Not a Still Moment

I am finally getting a second to sit down and blog.  I am way behind on posting.  We have a 9 month old baby that is now into everything!  With three girls running around and one little boy trying to explore the world, we do not have many still moments.

Jack is now army crawling at top speed, opening every cabinet and drawer he can reach, pulling on any and every object he can get.  He is still saying "dada, dada" all the time along with some other syllables that I cannot quite understand just yet.

We were all on Spring Break last week and it was great!  Emma and Maylee got new bikes.  They are learning to use their hand brakes now.  Becca mastered riding without training wheels, so she has a new basket on her bike.  Bigger bike to come soon!  :)  GiGi came into town for a couple of nights.  They all went to the zoo and enjoyed the spring weather.

Dan and I had such spring fever in the yard!  We (well "I" but I am dragging him along...) decided to plant a small garden this year!  I am SO excited.

Today we took the kids skating.  Dan and the girls went while Bear was napping.  He and I joined them after his nap.  The girls had a great time.  They will be pro skaters before long!  Dan was a skating champ as usual.  :)  Bear and I watched from the side bench, but he had a great time watching and "dancing" to the music.  Sunday Funday!

It is Almost Moving Day

Grandmamma & Popie are getting closer and closer to the BIG moving day!  We are so excited and I know they are too!  Saturday we ran over for the kiddos to carve their names in their drive way!  They LOVED putting their little marks in a place it will last forever!

How sweet is this!  Grandmamma and Popie celebrated their 40th anniversary Saturday!  

Counting Down to Spring Break

Let the count down begin.....it is almost Spring time and Spring Break.  We are looking forward to springing our clocks forward and enjoying a week of no schedules and chilling out!  We hope all of you have a fabulous Spring Break too!

Here is to hoping for flip flop weather because this Mama is out of her boot!  Now the doctor did tell me to remember the "cooler" the shoe, the more risk I will have to feel pain.  Was he reading my mind?

This has been a fun filled week at school with each day having a theme to celebrate Read Across America and to promote literacy!  I love my job! 

Maylee rocking her "Pink-i-licious" outfit for Favorite Book Character Day!

GiGi sent Emma a check for her birthday, so she could endorse it herself.  GiGi says she remembers me loving to do this, so she wanted to send it in her name. :)

Bedhead.....This is what happens to Bear's hair if you try to part it in an opposite direction! 

Jack is 8 Months Old

Bear turn 8 months old today!  It does not even seem possible that it has already been 8 months!  Dan said today that hearing him called Jack doesn't even sound normal.  As his mom, I think I will always call him Jack.  I do find myself going back and forth!  :)

At eight months, Jack (Bear) is scooting around on the floor doing an army crawl, getting on his hands and knees and rocking, sitting up, saying DaDaDa, holding his hands out like he wants you to hold him, squealing, and watching every move his 3 big sisters make!

Bear got new shoes this weekend.  We could not get any of the shoes we had on his foot!  Well he only wears a
 4 EXTRA WIDE!!!  

Bear in his Bear Hat!

One of my Fave's taken by Lynsey!

Snoozing!

The Ultimate Boot

I love shoes, jewelry, purses, scarves, and really anything that is an accessory!  Well it is so hard for me to admit that one of my favorite things to collect might have caused me to break a bone in my foot!  Yes, I have a broken left foot!  :( I knew something wasn't right last week, but I just chalked it up to just being busy and walking a lot!  By Sunday night I was in terrible pain, so Dan convinced me to go to the dr Monday. I am now sporting a lovely walking boot!

February Happenings

It has been a very busy month so far.  I guess busy is just the norm!  :)

Here are a few highlights from our February so far!

February 5th was our anniversary.  This pic makes me smile, so I had to post it again!

Jack has a new Big Boy car seat!  He loves it.   He is cutting more teeth, so that is why he has the red around his mouth. Come on teeth.....!!!  

Maylee reading to Bear.  His pants are pushed up like capris.  ha!  He is very interested in the story.  

Becca and Bear -- my dinner dates at Dales for HSES Family Night!  

My Saturday lunch dates!  We hit the Mexican restaurant after my hair appt!  :)  Cheese dip is always a fave for this crew! 

Jack and Granny McCay 

Precious!!!!  

Our baby Bear is growing so quickly!

A little cuddle time after a fun and exciting day!

Things to remember......

* Emma was sick for a couple of days this week, so as soon as I got home from work Friday I loaded May, Bec, and Jack in the truck to run some errands.  I figured Dan and Emma could get some rest in a quiet house.  As we were driving down the road, I was listening to Maylee and Becca's conversation.  Here it goes:

May - "Becca, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

Bec - "A veterinarian"

May - "You know you have to go to like 4 years of school to do that."

Bec - "Actually I want to be a toe nail painter."

May - "Yeah... you do not have to go to school to do that........ Let's work at the same place..."

It was priceless.   I am typing this so I do not forget it!  I also named the two of them Yak1 and Yak2 after this outing.  Let's just say there was not a quiet moment at all in the car.  :)  Thankfully, Emma was feeling much better by Saturday morning!  

Happy Birthday, Popie!

I am behind posting these pics!  January is usually what we consider a slow month in the school world (if there is a such a thing....)!  January 2013 proved us wrong!  It has been a busy and exciting month.  So with that being said, I am simply behind!  

We celebrated Popie's birthday on Sunday, January 27th which is his actual birthday.  We had yummy lasagna & of course cake!  After eating and singing Happy Birthday, the girls had Popie dancing!  Jack slept through most of the partying.  Matter of fact we had to wake him up, so we all could go and look at Grandmamma and Popie's house.  Go figure.....any other time he would simply cat nap!  :) We had a lot of fun celebrating.  And the house is looking gorgeous!  It won't be long before they will be ready to move!  

Here are a few other photo shots!

Jack has been wanting to get in on some Wii action --- he stole the remote!
 

Saturday morning snugglers!

So this might be why I do not accomplish much in the evenings...... I do not want to put him down!