Happy Birthday Grandma!

I love Jon's mom! I totally scored when it came to my mother-in-law! This is huge and I highly recommend always getting to know the mother before you marry her son! I got lucky considering I barely knew the son:) She has saved my sanity on many, many occasions by watching our kids! I always know they are safe and well taken care of. They love their grandma! She is kind and generous and always anxious to help. She is a hard worker and trained her kids well:) For that I am extremely grateful! We love you!

Happy Birthday Nathan!!

Nathan is my "bonus baby". No pregnancy, child birth, middle of the night feedings, or diaper changes for me-and that is a total bonus-but I am still lucky enough to participate in raising him. He is just like my own, he drives me crazy and I love him, all at the same time. We are all so glad that he is part of our family!

Some of the really cool things he can do-
Draws some awesome flames
Can do a front and back flip on the tramp
Brushes his teeth without being asked-I LOVE that!
Actually watches the babies, if asked
Loves to play football at recess and with his dad and brothers
Loves to play Zelda
Reigning guitar hero champ at our house
Knows all about music-who sings what songs and words to songs
Can quote Brian Reegan verbatim-and is actually pretty funny
He can just hang out and chill, which is a breath of fresh air around here
He is our oldest by 3 days and is a good big brother


Happy Birthday Dude!

LOOK WHAT MY DAD DID TO MY HEAD!!!

Poor Jace! I will never leave him unsupervised with Jon again. All those pretty curls down the drain, literally.

Miss INDEPENDENT

Addison's new, slightly psychotic phase is to do EVERYTHING all by herself. She must always be in control, or everybody pays. She has to get in the car by herself, climb into her car seat herself. If she is touched or assisted in anyway the whole process must start again. She only has her diaper changed on her terms-where ever she chooses to lay down and only when she is ready. Bath time, bedtime, basically anytime are no different-she must be allowed to choose and act for herself or she gets a "runny nose" which is a whole other story. Anytime she gets even remotely upset her nose must be wiped, or she walks around screaming "I have a runny nose" repeated at increasing decibels until it is wiped. I am not sure who is crazier, her or the people that cater to this nonsense.

Happy Birthday Grandpa!!

Jon's dad was the first member of his family that I met. We walked in the door after Jon picked me up from the airport, and he gave me a big hug. He made me feel welcome and at ease. He is someone we can always turn to for any kind of help we need and always has good advice. I am so grateful for his positive influence in our lives. He is the best dad and grandpa that we could ever ask for! We love him very much and hope he has a happy, happy day!