SANTA IS COMING!

My youngest, Blake is so... very excited about Christmas this year! I've never really seen him so excited about anything before. He begs to go the mall just so he can see Santa. He will stand and look at Santa at the mall for hours if you'd let me. He is happy being left there for the day anytime. If he sees anything with Santa on it we have to get it! He loves going down the Christmas aisles at Walmart. Everything that relates to Santa is just so exciting! Just the other day we went to visit my parents. While I was helping my Mom plan things out for Christmas Blake made his way downstairs to see my dad.

I hear giggles coming from downstairs and my Dad starts yelling "Amanda come quick oh and bring your camera!" Much to my surprise I find Blake sitting nicely on the couch with a Santa hat on and some paper. Oh and I have to add the chocolate that I found on his face as well. I asked what was going on if we were having a Christmas party and Nana and I were not invited. Blake added no, party Mommy, Santa is coming! My dad quickly tells me how Blake came down stairs and asked his Pup if he could write Santa a letter. So my dad gave him some paper and a pen and said well buddy you better make your list! He added a little Santa hat to Blake's head and that's when his letter began.

I couldn't resist just how cute he looked while deep in thought with his tongue sticking out! He laughed and he giggled. He said "Mommy, I've been a good boy!" We are counting down the days and we've made millions of trips to the mall! We're still adding to that list but hey I think I've got the biggest believer of all! I love this age and wish he wouldn't grow up any more! My little Santa and I wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS TO GO!!!!!!

Do all things with Love

Just recently I realized how the rush and schedules of everyday life tends to over whelm me and I miss out on those precious moments of my young childrens lives. This week I decided to take a break from my business and take a break from all of the daily household duties. As hard as it is for me to do this I felt it was important for my children. I put aside my computer which I spend a lot of my time on, I put aside the laundry and I spent every second of my day with the boys.

We watched Christmas movies, we ate popcorn, we colored, we played games, we simply had fun and did what we wanted. We threw out the schedules and did what we wanted. As I sat back and watched them play today I realized just how fast they have grown up. As my 2yr old played power rangers with my 4 year old I watched in amazement just how many moves he had learned from his big brother. It seemed like just yesterday I was still holding him and feeding him from a bottle. Now he's a big boy using the potty on his own. He is so independent. I look back and still remember just how hard things were when they were younger.

I recall feeding the twins while being pregnant with Blake. I remember being so much in love with the twins that I never wanted to put them down. I would carry both of them while being pregnant with Blake even though I wasn't allowed! My husband would yell at me and try and nicely say "honey you know you shouldn't carry the twins while your pregnant it's just too much for you." I would think too much for me, well hey I'm a Mom! what's too much for a Mom?! They needed me still even though I was pregnant. At that same time I was potty training my two oldest. Dominic had the hardest time with potty training and never really got the hang of it all until he was about four. Even though he is now five he still sometimes has accidents. He's always just too busy playing to stop and go to the potty. Bedtime was CRAZY!! My husband worked 16 hr days and was rarely ever home. I was working full time during the days and being a Mommy full time at night.

I'm still not sure how I did it all. I guess being a Mom I never even questioned my crazy schedule or ever realized that I was actually living one. People would say to me how do you do it all with so many little babies. I would smile and say I really don't know I just do. Not everyone is cut out to be a Mom. I truly believe that. It takes a special person to be a Mom. Mom's are special we never question our actions no matter how crazy they may seem to others we simply do what is best for our children and we do what makes them happy. My husband still can't understand how I can hold a child while they are throwing up and not get sick myself. I tell him I do it because they simply need me and knowing that they need me gives me purpose. The love I have for my boys is like no other. Words could never describe just how much they mean to me. Although I am often so busy that I frequently say to them please wait a minute Mommy is busy or I'll be with you in a second I have to finish helping your brother. I go from one thing to the next and then finally I can't even remember what I was doing in the first place. I may start out doing the dishes and then a child needs me so I attend to them while I might find a sock laying on the floor. So that sock gets picked up and from there I find a toy. So I then take the toy and put it away where I find that someone needs a drink so off to get a drink I go. I see that there is a school paper that needs signed so I sign the paper and what do I find? A letter that needs mailed so off to the mailbox I go. Then I think now what was it that I was doing?! It happens so fast and so often that sometimes I feel like I am simply losing my mind!

