Blogging will have to wait

We'll my friends our Christmas blog will have to wait. We are all sick!!! Alex started Christmas day. She was cranky all day. That night she and I were up about 4 hrs while she screamed. She has a double ear infection. Steve, Kade, Luke, and myself all have the stomach bug today! I will post a Christmas review as soon as we are well and sanitized.

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and if I do not blog before then.....

Have a safe and happy New Year!

Christmas Card Take....1, 323, 456

Trying to pick a picture for your Christmas card is so hard. When you have three little ones you are lucky if they are looking at the camera. Here is our attempt to spread Christmas joy to our family and friends.

Alex attempts to make a run for it!

Luke is having a crazy moment while trying to get the picture.

Alex is making sure her brothers know who is in charge by giving Luke the elbow.

Kade's look of despair is quite humorous. Alex has also lost it.

This was our first pick for a Christmas card. However, with Alex sitting her head is barley in the picture on a photo card.

This was our second choice and also our Christmas card for this year. (With Steve's hand missing of course).

This was taken after all the photos were made and we had decided that hopefully we had enough. Poor Alex was pooped out by all the posing and photo taking.

Merry Christmas!!

Alex's Party

So, I finally got the pictures from Alex's party and they turned out so cute! It was quite the day. Our only daughter turning 1. I must say that this year has flown by and it seems like she should till be a little baby sleeping most of the day, not running around the house.

Here is a photo of Alex and I talking to a guest at the party. We had lots of fun...pizza, cake, ice cream, and gifts. What a perfect day!

Here are some shots of me helping her open her gifts. I must say that she got lots of good things. You should have seen all the cute outfits that she scored. She seems to be amazed at the toy in this picture.
After several gifts she got the hang of ripping of the paper. I would start it for her and then she tear a couple of pieces off.

Her favorite part about this gift were the shoes. I had to take them from her to get her to move on to the next thing!!


Ah, the doll house. She absolutely loves this thing. It is still a little big for her, but she likes taking the characters out and putting them back in. If you have any small girls that you need gifts for this Christmas I highly recommend this toy. It has other pieces to go with it...kind of like a village.

Here is one piece of clothing that I had to put on here. She looks so cute in her styling jacket.

After most of the gifts were open Luke comes over to pick out which gifts he wants for himself. As you can see he is trying to make a run for while I have my back turned.

And now for the cake.

Alex was really not sure what was going on at this point. Gifts, cameras in her face, and all these silly people saying "Happy Birthday". She just looked at everyone like they were crazy.

She is going in for her first bite of cake by herself. I thought for a second that this could be ugly, but she really did not make that big of a mess.

However, she felt that her cup needed some special attention so she pushed it into the cake.

I decided to step in and help her out before I took the cake from her. Overall she was not that excited about the cake. She took a few bites, but she did not tear into it like some kids.

Happy Birthday Alex!!

We Love You!

Camera Trouble!

We'll fellow bloggers I have some sad news. My camera finally died yesterday during the birthday party!! Of all things that could have happened during Alex's first birthday party. However, the paparazzi were there and their cameras where flashing. As soon as I get copies of their photos I will post about the birthday party.