My littlest and sweetest Valentine!

Sorry that my pictures are sideways again but I couldn't resist sharing this funny story with all of you about Noah on Valentines Day. Naturally I didn't get to snap pictures of the actual event but I figured these two pictures are better than none so here goes.......On Valentines Day Noah came walking over to me holding the very end of a single long stem red rose with the biggest smile on his face. When he was about 10 feet from me he stopped and looked back at Papa who was right behind him and said "annhhh..." Noah pants had fallen straight to the floor and were around his ankles!!! BAHAHA! He was soooo embarrassed! Luckily Papa was quick on his feet and quickly pulled them up for him so that he could continue to give me the rose and hopefully forget about that embarrassing moment! Papa told him that they'd work on his delivery for the future :-) They have some work to do......we would hate for that to happen to him and his prom date....LOL!!! It was the FUNNIEST thing ever and what a SWEET sweet little boy I have ;-)

The rose from my sweet little boy ;-)



Yes those are sprinkles on his pancakes :-)
What can I say....it was Valentine's Day!





A HUGE Thank you to both of our parents for watching the kids for us this past weekend so that we could enjoy a much needed weekend away!! It appears that the kiddo's had a wonderful time while we were away! Noah was spoiled and Sunday night said he was going to sleep in our bed! We had to correct him and say "Oh....sorry buddy, you only get to sleep in Papa's bed, otherwise it's your own bed when you are at our house" ;-) Crazy kid! We later found out that he also kicked Grandpa out of his bed on Friday night and slept with Mimi and Haley in their bed! What a FUN weekend for all of us!

Noah having a sleepover in Papa's bed :-D



Noah and Grandma playing together



Haley at Mimi's house playing with all the dogs!

  

Happy 3 months Peyton!!!! We LOVE you!!!!

Still catching up.....January and February activities...



Playing with their new sleeping bags.



 Ok so here goes….this is going to be just a big dump of pictures from January through mid February 12, 2013 so that I can finally be caught up on all the adventures! After you see all these pictures maybe you’ll understand a little more why things have been SOOOO crazy around here! This doesn’t even include all the projects that we’ve had to do for Haley’s school like the show n tell bag for a week, Buster Bear who is the weekend visitor that we took pictures of from all the places we went to this past weekend and then had to document his trip in a book for the class to see, Valentine’s day cards ready for both kids classrooms at school, etc! Whew! You tired yet? J Although I’m still waiting for my Mom’s pictures this past weekend we also threw Melissa and Baby Madi their very first baby shower!!!! Yay….only 8 more weeks till Baby Madi is here! Aunt Sally and Aunt Linda even made it in town from St. Louis for the occasion and also enjoyed some time with the kiddos! 

Here are some Video's of the kids too!!

1. Jesus Loves Me by Noah J 

2. Noah dancing with his guitar

3. Noah dancing to Jimmy Buffet on the boat!

4. Both kiddos dancing on the boat to Jimmy Buffet…..they might be ready for their very first Jimmy Buffet concert!! Noah's got some moves too...haha



Visiting with Peyton!! I love this
little girl sooo much!



The kiddos were up at the crack of dawn
this day and crawled in and took over our bed...



Just chilling in their pjs before bed





Watching TV with Grandma ;-)






Boat rides!!!




Haley's showing off her jewelry and sparkly shoes ;-)




Shopping days!



Look how big my little man is getting :-(



A visit to the Aquarium!! A big thanks to

Mimi's friend from work for the tickets and the behind the scenes tour!



Dr.'s visits for sick kids.....Noah also got a finger prick while we were there to re-check his iron levels. They look good this time!



These kiddos are ready to cruise!



Jackson's 1st Birthday Party!!
Happy 1st B-day Jackson!!!





Snuggle time with Mommy :-D



A little snack before bedtime!



 

Ready for the super bowl!



Corey was able to capture some sweet pictures of these crazy kids to use for her Spring Mini Sessions!!! If you aren't already using Corey as your photographer you've got to try her out!! She's amazing with my kiddos! Even as wild and grumpy as they can be sometimes she always captures the sweetest pictures! No better time than her Spring Mini Sessions coming up soon! Visit her at Corey Johnson Photography!



Whooohoa has it been a while since my last post???