Kids don't need perfection. They only need to know that we love them no matter how busy we may get. Although we would love to have those "I love you" moments more often they simply can't happen 24/7 no matter how hard we try. My children love me no matter what and they some how understand just how busy life can get but they always know I love them and that I care. This holiday season take the time and spend a few days to show your child that 24/7 attention that they deserve. Things might not get done but just remember it's only one day and there will be so many more days to do all of those other things. You never know you might even learn something new from them.

On another note I found this poem that I wanted to share. I thought that it fit me so perfect seeing as I'm a Mother of all boys. I thought it was very cute and just couldn't resist sharing it with you.

The Mother of Boys

I am a Mother of boys.
I play goalie as I make supper.
I can dribble a ball as I answer the phone
and can assemble a train as I nurse a baby.
I am a Mother of Boys.

I measure a good day not by the weather or
the company, but by the number of bugs caught, the
quality of the sticks found, and the depth of the puddles splashed.
I am a Mother of boys.

Fascinated ears listen to me tell tales of alligators, dinosaurs, and
fast cars. I do load upon load of blue laundry;
the only pink item to be seen is when a red sock makes its way into the white load.
I check all laundry for reptiles and rocks.
I am a Mother of boys.

I most frequently say, "not so rough," "get down, please," and
"watch where you're peeing." I get dizzy watching little bodies
run circles around my inanimate object.
I am a Mother of boys.

I wipe forever-dirty faces and hands.
At night, I am amazed by the many new bruises and scrapes.
I join in prayers that thank God for airplanes
and pirates and smarties candies.
I am the luckiest Mother on earth.
I am the Mother of boys.

Jennifer Lynn Clay

My birthday

I must say that I haven't been doing very well these last few weeks at blogging but I'm hoping to catch up here soon! My birthday was Dec 14th and like every year it gets better and better. Which is weird in a way because you wouldn't want to think that getting older would get better. For me though it does. Each year I look back and realize just how fast I have grown up and how much I know now compared to back then. Even though I enjoyed my childhood I have enjoying my adult life much more. Being a Mommy is by far the best thing that has ever happened to me and I cherish these times with my children so much. This year they were so thoughtful in celebrating my birthday. We were to all go out for brunch at my favorite resturant but my husband became ill and so did the twins. So we all decided it was better just to stay at home. My husband let me sleep in and he took care of all five boys all by himself! I was so.. proud of him! Not that he doesn't usually help out with them but most of the time I am included in the morning routine since I do it every day it just comes easier for me. My husband went to church while I stayed home to take care of the ill while he was out he pick up a cake to my surprise. The biggest surprise of all was the gift from my husband and kids!







Our new addition Chloe! She's 10 wks old weighing in at only 1lb. She's as tiny as can be but thinks that she is as strong as a large dog! She is sweet in every single way! She gives you kisses until you can't stand it anymore and she has to be with you 24/7! She loves being carried around and loves to snuggle! Which I might add she is doing right now along with her big sister Annie! If Annie comes near me now Chloe pushes her away with her paw as to say this is my Mommy! LOL!
The boys were so proud to show me the new puppy which I might add came with a nice pink bow! Included were several outfits for her which none of them fit but I am hoping they will in the near future! She's as cute as a button, I couldn't love her more!



The boys were so excited to give me the rest of my gifts which included some clothes and this cartoon card that played a funny Happy Birthday song! Blake loved it so much that he wouldn't even give it to me. He ended up playing it over and over again to show me just how funny it was. Then it was time for cake! Yea, cake! The boys helped blow out the candles and were so excited that they got to have cake! As Blake called it my Happy Cake! He is still asking for Happy Cake and that was Sunday we had the cake! After our little party at home my mom surprised me and had a party for me at her house as well. She made me my favorite foods and even able to find someone to make me a carrot cake for my birthday! Which just happens to be my favorite kind of cake! I can't get enough of it! Dinner was amazing and once again I got a lot of gifts! My family is so wonderful to me I couldn't have asked for a better birthday!

