Thanks for hooking me up with a blog Rach! I just realized thou that I only know 3 people with blogs, so I will be bugging you guys all the time now!

Nolie rolie polie. A sweet little personality all his own.

He has started to be so independent lately. What happened to my little snuggleufugus? I can hardly get him to stop and give me a kiss these days. There are so many important things to do when your a baby.

He is such a tough little guy. I guess you have to be when you're the youngest. Although he is at least the same size if not bigger than Jack now! He is a bulldozer! He will climb up the jungle gym at the park as quick as he can and go right down the slide tumbling all the way. If he bonks his head hard he gets up and rubs his head with an irritated look and then keeps on going. Him and Jack are good buddies. They romp all over the place together. Nolan is so proud of himself now that he can keep up with his Big brother! Their favorite game is "going crazy in the hallway" as Jack puts it. The have push poppers and a big car and run them up and down the hallway screaming and laughing bumper car style.

our little goofball.

o.k. so Jack has a small obsession with my shoes. Actually, he loves to wear either Jim or mine, but Jim's are bigger and heavier and harder to get around in. He has been putting my shoes and glasses and mittens or anything else he can get his hands on and going to the front door saying "BYYYYEE Mommy,Daddy, baby Nowey, Bitty... Jack go to work! BY Byyyeee!" Potty training hasn't been a huge success so far as you can see. He would rather wear his new undies on his head or Over his shorts. oh well.

The difference between boys and girls...

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We decided very spur of the moment to take a trip to San Diego and visit Sea World. Maybe we should have waited another year. We had fun at Sea World, but I could write a comedy about our night at the hotel alone. To make a very long story short (something I'm not particularly good at), the babies slept a total of about 3 1/2 min. the whole 7 hour (5 pit stops and 4 potty breaks inc.) trip. We had promised Jack we would see the beach when we arrived. So when we got into San Diego around 7p.m. it was getting dark but we had to stop and get out to play at the beach. This is where the comedy begins...

Jack is so happy and excited to see the beach he goes running and screaming "yeah...beach!" all the way to the water, then the waves come in and knock him down. Remember, it's January. Fast forward past the cold naked wet trip to the hotel. Now that we've unloaded all our luggage and are standing cold and tired in front of the elevators on the 5th level of the parking garage, we find them out of order. After the changing and rearranging of the hotel room, we have Britton and I in one bed, Jim & Jack in another (pushed against the wall so he won't fall off) and Nolan in a borrowed small metal crib. After a couple of hours of Nolan crying and Jack saying "what was that daddy???!!! very loudly at every creek and hallway noise, all is quiet. Britton has been bouncing and flopping all over the bed like a fish out of water. At around 1 a.m. I kick him out of bed onto the floor where he wanted to sleep by himself in the first place. Ahhhhh, finally I can get some sleep. At 1:20 a.m. cue Nolan to wake up and start screaming bloody murder. This lasts about 30 minutes. I'm not sure how but now we are all in different beds. Jim is sleeping in my bed with Nolan, I am in bed with Jack (who again is asking question's and doesn't understand the concept of whispering). Quiet once again. O.K. its about 3:45 in the morning. at least they should all sleep in so we can have a nice day right, I mean no one slept the entire ride here and have been up all night. Around 5 stinkin 30 in the morning, I open my eyes just a little and in the pitch blackness see Jack staring at me about 2" away. "HI MOMMY! WANNA GO GET COFFEE AND MUFFINS?" good grief! there was no quieting him. up and out we went to the hotel lobby so we won't wake everyone else. Jack is bright and cheerful in his footsie jammies and greets everyone in the lobby (at 5 a.m. not many) very enthusiastically.

Fast forward to sea world. We arrive about 2 hours early (who knew) and sit in line for the gates to open. by the time we get in babies are all ready getting cranky. We see a few things talk to a few animals, pass the dolphins with a quick how do you do, and off we are back to Arizona.

If you haven't read the above story, you need to in order to get the full effect of this video.

This video is of Jack who is fed up with Nolan smacking him on the back of the head and whining and crying. He has resorted to yelling at him to be quiet with his new shark head.

Our newest family member Mia

After years of begging and pleading I finally decided to get a dog. I fear I will regret this decision sooner or later. Of course Britton promises he will take care of her totally and completley, and of course he will break this promise just like thousands of kids before him.
Oh well, she is pretty cute. She is a cocker-pooh mix, part Malte-pooh part cocker spaniel. We named her Mia. We drove all the way to the complete opposite end of the valley in Mesa to get her. She seems pretty calm and very sweet. I hope this doesn't change as she gets bigger and is introduced to the 3 rowdy boys who live hear!



Jack just loves her to bits! Nolan who is still a little guy isn't so sure about her at all. Every time she walks anywhere near him he stops what he is doing and stares at her to make sure she doesn't get to close.