My stunt man?

I am dreading my Lincoln waking up from his nap. He is a holy terror. I am out of energy today. I spend all of his waking hours keeping him alive. It is getting old. I often wonder if he really does have a death wish. Is this just the beginning of his life as a stunt man? Random thoughts from one tired Mama.

Brighton is 14!!!

So again I am late posting a birthday. I am really sucking at this.

Brighton H. Gunderbuns is 14 and I can not believe it.  It is hard to imagine that I have been a mother for 14 years.  I still feel 21 most of the time.  Ok enough about me.....On to the girl who rules our home.

Brighton rocks! Seriously she is a great kid and a joy to be around. Most of the time. She has her teenage moments.  I have wanted to beat a few kids this year, mainly large teenage boys who like and then don't like my beautiful daughter.  If this is just the beginning of teenage love I think I will quit now.  Not fun for Mom.  But Brighton is having fun.  She has a ton of cute friends and lots of cute boy friends too.  They spend most weekends at the movies and we Moms get to play chauffeur.  Brighton is as always an awesome big sister.  It kills me to know (from personal experience) that the kids wont remember much of her living here.  She is so good to them.  Boston snuggled with her today for over an hour while they watched a movie.  It was so sweet I told her to forget her chores for now and just enjoy the moment.  I certainly did.  Avery loves when B wants to paint her nails or put make up on her.  They have a blast being girlie.  Lincoln follows her around in the kitchen and tortures her while she unloads the dishwasher everyday.  It is maddening for her but a little fun for me to watch.  I can see what a great mother she will be about 15 years from now.  I love to hang out with B anytime we can sneak away.  We can usually find an excuse to get out and get to the mall.  Shopping with B is not very fun, she is still very picky but it is the only alone time we get so I will take it.
Brighton's favorites right now....I am guessing on a few of these.  I am sure tomorrow she will correct me.
Color: Grey
Food: Hot wings with lots of Blue cheese dressing
Candy/Treat: Amy's bunny mix she is a salty girl
Book: Hunger games??
Animal: Tiger??
Movie: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Sport: Basketball, tha'ts what all the cute boys play
Holiday: Halloween
Special Talents: Looking cute :)
Hobbies: texting, texting, texting
I love ya so much Brighton!  You are a wonderful young woman and I am so proud of you!

Boston is 5

I am a few weeks late due to some computer issues, but BOSTON turned 5!  I can't believe my baby boy is 5.  I feel like he was turning 1 five minutes ago.  But alas he is growing like a weed.  Boston is the sweetest kid I know.  He is always very concerned about his siblings  and wants everyone to be happy.  Especially Avery. I am so happy to say they are still the best of friends and it melts my heart everyday how kind and nice they are to each other.  Boston is still obsessed with Dinosaurs.  And I thought it was a phase. Boy was I wrong.  He will happily tell you all there is to know about them and wants to watch every dino documentary he can find on Netflix.  He also will tell you that he wants to be a paleontologist when he grows up and knows just what that job is and cant wait to do it.  Boston loves school and is learning a lot very quickly.  He loves to write his name and any other word he can see.  He also likes to write letters in the air as he sees them.  Boston is always asking questions about words and numbers.  The math he is doing at preschool is not challenging enough for him so we have been working on it at home and he is so smart and so eager to do more.  Right now we are working on addition and he is doing great.  It is so fun to be able to teach him.
Here are a few of Boston's favorites:
Color: Blue
Food: Meat of any kind
Candy/Treat: Chocolate
Book: Dinosaur Facts
Animal: Tyrannosaurus
Movie: Land Before Time
Sport: Football
Holiday: Christmas
Special Talents: Dino impersonations
Hobbies: Lining up all of his Dinosaurs and creating "set ups" of them.
Boston is such a great kid we are so blessed to have him in our home.  I love ya little man!!

 Best Buddies!

Happy Birthday Dean!!!

Today is Dean's 34th birthday!  I can't believe he is sooo old.  Ha ha ha ha.  It's just means we are both getting old.  Dean is the most fabulous husband in the entire world.  He works 2 jobs, at least 60-70 hours per week so I can stay home and raise our children.  His hard work is paying off, our kids are happy, healthy, smart, and a blast to be around.  Way to go DAD!
The other passion in Dean's life right now is his blog. brassmonkeyshow.com  I may cringe at times and remind him that our mothers are reading it.  But I admire that he puts up what he wants and has little thought for who may or may not like it.  It is his and I am proud of him for all of the fun/crazy/beautiful things he writes.  Dean is so talented. I love that the world finally gets to be in on what I already knew.

I never believed in Soul Mates until I met Dean.  From the moment we met I knew something amazing was about to happen.  I know now that during the years of waiting and wanting a partner, Heavenly Father had been preparing Dean and I to meet.  When we met we were both ready to be together and continue this journey together.  A dear friend of mine recently told me that I was the happiest married person she knew.  I attribute that to Dean.  He is the most wonderful, kind, sweet, loving, putting up with my PMS, pregnancies, baby blues, and "issues" kind of fantastic hunk of hot man I know!  I am privileged to be his wife.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the man of my dreams, then and now!!
Love ya babe!

