Happy 2nd Birthday Adam Wayne :)

Our sweet Wayne's birthday is in Feburary...a few days before Charlotte's. Eric and Amanda decided to have his birthday party the last weekend in January so that it would be easy for family since we had a big family weekend ahead anyway. It worked out awesome for us. We were able to make it!

 

It's always a party when the Webers are present....

 

The kids are always have a good time playing at Wayne's house.

They LOVE the play room he has.

Mary wanted to see what she would look like by June so she attempted to shove a basketball in her sweatshirt

Wayne's awesome cake made by my fabulous cousin Ryan. He is so talented with his baking and especially with decorating the cakes.

Wayne's expression here is killing me.

Eric always has his eyes closed :) (Sorry Eric).

Such a sweet family :)

Wayne is ready to dig in and get those tractors.

Look at him.

This boy loves his tractors.

 

He was cracking me up during this.

I love how Uncle Darrin is looking at him. I know he had no idea he could love a little boy this much.

It's so sweet.

Singing happy birthday to him!

I wish I knew what he was thinking here...

"Can we get this over with already? I want those tractors!"

YES! Tractors!

Charlotte loves birthdays...

the song, the cake, the presents.... they are the best day of her life.

 

Rocking part of his present from us.

And rocking part of the other present from us.

Could the present be anymore me...??? Sunglasses and mustaches.

Allana was styling in her ADORABLE little zebra outfit.

This girl thinks she is a rockstar.

Shy Sawyer. He does so much better when he doesn't see me. He loves the family but he loves his momma the most. When I am out of sight, he will go to people.

 

He is so crazy about his Maw Maw.

He loves her so much.

 

A bunch of the family was able to make the birthday party. It was such a nice party. Delicious food. Hanging out. A toy room for the kids. It was perfect!!!

 

My two kids started to get a bit wild so we headed to Grandma Ann's house around 9 and put them to bed. Thanks for a great party, Eric and Amanda.

Happy Birthday, Wayne. We love you so much!! You made the kids so happy and it's awesome being close and being able to watch you grow.



A Day With Jake

On Monday, January 13, the kids and I headed down to the farm to hang out with Jake before he leaves for the Air Force. We planned to spend all of Tuesday with him hanging out at Grandma Ann's house.

 

On Monday, the weather was BEAUTIFUL! Who knew the high 50's could feel so warm?!?!?!

The kids were so excited to play outside. It's already been a LONG winter.

Naturally Charlotte found the cat.

Kyla Margaret came out and was ready to rock n roll. We got here this adorable hoodie for her birthday. How much do you love it????

Sawyer brought his vacuum to "Maw Maw's" house. He even used it outside :)

They love each other and just play so well together!

Two pretty princesses.

This hot mess of a boy has no fear of anything.

I wish this picture was clear. He looks so so so cute here!

Love this Grandma (Maw Maw) of ours. She loves watching these crazy kids just run around like nuts all of the time.

 

Charlotte LOVES babies. Like loves them like crazy.

She's obsessed with Allana.

The first night, Monday night, was filled with hanging out with Melia, Allana, Kyla and Uncle Richard even came out. It was a perfect night and all of the kids got along so well.

 

The next day, Jake came out to hang out with us all day. He was at Grandma's house before lunch and hung around and played with everyone all day.

 

The kids helped him build a fire and they played out in the big room for forever.

Sis came out to visit too. Check out how crazy Charlotte looks.

I love this picture. Sawyer isn't so much a fan of being outgoing and taking pictures with everyone. But he loves Jake. He had so much fun with him this day.

Charlotte loves Jake but she especially loved him this day. She followed him everywhere. At one point she got mad and yelled at him for something. I told her she had to say she was sorry. It took her 45 minutes to say she was sorry. Here she is pouting in his arms. It was so funny.

 

Aunt Kathy even brought Wayne out for awhile. During naptime, the kids slept well. Grandma, Aunt Kathy, Melissa, Jake and I just relaxed and hung out. It was nice to have some chill adult time to talk to Jake about the coming months.

 

They couldn't get enough of Jake. They even followed him to the dining room table.

Fighting over "oing chips"....They LOVE "orange chips".

Charlotte was so so excited that Allana, Melia, and Kyla came back out that night too.

Clearly she felt the need to hold her and snuggle her.

 

She steals my heart when she is loving on babies.

The kids LOVE going to Grandma Ann's house. They have certain things they always do when they are there. One of those things is they play in Grandma's pantry. They use her mixer (unplugged). They are both very serious about it. They play in there for hours. It's so funny.

Kyla's eyes kill me!

They love each other so much!

We had ordered pizza for dinner. We LOVE Alfonso's pizza. Uncle, Melia, her girls, Melissa, Jake, Grandma, Uncle Richard, my kids, Caleb, Aunt Kathy, Uncle Darrin, and I all ate dinner here and there.

Charlotte and Kyla were playing a game with Caleb....or as Kyla (and by default Charlotte) call him "Bubby". They were playing some game where he would say something and they would laugh hysterically. I should have taken a video. It was so funny.

We had a discussion about doing push ups at the counter. Melissa and Rich were talking about being able to do 100. After about 20, Melissa stopped by Rich did all 100....and he was pretty proud. He says he does them sometimes at home for his exercises.

This boy loves his "Maw-Maw"

We had such a fun day at Grandma's house with everyone. It had gotten cold again so we had to stay inside all day. But it was still a great day. We headed back to Metamora Wednesday morning.

Here are some pictures of the kids the day we got home :)

She was showing off her belly just like Aunt Bare.

Such a sassy little diva.

 

It was a great few days. We love having plans and fun things to do that don't include just sitting inside our home hanging out all day everyday.

A Wintery Day At Grandma Ann's House

On December 18, the kids and I decided to go to Grandma Ann's house for the day to hang out and help get ready for Christmas festivities. She always makes candy and cookies and decorates the entire house. I figured we would head down and spend some time with her and help as much as someone with two small kids can help.

Aunt Kathy came down and gave the kids their presents a week early.

Sweet  boy got a fire truck!!!

And our princess got a Sofia doll that talks!!!

Kyla got a plethora of Minnie Mouse things :)

It's almost like Aunt Kathy knows everyone's favorite things!!!

 

 

Sweet Baby Allana was so tuckered out :) How sweet does she look here????

Kyla partied so hard that she fell asleep looking like a rock star :)

It was awesome having all five grandkids out. Aunt Kathy was babysitting Wayne so she brought him out after his school. He LOVES playing with Charlotte and Kyla.

Love this boy. He loves to play with Grandma's sweeper for her kitchen. Judging by the background, that's what he had been doing prior to this picture. The boy loves vacuums and brooms!

 

Melissa loves the babies. If you can't find her at Grandma's house, just look for the babies.

And Charlotte is no different. When Charlotte is around, Allana gets NO breathing room. NONE.

We all love Grandma's house at Christmas. We all love the lights and greenery and the tree with the fake snow on it.

Wayne loves his Grandma :)

Eric came to pick Wayne up. All three of the older kids were all over him like a jungle gym.

 

Wayne is all boy. There were tons of toys and everything and he just wanted to play with the wood pile. Of course.

We had such a good day with everyone. Melia and the girls were there all day. Melissa and Aunt Kathy were there all day. Uncle Darrin and Eric and Uncle Rich were there for supper. It was really a great day. The kids love spending time with their cousins.

 

The next morning we got up and got ready for the long ride home. But first, Charlotte had to visit her friends....

Look at that kitty....

This was her during our argument as to why she couldn't go outside naked in the cold, snowy weather. She was insisting that she needed to see the cats without her jammies on. Such a crazy cat lady!!!!