chill~

with a chill in the air, i thought this quilted background was appropriate!
i am so excited fall is here. it is my favorite time of year.
i love the pumpkins, chilly weather, fun costumes, leaves changing..
i could go on forever!!
woo hoo for fall!

halloween package!~

the kids got a fun Halloween package in the mail the other day. they love getting mail.

it was by our door when we got home. they boys were excited to open it.
they boys got cool light sticks. at first, they were not sure how to work them.
got it! cheese. happy boys. they love them.briea got a ghost....she liked it.... i think...just kidding she really did like it.
i just could not pass up posting that picture.
it was to funny!

attitude!~

ok so i know that i was a little grumpy today. it had been a very long day. lots of errands, crazy kids, etc. ok, so after garran got home i ran to the store to pick up a few things. (again, i broke my no wal-mart rule tonight and learned not to ever again!)
so i am checking out and as i am standing there the lady is giving me commentary on every item as she scans it... here are a few of my favorites..
1. "this looks gross!"
2. "what's this for, you got kids?"
3. "i would never eat this."
4. "where did you find this? i want one!"

trust me.. those are just the highlights.. i was about to pull my hair out. can you please just check me out. then when she got to the baby stuff for briea she starts babbling on and on and says "is your baby normal?"
what... i think to myself. so i answer "YES."
"oh well i am always freaked out that my baby is going to be born with like 10 fingers!"
yes it was not a spelling error or a mistype.. that is what she said. 10 fingers.
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
jerusha if you are reading this...it was so painful.

over the moon~

today kael got a surprise in the mail. it was a birthday card from aunt britt, uncle dennis, charleigh and piper.
it was one of those musical cards. kael loved it. he was over the moon.
he did not set it down all afternoon. he would not let anyone hold it.
not even garran and i.
so here you guys go...big thank you kisses from kael!
oh yeah and a video of him just loving it and saying thank you.

bed head~

you might think she just woke up, but she was actually on her way to bed.
that is some wild hair!

cowboy cuteness!~

so here are a few pictures of the kids playing with cowboy hats. kael was just being cute, so i threw a picture of kael in just for fun.yee haw!cuteness....serious cuteness!she was smiling at daddy. i love her cuteness.then just kael being cute.

happy birthday~

happy birthday grandma joan!
we hope you had a great birthday.

asleep~

sometimes they fall asleep in the funniest places!

(cullan calls this tub his boat!)even though he is almost 4, he is still so sweet to watch sleep.

6 month checkup~

breia stats are in:

weight : 21.4 lbs - >95%
height : 26.5" - 75%
head : 17" - 50-75%

she took her shots like a champ. good news about the seizures is that we are going to hold off on extensive testing because they seem to be the same as kaels. we are just going to keep an eye on them and make sure that they do not get any worse. she has been pretty good today, a little snugly, but that is fine with me. i love when she wants to get all cuddly.

girls night~

last night myself and 5 other ladies decided to go and see a late night movie. sometimes they have coupons and the 9:30 movies are only $5.00. so we headed off to see Julia & Julie!
it was such a good movie. i don't know when i have laughed so much in the past few years when i have gone to see a movie. it was funny and just fun to watch. i rarely recommend movies, but this one was pretty good. the six of us came out of the movie theater around midnight all laughing and doing our best Julia Child's laugh. it was great. i am so glad that their are such fun ladies here to go out with and fun! sometimes you just need to hang out with the girls!

mom are you listening to me~

recently kael has really started to show some of his personality.
he can be very funny, however sometimes it crosses the line.
that is when we have to tell him that maybe he has pushed a little to far.
the other day we had dropped cullan of at preschool and we on our way to run some errands.
we were driving somewhat in the direction of one of his friends homes and kael decided we should pay them a visit.
here was our conversation.

kael: mom, we go to bear's?
me: nope, not today. we have to go run some errands.
kael: but i want to go to bear's!
me: maybe we can get together some other time with him and play.
(as we pass the turn for his house)
kael: mom turn there, turn there!
me: no honey, not today.
kael: (with his head tilted down, looking up at me with those big brown eyes) mom are you listening to me... i don't think you listening to me. I SAID I WANT TO TURN GO TO BEARS!

i was glad he could not see me laugh. his face was hilarious. sometimes i guess they just don't feel like they are being heard!

mom school....round two~

with the school year starting so starts another year of mom school. kael has been so excited that it is finally his turn to do SOMETHING! he watches cullan get to go do everything first and so when it is his turn he can hardly stand it.

this year we are doing things a little differently. we are only meeting once a week instead of twice. that is ok with me because it leaves some time open for just kael, briea and i to go do some fun things together.
today was actually our second time meeting. today the kids learned about the letter B. they read a story about Bunnies, had frozen Banana's dipped in yogurt and sprinkles.
while the big kids did all this fun stuff, Briea hung out with her little friend. Mr. A was born just a few days behind her.
she is such a good baby. she just hangs out and plays. i am really lucky. after their snack the kids went outside to Blow Bubbles! that is always a hit.
kael blowing away!miss C is so cute. mr. N was showing everyone how to balance on the parking things. i am drawing a blank as to their names.here are T & A practicing their balancing skills also. here is Mr. E with his bubble pipe. he was so funny. he would fill it up and then bubbles would just shoot everywhere.
i am grateful that there are moms that i can do this with. kael really enjoys it and talks about it all the time.

