from HOUSE to HOME

THE MUD ROOM

our friends, the Scholes, made this amazing cubby organizer for us, made to fit perfectly in our mud room. We LOVE it!

THE FAMILY ROOM

We are doing built full-wall built in shelving on the wall with the TV...soon to come...

HALF BATH

KITCHEN:

(refinished our table black)

no, this isn't our cat, I'm replacing the pic. ;)

my workstation

DINING ROOM

OFFICE

(Jon's still working on organizing this when he's home)

ENTRYWAY

(trying to find a decorative consol table to go under this)

CADE AND JAY'S BEDROOM

THE PLAYROOM/LOFT

BOYS' BATHROOM

GUEST BEDROOM

TYCE'S NURSERY

MASTER BEDROOM/BATH

(wanting to make a whole collage of colorful empty frames with throwback B&W family pics here...this is just the beginning. ;) )

sitting area

(that's our marriage certificate for time and all eternity)

SEVEN.

7 MONTHs.... WHAAA??!

Broke your second tooth

New favorite toy...the jumparoo!!!

Eating all kinds of foods now...you HATE the baby food meats, though. It's hilarious. Chills and all.

scooting around

You enjoy your brothers... they make you smile and keep you happy

still the sweetest thing that ever was!

Jay Boy

Our little JJ is in such a cute stage right now. He is a quiet, type B personality...fine being in the background. He is a peacemaker, but so goofy! He's talking so much and is very bright. He also has an amazing memory (just like Cade)! He's learning to play computer games (PBS kids), is taking swim lessons (those floppy ears, goggles and dive position are to die for! XD) and is way above his age level...

BUT

he is still so little, and I love to observe him learning and growing each day. He is so brave, but still has his little baby gut and skinny little chicken legs and arms.

Here are a couple of cute things he's said lately:

*While having family home evening, I leaned over and gave him a kiss on the head. He looked up at me and said, "everybody loves me SOO much. Right, Momma?"

*While sipping on some hot chocolate with Cade, Cade said, "Look Mom, I'm the chocolate monster" (mustache).

Jay very seriously said, "I'm a chocolate monster, too. Every time I see chocolate, I eat it."

Jay also is known to be a light sleeper. He and Cade both sleep talk and sleep walk.

A couple of things he's said while we were waking him up (eyes still closed):

"twinkle twinkle little star...."

"wasn't me..."

I wish I could remember all of the other hundreds of things he says all the time that make me giggle every day. :)

Love you, JJ.

Paaaaartaaaaayyy!

JANUARY 14h 2012

CADE 5, JAY 3

For the first time, we had a split opinion on the birthday party theme...

So we did both!

Cade invited 5 friends, and Jay 3.

It was perfect.

The Spiderman Party Table:

...And the Cars 2 Party Table:

We had the parents drop off, and we spent an hour at Bounce N' Party:

Then Jon and I took all of the kids back to our casa to eat pizza, cake and open presents!

The boys had a ton of fun and got very spoiled. :)

We swore we would never own a gaming station (neither Jon or I are into video games), but we gave in quite early, as Cade loves playing his friend's wii's.

So they got their Wii and they love it!

Cade at 5 years: Doing awesome is school. Starting to sound out words and can read small words. Knows all of his ABC's and can sound out, and write out each of them. Taking swim lessons and is "way above his age level" according to his swim coach....diving for items at the bottom of the pool, holding his breath for 15 seconds or more and doing great stroking. LOVES "PUNCH OUT" game on the wii. Is a HUGE help to Mom.

46 lbs 80th% weight

45" 85th % height

Jay at 3 years: Loves going to the gym with Momma, playing with all of his friends. Big on coloring people right now. Also doing swim lessons and is starting to swim without a lifejacket. "Is very comfortable in the water" according to his swim coach. Is loving his roll as the big brother...and loves to try to make Cheekies smile. Loves playing PBS kids on the computer. Shares everything. :) Loves and is great at puzzles. Recently got a double ear infection and pneumonia... :( he's a trooper.

32 lbs 50th % weight

38" 55th % height