Life.....

WOW, time has passed quicker than I ever thought possible. I say to myself weekly that I am going to get back to blogging in an effort to keep a journal of our crazy wonderful life and also keep our friends and families up on our happenings but time just slips and it never seems to happen. So, today is the day it is happening I am blogging. Since, my last post our family has experienced the circle of life in full completion and it has been both amazing and awful. I never thought it would be possible to have one of the hardest years of your life also be one of the most magical but it has been. This past year we have lost my grandfather and my mother in law both happened suddenly and have fallen heavily on my our family and my heart especially. In between loosing Grandpa and Ginette, we were blessed with the birth of our LAST son, Xavier. Although, totally unplanned and unexpected Xavier was given to our family for a reason because finally I now feel like my diner table is complete!

Noah's 1st Hair Cut

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St. Patrick's Day

I have been blessed with some of the cutest half Irish boys on the planet!! I must really have been given the luck of the Irish since this is who I spend my days with......

Shades

Big Brother #3

We are happy & excited to share that we are due to add another addition to our growing family. Baby #4 is due to arrive August 14, 2011

Five on Friday

Five on Friday is dedicated this week to my almost five year old, Elijah James. Here are five things he has taught or shown me over the past five years.....

1. Control, I am not in full control of time anymore. When I was pregnant and wait for him to be born my mother took this chance to tell me that this was the start of me not being in control any longer & of course as with most she was correct.

2. Love, I had never loved someone so instantly as I did the moment he was born. It amazes me that as time has continued on I have fallen in love with him more each day and with each sweet moment.

3. Perspective, Elijah makes me look at things often from a different perspective then I would not have always had. He always has a point of view he wants to share with me and everyone else and quiet often I really enjoy his point of view.

4. Education, Elijah has taught me tons more than I can even care to admit about dinosaurs. To be honest if someone needed a life line regarding a question about dinosaurs, call me I will know that answer which is so funny considering I don't even believe that they ever existed!

5. Time, Elijah has taught me that cleaning can wait and that sometime it is better to just go out and play.

Just a few pictures that make me smile.....

Finally, a month later I am uploading and sorting the hundreds of photos from the holidays here are just a few that instantly made me smile!

Five on Friday

I'm back and dedicated to my blog again. It seems that somewhere between my wedding anniversary and my birthday life just got really busy and getting a minute to blog was impossible but it is at the top of my to do list to at least blog twice a week if not more. So, with that on to the first FoF of 2011.....

1. To start the new year we had Noah baptized and washed away his original sin. It was an amazing mass and I will post more on that later. I think he is extremely lucky to have godparents (Michelle & Luigi) who would travel through a blizzard to accept this huge responsibility.

2. I turned 35 on the 8th of January and with the support of a baby sister, great girlfriends (two husbands), and LN I was able to celebrate exactly how I wanted out drinking and dancing my butt off!! I think that 35 is going to be a wonderful year for me.

3. Noah is getting so big and might actually be on the verge of taking a few steps the simple thought of this makes me want to take him out at the knees. Funny with Elijah I could not wait for him to walk, Samuel I was angry because some special blonde boy walked before him, & now Noah I am not looking forward to the trouble him walking is going to get the three of them into.

4. I hate the winter and Elijah loves it, every snow storm we have had he tries and tries to talk me into liking the snow. He can not wrap his mind around why I don't like it after all what is not to like there is snowmen, snowballs, snow angles, snow forts, sledding, hockey, ice skating, even after his list it does not make it any more appealing. How can one child love the beach and the snow both so equally?

5. I am reading for pleasure again and loving it! Once we moved downstairs we did not put the tv in our room so it has forced me to read and I am loving it. My current book is The Shack and it is simply amazing I actually have found that I have to give myself a page limit at night so I don't stay up reading all night. Thanks LN for the book it is a great one! Feel free to suggest a good book to me I just don't read sci-fi

There it is Five on Friday for the first time in 2011. I will be back blogging over the weekend because I can not let the holiday season go without sharing the memories with everyone!

Happy Holidays!!!!!

Thankful...

I am thankful for the invention on the telephone without it I would never survive the day.

I am thankful for scarfs the make me feel pulled together even when wearing yoga pants and flip flops.

I am thankful that my fat jeans still fit and that I have not gotten so fat that I need new fat jeans.

I am thankful that my husband still finds me attractive and loves me even if I am wearing my fat jeans.

I am thankful that my boys do not care what I dress them in and most days never give it a second thought.

I am thankful that I have friends that I can give a look to and they know exactly what I am thinking.

I am thankful for Facebook it makes me feel so much closer to those that are far away.

I am thankful for my dishwasher I think it is what makes my marriage a happy relationship.

