Boston. . . .the red sox

last night we were all driving in the car to grandmas and boston said to me, "ALOT of people know about me." and i said, "ya, how does everybody know you." boston said, "mom they turn on their tv and they see boston the red sox and that is me. a lot of people LOVE boston the red sox." laughing so he couldn't see me laughing i said, " i know honey a lot of people do know you but some people don't like the red sox. . . but i am almost positive that they love you (boston.)"
boston said, "mom (saying it as if i am stupid), if people don't like the red sox it is because they like the yankees and i like the yankees because they are like christmas to me."
totally confused at this point at what exactly he was getting at i just said, "honey i am so glad that so many people know you and love you. you keep being a great kid. . .boston the red sox." and he said, "thanks mom." (i am glad that he is still young enough to think he is famous, that he is THE boston red sox, that he can someday fly and that he believes in wizards (that is what he wants to be when he grows up. he truly lives in a fantasy land and i love it!)

the end.

here are a few pics from tball this spring. this was his first year playing and he loved it. they were the white sox.

determined

i am determined to keep this blog/journal updated because life goes by to quickly. in the past 14 months that i have not written so many things have happened and they will all be forgotten because i was to worried about perfection. i have a problem and that is. . .perfection. i didnt care for the way my blog "looked" so i didn't want to write any more posts until i fixed it and i was also worried that my spelling and grammar would be wrong so i also wanted to wait until i went private. well . . . it has been so long since i have written i am sure that this blog is almost private so for those of you who still check back to read about our lives then please know that it wont be PERFECT but it will help me remember the best days of my life!

thanks for reading
kelli

Boston's graduation from Mrs. Pennies

Boston we are so proud of you!! You loved going to Mrs. Pennies for preschool this year! After your graduation they had a carnival and we all had so much fun!! We love you Bo!!!!

i love luci!!

Luci you are almost two and time is going by too quickly!!
I was looking back at pictures last summer and I could not help but cry when I realized how much you have grown up!! I don't ever want to take one moment with you or Boston for granted!!! I love you both so much and I love being your mom!! You keep me on my toes and the last couple of weeks you have kept me up at night! Your newest trick is climbing out of your crib! You climb out every nap time and every night several times. Your smart enough to know that if you come out of your room you get an "owie" or a spank so you usually stay in your room and take all your "jammies" out of your drawer and try them on until you fall asleep. A couple of nights ago Dad and I had both taken turns putting you back into your crib. We thought you were finally asleep so I turned off all the lights and went to bed. Ten minutes after I got in bed I heard a couple doors shut and so I woke up Dad. He was too tired so I got up to see if somebody was in our house and I found a cute little blonde girl wandering around the pitch black house.
Luci you also love your "jammies" and you would like to wear them all day long!!You don't like getting dressed in the morning and most mornings you walk around holding out your shirt saying "bug"! You also don't care much for shoes and you are always taking them off! When you do have them on you are always telling me "too tight"!
You love to sing songs! Every night before we go to bed Mom likes to sing you three songs. You can now sing the last word of every line with me and it is my favorite thing to hear you sing the words. You are starting to talk so much and you express yourself so well.
Your cute smile lights up the room and you make all of us happy!! We love Luci!!

It's a Girl!!!

I know that I have told everybody we were having a boy but the Doctor was wrong. When we went back in on Friday we found out that the baby is "100% girl"! We are so excited and since we have one of each it didn't matter to either of us what we had! Boston was the only one that had some feelings about the whole girl thing! He was really excited to have a brother because he "already has a sister" and his name was going to be baby Caleb (He loves Tysons little baby boy Caleb so he thought we should have one to). I was a little nervous to tell him but with excitement in my voice I said , "Guess what Boston were going to have a girl. The Doctor thought it was a boy the first time but now you get to have another sister." He looked at me and said, "Its just not fair." So we didn't talk about it anymore. Then when Shane got home that night He said, "Isn't is awesome that were going to have a baby girl and again Boston paused for a moment and said "It's not awesome". Well I had to think of something to make him feel good about the baby. I told him that because he was so nice to girls (his sister Luci) that Heavenly Father sent us another girl because He knew that Boston would take good care of her. I also told him that a lot of brothers are mean to their sisters and he was such a good brother to sisters.
Well it went over good! He is now excited to have a sister and told my Dad that he"was going to have a girl because he is so nice to them!!!!
We are so excited to have another baby at our house!!!

My cousins baby. . . Jack

Last week I did a photo shoot with my cousins little baby Jack! He was so adorable I could not decide which pictures to touch up. Here is just one of the pictures of the model baby!

The best german pancakes ever!

Shane made us German pancakes on Sunday morning and he was so proud of how they turned out he started shooting a bunch of pictures of them. He ask me if I was going to display them on our blog!I have never seen him so excited! I must admit they were pretty good honey!!!

Lady Bug ii

Lady Bug ii tragically dies!!

One thing I forgot to mention in my last post was that we had to call Bostons
new pet, "ladybug ii". . . like ii captain! We didn't have to salute ladybug but I am
sure Boston would have liked that. Any way we woke up last week only
having the ladybug with us for about 5 days to find it dead in
his bowl! Boston was really upset for a few minutes but then said
It's OK . . .it was ugly anyways!!

My action packed day!!

It is only 2:00pm and my day has already been full of surprises and laughs. Last night while visiting my Mom and Dad, Boston found his first and probably last pet. . . .a ladybug!!! He was so excited to bring it home and put it in his side table drawer! We instead put it in a bowl with some grass and covered it with saran wrap! When he woke up this morning he ran into our bedroom and he could not stop talking about his pet lady bug. . . . it had survived the night! After hearing all about the ladybug I went to get Luci out of her crib and she was covered in throw up. I got her out and cleaned her up in time for her to diarrhea all over. I had promised Boston he could play with a friend so after I had Luci all cleaned up his friend came over. Boston sat in time out three times the first 15 minutes his friend was over because he kept yelling at him. Boston was so upset because anything his friend did upset his ladybug and Boston had just put the ladybug to sleep. Then all the kids wanted a pick nick so I made food and let them go outside. Luci stayed in the house and ate some cottage cheese and chips. While eating her cottage cheese she grabbed a big handful wiped it all over her mouth and said, "HO, HO, HO!" I tried so hard not to laugh because I had just got through mopping my floors! Luci figured, " I do it the bath tub with bubbles why not with cottage cheese? After I cleaned up all the cheese curds all over I went outside to help the boys clean up their pick nick. While I was outside Luci fell and skinned her knee! I finally got her to stop crying and fall asleep which brings me to now! I haven't stopped all day but I am still not showered, the laundry isn't done and we still have dishes! The good news is the Ladybug got a nap, Luci is sleeping, and band aids and kisses make everything better ! Everything else can wait until tomorrow!!!

Easton is smiling!

We took these pictures about three weeks ago and it was a great morning. For the first time in over a month Easton was smiling!The past month has been so hard to watch Easton go from firecracker to antisocial and I can't imagine what Easton was really going through or feeling in his little body! His personality changed so much and all he wanted was to be alone lying in a bed. After his one month of flooding him with chemo and steriods he is starting to be his normal self (just a little bit weaker of course). After taking his pictures and seeing him play with Boston and the horses I started to cry when I got in my car! I was so greatful to see Easton happy and smiling again! Keep smiling East!!