15 months

Happy 15 months Michael!
You are such a big boy now. I am sad that you are growing up soooo fast!

Somethings that you are doing:

You sleep like a champ! A good 2-3 hour nap after lunch and in bed by 7:45 on most nights. You sleep all night and are normally up at 7. Mommy needs to learn to go to sleep earlier because she is dragging in the morning.

You eat everything. Seriously! It is so refreshing since your sister won't eat anything. I am hopeful that you won't follow her lead. You have just switched to whole milk and love it. You still take a morning bottle and probably will for a while...I am just not ready to give up that baby-ness.

You wear size 12 months-18 months clothing. Mostly 12 months. You wear a size 5 wide shoe and a size 3 diaper.

You love to sing and squeal. Actually squeal really loud! Yesterday while at the resturant an older lady approached to ooooh and aaaah all over you and you loved it. You waved for her and babbled at her. Your so social.

Your most proud of this.




You just learned how to walk around two weeks ago. You love it. You would walk to the front door and back over and over again. It makes you really happy to be up on your feet. It makes me a tad bit sad. Your no longer a baby but a toddling toddler. I love you baby boy!

Moving In...

I created this new site because I was so annoyed with the old one. I could not get one of the features to delete. So since it is a new, fresh start to blogging I made this site and let me tell you, it took the whole two hour nap time to do it too. It is still not perfect but it is a work in progress. Anyone know how to make a slide show in the header of pictures? How to add an image divider between posts. Those are the last of my to do's here. I guess I should be proud I did this much today. The kidlets are ready for dinner so off I go.

Dare I say....I am back to blogging?

So it has been awhile since I even tried to sit down a blog. A LONG while! Looks like my last post was mere days before our last baby was born. So a recap then:
July 1st Michael Kane was born! On our anniversary on his own timing! Pure love! Here he is as of today!


August 2009- Emily started preschool at the church two mornings a week and LOVED it!
Sept 2009- Emily turned 2! The FLOOD of the century! Were we affected? Oh yes! FEMA claim and all. We were really fortunate that it was minimum damage but I still get freaked every time it rains
Oct 2009- Jake turns 10!
March 2010- My 34th birthday, Gus became a US citizen
April 2010- Jonathan turned 16! Whaaaaaat?
July 2010- Michael turns 1! Jake had a seizure, was diagnosed with Benign Rolandic seizures which he should outgrow in the next couple of years and we got 3,000 worth of medical bills, Gus had a great review at work, and we took a trip to Disney World!
August 2010- School started back, Jake went to 5th grade, Emily is doing three days of preschool, and Emily started ballet! She loves it.
September- Emily turned 3! Jake flew by himself for the first time and Jonathan came home for two weeks
Here is a picture of Emily at her party. She is a big girl now. Forgot to mention she also got her hair cut for the first time too.


A brief overview and I know I am missing a lot. I am not even going to pretend that I will update often but I am making it my goal to post an update once a week. I really want this to be a scrapbook of memories for us since we have all these great pictures on our computer but not printed and in books. Hopefully this will turn into something worth having printed and turned into a memory book. Which by the way, I think is a fantastic service available.

It's been forever!

I have taken some time away from blogging but hope to be back into the swing of things. I am 39 weeks pregnant now and just sitting around waiting for baby boy to come on his own time. I had an ultrasound last week and baby was measuring 7 lbs 12 oz so we will see if he ends up being big after all. Aside from that I have felt pretty good minus the nasty heartburn, and lower back pain. I have been having contractions but nothing much is going on. I do have a dr appt tomorrow so should know more then. Of course I could go into labor now but hoping to hold off to the very end. This is the last baby so I want to wait to the end, go to the hospital the old fashion way and not induced, and enjoy all these last moments. There is zero plans for any more babies from this mom!

Emily is still a wonderfully sweet little toddler with a ridiculous vocabulary! Holy cow we got a smartie! She can count to twenty, recognizes her numbers from 1-9 but is totally confused with zero. Is it a zero, a "o", or a circle. She recognizes 20 of 26 letters in the alphabet. She also knows her shapes including oval and octagon. She pointed out the ADT sign in the yard and said octagon. She speaks in mostly complete sentences, for the most part. Can you tell we are so proud of her? She is pleasant and sweet and I hope that she will continue to be when she becomes a big sister any day now.


Jacob is still a sweet boy but is coming of preteen age! He forgets his boundaries and gets a little mouthy at times. I know it is the age but grrrrrr irritating! Aside from that he is an amazing brother and is so excited for the baby to come. He is sporting a ridiculous tan now! All those days in the pool...boy is glowing! :) He looks so handsome!

Jonathan is home for the birth of the baby. He is excited as well. He has made some great changes while at his dad's house. He definitely is maturing...thank goodness! We still have issues with him letting things go and dropping it but for the most part a great deal of growing up has been done! :) It looks like he will be moving back home since his father has decided that he should join the military again. I feel so bad for the boys as I know that their relationship with him will dwindle to even less than it is now.

Gus is doing well. Although he is still totally unaware of all the things that need to be done and needs a honey do list, at least he is getting it done. He is starting a new job tomorrow. Moving away from technical instruction and into a role of management over a team of people. To be honest I am not hundred percent sure what he is doing...I know it has to do with Microsoft, software, legal teams....yeah, I don't know. I am excited for him to have this new chance, the chance to grow and advance. Oh, and to have a normal family schedule since he will be able to come home at a normal time. :) YAY!!!

So that is our update. We have been doing fun things, taking trips, and playing with the kids around town but that is a whole other chapter for blogging.

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Go to the fourth folder you have pictures stored in, pick the 4Th picture, and explain the picture then tag four friends. Thanks for the tag Heather.



This picture is from early 2006...maybe February. This is Meg and myself and our girlfriend Kisha's bridal shower. She had an amazing shower. A friend arranged to close the salon and all the girls came in and we had spa manicures, pedicures, and drinks. That is where this picture was taken. Kisha went on to have a beautiful wedding and even more beautiful baby, Brady, just three months after Emily was born. Brady is just the cutie and looks like his mommy too. :)
Tagged:
Adrianna
Denise
Amanda
Jackie

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