Things I don't want to forget

My children are growing SO fast and there are things I want to remember about their childhood years!
Gage has the cutest darn toothless smile.
Memphis's favorite toy right now includes a big rock that his animals climb up, jump off of and fight on.
Julia is the most clumbsy child I have ever met. Only pour as much juice as you want to wipe up.
When Bethany eats she her little hand has to have something to feel whether it is your hair, a blanket, her hair or your face. Julia insists that you must watch her poop!

Memphis has become a HUGE daddy's boy! Memphis can say the funniest things...so innocently! For example his latest
*when Grandpa's underware were in the laundry Memphis comes flying into the kitchen to inform us that "Grandpa didn't wipe his but because his underware is brown"
*After pouring a healthy sized portion of ranch on Memphis's plate he exclaims not that little I want it "papa" sized!

Gage's favorite things include any type of animal, but yet he is scared to death of any living animal. He has also become quite the smarty pants....he doesn't want to wear a hat, gloves to school...so he gets on the bus wearing them, but hides them on the bus and tells the school he doesn't have them and than when he gets back on the bus to go home he gets them. This has also now happened with his reading books.

Julia is a little me. Very stubborned! She loves her coffee and most mornings is VERY crabby until she gets it. She loves her "Granma" and often proclaims she is staying over night. Anything her teacher says is the "law". Her lastest funny statement was "I'm not going to school ever again" oh why? "because N and C are mean" oh why are they mean "because they make me share!"

Bethany clicks her tounge to get your attention. She "dives" in front of you if you are not looking at her while you are holding her. She says "mm" while she eats. She hates people in her space and will pull their hair to get them out of it. She thinks she should be carried everywhere and when you try to have her stand her legs turn to jelly. She LOVES her bottle and LOVES to sleep with a blanket on her face...you move it off she moves it right back on it.

Not me Monday!

Not Me Monday!
After the New Year’s Day that I had I thought I would write
a not me Monday!
It was not my husband who woke up to discover that his toe
was red, swollen, and blue and couldn’t for the life of him think of why it was
that way. It was not I who panicked and
wanted to take him to the ER because I thought they would amputate his toe
because of his diabetes’. He did not decide to go the ER just to make
sure it was ok only to discover in the ER waiting room that his toe was sore
because he did not trip over clothes on the floor in the middle of the
night…because my house is ALWAYS clean and my laundry is always washed, folded
and put away!
It was not my children who set up toys to use as hurdles and
decided their baby sister would make a great hurdle and she did not tip over,
get a huge bruise on her head because I ALWAYS
watch my kids and would NEVER let them jump over their sister!
It was not my husband who graciously let me take a nap and
while I was sleeping he did not let my kids eat a whole bag of freezes…he feed
them their lunch because are children always eat well balanced meals!
I did not swerve on the road to hit the rumble strips on the
side of the road to make my screaming baby quit crying and I did not get pulled
over by the police officer because my head light was out. It was not me who said to the police officer
after he asked me if I knew why I got pulled over “could it be that my
screaming children are breaking the noise violation?” It was not my children in the back seat
screaming “don’t take my mom to jail” because David and I would NEVER lie to
our kids to make them keep their seat belts on.
It was not me that didn’t have her licenses with her because I am always
responsible and would not have forgotten to put my wallet back in the diaper
bag after taking it out to give to my husband his insurance card for above ER
trip. It was not the police officer who
looked at me with a sorry look for pulling over a mother who obviously was already
frazzled.
It was not me who played the Wii instead of packing for the
Rochester trip…I would never put play before work!

Little laughs!

Need a little laugh....here ya go!

After decorating our christmas tree for the second time David tied it to the wall so it would not tip again. Memphis has decorated it and undecorated it and decorated it again that it never looks the same for very long. So when Memphis was at Grandma's house the other day he was playing with his ball in the house and Grandma said "Memphis we can't play ball in the house you might tip the tree over" to which Memphis replied "just have my dad tie it up than it won't fall!"

We went to the pizza ranch this weekend and on the way home the boys were playing rough and started to burp and make funny bodily noises. My mom says to them "boys quit burping your chicken might fly out". Later that evening Julia burps really loud on accident and she quick covers her mouths and says "Oh no my chicken will fly out!"

David was tired after a long day of shoping with his boys so I decided to take over the boy's nightly routine while David held Bethany until I could get to her. However, Bethany decided that she wasn't going to wait for mom to feed her and latched on to David's chest to which he gives a little yelp to...well honey you know know what it feels like to nurse!

At 6 months

Bethany is is starting to sit, roll and eat real food. Her favorite foods include: carrots, mangos and avacados!

Mama loves you so very much. You bring such joy to my life! I love the way you are excited to see me and reach for me! I love the way you nuzzle into me and your little hand grabs my shirt when others try to take you from me! I love the way you smile and get so excited about stuff. I love how you love your Gage! Bethany you are a sweet little girl!

Christmas Tree Decorating

This weekend we decorated the Christmas tree. The 3 men of the house picked out the Christmas tree. David trimmed it, put it in the stand and got the lights on. let the decorating begin... Memphis was SO excited to decorate the tree! This is what Bethany thought of decorating the tree... After decorating the tree we made Christmas cookies. Bethany was more interested in cookie making, but by the looks of it, she has become to wild for her bumbo seat!

After decorating the Christmas tree for the second time after it feel, Dad decided that we should tie it up! We also invested in plastic balls!

Bethany is 5 months

At 5 months old, Bethany is a VERY happy baby! She keeps busy by jabbering, swinging and watching her siblings! She likes to go swimming and eating whatever she can get to her mouth! She is starting to roll!

She had her first ear infection and a sore finger from chewing it all the time. We started feeding her a little bit of rice cereal and some baby crackers!

Weekend Fun

This weekend the weather was beautiful and we took the opportunity to play at the park with our cousins and Grandma. We had a blast playing together.

Grandma takes every opportunity to snuggle Ms. Bethany as she is such a cuddle little girl!

Memphis is still as orinary as always! That smile will save him from much trouble!