Our son the piggy bank!

Brayden gave us quiet a scare this past week. On Wednesday we had been spending time at grandpas swimming, cooking out, having a great time until we got in the car and things took a scary turn. I am driving down the road and suddenly hear him gagging..I turn around and see him vomiting! At first glance I think he is just sick to his stomach. He would not stop crying and continued to vomit several times...all the while I am asking him a ton of questions just to find out what was wrong. He finally manages to tell me he has swallowed a COIN! Not knowing where he got it, what size of it or anything I call 338-KIDS..a local 24/7 nurses line...explained what the situation was and they advise us to go to the Emergency Room! So Brayden and I head that way..by now it has been 20 mins of vomiting/crying/screaming. We get to the ER parking lot and he vomits once again....this time..bringing up the coin! A QUARTER!! He seemed to immediately feel better, a did I! We did not even have to make it into the ER doors thank goodness!! He has since been fine and I believe all the kids learned a very valuable lesson from that night!

Month in Review

Wow it has been a long time since I have updated this! We have done a lot of fun things over the past month! We went to touch-a-truck at the mall where the kids got to climb on/in some everyday favorites they see on the streets. Brayden was pretty excited, Lillian on the other hand..was still a little timid and scared of the noise.

Lillian also FINALLY decided she was ready to try swimming w/o any type of floatation device..of course if she tries something, Brayden needs to also..or so he thinks. Now, after some practice, both kids are swimming underwater by themselves from the side of the pool about 5 feet in and back. Lillian can go a bit further if she really tries. Exciting and exhausting stuff! Exhausting b/c now that is all they want to do and since they need help...that means no relaxing for mom and dad.

Lets see..now on to 4th of July. Boy was it super hot that day! We spent the morning relaxing at home and playing in the kids pool while daddy went to see a movie. After he was back, we went to the Noblesville Parade. I think we made it about an hour out in the heat and then decided to call it quits. We then went home and ordered pizza, played for a bit and headed back out to watch fireworks at the highschool. The weekend following the 4th we went to Terre Haute for a cookout and spent the night with Mikes mom. The kids were excited to spend the night with Nanny :)

Not much happened between the 4th and now as far as big activities...we have done a lot of swimming, playing with friends, making new friends and just enjoying the summer before Lillian starts school full time in August.

Ft wayne Zoo

We love going to visit the Ft wayne Childrens zoo. We usually go once a year with my mom and the kids have so much fun!

We have pictures of the other 2 kids on thos turtle each year we go, so fun to see how big they have gotten!

Pink cadillac

                                                           Watch out world, Mia has a new set of wheels!

Lillian is 5!

I can't believe it, the time has come and gone for our little girl..our baby, to turn 5! It was 5 years ago that our lives changed forever, we became parents! Oh my how things have changed over the last 5 years. Seeems like just last week our sweet newborn girl took her first breath...now she 5!??! How did this happen!? She is one amazing kid though, yes she has her moments of being a sassy pants, but mostly she is a  smart,funny, energetic, happy, healthy, sweet kid.

We spent her actual birthday hanging around the house b/c we had our friend Cailin over to care for all day, but Lillian still enjoyed her gifts from mom and dad and had all her favorite meals..donuts from Marsh, Taco Bell for lunch. Then that evening we went out for her choice of Birthday Dinner at Wolfies waterfront grill. Tried to feed some ducks but couldnt find any to feed so Lillian ate the bread herself. After that, we came home and had more favorites...cupcakes and Brownies!

May 30th 2007

May 30th 2012

A few days after her birthday was the big party that Lillian had been planning for the last 6 months! We had cake, cupcakes, ice cream, snacks, a game and best of all...a bounce house! Her theme this year was Hello Kitty..and I think almost all her gifts were Hello Kitty related..she was so excited!

Nanny made the cake and it was soo yummy!

Memorial Day Weekend

Finally got pis uploaded from the weekend...We had a great weekend and spent most all of it in water! Saturday afternoon we were going to take a train ride, but upon arriving for it, we learned it was only doing the rides on Sunday...so instead we went home and played in our pool and slip n slide.Sunday morning we were headed to the sprinkler park...it didnt open until 10am so we drove around to see a couple houses...found 2 or 3 we REALLY want to see..they looked perfect for us. Time will tell if any of them are meant to be though. After the sprinkler park we got lunch and the kids took naps, papaw came to visit and then...back out to play in our pool!! Monday, we went over to have a cookout with Stephanie and her family..the kids were soooo excited to see their cousins...and guess what...more water play!! We spent 4 hrs there and the kids played non stop on their awesome water slide.

Friday fun.

Last Friday we had a House showing so we all loaded up and spent the morning at the neighborhood playground...it was fun, but pretty hot..even at 9:30am! Kids still had fun though.

Don't worry,I was super close..just balanced her for a pic :)

Lillian is still working on the courage to go down the pole without help.

After we left the playground we went and got some lunch and had some friends over to play, then daddy came home from work early...perfect Friday and perfect way to kickoff a holiday weekend!