No More Cribs

We have been wanting to get the boys bunk beds for a while and we finally decided to accomplish the task in one evening. One very long evening. The journey started at about 3:30 with dropping the kids off at Nana's. We went and bought mattresses. Went and got the bed. Put it all together, took it apart, put it together again, took it apart, put it together again, and picking up the kids. (Garrett and Joe did the putting together and taking apart. I just kept the food and drinks coming.) Finally, at the early hour of 10:30, the kids hit the sack, or should I say the floor. Yes, Austin and Nolan both fell out of their bed. Welp, guess we got that out of the way. Nolan is not liking the change much. Austin loves his new bed and won't sleep. And Avery is jealous that she is not the center of attention. Shall I say, "princess." Here I am trying to get them to go to sleep once again. Thought I would drop a quick note in between screams, getting out of bed, and begging for another drink. We will miss this right? J/K I am loving every minute of being a mom!

When it Rains it Pours

Please tell me that I am not the only one this happens too. So I have been having this feeling all week that something bad is going to happen. Things have been going pretty good around our house lately, ever since we got back from D-land. The kids have been healthy, dad has been home a lot, Mommy has been excercising. But not to my surprise, because of my feeling ,the POOP has hit the fan. Friday night I wanted to do something for myself and go to the Gridley girls basketball game. (where I work) I have been wanting to go all season. So Avery, Nolan, and I went. We got pizza, sat and watched for a while then here we go. Nolan spilled skittles on the court, almost ran right out in the middle of the game, they were wild. So I decided to leave early. We were supposed to meet a friend there, but trying to be the under control mom, we leave. Passing my friend on the way in. Sorry. As I am backing out I hear this crunch. Poop. Yah, I backed into a truck and tore up the bumper and tail light. (hitting the fan). Luckily I didn't see a scratch on the truck. I leave a note anyway. So then there is the axiety of telling Garrett. TEll him, he is actually o.k. Very supportive. Thank heaven. Then I get a call. The bumper of the truck I hit is bent. (poop). Then Garrett gets a call. Uncle Phil passed away. (hitting the fan). Everyone is still o.k. I guess. Getting through it. Then AVery gets this cough and it doesn't stop for two days. (poop) Still coughing. Then the sliding screen door breaks. (hitting the fan). Need I go on. So my plea is this. I need some assurance that I am not the only one that has everything in her house break at one time. (Couch, car, door, toys, bed, sprinkler) . How do you deal with it if you are as lucky as I.

On a positive note. I am so lucky t0 have such a supportive husband. He has seen be through the best and worst times. And I know that sometimes both of us just want to pack up and get away from it all. We have always survived. I am also thankful for my three beautiful children which I love dearly and hate that these hard times sometimes put me in the worst moods. How can someone not smile back at their beautiful faces. They could brighten the gloomiest days.

Yeah Christmas !!!

What a busy and fun Christmas Season! I have to say I went into it gun ho about taking pictures and putting them on my blog and in my scrap books (which I haven't done since Nolan was born), but my picture taking mood ran out. So here we go:


Celebrating Christmas for the Weagants!

#1 Daycare Christmas Program

The daycare Christmas Program consists of the kids getting together and singing 3-4 songs and looking oh so cute in their atlers. OUr daycare is the awesomest. Not only do they do the program, but they feed us and give the kids gifts at the end. We love Sherry and Becky and don't know what we would do without them. So, Avery carried the group with her stong musical skills. Loud and proud my little princess sang. Austin was the yeller of the group, yelling lines here and there. What a crack up! Nolan was putting on the show with dancing and saying the last word of each line and a little bit more here and there. He did manage to keep his atlers on this year.

#2 White Elephant Ornament Exchange in Anderson

We went to Anderson on the 20th and got to see alot of Garretts Aunts, Uncles, and cousins. We all had a lot of fun eating, playing and visiting. The kids even got in on the ornament escapade and Austin ended up coming home with three ornaments instead of the regular one.

