Tea for two!!

Tea Bathtime for two!

I just absolutely love the fact that my kids can bathe together. Besides the fact that Farren will not let me take pictures of her and Keagan showering together, I AM able to take them of Keagan and Deakon. How fun! They just absolutely love the water and love bathing together!

Birthday party fun....

This weekend we had the opportunity to go to Sophie's (Nathan and Betty's little girl) 1st birthday party! It was so much fun! This place was perfect for children from Deakons age up to 10 years! They had such a variety of things for the kids to do. Keagan actually cried when it was time to go. Farren and her two cousins, Heathers two boys, decided they didn't want to go to a 'baby' party, so they stayed at our house and played video games the whole time.

I can't believe that Sophie is already 1! Just makes me realize that Deakon's 1st birthday isn't far away! Were has my little guy gone?? He isn't even 9 months yet, and he is pulling up on everything and cruising around. He is trying to let go and walk already. He is so determined, he will crawl up on our couch and try to turn in the open and walk. As soon as he falls, he does it all over again. He is so DETERMINED, just like his mama!! I can't believe it though, he is doing things so much faster then my girls did. Anyway, even he enjoyed this place. So, good job Betty and Nathan on choosing a birthday place! We had so much fun. And happy birthday to little Sophie! She was so stinkin cute in her princess outfit!

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He played at this table the majority of the time.

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Aiden, Amanda's little guy!

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In the bounce house!

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Riley, Jessica's little girl!

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Baby Sophie!!

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KK, Heather's little girl!

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Such a good daddy, showing Keagan the ropes!

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This was her favorite, she figured out how to do it on her own, and did over and over again.

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Trying to fit in....

Little stinker!!!

I think she likes our new garage sale purchase!!!

I love....

my blue eyed boy!

Happy Birthday Daddy! {2010}

Daddy's birthday this year fell on Easter Sunday. He turned the big 2-8!!!! Daddy's getting old.=) We went out to eat at Rockfish friday night, just the two of us, it was really nice. Then, when we got back to the house, there was a group of friends and family waiting for us as a suprise for Chris. We had alot of fun hanging out and got to see some old friends! Thank you to all of those who came. Saturday morning, we went and had breakfast, picked up the kiddos and headed home. Chris's friend, Ben, came over and we hung out outside for the majority of the day. Some of you may know, I wrecked Chris's bike on this day. He had taken me for a ride, and I wanted to go again. I used to have a bike of my own, so he told me to take it myself. Well, my bike was a 250, and his is a 750, MUCH BIGGER!!!! When I tried to turn the corner, I felt as if I was going to fall over because it was so heavy, so I continued going straight. Straight INTO my neighbors car that is. I think I broke a couple of ribs and have some scrapes and bruises. Far better then it could of been. So, I would like to say, soooooooo sorry for wrecking your bike on your birthday weekend Daddy!! Sunday, we had Easter, and then had a few drinks at the house to celebrate Chris's birthday. All in all, I think he had a great birthday. Oh, and he played with his new toy all weekend outside. Mommy got him a Traxxas Revo, and RC car....a very expensive one. =)

Love you babe!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all!!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter!!!

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2 years, 3 months.....

My baby girl is getting so big too. =( I just love this picture and the "attitude" she has in it. I cannot believe another month has come and gone. We are well on our way to being 3, and she is proving it everyday. Keagan's vocabulary seems to double on a daily basis. With numbers, the alphabet, and speaking in sentences, it definitely makes me lose sight of her being a baby and moving to the toddler stage. Although I absolutely love it, it does make me a little sad. She is still going to potty on a daily basis, and wearing a pull up at night. She is going to be my little petite girl, she is wearing 18-24 months, and some 2T stuff. Most 2T stuff is a little too big. She is wearing some size 4 and some size 5 shoes. And she definitely sleeps through the night. She is a SLEEPER, she must have got this from her daddy. She will take a nap most afternoons, and then sleep for at least 12 -13 hours at night. If she skips her nap, she usually sleeps for about 14 hours at night. Chris actually had to go wake her up on Easter morning becuase he was tired of waiting for her to get up so we could get the day started. Silly Daddy. =) She is also very much a girlie girl, she loves dresses, and she loves hats. She has gone from HATING, and I mean HATING shoes, to absolutely loving one pair of crocs. To the point that she is going to bed in them because she will not let me take them off. The other day I made her take them off to take her bath, and as soon as she got out of the tub, she put her shoes on and then said I could dry her off. She will run around naked with just her shoes on. Its so funny, one extreme or the other with this kid I guess. =) She loves to help me with laundry, dishes, sweeping, mopping, any cleaning really. Except the vacuum, she is terrified of it. She still cares her blanket around and calls her "b" or her "baby". She loves loves loves choclate and her bubba. She knows that she gets a tee tee treat when she pottys. So, she tries to tell her daddy that she pottied for some choclate, when in fact she did not. She will even go as far as sitting on it first. She is by far the sweetest 2 year old I have ever seen. She loves to give me and bubba kisses all day long, at least 20 times a day. She will not go to bed until she has told her sissy and daddy goodnight and has given them kisses. At random times through out the day will she will grab my leg and kiss it or bubbas back, and tell him he is "so sweet". So cute!!

