Life lately.....

Mason is now 8 moths old! It's amazing how fast he is catching up with Meah and Easton. Here's some fun facts about him: -sitting up on his own for nearly 2 months now. (since March 24th) -crawling since the end of March. He's mastered that skill for sure! the boy can move! -pulling himself up on everything. I think he'll be an early walker like his big sis! -growing 2 little bottom teeth. They finally made there appearance 2 weeks ago. -he "sings" (hums) whenever we do it to him. It's so cute! -sleeping on his own in the pack-n-play for naps for almost 3 weeks now! And almost making it through the night too! He just gets too hungry in the middle of the night, and I'm too tired after nursing him to get up and put him back! ;)

Easton is 2 1/2 and is quite the rambunctious little man!! He has unlimited amounts of energy, on very little sleep might I add! And speaking of sleep he just got his "big boy" bed on Tuesday!!! (it's just a twin size mattress on the ground, until Ben builds him a bed). We're hoping he'll brake the habit of waking up at 3 am wanting milk, and or coming in with mama and papa! This mama is TI.RED!! -He sings all the time. I love it! And usually his songs are 3 different songs that he knows some sentences from each! -His words are getting more and more clear everyday! I still cherish the time in life with each of our kids where I'm pretty much the only one that understands what they're asking. (even the frustrating times when he REALLY knows what he wants and I have to go through my head rhyming anything with the words he's saying!) -he reminds me SO much of his papa! Seriously! He acts so much like a mini Ben sometimes its scary! lol!

Meah is 4 going on 14 haha! She is growing and maturing WAY to fast! She's got so much personality it oozes out of her in all kinds of ways! She loves to be the center of attention, unless she's in an unfamiliar place. -she's in her second year of dance and knows her routines by heart. We all do for that matter! ha! I have her practice for her recital at least once a day. I will forever have those songs on replay in my head. Even Easton knows most of the words. -speaking of dance, she has her first real recital in less then a month. And, we had class pictures taken a few weeks ago so she wore some make-up for those. Whoa she looked way to grown up with a swipe of mascara and red lips! I know I'm biased, but my "little baby" girl is beautiful! With or without make-up!

I am so beyond blessed that these 3 call ME mama!!!! All I've ever wanted in life is to be a wife, and mommy! And although there are crabby times, and hard days, I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am lucky enough to have a husband who works very hard so I can stay home with them everyday. I have read a lot of blogs/stories lately of heartache and hard times. It has made me really thankful for our health, home, and love for each other!

Updates

I'm so good at updating this ol' blog here. (can ya sense a little sarcasm?) So, since I've updated last, here's what's been going on in our house! In October Ben and I celebrated 5 years of marriage. We took a little trip up to beautiful Duluth, Mn. It was wonderful to get away just the two of us for a couple of days! In December we celebrated Easton's 1st birthday!! We had a train themed party (I LOVE to throw parties! Especially "themed" ones!) And Christmas! In February I became an auntie!!! To Bentley Troy! LOVE him! So, does Ben and the kiddos. And in September Meah turned 4. She got her ears pierced as her present from us. Am I forgetting anything??? Oh, yeah! I got pregnant in December! We welcomed Mason James into our lives September 5th, 2011! So, in a nutshell that's been the past year. I'm hoping to write up some posts going into more details (with pictures) of all these big events! (And, I still need to make a post of Meah's 3rd birthday party! It was SO cute!) And now, onto picture overload!