These are a few of O's favorite things.........

So this week is all about my O..........can you guess why????

Well it's because this is his birthday week, and he is going to be 6 on February 2.....I know, I know, I can't hardly believe it either!

So can you figure out his favorite things............ OK,I will go ahead and tell ya!!!

Nerf guns, his containers full of army guys, pirates, super heroes, trucks, all that boy stuff! Also football, the KC Chiefs, video games, his mudtruck comforter and mudtrucks too. There is also his lava lamp, oreo cookies and his baby brother (he really really likes his baby brother)!

Don't get me wrong he loves his sisters too but there is just something about his baby brother! He also really likes to pick on his sisters and make them mad!!!!

His favorite color is blue (though I think camo comes in a very close second), he wants to be a cop when he grows up, he says he has no plans to ever get married or have kids (however, I think that will change one day)!

He is senstive and sweet, gets his feelings hurt easily, loves to make funny sounds and loves animals!

He answers to several nicknames O man, O meister, bubba. bubberoo, buberoni, O O, and Andy (this is a thing between him and his daddy)

He is an all around boys boy, a very good boy with a bit of an onery side!

He has the brightest blue eyes and the biggest heart and he is a proud "mama's boy! And his mama his proud to call him her boy!

He is very loved by everyone who knows him!

A Little of this......

and a Little of that!

What do you do when you are 5 months old and you are sitting in your bouncy chair and you want out but you don't see that nice lady who feeds you and holds you and kisses you ALL the time................

Well.....you wiggle and you wiggle until you have no choice but to wait for that mama lady to come and get you! (Which I was only one room away and he hadn't cried at all so I guess he really thought he could get where he wanted to go, all on his own, it sure made me laugh a little)!

Katelin got some potato heads for Christmas, they will entertain her for quite a while......she likes to make people she knows!

This particular day, she made Daddy (the one with the mustache), Mommy (the one with the big purple nose and red shoes) and Grammy (the one with a green hat and orange ears)! I see the resemblance, don't you???








I'm not sure if i've mentioned it before but my husband it a Mr. Fix It, he can do just about anything around the house or in a vehicle which saves us a lot of headaches and money. But he is also very creative and talented with stuff and is always coming up with fun stuff for the kids......so what did he come up with this time???

That would be a cardboard airplane he made out of an old box. He made it after the kids went to bed and left it in Owen's room. He woke me up early the next morning and said, "Mama i'm hungary and who made that big paper airplane?"  It was cute!

It only survived a day or two but the kids had fun with it while it lasted. It amazes me how the most expensive toys can go untouched yet the cheapest, strangest things can bring endless fun to the kids. I'm glad my kids have great imaginations and don't need to always have expensive, battery powered toys to entertain them!

I'll leave you with one more pic of my precious little crew......my younger two have some pretty goofy faces going on here!!!

I have a certain little child of mine..........

that is completely and totally obsessed!!!!  Can you guess what that certain little child of mine is obsessed with????

Thats Right!!!! My little curly blond haired beauty is obsessed with everything that is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.............and courtesy of Santa in her stocking she even has all the little characters! She also has 2 stuffed Mickeys and 2 stuffed Minnies!

We have about 20 or so MM Clubhouse's recorded on our DVR, that way we always have one if we need it. Now if it were up to Katelin (or if mommy let Grammy spoil Katelin the way Grammy would like to) she would have it playing on the TV 24/7 but i'm not the kind of Mom to allow that to happen.

Anyway, for the past 2 weeks she's been wanting to watch the one with 2 mickeys and 2 tudos (that would be plutos in Katelin talk), well none of us had any clue what she was talking about until this morning!!!!

There was a commercial for the upcoming MMC and Katelin starts yelling that's it , thats the one with 2 mickey and 2 tudos, so as a relief to everyone in our household we now know which episode it is and what it is call and we have it on DVR, whew............

As long as we are talking about my children and their obsessions, let me share a few pics of my youngest little angel and 2 of his newest obsessions...............

Yeah my sweet little Evie always has his feet in his hands and his tongue hanging out..........have I mentioned what a HAPPY baby he is??? OK, I thought I had but I just wanted to make sure because he really is just about the happiest baby I have ever seen (and he is even teething!)

Snow Fun!!!

