Monday, December 9, 2013

Welcome Family & Friends!!!

This year was the first year I decided to send out a family "newsletter" to some people.  I am not sure if you can really call it a newsletter, it was really just a couple bullet points on the previous year.  The main point of the letter was to give those whom are not on facebook the link to this here website :) So hopefully we have some new family and friends following along on this journey of mine I call life. 


So, for those of you newbies (or even oldies who would like to sign up for the emails) I have provided some instructions on how to do so.  I don't post very often, maybe once or twice a month.  But this way, when I do post something, the post will just be sent to your email and pop up and you wont have to visit the site every day looking for something new.  You also will not miss anything ;-) You can read the nonsense I write right on your email screen like so:




Super simple to sign up - on the right side of the page....scroll down until you see "swim along" enter in your email address and hit submit:


A screen like this should pop up:


Fill it out....THEN....go check your email and click on the confirmation link!!! Check your junk mail folder too, it may have gone in there.  You should get this email within a matter of minutes. 

Hopefully this works, and y'all "Swim Along" with us!  The buttons on the top right of my page will link you to other various sites of mine.  I post lots of photos on Instagram (mostly all of my children).  So if you are looking for some daily cuteness in your life, you can check out that page too!

I look forward to keeping you updated on our crazy lives and I hope you enjoy!

Oh! And PS! I LOVE reading comments too, so feel free to leave me a little note on the posts too :) 

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Happy December Y'all!

Wow! This year has seriously flown by! Christmas is right around the corner, and next thing you know, it will be 2014!  This year has been filled with ups and downs, but we have almost made it out alive. 

I need to get to work on my photo book for this year!  Hopefully I will be able to share that with y'all soon.  I also need to get these Christmas cards sealed and sent out, then I can share that with the masses :)


Onto a quick 8 month update on little Bug.  I am so excited that I actually have monthly photos (so far) of this guy that I am going to try and make a 1st year book for him.  I never got around to posting photos from last month, so some of the photos down below will be a bit older.  

Mom's scientific measuring came up with these numbers this month. 

Head: 17.5"
Height: 26.5"
Weight: approx 19.6 pounds

What is he doing you ask? He is a crawling machine, up on all 4s now.  He also has 2 new teeth, making that a total of 4.  Speaking of teeth, I took B and Z to the dentist, and nothing to report there.  No cavities, and all looks good (well minus Zach's mongo mouth of missing/extra teeth...but there is nothing we can do about all that right now).  Bug also "chats" a lot.  Cooing and making all sorts of crazy sounds.  He also can pull himself up (we had to lower his bed down one more because of this).



Nonna came out to visit this month for Chase's baptism.  I also had to start back up my infusions again (more on that later....maybe).  She was able to stay with the boys for the day while I was at the infusion center.  That way Paul didn't have to take an extra day off work. 


Bug with his Godparents - Alexa and Jonny
He is growing and developing everyday.  I wish I had more to say about this month, but I'm at a loss.  We have been taking it pretty easy around here.  Just working, enjoying having our membership at lifetime back.  Both B and Z are now in swim classes (they have been, just not sure if I mentioned that yet).  Braden and Zachy still adore him.  Zach is talking so much more now!  He is a little chatter box! Saying new words and stringing together 3+ words to form [sort of] sentences!

Eating: Like a champ.  For the few days while he is cutting teeth he does not want to eat solid foods, but he more than makes up for it the next few days.  He is also becoming interested in puffs and small finger foods.  I often give him a few small bites of the soft foods off my plate when we go out.

Sleeping: Still the same.  There is not much to improve on there.  Again, during the few days when he cut new teeth it was not very peaceful nights of sleep, but it was not terrible. 

Here are some photos...due to some uploading errors they are not in chronological order, but it will do.

...these guys...

GO BONKOS!


Melts my heart


Super Chaser Bug!

running errands while Zachary is at school

We had our first foster dog of the year

He can pull himself up!

Love my Mongo

I cannot get enough of this little guy sleeping

Baby it's cold outside.

He looks so good in hats

Happy Thanksgiving!

Watching the elephant get a bath

 Zachy Selfies

Helping cook Bacon

Preschool Photo 2013

Mongo helping feed Bug
 We also took an impromptu trip up to our friends cabin.  I didn't get many photos though because we were busy relaxing and having a good time!



Beautiful View

 ...until next time ;-)