Nothing a Bath Can't Fix

So it's Monday morning & here I am at home with my sick baby boy. He has had a cold for what seems like months. It will start to disappear & then it rears its ugly head. And each time it seems worse. Last night it came in the form of waking up every 1.5-2 hours crying with a runny nose & coughing & then wanting me to hold him for 45 minutes-1 hour & therefore we both only slept 2 hours. So home we stayed, just Jimmy & me. Most of the day he looked like this. And occasionally the tears stopped but sad face didn't. Before I took him to his doctor's appointment I decided he needed a bath & what you can see from this next series of photos is that bath time can fix everything. He was happy. The whining & crying stopped & my baby was just happy to be splashing around. He is officially 50 weeks old. Only 2 weeks away from 1. A little under the weather but happy as long as he's being held by mommy or playing in the bathtub. Feel better soon sweetie. Love you!

Random Ten

1. We haven't had a lot going on but I wanted to share some of my favorite photos I have taken recently.

2. This series of photos was taken back on December 26th. While Jimmy was napping Johnnie & Joey were painting.3. More playing than painting for Joe.4. But his finished product came out really nice.5. And along with Johnnie's painting it now hangs in my office where I can see it every time I work on my computer.6. So a few weeks back it was pouring rain here. So I went out & bought the boys some winter boots. I was afraid that Johnnie with his many opinions would not wear his but I guess I worried for nothing. When I came in to wake him up in the morning I found that him like this. He must have put them on sometime during the night. 7. And then he came down to breakfast wearing them. And I had to beg him to take them off so we could dress him for school & he only took them off after the week of rain was over.8. I will never tire of seeing baby bottoms, especially my babies.9. Jimmy's 48 Week Photos. His I'm getting into things Face & What Me Face. 10. And 3 weeks away from 1, his 49 week photo. Getting some love before bedtime. It's seriously hard for me to resist this little face looking so sweet.

Can You Believe

that this sweet little face can so quickly turn into this? And wow I mean over nothing. Literally in a split second. I can't even remember what was said but at 40 months old he has more crazy moments & tantrums than he does good moments. I have been told that these moments will pass & my sweet, kind baby boy will return by the age of 4 & maybe even as early as 3 1/2 but right now I just pray for those good moments! And just as quickly he put his pacifier in his mouth & went back to watching a movie all the while being sweet again.

One Month to Go

My baby boy is 11 months old today. Officially one month away from turning the big ONE! I have no idea how time went this quickly but I digress. My dear Jimmy is now walking. Not all the time but a good portion of the day. Gives high 5s, claps, waves & is one of the happiest babies I have ever seen. He has a beautiful smile & when he's really happy he smiles with his entire face, especially his eyes. He is super playful. And we discovered this month that he thoroughly loves balloons. May have to invest in some of those for his birthday party. He understands commands like "Sit Down", "No" & "give me that please" but he only does what he wants. For example I have been trying to teach him how to sign "All Done" instead of throwing his food off the tray but I just get exasperated looks & very happy bangs on the tray. After months of reading to him he finally likes to pick up the books himself & look at the pictures. He is really good with a sippy cup now & even drinking out of that makes him smile. I feel very lucky to have 3 wonderful boys & as you can see Jimmy is one of our happier boys. Could just be that he doesn't understand all the chaos around him & he hasn't gotten tired of my picture taking yet.

Ten on Thursday

1. I really wanted to post on Tuesday but my children basically trading colds & different levels of whining consumed all my time.

2. When our boys are sick they just like to be held, especially by daddy. On this particular evening Johnnie didn't feel well but Joey just wanted to join in too.3. When Grandpa was over for dinner last week Johnnie asked him to help him build a castle using his magna tiles. Grandpa's reply. "Where's the picture?" Oh Grandpa Johnnie just likes to use his imagination. Looks like you had fun though. 4. After living in our house for 5 years we have finally hung up our photos & therefore now live in a home. This collage of photos is on the wall behind my desk. I find myself turning around to look at it instead of working pretty often. All of the pictures are are either canvas wraps or wall standouts which are great because there is no framing necessary. And this is now the view I have as I walk down my stairs. Helps me to start off the day with a smile! 5. Johnnie is my little daredevil at the park. He likes to climb up everything & jump off. And now Joey has decided that he too wants to be a little daredevil. He has to concentrate really hard with his tongue out & everything. It makes for a very tiring day because I have to follow him all over the park making sure he doesn't jump off of stuff & hurt himself.6. Like father like son. Crazy faces all around.7. Joey enjoying his coupe in the backyard. His attempt at saying Cheese when he saw my camera. And then Jimmy had some fun inside of it too. His face may not look like it but he does love it. But in the last photo he was screaming because he wanted to get out.8. When Jimmy stayed home sick last week I took his 46 week photo. I think it is actually one of the only ones I have of him where he's not smiling. He was just whiny & so sad. All day. Luckily it was only one day & by the next morning he was back to his smily self. 9. Johnnie & Joey love to wrestle. And now it seems that Jimmy does too. He doesn't quite know what to do so he just kind of throws himself in the middle of it all. But they quickly showed him how it's done with tickles coming from every direction. But it didn't bother him. He just laughed & rolled around. I think this is going to be one crazy house. Even more than now.10. And last but not least...this past Sunday was my sister Kim's birthday. Happy Birthday to a beautiful sister & friend!

