Ms. Ronnee takes on 1st grade!

Mr. Cutler goes to Preschool!

Hayes Raymond my little growing boy!

I am slacking as a mother and I haven't blogged in a while! So I need to be better!

Mr. Hayes turned 1 in May and shortly after started walking and since then has become a little Cutler and keeps me on my toes! We just had his 15 month check up and he was 19.2 lbs and in the 1% for his weight! He is 40% for height so at least he is growing up! He is a tiny little ball of energy!
He wakes up early with the kids and immediately has to eat! He loves waffles and cereal. He has now decided he doesnt want his high chair and thinks he needs to be like Cutler and Ronnee at the big table! He wants to be big so bad!  After he eats and we get the kids off to school he makes a few messes and then gets his water and goes on my bed for nap! If he is really ready for his nap, I will ask him where his water is and he find it and when I lay him down he doesn't whine just lays down and goes to bed watching some cartoons.  When he wants to nap he is a good napper! FINALLY! He used to only take cat naps so it is nice that he sleeps more so that I can get stuff done without my little helper!
He is a smart little cookie and is super independent! When he poops he hits his diaper and tries to say poop. He still hates to have his diaper changed so it is a wrestling match to get it done (can I potty train him yet!) but when i get it changed he grabs the poopy diaper and waits by the door so we can take it out to the dumpster! If you dare do it for him he will freak out!  He loves to put things in the trash for us and sometimes things we dont want thrown away! And now he likes to eat his cereal and then put his bowl in the sink!  He is always watching what everyone is doing and then he does it or at least tries his hardest! Caleb was throwing a ball at the house above the garage and Hayes was watching. So he got a ball and looked up above the garage and realized he couldnt throw it that high so he walked to the side of the garage and threw the ball at the house and tried to catch it. It was so cute to watch his little brain work! He loves to try and pitch the ball to Cutler. It is very cute to watch. And then when he sees the bat laying there he grabs it and brings you a ball so you can pitch it to him! It is going to fun to watch he and Cutler play sports together!
He also loves to push buttons...when the older ones are playing he loves to go and destroy what they are doing and then run away laughing! He goes to the bathroom and gets the toilet brush and bring it to me with a smile because he knows that is a no no! He goes from playing with dog poop in the back yard to fighting me while I change his poopy diaper to playing with the toilet brush in a matter of 10 minutes. Lets just say he keeps me on my toes!  Now he loves to take all the movie off the shelves which drives Tyler crazy! All 3 kids have loved doing this as babies!
He is a serious little kid when we get a camera out but other times he is so smily and happy and makes everyone fall in love with him!  He brings so much light to our family and loves his big brother and sister and they adore him!  

Ronnee is scoring goals!

Ronnee is a funny little thing and is loving soccer!  She is getting the hang of it but still tends to run faster then the ball can roll!  She is quite entertaining to watch!  The other day she scored a goal for both teams! She was so proud of herself "I didn't know you could do that!"  I had to explain to her that that is frowned upon as you get older. You need to only score for your team! The next game she scored 2 goals and pretty much scores a goal every game!   Her first time scoring happened to be the day where we had lots of family visiting and came to watch her! She was so pumped!!! She said I looked over and everyone was yelling and jumping for me!!!

The other day we were driving and she asked why tyler and I were dieting and I said because I am fat and need to lose some weight to feel better. She then said "you can just be fat but just be yourself!" haha "some people have big heads but they are still just themself!"  This kid cracks me up! She has the biggest heart and is such a deep thinker!

On Cutler's birthday she gave him a little something and I over heard her tell him " I will love you the same always!"  She is so sweet!

She also told me one day that she loves me so much she could puke!

When I think of more Ronneeisms i will come back.....

Hayes is 10months almost 11!

Poor Hayes is suffering from 3rd kid problems and I dont write very often about him! He is a tiny little guy apparently because he was only in the 2nd percentile for weight and the 25th for height! But he is healthy and happy and that is what is important! He is a lot like Ronnee when she was this age, once they start moving they slow way down on growing!  He still doesnt walk but we are enjoying him staying little. He crawls super fast and follows his brother and sister everywhere! He loves the dogs like his sister does and gets so excited when he can get to them. He sits by them with a huge grin!  He is finally a good eater and eats most things! He still nurses a lot and wakes up often in the night! Only a couple more months of nursing then hopefully he will sleep through the night like the others!  He now has 8 teeth! In one week he got the top 4!  Poor guy took it like a champ!  He is a busy little guy and is making messes all over the house! Lets just say when I go to nurse Hayes to sleep I pass out! Haha tyler comes in and I am catching flies!

