my sisters

these are some pics my mom took of myself and my sisters. i had some fun with them and thought i would share them with everyone.


 

sisters

in case anyone wants to know what my sisters look like, we took some pics while we were all together. see how beautiful they are? sarah is on the left wearing black. she is 30. eliza is on the right in beige. she is 26. i'm the fat one in the middle and i'm 28. haha! 

baby's first b-day

for the baby's first birthday we shared it with his cousing, olivia, who also turned one and with his papa who turned 55 on 23sept. if you can tell at all from the pics my son would NOT jump in the cake! he would just touch it with his index finger on his right hand to get a feel. olivia dove in and had it everywhere. but for some reason my son was very neat and wouldnt make a mess. i wonder where he gets that from? definitely NOT his father. haha! he got a pull-along caterpillar and a v-teck book and backyardigins 'dinnerware' from his gramma and papa. he got clothes from his aunt sarah and a cute squishy monkey and a puppy book, too. i think you can see it in one of the pics. i got him a train and a really cool musical stacking tower with rings that light up. we had so much fun that day. my two sisters made the cake for the babies. and we had lotsa good food. oh i forgot to mention grammy also bought lil kenny a drum, which he loves, and a walmart shopping cart. it spends most of its playtime tipped over. the little man got phone calls from his aunt alisha, aunt dani, aunt tj (few days late but she sang happy birthday!! nobody else did...totally makes up for it! haha!), some of mommy's friends called too. it was a good day. i can't believe he is a whole year old! he is so big now. and he has such a personality. he gets frustrated easily by his toys when they dont do what he wants (he gets that from me, poor kid). the first night we were home he didnt wanna sleep in his crib so he screamed for a half hour. the next day he was hoarse! i couldnt believe it. but he is ok now and goes to bed just as well as before we left. he is my sunshine and i love him.

been way too long...

ok i apologize to all the parties who are terribly upset at me for taking way too long to post on here, but i have some great new pics! as you all know i'm in arizona with my family. it has been wonderful seeing my nieces and nephew and my sister and my parents. i must admit it is a little strange seeing her in a home without john. we miss him terribly. she is doing well. her huge house is starting to look european-like and beautiful (she brought some italy home with her). my younger sister was also able to come out for a week so that was a fabulous touch to my visit. we all do miss our husbands though; sarah's husband, john, was KIA last december in afghanistan, where my husband, kenny, is currently and will be for another few months, and eliza's husband, kevin, is in north dakota on a contract job for a few months also.
well enjoy these few morsels. i will do more later on.

veggie tales hanging shelves

today we watched a veggie tales movie. it was about rack, shack and benny; josh and the big wall; and a story about the good samaritan. he liked bob the tomatoe. he kept trying to grab him on the tv. he gave a good swipe to junior asparagas too when he had gotten bombarded with a slushie. and of course he takes his strolls all day long.
my shelves came in today too! he helped me put them together. once i get them all pretty and decorated with nice things i will take pics for everyone. still waiting for my table and chairs...

my little boy

he is getting so big! and he certainly loves those saltine crackers. he would sit in that chair all day and eat them! he always tucks his toes under the lip of his tray. he does that in his stroller, too. oh i forgot to tell all that i bought him a new pair of sandals. he grew out of the old ones. the new one are size 5!!

face shots

just a few face shots we had fun taking. enjoy!

more snapshots

lil kenny is still figuring out the whole walking issue. he does really good when he uses his little waking toy thingy. lol. we bought this for him when daddy was in the states for his R&R. my living room isnt big wnough for him. he keeps getting stopped by furniture and he gets frustrated if he cant manipulate the toy around things. he has a good time though.

snapshots

i know i havent posted anything in a while. sorry, dani! here is a collection of snapshots taken at various places featuring the little man in various activities. he is sporting tucker's sunglasses and he is very cute doing it. one time he was standing up holding on to the ottoman and he decided he didnt want the sunglasses on anymore. so he grabbed them with one hand and pulled them off, then he grabbed them with the other hand, too. he wasnt paying any attention to the fact that he was standing all by himself!! yay, big boy! he only stands for a few econds when he does it and he makes a big production of it too. he will sit down and throw his hands on the floor to make alot of noise to attract my attention. if i look at him, he makes a whiny noise to get sympathy and tell mommy that he fell down. now if i watch him out of the corner of my eye and dont look right at him, and he thinks im not paying attention he goes right back about his business. its so funny! he throws little fits now too. he has an attitude on him. as dana says, i wonder where he got that from! haha! i think my husband would agree.
the other pictures are of him playing with his toys at miss dana's house. it was friday so him and i were both wearing red. we wear red on fridays to show our support for our troops. we love you, daddy. and we miss you very much!