Happy Birthday Maverick!

8 years ago, our first born arrived into the world! Maverick Turbo Darling was born April 26th, 2001. He was purchased a few months later as an absolutely adorable puppy, and he grew into a wonderful dog. He's always been fun, mischievious, silly, and when the kids came into the picture, he became more fun and very protective! He is such a great dog, and we absolutely love him to pieces! Except for when he drags mud into the house and onto the carpet ;). Or throws up on our comforter... But we still love him :) Happy 8th Birthday Maverick!!!

Overwhelmed

Wow. I'm having my very first garage sale...hopefully next weekend...and I'm realizing how very overwhelming it is. Brian and I worked on cleaning out our 'laundry room' last night and it took almost 2 hours. 2 hours?!? Yikes. I still have to work on our bedroom, guest bedroom, guest bedroom closet, kids toys, kids clothes, baby clothes, our crawl space, the garage, the shed...not to mention taking care of 3 kids while trying to attempt this! I'm a little overwhelmed. We have so much stuff it's crazy. I'm looking forward to hopefully selling most of it! I hope we earn enough money so I can buy myself a new pair of tennis shoes!!! That's my goal :). We shall see.

So I want to get this all done by next Wednesday, so I can open the garage up to friends and family to take dibs on stuff they may want, then I want to open the sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. On top of that, Brian's turkey hunt is this weekend. So he'll be busy trying to get a turkey.

This is very overwhelming. I'm glad I have goals, I just hope I can reach them! I've received some good advice for holding a garage sale...any more advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ok, that's my thought of the day. It's busy around here. :)

Fun weekend!

We had such a great weekend. Saturday was spent with a couple of my friends doing an 'Open House' for our direct sales companies, and we had such a great time. It was nice to 'hang out' outside of my home for a day :).

Then Sunday, today, is Mason's 3rd birthday. 3 years ago, at 5:54pm, our 2nd little man came into this world...pink in color...then red in color...then jaundice in color...and he had this sweet little whimper cry. He was so quiet we could hardly hear him in the hospital! I remember laying there in the hospital bed looking at him, and thinking 'that's all you got??'!

Then we went home, only to come back to the hospital for 3 more days due to his jaundice. Poor kid. He got to lay in his 'tanning bed' for 3 whole days, with funny little glasses on. It was horrible at the time, but now that I look back I just thank God for the medical advances there are! We are so lucky he was ok...he had jaundice really bad. He even had a jaundice buddy laying in a 'tanning bed' across the room. Although the other baby actually looked like a baby because he only weighed 6lbs and some ounces. Mason, on the other hand, looked like a toddler in his 'tanning bed' weighing in at 9lbs 10oz. It was funny to compare the 2. Anyways, the nurses were fantastic and Brian and I were lucky enough to be able to stay in the hospital because they had a lot of extra rooms. Plus, we were so lucky to have Grandparents to help with Evan so much while we were in the hospital.

3 years later, we now have a typical goofy 3 year old that loves to laugh, dance, sing, play, jump, climb, and make us laugh. He is so hilarious and he is so sweet. He loves to share stories and be read to. He also loves his cartoons and to play outside. We have our hands full with him, but I can't complain. We have 3 healthy and happy boys and it couldn't get any better!

Happy Birthday Mason!!!

and off go the training wheels!

Evan's been begging us all winter to take off his training wheels this spring. So, we did. Well, Brian did (some things are difficult when you have a baby attached to your hip). It's been a whopping 2 days now and he's 'starting' to kind of get it. We're working on teaching how to balance and helping push him along. He's also been doing a lot of the work by himself, he does really well with that, plus he relies too much on us to hold him up. Last night he went almost half way up the driveway by himself and he got so excited, he stopped. He'll go about 2-3 pedals, get excited and then stops. Then he screams with excitement. It's been fun to watch him and he's loving it. He's doing a really good job! We're getting excited for future family bike rides!

Crawling and Sprouts!

We are proud to announce that Carter is now mobile! He started crawling yesterday at lunch time. I was in the kitchen getting Evan and Mason milk for their lunch, I look down and there goes Carter across the floor! I was so excited, I grabbed the camera and got some blurry shots (you'll see the pics below), he's very proud of himself and his big brothers are just as proud!
On another exciting note, we have sprouts...lots of sprouts from our garden! Although, now we're in a predicament, we think we may have planted too early. This is our first year, and the plants look like they're already running out of room! I was just going to be happy if we actually grew something...and I guess we were successful! This picture was already taken a couple days ago, and there are now green sprouts in almost every spot and they're getting taller and taller! Yikes! Is there a 'transitional' pot or something?!? Hmmm...we may have to figure something out :)

We did it!

I'm proud to announce that we have sprouts!!! If you're a follower of my blog, you'll note that a while back I talked about our garden. We have decided this year to tap into gardening, and low and behold, we actally have some sprouts! We are very proud of our new little green sprouts, here is a pic of them:


On another note, we now have a 9 month old. Carter turned 9 months old on the 30th of March. His newest endeavor is attempting to crawl. He hasn't gotten it quite yet, but I'm sure it'll be soon. He is, although, rather good at scooting around and sitting up from laying on his belly. We have still been attempting food with him...and well, look at the pics. He still thinks it's hilarious.





We were able to enjoy some of the nice weather a weekend of two ago...I can't remember, it's just been too long since it's been nice! Here's a pic of my 3 stooges.


On the 'headache' front, there is a new update. Brian saw his neurologist, told him the meds aren't working, so he increased the dosage, he'll take those for another month, if those don't work the neurologist will try another medication for a month, if those don't work, we'll be looking at getting a referral to the Mayo Clinic. Let's hope and pray the meds will work...please.

That's about it for now, I'm sure I have a lot more to blog about, but that can be for another day :)