He weighs 17.7 lbs and was 29.25 inches long!
Cutler at this age was 18.6lbs  and 29.5inches long. At 6 months Hayes was bigger. It is so fun to see how they compare!

Ronnee was 15.2 lbs and 27 in long! She was tiny!

Cutler turned 4!

Monster Truck Cutler turned 4!! He is so proud that he is 4 and says he needs to go to school now!  He goes to Preschool in August hopefully!   When you ask him how old he is he does just say 4 he has to count to 4 then show you!
For his birthday we didnt do anything crazy just gave him a little something every morning for the week! He would tell everyone he saw that it was his birthday week! He now has a good collection of Monster Trucks and most days he puts on his own Monster Jam with all the theme songs playing in the background!  One day I walked in on him with his hand on his heart while swaying to the National Anthem being played on his little flag! He had all his monster trucks lined up and they were starting Monster Jam!  Hahahaha He makes his shows as realistic as possible!
He loves his little brother and can't wait for him to wake up so he can say "whose awake, Hayes is awake!" Sometimes he does forget that Hayes is still little and doesnt play very nice! Poor Hayes is his little test dummy most of the time. Hayes is going to be one tough kid!

I need to write more often so that I dont forget the funny things these kids come up with! One that I remember is when you scare Cutler he yells "you scared me the crap!"  Haha He is always getting things backwards and it is so cute!  Hopefully I remember the other funny things and get back to this!


Cutler was 36 lbs and 41in tall!
Ronnee at 4 was 33 lbs and 39.5 in tall!

Update!

Miss Ronnee ~ She is doing pretty good in school. Needs to work a little harder and practice more! We recently had a conference with the learning team at her school and she needs to work on her speech and they think she will catch on to all that they are doing! She talks way to fast! And we are so glad daddy is home from being gone for 20 days because when I do homework with her she cries and says her brain hurts! She is the best behaved kid in the class and is so nice to everyone.She is friends with everyone and has such a kind heart! She loves going to school and we are so blessed for that!  When she isnt at school she begging us to play her tablet! She loves to watch youtube! And her favorite thing to watch is horses give birth! Weird yes but she finds it so fascinating! Most of the time on her tablet we try to get her play on ABC mouse or some kind of learning thing. How times have changed!  When she isnt playing her tablet she is playing with dogs or her toy dogs and horses! She has an amazing imagination!   When we take the dogs for walks she is one of the dogs. She has a leash and along the walk she is marking her territory and barking! She is entertaining to say the least!   I pray that she will find a love of learning so that school and homework become easier for all of us!     She is an amazing big sister and tries to have patience for her brothers when they are destroying her playing!   So glad she is in our family!

Mr. Cutler ~  He is all about Monster Trucks right now! He watches them when ever he can! He can play for hours by himself just ramping his monster trucks and making them do tricks!  A few weeks ago we went to monster trucks with the Winters family and he loved it except for the fact that Grave Digger wasn't there. So Tyler took him yesterday to Monster Jam so he could see Grave Digger! He was on cloud 9!  He is a funny little character and fights me on everything!  3 is hard and I hope 4 is better for us!  He is a sweetheart when he wants to be. You can tell when he is uncomfortable because he just keeps telling me that he loves me! When we go to the school or stores and place he just looks at me and tells me that he loves me! Lol People think he is so sweet and he is but he really is just uncomfortable! He still isn't a fan of big crowds and lots of people, so opposite of Ronnee!  He is really good big brother and plays pretty good with Mr. Hayes.  We sure enjoy this little ball of energy and pray that he continues to be a happy little guy!

Mr. Hayes ~ He is such a happy little guy  and full of smiles! He just follows his big brother and sister around and thinks they are the coolest! 8 months he got some teeth! He loves food finally! He eats everything that we are eating, baby food is so boring and gross!  He is a super fast crawler and is busy busy! He walks along all the furniture and pulls himself on everything. I dont think he will walk as early as Cutler and we are good with that. He makes enough messes already!  He has finally found his voice and yells a lot! He knows he has to get loud to be heard around here! He is a pretty easy kid for the most part and keeps himself busy crawling around!   He nurses a lot still but I think he will get better now that he starting to love food!

