Party of Five

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

After School at the Park

(From September 25th)

Ty says "This way to the swings!"

Back to the swings!

Oops!

The outakes!

After the park we headed to Daddy's school for the Homecoming parade!

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Unfortunately, I am not very good about updating this blog anymore. I wish I could make the time to update with all of the crazy, funny, outrageous things that happen on a daily basis in this family, but sadly it will probably be limited to larger events and occasions (if that!) and just some random picture posts in mass every few months or after my Grandpa calls asking for the blog link because he got a new computer and lost it (that's what made me get on today!).

Right now...

Our baby boy is 15 months old already and a crazy monkey boy!

Our little girl is as sweet and sassy as always!

Our big boy is soooo smart and loving school (and bubble baths)!

Here is a quick update about Ty and some pics!

Ty has certainly mastered and surpassed all of the physical milestones at 15 months. This kid is running (as quickly as those legs and belly will go) and climbing...the climbing! Ugh! The good news though is that he gets it now. He knows he has to slide down the couches and stairs on his belly. He LOVES climbing onto the beds(he literally grabs on with all his little fingers might and pulls and pulls until he makes it up). The cutest part about that though is that he usually brings a book with him and curls up to read in the bed.

He loves balls and baskets of any sort! With Luke and Paige in soccer this fall, he has mastered kicking the soccer ball around too. He seriously is the best little dribbler. Everyone always got a good laugh watching him dribble the ball around while we were at soccer games & practices. He always has a bat and ball nearby and recently started going for the golf club too.

He is a boy of few words so far. He can say "all done" and "down" and a whole bunch of other stuff we don't understand. Here and there we hear "bye" and "hi", but nothing is very consistent. I used to worry about this stuff, but not anymore (not yet anyways). Paige was the same way. She turned 2 and started talking and hasn't stopped! He certainly is babbling a lot more these days so the words will come. He knows how to get what he needs/wants - pointing is his favorite! And he understands everything we say to him. Sadly, he has also learned the art of tantrums. He collapses to the ground quite often lately!

Some of his favorite things besides sports are: dancing (the cutest!), playing swords with Luke (yeah...ugh!), feeding Nala during mealtimes (not cool!), playing outside (obsessed!), napping (such a good boy!), brushing his teeth and taking a bath (he goes running to the bathroom when he hears those words!), turning the tv on and off while we are watching something (stinker!), cheering for the Cubs (seriously, he does!), emptying the cupboards in the kitchen (so messy!), reading books (he can't get enough these days!), making silly faces (he has the best expressions), and giving hugs and kisses (ok, maybe that's MY favorite!).

He truly is amazing! Life certainly got crazier when he came along, but I can't even imagine not having him around. He is loved so much by all of us and is just the cutest guy ever! That blond hair and those big green eyes melt me everyday!

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Family Pics 2015

We had family pictures planned for mid-July. I always try to plan the outfits way in advance so I'm not stressing the week of trying to get everyone coordinated, but not matchy. That's not an easy task with 5 people so I do a lot of consulting with my stylist (aka: I send pictures to Carly constantly).

So everything was ready to go and then...Ty got sick and we had him in the emergency room the Sunday before pictures planned for Thursday. I wasn't sure if he was going to be better or not (he was!) but then Paige spiked the super high fever on Wednesday. Do I just cancel? It's one of those things that you've been planning so long for and you just want to check off your list, but of course you want the pictures to be good and they cost a lot of money. And then there was rain in the forecast for Thursday so our photographer Gina and I were texting all day trying to determine if the weather was going to hold out and if Paige was up for it. We could have rescheduled, but we had Ty's party coming up and then we were going on vacation and Gina of course had her own schedule to work with so we went for it and hoped for the best (and gave Paige some Motrin before we left!).

So here are some of my favorites...I couldn't be happier! Of course there are things I wish I would have changed but that always happens (ie. those darn balloons!). Ultimately, this is our family of five as of July 2015.

(The pictures were taken in downtown Frankfort by Gina at Gina Cristine Photography.)