Happy 3rd Birthday Katie Mae!

Dear Katie,

Today you are 3 years old! I can't beleive it! It seems like yesterday you were born!
All your siblings adored you the moment you came into our lives.
Casey couldn't get enough of you and wanted to hold/snuggle you all the time. It was hard to make her give you back!
Sam turned into your other mother. Even telling me things she thought I was doing wrong or when she thought you needed to be fed. She still does and you two have such a special bond.
Tommy loved FINALLY being a big brother.
And your dad wasn't sure what to do with a baby girl! You quickly won his heart over and still have it in the palm of your hand!
Anywhere he is, you like to be!

We were all so surprised to see your dark hair and chubby face! We think you were storing food for the winter in there!

At 9 months old we got your pictures done with a special dress your Auntie made for you. It was gorgeous! I hope someday to pass it on to your children!
Birthdays are always special in our house! We loved seeing you turn 1!
Especially with the special made Backyardigans crown your friend Annie made for you! We still have it!
By your second birhday you got what was going on and was THRILLED to see the cake coming your way!
Today marks another year.



You keep amazing me every day with all your new found talents. Whether it is riding a bike, using the potty or just being sassy.

It still makes me sad every time you achieve a new milestone. Although I am thrilled to see it, I know you are my last child and try to treasure every moment.

Thank you for making my life complete. You make being a mom a joy. I look forward to being your mom forever!

Happy Birthday Katie Mae!

Love,
Mom

My Little Katie

The girl drives me bonkers.

I put her to bed. 10 minutes later she is screaming "MAMA!! MAMA!!"

I am thinking she has to pee. So I charge up the stairs.

You know why she was screaming?

"Mama, I have a snooger on my finger!"

Yes, she had a big ole booger on her finger and needed to get rid of it.

At least she didn't eat!

Happy Belated Momma's Day!

I hope all you Momma's had a great day! Mine was! It was busy though!

The day started with a soccer game. Casey had a make up game. It was 45 minutes away. Coach made up for it by bringing coffee and donuts!

We spent the rest of the afternoon in the yard. I mowed the lawn. Yes, you heard it right. I mow the lawn. I actually love it. We have a ride on. It is 45 minutes that NO ONE can talk to me. I put my iPod in and go. If the try to talk to me, I ignore them....I can't hear them over the engine!

My garden got put together and stuff planted.

We bought a new grill. That is exciting for me! We are going to hitch it right up to our gas line! No more propane tank and worrying if it will run out in the middle of cooking!

We ended the day with my favorite take out. Thai food. Man, was it good! My mother in law and sister in law came over. Both their hubby's are away. It was nice. The 3 of us sat around after dinner while Chris cleaned up and made coffee. Good man!

I ended the day on the couch, no kids and watching the Amazing Race finale. I KNEW the Victor and Tammy would win. They really were a great team! Although, I was rooting for Margie and Luke. It would have been great to see the mom/son (who is deaf) win. They were so close!

True love in the form of a 5 year old

Tommy went to a Kindergarten tour yesterday. I can't beleive he is going in September!

While there he saw his "wife". They have been an item for well over a year. I asked them to get together so I could take a picture. This is what I got!

Potty training at it's best!

Now that Katie is fully potty trained *jumping for joy!* she goes in the potty a lot!
Not just to pee. If she needs to "let some gas out" she goes and sits.

Some kids are afraid of the flusher, Katie LOVES to flush. I am convinced she goes to sit just because she wants to flush. That is ok with me! As long as she is doing it.

Yesterday she had to join me in the bathroom while I "went". God forbid I pee alone.
After she looked at me, while she was patiently waiting to flush, and said
"Momma, you want me to wipe you?"

How precious! Little does she know that in about 50 years she may be doing that! She should take her time offering!

Wordless Wednesday!

This sign was in a coffee shop in Florida! Isn't it great?

OUCH

In my journey to running for a 5K and getting into shape, I have just started the Couch to 5K program.

This is thanks to my friends Tanya and Cec. (Thanks for inflicting the pain on me!) However, they have been a great support for me and trying to figure it all out.

Since I had been running (if you want to call it that) I figured I could jump into week 4. Ya....big mistake. I couldn't finish it. It looked it easy, until I went to do it! So last night I went and started week 3. It was still tough, but I got through it.

I am achy this morning! I am not sure if it was from last night or that I was had been going every night for the past 6 days.

I think I am taking a break today. My body will thank me tomorrow!

Totally Cool Giveaway!

John Deere Mom has the BEST giveaway for boys or even your husband! Actually, I can picture myself "teaching" Tommy how to use it. That would be the only chance I got to play with it!

My Tommy and Hubby would LOVE this! This is one toy I know would keep him outside for hours!

Who wouldn't want this?

Go to her blog and check out how to enter!

It is Official!

I just registered for my first 5K! June 20th I will be running the Sharon Timlin Memorial 5K Race for ALS.

Wish me luck! I started running about a month ago. I am getting better each time. I am still not up to a 5K, but with 7 weeks to go, I think I can do it!

SHE DID IT

Katie is potty trained! *doing the happy dance*

I can't beleive my baby, well she is almost 3, has no more diapers.

