Christmas photo overload ( just for you mom i know you will love it!)

Theo, the shy timid kid in the family. The ONLY one that was not scared to sit on Santa's lap. He even talked with him a bit. Porter and Arthur wouldn't even get near him!

Porter took this picture. He loves to use the camera.

Cory is the funnest dad ever! The boys all enjoy playing with him!

Porter was taking this picture that is why he is not in it, Love Theo's rosy chubby cheeks!

Building gingerbread houses for family night the week of Christmas. We all enjoyed the candy! Theo wanting to taste it!

Arthur enjoyed eating his house..

Porter and Neal's house

Camilla's house

Cory and Theo's house

our Christmas stash!

Little baby is so big! He was not sure what all the fuss was about.
But he loves to pose for pictures. He says "cheese!" if he sees the camera. Its adorable!

Theo was just a tad bit excited for Christmas morning, can you tell?

Porter was sick, this was before all the Tylenol and cold medicine kicked in and made him happy and hyper!
he has a fever here of 102.5

Theo got a marble runner toy. All three boys love playing with it!

My brother Neal was excited about his new snowboarding video game! We loved having him here for Christmas.

Cory was excited for his new super mario brothers game for the wii... its multiplayer so we all can join in the fun! Porter loves it.

and Porter was excited about his new video game super mario galaxy, also for the wii.
There was a lot of video gaming the week after Christmas!

Porter and Theo having a light saber duel. I love Theo's expression in this one!

Cute baby just wanted to sit in the box! love it!

Porter likes to play with Arthur's new blocks more than he does! This is porters new fake smile. I hate it! i don't know why but he says he doesn't want to smile with his teeth anymore.

Darth Vader potato head... the things they come up with! so fun.

My sister Thora sent the boys these awesome star wars mini action figures. They love em!

Theo absolutely loves scooby doo. we also got him some scooby doo underwear to hopefully get him fully potty trained.

This year we let the kids decorate the christmas tree. In years past i have at least done the top half in my pretty glass ornaments. Every thing on the tree this year was kid proof, and most of them porter made. It was for sure not the prettiest tree, but porter was so proud of it and his decorating.

Our new stocking holders, now that we have a fireplace i couldn't resist getting some!

The reason for the season.

Porter decided this wall should be used for all his christmas time coloring pictures. He was so excited to hang them up. Theo did some too.. I am sure you can tell which ones!

I really love garlands. I enjoyed decorating them, and it made up for my lack of tree decorating!

sleeping like babies

When i only had one kid sometimes i would wonder how people had all these pictures of their kids sleeping weird places. Because back when porter was an only child i always had him on a good sleep schedule with a nap every day the same time in his bed and bedtime the same everynight. Fast forward 5 years and with three kids i have found life gets crazy, schedules get messed up, and kids can fall asleep in a mere 3 seconds anywhere and in strange possitions too!
I think this is the only time all year porter has fallen asleep not in the bed or car, but it was hilarious! He was just sitting there one second and asleep the next! The reason being he has started to wake up as early as he can to play video games becuase the little boys and I usually sleep till 8:30ish so he knows he can play till i come downstairs. Sometimes he wakes up when cory leaves for work monday mornings at 6:30 and so gets up 2 hours early for him which makes one very tired little boy!

Ahhhh so still and quiet, love it!>

Theo falls asleep the most often in weird places. He is in that horrible three year old phase where if he gets a nap he stays up till midnight, but if he doesn't i have to try really hard to keep him awake from 4-8pm. If i drive anywhere during those hours there is lots of me yelling at him to keep him awake! But sometimes its just more than he can handle and i will find him somewhere in the house, the bathroom or stairs, or just sitting up in the middle of the room fast asleep. I give him a nap every two days and that seems to be helping just so you don't all think i am a horrible parent!

Theo has a knack for falling asleep in weird positions.

I don't know how you sleep with your but that high in the air, but i don't think i could!

At the grocery store.. he cried and cried the whole time i was shopping till he couldn't stay awake anymore! Cory and I both thought this one was hilarious!

i also have some pictures of him asleep in the swing at the park... but i cant seem to find them on either of our phones or the computer or camera... hmmm but you can imagine. :)

All About Arthur

Arthur loves being the baby, he gets held all the time and still loves to nurse even though he is 15 months and his mother would rather he gave it up or at least pared down to only a few times a day. He likes to build towers with the blocks, looking at books, and throwing balls (among other things) at you. He loves playing with the light sabers and will bring you one and try and have a fight with you. He even makes the sound affects! He follows the older boys around and really enjoys playing with them as long as they don't get too rough. He has a few words now such as hi, bye bye, Papi, mama, mooo, ruff ruff, tank u, choo choo, ball, football, and he signs milk. He tries to say his body parts while pointing at them but if he wasn't pointing right at his nose or ears when he says it you would have no clue what it was. His favorite songs are twinkle twinkle little star, and book of mormon stories. He does all the hand actions for them and its adorable! He just started folding his arms and mumbling quietly during prayers.

Arthur is mr adventure, never stops running even if a wall gets in his way! He ran right into the corner here, full speed!

Love this perplexed look, he is probably wondering why all the pictures because he is not aware of the goose egg on his forehead.

A very happy boy to not have clothes on! He knows how to take his pants and socks off but as of yet the shirt stays on unless i help him out. What is it about kids loving to be in the buff?

We tried to play uno as a family.. Arthur just wanted to climb on the table and mess up all the cards.

Everyone loves to climb on Papi.

As Arthur is getting older he is playing more with Theo, I hope they are the best of friends!

This kid loves to climb, and will get stuck in places like my shelves and squawk until i come from the other room to see that he needs rescuing! or course like a nice mommy i go get the camera and take pictures before i help him down...

Remembering Taylor

Four years ago today I gave birth to the most beautiful baby boy. He was perfect in every way, just still as could be. I try not to think about it or dwell on it throughout the year, but this is the day when I let myself miss him. Hard to believe its been 4 years, I still remember it all so clearly. I wish i had held him longer, he was so tiny and sweet. My only 6 pounder! When Arthur was born he looked just like Taylor, so watching him get older i imagine that is what Taylor would have looked like.

I love and miss my little Taylor, and cant wait to see him again some day!

my three cuddly tiggers

Went back to see these pictures and thought i would share. The kids grow so fast i can barely even remember porter being that small! All three boys wearing the Tigger costume.


Arthur is 14 1/2 months and the smallest ( and oldest!) of all three boys, the 12 month costume fit him perfectly!

Theo was 10 months and we had to squeeze him into it! He was about 5 pounds heavier than Arthur was!

Porter was a little too tall at 13 months, but it worked! For some reason he seemed so grown up that Halloween in my memories... maybe it was because he was the first kid, maybe because i was 8 months pregnant so i needed him to be grown up. I just didn't think of him as a baby, and Arthur is even older and I defiantly still treat him like a baby!

Halloween pics.. better late than never!

notice all the green.. gotta love temps in the high 70's at Halloween! we were all hot in our costumes.

Porter wanted a spider on his pumpkin.. i tried my best. i think i am only talented as a traditional pumpkin carver though!

Batman, Robin, and the Joker

Arthur was tiger.. third kid to wear this costume, sure got my moneys worth! And Porter decided i should be a witch this year. But not a scary witch, and i was glad about that because i didn't want to put green face paint on anyways!

every five seconds Theo had to point out the moon, he was really excited...

coolest trunk there!

Tigger just wanted to eat his tootsie roll, so stoped collecting candy 1/2 way though.