Birthday concerns

My son Noah is the sweetest little guy ever! He is always loving and wanting to take the time to help others. He is so smart and picks up on everything so fast! He amazes us in so many ways. We send Noah to a private Catholic School and recently we have been trying to teach him how to take his time and pray to God instead of rushing.
Just yesterday at lunch time Noah asked "Mommy can I say the prayer today?"
He went on to tell me that he had some "pretty" important things that
he needed to say to God.
Noah started his prayer off by saying "Dear Heavenly Father, please take care
of my Nana's brother who is very sick and needs your care to get better soon. Please take
care of me and all my brothers, Dominic, Tyler, Tyson and Blake.
Bless my Mommy and Daddy. Help Daddy get home safe from work. Oh and I almost forgot
please be with my Nana and Pop too! Amen."
I thought that it was the cutest prayer that I had ever heard from Noah. Usually he just says
thank you for this food, Amen. It was sweet to hear how he showed such concern
for others in our family. My Uncle was diagnosed with cancer just
three months ago and the cancer had spread throughout his body so there
was no hope for surgery to remove the cancer.
We have been praying for him since the news. We never even knew
that Noah was aware my Uncle's situation. I guess he must have
over heard us. It was nice to see how much he cared though.

On a funny note. My birthday is coming up on Sunday. Noah has been very excited
about my big day! I must say I'm not as excited! We were
at Kmart the other day and we were walking through the Christmas aisle.
Noah says to me "Mommy I haven't bought your present yet for your birthday. Then he
picked up an ornament showed it to me and said Mommy if you want this I'll
buy it for you for your birthday! I'll buy anything you want in here you just pick.
I smiled at him kissed him on the check and stated Noah your such a sweet boy to think of Mommy like that.
I asked him where he got all his money. He laughed and said well Mommy I don't have any but
I'm pretty sure you do. Isn't it in your wallet? You should look. A young girl next to us heard our conversation and said to Noah that he was very sweet for wanting to get his Mommy something. She asked him if he had saved his money for the gift. He replied no, my Mommy has some. Then he said but if she doesn't then I'll tell my Pop and Nana and they will buy it
for her. She smiled at him and looked at me and said he's pretty spoiled by them isn't he.
I replied very!!! My parents both thought that it was cute how he had volunteered them
for payment.
So tonight my Father took Noah to the store to purchase me a present.
My Father calls and says to me Amanda, you have to hear what your son just said.
I knew it had to be funny or I wouldn't have received the phone call. My dad said that
they were at the store and Noah had found a shirt that he said his Mommy
just had to have for her birthday. So my dad said well what size does your
Mommy wear? He said Noah paused then looked up at him and said well Pup I'm four and I wear a 4t so how old is my Mommy? So my dad not even remembering how old I am says to my son well your mom is going to be 26. BTW, I'm turning 28! So Noah says well my
Mommy she wears a size 26 then. My dad laughed and said why don't you call
your Mommy and tell her that. I in return informed them that I guess I must
wear a 28 then because they were a little off on my age.
I thought it was pretty cute that he thinks that your size depends on your age!
Just thought I would share that cute little story with you all.

May God Bless each and every one of you this Christmas!

Remember Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Christmas Pictures

I just recently took some pictures of my kids and their Grandpa for Christmas. My Father in law lives on the third floor of our home and he spends a lot of time with our family. He helps my husband and I out a lot with our kids and it's so nice having him around. My boys just love him to death and they are always wanting to visit him! We try and remind them that Grandpa has his own house and he has his own things to do but Grandpa DOES hand out candy a lot so the boys never forget that! They are always knocking on his door wanting candy. Its so hard to get a good picture of all of them! This was the best one out of several that I did! Pretty much everyone looked grumpy but Noah!

