well as city hall. I would like to find the creep that did this, how could someone do that and want to scare all those poor innocent little lives sitting out there at school, that is just aweful. I was so worried that my Ady was sitting out there , white as a ghost , scared to death , wanting her mommy. However the school system did great and didn't even let the kids know anything that was going on, the kids had no clue, which was great. They got to go into the gym and all watch a movie together, they thought of it as something special they got to do. Thank God she wasnt out there scared, I am so happy that the teachers had a good head on their shoulders and went through with a great plan for these little ones!

After that crappy news to start off my day, the rest of the day was pretty gloomy. I went and got Ady for lunch, brought her home, squeezed her a little tighter a little longer and told her I loved her over and over again. You really never know when your last I love you's will said, or when your last hugs will be given. I did decide to take her back to school, because I did trust that they searched and it was all clear and Adyson wanted to go back as well so off she went!

After we got back I put Kanon and Ava down for a nap and I kinda snuck down for one as well, gotta love those afternoon naps!!! Tonight it was a night of being glued in front of American Idol. There were some strange ones on tonight, we were cracking up. I am so bad with names but there was a great one on tonight, it was a guy who used to do musicals when he was a child. I think we will see him go far!

Tonight I would love to be able to give my nephew Lawson some love, a big hug and kiss as he is not feeling too well tonight. He is such a sweet little boy and we love him so much and I hate to hear that he is not doing that well tonight. We Love You Lawson!!! I love my family so much, we have gotten so much closer since the beginning of the year, and what a perfect time to start a new beginning!!! Anyway gonna close with some pictures tonight and head to bed, got a busy day ahead of me tomorrow, sorry this blog is probably pretty boring, lame, whatever, but hey, I blogged 2 days in a row, GO SARAH!!!!

My little sweetheart Kanon at 10 months

My nephew Lawson with Ava

Blogging is the new.....ME!!!

2009-01-19T23:15:00.000-06:00

ok ok, so I have tried this once or twice and I FAILED , I failed hard. I ended up with approx 3 posts, even cute little pictures attached and then a year later, no posts..sad huh? Well this time I am making this part of my new years resolution to keep this sucker updated. At least every few days, I would really like to get into the habbit of doing it daily but I am not making that a promise at this moment. Keep in mind I do have a baby who is now crawling around putting everything into his mouth, including: quarters, pixos, 5 day old macaronis, and doll heads from his sisters polly pockets.

Let me take a moment to introduce myself to the cyberworld. I am a 28 year old mother of 3 kiddos. Adyson my firstborn is 7 years old, she is a straight A student, sweet as sugar, very mature, knows way too much, however can be very sneaky at times and can also be very hateful to her 3 year old sister Ava.

on to Ava, It took me two years to get pregnant with Ava so from the beginning we had a bond that was like no other. I was so happy to have finally got her here in this world I said over and over I would spoil her rotten, well guess what ladies and gentlemen? I succeeded!!! She is as rotten as they get and now I am paying hard for it!!! She is a blast to be around, and is constantly cracking me up but she is very moody!!! She loves her older sister Ady so much, she worships her, but the feels are definately not mutual. Ava's thoughts on Kanon are, well..ummm I think she wishes Kanon would have stayed in Mommy's tummy for a few more decades. From day 1 she was not happy to see him and still is not. At times I think we are having a breakthrough between them but then something happens and tears that all apart.

Last but not least my sweet baby boy Kanon. My baby boy that I always wanted, I finally got him this past March. He is currently 10 months old and I am fascinated with his every move, his every smile, every pout. I am so in love with this little man. Tonight I had some alone time with him , which is very uncommon and I just sat in the floor and watched him play for a good hour and a half. I caught myself just staring at his every little move. He is such a sweet guy and has stollen my heart from day one. Hopefully he does not break it when he gets in the teenage years!!

We live in a quiet little subdivison in a town population approx 16,000. We have a Walmart, a few great restaurants and Adyson's school is half a mile from our house, so life is good! I am going to have to end my first entry, as it is getting close to midnight and my 3 year old thinks she cannot sleep unless I am in bed with her, so if I do not want her acting like a maniac tomorrow I better call it quits. I will get on tomorrow and post some pictures of my kiddos for the cyberworld and my friends and family to see. Please leave comments, comments make me happy, I love to read comments, and if you guys do not comment I may just QUIT!!! haha SEE YA!