Pictures Galore!!

We made a gingerbread village.

Bubby helping with the gingerbread house. He has purple frosting on his face. :)

One of the houses in the village.

Sprinkle time!

The finished product. Yes, I'm aware its extremely ghetto!

Bubs sleeping.

Sissy sleeping!

Posing while decorating the tree.

Clapping.

Laughing! :)

What Mom?!?!? Can't I eat the ornament?!?!

Decorating the tree!

B decorating!

Bundling up to play outside!

She said this was her house, and she was hiding.

Brenna wrote her name. (Her's is the bottom one). She getting really good at writing her letters.

Wyatt shoveling the driveway and Brenna playing.

Burr...its cold!

Outside again.

Again....outside in the cold.

A snowman B made by herself. I cut out the parts but she did the gluing. I think its looks pretty awesome!


Lola in the snow!

The girl's in the snow!


Mad about something....lol!


I have been trying to post pics for quite awhile, but for some reason blogger does not want to cooperate. But these are some cute ones! I'll post more later....well..when blogger works right for me! ;)

Santa Picture

Well.....the plan was to post a BUNCH of pictures, but the blog isn't cooperating. SOOOO....this is a sneak peak. We took the kiddos to see Santa and get a pic. Brenna was pretty excited and Bubby was kind of like "Who the heck is this?!?!?" Hopefully there will be more pics to come! :)

Disney On Ice and The Christmas Tree!

On the 4th we took Brenna to Disney on Ice. We also took her last January and our hoping that this becomes a tradition. This time is was perferct for Brenna because it was the Disney Princesses....a.k.a.......Brenna's DREAM come true...lol! It was a lot of fun and Brenna even dressed for the occasion. She wore her yellow Belle dress, shoes, and crown. The show started with Jasmine then went to Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Snow White, and ended with Cinderella. At some point in the show all of the Princesses waved at her and some even said hi! Anastasia, Cinderella's step-sister even came over and sat by us! Brenna really enjoyed the show and was in HEAVEN!

~A big thanks to Aunt Katie for watching Bubby for us that night!

We also put up our Christmas tree about a week ago. Brenna was very confused when we pulled out the little tree. She wanted a big one! So of course we hopped in the car and went and bought a bigger tree. We came home and decorated. Brenna loved decorating and Bubby loved trying to eat everything! ;) The kids don't do to bad with the tree. Collier likes to crawl buy and snag an ornament and Brenna likes to redecorate it. Brenna really like pointing out her ornaments....she's very proud!

I hope to post pics of the last two weeks tomorrow, the laptop cord is still broken. :( I keep saying I'm going to order another one and I forget...imagine that! I have some cute pics of the Bubby, Christmas craft time, Disney on Ice, the first winter snow, and decorating the tree! :)


Oh....big news for ME! I am DONE with college!! Woohoo!! I haven't exactly had the easiest "college life" so I'm glad to be done and very proud of myself. When I got pregnant with Brenna my sophmore year a lot of people told me I wouldn't finish. Well....they must not know me very well because I don't give up! Plus, I had another child and had gall bladder surgery in the middle of a semester! I'm hoping that this shows my children that with hard work and determination you cand do anything!

I'm not sure what life has in store for me. I would like to put off working for a couple more months. I would like Bubby to be a little older, but this is dependant on Wyatt getting a job. He is testing for a job right now and if he gets this job I would probably just work part-time at a bank or something. So we should know in the next month if he gets this job. If he doesn't I will start the job hunt. I have already sent my resume out to a couple places...so we shall see. I'm kind of scared, kind of excited, and kind of lost. I'm sure we'll figure it out in the next couple months.

Collier is 8 months!!!

I can't believe it!! Technically this is a day early.

I know I just posted about Collier so a lot of this is going to be a repeat. But here goes!

Weight: 17lbs 14oz. Not sure on the height.

