Baby Savannah

My cousin Heather and her husband Nick welcomed Savannah Marie into the world on February 3rd. I had an opportunity to meet her when she went home from the hospital. Sometimes you forget just how little babies are because they grow so fast! She has a ton of hair and was very alert and snuggly when I was there. I'm excited to see her grow up and eventually play with the boys!

Good News

I just got off the phone with my dad tonight and found out that he passed his driver's test today! We were feeling really anxious about it because reading is sometimes still challenging for him, in his words, the words "float" like they're on a rollercoaster and his eyes have to catch up with them. I'm so thrilled for him because this is the step to "independence" from my grandparents. He will finally have his life back and not need to rely on others to take him places. This is a huge step from where he was 6 months ago, definitely something to celebrate!

Mischievous Boys!

So, lately the boys, especially Luke, have been very silly, sneaky, and sometimes just naughty! I've captured a few of their antics on camera but unfortunately not all of them. Let's say our house only has down time when the boys are sleeping!

The boys took out the glass piece that belongs in the center of the table and tucked themselves inside the table!

Trying on all of my shoes



Luke got into my make-up bag and decided to use a little eye liner on himself. I think it is a good look for him!

I had to post this picture. I was upstairs organizing the boys closet when things were a little too quiet. I found Luke locked in the downstairs bathroom. When I got the door opened, I saw that he had unrolled the entire roll of toliet paper, put it into the toliet and then taken the toliet paper out and wiped it all over the walls. When I asked him what he was doing he said, "I cleaning!" with a huge smile on his face!

Luke decided that Buddy's food was a little too dry for his liking so he dumped the food into the water bowl.

Luke is constantly into kitchen drawers and the sink, standing on top of the kitchen table, and throwing his food across the kitchen. He is telling us "no" a lot and whatever he asks for, he is adding a "right now" onto it instead of "please". He has had his share of time outs for hitting and has bitten a few times. I know that this is just a phase but I'm ready to move onto the next one!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

My favorite picture of the evening
Blake opening his Hossa jersey

Being silly

Luke enjoyed the brownie cake!

Today was Blake's 34th birthday and we had a little celebration with just the 4 of us. We had Red Robin burgers for dinner and peanut butter brownies for dessert. Blake was very excited about his jersey so now he has something to wear when he watches the games. We're both looking forward to Saturday night when we have an adult birthday night out for dinner and a comedy club, we can't wait!

Play Group Christmas Party

Enjoying all of the different toys!

Aunt Katie smelling Luke's P U stinky feet!

Most of the kids posing!

This year we had our annual Christmas party with my play group at Ronette's house. She had just finished her basement so there was both plenty of room and toys for everyone! My sister came with us and she just soaked up all of the kids...she was holding a baby almost the entire time! It is amazing how our group has grown. It began with 12 girls getting together with their newborn babies being the only thing we had in common. Our group has now grown considerably, many people with two children and some with 3! We have continued to make an effort to stay a part of each others lives. I'm so grateful for the friends that I've made and the talks that we have. All of our "newborns" will be heading into their 4th year of life this spring and I can't wait to share many other special moments with the girls and all of our children!

New Years Day

Luke, Paige, Ryan & Chase

On New Years day we headed over to the Chrustowski's house to spend our first day of the new year with good friends. Like always Luke used Paige's vacumn, Chase and Paige played hide and seek with Luke (although Luke doesn't ever know it), and Ryan was crawling all over the place. We had a nice dinner and just enjoyed hanging out together!

New Years Eve 2009

Luke wearing his party hat
Me and the boys

All the moms and kids on New Years

All of the ladies

On New Years Eve the year we headed over to our friends Shawn and Andria's house. They had some friends and neighbors over for a nice dinner. My sister Katie went with us too. It was a nice evening to reconnect with some friends that we haven't seen in awhile. This was the first New Years Eve in a long time that we didn't ring in the new year at midnight but sleep is more important to me this year!