My "Big Guy"!

I just love this kid! Can he get any cuter?? He is a man of many words these days but when he is done he is done...and will say bye! :)

Matthew- 15 months

Finally!!! I got the video to work with sound! :)

Took this video last night after we got home from a friend's house. It was 10:00pm and WAAAY past the kids bedtimes. I was feeding Matthew 1 last snack before bed and he was cracking me up. This just shows a fraction of it but it shows some of his new words and some of his signing that he is really enjoying. It is great knowing what is going on that kid's mind.

All was going well until he saw his pacifier and said "Mama"...that means "I want something." Then he signed 'help' but it is so far off from the actual sign for help- it really makes us laugh! He is such a ham and really makes us smile!

Matthew's Man Cave

I love this video! Matthew just figured out where he likes to hide...mainly just to poop...but I guess you could call it his Man Cave- a place to get away from it all!

Hopefully this will help me remember how small he really is. Someday when he is taller than me and bigger than me that will be hard to do. But for now he is my little boy...and still my baby!

Bird calling

It is absolutely hilarious watching my son and daughter trying to call birds.

My parents came up 2 weekends ago to watch the kids while Mark and I went to Iowa for a football game. This was one of the many funny moments!

What is new...

Not much....and I'm thrilled about that! :)


Of course with kids their is always something 'new' they are doing and saying. For instance Matthew is learning new things and saying new things almost daily. This week he has learned how to say 'cracker' and 'balloon'! He is still signing since he really enjoys that and big sister loves to teach him signs. He is quiet a cold/allergy mess right now but it really doesn't slow him down or keep him fromhaving fun!

Macy is 3 1/2 now and I think we are getting closer to that beautiful age of 4 where I hear their is less attitude and less power struggles! I SURE HOPE SO! The first 6 months of 3's have been very interesting. She has her sweet and precious moments though out the day but lots of power struggles. Lately though she has been such a helper and so loving to us all!!!

We had some wind damage in May and are FINALLY getting our new roof next weekend! So excited!! Also, Mark and I will be attempting some tile work in the spare bathroom in the next few moths so that should be nice and interesting! :) Still don't know why someone would put carpet in a bathroom!!! So between that and the 2 surgeries the kids have needed this year will totally through our budget off for the year but that is just life right? Just very grateful we have a healthy family that will be able to enjoy it! :)


Here are some recent pics and videos of the kids.

Matthew sporting his new car that I got at a garge sale for only $5!! One of my MANY great garage sale finds this year!
Macy picking out pumpkins at Jacob's Orchard.

Macy ready for fall.

How Matthew fell asleep tonight. So precious! I just want to bottle his sweetness up so I can remember these precious days with my baby boy!!! They go by WAY to fast!

Macy

It seems like most of my latest blog posts are videos about my kidos so I thought I would take a second to record some funny moments in Macy's life in the last few months.

* Most funny saying EVER: "I'm wearing pink because I'm a princes pink kind of girl!" Where did that come from?

* Coming into bed the other night saying " It was kinda raining a little bit....so I just came into bed with you". We tell her to only get into our bed if she is scared and the rain scares her...so she thought she could pull one on us at 3am. And she DID! It wasn't raining outside!

* She calls her little brother and anyone else she is mothering (aka smothering) sweetie

* Loves to watch princess movies and play dress up (Fancy Nancy parties)

* Always has a baby of hers sleeping and won't let me talk very loud b/c it might 'wake the baby'!

* Cooks me lunch in her play kitchen consisting of hot dogs and potato chips- daily

*LOVES her little brother, playing outside, watering flowers, and Popsicles

*Refuses to acknowledge that her Nana and Papa's dogs have died and keeps telling me that when they are done being dead they are coming back to their house. :(

* Can't get over that her Uncle Jason is in college and isn't living with her Papa and Nana anymore...again :(

*Wants a cat SO BAD that she already has its name picked out and colors that she wants it in. And says that when Katie isn't around anymore (our dog) she can have a cat...not sure about that one! Ha!

* Absolutely LOVES her daddy right now. She will do anything for her dad. So precious!!!

I keep thinking, "Oh, I won't forget this stuff" but of course I do....so I'm hoping to make this more of a tradition. To record my kidos cute sayings or funny things they do. Because let's be honest -I will forget some of the 'little' things that take up the 'big' part of my life, and honestly that makes me a little sad. I love the age of my kidos right now and even though it is TONS of work I just wish I could freeze frame this moment in life and be in in forever!

Fancy Nancy dinner at our house

Last night was our first family dinner since July 24th (yes I've been counting the days)....so we decided we would make it special for Mark...and I'm pretty sure we surprised him!

We had a Fancy Nancy themed dinner. Fancy Nancy is a great children's book series that we have fallen in love with at the library. Macy received one of her books for her birthday and has loved them ever since. Nancy is a girl who loves, loves, loves to be fancy and loves to use big words to show off her fanciness (or gaudiness)! We had tons of fun dressing up with high heels, jewelry, dresses, tu tu's, and makeup (us girls anyway).

Here are some pictures...and yes we even let Macy drink out of a fancy cup. She loved it too.

After our fancy dinner we had parfaits (which Nancy makes quiet frequently) and I'm pretty sure that was Matthew's favorite part. Just watch this video..."Want a bite".