Too Long

California/Disneyland---April 2011

Myles Boogie Boardin'

Da Gang

Baby Bear

Lovin It

Poser

So its been forever since I have posted. Life with 4 kids is crazy crazy.... We love our baby Mack who is now approaching the 1 year mark!! It makes me so sad that it has went by so very fast. Instead of a huge attempt to try to "catch-up," Ill just do my best and post the highlights of our busy life. We went to California way back for spring break in April. We had a fantastic time. The kids could have cared less for Disneyland or Knotts Berry Farm. They would've instead of lived at da beach!! Next time we will visit San Diego and the beach instead and skip Disneyland....

Christmas 2010

Many, many pictures on this post. Christmas this year was great! The kids are at perfect ages for understanding and making it fun. I want to hold on to these years because I know soon enough the excitement and anxiousness will fade with their growing ages. I love Christmas and I hope to pass that on to my kids. For my own purpose I wanted to list the items that my kids received this year. Santa was very nice to them!

• Mason
• Air Hockey Table
• Metal Detector
• Snow Shoes
• Punching Bag & Boxing Gloves
• Games
• Clothes
• Ride on bike toy
• Books
• Myles
• Car Slot Race Track
• Air Hockey Table
• Punching Bag & Boxing Gloves
• Ride on Bike toy
• Cd Player- cds
• Snow shoes
• books
• games
• puzzles
• clothes
• Maggie
• Addy -American Girl Doll & Accesories
• Market Stand with Veggies and Fruits
• Doll Table and Dishes
• Plasma Car
• Make-up
• Games
• clothes
• Mack
• Highchair
• clothes
• toys

Maggie's stocking ready for Santa

Mack's Stocking ready for Santa

Mason's Stocking ready for Santa

Myles' Stocking ready for Santa
Note to Santa

Maggie out for the Count.....shhhhhh

All the kids Christmas Eve 2010

Mack Visiting Santa at Riverbottoms

Mason, Myles, Santa, Maggie- 2010

Our Main Christmas Tree

All the stockings were hung........

We did a little Christmas Eve at our house with my parents, Denise and Jake, Meredith, Nickand kids. We ordered out Thai Garden(my kids favorite) and played games and just chilled out together. It was a good night with great memories. We spent Christmas Day at home letting kids play and enjoy their loot! :))

Months 3 & 4

So I have been really bad at keeping up with our growing little Bear. Mack is nearing 5 months and I have no clue where the time has gone.... At his 4 month checkup, I was very curious to see how much he weighed. He has been growing like a weed and is an extremely fun and happy baby. He rolls over and is doing pretty good at sitting up. He's very strong and already has a mind of his own. Mack loves to be with me. (not to be vain) He recognizes strangers and knows when I am not near him! Can you blame him? Think about it. I carried him for 9 months and since the time of birth, I have never left him with anyone, not even his dad! He's gonna be a momma's boy for sure but I love that.

Mack loves to take baths. Once he hears the bath water running, he makes it known that he wants to get in. He gets so sleepy after his morning bath and its so cute. He also loves being constantly entertained by his older bro's and sis. They love to dance for him, hold him, make him laugh, read to him and anything else that older siblings do! We started him on baby food a couple weeks ago and he's not crazy about it. He certainly is not lacking any so we aren't sweating it! So @ his 4 month his weight: 17 lbs 12 oz & height: 26 inches. He's a very big boy. Thats a whopping 10lbs since birth in just a little over 4 months. I can't believe how much he has grown... We love our not so Little guy!!

Mack Bear Receives His Name

Here are some pics of the Big Day. This first pic is of Mack on his new Bear blanket made especially for him by his "talented" Aunt Sharee. We. Love. It.

