One week, one day away and.......

He's doing it, finally doing it!!

His Dr. told us he would before she saw him next at his 15 month appointment...I was beginning to wonder!



Those of you who came here from FB though I was pregnant didn't you! LOL...Sorry...NOPE!

Wow, what a week!

Ok, as a Mom I've had something happen this week that very rarely happens & even when it does...not for this long!!

Actually I'm convinced it's just not real!!

Okay, okay...so I'll get to what I'm talking about! My kids! They are being...well...how do I say it...PERFECT!!

Maybe someone came in when I wasn't looking & switched them out - who knows!?!?

All I know is I LOVE it!!!

They've been sharing with each other & caring about each other. Playing together non-stop...All 3 of them!!
We've had no fighting, no arguing...and when we ask them to do something they've been doing it!!

It's been so wonderful...I know though by writing this that it'll all stop first thing tomorrow morning! But oh well - it's been an awesome week!

I remember when Dylan was little he was always like this until he woke up on his 3rd birthday and it's just been crazy from there with him.
Ryan - well, Ryan was born loud & wild...so we don't know any different with him...(But he's a great kid & he keeps us on our toes, every parent needs at least one like that!!)
Aydan - he's only 14 months..refuses to walk so really doesn't get into any trouble (yet)....Though today did decide to all of a sudden blurt out (as clear as day) "I want up" & said it twice - which is crazy because up until now all he's said was Momma, Adda (Dad-da), Bu-Bu & Cookie (have to thank Grannie for that one!) So I'm not sure what to expect in the coming days...

I wish we could just continue this week forever! I mean I've been shown that kids don't have to fight to live! (Even though I'm sure somewhere in the sibling rule book it states otherwise - I just lost my copy so I can't check, and am sure not going to tell the boys).. :)

What a week though. I've needed it for a long time, so maybe it's just been a belated birthday or Christmas gift....

I'm truly blessed even with their little quirks I still have really awesome (mostly) well behaved boys. And although I think there is some truth to the old saying "Boy will be boys." I think so much of it has to do with their upbringing.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
(Proverbs 22:6)

Wow, when it rains it pours!!!

Here are just a few more snapshots that I found while clearing the camera.

After this I think I'll be caught up for a while on blogging!!! :)

This is one of Aydan favorite places to take his afternoon nap. It's a good thing the weight limit on this thing is 25lbs! Aydan just hit 16lbs so we've still got some time before we have to take the swing away!
Dylan & Ryan were getting a little Phineas & Ferb time before we left to head to Grannies for the move. We stuck them in their pj's so they could go straight to bed once we got there!

Back before Aydan's birthday I was actually telling JD I felt bad for him because he didn't have any "big boy" toys. Everything he had was for babies upto 6 months. As you can see thanks to friends & family Aydan is now doing well in the toy department after his birthday & Christmas! Thanks everyone!! He really loves having his own new things.

If you spend much time around my kids you know how much they LOVE anything artsy. Playdoh is one of those things. They just got this "meal makin' kitchen" last week, but have almost worn it out already!

Dylan also got some "Moon sand" for Christmas - this was also a huge hit! Even I enjoyed it, but we did discover "Moon Sand" required supervision so it doesn't get everywhere!

A couple weeks ago Dylan's friend (my first child..LOL) Kaylee came over to play. They had a blast!

Kaylee was teaching Dylan how a "gangster" wears their hat. A Black Bear hat with ears & a Disney Cars hat pull off the look even better!

When I asked her how she knew what a "gangster" looked like she told me because she saw one & when he sat down she could see his "underpants"!! LOL, she is sooooo funny! I love that little girl! It's hard to believe she'll be 7 this year!!! Seems like only yesterday I changed her very first poopy diaper!

Gingerbread Houses!

After Christmas we found these cool little gingerbread house kits on sale - so we got a couple for Dylan & Ryan to do.

They just loved them!

Makes me wish we had done it sooner, but life has just been so busy up until last week.

Of course they were begging to eat them before they were even 1/2 finished & 5 min after the houses were completed - well, they had bite marks taken out of them already... :)

Playin' in the Snow!!!!

When we arrived home from Hugo we were met with ALOT of snow!!!

