Tuesday, February 15, 2011

My Chunkey Monkey Is Officially The BIG 1...Prepare for picture overload!!!

This was at the end of Rohnin's mini party at the park, and I loved watching these two cuties play and love each other...so sweet! This post will obviously be all about my adorable ONE year old...I only had half of these pictures up last night when I realized I still needed to back the cake etc. at 11pm last night so He officially turned one on the 15th so we had two fun days of celebrating his special day!
Oh yes, he officially started walking on Sunday February 13th at church, he has taken several steps leading up to this particular day and Art and I have been working with him for a couple of weeks, but he walked about 5 feet in the primary room, yeah and now he is getting more comfortable with letting go of things and walking soo cute!
He still isn't sure what to do when a present is in front of him but he tries!
He has the sweetest wave, and will blow kisses IF He wants too, he knows a tiny bit of sign language, and is always trying to have a conversation with us wither by yelling or chibber chabbing on about his big ideas! He is a pretty good eater, and doesn't want to be left out...if you have a sucker he WILL try and take it and if you get it back he WILL be crying and trying to hit you to get it back, he is very strong and intelligent, and is stubbornness has me pretty nervous! he still only has six front teeth 4 on top and 2 on the bottom! He LOVES balls and addy's toys, of course, and they do play pretty good together!
He was either being, lazy, not hungry, J/K or didn't want to get messy cause it took him a good 15-20minutes to really get some good stuff!
Then he really started to enjoy himself!
Although he didn't "tear it up" I lOvE his frosting face!
He loves dancing, and throwing the ball back and forth, he Loves Kraft mac and cheese, nectarines, cheese, suckers and ring pops and says mom, dad, addy, ball, hi, and ni night! But our favorites our his head nudges and kisses!
Here is the cake before hand!
The night of his birthday, after we put Addy to bed we wanted to have some little moment with him so we gave him some ice cream...
Yes he loves sweets, Art blames me BUT I blame him BECAUSE he is ALWAYS the first one to introduce it to our babies...
Look at this Face so DaNg Handsome!
We were outside planting some blueberries and let him crawl around in his p.j.'s with a blue sucker and well grass+sucker+sticky fingers=crying mess, To say the least After dad had tried to clean it off (while he is FREAKING OUT) I am trying to give it back to him but he is soo distraught at this point that he got an early nap! Yep even on your Birthday buddy!
We really tried to get a sled before we had a nice big snow storm, 7in., the sled was supposed to get there the day of the snow storm but came two days later and all the snow had pretty much melted away by then...the weather here is so crazy, it was 73 outside today and overcast but soo nice!
Soo I pulled the two of them around the house for a little bit! they were both sad when I put it out in the garage, oh and this is also big enough to pull a deer...ha ha! Can ya tell!
For the most part this little man is extremely happy and soo fun to play with that Addy likes to go in to wake him up just so she can have her little buddy to play with! Addy DOES NOT like leaving Rohnin out of anything, except maybe the toys she wants, and always asks after him if he is not around! He gets pretty vocal and LOUD if he is tired, hungry or if mom ignores himor doesn't see him...lol and he has a very tender heart he is alittle shy around new people, which I LOVE, and DOES NOT like being told uh uh...
He secretly doesn't like this walker even though he is actually smiling in this picture he to this day doesn't like to use it, i think he thinks we like to torture him with it...cause he always gets upset when we put his hands on the handle bars...
oh my happy little monkey I just love this little man!
He has thinned out quit a bit, so sad, and Hates it when we try to clean him up anywhere...he loves bath time, eating, flirting, chuckling, playing with anyone of us on the floor, and telling us what is on his mind...he sleeps through the night for the most part, will only let me trim his nails if he is watching baby Einstein...lol it is pretty much a wrestling match when trying to wipe his face, nose, ears, butt, and hands...
He brings so much love, laughter, and yelling to our little family...
ahh he was so little...I just love these picture and reminiscing...
Why does the first year of their lives have to fly by so fast...I am kind of sad, my two babies are getting older, taller, more stubborn, and independent...
Rohnin you bring so much heart to our family, with your stubborn frown, and sweet giggles, you crawl like a "cheetah" and your eyes are as blue as the sky, what would we do with out you my little chunky monkey...You are loved so much by all of us, we only wish we lived closer to family so they could share all the smiles and happiness you bring into our lives! We are so blessed to have you as our cuddly, kissing, sweet heart of an angel!!! Happy Birthday...
Thank you for being so amazing...

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Oh mom I really want to jump into the T.V.

Yep how can you not laugh Addy was watching one of her favorite shows, "Cat in the Hat" when she sighed and told me this...it was pretty cute!

Now on to the fun stuff...Snow, snow, snow! Since I am a native to the great state of Arizona snow is awesome! BUT you usually have to go to Payson or the higher elevation towns to play or go skiing in it! SOOO living in it is a whole other exciting adventure for us...BUT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE it! I love how the houses look completely different covered in a white glow, I love how Addy gets excited to go out and play in it...I love how I get this sweet antisipation for the snow days that are passing through and the amount of snow that comes with it! I love having Art home to play in it with us! The down side, well the clean up, of course, the first big snow fall we made the "silly mistake to NOT sweep the drive way and it turned into a nice slippery mess that I fell down hard in...driving in it, not so fun, and a messy clothing spread, and the pre-shopping for food in a crazy store of people! BUT I still have that "little girl" Excitement that I felt when I was a little girl when I look out the window and see a ton of snow falling! We only get a couple of snow days a year here but I will take them and enjoy the feelings cause and antisipation they bring in the end are worth it! I love the cold!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Here is a first!

