Daddy and his boys

It is so fun to be a Dad. I never thought life could bring me such enjoyment and love. When I'm home, I have two little monkeys hanging off of me where ever I go...and I love it!!! Taylor and Austin are so fun and are always looking for the next game to play. Little Emma will soon have her time to play with Daddy. Right now, she just spends a lot of time with her Mommy (of course). Saturday mornings are my favorite. Heidi and I try to sleep in as long as we can (8:00 is about average), then the boys come running in and jump in bed for a while. Taylor typically goes right for the cartoons, "Higgley Town Heroes" and "My Friends Tigger and Pooh" etc. Austin likes to cuddle for a few minutes. Then the hunger pains kick in and Austin needs to have his cereal. The rest of the morning consists of goofin off and playing games. --Good times.

Kindergarten, Here we come!!

Well, we have arrived! We are about to embark on the exciting world of Public School! Last week Taylor had his kindergarten check-up and shots. We were expecting a bit of drama with the shots, but Taylor kept assuring us that he would be brave and that he had to do it to be able to go to kindergarten! Nice getting pep talks from your four year-old, right. As it turned out, Taylor did absolutely fantastic. He got to do some eye tests and hearing tests, which he passed with flying colors. Then came the shots....5 separate shots! I was such a proud mamma, he took the shots like a man! The last shot brought some tears to his eyes, and after finishing he said that he didn't want any more shots because he didn't like them! I really couldn't believe how brave he was. After we got home I asked how he could be so brave and not even cry and he looked at me with big eyes, and said..."Mom....I'm Batman!" DUH, how could I not have figured that out!

Family Music

Our kids have begun to love music and have chosen there favorite songs on the radio. Each time their song comes on they yell, "hey, this is my song!!" (Emma's song was picked by Austin)

Austin’s song – “Apologize”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rOcnlPc4Hg

Emma’s song – “Shadow of the Day”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eEE12R8Gw

Taylor’s song – “Hey There Delilah”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJtYqBYCV8

Our Princess Emma

Emma is our youngest, and our little princess. She is loved and adored by everyone, of course. Her brothers just love her so much and are so gentle with her. Emma is very vocal and is learning how to make sweet squealing sounds when she gets excited. Everything morning when we go in to wake her up, she gets so excited to see her mommy and daddy. She kicks her little chubby legs super fast and smiles from ear to ear. She is definitely a gift sent from heaven.

The Aus-erati

Austin is our second child, and what a lovable kid!! We have many names for Austin such as Aus-erati, The Austinator, Auzzi, Austintacious, and few others. He is so fun to hang out with and just loves to be around people. Whereever the action is, there Austin will be. Austin's latest obsession is Scooby Doo. We have bought a few Scooby Doo movies for him and he literally watches them every day and carries the DVD around with him when he is not watching them. It is even to the point where he is sleeping with the DVD and when he wakes up, the first thing is looks for is the Scooby Doo DVD. What a kid!!

Our big Tay-Man

Taylor is our oldest child and is truely the leader of the house. Austin just adores hims and imitates everything that he does. Taylor is such an intelligent boy and is getting ready to start kindergarten this year. One day, when Heidi was taking Taylor to get registered for kindergarten, Taylor piped up and said, "Mom, I'm not ready for kindergarten, I don't know math yet." Heidi then asked Taylor, "Ok, so if you have 3 of something and then you get 1 more, how many do you have?" Taylor thought for a second, then answered - 4. "You see," said Heidi, "you do know math." Then Taylor replied, "ok, I'm ready for kindergarten." He is such a crack up all the time. What a great boy!!!

emma's blessing

Kids say the darndest things!

So my grandma was telling me how important it is to write down some of the funny things that my kids say because I'll never be able to remember them. I figured my blog was as good a place as any. So here is Taylor's latest....really I wouldn't mind forgetting this...but here it is.

We were watching T.V. the other day and this commercial comes on that completely absorbed Taylor. After it was done he turns to me with bright excited eyes and says, "Mom, you just need rapid loss it will help you lose the extra pounds!!!" I said to him "What do you mean, you think I need to lose weight?" And he said, "You just need to get rid of your fatness!!"

So needless to say, this is one of those things that I would love to forget, but I probably never will!

Welcome to our blog

Our sweet little Emma has been such a joy to have in our family. Her brothers Taylor and Austin have absolutely adored her. They are really great big brothers and have been really helpful. They love to try to make her smile and talk!