perfect day

pretty baby girl

"helping":)

happy, messy breck

baby sis always has her hands in her mouth!


painting with toilet paper rolls

Brecken loving on his baby sis.

you know those days. the ones that are just perfect? when the kids all listen the first time, are nice to eachother all day and everyone just has fun. on monday kayden didn't have school and it was one of those days. we painted, did crafts, baked some valentine treats, played games and enjoyed every second together. thank you Lord for letting me be a stay at home mommy with my trio. so very blessed to spend all these amazing moments with my littles. being there for the hugs, kisses, cuddles, discoveries and giggles, all day, everyday. my dream come true!

my little sweetie!

B points to my wedding ring-"what's that mommy? why you wear that?" me-it's my wedding ring, it means we promised God we'd always be together, forever. you'll always have a mommy and a daddy that live together. B-"and a brecken, a brother and a maycie too. we all always live together, forever." love!

my 2 little men

so there's these boys.
they kinda stole my heart.
they call me "mom".

i adore my boys. their smiles. their hugs. their laughs and their love.

is it really?

january? it has been so nice here it's hard to believe! yesterday it was close to 60 degrees. we spent the day at city park and went on a nice long walk as a family. it was so fun being outside, running around without big coats. we are getting spoiled by this warm front that has come through, not sure what the boys are going to do when we go back to the normal winter temps that should be here. so far it has been a very mild winter. which is nice. but kyle and i also actually kind of want the cold, snowy days during the winter. we missed them so much while we were in az that now we like soaking those cold days in with warm, savory soups, hot tea and cocoa in front of the fireplace. but for the kids, the nice days are very nice. they get kind of stir crazy when we can't get out and run!

Superman with Baby Jesus!

Last night when we were reading our bible stories Breck pointed at one of the shepards with baby Jesus and said, "look superman is with baby Jesus!" he was SO excited about this:) He had a robe on his back....to Breck anything like that is a super cape! love my adorable 2 year old!

Woo hoo!!

"Batman is goin with you mama" says Brecken

Today my baby Breck got 5 stickers on his potty chart! This means he went pee 4x today and #2 one time today in the big boy potty! He woke up from the night and his nap dry and came home from preschool dry. We are just starting and I know potty learning is a process but so excited to reach these milestones today!! The picture above is from our trip to Target to get his candy bar I promised him for going #2 in the potty! What can I say< this mama isn't above bribery when it comes to potty learning!

Breckenisms.....

Lately Breck loves to say:

"Your my best friend mommy"

And he loves to tell me all the things he "loves me more than":) "I love you more than all the bees. I love you more than all the grass. I love you more than all the stars in the sky." I LOVE hearing this from my little man!!

Kayden and Breck fight alot, I hear that is typical for brothers:) The other day Kayden was mad and told Breck "you are not my best friend any more."

Breck came crying to me saying "brother say i not his best friend anymore, not ever" he was SO upset by this. I love knowing that even though I have to break up 20 fights a day they are eachothers best friend! makes this mama of more than 1 gig totally worth it!

Kaydenisms...

The neighbor told me about this the other day:

"Yesterday afternoon one of Aiden's neighbor friends came over to see if Aiden could come out to play, I told him that Aiden had to stay in and do his homework, the friend asked "what is homework?" (He's 4 :) ), after I explained that its work that the teacher tells Aiden to do at home, he says "How can she be the boss of him when he's at his house and not at school?", lol! cute kid, huh Kaisha?"

So dang cute. If only I could keep him little and innocent forever. Thinking life is full of play and fun and that mommy is the only boss:)

My Baby Girl

I'll Love you Forever,
I'll Like you for Always,
As Long as I'm Living My Baby You'll Be!

Maycie is 4 months

Maycie turned 4 months and of course yet again I'm amazed at how fast the last month has been! This month Maycie.....
*weighs 15 pounds, 11 ounces which puts her in the 89th percentile for weight
*is 26 inches long, which puts her in the 96th percentile for length as her doctor said, she is doing great on the growth curve:)
*learned to roll over. she did it on New Year's Eve for the first time. And has been a rolling machine since she started. If you put her on her back she rolls to her tummy right away. She can roll both ways!
*Is a chatterie little thing, loves talking to everyone with her cutie baby talk.
*started sitting in her exersaucer and loves playing in it.
*Nurses on demand
*takes 2-3 naps a day and sleeps all night most of the time. She snuggles up with mommy and daddy all night long in our bed.
*is a very smiley baby. she shares her smiles and giggles with mommy, daddy and brothers all the time. and strangers always love talking to her and getting smiles from her!
*isn't a big fan of the bottle, kind of chews on it and thinks you are crazy, she wants her mama for her meals!
*LOVES her Ubby blankies, if she can't get to sleep if you put those up by her face she falls right asleep.
*still loves her bath, relaxing in her bath is one of her favorite things to do right now!
*is a cuddly baby girl, loves being close to you, especially mommy:) I love this stage when no one is near as good as me!
*you are gorgeous. so incredibly cute. the way your eyes light up when you see someone you love melts my heart. all you have to do is look at your daddy and he is completely wrapped around your finger...i LOVE seeing him be your daddy baby girl. you have brought us both so much joy already. we are so very blessed to have you!

Baby girl, this month you have changed so much, you are getting so much more active in your little world instead of just checking it all our you are rolling around, grabbing at toys and interacting even more with those around you. I love hearing you "chat" with us and your smiles are the prettiest smiles I've ever seen. You are our princess and we love you to the moon and back a thousand times! Happy 4 months my sweet little angel!

interview with breck

maycie chatting with her big brothers

Family party!

we spent new year's eve at a family friendly party at jennifer and adam's eating pizza, appetizers, desserts and playing games!

New Year's Eve 2011

our new year's loves! so excited to spend 2012 with my family of 5!

Christmas Eve

Christmas eve was spent at grandpa and grandma hingst house!


kayden's tough face!

all the kiddos!

daddy and maycie!

daddy making his cookies!

Christmas Day 2011

maycie's 1st Christmas!!


breck LOVED playing Hungry Hungry Hippos! played it for hours!!:) one of my favorite memories from this Christmas!!

playing games!

getting the meal ready!

kayden riding his big boy bike from santa!

opening presents!

Breck got undies in his stocking and a note from Santa telling him he was a big boy now and should use the big boy potty! he did once:)

the kiddos slept until 8am! we were surprised that we got to sleep in a bit. we always let the littles open their stockings while we wait for all the big kids to wake up:)

Santa

I love being Santa. Might be as fun as believing in him:) After midnight mass my mom took the babies to bed and Kyle, my dad, my brother Mark and Carrie and I all got to play santa. Stuffing stockings, bringing up the hidden presents and arranging the santa piles for the kiddos. Eating cookies (Uncle Mark did this for us:) he is our cookie monster!!) and carrots and leaving a thank you note from santa. It was so fun, full of giggles and smiles and has become a favorite part of the holiday for me! Next Christmas we will have more babies to play santa for and I can't wait!! Love that our family is growing and that my littles will have cousins close in age to them, memories with my cousins are some of my favorites!!