Joey has another tooth!

Woohoo! Joey's third tooth finally came in over night. This one has been a bear and has created a very crabby little boy. He was up for 3 hours crying last night, which is probably when it came in. Hopefully this will ease up some of his crabbiness for a little while until the next one wants to come through. He has been a very happy little boy this morning so I'm sure the pain has finally eased up for him!

Visiting Great Grandma and Grandpa

We took a trip to see Great Grandma and Grandpa Weber out at the farm. The kids always have so much fun going to visit them, and I think grandma and grandpa secretly enjoy seeing the crazy kids too. Here is a picture of the kids with grandma and grandpa.

Here is a picture of Joey telling great grandma all the secrets.
This is grandma and grandpa's dog Buddy. He loves it too when the kids come to visit.
Here is a picture of Andrew pointing to the tractor. If you know anything about Andrew then you know how much he loves big trucks and tractors. Actually I would call it more of an obsession.

Here is daddy and Andrew. What? Someone let Andrew in the drivers seat!!!!
Look at the excitement on that face! Boy did this just make his day!

Here Andrew is inside of the tire of one of the bigger tractor's. Its bigger than he is!

What a great day! We can't wait to come back and visit Great Grandma and Grandpa! We love you!

Fishing with Daddy

Behind our house we have a neighborhood fully stocked pond used for catch and release fishing. Well Andrew LOVES doing everything that Daddy does so when he heard Daddy loves fishing well ofcourse he wanted to try it out. So Chris got out the fishing poles and took the kids down to go fishing in the pond. Well this being an impromptu event, we didn't have any bait to use so we used some chicken and cheese. Well after about 10-15 minutes of no bites the kids began getting antsy and Chris was wondering if the bait would even work. So we were getting ready to pack up and go back to the house when Andrew got a bite. Yes, he finally caught a fish. Of course he didn't want anything to do with it and stood probably 15 feet away. I was trying to get a picture of it and wouldn't you believe thats when my camera battery decided to go dead :( So we will just have to tell our fish story instead. Next time I'll make sure my camera battery is charged up and get the picture to prove it :) Here is a few pictures of Daddy with the kids.

Ballerina girl!

For the past several weeks Adriana has been going to a fine arts camp on T/TH mornings at St. Peters Academy of dance. They learned several different dances along with other fun activities such as painting, coloring, and playing. At the end of the camp session they put on a little show for all the parents and grandparents. Adriana did awesome and remembered most of the dances she performed. Here is a few pictures of her dancing.

Here is a group picture of all the girls who were in her dance camp with her. The camp was for ages 3-5 years old. She really had a great time and made lots of new friends!

Playing with our cousins.

The other day the kids had fun playing with their cousins Gabe, Michael, and Angeline. So we had 6 kids 4 years old and under all having a great time! Here is some pictures of the fun!


This is Andrew having fun playin in the sprinklers.

What is the fun of having sprinklers around if you can't get a drink from it, especially on the really hot summer days.

Then its monkey see monkey do, and Gabe has to get a drink too!

After cooling off in the sprinklers, its always fun to ride our bicycles around. Here is Andrew and Michael riding their bikes and scooters.

Here is Joey joining in on the sprinkler fun.

Michael riding on Thomas.

Saving money!

I cannot believe how much everything is costing now adays. It seems like everything is going up except our paychecks. Well much like everyone else we are trying to come up with ways to save money. So I did some searches on the web to see different ways familys can save money. So I have come up with a few good ideas:
-do all my errand running on one day a week to help save on gas.
-do more free activities with the kids such as PAT events, playdates,
swimming in our neighborhood pool, etc.
-do more bulk shopping for items I use a lot.
-get rid of movie channels on our cable TV
-use less minutes on my cell phone.
I have also thought of a few ideas on my own. To save money on water we have decided to do family baths. Now we put all three of the kids in the tub together. See picture below:

Furniture can also be very expensive, especially childrens. Instead of buying new furniture for all the kids when decided they can all share the same furniture. Well Joey obviously can't sleep on a regular size bed yet for fears of him falling off it so we wanted to check and see if we could fit all the kids in the crib with him. Yep, perfect fit (see picture below). So now we have a few years before we have to upgrade their furniture!

Well now we have saved a lot of money, we just have to figure out what to do with it all!

Joey's standing up

My baby boy is already pulling himself up to standing. I can't believe how fast he is growing. I guess I will just have to keep holding him then he will never learn to walk......hehehe. Here is a couple of pictures of him standing up.

Emotional realizations

I never thought of myself as a very emotional person, especially with being in police work. I have seen the worst of the worst and it doesn't seem to phase me at all. I often wondered if I even had an emotional side......
Well having my babies has changed all that. I think I have cried more tears in the past 5 years than I have my whole life. Tears of sadness and happiness. I realized this today as Adriana had her last day of dance camp. All the parents and grandparents came into the studio to watch the girls put on a dance show of all the dances they learned in the past weeks of dance camp. I sat there watching my baby girl do all her dances and watched her face glow with the pure joy of putting on her "show". I felt the tear swelling up in my eyes. I quickly wiped them away hoping that no one could see them. I glanced around at all the other parents to see if they were as proud and teary eyed as I was.......nope, I'm the only pitiful one in there crying as I watched my baby perform. What a sap I have become with my kids. I even get teary eyed thinking of the day I have to send them off to school and I still have one more year. So I have concluded I am an emotional and sometimes it can be a little embarrassing. So for all you out there who joked and called me the ice queen, I can definitely say I do have an emotional side!
Oh and I will post pictures as soon as I can get them downloaded onto a computer.

Can't sleep alone!

Adriana and Andrew share the upstairs of the house with each other while our room and Joey's room is downstairs. They each have their own room up there yet do not seem to want to sleep in it. Instead they have decided they don't want to sleep alone and take turns sleeping in each others rooms. I think they made it one night sleeping alone, but thats probably it. Otherwise they have become best friends and can't sleep without each other. Here is a few pictures from different nights. Some of them are from Adriana's room and some from Andrew's room.

Even at naptime Joey and Adrew still sleep together in Mommy and Daddy's bed.

Sweet baby Joey

I can't believe how big my baby boy is getting. He is growing so fast its hard to keep up. He has now started crawling and trying to pull himself up to standing. I'm having a hard time excepting my now mobile baby, mostly because I know he will be my last one. He is also working on getting his two upper teeth in which is making for a very fussy baby. See picture below:)

Yet even through all the tears and pain, he is still my cute little boy. Here is a couple of cute little cowboy picture we got.