buh bye first baby tooth!

speaking of kiddos growing up too quickly...

my baby girl lost her first tooth last night!

she was chewing gum in the back seat of the van on our way to a daisies event and she said "uh, mom? my tooth fell out, it's in my hand!" :-)

she is the last of all her friends to lose their first tooth. in fact most of them are on their 3rd or 4th wiggly tooth. and as you can tell by the adult tooth that has almost fully taken it's place, this tooth had been loose for about 6 months. in fact, a few days ago the dentist told us if it isn't out in a few weeks, he'd have to take it out for her. he said that shouldn't be a problem, since all she'll have to do is sneeze hard and the thing should fall out. :-) she's not the type to pull a tooth out - she let it hang by a thread forever! her goal was to make sure it didn't bleed. i guess she heard me tell someone if you let the tooth fall out when it's ready and don't force it, it won't bleed. that's my girl!

so here's the little miss with her first tooth all gone. normally pictures of kid's teeth creep me out but she's my daughter so i love 'em. :-) sorry if you don't. :-) hehe.

stay this little, please

looking back over the old posts on this blog have me feeling a little, well, sad.

not that i don't love where we are now.

i love the freedom that comes with having "older" kiddos.

i love sleeping through the night.

i love conversations about real life stuff.

i love watching them grow into a young lady and a young man.

but amidst a busy school/dance/gymnastics/piano/soccer/daisies schedule

i get a little sad.

just a little sad that the 'little' years are going by so quickly.

but since this is the season God has us in at this time, i'm gonna love every minute of it.

and i do. :-)

the dancing. the laughter. the pretending. losing most races of Mario Kart to my 4 year old boy. playing veterinarian with my girl. tickling my little man without even touching him when ginourmous laughter erupts. having a fashion show with my girl. the snuggles. the kisses. the hugs. notes from my girl that say 'who could be a better mom?'.

cuz i know before i'm ready, it's all gonna be a memory from many blog posts back.

so i'm thankful for today. and i'm gonna lay by my girl for a bit every night she asks me to. cuz i don't do it enough. gonna make sure to chase, tackle, and tickle my little man at least once a day, too. cuz i can. :-)

thanks for reading. make sure to say yes to that one thing your kiddo always asks you to do. cuz pretty soon they won't ask any more and you'll wish you had said yes more often.

nite. :-)

starting new. again.

Ok, yes, it's been a really long time since I've been on this blog. After watching several friends in the last few days start a blog for their family or pick up again on their long lost blog (glad I'm not alone), I felt drawn to continue ours. So, for all you friends and family that live far away from us (which is about 75% of our relationships these days...cheers for the Air Force)....here's tid bits and up dates from our family of four in a web friendly way that doesn't involve Facebook!

So here's my goal. One post a week. I think I can handle that! And I promise each post will have a picture. Since pictures of cute kids and other random things are probably much more entertaining than any words I have to say, I'll try to keep my talking to a minimum. If that's possible for me. ;-)

With that said, I can't really start blogging again without a picture, right??? So here ya go. This is a picture of ice on the INSIDE of our windows this week. I guess -14 degrees and a lot of hot air will do that, right??? :-)

Oh, and while you are here check out the old posts below.....they are from almost TWO YEARS AGO!!!!

wow. a little behind. yikes.

Okay....so keeping up with two blogs has proven to be a failing effort. Oops. Sorry. One of these days, when life slows down....then I'll start blogging here again. HA. HA. Ha. ha. Sigh. It will slow down, won't it??

For now, most of my blogging is dedicated to my photography blog. Come on over!!

http://www.kristiannephotography.blogspot.com

Happy March! Maybe this month will slow down. :)

kassi's preschool graduation

This was the week she developed 'stage fright.' (Can you tell in the pictures???) :) Luckily, a few weeks later, she 'got rid of my stage frights Mom!!" :)

The boys watching Kassi....:)

Kassidy's 5th Birthday

That's my girl....all growed up, as she used to call it when she was 'little.' We've had her for 5 years now (well, 5 years and 9 months) and I think we'll keep her around. :) She had a splendid "tinkerbell tea party" with a handful of friends who came dressed in their best princess/fairy dress. They sat around the table, enjoyed a tea party, made some jewelry, and then played with all the fun new gifts. Then we had some family and friends over for a bbq to continue the celebration! Only three days after the party she started planning her next birthday party. :)

Landon's 3rd Birthday - April 20

Yea, that is right - April. I know, I know!! I'm so behind. But I'm gonna get caught up, and the result is going to be a ridiculous amount of posts on our blog. So keep checkin' back!

Here's Landon's 3rd - he requested a race car party and that is what he got! We had 30+ people over and the weather was awful so we all gathered inside. We swam in a pool of balloons, ate cake, opened presents, and had a race on the race track in the basement. Good times! Here are just a few shots.....I gotta be conservative if I'm gonna get caught up. :) Is anyone else shocked that my little boy is 3?!?!?