I know that I am WAAAaayyy behind on my posts but HOLY COW do I feel like my entire life is testing me........the kids are at an all time challenge and of course this is during Clayton's busiest time at work so he's been working late almost every single night while the kids put me to the all time test of juggling work during the day and them at night! I'm sure the kiddos sense my frustration and weakness and just feel the need to test my patience but goodness, I'm beyond ready for this challenge to be up. I'm EXHAUSTED to say the least. Let me start my post back at Christmas when things were still SUPER busy but they were fun busy! I will then attempt to catch everyone up on January and February activities.



Finally made it to the cabin for the Polar Express!



Roasting marshmallows and making s'mores at the cabin



Polar Express was just as much fun as we had imagined it was going to be! The kids loved every minute of it as well as the adults J The house that we rented had 8 bedrooms which was setup like a hotel so we each had like our own hotel room with bathrooms, etc! This was a perfect setup with one little caveat…….you had to walk outside to get to your rooms….BRRRR!  Truthfully I don’t think we would have it any other way as it worked out perfectly when it came to bedtime for the kids because they literally couldn’t hear anything from the rooms and the adults could enjoy the nights kid free! We all need a little adult time occasionally! 



All the kiddos made a Gingerbread house at the cabin!




Christmas Eve with Great Grandma!

Noah's Big Wheel!

This Christmas will probably go down as one of my most favorite ones! There isn’t one specific thing in particular that made it so special but it was just the combination of all the events, the kids ages/excitement, Family time, etc that made it so wonderful this year! Christmas Eve started off with our usual visit to Starbucks! There’s really no better way to start a morning off than great company and a stop at Starbucks. Before the afternoon Christmas Eve church service we were able to visit Great Grandma and the kids were able to help her open up all of her gifts. Since our usual church didn’t have a Christmas Eve service we went to our old church that Clayton and I actually went to as kids…..how crazy is that?!? The kids didn’t really understand why they weren’t going to Sunday school but they just kept saying that we were going to the “New” church :-) Luckily Mimi, Grandpa, Papa, Grandma, Melissa & Whit were able to keep them entertained enough during the service that they didn’t disrupt too much of it. After church we headed back to our house for dinner and presents with Grandma & Papa. I absolutely love this video of the kids opening up Noah’s “big wheel”! Just before the kids headed off to bed we put out our cookies that we had made for Santa earlier that day and a glass of chocolate milk! Haley says that Santa’s favorite milk is chocolate milk just like her ;-) The very last thing to top off our Christmas Eve was Papa reading the “Christmas Story” book to the kids that he and Noah had bought together! As I rocked Noah to sleep that night he kept saying “Santa’s coming, Santa’s coming!”



Christmas Story with Papa, just before bedtime

 

Cookies and Chocolate Milk are ready for Santa!













  

Noah's pancakes!



Christmas morning!



Haley's pancakes that she
made and decorated!



When Noah woke up Christmas morning he stood up in his crib and said “Santa’s coming……santa’s coming!” He and Haley were both SOOooooo excited to go downstairs and see what all Santa had left them! The very first thing they noticed was that Santa had eaten their cookies, drank the chocolate milk, wrote them a letter AND left them each a bell as he’s done for the past few Christmases! Luckily this year Haley was well prepared and understood that Goo Goose (our Elf on the shelf) would be gone in the morning as he flies back home with Santa on Christmas morning. Last year she was all upset that he was gone L Before Goo Goose flew back with Santa he left the kids one last surprise and made a snow angel out of pancake mix and left Christmas cookie cutters out for the kids to make and decorate their own pancakes on Christmas morning!! What a clever little Elf ;-) Christmas morning was actually very relaxing! A big change for our family as typically it’s a race from one event to the next. We were able to enjoy our pancakes, a couple cups of coffee and watch the Disney World and Disney Land parades on TV! After Noah’s nap we drove up to Mimi and Grandpa’s house for our usual Christmas dinner with the whole family! Over the next couple of days ALL of my brothers, sisters, nieces and nephew came into town and we were able to capture 1 BIG family picture THANKS to Corey!! J Crazy to think this is just the immediate family in this picture! Baby Madi is still in Melissa’s belly too so by April we’ll have one more to add to the crew J



All 8 Grand babies now!!! In April
we'll have #9 (Madi) to add to our
pictures!! We can't wait!






Santa's letter and bells that he left
the kids on Christmas morning!