Lost Marines

We lost Marines today and although no it was not Ben this time one of the men who was hurt is now in the hospital in stable condition in icu. He has been sadated and probably has a long road ahead of him. Although i will not write everything i know or have heard know this his wife and children are such good people and it has broken my heart that this has happen to them. I pray that he recovers fast and not only his body but his mind heals. This is a part of the war that not everyone sees first hand but i can say it was one of the hardest bits of news i have heard because she has been one of the sweetest people i have met in my life and my heart aches for her. I ask that you pray for her and her husband and their children.

We have a date

Just a small update to everyone Ben is coming home i can not post dates for saftey of our Marines coming home but stay tuned i will post pictures of him hugging all our little babies!

Splinters

I had to pull over 20 splinters out of my childs hand tonight are you kidding how does Alyssa do the things she does only her. Poor baby she did good though she sat there the whole time with out crying !!!

Walking

Mason has been walking for a little while now but is getting better every day. I finally caught him in a couple of pictures enjoy!!

Now the baby

Well it happened he is now full blown sick. Poor thing he always gets it a lot worse than us. We had to take him in last night and we are back to 6 breathing treatments a day and he is on steroid's which he does not like at all. Poor little bugger i pray that the meds work and he recovers fast. I will put a couple pictures up a little later.

Lots of sick

Yes again we have a sick baby please God we need a break from our Reagan baby catching stuff. She has been sick a couple of days now and now spread it over to mommy fingers crossed. Baby love does not get it and Alyssa stays well to two of us is all mommy can do.
In other news daddy is getting closer to being home again so pray there is no delays for us we want him home on time.
I will post a couple of pictures later today for everyone.

Flowers

Just wanted to share a picture of the flowers Ben sent me

Daddy Chains

Me and the girls the other night made daddy chains. Every morning when they get up they get to tear one off when they are all gone its time for daddy to be home. They love them and had so much fun making them.

Mommy please

Are you kidding me i was asleep do you do this all the time mom!!

7 years

Yesterday was our seven year wedding anniversary. I hate that Ben was not able to be here but that is the life of the Marine Corps. and the fun it brings. It is hard to believe that we have been married for seven years. It was came with many blessings like my three little angels he gave me. And how blessed am i that i have such a good friend as my husband. I love him and could not have asked for a better man to be in my life.

First day of Kindergarten

Oh yeah our first one in school. She loved her first day and we love her new teacher.

Our day

We have a swimmer

So we go to the pool almost every day now and love it. Well today i thought lets have Alyssa try to swim with out floats you know just to see. Well she can swim and really good we worked on it for like 30 minutes and she had it down. So when we got out to go to the bathroom i thought lets really test it so i had her just jump in the deep end with me well she came right up and swam to the stairs. I am so proud of her learning to swim and going to kindergarten all in the same couple of weeks she is to big. And just to give kudos to Reagan all day just one little accident in her panties maybe just maybe we will win the potty war too.

Ha ha

This is what happens when you think everything will be fine if Mason stays in his room with his sister playing so you can go potty and put some chicken in the oven

