My 2 year old

I am so thankful for my funny little 2 year old. Weston is so much fun. He has been having a blast with his best buddies Matthew and Micah. Today Alishia watched him so I could go to help in Ruthie's class. He did great! No crying after I left and even when I got there he was great (normally he'll cry when he see's me again)...they did tatoos and stickers and Weston (who has my OCD) did the cutest picture and of course lined his trains up on the track 'properly'! Alishia was laughing and said this is definitely YOUR boy, after showing me her boys' pictures that were adorable with the stickers all over (like 'normal' 2 year olds) :) He had so much fun with them! WOOHOO between that and going better to Nursery I am so excited. Here are some pics of him and his buddies (Blake included).

Our fun hairstyles!

Ruthie and I have been having so much fun!!! All of these cute hairstyles I got off of the links I have under 'Cool Sites to View' ! I pick out 2 that I think I can do for a school day and let Roo pick between the 2 :) Landon isn't too happy because we barely make it to school on time (and are late a lot too...) But...and here's my justification... I have to do it while I can until she won't let me anymore! You only have a little girl 1 time and I am loving it! Roo has fine hair, but a good amount and it's pretty long so we have a lot of options. I'll post more as we do more! I hope you enjoy and if you have any questions let me know and I'll try to answer them...there are some great styles for short hair too on the links.

My Big Baby

So Blake had his 4 month well check and is off the charts!!! 4 MONTHS...19.3 lbs and 27 inches long...110th%...seriously, Landon put him in 18month jammies last night. Where did my baby go? He's huge. He has outgrown the infant carrier, the bouncy seat lays almost to the floor and he's just about too heavy for the swing! Since he's not sitting up yet I don't know what I'll do about the grocery store (not to mention my BACK aches all the time and now I know why!) We are so thankful he is healthy and happy (not so much about being the size of a 10 month old) - but, grateful he is such a joy and such a great baby. Blake makes us all smile and loves to watch what everyone is doing at all times. In fact if it's too quiet he can't sleep because he's used to noise all the time :)

James' Birthday Pictures!

Happy Birthday James

James turned 7 years old on the 28th! We had a great day. He woke up to lots of decorations in not only the kitchen but his bedroom as well. He got a cool Star Wars Clone Wars carrier (that Mommy & Daddy found for a great deal at Sam's club!!!), some cool figures from his brothers and sister and cupcakes at school to boot! For his birthday dinner he wanted to go to Texas Roadhouse to eat rolls with cinnamon butter and have the balloon guy make him something cool :) After we came home and opened present with his best bud Dalin...he wasn't excited or anything...can you tell?! Happy Birthday James. We love you so much. You are such a sweet boy with so much love for everyone around you. You make us all smile and are such a great helper with all of your brothers and sister. Thanks for being our big man!

Sassy Do's

I just love having a little girl. With all these boys it's so fun to be able to play dress up and paint nails and do hair. Ruthie is such a great sport to sit and let mommy play with her hair! This is one of the do's that we've done and it turned out so stinkin cute! Though the blog that we loved to go to for ideas isn't there anymore. If you know of one I would love you to post it on the comments!

Reading Stories

I LOVE this picture! Landon loves to read to the kids and...can you tell...they love it too! I am so thankful to have such a wonderful father for our children. Love you Honey!

Little Sophie

This is Ruthie with Robin (the sweet lady we got Sophie from). We took Ruthie's stuffed animal carrier to pick up Sophie in so she could be safe in in the car :)

Well we had a fun New Year present for Ruthie and the kids. Our cat Stormy disappeared after getting out one night and the kids were so sad - especially Ruthie. So Landon suggested that maybe we could get a kitty for Christmas. Well Santa found a cute little one on Craigs' List and we picked her up on New Year's Eve! Her name is Sophie and she is a ball of fun. Daisy dog is scared to death of her - it is SO funny! She snuggles and plays and is learning the rules of the house. So here are a few pictures of our little Sophie.


For those of you who know Landon, this is such a sweet picture of my man who 'hates' cats!

Could she have a bigger smile on her face?!

New Year and New Beds

So Weston was finally ready for a big bed. The big move from the crib to the twin bed...hmmm HE was ready but I wasn't sure if I was ready! Some really awesome friends of our (the Keims) had these amazing custom Thomas Train beds the Kevin made ( he is incredibly talented) and they gave them to our boys (I still don't know how to properly thank them!) We absolutely LOVE them... Weston helped Landon put them together - helped as only a 2 year old can :) and several hours, 4 beds taken apart and put back together and 2 room changes this is the end result!

Christmas Recap

Here are the great pictures of our crazy Christmas with 5 kids! Even though it was a somewhat meager year...with 5 kids to wrap for it still looks like a lot. We had so much fun watching them. My favorite photo was this one of Weston jammin out with the headphones and ipod to his favorite "move it" song! ENJOY! :)

The 3 oldest received ipod shuffles (generic off ebay for $13) from Santa and loved to rock out to all the fun songs... Weston swiped Porters' and wouldn't take it off!

Porter just loved his giant snowglobe bouncy ball...who could blame him, it was awesome!

Santa's little Angels...

My Dad plays Santa every year for our family Christmas party (for over 3o years now) and our kids love to have their pictures taken with Grandpa Santa...This was Blake's first Christmas and his first photo with 'Santa'! Thank you Grandma Mrs. Clause for the suit :)

Notice Weston is NOT in this...couldn't get that one to hold still...AND his outfit didn't match :( So cute of my oldest 3!

Weston was SO happy! New Thomas jammies and skittles to boot!!

My (crazy) Wonder Life!

So this Christmas season I am so thankful to have 5 healthy and beautiful children that bless my life! This pic was from Thanksgiving and we were just thrilled to have 1 with all the kids looking AT the camera and happy (not crying)!!

Porter is our big man! He is 8 years old and doing so great. We started him and Weston on the GFCF diet (gluten free Casein free). While it's taken some time to see results with him, he is talking up a storm and really understanding everything around him on a whole new level!

James is our Big Helper! He is almost 7 years old and takes such good care of his brothers and sister. He is a wiz at math and gets 100% on all of his accelerated reading. We are so proud of him and how hard he tries.

Ruthie is our little mommy! At 5 years old and in Kindergarten we are so excited for the little angel she is. She loves to dress up the baby and helps out a ton.

Weston is our Mr. MAN! He is into everything. He loves to chase after his brothers and sister and get into all their stuff. He is doing great in all his therapies and really has been talking a ton since starting this new diet.
Blake is 2 1/2 months and is HUGE! We call him Bubba Blakers and love him to pieces. He loves to talk and coo and smile at us all and is a light in our family.

Posting WITH a baby...

There's a reason why it's taken me so long to post anything and HIS name is Blake! My "want to eat every 2-3 hours " is keeping me pretty busy! But as he grows and smiles and coo's, it's ALL worth it...So between 4 birthdays in 2 months and Halloween and adjusting to having a new baby I WILL BE POSTING LOTS SOON- some super fun pics too...so stay tuned :) Loves to you all!

I'm a Bella...

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So I took the quiz and am Bella :) I am excited for the movie to come out. I love a good book and a good movie and can't wait to see if everything is like my imagination made it out to be... See who you are...