~Still has just 2 teeth.
~Collier is officially talking! He can say Dada!
~He has learned how to clap!
~He is "walking" ;) with the assistance of a the walker pushing toy. Obviously he's not really walking but its still cute!
~He can climb the stairs.
~His balance is getting there. He can let go of the furniture for a couple seconds before he falls. ~His falls are also controlled now. Before he would let go and just fall directly back and hit his head. Now he lets go and falls down to a crawling position.

As I said before he is eating three meals a day and usually just eats what we are having. He's starting to get sick of the cheerios though. He loves cereal bars. cold cereal, fruit.....well really he just loves everything! He is still breast feeding. He probably nurses 10 times a day. He also gets usually at least one formula bottle a day.

He takes about 2-3 naps a day. Usually a morning one like around 10, another around 1, and then another around 4 or 5. Bedtime has is around 8 or 9. We don't have a definite sleep schedule so it varies. He still wakes at night quite a bit. I think he just knows I'm there and wants the comfort of breast feeding. Wyatt is going to start giving him a water bottle at night and see how he does. If he's actually hungry it won't work but if he just wants the comfort of sucking it should do the job. It worked last night, I didn't nurse him at all in the middle of the night. We're playing this by ear though since we don't know how much milk he is really getting during the day. But I'm hoping this will encourage him to eat during the day! He still cosleeps the majority of the night. Which is fine. We love cuddling! :)

He is def. wearing 6-9 month clothing. I think by January he will be wearing 12 month. I need to hurry up and get the use at the 6-9 clothes...haha! He is wearing size 4 diapers, but I think 3 would still fit. The 4 are a little big.

He is no longer a paci baby. He gave that up right after he turned 7 months. Which is funny because B gave it up at the same time. I'm going to buy him some sippy cups and try to start him on those. Hopefully, he'll catch on to holding them pretty soon since he's not really use to holding bottles.

He doesn't really play with baby toys to much. He likes the big toys. His favorites are the leap frog table, musical chair, and the drop and roar dinosaur. He also still likes his swings as long as Daddy puts him in it. He doesn't like it when Mommy does it. He also still likes the jumperoo.

He is really starting to show is personality. Which is ornery! He loves to bug his Sister. He has even started pulling her hair. Today we were doing one of her activity books and he wouldn't leave her alone for anything. Brenna asked why he was bothering her, and I told her that was his job...lol! That's just what litte brothers do. He also has a "temper". I have learned his "mad" cry. Which happens quite often because he thinks he should be able to do whatever he wants. But he is also still a sweet little boy that loves to cuddle. He has also started to show interest in cartoons. He will watch them and get very dazed on them. B never did this! These 8 months have been amazing and I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 1 in 4 months. :(

First Word

Collier is saying Dada! He's been saying it for a couple weeks now, but I didn't want to admit it. I REALLY wanted Mama to be his first word. He's been saying it first the last 30 minutes constantly. Its almost like he's teasing me! I BETTER be his second word....lol!

Today Brenna was in our room watching toon-toons and she came downstairs kind of frantic and said there was a Monster in Mommy and Daddy's room. She said it was flying! So Wyatt being the hero that he is went upstairs to investigate. Brenna told him the monster was only this big. "This Big" was about the size of her hand. Thankfully, Daddy shot the flying monster. Hopefully, that monster knows to not come back to this house! ;)

Thanksgiving and Pictures!!

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. Thursday was spent with the Fisher side of the family. We had great food and more importantly had a great time with everyone. Of course Brenna, Rayden, and Collier were the topic of conversation. And all 3 of them had no problem entertaining everyone. Collier also showed off his love for all food and ate more the than the older kiddos. :)

Today I made a dinner and we had a great time eating great food yet again. Collin was also here for Thanksgiving. I know Mimi loved having all the grandbabies here today. We asked Brenna what she was thankful for and she said her Mommy and Daddy! Awww! She always knows the right things to say! She also said her favorite food was the Turkey! That's pretty much all she ate. Little Turkey! Unfortunately, Collier was sick today. Its his first time being sick. In the middle of the night he had a high temp and he was up most of the night. Then he puked and now he has spent the rest of the day hacking, and now B is too. I'm really struggling to keep a healthy family! Even though Bubby was sick he still ate some squash and pumpkin pie today! Nothing is going to keep him from eating..lol! About an hour before bedtime he seemed to be a lot better. He was up playing and laughing, so hopefully he's on the mend.