Happy Birthday Grandpa

Today was my dad's birthday! Better know as Grandpa in this house. We had dinner (after poor Jimmy went to bed feeling sick), then presents & of course candles had to get blown out. Johnnie helped at first but it didn't go out at first so grandpa had to try again while Johnnie eagerly looked at the cake. And then we had a lot of smiles. while we discussed who wanted a piece. Thanks for being such a great dad & grandpa. We love you!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Happy Birthday to my hubby! I am thankful for each day we spend together & for every moment I get to watch you with our boys. Our weekend started off with a wonderful dinner at Orange Hill Restaurant for just the two of us.Thanks Kimberly for watching the boys. Then this morning we shared a loud crazy breakfast with our boys & opened gifts. Looney Tunes DVDs, clothes, a CD & a game for Wii. Then tonight we had dinner with my dad & Kimberly. I'm glad to see that another year wiser didn't change your willingness to be a little silly (Sorry I didn't have enough candles so you had to blow out a 3 & 7 candles in the shape of a 7). Blowing out the candles on your banana cream pie & hugs from your babies & your birthday was officially over. We all love you babe! Hope you had a great day.

Rocking the New Year

Ever since we had children we have spent New Year's alone toasting at midnight. Well this year we decided to have friends over who have basically been doing the same thing. Well to tell the truth my dear friend Kristy coming in to town to visit convinced us to get together. It gave us 4 girlfriends a chance to get together. I feel so blessed to still be so close with friends that I have had since I was 12 years old. All our children had the chance to get together as well. Playing with the beloved ball popper, having dinner together, racing cars on Wii & celebrating this boy's birthday. I think Jimmy's face says it all. All the kids felt so cool to be able to stay up so late. 10:30 to be exact which is 3 hours past their bedtimes. Our night started off with a potluck dinner & pictures of course. Me & Johnnie. Larisa & Robert. Kimi & John. Then once all the children went to bed it was time to pull out Rock Band. It was a fun time for all. Check out Larisa's hair in this photo of her dancing with her 8 month pregnant belly. And it makes adults do some crazy dancing (if you can call it that) but hey it was fun. So fun in fact & LOUD that it woke up Jimmy who wanted to join the party & have his 1st sip of beer. After toasting the new year we stayed up rocking it out until 2:30am which is crazy late for us. From our house to yours Happy New Year!

Last Photos from Joey's 2nd Year Photo Shoot

Our Joey makes some of the cutest faces I have ever seen. He is just such a character. He likes to roll around all the while smirking, play, laugh & is generally just such a sweet boy!

Birthday Recap

Joey turned 2 years old today. He speakes in sentences that we mostly understand. He is such a little character. Makes the best faces. Loves to read, run around doing whatever his older brother is doing, tries to play very sweetly with his baby brother, LOVES his daddy. He now jumps out of his crib every naptime & every night. He knows way too many words to count. He loves to tell us NO, give us hugs, enjoys cuddling & is overall just such a wonderful boy. Even if he is definitely going through the terrible 2s already.

He spent the entire morning ALONE with his mommydaddy grandpaAuntie Kim& Auntie Kayci. We took him to breakfast at the Omelette & Waffle shop where he ate nothing. Instead we picked him up pancakes from McDonalds's on the way home & he was happy. Then he ate a cupcake after his birthday song & candles. The gifts he opened this morning were a hit. A puzzle & a soccer net. But as you can see he was a little confused with what you should do with the net. But once we untangled him he quickly figured out how to kick the ball in to the net. After reading himself some books he took a nap & waited for his brothers to come home to share a cupcake & open their gifts.