New and some not so new things

I thought i would write a little about the kiddos and some new things they are doing and starting to do.
Alyssa is just as she has always been she has a reason for everything and i mean everything. She always feels the need to tell me the reason of why she does what she does like i eat hot dogs because they are my favorite or i pushed my sister because she made me mad. I wonder sometimes if she does this because i ask her when she does things she is not supposed to do why she did them? She is growing so much and really becoming a big girl she loves to help with Mason and she has been a big help to me since Ben has been gone. It is sad how fast they do grow. She will start kindergarten this year well in one week and she can not wait for it. I love that she loves to go to school i hope that, that love will continue for her i never enjoyed it and probably never will.
Reagan has changed in a lot of ways one being her talking and i mean all of the sudden her talking. She amazes me what she will say now when just one year ago it was just mama and maybe one or two more words. We are so blessed that her speech has changed everything for her. I can not imagine what it must feel like to now be able to talk to everyone now. The gifts that everyone can take for granted. Oh and if you are a parent of little one you will understand this one she can now buckle her self in her car seat i know this will sound lazy to some but come on i have three of them it is a big thing to me when they learn how to do this. We are working on potty training i really do believe i have been blessed with the most stubborn kids when it comes to potty training are you kidding me just please use the potty it would make mommy so happy. She has been doing other things like coloring in the lines and she is now trying to write her own name just like sissy as she will say.
And now for Mason as you know so many more new things than his sisters lately. First we now have a second tooth yay right considering he will not take a bottle for me still this should get fun right. He loves to play in his room i set it up with all the baby toys and well he just thinks that he is big stuff now. He can stand alone now yay again because we all know what is going to come next walking are you kidding me you would think i am ready or maybe even a pro because he is my third but no i dread it. All the things that will have to be put away little toys crayons pens markers oh i need to stop. And then there is his laugh which he loves to use on me he loves to use it when he will not do what i am trying to get he to do it could be as simple as him just sitting or taking a bite of food. Maybe he just likes to see me smile just as much as i like to hear him laugh. And let me say everyone told me about the mamma's and little boys thing well i understand lets just say he melts my heart and no i am not saying the girls don't but i love my little man.
And as for me well i did something i never thought i would do i decided to drive across the states 4300 hundred miles in all me driving the whole time with 5 kids a friend oh yeah and a dog and well i am proud of my self. I now am not afraid to go out to eat with all three of my kiddos by my self. I will go in a store now with all loose of course only quick trips. Well that is it for my thoughts tonight.

Bye Bye and a wave

Just had to share that last night Mason was sitting in his chair in Sarah's house and all the sudden he just waved and said bye bye. I love it they are so amazing to me. I know everyone is probbley thinking it was just a wave but it was as if some told me i won the lottery it is the best when they do something new.

First tooth

It has been a while since i have gave any updates but we have been out of town to see my sister get married. We had a good time as always it just seems like there is never enough time to be home with the family.
Some fun news from Mason he has cut his first tooth learned to pull up oh yeah and stand alone he is growing to fast. Before i know it he will be walking why can they not just be a baby for ever. Here are a couple of pictures from Mandi's wedding enjoy!

Sorry so long

It has been a couple crazy weeks around here. I have been working like crazy on our back yard. I have been mowing, using the weed eater, re-seeding where the dog has torn it up. This dog loves to dig holes and it drives me crazy. I got the kids pool up out there now and fixed it to where the dog can not get to them and they can play it is looking nice.

My parents also came out to spend some time with us and it has been nice having them here this week. It is nice to have someone to talk to at night for once. With them here i got to go shopping and get some new clothes that fit me oh yeah and try them on with out three kiddos in the dressing room with me which in my book is the best thing in the world.

Ben is doing good still i get to hear from him every couple of days. He is bored which like i have said before is a good thing. We miss him like crazy around here it is just not the same with out Daddy. We pray for his safety every day and all of our service members who are over there fighting every day and missing their family's too. Ben joining the Marine Corps has really softened my heart for what our military family's go through for us every day. These men and women should be thanked every time we see them for their sacrifices it must be so hard for them to be away for their family.

Poor poor Reagan

This poor child just needs a break first the goose egg from falling off the couch and then she gets really sick on her birthday and now this. She was outside with mommy and i was playing with Molly and Reagan moved in front of the dog as she was running and got knocked down bad. She got her very first concrete rash on her face poor baby she just needs a break. But i have to say she is a trooper she stopped crying really quick and i know it had to hurt.

Mason's new friend

Mason got a new teething toy today and he loves it. He played with it from the time we got home to the time i put him to bed. He really is growing so fast i feel like sometimes i just had him and brought him home. But now my baby is teething and crawling and i can see his little mind wanting to do so much more.

Crawling

Kinda sorta well he gets on all fours and throws his self forward to cute. I am going to try my best to post the video that i got of it. Third kiddo and still just as amazing as seeing Alyssa crawl for the first time. I really do love being a mommy i am blessed for what God has given me.
Update on Ben he is still very bored which is a good thing to be bored over there he is doing well and me and him are just ready for him to be home. We really do miss him so much.