I thought this was so sweet! As I was finishing up with them Dominic jumps up beside Tyler and gives him a big hug! It was perfect! Thank goodness I still hand my camera in hand! Just perfect! If only they could love each other this much all the time!!

Waiting, waiting, and more waiting when is everyone going to be ready!!! Noah loves being the center of attention and he just LOVES getting his picture taken! He was getting upset with me because he wanted more pictures of himself but I was trying to get some of his younger brother. So Noah just kept jumping in! Blake was less than thrilled with him! Being a mommy to five little boys it's so hard giving each one of them the attention that they all need! Sharing is a big problem in our house! We are working on it though.

My three youngest sitting pretty or I guess I should say handsome!

Last but not least my favorite! I just love this picture of my father in law and my son Blake! The look on his face is priceless! As I was about to take this cute picture of the two the twins decided to tear down our mini Christmas tree which was sitting right behind me! As I went to take the picture my father in law saw what was going on and this was the reaction on his face! I love it! Blake was saying oh no, Mommy! I took several others and I will post them later on!

Super Hero for a day!

Every once in awhile my kids and I have a pj day and we stay in our Pj's all day long! My kids love these days! We pick out our favorite PJ's we pick out a bunch of movies and we hang out of the couch, eating popcorn, playing games and just having fun. We throw out the schedule and just relax! So today during our PJ day Noah decided to wear his favorite Spider man PJ's. The next thing I know he has a ton of stuff down his pants and he has spiderman guys that shot webs on his arms. LOL! OH and we can't forget that he also has on my youngest sons hat on which has an animal on it! LOL!



So I run for my camera hoping not to miss this perfect moment and what do I find but my camera's batteries are DEAD!!! So I ran for my phone to capture this cute moment! Thank goodness for camera phones, right? The bad part is my phone doesn't take very good pictures but oh well at least I got the picture! One day I'll be showing his future wife these pictures and he will be hating me for it! At least we will all get a good laugh out of it thats for sure!


I can't believe how much stuff he had in his pants!!! He did have more but has he continued his journey through our house to fight off the bad guys toys were falling out of his pants! He was pretty upset that he couldn't keep ALL of the toys in his pants but I explained to him that was a whole lot of stuff to have in our pants! He thought I was funny by saying that and thought that maybe I could put some of the toys in my pants for him! I laughed and couldnt' believe he wanted me to add all these extra things to my pants as well! He continues to tell me that he is one day going to be a super hero! I keep telling him he's already a super hero and always will be! So far I have a farmer, a super hero and Elmo living in my house. The twins haven't decided what they want to be when they grow up yet. I enjoy these moments with my children so much! I think it's so amazing what they think of! Well it's off to finish watching Elmo with my kiddos!

Potty time!

The time has finally came for my last little guy to be potty trained! I have been putting off this day for awhile now, not because I didn't want him to learn but because I'm having a hard time letting him grow up! Finally on Saturday my husband said okay, Amanda it's time! I just kept making excuses on how he "just isn't ready" but let's face it he's been ready! His first day and he only had one accident! It's been three days now and he is doing great! We haven't pooed in the potty yet but we're almost there! I must say it will be nice to finally be out of diapers and knowing that I won't have to ever buy them again! The sad thing is I know that they are all growing up so fast! I'm very proud of how well Blake has done and as much as I didn't want him to be potty trained it's so nice to see him being so proud of himself!



