Teague's Birthday

Yes, Teague's birthday was in August (my blog has been on the back burner for quite some time now) Anyhow, he's felt like a two year old for quite a while, in both the good and bad ways to think of a 2yr old. I really do love this age. I love just watching them and the things they do. It's when I'm not watching that we have problems! Teague has been a handful for me, but oh, he is such a cool kid that I just LOVE! He likes to "help" and do everything himself. Which is a good quality to have, but sometimes it means milk and cereal all over the table right next to an empty bowl. He's also very helpful to put soap in the dishwasher and turn it on whether it needs to be or not. He is so cute though and has quite the strut that makes me laugh. He isn't potty trained, but has followed his brother's example of peeing outside! Glad I witnessed that funny story! Anyhow, I love this little guy, and he really is a good kid! Happy Birthday Teague!

So, you've probably gathered, I like fun cakes. My awesome sister-in-law showed me this cake on a blog after seeing Derek's pac man cake. Yes, this was back in January, and ever since I have been planning this cake for Teague. Derek had just gotten the Tonka truck for his birthday, so I kept it an inside truck so I could feel good about putting a cake in it that people would actually want to eat. It was so fun to make and I must say, tasted divine!

Great thing about little kids, getting great joy from small, cheap presents!!

Who doesn't love bubbles?!

Happy Halloween

Oh, I do love a good Halloween theme! This year we all got involved. Even Ty, who had the most embarrassing costume out of all of us. He doesn't even like Halloween, so he gets major brownie points for going along with it and being happy doing it. What a good guy.

My kids and I decided on Wizard of Oz this year. I don't think they had ever seen the movie before, so they watched it at Gma's and decided who would be who. Kami did not want to be a boy, so she chose the good witch. I was going to have Brock be the Tin man, but I just couldn't resist dressing him up as a monkey. It just seemed to fit so well. And thanks to the amazing Bonnie Z. it all came together perfectly. She is awesome, and made it so I spent Zero dollars, which is a really good thing, seeing as Ty doesn't care for the Holiday and would not be cool with me spending lots of money for it. We had a super fun time. Trunk-or-Treat at our church and Gma Peterson's. Tons of candy! Ty and I have persuaded the kids to save the candy bars for ice cream blizzards, since we bought an ice cream maker and now can have homemade ice cream/blizzards anytime we want! Hope you all had a fun day!! Happy Halloween!!

The Good Witch

Dorothy with Toto

Quite convenient we bought a Yorkie a month ago!

The Cowardly Lion who turned courageous

The Scarecrow

We had to bribe him with candy to wear the hat. He wasn't a fan.

The Flying Monkey

Everyone hates the monkeys on the movie, but this little guy is adorable!

Wicked Witch

I wasn't thrilled about being the ugly witch, but all's good.

Time for an Update!

So, I am still alive and doing quite well actually. I just haven't blogged in forever. Much has happened since my "Springtime Fun" Blog, and after today's crummy weather, I wish Spring weather would come back. I don't want to go back and relive life since Spring, I just want the weather. Life is good now and I'm happy about that. Now, on to this post. I have been desperately needing to update all my kid's pictures on my wall. (Brock caught up to the age Teague was in his picture!) Yes, I know I am extremely slow! Well, I decided to go ahead and try to get some good pictures on my own. I do not claim to be a photographer, but I did get some pictures that are good enough for my wall. Yes, I should comment individually about each of my kids and their uniqueness, but instead I am going to give a great big I LOVE ALL MY KIDS LIKE CRAZY AND AM VERY THANKFUL FOR EACH OF THEM.

Karly

Derek

Kami

Teague

Yes, I do realize I have another child! But he wasn't much into getting his picture taken, so I decided to wait. And 3+ months later, I still need to get a good picture of him. I told you I'm slow!

Springtime

These pictures are back from the beginning of May when Ty's youngest sister, Traci got married. I'm just a little slow putting them on here. But since I'm awake right now with Brock while the rest of my family sleeps, I thought I'd blog.

Sisters! Really cute sisters!

I LOVE this picture of Teague.

He was having so much fun hugging the swing!

Ok, I LOVE this picture too. Priceless!

Karly Mae.

I am SO lucky to have this little girl be my oldest!

She is something very special!

Traci Doll! I seriously love her like a sister!

I know I'm partial, but my little family is just so darn CUTE!!

Two Months Old

Yes, time keeps going and Brock keeps growing. I love this little guy! He is definitely getting cuter and cuter. He had baby acne really bad, which is now going away, so his cheeks are way kissable now. There were a couple weeks there when he wasn't focusing really well, that his eyes were funny. I watched 'Shakiest Gun In The West' and saw Don Knotts whenever I looked at my baby!! He can focus on things now so his eyes don't look so poppy anymore and I do really love that he has big eyes.

People would ask me if he is a good baby. How do you answer that? Do they really want to know? Does he cry a lot? Quite a bit. More than normal? Probably not much, but what is normal? He would get cranky at night and stay up late, but hey, he's a baby. I felt like I ran out of milk for him by the end of the day which didn't help things. I just don't have the gene for lots of fatty milk, mine is skim and scarce, (not a good combo for Brock!) So I started giving him formula so he would be satisfied and sleep longer, and it worked. Now, I'm giving him more and more formula and less and less nursing and he seems much more content. I guess baby's like to have a full belly! Who knew?! ;) Now if we can get the pooping thing regulated, he'll be happy all the time!

Anyway, on to the 2 month photo shoot.

(Taken by me, so don't judge too harshly)

Stats: 10lbs 15 oz & 23in

Oh, he is such a sweet boy! I love these!

If this doesn't give you the biggest smile,

then you are really grumpy!

Love, Love, Love this boy!

One Month Old

Well, time just continues to fly by and we continue to love this little guy. It seems like he's been with us always, and yet like we just brought him home. He's a cutie and I love kissing his chubby cheeks! He was so good for our little photo shoot. I'm an amateur, but hoping one is good enough to put up on my wall. I'd love to hear which is your favorite.

One Month Stats: 9lbs 5oz 21 in.