Ron, Mack, Ron's Dad (Eugene)

Ron & I, Mack, My Parents ( Paul & Julie)

Mack

Ron & Mack

The 3 of US

On November 7, 2010, we blessed and named Mack Bear. It was a great day and an awesome blessing from his father. I can honestly say after 4 different kids and 4 different baby blessings they have all been very special and unique! Ron has a way with words and a great way of expressing them in things like this. It was a great day. After the blessing and meeting was over, we came to our house and served brunch. We are so thankful for our sweet baby! He has made our family so much more than we ever could have imagined. He's added so much fun to our lives and Mason, Myles, and Maggie couldnt love him any more!!

Dos Months

This picture is no reflection on what kind of baby Mack is.... He is the best baby and we are enjoying him so much. On the 28th of October he was 2 months old. I can't believe how fast he's growing and all the things that he's able to do at such a young age. At the drs office on his appointment he was smiling and flirting with the nurse while she was weighing his 12 lb 2 oz body and measuring his 22 1/2 inches of cuteness. Then she gave him 3 shots and he was ticked. I'm sure he's not going to be that nice to her next time! Ever since Mack was born he has been holding his head up. I know everyone likes to say things to brag about their kids but he seriously is the strongest little dude. I don't remember any of my kids being this way. We have had to use little support to help him hold his head up. Now at 2 months he has it completely mastered. He loves to smile and is starting to laugh and coo, which to me is the cutest thing a baby can do. He has rolled over a dozen times and even did twice for the doc @ his 2 month appt. He sleeps, eats, and smells good! We love our little Mack and we are hoping his middle name "Bear" can start rolling off our tongues easier since this was to be his name......

MACK BEAR- 2 MONTHS

Halloween 2010

Mack's 1st Halloween as a Penguin

Maggie=Belle

Whose under this creepy mask??
Myles of course


Masons version of " Twilight"

2 Creeps & 2 Cuties

My,Mas & Kem @ G & G Fjeldsteds

My,Kemry,Sofie,Maggie,Mas & Hawk the dog

Pic with Grandparents & Coco Oct. 30th, 2010

Halloween (Oct.30th) was spent with the kids going out to lunch as a family and hanging out the rest of day in the crazy rain waiting to go Trick or Treating. The kids were so excited and loved their costume choices. We headed to G & G Fjeldsteds before T or T to show off costumes and eat Sloppy Joes. After we headed back home to hit up all the houses for some goodies. It was a fun night and the weather turned out great that night!!

Birthday......5!

This beauty is 5! Her birthday was on Oct. 12th. That day happened to be the same day that Myles was to get his cast removed and pins out. We did that in the morning and then she was able to choose where to eat lunch. She chose Olive Garden... We had lunch there with her Grandma J, Aunt D and her mom and 2 brothers.(Sorry Mas-someone has to go to school) Later that night we had grandma and grandpa, aunts and uncles and cousins over for taco salads and cake and ice cream. She got lots of presents and lots of hugs and kisses.

Showing off her loot...

Baby changing center

Princess Jammies

Piggy Bank

Baby Carrier

Playdough

Outfit

From her grandma and grandpa, aunts, uncles, and cuzs she got a gift card to Target!! She spent it well. From her G & G Bartholomew- Jammies

A few things about this little princess that make our lives so great are her raspy voice, her laugh, her wide vocabulary(which sometimes gets her in trouble), the love she has for the boys in her life. She loves her brothers and "really" loves her dad! She will take or leave me.... She is the second mom of the family. She'd like to believe she's the BOSS. She is very girly loving her makeup, shoes, dress-ups and purses, but is dreaming of the day she can dress in camou and go hunting with her dad! She can be sweet and rough and tough too. Maggs loves preschool and her teacher. She is so smart and often practices her writing skills on my wall! She loves dance and her dance teacher Miss Emily. She has been given the nickname "Teen" since she was little and it has stuck-she was so tiny when she was little so we called her teeny tiny and the teen stuck.... She's growing up way to fast and not too tiny anymore.... Love you Teen and Happy 5th Birthday!