Stella's First

Oh Stelly Belly...where do I start...

She has brought so much joy into our lives.

She is always happy.

She loves all things sweet.

She loves her brothers.

She is the messiest baby we've had...

and the only baby not walking on her first birthday...

Happy Birthday baby girl!

Halloween 2015

Zack requested a Heat Wave the Rescue Bot costume...I saw a challenge and I am pretty darn proud of myself...plus Zack couldn't be more excited about it.  He has been talking about Halloween for all of October and some of September.

 

 

Hunter needed a costume that was like clothes...so I padded up the sholders of his Wolfpack football jersey, bought him some leggings and here we have the cutest little footballer ever...it doesn't hurt that he is already built like a linebacker.

Stella gets no choice in the matter...it was whatever I found her size, second hand in excellent condition...and I think it's perfect.



Stella 11 Months

It's happening...the dreaded/celebrated day we have a 1 year old...

we still have a month...but it's coming.

Stella loves eating, sleeping, clapping and her brothers...

she is not a fan of the car seat, naps anywhere but her bed or the pack n play.

She has developed such a fun personality...

spunky, silly, joyful, content, adoriable...

she is doing a pretty good job of keeping up with her brothers...

she thinks chasing after them on their evening run around the island or bouncing on the couch are the most fun things ever...

We are having so much fun with her.

Zack 4.5

Yesterday he was learning to walk and today he is four and a half...

There are so many things I could say about this kid...

he is thoughtful, kind, energetic, happy, playful, silly, loving, smart...

seriously he sets high standards for his brother and sister...

and most other 4 year olds...in fact his teacher told me he is an "excellent role model...really great"

I'm certain he will always be a favorite student, everyone's friend, a star big brother...

 

and one of the best kids two parents could ask for.

Labor Day in the Mountains

Usually I don't know when these holidays come up because I am no longer teaching and doing calendar time and Adam never gets these days off.  Typically I find out about them because I go to the grocery store and it's packed with people who are usually working or in school (grumpy face).  This year Adam had Labor day off and several days that he would lose if  he didn't use them up.  We agreed not to go on any vacations this summer because of so many things but things were going well and the mountains were the perfect place to relax and let the boys run around. 
The weather was perfect...and the fog was a beautiful backdrop to pictures of my boys.

 We ate outside...and Zack loved being able to have "onange chips" (Doritos) because we were on "baycation".

 This is one of the only pictures I have of both boys looking and smiling...

 We built a fire and the kids watched Adam and I eat smores while they snacked on graham crackers, sat on fun benches and toasted a marshmallow for maybe 5 seconds...you know those moments as parents where you are super excited about giving your kids a special treat (smores) and they think the special treat is sitting on a stool you have never seen before?

 We threw Stella in the sandbox for a photo op and got her out before she ate any sand...success...one or both of the boys didn't run away...double success

 again...all the kids in one photo...priceless...especially because this is exactly what our camp fire looked like.