I'm sure that Blake will one day want to kill me for taking these pictures of him but who could resist, right?! I can still remember potty training my first two! GEEZ!!! All I can say is I'm so glad that it got easier!! It's funny how hard things are the first time but then after your first it gets a little easier then when your on your third and fourth you think this isn't so bad! By your fifth it's like a piece of cake! It took me 4 months to potty train my first! I must say I never thought he would really use the potty! I was about to give up! The second was a little easier only taking me a month and we were good! The twins I had potty trained in two weeks! Yes, that is two kids at one time!! I was so.... proud of myself! I couldn't stop talking about it and I really think I was beginning to drive EVERYONE nuts! I figured out if there was a sweet treat waiting for them after their deed that this would make them want to use the potty for sure! We got the Elmo Potty time movie and we were set!!! You go in the potty you get to pick a sweet treat out of the basket! Worked like a charm! Although with Tyler whom absolutely LOVES food he begin to make himself go to the potty even for just a little dribble just to get a treat! LOL! I must say that was pretty good. After about a month we stopped with the treats. It really worked! I wish it would have been that easy for the first two. Now with Blake all we have to do is show him the Elmo movie and say look Elmo goes potty and he's right on the potty chair. We are doing the sweet treats with him as well and so far so good! If you have a child that loves Elmo and you are trying to potty train go get the Elmo movie!!! It's the best!!!

Tis' the Season

Every year at Christmas I get so emotional! My children start to get so excited about Jesus' birthday coming and how Santa is going to come and visit them. Just seeing the joy in their eyes brings tears to my eyes. Tonight as I was driving home from work I took in all of the Christmas sites and began to cry. Last year at this time my husband and I were struggle financially and the holidays were more of a heart ache than anything else. Last Thanksgiving we had lost our van, our only transportation for our family and we were about to lose our apartment. My husband was working for a company that over worked him and under paid him. He was still recovering from his work accident and times were very rough. As Christmas rolled around things didn't get any better. Our family helped us through it all and without them and the good grace of God I don't know how we would have ever made it. My wonderful Grandparents drove to PA from SC two days before Christmas to give us their old car as a Christmas gift to us. Although they wished it could have been more it was the best gift ever to us! There were disappointed that it wouldn't fit all of us but it was the most they could do. Which was more than we could have ever asked for! We were so thankful for such a wonderful gift from them! Although there were several times where we hardly had enough money to feed our kids and my husband and I often didn't eat so that they could have more. It was such a rough time and I still don't know how we got through it. Just last weekend our church hosted a Thanksgiving Day dinner for the less fortunate in our area. It was so sad to see so many families that were in need. I saw a young mother with her three children waiting in line in the cold snowy weather. Her children were crying and they looked very cold. I felt so badly for them and wished that there were something that I could have done for them. It made me think of my own children and how as a parent it's so hard to watch your children go through those rough times. I cried so hard that day and I prayed for the young mother and her children. I am so grateful for everything that I have. God has blessed my family with so many things and even during our rough times I knew that he would always get us through it all. We try and teach our children that no matter what God is always on their side and he will always be there to get you though those rough times. This year my husband got a better job making more money than his last job. He is even home more often! I took on a part time job at night and started my own photography business. We are keeping our faith and know that things will continue to get better for us! We are saving up for another van and hope that by next year we will have met our goal! We can't wait! It will be so nice to be able to go places as a family again! Our kids are so excited about our birthday party for Jesus this year! They are already planning for his birthday cake! Dominic thinks he should have a blue power ranger cake, Noah wants him to have a batman cake, Tyson and Blake want an Elmo cake, and Tyler just simply wants cake!!! So it will be fun to see what kind of cake Jesus may get! Remember Jesus is the reason for the season! The picture above is our house this year decorated for Christmas! The picture didn't turn out as good as I would have liked but I took it with my camera phone after I got home from work. God Bless everyone this holiday season!

Surgery Day!

About a year and a half ago our little Tyson was diagnosed with esotropia, nystagmus and compensatory head posturing. We have been taking Tyson to see a specialist, whom has been wonderful, and in April we started the plans for surgery. Yesterday was the big day and Tyson had surgery on both of his eyes. The little guy was such a pro! We talked to him the prior weeks and told him that the doctor was going to make his eyes better. He was so excited telling everyone his eyes were going to get fixed! It was very cute!




