Super Bowl 2012 plus more....

Last year was our first year to host super bowl and we once again decided to make it a yearly thing and host again:). This year we had 32 people in our home for the super bowl and it was very fun. Just a few pictures from that night.
Em Shidler came with a friend but it was great having her in our home. She does a wonderful and I do mean wonderful job of babysitting my boys when we need her and on this particular night Liam sat on her lap for a good portion of the night as she read him books!!! Emilie....you rock!

Of course the girls don't care to much about the actual game, but we sure do enjoy sitting around eating and talking:).

This is what the boys do.....we bring up our tv from the basement and rearrange furniture to accomodate a large crowd. Even though the commercials this year were pretty pathetic, and we didn't care to much about who actually won the game, we did indeed have a great time and look forward to next year!!

Now onto a few pictures I just thought were cute and needed to be posted.

I had to take a picture of this, because I think my mom might think it looks a bit familiar. Laying on the counter eating raw noodles!! Yep, this is what I did when I was a kid. Good memories:). I did add a few raw peas to the mix.

Jayla and Joy came to visit for about a week. Didn't take many pictures, but did get this cute one of the kidos looking at books. Actually I believe Caden was reading to Liam and Jayla.

And last but not least....Liam was walking around today looking alot like this!! Silly I know, but oh so cute:). And this book he is reading(so he says), is his favorite book. He looks at it multiple times a day....anything with Lightening McQueen!!!

Poll

I realize I don't have alot of readers since this is a private blog, but I thought it would be fun to see what people thought I was having and to see if the majority is right??

So go to the side of my blog to vote for a boy or a girl:).

And feel free to leave a comment with what you chose and what I should name it if it is a boy or a girl!! We are still at a loss for a name(especially if its a boy).

Happy Valentine's Day My Love!!

You are the Love of my Life!!! I am so blessed to be married to the man of my dreams. Thank you babe for all you do for us, for going to work for us, to taking care of the kids when I can not, for believing in me, for having patience with me, for forgiving me when I fail, and for loving me for who I am!!!

I SIMPLY LOVE YOU!!!

28 weeks along....12 weeks to go!!

Although this is REALLY when I do not like pictures of myself, I figure I better get one taken for the sake of having it to scrapbook later on down the road:). I can't believe I only have 12 weeks left and if my previous birth's are any indication of how this birth might go...then I may very well only have 10 weeks left:). Now that sounds even better!!

WOOHOO!!!

Yeah!! My sister Joy finally posted on her blog which means I get to also!!!

I am so excited to announce that I will once again be an aunt! My sister Joy and husband Jason are expecting their 2nd baby in August. She is 12 weeks along and got to hear the heartbeat today to verify she indeed was pregnant. Gotta love that little heartbeat:). Jayla Jo will make a great big sister!!

Congrats Joy and Jason...we are so very excited and thrilled that God has granted your desire to be a mommy and daddy again!

Snow what fun, it is to ride....

.....on a sled pulled by the go cart!! Enjoy because I am CERTAIN the boys were having a blast. You can tell by the laughter and giggles that are on this video. (Liam rode in the go cart with nick).

Ok, so after uploading this....I just had to go see how fun it actually was:). So out I went for a ride and let me tell you .....I was laughing the entire time...so much fun!! At one point I actually caught some air and my sled went off the ground. I did fall off at the end, but baby and I had fun and it was well worth it:).

Good Job Buddy!!!

I knew this time was coming sooner than I probably wanted it to, but my little Liam is growing up and will soon be 3 years old! With a new sibling on the way this transition had to take place as we are going to need the crib for the little "squirt". So last night was trial night. I thought to myself, if it doesn't go well, he goes back into the crib for another month or two. But to my surprise he did AMAZING!! We told him there is NO jumping on the bed, NO getting out of bed, and if he would fall out of bed(no rails), then he was to get up and hop back into bed. I also told him that in the morning he was to just yell for mommy and I would come get him and that he was NOT to get out of bed and open his door. He seemed to understand, so we shut off the lights and left the room. We put him to bed at 8pm and at 9:30 I decided to check on him. He was sitting up in his bed(but not out of bed). I told him it was time to close his eyes and go to sleep. I think he was pretty excited! At 10pm I checked on him again and this time he was sound asleep:). YEAH!

He slept so good and he didn't fall out! And this morning he was a good boy and obeyed! It was 10am (curtains in a room sure do help make it darker:)) when he screamed out saying "mommy, all done, mommy all done". So I went up to get him and he was sitting nicely in his bed waiting for me. I was so happy with him!! Big hugs and kisses for him that morning for obeying mommy! And since it went so well last night....we are going to give it another shot tonight:).