May, June, July, August, September....

Yup, it happened again...I fell behind. What can I say I have three kids under the age of 4. 

May 2012

May, was a big month for Bryce and I. We celebrate our birthday's together! I personal like it that way, I'm not much on being the center of attention...but boy he is! ;) 

For Bryce's 4th birthday we celebrated Lego style. He had a lego party with all of his friends. His party consisted of lego car races, lego cake pops, lego head pinata special made from daddy, and much more lego decor. It was another successful party for the books. 

June 2012

June was pretty low key month...summer is in full swing and it is too hot to do anything outside. We have been swimming A LOT! We have three different pools here in our neighborhood that we can swim at. We really too full advantage of that this summer. Both boys have learned out to swim without any type of flotation device. Which is a wonderful thing...but it's really hard on mama when we go to the pool without daddy. Isaac has no fear, so my eyes are on him the whole time. He will jump in without notice. Bryce, Isaac, and Brock enjoy the water very much and I am so glad we are able to take them swimming as much as we do! 

Mid June we took our first flight out to Texas with all the kids! Thank you spirit airlines for flying out of Phoenix now! Spirit airlines offers SUPER SUPER low airfare which makes it easy for us to fly to Texas and see the family without draining the bank account! Bryce has flown before, but was too little to remember, Isaac had never flown before...this was exciting for him. They were excellent on the plane to and from Texas! I am so thankful for that, because Daddy had to go home early, and that left mommy flying home with three little boys by myself. I will admit, I was a little worried but all three of them did GREAT, even with the airlines losing Bryce's car seat.

                                   

Brock and AK napping together. We are going to arrange their marriage for them...

The boys got to experience a true Texas rodeo for the first time. It was so much fun! We are so glad that Noni, Papi, and Uncle Brandon went with us to cheer on all three boys during the calf scramble. This is cousins Collin's first rodeo as well, he enjoyed every minute of it! I don't think his daddy liked the fact he came home with a cowboy hat. LOL  

 While in Texas were able to spend the night at Great Grandma Higgs house. The boys had a great time at her house. Bryce really took to her and was a cuddle bug! Thank you Grandma for being a part of their life! 

Nicole gave my boys thrill of a life time for a 2 and 4 year old. She took them all around the farm, let them play on tractors, picked veggies from the garden, she thought them how to shot a BB gun, and best of all Isaac got his first pair of cowboys boots from Zane. He wears them all the time and everyone is quick to comment on how cute that little boy is! Your the best friend anyone could have Love you so much! 

July 2012

All good things came to an end in Texas and we were back to the Arizona heat. It wasn't too long after being home from Texas we were able to escape to the cabin for cooler weather! We joined Grandma and Grandpa and some of their friends at the cabin for the 4th of July. It was a day filled with games, parades, and good food! Mom and Dad went home that evening, but the boys got to spend the week at the cabin with Grandma and Grandpa. Their week include fishing, hiking, riding the ski lift up to the top of San Francisco peaks, deer farm, and playing at the park. 

August 2012

August was such a bitter sweet month...Brock turned 1. It's so amazing to sit back and look at what he has been through in one year. He is grown so much and he is such an amazing kid! He has a very loving, easy going personality. Doesn't care for new people, but he is typically a very happy kid. For his birthday we celebrated Baseball style. It's hard to pick a birthday theme for a one year old. Bryan came up with the idea of baseballs, and it sounds great to me. This birthday party was just for family as Brock does not have any friends at this age. Noni was able to fly out and join us for this big day! 

While Noni was here for Brock's birthday we escaped the heat once again and went to the cabin. While at the cabin we went to Bearizona. We have been there once before, but I guess we went at the wrong time last time we went, because all the bears were sleeping and no where to be found. This trip they were out and lively. We had bears within reaching distances from the car. Of course our windows were closed, but it was amazing to see them so close. They had nine baby cubs at the walk through part, the boys really enjoyed seeing the baby bears up close. 

Noni taking care of sick Brock. This is actually the first time he has been sick since he was 6 months old. Allergies got the best of him. 

Below are some cute random pictures I thought I would share. 

 Brock at 8 months old! 

 So hard to get all three to smile and look at the camera at once! 

 Water ball Brock got for his birthday

 The boys and their cousins! They have so much fun together, so glad they are so close! 

