Welcome to the world, Brayden Anthony!!!!!!!!!!!

My best friend Ashlee and her husband Josh brought a beautiful baby boy into the world!!!

Brayden Anthony was born on Thursday afternoon!! He's so sweet!

pictures of the kids!

I took the closet doors off and cleaned out the closet, then I took the trundle part of the bed out and created more space in her room!!!!! ;)

Enjoying a yummy ice cream cone!

PUDDING

Tractor face painting!

We have been keeping pretty busy around here! LOVING the beautiful weather! The kids have been outdoors as much as possible!

Olivia's school carnival was last Friday! They had a great time!

Spring fever!

I am so excited for signing up to play on a slow pitch softball league! !!! Tonight is our first practice! I can't wait!!!!! I'm ready to lose this weight while having some fun!! :) :) :) :) :) :)

Missing muh boy!

Channing loves to sing this whenever he eats mac n cheese! lol! I have no idea where he comes up with half the things he does, but I can't get enough of his little character! I love him!!!! :)

SuPeR AnNoYeD!!!!

I had to post a private blog!!

More of Gavin's birthday!

Happy EASTER!

Today, The kids woke up to hunt for some Easter Eggs! They found their little baskets with goodies! The bunny brought some outdoor goodies, a bug net with a bug home! Olivia loves trying to catch butterflies, what better way!!

The kids and I went to church this morning while their dad stayed home and made a delicious Easter lunch!

We also celebrated Gavin's first birthday today! We had a few family members over for dinner and the celebration! It turned out really nice! Gavin had a lot of fun! Especially with the cake! ;)

I will be posting all of the pictures on Snapfish for everyone to see, tonight or tomorrow!!!

Gavin was coloring while waiting for the DR.

Olivia has glasses now!

Happy Birthday, GAVIN!!!!!!!!

Happy FIRST Birthday, Gavin!

Gavin is a year old today! Hard to believe! He had his one year check today and he is looking great! His ears are impressing the Dr which is a great sign! Hopefully, he will NOT have to have tubes after all. We still have to go to the specialist on the 15th. Gavin was 66% in height! He is 30 1/4 inches tall! His weight is only 19 lbs but that isn't worrying the Dr bc of his height. He's going to be a very tall (basketball player) as she says!! He is only 15 % in weight. All 3 kids have a very high metabolism which I know for a fact runs on my side of the family. His head circumfrence is 47

Gavin is now on cow's milk. He is doing well with it. He still gets formula (until the can is gone) 3 bottles a day. He LOVES to eat! He eats well and is learning how to use the utensils.

Gavin is pulling to a stand and walking along the furniture. He loves to build with blocks and knock down the towers that his siblings build! He imitates words and he says, "Thank you." When you give him something. He responds with yes or no (head shake) when you ask him something. He loves when Olivia reads to him. One day, she was reading him books while he was in the crib. I had to take a shower and when I was finished, she came in and told me to be quiet b/c she read Gavin to sleep! It was the cutest thing!

Of Course, shots came with this check. He's up to date with everything!

We are having a little birthday celebration during Easter! Happy Birthday Gav man!!!!

GirLfRIEndS!

It's so nice to have them!!! Sorry if I left those out. Only means we need to take MORE pictures together!!!! :):)

Easter egg hunt!

Our Church had a Easter Egg hunt today! The kids had a lot of fun collecting eggs and receiving MORE candy then they did on Halloween. (I'm thinking the Easter bunny can forget about bringing them anymore candy! ;0) )

Gavin was having a blast crawling around on the floor finding his own little eggs. However, someone must have mistakenly put jelly beans in the little kid area b/c he got a hold of one and I had to scoop it out with my finger. Gave me quite the scare! channing had on dress pants that were NOT staying up. I didn't realize this until we were already at church and it was a little late. I think I had them rolled over 3 times and it still wasn't helping and was also creating Capri's on him. lol. poor guy. He needs to grow a rear end!

After the Easter Egg hunt, we celebrated Palm Sunday. The kids got to wave palms around and parade around the church! When church was over, we went home to pick up their dad and then we all headed to see the Easter bunny. The bunny that the kids have been used to seeing is the one that is at our local mall. The mall bunny is a lot nicer then the one we got to see today, he has glasses and looks legit. The bunny we seen today, whenever the guy would wave, the sleeve would come back revealing his hairy arm. Olivia noticed this right away and was asking a lot of questions. I just told her that like Santa, The Easter bunny needs bunny helpers! I'm very certain it won't be long until she figures everything out.

Gavin did well on the bunny's lap. He was hesitant at first but warmed up right away. If you noticed in the pictures, Gavin got his first "professional" haircut. AH-HEM. Mike took all 3 kids in to get a haircut (Olivia changed her mind) The lady pretty much did what I could have done but charged $10 for it. I told Mike I couldn't' believe he actually paid it. I'm heading back into the shop tomorrow so they can FIX his hair or refund our money. Poor Gavin! lol!! I'm very proud of mike for going out and about with all 3 kids while I was at work!!! He spent the entire day with them and even took them into Build-A-Bear to create their own little bear! So fun! I wish I could have been there but it was good for him to be out with all 3 of our kiddos without my help!

Hard to believe, but Gavin will be one Thursday!

We have decided we are just having his birthday celebration on Easter. We aren't expecting a lot of family, but we do plan on having another little get together with friends!

QUIZ

I just took a quiz over on facebook and this one I will actually agree is definitely me.

Heather completed the quiz "Which crazy bitch are you?" with the result Sinead O'Connor.You are one fierce bitch. You are very independent and will take no bullshit from anyone but your personality is actually sort of quiet and shy. You are a natural beauty and you are very comfortable with your feminity. You don't feel the need to overdo it or go out of your way to fuss over your looks. You don't want to distract people from what you stand for and the talents you possess. You are very idealistic and will go to any extremes to stand up for what you believe in even if it creates controversy and people don't understand. Relationships can be hard for you sometimes because men feel threatened by you but time again they come running to you and realize that you are actually very sweet and motherly....until they cross you.

OLIVIA'S DANCE!

If there is anyone interested in attending Olivia's dance recital, tickets go on sale Sunday April 26..

RECITAL TICKET PRICES

Rows A-K $12
Rows L-Y $9
Rows Z-EE $7


Please let me know in advance so I can purchase them on this day for you.

Dance Recital is Saturday, May 23rd at the Peoria Civic Center. 6PM sharp.