::New Pictures of The Kids::

Ethan: 3 years old

Madison: 18 months old

Baby Monster: 12 weeks

::Picture of the Day::

This picture is from December... I have been meaning to put it up.
They were so excited to play in the snow that day... While I was about to move to Hawaii :)

Yes, we are still alive....

I have been thinking about updating for the past 3 weeks but each time I just put it off. Ethan and Madison are napping, so right now is a perfect time. Here's a little list of the exciting things that have happened...
-Christmas was great! It was wonderful being home and actually having Christmas in OUR house. After we opened presents and the kids played for a while we went to Layfe's parents house for lunch/dinner. Most of Layfe's family was there and everyone had so much fun!
-Layfe and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary.
-Madison and her craziness decided to flip a chair over when she stayed the night at grandma and grandpas. When we went to pick her up, they informed us of her little accident and we went straight to the ER. After 5 hours of waiting the doctor finally saw her, she ended up with 5 stitches in her chin. (she also chipped her front tooth :()

They gave her a bear for being such a good girl! :) She actually slept through everything. It was wonderful! 

The stitches are now out (she pulled out 3 out of the 5) and everything is healing up well.

::Ethan is 3::

Ethan getting ready for the party... he was so excited to get that Pablo balloon!

Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday!

Ethans Pablo cake... (the cake that took 2 hours to make)

I seriously cannot believe Ethan is 3 already!! We had a birthday party for him on Saturday and he had so much fun playing with his friends and cousins! Ethan is still really into The Backyardigans, so that was the theme (obviously). Happy Birthday Ethan, I love you!!

2 Years

1 Year (I couldn't find a birthday picture)

::Pictures with Santa::

                                                                       by:Brianna

Last Saturday we didn't have any plans, which is rare, so we planned on going to a park to take pictures of Layfe and the kids. It started to rain on our way so we ended up going to the mall for awhile, then to Chik-fil-a for lunch. I decided that enough time didn't pass by the time we left so we went to Bass Pro which is across the highway, since I have never been to this one. When we got there we were told there were free pictures with Santa. We waited in line for a good 45 minutes which really wasn't that bad because they have games for kids to play along the line. Anyways, by the time we got to Santa the kids were so tired! We had to try to bribe Ethan to sit on his lap and Maddie didn't like it either. The pictures they took were horrible and mine didn't end up that good either (but at least they were in focus)!