~HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY DRAKE~

Happy Birthday to my little Drake. You were born in the early morning hours of June 16th 2006. You were born at 6:36 am and weighted 6 lb 8 oz on 6-16-06. LOL It's easy for me to remember your info. You were not due until July 13th but I was not feeling good so Poppy came down and took my blood pressure for me and it was VERY high. So I threw somethings in a bag and drove myself to Castle Rock to get daddy and we drove up to the doctors office in Thornton, CO. Since you weren't due for another month I wasn't sure what they were going to do, but I can say that I felt horrible!!! My blood pressure didn't go down so they checked me into the hospital because they couldn't let me go home. They watched me through the night and kept doing tests and in the early morning hours they induced me because I had pre-eclampsia/toxemia. I had my beautiful baby boy with in an hour of being induced. You we so cute and had the most hair of any of the other kids!! And amazingly long fingers (which you still have)!! You had some problems and ended up in the ICU and they wouldn't let me out of bed (cause of the pre-eclampsia) so I didn't get to see you for a while and that was hard!! But daddy was there for you!! He went to Build-a-Bear and made a special bear for you that they put in your bed with you in the ICU to keep you company. Everything turned out ok and we took you home where you had a brother and sisters who were anxiously awaiting your arrival!! You are such a sweet little boy! I love waking up to see your smiling face everyday. And I love the way you come and cuddle with me every morning!! You have such a sweet heart and you are always there if someone is sad to give them a hug!! You love to play with your monster trucks, CARS movie cars, and your Thomas the Trains. You take them with you everywhere we go in your little Thomas the Train backpack. Your favorite right now is "Lucky Tween" (Lightning McQueen). LOL Your laugh is so cute and it makes everyone else laugh and smile. You are becoming quite the follower and want to be where everyone else is and you are pretty attached to your mommy too!!! But I love it and you make me soooo happy and proud to be your mommy. I love you little man!! Happy 3rd birthday. I don't have a 3 year old picture yet, the one below is his 2 year picture.

~BROKEN TOE~

Yep there it is. Toms broken toe. Gross I know but I had to show ya. He broke it in 2 places when he was riding the Harley. Put his foot down to keep from laying the Harley down when his breaks locked up. He is fine now!!!

~KIDS??? WHAT KIDS??

Because of all the rain we have had the grass is really tall right now. It's creepin' up on Drake and when we put him in the middle of it we could barely find him. LOL Then the other 3 jumped in and we almost lost them all. LOL They thought it was pretty funny!!

~A SUMMER EVENING~

We decided to go for a walk the other night so I grabbed the camera before we walked out the door. After I started snapping pictures I realized the girls already had on the pj's...but oh well that's life. I love all the wild flowers out in the fields right now. They are so pretty and refreshing!! The girls are swinging on the old house out here on the property. It makes for some pretty great pictures and I hope to get out there again and get some better shots. Then there is Tom with Toby. He loves his dog!! I like Toby, Tom loves him. LOL

~FRENCH BRAID~

Ok so here it is. Dum Dum Dahh Dum... my first french braid. I have never french braided in my 33 years of life. Crazy I know, and I have 2 daughters and I do their hair all the time. My sister Sheena taught me before she went back to Kentucky. Here is Brinlyn with my first braid. Not bad for never having done it before!! (If ya ask me anyway) LOL

~KING OF THE HILL~

Drake was so cute when I said "Drake let me take your picture" this is what he did. And Brinlyn was out picking wildflowers.

~JUST ONE EVENING~

These are just some pictures at Lois house last week. And one picture of Kelsey and I, taken by Macazlyn. Macazlyn set up the one of her and Brinlyn. They are soooo used to having their pictures taken that they pose themselves and come up things to do and then say "mommy take my picture". It makes me laugh.

~MY LITTLE PRINCESSES~

The girls were dressed matching last week, which I don't do very often, so I got out the camera and played around a little. It was really windy but we got a few shots. Macazlyn is 7 1/2 here and Brinlyn is 5.

~HOUSE~

This is at a home decor store that I really like. They have a St. Bernard that is always there when the store is open. I think he gets his name from being as big as a "House". He was up walking around but by the time I got the kids assembled he decided to sit. They got him from a rescue and are fostering another St. Bernard right now to0. I am NOT a dog person but House isn't slobbery or loud or stinky or crotch sniffing or any of those dog traits I hate. And he is pretty and clean so it is nice to see him when we go there!!!