Fun with Dad

I'm so lucky to have a husband who is so involved in his kid's lives. He is always tickling, wrestling or snuggling with them. There is no doubt they'll grow up feeling loved. My only hope is that they remember all the special times when he's away, but that's my job to remind them. :)








Love You Babe!

We're moving to......

Hawaii!!! I'm excited and nervous. It will be a really awesome experience for us. Now let's just hope I don't get island fever. :)

Birthday Girl

More birthday pictures to come. I still can't believe she's 6.

I'm in Love!

Oh, I am in LOVE with Lola! Check her out.

Epiphanie Bags

We would be VERY happy together. :)

They're having an awesome give-away. The winner gets to pick a between a Canon 5D Mark II (drool) or a $2,500 gift certificate to Southwest Airlines! Check it out here.

Goodbye February

I have never been so happy for it to be a new month. February sucked! No other way to describe it. 90% of it I wish I could just forget. There were a few fun days in between the terrible ones, but very few! :) Our very close friends came down to surprise John for his 29th birthday which was a blast. I still can't believe John is going to be 30 next year! We also got to take the kids to a cool park that they loved (see post below). In between those two events there was lots of sickness. You name it, one of us had it.

Treston

My poor little guy has had the worst month. In 3 short weeks he has had pneumonia, croup, a horrid stomach bug, and now he has an ear infection and pink eye. Is that one sad looking kid or what?

Addison



As usual Addi is giving me a run for my money. It's a good thing she's cute! :) She is going stir crazy since we haven't been able to do much the past few weeks. We have big plans for Lydia's birthday this weekend so hopefully we'll get some of that energy out.

Lydia


Ms. Lydia has had a good month. I had a conference with her new teacher who said she is doing great. She's also been a huge helper around the house since I've had my hands full with Treston. We are all excited for her birthday next week. We are taking her to Chuck-e-Cheese and then she and I are going to go see the new Alice in Wonderland movie. I am hoping that it's not too scary but we can always leave and go shopping at the mall. :)

Johnny

John and I met 10 years ago on President's Day weekend. I have no clue where the time has gone. He is going to be leaving on the 21st for 6 weeks...sigh...I hate it when he leaves. John likes to think of it as practice for his next deployment but I'm still sad. Been there done that, I don't need practice. :)

Day at the Park

It was a beautiful weekend so we took the kids to Mount Trashmore. It has a huge hill that you can fly kites on and a cool wooden castle play ground. The kids thought it was pretty neat that I used to go to the same park when I was little. I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time there the next few months.



Treston first time on a swing! He loved it (of course) and didn't want to get out. After a few minutes though it put him to sleep so I thought someone else should have a turn. :)

Splish Splash

These two are serious water babies. They would stay in there all day if I let them.


Could he be any cuter?!!


Addison once again has a mullet. I have been meaning to take her to get it cut for about a month now. When I finally took her to do it this weekend it was an hour wait everywhere so she's still kickin' the do. Maybe tomorrow.....

Poor Treston

My poor little guy has pneumonia. He's getting better, but as you can see he's not in the best of moods.

The Kids- January

Hungry Hippo (10 months)

Treston has been eating like a piglet lately. He went from having NO appetite to eating everything. No baby food for this little guy. We had to actually order him his own kids meal the last time we went out. A grilled cheese sandwich...and he ate the entire thing, plus applesauce. The other day for lunch he had 3 chicken nuggets, a banana then an entire 8 oz bottle! He is going to put us in the poor house. The upside to all this eating- he takes 2-3 long naps a day!! Love it!

Sassy but Sweet

As usual Addison is...well...Addison. Everything is a struggle. She has moments were she can be the sweetest girl in the world then other times I can't believe she came out of my body! We wouldn't trade her for the world though. She is getting excited to go look for seashells and has been playing hard at the YMCA. We try to do "homework" daily, and everyday I am a little more thankful for all the teachers in the world. I couldn't do it. :)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Lydia has been a trooper about switching schools and has adjusted really well. She has been going to full day Kindergarten all year but in Virginia Beach school starts much earlier. Her bus picks her up every morning at 7:20! So she has been a bit of a train wreck lately. By the time she gets home she is exhausted. One minute she is happy and giggling and the next she is having a complete melt down. She seems to really enjoy her new class though and hasn't complained too much about the 15 minutes of homework she gets sent home with everyday.

This is why you never see pictures of the three of them together. I have NO clue how professional photographers do it!

WooHoo!

I was really upset the other day when I found out that John was leaving for 6 weeks. What was I going to do in a new town all by myself? Then I caught a glimpse of Lydia's school calendar and she has a week off for spring break while he's gone. So I'm going home to see everyone in MN! Woohoo!!! It's going to be insane flying with 3 kids by myself but well worth it. :)

**I just wanted to add how RETARDED I think it is that airlines charge for your 1st checked bag!**