Happy Birthday Gus!

Happy 29th Birthday Gus!

We had a little birthday party for Gus. We had 14 adults and 19 children crammed into our little house! It was wild but so much fun with lots of good food! So many candles so little cake!

Greg and Christina got him is favorite drink... sold only in Brazil...and Ridley's in Middleton, ID!

Speaking of Brazil... a week after Gus' birthday we went to Tucanos and had a ton of good food and a great time! They even sang to him while he stood on a chair and played the tambourine!The girls were so excited to give Dad their presents. Sarah Jane gave him some of his favorite candy Swedish Fish! Carlie got him a Toy Story Memory game... their favorite game to play together! Grady gave his dad a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle shirt that said Turtley Awesome! He also got a bike pump so he can go for bike rides with the kids!

For Gus' birthday I thought that I would tell everyone 29 things about him...

1. He is a great father.
2. He is a wonderful husband.
3. He loves candy.
4. He loves to ride motorcycles.
5. He loves having a son.
6. He is a good singer.
7. He is a math nerd.
8. He is a well trained restaurant server.
9. He is a gamer... he loves to play video games.
10. He is a facebook junkie.
11. He is a stone mason.
12. He loves to help people.
13. He is very easily distracted.
14. He can't stand bad customer service.
15. He loses his phone daily.
16. He loves playing sports (basketball, tennis, softball, volleyball).
17. He loves The Office.
18. He owns a BMX.
19. He loves to teach his children to say funny things.
20. He is very kind and helpful.
21. He loves to make lists and Excel spreadsheets.
22. He is a hard worker.
23. He is a very happy guy.
24. You can tell his mood by the position of his eyebrows.
25. He is quick to forgive.
26. He is very handsome.
27. He is hilarious.
28. He is a good friend.
29. He loves me!

I am so happy to have Gus in my life. He makes life fun!
I love you Gus!

My Messy Eater

Grady is getting so big and has started the baby food phase of his life! He is now 7 months old. At his six month appointment he weighed in at 18 pounds 10 ounces in the 75% and 28 inches long in the 95%! He is almost as big as Sarah Jane, who at 18 months weighed 22 pounds 2 ounces and was in the 20% and was 32 inches tall in the 60%.

Grady was so funny to feed because he would open up so big as soon as he saw the food!

He is such a happy baby and has such fun expressions! He for sure is his fathers son... just look at those eyebrows!

Sarah Jane was not quite ready to let Grady sit in HER highchair! Even though it has been a few months that she gave it up to sit at the bar.

I know I say this over and over but he really is a very HAPPY kid!

Here is the whole gang just hanging out and growing up so fast... we have a lot of fun together!

Catching up... of course!

Christmas

I had to post one picture of Christmas since my computer was messed up and I didn't post any pics of Christmas day! Here are the kids with their Santa gifts!

Carlie's 4th Birthday

Pretty much all that Carlie wanted for her birthday... Balloons! She was so excited when she woke up to have two balloons! She also had her first day being in the sunbeam class in primary... talk about a great birthday!

Carlie got a Sleeping Beauty Princess barbie for her Birthday! Emily and Kara (her cousins) came to play and have cake and ice cream.

Carlie and I when we went to Edwards to see "The Princess and the Frog" for her birthday!

We had a great time at the movie... we got popcorn, candy, and juice! Of course she had to go potty during the last ten minutes! Carlie had so much fun at her first movie! She still talks about it a month later!

Breakfast

I love breakfast so we went out to breakfast on Saturday! Taking three kids, two of which I classify as "Babies", out to breakfast is not so fun it turns out. The poor girl that served us dealt with a lot of spills and "can we have more napkins" and questions from Carlie. Although Carlie did tell her how pretty she was at one point! It was more WILD than "fun"!

Grady is sooooo easy to make smile all that you have to do is smile at him!

Cheese!