Tyler just got home from being gone for 20 days for training for his new job! Man was that a long busy 20 days! We missed him  like crazy and he is so glad to be home!  While he was away the Broncos won the Super Bowl! Mimi and Snakes had Cutler for the first week Tyler was gone and brought him home and watched the Super Bowl with us!  It would have been way more fun if Tyler was with so the kids could celebrate with him!  Also while Tyler was gone his Aunt Connie passed away so I took the kids up to Colorado to celebrate her life with the rest of the family! Comforting Prays for Uncle Renard and their children!   Also while Tyler was away I painted the house! The fact that I can paint while my kids were home was pretty amazing! The boys are so good at keeping entertained! What a blessing! And thanks to Mickey for coming over and helping me!

We have been a busy little family and we wouldn't have it any other way!

Santa finds us in St. Johns!

2015 Christmas letter!

Christmas Letter 2015

As I sit here to write this letter, I cant help but think that letters are kind of a thing of the past! Now a days everything is out there on social media for everyone to see!  I go back and forth on whether to write one or not! I need to remember the importance of writing this letter! I write these letters to help me reflect on the positives in our life and help put us in the Christmas spirit! With all this negative in the world it is good for me to look back and reflect on the good! I hope that when you read this you try and remember the good in your world! We all have blessing in our lives and it is good to sit back and think about them!
This year has been a fun eventful year for our family!  We started the year with looking for and finding a house, then we added to our family, and finished it with Tyler taking on a new job!
Tyler is Tyler and is a bright positive light in the house! He is like my 4th child and the kids favorite!  He works really hard for our family and when he isn't working he enjoys going fishing and playing with his dogs! The kids have all learned to love fishing also and Cutler begs to go! I am so lucky to have a man that enjoys doing dishes and is the go to guy with homework and reading! He doesn't get much choice in that department because Ronnee prefers his help! He is loving having a house to work on outside and is working on being Clark Griswold in the lights department! We hope to get a back yard put in this next year for the kids to enjoy!
I am enjoying the new house as well! It is so fun to be able to paint and decorate and make it a home! It is a slow process but we all know that it takes time and money and we will get there! It is an adventure having 3 kids but we are having fun with it! When I can I get to help at the school! It is fun seeing Ronnee and her friends! I feel like a celebrity when I walk around because kids are yelling "hey Ronnee's mom!" I help the PTA often and have gone into the class a few times! I love watching Ronnee interact in class!  The boys get to go with me to PTA stuff and Cutler gets excited to go to school!
Ronnee started SCHOOL!!! She loves it!  She got the highest marks in behavior and is learning so much! Homework isn't always fun but we are getting the hang of it!  Like I mentioned she loves doing it with her daddy!  She loves her teacher Mrs. Henson and has lots of friends!  She is still such a character! Tyler picked her up from school and asks her what she did and without skipping a beat she said "It was just Layla and I and we just stared at the wall!"  This girl cracks us up! When isn't at school she loves her doggies! She loves to cuddle with them and sings and tells them stories!   It is pretty sweet! She is also a really good big sister to her brothers! We are so grateful for this sweet girl!
Mr. Cutler is funny little man! He is 3 but tells me he is 5 and needs to go to school with Ronnee! He gets a little bored at home with mommy! Good thing Hayes is getting more active and is starting to follow  him around! Cutler is seriously the best big brother! Hayes thinks he is hilarious and even loves him when is used as a test dumby!  Cutler is all boy and when he isnt throwing things, building things and yelling, he is telling me how much he loves me!   He sure knows how to work that cute little face!
Mr. Hayes Raymond was born on May 24th after an eventful drive home from AZ!  He weighed 8.6 lbs and is growing so fast! He is now 6 months and the happiest kid ever! He knows no stranger and smiles at everyone! He takes after Ronnee in that way! He looks a lot like his older brother and I am sure will learn to act like him since they spend all day together just the 2 of them!  He is learning to crawl and we are quickly learning that nothing is safe anymore! Time to child proof the house!
We sure have had a blessed year and we hope that you are able to remember all the blessing in your life as well!  Life is Beautiful if we let it!