We were up at 3am yesterday to make our hour and half trip to the surgery center. Tyson slept the entire trip and we were all glad but nervous once we got there. Tyson did wonderful! They gave him some "happy medicine". I must say Tyson was very happy! He giggled and giggled about everything and everybody. He was so cute! They put two stickers on his forehead so that everyone knew that he was having both eyes done. Tyson loved the stickers on his head and kept laughing about them being there. We colored before surgery and even played with some blocks. Then little Tyson went in for his first eye surgery.



After an hour of patiently waiting our little guy was all done! We were excited to see how well he looked afterwards. He was happy that the nurse gave him a blue slushy! He loved it! He even got blue lips from it! His eyes look so sore and we feel so bad for him but you would never know he had surgery yesterday! He is doing great today! He is up playing and acting like his normal self. He hasn't even spoke of his eyes. He gets to wear these nice blue and black sunglasses around the house to cut down on the light. He loves them!




He is happy watching movies with the other boys and we are preparing for Thanksgiving! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and they have been such a help to us through this entire process! We are so grateful that Tyson is still able to see and we hope that with all of the modern technology that he will continue to progress. We know that God will continue to bless us and help out our little guy!

Memories!

I love this picture of my husband and my kids! Just playing around on a blanket with their snacks waiting to watch a parade! I thought this was cute how they all decided to jump on Daddy!






Today I was going through some pictures of my kids and I always think it so much fun to see how much they have grown from months before. This is by far my favorite picture of my little one! I think he looks so cute! Isn't it funny how children can turn simple moments into life time memories? This is my little guy at my parents house after our 4th of July Parade. It was raining and my Aunt had her umbrella with her he thought it was fun to play under. Since he is so short this is the view that we had of him! So cute!!!

Christmas Time!

Every year the little town that I live in has a big parade at night and the night is known as our light up night! This is the best time of year for my kids as they enjoy this parade so much more then the others that they see the rest of the year. Although we always FREEZE it's nice taking out hot chocolate and being with family to watch this amazing parade. Since I live right in town I always try and decorate my house for Christmas before the big parade. So this year like every year I decided to tackle the task by myself! Every year I change the I decorate giving the neighbors something new to expect. I always try and stay very simple but Christian like and I try not to over do it. I live right across the road from a center that takes care of elderly people. Most of the people living in the building have their motorized wheel chairs and several of them sit on the porch and watch the neighbors and the things that go on during the day. So I take on the decorating of my house during the afternoon while my kids are at school expect my youngest. He is well entertained with his Elmo movie and is cuddling with our dog. I decided this year I was going to wrap our two front windows with wrapping paper and put nice red bows on them. I couldn't wait! My theme this year is red and gold. I started the wrapping process thinking this was going to be an easy task. How hard could it be right?? Well on this nice cold day it was also windy! I had a nice crowd of wheelchair watches and I went right at it! My windows are very tall so I needed to get something to get me up higher onto the house. I'm up there about to start unrolling the wrapping paper. I have my handy tape with me and I'm all set! I get up there I get it taped to the top of the window and a big gust of wind comes along and there goes the wrapping paper!!!! I look over to see a few of my neighbors laughing at the site. Oh no I was not giving in I was getting that window wrapped if it took me all day!!! UGG!!! After an hour of just trying to get one wrapped and my neighbors getting such an entrainment out of me I decided forget this I'm waiting for my husband! So my husband gets home and he gets the other window done in record time and I'm sitting there in disbelieve! He is bragging up his window and just how wonderful it looks and it's perfect in every way! Right down to the bow being perfect in the center. So I go to work and later on that night when I get home I come home to find my window still decorated perfect but my husband's window was not the same! The bow he put up was falling down and the top of the wrapping paper was coming down as well! So I had to wake him and tell him that maybe the next time he should take his time a little more because my not so perfect window was perfect!!!! I'm still not done with my master piece yet and will take a picture of it to show you all once I'm finished. The big parade is on Saturday night but I am sick with the flu now and hope I'm better by tomorrow so I can finish it!

Lily

Okay so I'm trying to keep up with this blog stuff but I'm not doing so well! I'm doing a few days worth all in one night! I should be in bed now and I'll be paying for this tomorrow but I guess we have to live a little!

