Sunday, August 23, 2009

All for Kevin

I was laying in bed the other night thinking what a horrible wife/blogger I've been. I always blog about what the kids and I do but never about what Kevin does. So this one is for you babe. Kevin works so hard for us. Him doing that allows me to stay at home with the kids, and for that I couldn't be more thankful. He goes to work everyday at 4:00am with no complaint. He keeps the outside of our house looking immaculate. (with a little help but he really does take care of everything having to do with it) Because of all this I have no problem "letting" him do what he loves...fishing. He would fish everyday if he could. I can't even explain how much of a better husband and father he is when he gets back from a little fishing. I totally get it, so I rarely mind ;o) Life has been rough having 2 kids so close together but I can truly say, right now, that I love him more than ever.

Happy Birthday to Kevin at the Falkoner: He totally wore the stupid necklace I got him for like 20 mins (What a trooper)
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Kevin doing what he loves to do best right now.
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First Week Babysitting

Was amazing. I am so thankful that I can get paid to stay at home with my kids. Talk about an answer to a very specific prayer. (God continues to amaze me that way) Kinzie will be with us three days a week from now until January. It is working out so good so far. She takes 2 naps which still leaves me with some one on one time with my kids as well as some alone time. SO perfect. Here is the trio on our walk. Pushing the three of them in the stroller is definitely a workout. Life is good.
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Olivia

If you know Olivia at all you know that she is like that sour patch kid commercial. She is sour one minute but oh so sweet the next. I want to remember the sweet things she says. Here are some of them from the last few days.

Kevin was singing a song out loud about Toby and he was screaming every time Kevin would start up. Olivia stops him and says "Dada, I don't think Toby Likes that song"

We were at church and getting out of the car. I tried to give Toby his bible but he wanted nothing to do with it. Looking on concerned, she turns to Toby and says, "But Toby, Jesus loves you"

And she is constantly talking about her cousins. This quote is by far my favorite though. "Mama, I love my cousins, they look out for me"

And I forgot one: Last week the kids were sick. I was putting Toby to bed and she opened the door to tell him "Toby, I hope you feel better"

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Birthdays + Vacation =

A couple of VERY good (but oh so tiring) weeks.

First my birthday: Melting Pot with my 3 bestest friends, and Wood Ranch with the Fam. (Totally gained a couple of pounds this week...ugh)
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Then Kevins vacation:

Beach trip on Tuesday,
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Birthday Dinner at PF Changs Tuesday night,
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Phillipes on Wednesday,
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Kevins birthday Today...Happy Birthday Babe!!
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Monday, August 3, 2009

My Cousins Wedding

Olivia and Toby were in their first wedding on Sunday. It was a nautical theme wedding so I dressed the kids accordingly. Olivia looked amazing, Toby...a little on the dorky side but OH SO cute! Kevin says these are the pictures he will be hating me for later but I don't think is was that bad. (Really, who would have thought that 2T would be too small, I should have figured.) Here they are hanging out before the wedding.
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They did so good walking down the isle. The only problem was that Toby spotted Grammy sitting in the back and tried to make a detour to see her, but Liv, who had a death grip on his hand, kept him going the right way. 
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Family shot failure #863 
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This was the first time that I actually had a good time with the kids being there. That sounds horrible but you know how it is. It is stressful to make sure they are happy and staying in one place. But they were so good, they stayed close and danced the night away. It was 8 o'clock before we knew it. I am enjoying this stage in life so much right now. (I <3 my family)

Happy *2* Toby

We threw him a fire truck (what else?!?) party for him. No fuss...just cupcakes, ice cream, and family. Thats all we really need in life right?
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He didn't like the birthday song, maybe cause I snapped at him for blowing out one of his candles too early (what kind of mama am I??) but he stopped as soon as I told him he could blow out his other one. He ate his entire muffin size cupcake and asked for more. 
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He loved every single one of his gifts. He showed it by running all of his gifts around the room to show everyone after "ooohhhhhhh"ing over it after pulling the paper off.  
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Happy Birthday Baby Boy