Our Aweful Beautiful Life

Some days, are just epic. Like today. We should be all sunshine & smiles today, as its the last day of school and Colton's graduating Kindergarten and let's just hold hands and frolic through the soft summer grass.....right? WRONG. So. Apparently, I’m the worst Mom in the world, because I wouldn’t let Colton wear tall black socks  today with his kahki shorts & polo shirt for Kindergarten Graduation. In fact, I was quite ridiculous thinking he should wear his cute summer church shoes (the canvas like ones), because… 1.)    They are too big. "When I run, they don’t even stay on … see?!" (While showing me and sobbing, simultaneously….insert BIG dramatics here, to make sure that the shoe not only comes off, but flies across the room while running) 2.)    "They give me rashes, right here. They are way too big mom. You don’t even care!!" 3.)    I never, NEVER let him do anything he wants. I don’t care about him a...

It's hard to believe all that's really happened in the last 10 months. Let's recap a bit... - we welcomed Keaton into our family and became a family of 5 (this is where the chaos begins). - Emmalyn started her first year of Preschool at Chalmers Discovering H.A.N.D.S. - Colton started Kindergarten. - Emmalyn went on a field trip to the pumpkin patch. - We survived Colton's first parent teacher conference. - Jason turned 33. - Em did a fantastic job in her Christmas program at Preschool. - We took a much needed adult night get away to Indy as a Christmas gift to each other. - We returned to puking kids, and then puking adults. - We survived the worst winter we've had a in LONG time, including the polar vortex - Colton turned 6. - Keaton had a cold. For at least 3 straight months. - Keaton got 5 teeth. - Keaton started moving -- EVERYWHERE. - Colton started baseball. - Emmalyn had an Easter Party at school that I chaperoned. - We hosted Jason's f...

Keaton is growing by leaps and bounds and I'm doing an awful job (per typical 3rd child) of keeping track of all his milestones. He's been well on the move for awhile now, and will turn 10 months old on Monday. WHERE. HAS. THE. TIME. GONE!?! As with the other two -- we buzzed right through baby foods. They were good, but the fact that he couldn't do it himself didn't set well. So, we're on to table foods and LOVING it. Well, loving what he actually gets in his own mouth. I clean at least a 1/4 of a plate full out of his seat each evening. Regardless...he's a good eater. We raise them "thick" as my cousin might say. Anyway -- we did the initial spaghetti "have at it yourself" night recently, and well....it was....MESSY. But adorable. Only thing that could have been better....him falling asleep in his highchair in the middle of it all! Just getting started... We're having fun now! IT ATTACKED ME!!!!!! Loving watching th...