character~

if nothing else, this kid is a character!

seriously~

seriously, i know i am biased.

seriously, i don't care.
she is seriously, the cutest little thing, i have ever seen.
my boys were super cute too. but she is cute in a different way.
sorry if this blog sounds a little egotistic but i can't help it!

thought for the day~

cleaning house while kids are growing, is like shoveling snow while its still snowing!

this is exactly how i feel today ;0)

keeping our fingers crossed~

so most of you know that kael suffers from a seizure disorder that is called Shuddering.
he started having the seizures when he was about 4 months old.
we took him two a specialist at a children's hospital about two hours away to be diagnosed because our pediatrician wanted to make sure we knew what we were dealing with.
he still has them every now and then but they are pretty infrequent and don't really bother him to much.
however the other day i was holding briea while feeding her and she had one.
garran had mentioned that he thought that he had seen her have one the day before but was not sure. he probably caught the end of one. they are hard to see because the only real sign is that the tense a little, hands clinch, and shake for usually less that 10 seconds.
i am so bummed that briea might have this condition too, for multiple reasons.
1. i just want her to be healthy.
2. they tests they have to run are not fun at all.
3. it is just stressful in general
so i called the pediatrician. because there is no meds they receive he said to do the same as with kael and try to catch one on video. but she has her six month check up in a few days so we are keeping our fingers crossed that we get good news and don't have to go through all those nasty tests again.
last time garran could not go with me due to some things going on at school, so my mom went instead. i was so glad she was there with me. it is horrible to watch them restrain your child while they just scream. uggh! say a little prayer little miss B does not have to go through this too.

tot time~

so this year we did not have enough kids old enough to do mom school, so we decided to do something else.

we meet once a week and work on a letter of the alphabet. we might do a craft, activity or story.

today was the first day.

kael was so excited. he got his back pack and everything.

i taught today and we learned about the letter A. no i did not plan his shirt but i did work it into my activity. we talked about words that started with the letter A and then painted with apples!

i think the kids had a good time!

here is kael on his first day.

he is getting to be such a big kid.

labor day~

today we got kind of a last minute invite to attend a bbq at a local state park with garrans parents. i still was not feeling so hot but the kids seem to be doing much better, so we decided to go for a few hours. first we grilled out and few kites. well tried to fly kites. not really enough wind and the kite was not working that well. we also played some boche ball.
(i'm sure i spelled that wrong. sorry.)

then off to the lake to have some fun.
i really enjoy kayaking but like i said was not feeling that great and had a fun time just taking pictures. (big surprise there, me happy taking pictures!)my strong handsome hubby carrying a kayak down to the water.cullan and kael were really excited about getting in the "boats". They really love water!here is cullan having a bay watch moment.when garran saw this picture, he said that it looks like kael belongs on the sea world special forces team. that made me laugh. it still does every time i look at it.
the next few are just pictures of the kids out on the water with garran and their aunt silara.the boys had a great time. they thought it was so much fun.
briea had a great time too... doing this...she pretty much just hung out. when she finally did wake up, she played a little and enjoyed some applesauce! it was great.
sadly for the boys the day came to an end.kaels little wet suit thing was so cute. if fit him like a glove. we were all commenting on his cute little cheeks. thanks grandma and grandpa for throwing this together. it was a fun way to spend the afternoon!

funny moments of the day~

-story number one-

a fly landed on the kitchen floor right in front of kael.
garran says "hey kael look a fly"
kael bends over and to garrans surprise picks it right up!
garran says "don't eat it, their yucky."
kael says "don't eat...yucky?"
then he walks over and puts the fly in the trash.
surprisingly a few seconds later garran said he saw the fly, fly out of the trash can!
i would not believe it unless i heard it straight from garrans mouth.
i guess kael is like mr. miyagi from karate kid!

-story number two-

this is total little boy.
cullan has discovered burping.
we always correct him and make him say excuse me.
while watching a movie i heard him do it a few times.
i explained that if i heard him again, he would have to sit in time out.
he then said "sorry mom, excuse me"
a few seconds later he says "mom can i please go burp in my room quietly?"
ahhh...so funny how their little minds work.

if you like pina-colada~

well i guess she does. these are the yummiest popsicles ever. i got them from sams. they are all natural and have chunks of fruit in them. i was enjoying this pina-colada one when briea caught sight. so i thought i would let her have a little taste.hmm. happy baby!

then i asked for it back...
this was the look i got.
i don't think she was to in to sharing!

just in case~

just in case you did not know, we are getting rid of our home phone and just using our cell phones.
so if you know us and love us and still want to talk to us, let me know and i will give you our cell phone numbers!
thanks
meg

first day of preschool~

today was cullans first day of preschool. i did not know exactly how it would go.

i was nervous and feeling anxious about it.

cullan did great. he walked right in, set his book bag down.

said "bye mom" and that was it.

i left. surprised. and honestly. a little teary eyed.

i thought to myself, why am i getting upset. this is what i wanted. i wanted him to be happy and have a good time. i guess just the realization of my baby starting preschool was a little emotional for me.

here is cullan outside of his school. he looks so big and handsome.here is cullans new super cool spider man book bag. he loves it and was excited to take it to school today .

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today was also exciting because garran was offered a position at the university he attends to be in charge of the print making studio. not teaching, just maintaining it. usually this kind of position is only offered to grad students. so we are excited and his professor says that it looks awesome on applications! woo hoo for garran!