I have never done this before but one thing I really enjoy about the blogging world are the talents of others and how they share there talents and ideas with us, I am always amazed at what some people can do... that is why I have a ton of my"favorite sites" listed on my blog! Well their are some sites that, as many of you know, have give anyways and I never do them, but today I decided it was time to start! Addy LOVES Valentines day and has asked me literally everyday "mom is it V-day today", she didn't even do that with Christmas... If any of you know my Addy SHE LOVES TO HELP Me cook! She has now started to say "mom what are we going to make today" it is pretty cute! SO I thought this little give away was a perfect idea because 1. it is pink and 2. she can help bake with it if I win it!

Anyways this is one of my "favorite sites" that is giving away the fun Valentine here over at Sassy Site! She has a great site and I love how she has set her blog up to admire others "sassy" blogs! Plus she is from Arizona which reminds me of home and family and friends! So go check her out!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Busy, Busy, Busy!!!

Well Rohnin has been a busy little crawler...He went from sitting...
to crawling...
to observing...
to attempting to use his standing walker....
And yes I am a little sad cause it means yet again my "baby" is getting bigger and older and ...
it seems like right around the 5th of the new year he decided it was time to start crawling and now he can stand alone for several seconds, before falling to the floor...and I think he'll be walking way to soon, dang-it! Yes it is exciting, way too messy, and fun,-- BUT-- it is so hard watching your babies get older...
Anyways...
Even though he does not like to admit it....he is standing without help these days, walking around the couch, crawling to everything on the ground & putting it in his mouth, and using his sitting walker to go everywhere he can think of...I should have taken a picture when this happened, but, the other day he got stuck in the walker in the wash room by, somehow, turning it sideways...to say the least I had a hard time getting it out... with-out him in it....He is a very messy, fun, busy, stubborn, loving, and very strong little guy... he definitely makes our family circle a little more complete!
It snowed here last Sunday on the 9th and you better believe Addy was beyond excited! She went screaming around the house when Art first told her of the snow! The next day Addy and I went out and threw snow balls, helped our awesome neighbors build this snow man and then we stayed and played some games with them and had our very first 'Snow Cream' it was pretty good, My neighbor is a great cook and it has been fun trying the different foods these southerners eat!
Can ya tell she's excited!
I have the pictures mixed up but this was Sunday night and it kept on snowing, when Art and I went out to clean his Bronco off there was about 6 inches of snow on it! We also learned how important it is to have a snow shovel, snow turns to ice if ya done shovel it off your porch and drive-way and well you get the picture!
I love this picture, I sent Addy out and she was trying to catch the snow and look at the different snow flakes!
Good old Rohnin knew there was something going on but well didn't get to crawl around in it...it was pretty cold!
So Addy built a little fort and the two played a lot in it for the next couple of snow days!
Addy LOVES Rohnin in her room watching her play and showing him the ropes...
...AND Addy LoVeS being in Rohnin's room climbing in his crib when he first wakes up...still...and playing with all his baby toys and well I just Love these two to death, because they just love each other and giggle and fight and well all the sibling fun that comes with having sweet children! My how time flies when you have young children around...it truly is bitter sweet...

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Christmas, Beading & Painting Projects, Family Time!!!

We Had a wonderful Christmas, shared with my wonderful in-laws who also brought out a bronco for us! They also helped us paint over that "fun" Yellow, don't get me wrong I am not a yellow hater, it was just alittle extreme in my home, it wasn't like it was a pail or baby yellow, it was BRIGHT...But I love how it all turned out, I will take some pictures soon of all the painting we have been doing!
He Loves this toy!




Rohnin isn't too sure about the thin mint! Can ya tell!


I love this picture, This one might be hanging on my wall soon...


We helped Rohnin slide down the slide and he just giggled the whole way down...so adorable!
We found this nice spot out by the Arkansas River a while back and thought since its about 45 minutes away we'd show the parents a little or Arkansas! Chilly but beautiful!!

Say good-bye to the yellow woooo hoooo! I got a little burnt out on this bright yellow considering it was throughout several rooms! Addy LOVED helping and really does enjoy doing projects with me and family!
I made these and one or two more necklaces for family and Addy's school teacher!
These are the gals I get to have fun with! yeah for friends! They help me feel more normal!!!

Art found a Princess tent for Addy's bed and she actually sleeps on the top bunk a little better! Yeah for tents!


























Some sugar cookie making for the jolly old fellow!

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Dropped of the map for a moment...

Painting like crazy...gosh have I been a bad blogger lately...well we've been a little busy!!! That and having your hubby around for a month when you normally shouldn't is ALWAYS a wonderful treat...so we tried not to waste it!

Art was home for most of December, my wonderful in-laws drove up for Christmas and so of course we got a ton done! Yeah! The last couple of weeks have been kind of a big blurr! I have not forgotten my blogging world and promise to post more and pictures soon! But we do hope and pray everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Amazing New Year Fun!