Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We had a pretty uneventful St. Patrick's Day, but the kids looked cute. Everyone loved Tessa's shamrock dress....thanks Ma!

We had a St. Patrick's Day party on Saturday with the Richards and it was fun! Lots of good food and good company!

Eric and the kids enjoying a backyard campfire

Ares, Tessa and Annie

Adam

Our little boy cracks us up! His new favorite is the book "Where The Wild Things Are" and we read it at least twice a day and he has it memorized. At night before he goes to bed he likes to dress up as Max-King of the Wild Things! (Yes, that is one of my wooden spoons.) I love his imagination! His other big news is....he is potty trained!!! I put it off for so long because I thought it was going to be such an ordeal, but he took to it right away and he is so proud to be a true big boy! Last night he talked to his Uncle Ben in Chicago who he never gets to talk to on the phone and here is how Adam greeted Ben on the phone-"Hi Ben! I go poo poo on the big boy potty!!" Luckily Uncle Ben thought it was funny and wanted to know if that is how he is beginning all of his conversations these days. We are proud of our big boy too!!

Our series of unfortunate events

The last week or two have been a bit challenging. About a week and a half ago Eric called me from work at 7:30 in the morning. As soon as the phone rang I knew it was bad news. He told me that when he pulled into the parking lot at work that morning, his tire fell off of his car! While we were really frustrated, we were grateful it happened when he was going 2 mph and not 70 mph! So $900 later, the car is fixed. UGH!!

Then-our kitchen sink plugged up late Thursday night. As of Saturday night we still hadn't talked to our landlord and I mentioned it to my brother. He told us what pipes we could unscrew and check. We did later that night and look what we found!! A butter knife!! It isn't our knife, so who knows how long it has been hanging out in our drain. Bizarre!!! Hopefully we are done with repairs for a while!!

7 Months old!!

She is growing up so fast!! Her new trick is that she sits all by herself. She is also starting to get up on her knees and push herself backwards while she is on her tummy. I think she is way anxious to chase Adam around the house. She is going to keep me on my toes soon!!

The Birthday Boy!!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful daddy and husband! We love you!

Joy

This is one of those moments that just makes you smile and grateful to be a mommy. Adam had been playing in his room for a while so I decided to check on him and this is what I found. He was just hanging out on his bed reading to himself. I know I say this all the time, but he is seriously the cutest boy!

Carrots!!!

Tessa Boo had carrots for the first time this week.