Knowing the snow would be melting soon...........we took the kids outside after school today to build a snowman (Katelin wanted to make a snow baby, snow mommy, snow puppy, even a snow horse.....sorry KK but your mommy and daddy aren't that talented.)

Anyway, I had bought Katelin some snowbibs like the other kids have (I buy black ones so they can be passed down regardless of gender, smart huh?) and she looked so darn cute in them, so cute that well....i'll just have to show you..............

Also consider yourself warned.........if you ever throw a snowball at Owen, he will retaliate.........

Rylie was busy working on the snowman.............

We had all the parts and pieces......

We just didn't have very good snow, it didn't want to pack......so do you think we were able to make one???

Kinda!!!!

I guess you might call it a snow midget!

We did have one altercation...Owen clobbered Katelin in the face with a snowball...

 And this is Owen after he got in trouble, he claims everyone was being mean to him?!?

So we had some fun in the snow, even though our snowman didn't quite stack up! Not to worry though they are calling for more snow in our near future

Stuck in the Snow!!

So in my last post I talked about going to Strouds for Grammy's birthday, well I left out a small part of the day......I did this because it was my mom's birthday and I had to be nice but her birthday is over and I can pick on her again! Can you guess what she did as we were leaving for Strouds Saturday night?

She got her car stuck in the yard while pulling out of the driveway!!!! We had to pull her out in the truck!!! Owen and Dylan were riding with her and Rylie and Katelin were in the truck with us. When I told Katelin that Grammy was stuck in the snow, she started talking about Grammy going to heaven and needing to be covered up and getting kind of upset so I realized she took me literally. I had to explain to her that Grammy wasn't actually stuck in the snow but that her car was! Rylie, on the other hand, was in the back going "Grammy Stop, your getting my pretty snow all dirty!" She wasn't too happy with Grammy after this little incident!

So that was just another "Grammy moment", that we will most likely never let her forget!!! We Love You Grammy!!!

Happy Birthday Grammy!!!

Today is Grammy's Birthday, we hope she enjoyed her day...........

How did we celebrate for Grammy today......well we got her some pretty purple flowers (her fave color) and we all went to Strouds for dinner.................

I don't know if any of you have ever been to Strouds before but we have been going there since I was a little girl, it's not just a in and out place, there is always at least an hour wait and they have the best chicken fried steak and cinnamon rolls. It is also in North Kansas City inside an old cabin built in the 1800's (they have a location in Fairway but it's just not the same!)

We usually go on my birthday which is December 23 but we didn't make it this year (the first year in a long time we haven't been there on my bday) Despite not going there, I had a great birthday because I got....

the best fuzzy robe ever, my beautiful picture frame and the willow tree nativity I wanted......anyway this isn't about me so back to Grammy's birthdat at Strouds!

So we had 7 kids and at least an hour wait so it was a bit stressful especially because of a couple of onery boys named Owen and Dylan but the very nice hostess intrigued them, telling them how the place was supposedly haunted and how a 6 year old girl had died in the small room (which used to be a bedroom) all those years ago. Supposedly people have claimed to see this little girl at the restaurant!

Guess where we sat for dinner???? Yeap, in that room but thankfully we didn't see any ghost!

However in the waiting area there is this door..............

 I've always wondered what was up there??? Well if you know Dylan then it won't surprise you that he asked what was up there and if he could go up there to see! As we were leaving the owner was nice enough to take the kids up the winding staircase, Owen decided not to go but Hay, Ry, Dylan & Katelin went and they were gone for a bit and I was beginning to wonder???? But then.............

they came back down safe and sound! The office is up there, the kids did say it was kinda creepy!!!

So Grammy............we hope you know how very much loved you are!!!!! We are blessed to have you as our mom and these 7 kids couldn't ask for a better Grammy!!!! Happy Birthday!!!

Another Snow Day!!!

The kids were super excited to be snowed out again, remember just a few post ago all the fun snow day pics..........well what do you think we did this time?????

I will tell you it's probably not what you think...........so here is a preview...........

Katelin drew a picture of Daddy, it really amazes me that she can draw a person that well at 2 1/2!

 We let the kids bring Ry's mattress in our room and have a sleepover in Mommy and Daddy's room and then we stayed in our pj's ALL day!