Brock (1yr) and Lillian (6 months) LOL

September 2012

Wheww..I caught up. We are 1/2 through the month of September and we are working on planning ANOTHER birthday party. I wasn't thinking about the boys birthdays being so close together when we were planning to get pregnant. Poor planning on my part. Next year we have decided to have one HUGE party in July for all the kids, and then small family dinner on the day of their birthday. This will save mom a lot of stress, and work! I love having parties for the kids, and I think it is very special to them! 

So, Ike is having a pirate birthday party. He is very into pirates right now because of the show Jake in and the Neverland pirates. Grandma McGee has made both boys pirate outfits. It is going to be a fantastic birthday party! 

Today Bryce and Isaac had their first dentist appointments. The dentist was very pleased with the condition of the their teeth....which makes for one happy mama! About 4 months ago we stopped giving our kids juice, and junk food. We have been trying really hard to teach them healthy habits. I will say every now and then they do have juice and junk, but it is not offered in our house. After going to the dentist today I see it is paying off. 

Soccer

Soccer

Bryce kicked off the month of April with soccer. First game was last weekend, we had signed him up late so he missed the first practice...it was free for all on the first game. He wasn't sure if he was playing soccer or baseball.  We had our second practice tonight and Bryce did amazing! 

Moving, Bryan's 30th, Easter

After 6 months we finally moved into our new house. It took a little over six months from the point where we put in our offer. It was the longest 6 months, it was possibly the worst real estate transaction...we had a realtor who had no clue what she was doing with a short sale, and VA. We are so thankful that we are moved in and we actually got the house. There were many close calls, I think the house was suppose to go to auction 5 times, and a few of those times we came down to the hour of delaying the auction. After the home buying process and the move Bryan and I have decided to stay here for awhile. 

We love our new place...best thing of all Bryan is only 10 minutes from work. He was driving over 45 minutes one way without traffic! I am one happy mommy and wife to have my husband home before 630. I now have my own craft room...super excited about that, we have a huge garage for all of Bryan's car/yard/and junk. 

BIG HUGE thank you to Grandma, Grandpa McGee, Brian and Noni for all your help with the kids and moving during the move! We honestly could not of done with all the kids under our feet! 

(I will post pictures tomorrow of our house)

 living room

Kitchen

 Front formal living/dining

 From the front door

 Front door view

 From the butler pantry area

 Loft up stairs

 Isaac's room

 Isaac's room

 Boys bath up stairs

 Bryce's messy room

Brock's room
Pictures I was not able to get...down stairs room and bath, master bedroom

Keep your eyes out for a change of address in the mail. 

 For those of you who know Bryan and his cactus collection....he was a nightmare moving all his cactus from one house to another. We had a 26ft moving truck and the moving truck was 3/4 of the way full of cactus. It took 5 of us over an hour and 1/2 to unload all of his cactus. Would anyone like some cactus? I love my husband, and all of his cactus! 

Bryan celebrate a big mile stone this year...he turned 30! He is a pretty amazing 30 year old...he has accomplished so much in the last 10 years. I could not be more proud of him. For his birthday he bought himself a......new house. Just joking we moved on his birthday so we could count the house as his birthday gift. Noni, gave Bryan the best birthday gift he could of had after a weekend of moving! She watched all three kids while Bryan and I went out to dinner! Thank you so much Noni much needed break! 

Easter is getting better and better every year. Bryce was able to tell us the meaning of Easter, and say that he was thankful for his family. Him and Ike had many of races to eggs. I think they both came out pretty good on the amount of eggs. The only thing both boys wanted from the Easter bunny was oreo cookies...yes, the Easter bunny did come through. 

 All the kids walking down to the park for our egg hunt

 Noni helping with coloring these dino eggs. 

 Brock's 2 month old cousin...she is going to pass him in weight real soon. 

Yes, I'm a thumb sucker after 6 months.

Brock is 7 months old now, he is crawling all over the place and getting into everything. He is very easy going, Bryan and I always say that he worked all of his fussing out the first 5 months of his life. He is such a happy go lucky guy. He has been so happy since he has became mobile, he tries his best to keep up with big brother Bryce and Isaac. Him and Isaac have a special bond, every morning Isaac gives Brock hugs and kisses. Brock and Isaac are always smiling and playing with each other. Bryce really doesn't care much about Brock right now, I'm sure that will change once he starts walking. We call him our itty bitty, because he is so tiny...he weight in at 16lbs (with a wet diaper) at his 6 1/2 month check up. He now has 2 teeth and is eating table food, but him and mommy still enjoy our quality time breastfeeding. 

 Big Brothers! 

 We had to fix the bath tubs so our kids were taking baths in the sink for the first week here. 

 This is one cool dude! 

Wiped out!