I don't REALLY want to talk about it ...

But denial isn't going to slow it down any ... I know.

Cohen is now 9 months old. He went to the Dr on Thursday for his 9 month well visit. He weighs 22.3 lbs and is 30.5 inches long. He's a BIG boy, but he's healthy and GREAT! And he didn't even cry when he got his shot. He didn't even notice!!

Here are some shots that Natalie took last week. If you aren't just a freaky stalker and you'd like to see the rest, send me an email or leave me a comment and I'll email you the link :)

The moments I live for ...

Earlier this week, there was a tiny bit of snow on the ground when the kids and I rolled out of bed in the morning.

I told Cameron to peek out the window and see what there was. When I walked around the corner I see him holding the baby up to the window. And in the most loving voice he says "look buddy, it's your first Christmas!" It was SO sweet!!!

Of course, Cohen likes the snow just as much as they do. So, when Cameron went out to get a bowl full to play with/eat, he was happy to share with his brother. He's one of them :)''

Little secrets...

I'm wondering HOW on earth moms got ready before soaking tubs ... oh, you're telling me that I could get up at 5:30 and get ready before they even wake up??? But why? When I can catch a few more ZZZs and then they can enjoy some fun in the tub while I get ready!

Happy Birthday TO YOU...Until next year :)

So - we are done celebrating the kids birthdays. Saturday we had the family over and it was such a great day.

Cohen even got involved with blowing out the candles. Kennedy wouldn't do hers alone - she asked for Carly's help :)

Austin and his sister compared bellies ... we are SO excited to find out what she's having at her shower in January. Although ... I'm hosting the shower, so I ALREADY KNOW ;) What's your guess?!


Then we opened presents. Kennedy chose to open hers in her new winter coat?!

Cameron was SO excited for his Pokemon cards!

Kennedy and her best friend Carly had a GREAT time playing dress up!

The whole family enjoyed Dart Tag!!! All of the guys got involved. Thanks Janie :)

Distracted ...

So ... I should be posting about the birthday party for Cameron and Kennedy yesterday - but I'm distracted by this adorable little guy that can't get enough pulling himself up on the tables (pulling off bowls of decorative pumpkins as we speak ... and shooing Austin's hand off of him). He's just grown SO much in the past few weeks.

He is now saying HIIIII when he waves. He is starting to make kissing noises when you kiss him. And currently he is scrunching up his nose and laughing his butt off at Austin as he tries to correct him. He looks at me and smiles to make sure that I think he's ABSOLUTELY adorable and then he does it again and looks at Austin. My gosh he's cute.

I'm not sure when they're supposed to figure these things out ... but he LOVES this ball toy. He puts the ball in it over and over and over. He giggles when it comes back out the other side. And then he does it again. He's just so cute ... Remind me that when he's up at 3, 4 and 5 tomorrow morning ;)

Cameron's birthday ...

We are STILL celebrating birthdays ... we started two weeks ago and we'll be complete this Saturday when the family comes for dinner...


Monday was Cam's special day. We started out by giving him a Star Wars ship that he LOVED. And so does his daddy and brother :) Then he had a playdate at our house with his buddies Noah and Josh.


That night we went to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate Cam's birthday and Kennedy's too. This has become a tradition for us. I think Daddy enjoyed it as much as the kids :)




We did get a cute shot with Chucky!!!



As we were walking out of Chuck E Cheese - Cameron says "we forgot to sing happy birthday". CRAP, we did!! So, we say we will when we get home, how about a cupcake?? Or ice cream?? No - he wants cake. Now, remember we didn't eat A BIT of Kennedy's ... so ... when we got home, we made do with a chocolate chip cookie :)

Football Finale ...

Sunday was Cameron's last flag football game. He had such a good time playing, we'll surely sign him up next year!

This is how Cohen spent a lot of the games ...

This is how Kennedy spent her time ...


Cameron had a ball! And he LOVES his trophies!!!

Trick or Treat!

Right smack dab in the middle of the birthdays - we celebrate Halloween. And more importantly to the kids, Trick-or-Treat!!!

We carved an Ariel pumpkin and a Boba Fett pumpkin.

We went trick-or-treating with McKenna and Bryant...some of our best buds!


Kennedy was the cutest blaster carrying Cinderella :)

Cohen looked SO cute in the lion costume that Cam wore for his first Halloween. Although it was SMALL on him and Cameron wore it 4 days before he turned one! Cohen did try to sleep thru the whole thing ... but when we got home, he saw that there was CANDY. He enjoyed his first sucker...he LOVED it. And then he was surely on a high!!!

Preschool memories ...

Kennedy had her first preschool party last week. She was SO cute. She sang all of the little pumpkin songs and her little friend, Lydia, had the same costume. They were adorable!!

Kennedy's Birthday ...

She had a GREAT day ...

We started off at the Columbus Science Center (COSI)...then we had pizza...and we finished by carving pumpkins!! Daddy picked up a cake on his way home from work - which we didn't eat a bit of ... but at least we got to sing and blow out candles!!!

There are many mornings that I ask her what she wants for breakfast and her response is "macaroni" ... she's going to turn into macaroni and cheese this girl. Well, on her birthday, I asked her what she wanted - since it was her special day. She chose macaroni - so that's what she got!!!

And ... HE'S OFF!!!

Cohen is officially mobile. He's a crawling mad-man. It may have taken him a little longer to get to this point than his brother and sister, but you wouldn't know it to see him now.

I caught some of his first movements when we were at COSI last week. He was crawling to get to a toy - once he got there, he pulled it right down on his forehead. OUCH that hurt his ego!

He's also started to wave AND clap. He's getting SO big!!!

Happy Birthday Cameron-boy ...

Not sure why I call him Cameron-boy. But I always have. I've got to stop having kids all at the same time, it's depressing when they all get big at once!

SIX years ... my gosh, I'm not old enough to have a six year old, am I? Where did the time go???