6 month doctor visit

So here are the stats weight 18.9 pounds, head cir 44cm, height 27 inches. He is a big boy but what do i really think my babies are going to be with their daddy being as tall as he is.No six month shots today he has a cold so i have to up the breathing treatments and poor thing he is really starting to fight with me lately when i give them to him. Here are a couple of cute faces when he got to try cereal for the first time our first solids.

Happy Birthday sweet angel

I can not believe my baby girl is three. Poor thing has been so sick with a ER visit yesterday and still having a hard time today no birthday cake. She started eating solids again today so she had a peanut butter sandwich for her cake and the poor baby was so happy about it she kept saying yum momma yum. She really has grown so much this year in so many ways but the biggest is speech i can not even put into words how sweet it is to her talking to me thank goodness for speech therapy and what it has done for her. They really do grow up so fast i wish i could just pause time sometimes. Here are some pictures of her blowing out candles on her sandwich

Poor Reagan

Have i ever wrote about how much i hate when my babies are sick well i do i hate hate hate it. It is not so much having to clean it up I'm on my third I'm over that. It is the fact that i live in fear of the others or me getting sick and with daddy gone right now does not make it any easier for me. Pray that she is better in the morning so the poor baby can have some birthday cake on Sunday 3 years old I can not believe it.

My big boy seat

Mason got to sit in his big boy chair at the table tonight. He loved sitting at the table with us. I really think he is ready to try out some cereal.

Congrats for your first season of soccer baby girl

Bath Time

Mason has already gotten very used to getting his picture taken can you tell by the look on his face.

Preschool Grad

I am so proud of our big girl Alyssa she graduated preschool today now off to kindergarten i can not believe it she has grown so fast. Time moves so fast i have a 5 year old , 2 year old, and 5 month old it is crazy. Soon Reagan will be going to school too. Alyssa has really grown so much this year and learned so much and really grown to love going to school. She has had loving and understanding teachers and we thank goodness for that it is hard being the child of a daddy that is deployed and i am so proud of the way she has dealt with it.

goose egg

So another fun day for me. Reagan ran across the couch today and fell off and landed right on her head. Well we spent the day in the emergency room getting xrays of her noggin. Lets just say after Alyssa waking me up at 3Am and Mason waking up at 645Am to nurse i am one tired momma. Reagan was fine no cracked scull i always knew she had a hard head but better to be safe than sorry right?

I have a surprise for you

Tuesday when i went to pick Alyssa up from school she kept saying i have a surprise for you mommy. Well not long after that i saw Roley Polly's coming out of her pocket and asked her is that your surprise. No mommy she said i can not tell you it is a surprise well today when i went to pick her up i got my surprise she had planted me a flower she was so proud of herself. I loved it and it now has a home on my window seal.

Walking Backwards

I pulled out the girls walker not everything has made it to the third kiddo but this was one of those things that really did not cost a lot and we are getting our money out of it. Mason loved it but it is funny to me that they all start off walking backwards in them. He was so proud of himself. I love getting to stay home with my kids and watch them grow. I am truly blessed that Ben gave me this gift.

Crib

I know i need to and it is for the best but come on i don't know if i can handle this.
Mason really is a happy little boy and he really never cries a lot but the second i sit him in his crib this is what i get.

Doctors

It seems like all we do is go to doctor it is always something. Mason went in today to do a recheck on his skin and the doctor said he looked a lot better. I say cloth diapers have helped a lot but we are also trying other things like only bathing every other day with oatmeal bath. Anyways we also got a weigh in while we where there 5 months old and he already weighs 18 pounds I can not believe it he weighs half of what his 5 year old sister weighs what a big boy.

I Love my boy

Just wanted to share a picture of my happy happy little boy.

Something New

So i decided to try something new by using cloth diapers. I have always wanted to but for different reasons never did. But this last week on earth day i went out and got a starter kit of gDiapers and i love it. I am not using the disposable ones that come with it I am using cloth in its place so far its going well not as messy as I thought it would be. We are going to try this year to do our best at being the best we can to our earth by recycling and trying to e less waste full.

Been a long time