#3 Christmas Eve with Nana, Lance, Megan, and Wyatt

We were blessed to have Garretts mom and brother's family come over and visit with us on Christmas Eve. Our cousin Wyatt is getting around amazingly and fits right in with all the kids. We had fun taking pictures and opening presents. Austin's favorite gift was his Cowboys football uniform. Let's just say he slept in it. When he wasn't wearing his helmet, Nolan was. Nolan didn't want his presents, he wanted his big brothers.

#4 Christmas Morning!
Yes, surprisingly, the man in the red suit showed up with a bundle of toys. ONe even for Mommy! :) We had a hard time tearing Avery away from her new princess castle. Even today she was telling me, Santa brought me exactly what I wanted. Yes, he is the man, or the woman, I have to say. The train table that SAnta worked so hard on to get the track just right was tore up in seconds and Nolan's little four wheeler was rode by the big brother as he was interested in little brother's gift. What is up with the boys. Share and share alike!

#5 Christmas at Grammi's
We were blessed again to spend time with family. Almost all of us were there on Christmas day. Minus Chris again. We forgive him though, as he brought back a new fiance. Worth the trip. So now two of my brothers are getting married this summer! What fun we will have! Congrats to Wes and Tesha and Chris and Alyssa! We love you. Anyways, Grammi's was the usual craziness. Wild, fun, and messy!


#6 Disneyland!
The day after Christmas we left for 6 days to Disneyland! We had a great time. All of us kids got to ride rides, watch shows, and join in some shows even! We stayed up late for fireworks, got wet on Splash Mountain (my personal favorite), went on Pirates (or "Powits" as Nolan says) our usual five times, and came home dead tired. But it was all worth it!!! Thank you Maggie for all your help. Couldn't do it without you!

The Tree Is Up !

Peek-A-Boo!

Get a little closer!

Christmas with the kids gets funner and funner every year. Putting up the tree this year was way easy because the kids did most of it. They had a blast. I had to laugh because they would put like four ornaments in the same spot and the limb would just be drooping there. We gave them some good pointers and the tree is beautiful.
Good job guys!

Another Hole in His Head

About a year ago daycare called me at work and said that Austin had fallen and split his forhead open. So I rushed him to emergency in Gridley for 3 stitches. Yahoooooo! Austin was fine. Didn't cry or anything. Barely even a scar. Well, today we were at the park and I was ready to go. So I told Avery to start heading for the car. She asked to stay just a few more minutes. So I figured, what could it hurt since it was such a nice day. Not even 5 minutes later I hear Austin scream. I say the usual, come here, you're o.k. As he came into sight I see a gyser of blood squirting out of his head and pooling up on his shoulder. So we rush for the car. I'm carrying Austin and Nolan and Avery are following me. I get Austin in the car and turn around and Nolan is almost all the way across the parking lot and Avery is yelling, "Austin's bleeding." Long story short, the doctor said to save him the dramatic experience, skip the stapling of his skull, and keep neosporin on it. Poor guy. His his o.k. now. Milking it like anyone else would.

I HATE THE SUGAR BOWL!

Of all the things I hate most in this house, it's this dang sugar bowl. Whenever I am having a bad day, or just want to get home, get dinner done, get baths done and relax, the sugar bowl strikes again. Tonight the step stool was out and Nolan was carrying it around the house. Can you guess what happened? When I was the most distracted back in the bedroom, Nolan decided to see what he could get to on the counter. Since there was no knives he could grab this time, he decides that the sugar bowl is the next best thing. You know when you finally get around to mopping the floor and it feels so good to walk barefoot and not worry about stepping on crumbs or something sticky, and to no evail, something always gets spilled the next day. Ya. I HATE THE SUGAR BOWL.

Happy Birthday Avery and Austin!

What a great Birthday! We had a big family birthday party at Aunt Susan's this year, celebrating Grandma's birthday as well as the twins and others! It was fun. We did get rained on a little bit, but that just added to the excitement. There were lots of people there. Cousins, aunts, uncles, and new babies. The kids played and played. The hardest part was keeping the fingers out of the cake. I can't believe Austin and Avery are 4! Time does fly.