So tonight I got off work at 11:30pm! YEA!!! 30 mins earlier!! I came home to the house being very quite! Annie our dog usually greets me but not tonight! Instead it was our cat, Lily! I usually get a snack for myself once I get home from work so I was beginning to get my snack when I heard a strange noise coming from our downstairs bathroom. I wasn't sure what it was so I headed to the bathroom to check it out. My kids always keep little cups beside our sink to wash their mouths out after brushing their teeth and sometimes they forget to dump out the left over water. Well our cat Lily there she was with a cup stuck on her face moving back and forth trying to get it off! If you could have seen her!!! It was so funny! I had to laugh I must say I have never seen a cats face stuck inside a childs cup before! I helped get the cup off of her face and then I said to her why didn't you just get a drink out of your bowl! My cat will drink water from every place in our house except for her bowl!!! I have no idea why but she's stranges! Cute as a button but she does some crazy things!!!

Okay well I'm headed for bed before I start another crazy day!!! Night all!

Poor Blake!

Blake is my youngest and I still consider him my baby even though he is two years old now. He has me wrapped around his little finger and I think that just about everybody knows it. He still loves to cuddle with his Mommy and we watch tv together and take naps together still. My husband says I really need to stop but I just can't. I knew that after I had Blake that he would be my last child and letting him grow up is just so hard for me. Given that he is on top of everything else the runt of our family makes it even that much harder. We play kissy checks and all kinds of other silly games. My other boys are Mommy's boys too but they aren't in to being around Mommy as much as they used to and would much rather go play with one another than with me. So sad!!!

Anyway, this weekend my poor Blake was so sick! Well I have to say it was my Dad's fault! He'll even tell you it was. My youngest son is so attached to me that he doesn't stay with other people very often. My parents called this weekend and wanted to take Blake for the weekend. As sad as I was to be away from my little guy I agreed. He was so excited and we packed his little back pack (he had to have one because he felt left out, he's the only child not in school) and off to Nana and Pup's house we went. On Sunday morning my Mom called me to say that her and my dad had been up all night with Blake. He had been sick all night long! My dad later asked me do you give him chocolate milk a lot and cookies? I replied to him, NO!!!! He doesn't get that at my house!!! He can have one cup of chocolate milk a day but I rarely give him cookies!!! My dad said opps well I feed him cookies and chocolate milk all night!!! OH my!!!! My dad felt so bad! I guess he has learned his lesson seeing as he had been puked on two times in the middle of the night! Which he stated was not a good experience!

On Sunday he was starting to feel better but was very tired and still wanting to lay around. We brought him back to our house and he couldn't wait to lay on the couch with Mommy. Now Blake is so cute! He loves hats and jackets and he never wants to take them off! We live in PA and the weather here is very cold so he had on his winter jacket and winter hat! He would not take off his jacket and hat for nothing! He cried and cried and said he just had to keep them on! So we some how were able to get the jacket off but no way was that hat coming off! So he laid on the couch with me and we watched a movie with his hat on! He even fell asleep with it on and it was so cute! When he was sleeping I started taking it off of his head and wouldn't you know he wakes up and says "No, Mommy my hat!" So the hat stayed on! Isn't it cute how kids just have special things that they just can't part with? Blake carries around a lamb that he calls his blankie, and a big stuffed animal that is a dog, we call him Doggy! LOL! Tyson also has a big doggy he likes to carry around and Tyler has a much smaller dog but doesn't mind being without it. Noah has his blankie with him 24/7 and Dominic is the only one that doesn't sleep or carry around anything. Kids are so cute but they grow up WAY too fast!!!

Ugg!! Puggy Poo!!