I know I have a lot to be thankful for this year. Of course I'm thankful for my kiddos. I'm thankful for all the cuddles and kisses I get. I'm thankful for those middle of the night snuggles. I'm thankful for the patience my kids are teaching me. God knows I have become A LOT more patient. I'm thankful for my Mom! She is amazing! I'm also thankful for the rest of my family and of course all my friends! And of course I'm thankful for Wyatt. He is a great Dad and its kind of been nice that he's been laid off. He spends TONS of time with the kids and I love that he has such a close relationship with both kids. Its really great that he is able to spend so much time with Collier at such an young age. I'm also extremely thankful that even though Wyatt is laid off we are surviving! We are doing much better than a lot of people who have lost their jobs. We have a home, our health, food in our bellies, and love in our hearts! That's pretty much all that matters!

Now on to the pictures! These our in a crazy order because I had a really hard time uploading them.

I had a mini "photo shoot" with the kids and this was one of the pics.


Yea...I'm a MAN! hahah


Bubby was sitting on the little chair perfectly! I had to snap a pic!


GOOOO BEARS!!


This was when B was sick with the H1N1 Virus. Daddy bought her the horse and she named it KiKi from the Fresh Beat Band.

Bubby on Halloween!

Bubby on his 7 month b-day. He's eating carrots and tators.

B loves to play games! Oh...and yes she usually wears a princess dress around the house.

B on Halloween. She was wore out after TOT.

Bubby on Halloween at Krista's. We waited to put his costume on.

B on Halloween.

B on her acutal Birthday.

B on Thanksgiving. The kids did not want to cooperate for pictures.

A pic from B's "photoshoot".

The kids together on Turkey Day.

My favorite one of Collier!

B and I made this shirt for Thanksgiving!

Another one of B!

Kiddos!

Just thought I would make a little post about the kiddos (I think they're all about the kiddos...lol).

Collier has learned to clap. Of course I spend the majority of the day trying to get him to clap! Its extremely cute and he gets the biggest grin. Also in the past couple weeks he has learned to climb the stairs. EEK!! He climbed all the way to the top (Wyatt was behind him the whole way). He started cruising about 2 months ago but now he is GOOD at it. He can go pretty fast! He also cruises EVERYWHERE and will even step to different pieces of furniture.Obviously, he holds on the whole time but he has learned to pivot to the other furniture. He also LOVES to eat! He eats whenever we do and he eats pretty much anything! Sometimes we use the playpen to block the kitchen off. We have gates, but if we use it B can get through and neither can my Mom with the wheelchair. By using the playpen they can both move it out of the way. Bubby will pull up to the playpen and then he is able to scoot it enough to get through....lol! What a strong little boy. There's def. no escaping him. :)

Brenna is still....Brenna...lol! She is def. a sassy 3 year old! She is very excited about Christmas. And of course I use that to bribe her to be good. :) Whenever she is bad I threaten to call Santa. It seems to work. The other day I was wrapping Christmas presents for the boys and Brenna was getting pretty annoyed that I wasn't wrapping any of her presents. I told her that if she wanted me to wrap any of her presents she would have to leave the room. Sooo....she hid under the table instead. Little Turkey. I wrapped the presents that were from us (she knows Santa will bring some) and she was so excited when she saw them all wrapped up in girly paper! Now she just has to wait a month. :) She's also really excited for Disney on Ice, which is next Friday. I told her she could even wear a princess dress there! I'm excited for the one-on-one time with her. We've also had a lot of fun baking holiday treats, and we've had more fun eating them! ;)

I also did a "photo shoot" of the kids the other day. The laptop cord is still broke so I can't post pics. Hopefully, I can post some on Thursday from Krista's house. :)

Oh...Brenna also had her FIRST homework due yesterday. It was a family collage and included pics of us, the animals, and things our family likes or likes to do. It was a lot of fun making it with her and it turned out great. :)

Halloween and Collier is 7 months!

