January 2018

 Our Family theme for 2018

 Rosie Continued to potty proving that she will be the most difficult to train. She is definitely her way or the highway.

 Nolan had his 2 month checking proving to all of us that he loves to eat and he will be a chunky boy just like his brother Hayden.

 I love this photo because of a few reasons. One you can see how tiring being a mother is. 2. Because you can see how much the boy and I love each other. 3: Nolan has to perch on my chest at 3 times a day. He is a snuggly dude and he was just getting his much needed mommy time.

Rosie's Purple Butterfly cake

 Miss Rosie Pose turned 3 years old

 Sunday afternoon naps. Ron and I went into our closet to change after church and came out to find our two blondies fast asleep on our bed.

 Nolan is starting to show his personality. He is always smiling 

 Anyone Else love to sneak into their kids room and just watch them sleep. Truly its one of my favorite things to listen to their deep breaths and wonder what their dreams are made of. I just love my tiny humans, they make me so happy.

 Motherhood at its finest. Babywearing and trying to get stuff done around the kitchen. I'm living my dream.

 Grace and I spent the afternoon together. We went to lunch and then went shopping. She picked out a my little pony play dough set. We went home and played with it together. Who knew playing with play dough is so therapeutic.

 Rosie has learned the art of how to feed her babies.  Every time I watch her "feed" her baby I just can't help but giggle. It makes me happy.

 Sibling Love. My older two try to soak in as much Nolan time as they can. They don't get to see him as much cause they have school. when they do see him they fight over who gets his attention.

 We finally had one 50 degree day. We took advantage and grabbed our bikes and went for a ride. It was so refreshing to be outside in the fresh air. It was something we all desperately needed after the bitter cold and snow and all the sickness we had over the winter.

 Just like every one of my other kids, Nolan finds music soothing. It always amazes me to watch my kids when music turns on. Its like a flip is switched inside of them.

 100th day at school. Grace got to dress up like a 100 year old. She was so excited for me to do her makeup until she saw that I did old age make up. That frown was legit. She was so mad at me and didn't want to go to school afterward. She felt much better after she went to school and saw that other girls had the same time of makeup on.

Celebrated 9 years of marital bliss with the family. Every year Ron and I eat the same dinner that we eat on our wedding night. Hot pockets, Cheetos, and sparking cider. 

Day 7

Our last day in myrtle beach was spent riding around enjoying the scenery. I just love the architecture of the south, and so Ron obliged me in driving around so I could take it all in. We ended up down at the boardwalk where we had lunch on the pier and just enjoyed th beautiful views of the ocean. After we got home the older kids and Ron went hot tubbing, and I stayed behind at the condo because I just wanted to relax for a minute. We all ended meeting back up for our last visit to the beach. The kids enjoyed skipping and jumping waves, Rosie and I sifted sand through our hands and Ron attempted snorkeling in the freezing water. It was a picturesque and perfect day to top our vacation

 off. 

Day 6

Ron and I weren't sure what we wanted to do this day. We were not wanting to spend money, but we wanted to get out and do something. Thanks to google I found this great little memorial gardens path that ended up being perfect for a little outing/adventure. It was basically an inlet from the ocean, and a great little place to see all kinds of creatures. It was so beautiful.

So one of the things that I had been doing with the kids while there was sea shell hunting. We kind of had a competition to see who could find the biggest most perfect shell. This place had more sea shells than I had ever seen in my life. It was like a gravel pit of shells. We had so much fun picking them out.

While there we also went crab hunting and cause a few. The ones we caught were just babies. The others were to fast for us. 

We also had fun skipping sea shells into the water.

When we got back, we hopped right into our suits and headed downstairs to the beach. We tried to go every day while we were there. This time Ron had a goal of making a giant sand castle that you could sit in. He succeeded. The thing was HUGE!!

Happy Birthday HK department

Today we celebrated the 100th birthday of the health and kiniesiology department. In honor of 100 years we had a big tail gate party before the big game against Virginia tech. The food was amazing and we had a bit of fun playing dress up.