April thus far...

I am trying to get my act together. One more blog in the month of April. I remember fondly when I would do a few a week, or at least one a week. Now I am lucky to get 2 a month. Oh well! Who knew that having 2 kiddos would keep me so busy!

We started our April with some beautiful weather. That I why I love Colorado so, the day of our hike was 80, while the next day was 40! The pictures are from our first hike of the year. Gavin did wonderful and Sloan did ok. I only say that because while applying sunscreen, she rubbed her eyes and got some in them. Poor thing. She was a trooper though! Never cried a bit, just had that one eye tearing the whole time. She absolutely loved being in the back pack though. She just sat up there soaking it all in and then fell asleep about 1/2 way into the hike. We did 3 miles and Gavin had a ball, even Crash came along. We had to cross over a stream several times and he thought that was so cool. I can't wait to do more.

Greg and I are off to Mexico this Saturday with some friends. It will be our first long trip away from the kids. I am a little nervous for sure. I know they will be good, or at least I hope so. Both Gparents are watching them. So hopefully they behave! Hopefully I can fix my camera before we leave so we can get some pictures! Happy Easter!

March Madness

I am finally getting around to our crazy March! Just a few highlights. St. Patricks Day Parade! We had so much fun, of course I didn't take any of the kids pictures on our actual camera, just our cell phones. Whoops! We all were decked out though and the kids did great!

March also brought my sister's 40th birthday. We had a lot of fun. There was some craziness sure, maybe some dancing, drinking, puking in the stairwell, falling on the dance floor and possibly some butt cake. Here are some highlights:

It wouldn't be proper to end on this note (the birthday girl barely standing wearing some randoms band hat. Seriously who actually wears that to a bar???) Anyway, here are some pictures of the morning after. Taylor (Bubba) is a classy guy! I still don't know how I ended up being the responsible one that night! Sheesh!

Happy April! Hopefully more to come!

Neglecting

I know, I am neglecting my blog right now. I just looked at it and realized I only did one blog in the month of March. I really don't know where the time has gone. Oh wait, yes I do! I have been a single Mom off and on for the past 6 weeks with Greg's company being bought (which happened today- Yea!). He is in St. Louis right now. I don't even know if I spelled that right. Oh well. I have been slammed with planning vacations and parties, my sister's 40th last weekend and several coming up. Lets see, we go to Mexico at the end of this month, we host 2 parties in May and head to Nebraska for 5 days, 2 parties in June, a trip to Breckenridge with friends for 5 days, another big party in July for Sloan's first and probably an August one. Who knows with us! We still haven't even talked about his companies party. I have been trying to find the time to get a cavity filled for over a month now and schedule Lasik. Plus a bunch of house stuff (painting inside and out) and hitting the gym at least 4 times a week. I sometimes feel like I would get more done if I went back to work. The kids are crazy right now, Sloan is now pulling herself up onto things and walking. EEEK! She is still stinking cute and so much fun. Definitely the happiest baby I have ever seen. Gavin is big and getting bigger. And also a tad bit more sassy. He told me yesterday when we left the house to turn off the TV (we leave the radio on through the TV for the dogs when we are gone) because it is wasteful. True, but really? He is too cute. This morning Sloan was up at 4:40 am. Yea! And went back to bed at 6. Of course Gavin got up at 6:10. So I put a movie on and we crawled under the blankets on the couch and watched some Scooby Doo. I was dozing and I noticed he was searching for my hand and when he found it, held it. Seriously brings a tear to my eye. He is getting to be such a little man, but still a Mommy's boy when need be. I will download pictures today, I have a ton! I forgot we even hit 2 St. Patty's parades with all of us decked out in green. Plus random pics around the house and Jen's 40th. Some very classy pics in that group!

Picture Time!

We finally did it, got the kids pictures taken. We are slackers I know! We decided to wait until July for our family portrait. I wanted to do outside pictures with the kids for winter, but we have no snow and the ugly brown of the trees and grass just isn't very pretty! So alas, we will wait until summer for Sloan's first birthday and do some pictures in the beautiful Colorado outdoors!

Here are some of the keepers!

I am hoping one day soon Sloan will get some hair! My bald little girl!

Sheesh

I know, I am slacking on blogging right now. It has been a hectic week, as was last week. My little girl decided to start crawling on Thursday and on Friday I found her STANDING IN HER CRIB. Greg promptly moved her mattress down so I wouldn't have a heart attack. She is just growing so quickly. I can't believe it. I have not even got the camera out for the past 2 or 3 weeks. But will post some new pics this weekend or next week. We are finally getting the kids pictures taken! FINALLY!

Addictions and Teeth

Where to start??? It has been a very busy February. I can't believe it is already the middle of the month! The kids are growing leaps and bounds and I am not real happy with it. Sloan is so big that I am just waiting for her to leave for college. Seriously! Where is my baby???

Last week we went to the Doctor for Gavin's 3 year old and Sloan's 6 month check ups. Back to back, shots included. It was also our anniversary. Oh the joy. Gavin's check up went great. He is 90% in weight and 95% for height. I think he gets his height from me..... He only got the flu shot and took it like a champ. Sloan on the other hand had 5 shots and I cried longer than she did. I am such a pansy. Her weight was 25-50% while her height was 75%. I am once again positive that she got her height also from me!

Sloan is growing so much and now has 2 teeth in. She has also started taking showers, which she absolutely loves! I can hear her laughing in the kitchen when she is in the shower. It is too cute! As you can see from the pictures, she loves loves loves it! She is a great baby and is definitely the apple of her brothers eye. He adores her so much and hates when she naps. He would prefer she be up all the time with him to play. They are very cute together and am so glad that Gavin loves her so much.

Our little boy definitely moved from the "terrible twos" to the "freakin awful threes". I didn't think it was possible, but alas he has gotten worse. It is so much fun. The only thing he loves right now, besides Sloan, is his Leapster. He is addicted to it. It is almost as bad as the TV. He could play it for hours if I let him. It is amazing how fast he picked up how to play it. A little scary!

Have a Happy Valentines Day to all! Pictures from Sloan's first shower and a day at the park with Grammy, Marvin and Mommy.

Round Two of Gavin's Birthday!

Gavin's birthday party was fantastic. We had a good turn out and all of the smaller kids came in costume. It was very cute! Here is our day in pictures (I love the pictures of the Grandparents with Sloan!):

Here is the big gift! He loved it! Cousin Pyper hopped right on the back wanting to go for a ride. It was very cute. Gavin was ecstatic!

Overall it was a great day, we have officially taken the bike out for a ride. I will post pics of those next week, along with Sloan's first shower (which she loveeeeed) and her first tooth has finally come in! Yea!