Heading out of town with a full heart...

I am writing this blog while sitting in a hotel room in Pismo Beach! Adam has a training up here and so we were able to leave the boys with Grandma, Grandpa, Oma and Opa, and Ashley and I tagged along with Adam. Might as well take advantage of a free hotel room that is right on the beach, right?

We had a tough time getting out of the house last night due to Adam's work schedule. He was all set to come home around 6:00 but then got called out to another nasty call. ARGH! We finally left the house around 9:45 last night and go to Pismo Beach at 1:00 a.m. We literally walked in the hotel room, got Ashley settled in the pack and play and fell into bed. Today Adam had to be at his training at 7:30 but I was able to sleep in a little bit. I finally got out of the hotel around 9:00 and headed up to San Louis Obispo to see what was up there. I found a nail place and got a mani/pedi then ate some lunch. After driving around downtown a little bit Ash and I came back to the hotel and took a nap. When Adam was done we drove up to Moro bay and found a cute little Italian place right on the water to have dinner. Now I am watching American Idol, and both Adam and Ashley are passed out. Gosh it is nice to relax! Tomorrow I plan on doing a bit more shopping and then reading by the pool. It's hard work but some body's gotta do it! :)

Before we left yesterday I had to get the boys packed up and over to Adam's parents house for the week. With so much to do it was a quite frustrating day but we made it thru. I was taking them to drop them off and telling Alec about what all was going on this week. Our conversation went like this...

Me, "Alec, you are going to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's house this week, but on Friday Aunt Baba is going to pick you up to take you to Mya's birthday party. After that you are going to spend the night with her.

Alec, "But what about Aaron, is he going to come to the party?"

Me, "Nope, just you! You get to spend all that time with Aunt Baba!"

SO excited Alec, "Mama, that makes my heart sparkle!"

OH. MY. GOSH. How sweet is that? What a wonderful way to explain the feeling of happiness! I swear, that little boy just absolutely amazes me. He makes MY heart sparkle!!!

O-tay!

I did posts on Ashley and Alec so of course I need to do my little Air-bear as well! At 2 1/2 Aaron is absolutely coming into his own. His vocabulary and anunciation is improving daily and the kid is just an absolute riot! He is one of those kids who is just comfortable in his own body and does not have a care in the world. Alec always tended to be clingy in new situations and a tad on the moody side. While Aaron can certainly have his moments with moodyness, he is so outgoing and willing to jump in and do almost anything....except for eat that is. This child is SO picky. He has a small list of foods that he likes to eat, and if those items are not served, he will eat nothing and be perfectly fine.

One of the sweetest things is that Aaron is an absolute Daddy's boy. I will ask him if he loves me and his answer is, "NO! I yuv DA-DA!!" There are plenty of times when I am hugging him and I tell him I love him and he says back, "I yuv you too mama" so I don't feel too bad. Aaron's eyes just completely light up when Daddy is home and he wants EVERYTHING done by him. So stinking cute. Of couse, Adam eats that UP!

Some of Aaron's favorte phrases lately...

"O-tay mommy" - Ok Mommy!
"Dyote house!" - Coyote house, pointing into the hills near our house
"You princess Lea mommy!" - self explanatory I guess!
"Fight-fight Daddy" - his way of asking Daddy to get his light saber to play
"Baby Rashrey AWAKE!!" - Baby Ashley awake!

I LOVE this picture from Amy's wedding. Aaron was in the wedding so he had a little tux on. At the reception he spent the ENTIRE time out on the dance floor, running around like a CRAZY person! He had SO much fun and was asleep in the car the moment we pulled of of the parking lot that afternoon.
Aaron going to bed with his Ah-Ah's. He also still sleeps with his baby and his light saber.
Aaron fight-fighting with his brother. They are actually VERY good with the light sabers. Rarely do they ever hit eachother with them. They usually only hit eachother's light saber just like in the movies.

My big guy...

It truly is amazing to think that my first little baby, who I held in my arms and thought would never grow up, is 4 1/2 years old already. What really gets me is how every day he is maturing and showing me things that he has learned. A few weeks ago we were at his sports class and when it was over the coaches gave each of the kids a piece of sidewalk chalk so that they could go and draw on the sidewalk outside of the facility. I was standing talking to my friend Karen and looked down to see Alec writing his name. I knew he could write the "A" but he was struggling on the "e" for such a long time. He wrote it so quickly and just as if he had been writing it all his life! I of couse had to whip out the camera and take a picture of my cuttie pie and his writing break-thru.
I think the thing that strikes me more than anything with Alec is is personality. The kid just does not quit!! Sometimes that is good, and of course sometimes it can be bad. Alec makes the absolute FUNNIEST faces I have ever seen and loves showing them off. He wears his emotions so clearly on his face that you almost always know exactly what he is thinking or what he is up to. At least with me, he can't get away with anything.
After much research and prayers we have decided to send Alec to St. Francis next year for school. We are currently filling out the applications and going through the process. How strange to think that he is in kindergarten next year! I need to take advantage of every moment I have the rest of this school year and summer to enjoy my big boy before he starts off on his official school journey. I am SO proud of him!!

Ashley at 4 months

Ok, so obviously my blogging two times a week in February has not happened. Oh well. When did life just get so darn busy? Was it with the addition of kid no. 3? Or is it just that I am so far behind on stuff on here that I don't want to get on and do current stuff because I have not put on old stuff...well, if that is the case (which I think it is) then I need to just get past it. I will update the old stuff when I get a chance but still put new blogs on. Might be confusing, but this is the only scrapbook my kids will ever have of their lives so I have to do SOMETHING!

Can you believe Ashley is 4 months old already? I seriously can't. I took her to her 4 month doctors visit and she weighs 13 pounds which put her in the 50th percentile. I forgot how long she was but she was in the 75th percentile for height. Again, tall like Mommy...I LOVE it! We did have one surprise at the doctor's visit...when I took her into her appointment I knew she had a cold but come to find out, she had a double ear infection! She was not quite her full on sweet self, but I never would have thought that she was in pain. She got her first dose of antibiatocs and did pretty well with them. We have a follow up appointment on Monday to check her ears and then if all is clear she gets her 4 month shots at that point. Poor girl is just being tortured!

Ash is getting quite a bit of new hair on her head and it is coming in very blonde. She did manage to roll over at some point in the last few weeks but has not done it again since. Makes sense considering how much she HATES being on her tummy. Why should she turn over again if she is going to be miserable? Smart girl!! :) Ash is such a happy little baby and loves more than about anything else watching her brothers. They give her SO much attention and she just eats it up.

One thing we were quite surprised to discover in these past few weeks is that Asher is a thumb sucker! I have never had one of those before! I knew she never really liked the binky but lately she has figured out how to soothe herself by sucking her thumb. It is too stinking adorable!! I know I might not think this when trying to get her to quit in 3 years or paying for her braces, but right now it is just the cutest thing.

I LOVE this picture. Big Ashley had this shirt made for her when I was pregnant. Don't know if you can see but the M & M has blonde hair. SO CUTE!!!

LOVE, LOVE, and MORE LOVE!!! These three kids are my heart!!

Little lady posing for her close up!

(disclaimer...spell check is not working on here, so now you know exactly how badly I spell. Sorry!)