So as you all know I love my pug so much! Well I am always saying what a good dog she is and how much I love her. In fact I even spoil her as much as I do my boys! My husband is always reminding me that she is in fact a dog. I let Annie go where ever we go no matter where she is always with us. Even a simple trip to Walmart and she's in the car with her blankie headed to the store. The other night my husband and I got the chance to go out without kids! WOW that's a shock right?? So what do I do I insist on taking our little puggy girl, Annie alone for the ride. When Annie is left alone at home she gets very upset and this usually leads to pooping in her create and then me having to clean up the mess! So we got to Walmart and my husband and I went in and did some shopping and it was very late at night. We went after I got off work which is at 12pm! Yes, we are crazy but it's the best time to shop!!! No lines and less people! Anyway, we get out to the car after doing our shopping and I go to sit down in the car while I have tons of stuff still in my hands. I put down my purse and my husband starts screaming NO!!!! STOP!!!! I can't figure out what the heck is going on and why on earth he is yelling so much. Then he just starts laughing! I then realize that the my oh so wonderful baby girl pooped on her blankie on my front seat!!!! UGG!!!!! My husband still laughing mind you can hardly control himself and says he is going to clean up the mess since I still have all these bags in my hands. Well let me just say that men never seem to clean things the way a women would do it! I'm standing right by the door and he just takes the blanket and starts shacking it! So now poo goes flying everywhere and a big piece of it sticks right to my side door window!!!! SICK!!! So now he is laughing even harder so hard he's about to pee himself and I'm standing there so anger! At this point I'm not sure if I'm more mad at my dog or my idiot husband who has just tossed poo everywhere!!! MEN!!! So finally he gets it all out of the car but puts it right in front of where I have to walk to get into the car. It's very dark out and I go to get in the car and what do you know I step in it!!! By this point I couldn't even help myself but to sit down and laugh about it too! My husband laughed so hard the entire way home. Even when our kids aren't there to entertain us we still have the good old good to give us a good laugh! UGG!!!!!

Our Annie!

So this year my husband and I finally decided to get our kids a dog! UGG!!! I didn't know how well things were going to go with having a dog and my busy schedule! To be honest I would have had a dog a long time ago but I always felt like I wouldn't have time to give him/her the attention that they needed. Well we took the leap and let me tell you it has been the best experience ever!!! With having five boys it's nice to have a girl in the house besides myself! She is precious in every single way and has come to be just another kid in our household! She has just as many clothes as my kids do! She is spoiled to death! We are really enjoying every moment with her. She is going to show and tell with Noah on Monday and he is so.... excited to show all of his friends! He is even picking out a special dress for her to wear to his school. We couldn't be more happy with her!

Our Big Happy Family!

Well I'm going to start off by saying I'm really new to this whole blog thing but I'm going to go ahead and give it a try!! I spoke with the most amazing women last night on the phone that gave me some great pointers which has lead me to this site! So thank you, Donna! I'm a very busy mom! I have big precious little boys. Dominic is 5 and started his first year of kindergarten! Noah is 4 and is in his second year of preschool. Tyler and Tyson, our twins, are 3 and they just started their first year of preschool! Lastly our little guy, Blake who is 2!


These boys are the most amazing children ever and I love spending as much time as I possible can with them. My world revolves around them completly! My days are pretty busy! I work part-time at night mostly working 5-midnight! Then I run a photography business during the day! My husband works full time during the day so that leaves me with all five of the boys during the day! Crazy right? I really can't say how I've done it now for what seems to be forever but I wouldn't be able to handle it all without the schedules I make up weekly!



My twins and my 2 yr old are very close in age and they act more like they are triplets! Our five year old is in speech therapy and has been since the age of two. He is really coming along and we are very proud of his accomplishments! Tyler and Tyson have been in speech therapy for a year now. Tyson has really come along and is doing so well! However we have been so concerned for Tyler as he is still not talking. He crys a lot and we do our best to try and figure out what he needs or wants. It's hard being a parent and not knowing what your child wants. I sometimes feel like I knew what he wanted more when he was a baby than now that he is getting older.


I spend most of my time holding him to try and get him to calm down enough to help me know what he needs. It's very stressful and we feel so bad! We know that he has to be frustrated! We are hoping and praying that preschool will really help him out. Being a parent at times can be so challenging but with the help of God you can get through anything! When in need say a prayer! Well thats my crazy family!