It is a bittersweet day. I am beyond thrilled there is no more diapers. But on the same note, that means my last child that I will have has no more diapers. It means she has taken the next step in life. Like when she slept through the night, no more bottles....you get it.

Today was the first day she went with Tinkerbell undies ALL day! (she is a TOTAL Tinkerbell junkie) Even when we went out! She had one accident. Thank god I had back up clothes. We were in the waiting area to get haircuts. I think she got into playing with the trains. Earlier that day we were out to breakfast and she went there.

The cutest was when she had just gone and she looked at me (while still sitting on the potty) and said "Momma, are you so proud of me?" Doesn't that just melt your heart?

Vacation- Part 1

I am back! I made through vacation with the entire family and the Outlaws!
We had a great time. Chris was surprised I was ol by the end. Usually by day 5 I am toast. I am usually crabby with zero patience left. For some reason not this time. YA!

The girls wanted a silly pictures on the way there.
That is Chris's beer!


The kids spent a lot of time in the pool. We brought Tommy's life jacket with us and he swam the whole pool instead of being stuck on the stairs. It was great.

Yes, he was playing with a Little Mermaid toy.

We hit the beach the beach.


The kids found a whole muscle. It was squirting water at them when it opened slightly!
Tommy made a picture in the sand of him and I.
My kids!
OK, that is all I have time for this morning! I will post a few more later!

I am here...well not really!

We are on vacation. I am posting from my Blackberry, which isn't fun to do.

We are having a great time in sunny Florida. The weather is warm and amazing.

We have been shopping, to the beach and I have been sitting poolside!

Yesterday Chris and I left the little ones with my Out Laws and took the big girls to Islands of Adventure. We had a great day. We really needed to spend that time together.
After the park we headed to the Hard Rock for dinner. Sam's favorite place.

I will torture you with loads of pictures when I get back Monday!

Much About Nothing

I have not much to blog about.

BLAH

I have been packing. We are headed to FLA Monday for the week. Staying at the Out Laws house. It will be fun.

So since I have nothing exciting to share, I will share cute pictures of my little ones. I would share the older ones, but they are never home for me to take pictures of!

It was about 70 Friday. We spent much of the day outside.

OK, seriously, I know she is mine so I am bias, but don't you want to eat her face up?
Tommy is lounging out is his new chair.

Yup...one of those mornings

I woke up this morning excited for the warm weather. It is supposed to be 70 today! Amazing!

Then I came downstairs and it all changed! It is only 7:00 am and this is what I have incurred already!

• Hubby complained that we will be in Florida to long. We are staying with his parents from Mon-Mon. He says after 5 days I am done. Guess what? I knew that. However, when I booked the tickets it was $600 cheaper to go the times I picked, than come home on a weekend. He actually had me checking the airlines online and see if we can come back sooner.
  

• Tommy whipped his blanket in Katie's face. I took it away. All he had to do was apologize to her to get it back. Easy right? Nope. He would rather cry and complain that he wants his blankie back then say "I am sorry". After doing that for a 1/2 hour he realized he was not going to win and said sorry.

• Katie sees Tommy crying and tries to aggrivate the situation. She wants the little chair he is sitting in. This sets her off. I try to get her to move and she won't. I move her myself and she kicks, screams and cries. She starts giving me raspberries. (spitting at me) I am SUPER mature and do it back to her because I am ready to crack. It makes her cry and me laugh. She storms off to find Daddy.

• Casey has her arm wrapped in a splint and sling. She fell off the ladder to her bed and bruised her arm really bad. Yes, right before vacation. This morning she can't find 2 out of the 4 bandage clips. She left for school with one bandage around her arm with the sling. BUT......not before realizing she left her backpack in her Dad's car last night. Did she blame herself? Nope.....it was Sam's fault. UGH

• Sam is not talking to Chris or I. So that made her quiet this morning.Thankfully. We are awful parents and life with her Dad's is so much better. Even though we pay for EVERYTHING! Yup, anyone who is divorced will verify that kids think your ex, their Dad, is great and wonderful. Even though they owe you $5,000.

ALL THIS AND IT IS ONLY 7:15AM!!!!!

How will I survive the day?

Our Easter Day!

I am a few days late posting these. I almost forgot to! Bad Momma!
This is Katie's basket.
Tommy's. Can you tell he LOVES Star Wars?
The girls got neat bags filled with stuff.
Here is Casey. Sam was still sleeping.
I had Easter dinner. It was a quiet one. My 3 siblings and their 9 kids between them all, were not here. It made for a quiet day. I had my parents, in laws, Nana, 2 uncles, aunt and cousin here.

Tommy and Katie made the edible napkin rings for everyone! I think they looked great on the table!
A holiday wouldn't be the same without my butter sculpture I get from our milkman. It has been a funny addition. I have had a turkey and Christmas Tree and now the lamb! I know you are all making fun of me!

Since my kids were the only one we had a small egg hunt. I cheaped out and bought prefilled eggs. They were cute. Katie had princess ones and Tommy had sport ones. We couldn't finish fat enough. It was so cold!


By days end, the kids were so tired. The crashed on the floor!