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Sunday, March 18, 2018

October 2015

That face :)
 I always feel bad having to wake this sweet boy up when it is time to go and get his big brothers from school. 
 Love him!
 Brothers on bikes :) 
 Aiden and I practicing speech in front of the mirror :)
 Dillan :)
 Walt was making one of his regular Home Depot runs and this happened. The boys got to see a helicopter land and actually sit in it! They had hot dogs and there was all sorts of stuff going on! Needless to say Jackson and Dillan had a blast!
 Hanging out with James
 Hudson snuggling with Nonni

 I got to go with Jackson on his field trip to the pumpkin patch.


 Aiden :)

September 2015

Hanging out in the "sunroom"

 Aiden is in the squinty smile phase whenever you ask him to smile for a picture...happy to catch his natural sweet smile :)
 All 4 boys are hard at work...Jackson is in the background raking.
 Working in the yard can make you dirty :)
 Went to the nature museum



 Went to Matthews Alive



 Walt has a "helper"
 Labor Day parade - I almost can't handle the cuteness :)
 My boys :)
  
  Jackson stayed home because he woke up with a cough and a runny nose and I wanted to make sure it didn't turn into something more. I think he is ok :) He is such a great big brother!
Somebody was proud of the frog they made at wee school.
Spirit Day at Jackson's school so Dillan wanted to wear his shirt, too. Too bad Jackson is running fever and had to stay home.
I came downstairs and this guy was folding the laundry :) Love him :) 
I have some fierce guys over here :)
Quite possibly my fiercest "fighter"! Walt wants me to stop dressing Hudson in "baby" clothes...by the looks of it...so does Hudson :) He can definitely hold his own...don't let the onesie fool you :)
Per the new guidelines, I am trying to keep Hudson rear facing as long as I can even though all of my others were turned around at 1. Today after we dropped everybody off, I let him sit in Aiden's seat on the way home because he was done being in the car. I think he liked it :)
It has been hard letting my baby go to kindergarten but it helps that he is ready and is having a good experience. Today when I dropped him off, he turned around and did the "I love you" sign in sign language and blew me a kiss! Talk about melting this mother's heart! Love him so much!
My new world...I literally walked away for 30 seconds and came back and found this :)
On Thursday mornings these 3 spend a little time in the car after we drop off Jackson at school and before speech therapy at 8:30. We are still trying to get in the groove and I refuse to wake them up if I don't have to. So we didn't have time to brush teeth or fix hair....guess I need to start bringing that stuff in the car :)
Where to start :) 1) Hudson's fashion sense - belt over diaper 2) the fact that Hudson is so proud that he picked the zebra up and put it on the fireplace ledge and was riding along the ledge 3) why is there no tile on the fireplace...not sure...it was like that when we bought the house and we have not done anything about it :) He definitely keeps us on our toes! Love him!
It is so funny to me that THIS is the room they like hanging out in...no a/c or heat...a leaky roof...and a hole in the carpet where a hot tub used to be :)
This guy is such a trooper! I got him out of bed this morning to take Jackson to school, came home for about 40 minutes and got back in the car to take Dillan and Aiden, had a couple of drive through errands, literally took him from the car seat to his bed for his morning nap, and then woke him up from his morning nap to go and get his brothers. And this is still the smile I get! Love him so much!
Clearly we need to work on our table manners :)
In hindsight, maybe we should not have let the boys watch American Ninja warrior...I have a feeling our injuries are about to increase. Here is Jackson trying to jump from the top of one cubby car to the other...at least he has his helmet on. Thankfully his ninja efforts today at recess only required a small bandaid :)

August 2015

These pictures are a little out of order because they are from 2 different cameras
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Jackson had a kindergarten lemonade party. I got a babysitter so that I could take him but he said he would rather go with his Daddy :( It made me a little sad but I knew having all boys that as they got older they would prefer doing things with their Daddy. So thankful I have a husband that would take off work to go with him and very thankful that currently I am still a close 2nd to Daddy...cherishing every moment! Love him so much!


Hudson
Playing in the puddles

Nonni and Papa came for a visit

Jackson was a little nervous for kindergarten evaluation day...having Papa come with us was a good distraction for BOTH of us. First real day of school is a few days after the evaluation day. I am so not ready for my baby to start kindergarten!


Preschool orientation day. Had a hard time getting a picture of these two...this was the best we could do. Dillan was very nervous and had a hard time being dropped off but ended up doing great. Aiden happily walked in and never looked back :)




Jackson's open house - he got to see his classroom, meet his teacher, etc.
Jackson's first REAL day of kindergarten. Walt was able to come with us so I got a picture of my #1 and #2 boys. This day will not go by fast enough...


Dillan
 Hudson

 Jackson
 Hudson eating a popsicle...he is a fan!

 Aiden :)
 Hudson...where are your clothes? Daddy must have been in charge :)
 Potty training = only underwear
 Jackson wearing one of Walt's old jerseys...just a little too big :)

  The boys use every square inch of our house...even the questionable "sunroom" :)
 Love this cutie pie :) Hudson :)

 Water fun
 Hudson and Nonni at the play space at the mall
 Hudson playing with Papa 
 Hudson's face....I wish I remembered what he was looking at :) 
 Just a little cleaning...
  Sometimes spoons are overrated :) 
 Walt and the boys did a fun run. It was a little bright outside.

 The boys had fun playing after the fun run

 Walt won first place in his division. The boys liked holding the award...especially Dillan :)
 Jackson helped a neighbor move some wood and he earned his first dollar :)
 I went to the bathroom and THIS happened...and Hudson is trying to make a getaway :)
 So glad to have him home! We had a rocky drop off that I can only describe as heart wrenching...so thankful for all the people that prayed for both Jackson and I. He says he had a good day and that he made some new friends. Today was the first day that he was dropped off at carpool instead of me walking him in and I had tried to prepare him for it and thought that I had, but when those doors opened for him to get out...he started crying and said he didn't want to go. The helpers had to come and get him...it was horrible!

 Jackson wanted to take a picture of me so that I could print it out for him to take to school :)