Disneyland was AWESOME!!!

We had so much fun and it was worth all the saving and waiting.  We decided to leave Lincoln home with Grandma Ross and I wasn't thrilled with the idea.  But it was a great idea.  It was so nice to be able to do whatever we wanted and not worry about naps or a grumpy baby.  We drove to Cali and it was a nice pleasent drive.  We drove all night to get there and it was hard on the parents but great for the kids.  The first day (Tuesday) was spent sleeping and hanging out at the pool.  Wednesday Deans parents flew in and the Disneyland fun started.  We went 4 days in a row.  A lot I know but we still didn't get it all done.  Boston loved the Jedi training experience and the Matterhorn.  He was so serious when he was picked to fight Vader it was awesome!  Avery and I waited 2 hours to see the princesses and Rapunzel.  She was in heaven and happy to wait.  Avery loved the teacups and made us ride them a few times.  I do not love the teacups.  Brighton was happy to have Erin (Dean's sister) there to go on rides with.  They left us a few times and had fun.  Brighton loved Indiana Jones and Space Mountain.  Dean loved Toy Story and Buzz Light year.  He was thrilled to have the highest scores.  Of course he took Boston on Star tours a few times.  I was just loving it all.  The kids got a long great, my in laws are awesome, we enjoyed every little moment.  I cant wait to go back in a few years and take Lincoln.  The kids will be older and able to go on more rides and it will all be new again.  Here are a few pics. :)

The Little Blue House Preschool

Oh say it isn't so!  Boston has left me and gone to preschool.  We found a cute school taught by a girl Dean went to high school with and Boston is loving it.  I however am not loving it.  I cried when we took him to register, went school clothes shopping and the first day.  His poor teacher assured me he would be ok, and I replied that I knew he would be great. I was the one who didn't know what to do with myself without him. It is such a big step to let your baby go on to school.  Now his days will be filled with more than just me and the kids.  Teachers, friends, play dates, and even girls will start to take over.  I am sad that I wont be his whole world cause for so long he has been my whole world.  He loves it though.  Every day he jumps in the van and tells me all about school.  Avery is so jealous that she tries to get mad and not listen.  So life moves on so fast I cant believe it.  At least I still have Avery and Lincoln 24/7!  ;)

Stinkin' Lincoln is 1!!

I cant believe it has been a year since our sweet baby boy joined our family.  A year ago I was in some pretty gnarly (unmedicated) labor with this kid and he has made every pain I went through totally worth it.  Lincoln is the happiest kid in our family.  I am asked all the time if he really is happy allll the time and well he is.  He is sweet and easy going 24/7.  The perfect caboose for our family.  Heavenly Father certainly blessed us with his sweet, happy, and loving spirit in our home. 
Lincoln loves to grab any remote he can get his hands on right now.  He is really fast and knows exactly how to change channels.  Which he points it at the TV and tries to do before you can grab it away from him.  It is co cute yet so annoying.  I can always count on him to give me "love loves"  that is when he puts his arms to his side and puts his head on my shoulder.  I love it!  And tonight I got my first deliberate kiss from him.  It was so cute.  Anytime a door is open to the outside he is heading for it.  He loves to play outside and get away from me as fast as he can.  Lincoln has no fear, which makes me nervous.  His poor little head is always bruised and bumped.  He will run anywhere, roll off of any couch or bed, and is great at falling into things.  Just yesterday he fell and split his top lip open so bad it has been swollen for 2 days now.  He looks a little like Homer Simpson with the huge top lip.  Poor kid, it only slows him down for a second then he is off again.  Boston and Avery love to pick him up and try to carry him.  This never turns out well and as soon as they come for him, he starts running away and yelling "no, no, no" to them.  Boston is the worst at this and i am always telling him to stop it.  I know it is because he loves him so much and just wants to squeeze him.  Avery is only about 5 lbs heavier than Lincoln so she usually just grabs him by his collar and makes him sit and play with her.  He doesn't really like that either.  Brighton and Lincoln are both born on the 21st day of a month and share a sweet bond because of that.  She loves him so much and he loves her right back.  Brighton is so good with him and such a good help to me.  Although I think she puts diapers on him terribly so I wont ask her to do it as often.  Sound about par for the course with a 13yr old.  Lincoln also loves his daddy.. Every morning when Dean comes down to leave for work Lincoln starts waving and runs to the door to give dad a leg squeeze before he leaves.  Then he turns around and starts right back with whatever he left doing.  Lincoln also waves at everyone he sees.  Today we went to the zoo and i am pretty sure his arm got tired form waving at all the kids he saw.  Man do I love this kid!  He is such an angel. Happy Birthday sweet boy!  I love you!!