Sick Baby

Grady got a cold and a bad cough so I took him in and he had Bronchitis. We had to give him breathing treatments for about a week... it was so sad but he was a really good boy while he was getting them! He is so sweet and happy all of the time, even when he's sick.

Thanksgiving/Christmas Eve

We start with Thanksgiving at our house with the Drake family... we really missed having Milbry and Zach and their families!!

Drake family Thanksgiving Feast... Carlie burned her finger on the curling iron and said that she was having a terrible day. Poor girl it was pretty sad.

Sarah Jane didn't enjoy a lot of the great food but she for sure didn't miss out on the olives... yum!

Sarah Jane wanted her turn at the big table and was playing more than eating... a common theme with her.

Another picture with Gus... (Carlie had a mug of cold water to keep her finger in). We had a great time with the Drakes and love having the family at our home often!

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Thanksgiving at the Waltman's

We had a good time but as always it is pretty crazy! This is the adult/teenager table... so many people so little space!

This is where the little kids sat... including Carlie! In this picture I think she was under the table.

The littlest kids were at the bar. Sarah Jane happens to be ON the bar!
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The day after Thanksgiving the guys (Gus, His Dad, and Sam) did a great job of finding a perfect tree!

Our little family in front of our Christmas tree when it was alive and beautiful.
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Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve at my parents house during the Grandkid drawn name opening.

Grady just stared at Santa in awe!

I think it's safe to say that Sarah Jane doesn't care for Jolly Ol' Saint Nick at this point in her life!

Carlie was so excited and got in line to sit with Santa several times! We could hardly get her to stop hopping to go sit with him.

The kids and all of their varying emotions as they sit with Santa on Christmas Eve.

Grady, Carlie, Kara, Sarah Jane, Emily, Kenedy, and Cami all singing Ruldolf the Red nosed Reindeer.

Sarah Jane got a baby doll!

Carlie got Snow White at our Waltman draw name gift exchange from her cousin Ethan! She was so excited!

Grady is such a cute boy... in my opinion. I just love him, he is so happy all of the time, he is such a good baby and is learning to roll over!

Carlie is so into the Santa thing! She loves Christmas... she insisted that we set out treats and milk for Santa, and some friends of ours gave us Reindeer food that we had to set out too! There are also some pictures that she made for Santa! She is a riot, she gets so excited!

This post is to be continued... (our camera is being dumb)

I am Thankful for Sarah Jane!

So I thought that I would just dedicate a posting to tell you how thankful I am for our funny little "BUG", Sarah Jane!

Here she is at Halloween... she was so cute and has just learned to say "ChEEEEZZ" She loved being Tigger and would bring me the costume every day for weeks so I would put it on her!
For Halloween we decorated cookies... above is the Before shot and below is the After! Isn't she too old to make such a mess of her food?
Sarah Jane has such a fun personality she is always making funny faces!

Above is Sarah Jane at 17months and below is Carlie at 11months...

Whenever I try to take a picture of Sarah Jane she juts out her chin and does a weird smile!

These two girls are so cute together! They love each other (for the most part)... Kara is Valerie's daughter who is a year older. Kara calls Sarah Jane just Jane! I love it!

Silly Girl!

I love putting her hair in pig tails, I think it is so dang cute!

Whoa! Close up!

I always think it is fun to compare how Sarah Jane looks to how Carlie looked at the same age! I think that they look quite a bit different!

I love this little girl and her chubby cheeks! They are so squeezable... don't try it though because she will squeeze right back and it hurts!

I love my baby girl and I can hardly believe that she is almost in nursery (next month yeah!). She is such a blessing in our home. She is always happy and is very active, climbing, running, and laughing! She loves to play with Carlie, they are best friends! She loves talking to Grady... she will get right in his face and say Hiiiiiiiiii! She is such a daddy's girl! She is such a joy to me I love her so much!


This video is fun because Sarah Jane is just starting to really talk and say phrases. Here she is talking to one of my sisters Shari... who most of you know is Sarah Jane's favorite person ever! You can also see Julie and her son Jaxson.

I love you!