My big boy!!

I am so proud of Ryan! He is now officially potty trained and is doing incredibly well!! He is so happy to be a "big boy" now and LOVES his new lightning mcqueen slippers he earned when he filled up his potty sticker chart. The other day he did something (can't remember what he did) but he came up to me in the kitchen and told me and then said "you're proud of me right mommy?". Yes Ryan, I am always proud of my big man!!

He is showing us how fast he can run with lightning on his feet!

Lightning McQueen Rescue!

It was a group effort to rescue lightning mcqueen, and I enjoyed the show!

Yahoo!! We did it!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Well yesterday was Valentines Day and as Samantha would say "We had a great day today!". It was a good day. I recieved beautiful pink roses and the kids got their own little treats! But someday Valentines Day is never quite as much fun when you are pregnant and sick! We didn't go out on a special dinner Saturday night because what was the point in going on and spending the money when I couldn't really enjoy it and most likely won't keep it down! But Rich did want to do something for me and felt like I needed some "protein" so he went out and brought some Outback steaks home for us. It was perfect, enjoying good food at home, being able to eat as SLOW as I wanted! :-) And we didn't have to deal with the crowds! Thanks Rich! You are the best!

Rich and I have been married for almost 7 years now and man, the time has really flown! It has been a wonderful 7 years, with quite a few adventures and I wouldn't change a minute of it. I love Rich more now then I have ever loved and just expect the love to keep growing. He is an amazing man, husband and father. I love you babe! Happy Valentines Day!

Just ONE reason why I love my husband!

When we moved to PA, my mom bought be a sewing machine. She said, "Here, you may need this" (Thinking to herself, "now you can't bring things up to me every weekend to fix anymore...haha"). I said to myself "what do I need that for!?!". Well, needless to say I have finally found a desire to learn how to do something new and sewing came to mind. I let the kids pick out some fabric, I bought a pattern, thread, elastic and let it sit on the counter for a week or so until I got up the courage to start. All I have to say is, Thanks mom for your patience and for explaining everything to me over the phone so I could understand. Not too bad for my first experience...just don't look to closely! :-) At least the kids like them!

For one last hurrah before Rich starts school again, we went out the coast and had a blast! Even though it rained (a lot!!!) the kids had a great time and so did we. This has been an awesome vacation with Rich and none of us want it to end! We love you Rich! I guess we will see you in May! :-)

Here are few more pictures from our Christmas vacation. We really didn't do too much away from the house, but the kids had a blast just with each other! What would Christmas be without a ginerbread house?!? I am not sure that even half the candy got onto the house however....

My kids don't get to play in snow very often where we live so they really enjoyed it while we were there! Sometimes we even have to put them to work with so much snow!

This is our attempt to perform the nativity story. The kids really enjoyed it. I went around my parents house and found random things to use as costumes....I especially love the pink sequends on the angels! (Did you know that there were two, and one wore a bakers hat?!)

Sammy and Morgan are the best of friends! Here they are making their candy train.

My mom makes matching pajamas for all the grandkids every year. Every year the kids LOVE them. They turned out great again this year mom! Thanks for all of your hard work! We all love you! This year, Papa even got matching pants!

These girls looked adorable in their curlers!! It brought back memories when my two sisters and I used to sleep in curlers!

Sams hair turned out beatiful! You could tell she felt beautiful just by watching her walk past you. She would sway her hips and hair and then ask you..."Don't you love my hair?" She is gorgeous! There is no doubt about that!

All three of these girls are gorgeous!!!

Rich really enjoyed the snow too. He was out there all day long...even after our own kids went in for hot cocoa!

Aunt Cameo is awesome!! We really enjoyed spending New Years with you and Uncle Allen.

Cameo played a couple of songs for Sam to sing with her. It was beautiful to listen to!

We truly are blessed to belong to such an amazing family. This was an awesome vacation and we didn't want it to end!!