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SNOW!

If we're lucky, we get snow once a year. Today was the day (meaning is snowed and melted during this one day). We had less than an inch -- but schools were closed and we had the entire day to play. It was perfectly timed with the Inauguration as we were able to share such a special moment in history as a family.






The three amigos were excited to close out the day in their matching pjs. Love these cuties!

A Boy & His Trains

The classic I'm-a-boy-so-I-love-trains has begun with Griffin. Its been so long since we've had trains set-up on the train table; but Griffin will walk to the closet say "tra" or "choo" until we get them out & set 'em up. Our baby #3 is growing up!

Party Time

On Saturday morning we celebrated Ryan Hull's 4th birthday. We've been friends with Ryan's parents, Tom & Carolyn, since our single days and all of our boys are good buddies. Happy Birthday, Ryan!



A portion of the party was in a huge game room. Miles, Noah, and Jack spent the entire time playing a bug-shooting game. Check out Miles & Noah - in awe, and Jack & Jonathan - smiling with delight! :)




Who doesn't love cake time?! Griffin seemed the most excited (his first party sitting at the big kid table!). When Carolyn yelled "smile" to the table, he flashed a big one and threw his hands in the air. Love it!


I took this picture of Jonathan & Mike from across the room. When I zoomed in at home, I noticed Jack literally diving into his cake. Straight to the source! Ha!

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Here are a couple of pictures from our belated Christmas celebration with the Williams. Love, love, love these cute kiddos!

Happy Birthday, Pop!

Drum Roll Please......


Happy Birthday to Pop!


Happy Birthday to You!


You make us so happy!


And....(Hold it! Someone is squishing me!)


And WE LOVE YOU!

Brrrr!

Today's weather was c-h-i-l-l-y! Noah and I were more than content to stay inside today, but Griffin broke us down. That little guy has serious determination (displayed at very loud levels!). Biking, trucks, and a quick nature walk distracted us from the cold air and made the adventure much fun. With that said, I'm still ready for warmer weather!

Messy Marvin

Griffin is our big eater. Most nights he eats more than Miles & Noah combined. He is also an adventurous eater (at 5 & 3, the other boys still have yet to try ketchup). He loves sauces and wants to dip everything.

Tonight, while I spent 20 seconds getting the boys' their drinks for dinner, Griffin poured the ENTIRE container of cheese onto his plate and proceeded to do-a-little-dipping.




While I ran to get the vacuum (and my camera), Griffin found Miles' leftover lunch and began dipping corn bran into the cheese. If he can dip it, he loves it!

(While I was running around cleaning up after Griffin, Noah "hid" his entire dinner in his glass of milk (chicken & broccoli & noodles). He then looked at me oh-so-innocently and said, "Mommy? Can I have dessert tonight?" Nice try, my friend. Nice try.)

Muddy Buddies

Its hard to believe that just a week ago it was much warmer and very, very rainy. In between rain showers, Noah, Griffin and I headed outside to stretch our legs and stomp in some puddles.






Miles missed the playtime, but he looked oh-so-cute when he hopped off the bus with his fireman boots on!

With Clumsy Comes the Fairy

Our Noah is many things...funny, silly, sweet and loving. Another thing he is for sure is CLUMSY. Noah is the kid that is sitting in his chair one second and randomly on the floor the next. He's the kid that has mastered the hat-trick: smacking his chin on the table AND the chair AND the floor as he falls. He falls from sitting, walking, running...you name it, it takes him down.

After a couple of falls this week, he finally has a semi-permanent repercussion: today (at age 3.5) he lost his first tooth. The dentist took x-rays today (before it popped out) and said that his front two top teeth have very small roots (likely from multiple traumas), and we should expect both to fall out soon. The adult teeth won't come in any sooner...so I'm thankful that he doesn't need to eat his favorite meal of cereal from a cob.



Last night I tried to get a picture of his very wiggly, jacked-up tooth.






Mom, thanks for hooking Noah up with his tooth-holder!! He was SO excited to use it!

Happy New Year!

This year's New Year's celebration was kid-friendly and in the hood. Mason and Shannon came to Charlotte and we all walked over to our neighbor's house for some pizza, playtime, and champagne (our toast took place around 7:15pm). We love living in a neighborhood with so many great families -- and look forward to celebrating here for many years to come.



Classic kid activity....RACING!


Mike spent most of the evening in the middle of the kiddo's. Anyone who got too close got a tickle...


One of our hosts - Davin. Isn't he a cutie? He and Noah will start kindergarten together in a couple of years.


We love the Bass family! Here are Evan & Sydey and their visiting grandparents, Claire & Don.


Miles and Mason (and all of the kids) LOVED their home-made noisemakers. Thanks for the idea, mom!


Happy New Year!
The end of this video cracks me up....it is the epitome of our funny guy, Noah. Happy New Year!