Birthday fun

After about 5 times of reading the same book to Brody I refused to read it to him and he moved on to other guests in the house. I am pretty sure almost everyone read him "Where the Wild Things Are"

By the end of the night the kids had really shown evidence of a fun time in the playroom (the popcorn that covered the entire room was Ryan cause once he knocked down the bowl he crawled all over it and his chubby little legs carried the popcorn all over)!

Thanks Sarah for the beautiful flowers!

I forgot to post some fun pictures. My birthday this year was lovely. I know that is a weird word to describe my birthday but it felt lovely. Though it was sort of both our birthdays we were celebrating (Jake's is the 12th) Jake surprised me by getting off work early the day of my birthday (it was last Friday - the 19th). He normally gets home around 8:30 pm so date night on a Friday NEVER happens. We went to a nice restaurant for dinner which was wonderful and delicious. These days with taking care of more kids and having a husband that gets home so late I am easy to please with just a hamburger and fries sometimes so the nice restaurant was especially lovely. Then we went to a movie too. Not to sound like my life is normally lame but that is pretty full and expensive night for Jake and I. It was nice to go out for both our birthdays. Then Saturday night Natalie and Amber came over with their husbands and kids and birthday festivities were extended even further. It was a fun night as well with pizza and soda.

It was a wonderful 27th birthday and I appreciated every bit of it, including e-cards, actual cards and text messages. It is always nice to feel special!!

Treadmill and Toy!

This is how Brody has decided to use the treadmill...

New things

Ryan's 1st birthday meant a big change...or at least I think so
Big boy carseat that is front-facing. As you can tell by these pictures he is just overjoyed!

These other pics were just for fun

Cause kids are cute and funny!

1st Birthday and first birthday party!!

These photos are NOT in the right order. But as you can see we had a wonderful birthday party with family and some friends. We kept the tradition we started with Brody and that was a morning birthday party with breakfast food and all.

I can't believe my little baby is 1! I can't believe this time last year I was in the hospital with a little newborn. Ryan is so cute and funny. I am eager to see how his spitfire personality develops as he gets closer to the "toddler" phase.

Happy birthday dear Jake!

Happy birthday to my sweet husband

This very day last year we checked into the hospital for the emergency induction of our second baby

This very day last year you had the stomach flu

We don't have to do too much to make your 28th a lot better than your 27th birthday

Love you...28 year old!

What February brings

Evan, my buddy, keeps me cracking up all day long. He is so cute and so well behaved at my house. Evan is also very good with the babies. It is sweet to see him talk with Ryan and Maddie and kiss them and hold their hands.

Love this little girl. I only have boys and it has been so fun to have a little baby girl around the house. I have been watching Maddie and Evan since the beginning of January and I meant to post something about my days lately filled with four kids. And how much I love taking care of a little girl and having her wear cute pink and flowery outfits. It helps that she is a pretty easy baby to take care of!

New highchair - love it

Straps broke on this old highchair. We are grateful for all the use we have gotten out of it. I got it from my sister who used it with the kids she nannied so this highchair is around 7 years old - I can't really complain that we had to buy a new one cause this was free and it lasted through Brody and a few months of Ryan!!

February is a crazy month for our family

Firstly, 3 of Jake's siblings have anniversaries this month.

Second, there are 4 birthdays within a week of each other: Jake (12th), Ryan (13th), Donna (18th) and my birthday (19th).

Lastly, Valentine's Day. A couple years ago Jake and I didn't even want to bother celebrating it, especially cause we just had a celebration of love on our anniversary like a month half ago. We celebrate it in May!!

Plus it seems like a crazier month cause it is shorter than the rest!!