The Rest of February...

You live here, you work.

Just look at this face!!

Helping shovel the snow.

Notice the goggles.

Noah with his buddy Craig sledding down a rather steep hill with a house at the bottom... That's safe, right!?

Had a spill.

He went down on his stomach. Oddly, it worked quite tell.

Having fun watching.

Sweet boys!

John's not much into sledding. But he does love to play in the snow!

Here we go!

Crash!

Cheerios and a movie.

Popcorn and a movie.

Headed down the snow chute.

This from the boy who refused food for so long!

Happy Birthday, Dear John!

I cannot believe that John is 3! It seems like just yesterday, we were driving to the hospital to have him. I can't imagine what life would be like without him. He is turning into such a sweet helpful boy! He will out of the blue say, I love you, mommy. Melts my heart!! Happy birthday sweet boy!

A candle in his oatmeal.

Lunch at Chick-fil-A with daddy!

3 Years Old

Mommy wanted a picture of the boys in their birthday shirts.

(Sigh!)

John got a shark backpack. He promptly loaded it up with his favorite random things.

I asked John what he wanted for dinner on his birthday. I didn't offer choices, I just asked what he wanted. He chose peanut butter...his favorite.

We were cupcaked out... But we had star cookies!

The boys love to wrestle daddy. They get quite wild sometimes. Daddy was flipping them up over his head.

One more try... Even though this wasn't the Kodak moment I had hoped for, it is pretty sweet the way John is hugging Hunter.

Happy Birthday, Sweet Noah!

My baby is 5!!! How can it be??!?!?! Sometimes I look at him and wonder how a little almost 8 pound baby can turn into a boy like this!!! It's pretty amazing. He is so helpful! Anytime I ask for a helper, he comes running. He loves his brothers and loves to play with them. This year, his birthday fell on President's Day (as it did the day he was born), so daddy didn't have to work.

Cracker Barrel for breakfast (John is not awake yet)

Mommy with her sweet boys.

A candle in his pancakes

This is not a trick candle, but for some reason he couldn't get it blown out.

Finally...

Well, almost! (Really, it's not a trick candle.)

A candle in the birthday lunch (you can never have too many candles!!)

A bike for his birthday. He was so excited!

Trying it out

Taking it for a real drive in the basement.

Zoom! Zoom!

Happy Birthday Sweet Boy!

5 Years Old

THE Party!

Noah and John had a joint party this year. (Next year it will be a 3 for 1!) This year, we wanted to do something a little special for the boys. We invited Spunky Beans (a clown/balloon artist). She brought with her special balloons for all 3 birthday boys and then made all kinds of balloon creations for the guests. The boys loved it! And we had a room full of balloons when she left.

John driving his special car.

Playing a little baseball.

Noah flying his helicopter 

Noah with his buddies from school (Adam, Henry, Noah, Troy, Silas)

John chatting it up with Mr. Joe.

Enjoying some balloons

Flying the helicopter again

Sweet Babs and Joe... They are like family to us. We were so glad they were able to come.

Hunter's monkey (strangely enough, she had no idea his lovie was a monkey)

Having a little snack

Happy Birthday to You!!!

Make a Wish!

Couldn't get it blown out... Tried to fan it out...

Daddy helped.

John got the first crack at the pinata.

Noah was next.

Everyone got a turn to hit it before it broke.