I can't wait to see what the next few months bring for us. I love you baby girl!

8 months...

Look o' look at my little guy. He is getting SOOOOO big! We are already at 8 months. We are closer to a year then we are to his birth. Which just seems so hard to imagine. It just seems to go by faster and faster. Boooo......=( Deakon is such a little busy body these days! I mean he is EVERYWHERE! He started doing a worm type crawl at 7 months and he has perfected this to a speeding crawl and can get anywhere he wants in a jif. He is pulling up to a standing position on his toys, Keagans potty, the couch, anything on the ground really. He loves his juice and holding his bottle, and he loves his food and feeding himself. Anything you have, he wants. We have slowly been giving him table foods that are soft and he loves them. He is eating 2-3 stage 2 foods a day, and has cereal in the morning. He is in size 2 diapers still, and wearing 6-9 month clothing. He does have a good size foot though, must take after his daddy. =) He is already wearing a size 3 shoe. Keagan is still in a 4, and can fit some 5's. He loves loves loves his big sister and watches and follows her all day. She likes to give him hugs and kisses and play chase with him. Its really cute. He is absolutely fascinated with Keagan's potty and as soon as you put him down, will make a v-line for it. Maybe he will be easy to potty train too. =) We have been able to pull some of Keagan's old toys out that he can play with now, and he is loving it. His favorite is still his bouncy jumper toy. We have started trying to use a sippy cup, and he just isn't to crazy about it yet. Hopefully soon though. Deakon STILL does not sleep through the night, but he is sleeping longer intervals of time. He is usually ready for bed no later than 8, and will wake to eat usually around 2, and then 6, and then is usually up for the day between 7 and 8. Hopefully, he will start sleeping through the night by the time he is 1.....I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Gosh, I guess its almost time for this momma to start thinking about his 1st birthday. Crazy...my baby, my last baby, is already growing up on me. TEAR...=(

Happy 8 months Baby D!!!

2 weeks...Please???

Both of my babies were sick again over the week. I had to take Deakon to Care Now last Sunday because he was running fever, would NOT eat, and was just plain miserable. He just cried and cried no matter what we did. Poor baby had another ear infection, (I just had his rechecked 9 days before, how do these things hit so quickly?), and upper respiratory infection, and STREP throat!! I felt horrible for him, no wonder he didn't want to eat. The gave him a 3 day z pack, and he is on the mend. Although, we did have to go back to the doctor for some cough\congestion medicine. Poor thing. =( The next day, Monday, Keagan woke up running a 102 fever. I figured I better go ahead and get her to the doctor too. She too had an upper respiratory infection. She is still a little stuffy, but feeling much better as well. I don't remember the last time I went 2 weeks without going to the doctor for someone in my family. I just want 2 weeks of semi-health for my family and NO doctor appointments!! Is it really that much to ask???????

UPDATE: Mommy has it now. =(

Deakons [Before\After]

I had a couple people ask me what exactly Deakon had surgery on his ear for, so I thought I would post some pictures of what we had removed. The doctor suggested that we have them removed before they had the ability to grow larger. Mommy likes to think of them as his little beauty marks, they kind of gave him his personality. I was a litte sad to see them go. They were after all a part of him. I actually almost walked out of the hospital the morning of surgery when the anesthesiologist advised of the "risks" that may come along with the anesthesia. One of those risks being death. Ummmm.......OK! I looked at Chris and said, "Is it really worth the risk?" And he smiled and reassured me that it would be fine, he was a "Stuart" and that he was built to handle these things. Ha! Thanks for the reassurance babe. Much appreciated. Anyways, surgery went well and he woke up like a champ and was ready to go. Anyway, he is doing wonderful since and heaing very nicely. =)