After cleaning up the house we all watched Shrek forever after! And we had 2 sick little girls on our hands....

                                                                                

Rylie had a temp around 100 degrees all day, she pretty much hung out on the couch just feeling a little yucky, drank her smoothie and rested.

Katelin had a low degree temp that wasn't keeping her down until mid movie and it spiked to 104 degrees and i've never seen my sweet girl so sick, luckily tylenol seemed to help and she's feeling a little better now!

So not as much going on as the last snow day but besides my sick girls it was still a good day. I will leave you with a pretty pic of the snow falling in our backyard!

Cousins!!!

We had a house full on Sunday night and Monday (the kids were off school for MLK Jr. Day), Haylie and Dylan spent the night and Xander came over early the next morning actually really early like 4 am because Dylan began to not feel great and wanted his mom so she came over and slept on the couch until she had to go to work! Anyway the kids had a good time, they usually do when they all get together.........

The girls played some wii

 The boys, well they were boys, nerf guns, cars & superheroes!

We also had the little boys and they were angels of course and my Ry Ry was a super big helper, even getting Xander to sleep for me!

And don't worry I didn't forget Katelin......you see she's the only one without a partner in crime (a same sex, about the same age cousin).....and this worries me because she just might be onery enough for two kids just all wrapped up in one adorable little package!

She began without wanting her picture taken.....



But quickly changed her tune and was hamming it up for the camera...



What do I find.....

all over my house these days????

And how do they get all over my house????

And who is the boy behind the NERF????

That would be my Owen.............100% BOY! He loves the guns, swords, army, picking on his sisters, anything and everything that says boy, but don't let him fool you because he still likes to cuddle and he will always be my little boy even when he is bigger than me!!!

Just Because...........

I know a certain someone who could use a smile to cheer her up today!!!!

And what better to put a smile on someones face....................

than a sleeping angel or

 a kiss from Katelin

And sometimes you just have to get downright goofy to make someone smile,

such as Evan with a headful of hair or....

Katelin trying to make a funny face like all the kids do in pictures these days (and yes I realize how old I sound by saying "like all the kids do these days", no point in being in denial!)

So.........we hope this puts a smile on everyones face today but especially to our very special someone who needs an extra dose of LOVE today.......WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Evan Wade 5 months

Can you guess what I love most about my sweet little Evan????

EVERYTHING.....from the soft little fuzzies on his head to his cute little toes, this sweet baby of mine has captured my heart in every way!!!!

At 5 months old he has shown us so much personality.......he is happy and smiling ALL the time!
He babbles and laughs, rolls over, is sitting up very well with support and is loving his food.
He is eating cereal and I mix it with baby food, so far he has had apples, bananas, peaches, carrots and squash and he loves all of it!

He loves his jumperoo and loves to look at himself in the mirror (I don't blame him, I could stare at him all day long, he is just the cutest thing EVER!) He has discovered his feet and loves to play with them.

He weighs around 18lbs, and is in size 3 diapers however with his chubs I may buy size 4 next time!!!

Daddy has began the tradition he's done with all the kids and has started giving Evan itty bitty pieces of ice and he loves it, he also loves his daddy an awful lot, he finds him to be pretty funny (but let's not tell daddy, his head might swell). Not to worry, mommy is still his favorite!!!

Well here are his monthly pics with the bear.......he sure has grown in these 5 months!!!!!

One of those moments.............

that puts a smile on my face and a warm fuzzy in my heart.................

 Just a quiet moment (by quiet I mean no fighting or bickering), everyone together doing something simple getting along talking and laughing.......these are some of my favorite moments with my favorite people!

And these next pictures.....well they are just plain old awwwwwww moments.....

My sweet boys snuggling fast asleep, once upon a time I said "as long as I have girls I will be happy", Obviously I didn't know at the time what a blessing boys are, there are no words!

And one last thing..............

           See these pictures, well they are from this morning.....this morning which was about 5 degrees outside, this morning when our heater had quit working the night before, this morning when our house was 54 degrees inside, this morning when it was flipping COLD! The first is Ry and O eating breakfast in front of the heater in our room, then Katelin watching, what else but Mickey Mouse and Evan literally chilling out with their hats on. Luckily by about 1pm we had heat again.....Thank Goodness!