So..I'm a little late on this. My computer cord broke so I can't charge the laptop and I can find the cord to hook the camera up to desktop. Soooo no pics but I wanted to go ahead and make a post.

Halloween was a lot of fun! Brenna was a princess and Collier was the cutest spider I've ever seen. We went over to Krista's and then down to Mimi and Poppy's house. It was a lot of fun and Brenna had a blast!

Collier turned 7 months a couple days after Halloween! He is doing great and has 2 of his bottom teeth. He crawls everywhere and loves to cruise the furniture! He also LOVES to eat real food! He is consistently eating 3 meals a day. If you don't feed him he acts like he is going to hyperventilate!LOL Its so cute to see him and his sister play together! Brenna really does great with him and he loves playing with her. He is a busy little boy!

Brenna just got over being sick this past week. She was running very high temps so I actually took her to the ER. They said they thought she had the H1N1 virus. :( Thankfully, she is all better now. We have also had quite a stressful week with Mimi. She is staying with us now because she had complications from her foot surgey and ended up being in the hossy for 5 days. Thankfully, she is getting better. Its just going to be a long road. Brenna loves taking care of Mimi and she even pushes her in the wheel chair. I love how caring Brenna is. She enjoys helping others and I think that's one of the best qualities to have!

Hopefully, in the next couple days I can get some pics up! :)

I'm officially the mother of a THREE year old!!!

Brenna turned three last Wednesday! We celebrated by taking cupcakes to school and then after school we went to Walmart to spend her b-day money. She bought play make up (yes...I actually let her), a cash register, and play-doh. We came home and played outside a little bit, it was a beautiful day! Then Grandma Fisher brought over another present for B. It was just a nice laid back day.

3 year old stats:
31lbs
35inches

Brenna,

You are an amazing little girl. Everyday you make me more proud. You are constantly accomplishing new things. I love how you are so compassionte. I also love how sassy you are! You def. have an opinion on EVERYTHING and you let EVERYONE know your opinion. I love that you love to cuddle and how you talk baby talk to Bubby and tickle him. You are such a great big sister! You are very funny, and you make everyone laugh. I think you get that from your daddy. I love that you know the words to Taylor Swift songs better then I do, and that you constantly want yo listen to your girl! I love how you get excited about so many things! Never lose that excitement about life! I love that you want to be like me, and want to do everything Mommy does! I love that you have to change clothes at least 5 times a day and if you could you would live in a princess dress. I love that you get so excited about learning. I know that you are growing up, but you will always be my baby girl. I love you.

Mommy

Miss B's Birthday Party!!

We had B's party yesterday, and it was an AMAZING day! She woke up to a house decorated in Tinkerbell and she was sooo excited. All of our family came. And our friends Jim and Kristen, Travis and Laci, and Aunt Katie came. It means a lot to me that so many people LOVE our children! Brenna really enjoyed playing with her cousins and playing with Stephan and Brooklyn. She was so excited that Baby Jemma came to HER house..lol! She got some great presents which included a Dora Chair, Guitar, Keyboard, TONS of dress up clothes, a baby doll that walks and clothes for her, some books and coloring books, tons of Dora stuff, a Princess cd player thing, a new Tinkerbell comforter, 2 frogs (that she named Nemo and Mickey Mouse :)) some things for her room, some games, and so much more stuff that I can't remember it all! Basically she got way to many presents....lol! Oh..and she got this stuffed little dog that she named Keithsburger (haha)...Mimi and Poppy live in Keithsburg. Apparently, she thought that would be a good name for the dog! :)

Now for the fun part! The pictures!













She gave us like a 2 hour long "Taylor Swift" concert! :)





Tried to get a decent family pic...didn't work out







Singing happy birthday!



Brenna and Aunt Katie