Jacob's Birthday

It was Jacob's birthday yesterday. He spent all day just going around the house telling everyone who would listen how old he finally was and kept asking me when Dad was going to come home so that he could open his presents. It was cracking me up. Oh, to get excited about stuff like that!

This is my first attempt at embedding video in my posts, so hopefully this works...
Here is a video of Jacob opening his Legos:
Jacob got this video game for his GameBoy. We also have it for our PlayStation2, but the PS2 died on us and even though we tried repairing it, we've had to send it on to a better place. *mourns*This is Matthew starting the festivities a little early. Even with the cupcakes up high, he was still able to snag one.
Kaylee patiently waiting for the pizza to arrive.
Jacob picked out trick candles for his cake. He didn't know what they did, but he soon found out and hilarity ensued.



Jacob also received some money from the Boyers and purchased a very, very cool Spongebob Squarepants lego set. I'd take a pic, but he hoards it like crazy. Thank you, Boyers! He loves it. Matt, on the other hand, can't figure out why he can't play with Bob! :D

All in all, Jacob had a great birthday. It's amazing to realize how old he is. It seems that just yesterday he was my little baby. Well, I should probably end my "cheese" as Jarum calls it.
/cheese

Elf-in-training

When I had Joshua, my wonderful, former transcription Elves sent me this way cute onesie. It is supposed to be for a six month old, and it is still rather big, but I just couldn't resist trying it on him! Enjoy!

Huge Photo Dump

First of all, I must apologize profusely for not putting up these pictures weeks ago like I promised some of you. My only excuse is that life for us just kind of exploded with busy-ness and this is the first time I've had in weeks to sit down and update my blog. So yes. Here they are:

These are of Josh his first night in his crib. Our next door neighbors' son didn't like sleeping in his toddler bed so she offered it to us. YAY! It was so nice to be able to take the ever-growing Joshua (now 14 lbs!) out of his bassinet and place him in his crib.
Obviously he's happy, as well.


This is Matt's new "big boy" bed. I've since decked it out in SpongeBob, but I don't have a picture of that yet.
These are of Jacob's las Coach Pitch game. He has really improved over the season and is getting to be quite a good hitter.
Last at-bat.
Even though he missed this one, his batting average was still fairly high!
Kaylee missed her last T-ball game because we took the kids to DISNEYWORLD! We all just needed a break from hectic life, and it was Jarum's idea to go and have some fun! This is in Adventure Land right next to the Pirates ride and the Jungle Cruise.
Heading towards Pirates.
Waiting in a 45 minute line to go on the newly refurbished ride that was still as boring as ever. Boo! The DisneyLand Pirates ride is so much better.
My friend Kimmy has a picture of her nephew in this very same hat, so when I saw it in the gift shop, I had to take a pic.
On our way to Tom Sawyer's Island, one of the kids most favorite places in the Magic Kingdom.

The fort. We could play in here for hours.
Posing with Plinkly? Blinkly? I can never remember! :p
On the Jungle Cruise at night. This was our last ride of the night. We had so much fun and it was really enjoyable to watch Matt as he was finally old enough to understand what the heck was going on this time!
(Just as an aside, we finally convinced Jacob to go on Splash Mountain. He's been terrified of the ride in the past, but I got him to agree to go with me. He started crying right as we were going to go on the biggest slide, but after it was all finished, he said that it was his absolute favorite ride at Disney and that he was going to go on it every time we go. Sheesh! :D Kaylee, of course, thought the whole ride was hysterically funny and was making everybody else in her boat laugh. No fear with this girl! We would have taken pictures if we hadn't been taking turns watching the younger kids at the playground. :)


The next day we went to Downtown Disney (or as Kaylee calls it, "Downtown Dis-e-ney") and let the kids play outside of the mega huge Lego store they have.



That Sea Serpent is made entirely of Legos!
Posing with Patch:
A sneaky picture I took from far away:
Every Wednesday there is a little playgroup that meets at a splash park on Post. This was our first time going, and I think that we'll make a regular habit of it. Note to self: put sunscreen on Matt's feet. He now has the most distinctive sandal tan!




And this last little gem is of Josh helping me fold the laundry. What a good helper!


Well, I hope that you have enjoyed this massive dumping of photos! It's so amazing to watch the kids grow up before your eyes. We just can't wait for the Weltons and the Brysons to come and visit in July for our family reunion. We are really looking forward to it!

Here are some random pics of the kids at T-Ball/Baseball practices and Kaylee's first game. I don't have pics of Jake's first game as I was sick for it. I was going to take some tonight but now he's sick. So hopefully I'll have some for Thursday. Enjoy!

T-Ball

So Kaylee had her first T-Ball game last night. I'm still laughing about it. She was second up in the first inning. She hit the ball and ran to first, still holding the bat. She then ran to second after the next batter, after which she ran off of the field with everyone yelling, "Where are you going, Kaylee?"

"I have to go potty!"

Needless to say we went to the bathroom.

During her time out in the infield she made some lovely sand castles.

Gosh, I love T-Ball!

Pics to come when I can find the camera... Grrrrrrrrr.

Sleep Deprivation

I think if I were captured by some kind of enemy and subjected to torture I think all they'd have to do is leave me for a week with a baby who doesn't sleep. I think I'm actually having an out-of-body experience right now. This could probably even be considered sleep typing. Why is she typing this and not in bed, you ask? Well, because this is the only chance I have during the day to have some time to myself without somebody asking me for a snack or for Spongebob or somebody touching me. Is that horrible that I get to the point where I don't even want to be touched by my own kids? I think not. It's just natural, especially considering that Jarum is away in Texas and I don't have anyone with which to tag-team. He's home in three more nights, and I just hope I make it that long.

P.S.
Dear Self,

Don't post to blogs when tired. You sound grumpy.

Love,
Self

Happy Easter, Everyone!

Here are some pictures of us for Easter. I keep having to tell myself that I've lost 30 pounds in the last four months to keep from crying. :p Anyway, these were taken after church:

Kaylee looks thrilled, doesn't she? :D ^^^


These are in front of our house...


As you can see, my kids have no problem posing for the camera. And just so you know, it was about 50 degrees outside when I took these!

Then I just started having fun with the camera and taking pictures of Josh. I tried so hard to get him to smile, and he came close, but the elusive "full body smile" has yet to make it on film. We'll see if I can't get him to pose one of these days.
And here are some pics of the older kids because they just like to get their pictures taken. I'm sorry they're a little fuzzy. I don't know what happened!Anyway, Happy Easter!

Love,
Naomi