Happy Birthday Alex!!!

I am still in shock that my baby boy just turned 4 on monday!!!! How could it be four whole years already??? Well while I try to figure out how this happened so quickly here are some pictures from his birthday party. Enjoy!!!! :o)

9 Months...

So we had Isabelle's 9 month check up last week and needless to say she is still small. Everything checked out fine, she is at the top of the pack when it comes to her motor skills and development but is only 40 percentile on the growth charts. Meaning that 60% of children her age are bigger then her, yep she takes after her mommy. And to celebrate we had steak for dinner, ok she did not have any steak but she sure loved the mashed potatoes.

Me.. Ooh My

Where does the time go?? I still can not believe that my baby girl is almost 9 months old or that my little man will be 4 next month. Where have I been, it seems like just yesterday I was a Baby Making Machine. I have been very blessed by God with the gift of these two great children. Sure they may seem to think that it is funny to wake mommy up at 5 am on her day off, or think that 9pm is too early for them to go to sleep. But, for the most part they are two very easy and wonderful children. We had a small photo shoot this morning after breakfast so I thought that I would share some pictures.

I can't wait to see what the future brings, but I know that it will be a blast!!!

Camping, The Fair and Parks Oh My

We have had a busy last couple of weeks. First Isabelle had her first camping trip, she did not seem to be very impressed. Then we went to our local county fair Alex had a blast on the rides.

Here he is on the River Canoe Ride

And then he just had to go on the Dragon Roller Coaster

And what would a trip to the fair be without a ride down the Big Slide???

But don't worry not to be outdone Isabelle made sure to have a bunch of fun at her first play date / picnic at the park. Oh the fun that was had by all.







She just loved the Swings,
I think that Dan had a hard time getting her out of them.

And Monkey Boy, err I mean Alex had a blast climbing up and down everything.

What are the next few weekend to bring??? Good question, but what ever it is I know that we will have a blast!!! :o)

And another one bites the dust....

So Lil Isabelle has learn so much in the last few days. Good news is she can now pull herself up completely on things, the bad news is she also now knows when not to let go.

What a nice little bump on her noggin!!!

But don't worry that did not stop her from climbing up mommy when I got home from work. :o)

"Me Time" meets giveaways

So my "Me Time" today was spent looking at giveaways. Yes I know it is the small things in life that get me going. But I came across this great giveaway that can finally help me do something with these boring cream colored walls that Dan will not let me paint. Look at these decals from Dali Decals, are they not just the coolest??? This is the Cherry Blossoms, but I like the set of Stars that they also have.

Restful Sunday

So every once in a while I let myself have a lazy day. Today is that day... The laundry can wait another day, the dishes are not going anywhere and I can always wash the windows another day.

What you may ask will I do all day???? Spend much needed time with the family, and maybe even have a little "me time". The first part of the day has gone well so far, I and A both woke up at 6 am so we had a nice quite morning to enjoy.

What is next you may ask.... well that is not even known to me. I will just go with the flow today and enjoy every minute of it.

I am addicted

How cool is this giveaway from devs favorite giveaways??? We can always use more toys at our house, and these toys from kangaroodle are just too cute!!!!

I have been bitten....

By the giveaway bug. :o) Thanks to many of my great mommy friends I now addicted to signing up for giveaways. To sign up for some of these yourself just look at my Great Giveaway Links.

What about Wednesday

So to start off my first blog I thought what would be better then talking a little about me. I am the mother of two wonderful children, Alex who will be 4 in October and Isabelle who just turned 7 months, have been happly married to my husband Daniel for 5 years. I was born and raised in Oregon and my sister is my best friend.

What is it about my life I love the most????

All of the wonderful family moments.

Alex - Born 10/26/05

Isabelle - Born 12/16/08

My two loves