House Full of Boys!

We have had quite the week. Last week on Wed Adley was running out of the bathroom and hit his head on the corner of the half wall of the stairs. It split it open and boy did he bleed a lot. We decided that we would shave that part of his head and butterfly it. It probably could have used staples but Adley didn't want to go to the hospital and get staples and I didn't really want to spend the $. So we figured his hair would grow back. Before shaving and butterfly After **It has since healed nicely and you can't even tell that we shaved any part of his head.** Little did we know that we would end up at the hospital eventually - with a broken arm. We went to a Bounce place with a friend of mine from work and her kids. When Adley was at the top of the slide he jumped before he went and he landed on his bottom but then bounced again and toppled forward and landed on his right arm. He caught quite a bit of air and I would guess he feel from about 6ft up. He landed on the in...

As many of you know in August, Jared, Liam and I will be going to Utah for my older brothers wedding. We can't afford to bring the whole family so we asked Jared's sister - MommyJ to watch our kids - she has agreed. We will be gone for 4 nights and MommyJ is able to watch the kids for 3 of those nights (grandma is taking the 4th night). We are so grateful for her willingness to take on our kids. As much as I don't want to leave my kids, I am looking forward to our mini vacation without the kids (except Liam, but he is easy and has to come a long, otherwise he would starve). So I thought that since MommyJ was so willing to watch our kids I would do the same. Last weekend we watched her 4 kids for 2 nights - a grand total of 8 kids in the house. We had a great time. They played sidewalk chalk and ran in the sprinklers. They watched movies, played the playstation/computer and ate popcorn. We used many, many paper plates and drank capri-suns. We ordered pizza and went...

I took Liam for his official 4.5 mo checkup. He now weighs 16lbs 6oz.; 27 in long and has a 17 in head. He spit up 4 times while at the Peds office and it actually hit the doctor once. These weren't small spit ups either - more like splashes. I told the doctor that he spits up but nothing like that - and that if he really was doing this all the time he would have heard from me along time ago. Liam is doing wonderful and loves to make lots of noises. He goes to bed easily and he has a favorite blanket that he snuggles up to at night (thanks Ehren & Jessie). He rolls over and is starting to want to sit more. He can sit in his Bumbo chair now. The other day he was sitting next to me on the couch and fell asleep. Liam all scrunched up sleeping Another view In other news - Good news: Eli peed on the potty yesterday for the first time. Bad news: Eli can now climb over his gate and out of his pack n play - nap time may be non existent from here on out.

A couple of days ago Eli came to me with his hat on and one for me. I decided to take a picture. It's pretty rare to get me in a photo with one of the kids b/c I am usually the one taking the picture. So I handed the camera to Jared and asked him to take the picture. It will be nice to see that I did actually exist while my kids were growing up (and not just behind the scenes). I love my ELI!!!!

Every year we go on a mini vacation with Jared's family. The last 2 yrs we spent in Pigeon Forge, TN in a cabin. This year we did something different. We went camping!!! I had my doubts at first but it turned out to be a really fun trip. We had 21 people total - 11 of which were children. I haven't been camping since college and obviously never with a baby. Surprisingly Liam did really well and didn't even get one mosquito bite. We were only going to stay one night, but ended up staying both nights b/c we were having such a good time. We spent time sitting around the campfire, playing in the river, and enjoyed the barely 80 degree weather. On the 4th we drove about 35 min to see some fireworks. Aidan hated the loud noise of the fireworks and ended up watching them from inside the van with his ears covered. Everyone else enjoyed them! 'Helping' daddy set up the tent The river we played in - isn't it beautiful Eli and daddy sitting by the fire. This was...

Eli loves macaroni!!!! This day he decided he wanted to play with it too. He dumped out the whole box in the rug. At first I was mad, but then I thought about how this would entertain him. So I let him play with it and it entertained him for a good two hours. He transferred the macaroni from one container to the next and carried them from room to room. He did make a big mess, but not anything the vacuum and a little sweeping couldn't take care of. Totally worth it!