Birdfeeder and Books

Bird feeders all ready to go up...Thanks Dad for helping!

Ready for popcorn..with their blankies.

All ready for the day..Maci in her princess outfit and Levi in his fav shirt. He wears all the time!

Warm walk with Mom on a 50 degree day in January!

Maci and Levi love to read books to each other and to be read to.
Luke loves the attention when they "read" to him too.

With Ryan home over Christmas, we were able to do some craft projects. One of them was to make bird feeders. The kids with really excited with this simple idea and when the birds started coming they were jumping up and down saying, "they are eating the food". They now like to watch the birds when they are eating breakfast and are really interested in all the different birds that come to the feeders. We get a lot of them too. Levi asked since there are blue jays, are there red and green jays too? We have not seen any of those birds yet...

Luke 7 Months

Reindeer baby at Christmas..did not like this for long.

Luke has been battling an infection for a long time now. He had a round of 10 day antibiotic and now onto his second round of 10 days of something stronger. He is still a big boy and yesterday at the doctor weighed 19.9 lbs. He plays well with his siblings and loves to have "rides" from his daddy.."demon drop" and blankie rides seem to be his favorite right now. He is going through that stage that if he can't see mom he is a little wimpery...Levi and Maci are good subs at times. He has started eating puffs and gram crackers..those are his favorite. He is a good sleeper and will sleep 12 hours at a time, although this past week he was waking up during the night because of his ear. He babbles alot and Ryan thought he said da da last week..:)

Christmas 2012

Watching a Christmas movie together.

Christmas Morning 2012

Sick Day with her new princess doll from her daycare.

Everyone loved the new train track. Luke could watch it for hours.

Ready for a Ride and then Hot Chocolate and Levi's favorite marshmellows.

Christmas 2012 was an interesting one. Maci had a flu and fever symptoms for 6 days which turned into breathing treatments, little appetite and a little girl who was not herself. Since she was contagious she missed out on all but one Christmas party. Luke also had an ear infection was on antibiotics and started wheezing, he also ended up on breathing treatments every 4 hours. We had to split up who went to each Christmas party with Levi. We had our own Christmas on Christmas morning and the kids were well enough to enjoy that. They were tired that afternoon. Levi asked Christmas night if we had Christmas already..and I said, we did, he said there was not bells or snow so it could not be Christmas. That made me laugh. Maci was such a sweetheart even though she did not feel well..saying thank you for "taking care of me", and "please make me better Mama". She always has quite an upbeat attitude although she has had her long bouts of sickness and that is something that I took away this break..that her smile and attitude was so positive. Something of her personality that Ryan and I both admire even at this young age.  The kids enjoyed all their presents and the excitement of opening gifts. Ryan was bummed that over this Christmas break that there was not a ton of snow. The kids did get a chance to ride the sled behind the 4 wheeler a few times and love doing that. We have a had alot of down time at home with doing puzzles, coloring, reading books, playing with blocks and legos and making crafts. Ryan is sure a loved playmate to all the kids.

Two Pictures to Treasure...

When reading a Christamas Story the other night I wanted to capture the moment...I asked Ryan to take a picture...What a "real moment" with my special kids!

Luke Ryan is 6 months old

I can hardly believe that 6 months has already past since Luke was born. He is becoming quite the little stud. He is so easy to make smile and bounces all the time. He loves his jumperoo and now is getting more into the exersaucer too. He is close to sitting up on his own he still needs a little help keeping his balance. Luke's bottom two teeth have poked through too. He has been fussy some days but Tylenol does help. He chews on everything and everything goes in his mouth. He has been loving gnawing on crackers and a cold sippy cup. He sleeps up to 12 hours at night and loves kicking in his bathtub. Levi is the best at making him laugh and both him and Maci love interaction and "playing" with Bokie..as they call him.

Levi's Favorite...Legos and Peanut Butter and Jelly

Levi loves Legos and his quiet time in the afternoon is usually spent with Legos. I can't say that they are my favorite thing but I do get some pointers from him when I am trying to build something with him. He has a whole binder of instruction manuals and him and Ryan enjoy doing this together. Levi wanted me to take pictures of him playing with these.

Levi also loves peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. He could eat them everyday. One day he asked if he could try to make his own sandwich. So now he likes to do this alot..he needs some help with spreading but he loves trying.

Halloween 2012

All three ready to go to Trunk and Treat and church. Super Dad brought them all while I was working.

 So excited on Halloween. They were up till 10 pm from the candy. Levi like handing out candy. But not to the 'big kids". They both got scared of a warewolf and boys dressed up in all black.

Checking out their work.

I'm ready for pizza now Mama! I want triangles on mine!

Boys and their tools. "Make mine scary dada!