I am thankful that my boys love music and often bust a move because they feel like it.

I am thankful for Nick Jr and that there is always something on tv for the boys if I need it.

I am thankful for the fact that Noah loves to play in the pack & play most days.

I am thankful that I have been able to breastfeed all three of my boys even if it ment I missed 14 months of cheese and ice cream, your welcome Samuel.

I am thankful for JetBlue direct flights without them I may never see my family and friends.

I am thankful for family traditions and keeping them and adding to them.

I am thankful that my husband works so damn hard and is an honest man.

I am thankful for Skype.

I am thankful that I have family I can call even in the middle of the night if I need them.

I am thankful that I have friendships that don't need daily or even monthly contact but are still special.

I am thankful for the people who love my boys and want to be a part of their lives!

I am thankful that my mother passed on the her love of reading.

I am thankful that my father passed on his love of travel.

I am thankful for my boys and that they make me be a better person and to strive for greatness.

I am thankful that GOD has blessed me with this amazing life that has had a few rough patches but for the most part everyday is DAMN GOOD!!!

This is a tiny list of what I am thankful for, I could go on and on but for now that's just a few.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Five on Friday

Friday, YIPPPEEE it's Friday which means two days with my husband and boys! Have I ever mentioned how much I love my husband and how amazing he is, well he is & I think often and wonder how the hell did I get so lucky. So, this five on Friday is about being lucky and thankful.

1. I am lucky to have the support system of girlfriends near and far you know who you are, without all of these women I would never make it through the day.

2. I am lucky and thankful to have a husband who busts his ass everyday at work to provide for our family.

3. I am lucky that I have three healthy boys with fantastic and original personalities, if I do say so.

4. I am lucky to have two bathrooms because that middle man of mine Samuel flushed a ball down the toilet and now it is broken and may possibly need to be removed. I know that this is very funny and someday I will chuckle about it I am sure.

5. I am lucky that back in October 1995 Cookie waited over an hour for me to show up for our first date because if he had not then the list above would not even exist!

ANGRY!!!!!!

That is how Noah must feel when I trap him in the exersaucer so I can get things done. If he would just stay still then I would not be forced to out him in there, why do they get so big so quick? Why did I never by that gate to go across the playroom into the living room?

RING RING RING.....

BANANA PHONE....RING RING RING....BANANA PHOOOOONNNNNEEE!!!!!!!!!







---dedicated to Auntie Kiki the best singer of Banana Phone

The house that...

The house that Elijah & Daddy built is very cool according to Elijah. Cookie surprised the boys with a project on Sunday afternoon of a small wooden house to build. Elijah was super excited and could not wait to start after nap. Samuel did not want to wait and nor was he really interested once the project started. Elijah loved it and even got to journey to the basement to finish hammering in some nails which was a good idea since Elijah with a hammer makes me a little nervous. He was so proud to show me his finished project and just thinks it is the coolest house ever & I do too!

Five on Friday

There are a few simple things that I look forward to everyday and when they don't happen it really effects my day....so here they are.

1. My morning shower, everyday I take an extremely hot shower before Cookie leaves for work. I LOVE this part of my day and really do need it to function well.

2. My morning chat with Michelle and my mom, as soon as I see their number on the caller id I smile.

3. My ice coffee with coffee mate original creamer and five splenda (I like it sweet).

4. Mid afternoon phone call from Cookie, I love that he calls and checks to see how our day is going.

5. The silence that fills the house at 9pm when the boys are all finally asleep and Cookie is out walking the dog. At this moment I can actually hear myself breath and I love it!

Mission

Noah started to really crawl this week and there is no stopping him. It is so much fun to watch him eye something and then get to it with such determination. The mission tonight was Samuel's cup which was located under the exersaucer. Well, mission accomplished he made it there and got!

Hop on Pop

"New" Style

Today was school picture day and also the day the Elijah decided to bust out in his "new" style. As everyone knows I LOVE his hair super short, the shorter the better but we have been crazy busy so he is over due on getting him hair cut. This morning while combing his hair he informed me that he had a new style that he would be sporting for picture day. I resisted the fight and let him express himself & off we went to school after a few practice runs with smiles. Here is a peak at his "new" style.

Happy Birthday Cookie!

Thirty six years ago a woman gave birth to a baby boy who grew up to be my dream come true! Happy Birthday to the best husband, father, confidant, supporter, son, brother, and friend a person could ask for. Happy 36th Birthday Cookie!

Cookie and I have celebrated many birthdays together at this point in our lives and they are very different now than they once were. This year was a very low key year, I was in class all day and the boys have all been sick so we celebrated with some singing, cake, and a few homemade gifts.

Only four more years till the big 40....I better get planning the bash now!