I'm not such a big fan but between JD, my brother, my 3 boys, & nephew...there were a few fans in the group...

Being in Oklahoma though we didn't really have good "snow clothes" so we came up with our own!

Double pants, trash bags over shoes, plastic disposable gloves over regular gloves, hats, coats - lots of bundling!!!

Christmas!

Our Christmas was started in Hugo since we had to pack & move Grannie...

The first gift the boys got was something to share - a Backyardagins movie (the robot one) - we gave it to them on Christmas Eve morning so they could use it while we were packing....

Gift 2 - was a tradition of ours - Christmas Eve night opening one gift - it's always PJ's - usually JD & I are involved with this one too, but this year just the boys.....
Dylan got Transformers, Ryan & Aydan got Disney Cars.

Gift 3 was Christmas Morning - since we weren't going to be home I want to take one thing for each of them to open when they woke up.

• Dylan got a Robot - this he actually knew about but didn't know he was getting it for Christmas. We had bought it back a few months ago so he could use his allowance to buy it from us, but well he never did & with money being tight I thought it was a good thing to wrap up!!
• Ryan got a pretend computer - he has wanted one for soooo long. He sees J.D. using his for work & he likes playing number & letter games on mine so when we found one on HUGE clearance we got it!!! - I love sales!!!!
• Aydan got a Mini Car Raceway thing - it has soft chunky cars that go down a spinning track thing.....

Then Christmas night my Cousin came over with her little boy & all the kids exchanged gifts.
Dylan got Bakugans which he loves (Mommy & Daddy are still trying to figure out exactly what these are)
Ryan got Batman toys
Aydan got a shape sorter blender thing - that is awesome!! :) LOL

~Christmas at Home!!!~

We had our family Christmas at like 2:30ish a.m. on Dec. 27th - so we were all verrryyyy tired!

We had left milk & cookies in the fridge for Santa when we left so it wouldn't go bad before he arrived...

Dylan & Ryan also got their first set of "big kid" legos from Daddy! - They each a box box of 400+ pieces - they love them!!!

Then Nana came over so we could have Christmas with her on the afternoon on the 27th.

How do -You- eat Pizza????

This is how Aydan does it.......

I realized as I was taking the pictures that I had forgotten to put a bib on him...oops!

Oh well, at least he was wearing something dark....

....The Move.....

Well, it's done...it's finally done!! We got my Grannie all moved to Stillwater!

Drove down to Hugo on the evening of Dec. 23rd & started boxing things up the next day. Spent all day the 24th & 25th packing boxes with a goal to spend the 26th loading the trailers & cleaning her old apartment.

Day One: Breakfast!

Day One: Non-stop rain!

Well, all went pretty good until trailer loading day when things got WAY slowed down as we had run out of space in our 2 trailers & 3 vehicles (Yukon, Pathfinder, & mini van) - I was amazed how much stuff one 79 year old lady could have!! Wow!

Just being cute! (Did I mention Aydan is really into undressing himself??)

They have so much fun playing together! (Most of the time)

The plan was to leave Grannies old place around 1-2 p.m. so we could get home early enough to have Christmas. Ended up leaving around 6:45 then still had to stop to eat supper.

Playing with toys!

The roads in Hugo and about half way along our trip were all clear. Mid-way through we started seeing snow in ditches & in fields, a little further along we began seeing it in yards & on houses, about an hour away from Stillwater we found snow & ice on roads - this turned our 4 hr. trip into about a 5 hour trip. It's crazy pulling trailers on ice!

Watching the loading process....

We made it home around 12:45 & it was time to unload one trailer into the garage so we could return it to the rental place. It took an hour to get this thing backed into the driveway. The road in front of our house & or driveway were just too slick! Luckily the guys took care of this while us girly folk sat in the house. :)

Trying to get the trailer into the driveway.....

Finally around 2 a.m. we got to have Christmas! I'll post pics of that later!

Grannie & Aydan were very worn out!!

On Dec. 31st we got word that Grannies new place here was ready! We went right away and started getting her moved in! So far I think she likes it - it still isn't home to her yet, but hopefully soon she'll meet some neighbors & make some friends!