O Bama haha

Well, we said our good byes to Amber this morning, and 13 hours later...she should be in the heart of the big apple, or the core rather, haha- her new home. Crazy! She came tuesday night, and we had our usual time together...I cut her hair (NY- LOOKOUT! cause I'm good.) and she attempted to keep me up to date with the fashion world. =) Thanks bama! And sad to say, we have only a few pictures of our three days....sad. She did help us cheer on the Lancers last night at the high school bball game...we lost. Dang. But it was still fun. The ladies...

and the men...

Aunt Bam....


And then we had to say good bye. Short and sweet. Just go.

Can you imagine driving by this escort with a little cute blonde on the interstate?? HAHAAAA. No offense Bam, but it's hilarious. Now can you imagine trying to navigate thru NY in this escort?? Not sure this was the safest thing you've ever done, Amber. =)


SO FUNNY. At any rate, we had a blast and the time, as usual, went TOO fast. Love you Bama. Thanks for the visit, you're ALWAYS welcome!

First Word?!

Ethan says 'fish' if he's playing with his toys in the bath tub...I'll try to get a non-nudie video of that one too. Pretty cute!

Elle!

Ok that was FUN! Let me just explain what's happening. I heard of this SWEET game, thanks to Deb and Rich, that's a baby race! We played some guess the poop (candy bar) game = always funny. And since it was a couples shower, what does a little friendly competition hurt, ya know. In light of the upcoming month, March Madness (Ry's second fav holiday) Ry made a tournament bracket. Here were the stations.

Start at the fireplace. Babies in car seats.
1. GO! unbuckle babies, run to the island. Must carry babies at all times.

2. Mix three scoops of formula (flour) into bottle with water, shake it up til there's no clumps. Ry was clump patrol and gave the ok to each team participant to proceed to the next station.

3. Open jar of baby food and feed to your partner with spoon provided. This is where I could have been really mean, but the nicest option Martin's had was oatmeal and pears. I didn't try it, but many say it was NOOOOT GOOD. Final round we moved to applesauce and that was much appreciated. Ry also ok-ed the empty jar.

4. Then run back to the fireplace, put a diaper on the baby

5. Lastly, buckle back into the car seat! WINNER!

It was pretty fun I must say. And I will add that Schoony's took home the gold. All in all, we had a blast celebrating the newest member to our group of friends, aaaand even though the party was for her, she didn't make a peep the whole time. =)

Photo shoot with Mom!

If they could talk, I'm sure you'd hear all about how weird their mom is. =)








And in other exciting news, Happy birthday to Grandpa Joe! We celebrated last night with them and had some SERIOUS cake- german chocolate.....not even kidding, this cake would have taken me ALL DAY to make. Grammy can COOK...and bake. WOW.

For those of you who are curious about the candles, Ry says they were for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. hahahaaaa. And that's all for now cause I'm tired. =) see yaaaaaa

Spring is in the Air!

Well, the sun has been coming out now for a few days, although not quite warm enough to convince me that it will STAY warm...but the snow is 95% melted, no more driveway scooping- thanks to the South-facing house...All to remind us that our yard looks like CRAP. Actually it's not even a yard yet. Just a mud pile. With giant truck tracks thru the front yard frozen into place leaving HUGE tracks to remind us that our gas got hooked up. And I've been told that we won't start to fix the appearance of our outdoors until April (sorry neighbors)....then comes sprinklers, sod, and landscaping, and possibly a fence...which will hopefully change the look of our house for the better.

But in the meantime, we have a lot of fun here...play dates with other moms and kids, and fun with each other during the day. And it's been a while, so I'll update in slideshow form.


A few shots that should just be looked at for a few minutes- if you're having a bad day or something- cause this would for sure to cheer you up. We had our small group here last Friday and Ry brought his dentist glasses home...also known as "loupes" - pronounced "loops" as in 'loopy' because that's what they make you look like. No offense guys, but it's hard for me to take you seriously when you're wearing these. Three of the funniest guys I know (besides Ry) Ryan, Mark, and Whitey...only I was too slow on the draw and didn't get a picture of Whitey. Dang it!

BBall with Uncle Schoony =)

Out and About

Who says the bonny can't hold three babies?!! What a great ride. Emily and I decided to go out shopping earlier this week- Elle's ready for the real world already...it was a pretty good time, I must say. After so many in-out-in-outs at different places, I have to pull myself together to stop in one more spot. It takes so dang long to load everyone up and get all my stuff together that I usually just make two stops per outing so things don't get out of control. But with a friend!?!! Psshhhhh. I make them HELP me drag the boys around. hahaha!! Emily was kickin my butt by the end. Thanks for goin with me! You can't really tell by the picture, but lil mini Elle is fast asleep in her seat facing the back. =)

Boys- this is the only time you can EVER let a girl come between you. hhahaa


This is funny. We were just comparing booties. =)

We do a lot of comparing really....like the size of their heads. WOWZA. Especially G's. It's super cute though cause the boys are always curious, and they totally know it's another person....Ry was trying to teach them to say 'baby'....which kinda sounds like 'bhhh-py' from Garrett and run-the-other-way-yelling from Ethan. Sigh. So cute. =)