Start of Fall - Josie 9 mo old

Well, we've started out Josie 9 mo. 'birthday' with a potential food allergy issue. There was some egg on a rag that she got ahold of in the kitchen ... she was fine after about 15 minutes, but sort of scary, none the less. Here is a pic of her bumpy/rashy face.


She's climbing and thinks she can do almost anything when it comes to getting to the places she isn't supposed to be :-) So far no major bumps, but a few minor ones that she seems to get over pretty quick.


Eating a meal of no baby food. Turkey, cheese, a few pieces of mac n cheese, grapes and then yogurt. She is really loving all foods (her brothers did too and then got picky)...TJ actually will eat almost anything now - eats school lunch everyday.


The boys got free Chiefs tickets for completing the Summer Reading program at the library - it was so cold the night we went, but we had fun.

Movin' on up ...

The boys are now in one room. We decided they needed a playroom again (since their sister took the original playroom). :-) They are bunked in Tyler's "blue" room with sports and dinosaur themed stuff. We have been fortunate with all the of the furniture in their rooms - it was all Tim and Dan's when they were the boys' ages. It will be a quiet place too, for homework, reading, etc and the 'green' room, which was TJ's room will have the TV, movies and ALL OF THE TOYS! Toys in ONE room - saaawwweeeeeett!!! I have yet to finish the playroom. We moved the beds today while Tim was on vacation for the rest of the week and we got all the new linens washed. I organized the books and still have get the drawing stuff all put where they have access to it. The OCD part of me that requires things have a home is kicking in overdrive.....At least they respect a clean room and value their belongings :-)

Josie !!

Trying out barrettes for the first time. They didn't stay so great, but with the CUBS outfit on that both TJ and Tyler wore - I thought the red barrette would girlify it :-)

She also rattles off "da da da da da" over and over and waves ... we think it might be an accident most of the time, but it is still awesome to see !!




Pink barrette - cutie girl !!

Some Summer Updates

The boys want to hold Josie and play - here is the result :-)




They want to help (most of the time) with things - like yardwork. Tyler is clearing the driveway...


TJ is raking the lawn.... since his dad doesn't mow often enough and we have PILES of grass leftover. :-(


AND.... If I am correct, TJ has lost 4 teeth this Summer - 6 total !! He starts 1st grade on Monday 8/17 !! Tyler starts Preschool on 9/8.

Josie Girl !

Josie girl is almost 8 months old. Where does the time go? We have been busy with Summer things and me looking for work (still) that I haven't taken a lot of pictures, so I sat her down today and did these. She's so funny! She LOVES that little pink elephant she got from one of my former co-workers, Kristina. She 'talks' to it and loves on it. So cute!

10 years !!!

On July 10th, Tim and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. He surprised me with some gorgeous orange roses. He told me I needed to make sure I was home for the exterminator to come after noon ... and ... instead the floral shop delivered these! So awesome !

Zoo Fun !

We tried out the Peoria Zoo (Glen Oak was renovated and now has a new name) ... it was good, some of the same stuff and then the new Africa exhibit. The kids enjoyed it for the most part, which was good! Josie is seen hanging out here in her stroller - she just hangs out when we go places, such a good little girl !! A few pictures too of the boys - they are so photogenic (not). The last one is us touching a snake they had on display.

Fun Times !!