WHAT ARE THE ODDS...

That we would buy a house, try our best to keep it organized through and through (including loads of shelves in the garage), and after 5 1/2 years this would happen:

OUCH!!! We were putting the kids to bed on Saturday night, and heard a huge commotion in the garage!! We went out to find the shelves on top of my SUV... we have no idea how or why the screws that held the shelves up for so long decided to give way?!?

That was a fun mess to clean up, anti-freeze and all... and I'm sure the insurance co-pay will be just as "fun" to fix the front end of the car...

FULL-TIME CHILD CARE

What's the old saying - "If mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"...or is it, "if the kids don't get a trampoline, ain't nobody happy"?!? After struggling with my "cautious self" and my "practical self" and after hearing enough whining to last a long time, we decided to get a trampoline! We had cousins over that evening, so Adam had plenty of help setting it up:

TA-DA! All ready to go!

Since the day we set up the trampoline, I haven't really seen McKenna or Harrison...who knew we could have full-time child care for such a small fee?!? LOL

and if the trampoline gets too crowded, there's always the box to play in!

TYLER IS 14 MONTHS OLD

So, I haven't been as good as I had hoped (surprise) with keeping up on Tyler's growth etc...I was hoping to post every month, but "it is what it is..." Tyler is now 14 months old and just keeps getting cuter and cuter - especially with his ever developing personality! Here is a quick rundown.

Tyler:

-Has 12 teeth - including 4 molars (ouch)

-Is walking all over the place, which has come about in the last two weeks!! I'm pretty excited about this one because of the summer season

-LOVES the outside!! When we get him dressed in the morning, he automatically goes over to his shoe basket and pulls out a pair and then says, "outside"

-Is pretty good at saying: hot dog, string cheese, drink, shoes, outside, sissy, duck, baby, book, and Tyler (atleast we know what he's saying...)

-Already has a good sense of humor. The other night he woke up crying; I went in to see what was wrong - he had woken up with the hiccups and so I giggled a bit (crying, hiccup, crying, hiccup) and then he just started to giggle right along with me!

-Has a mullet :( so as soon as I get his 1 yr pictures taken, I will be shaving his head!

-Knows and makes the sound of a dog

-Knows where his belly, toes, nose, hair and tongue are

-Is a growing up WAY TOO FAST!!

Here are some recent pictures of Tyler that just make me smile!

I usually don't like having my picture taken, but Harrison had the camera, I had make-up on that day, and Tyler has his cute smile on -

So messy, yet so cute?!? He does this move whenever I say, "aaahhhh..."

Another one of Harrison's pics with the camera - hillarious expression! :)

Tyler is obssessed with sunglasses right now -

Tyler likes taking a ride while dad exercises

Some cute pics of Harrison and McKenna, both with Tyler

HOMELESS BIRD

The other morning I peeked out the patio door to see how the day was shaping up when I saw a bird fly past the door and looked to be landing somewhere on the patio (with straw in mouth) My curiosity got the best of me and I went out to look -

WAIT, LET'S REWIND....
My parents gave us a grill a few years ago. We decided to officially start the grilling season a couple weeks ago. We had a great dinner with BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs - now, here's one of our weaknesses....we never put the cover back on the grill.

FAST FORWARD TO THE OTHER MORNING....When I went out on the patio I saw this:

and I thought, "oh, that bird was making a nest on our propane tank."
Then I looked up a litte higher and saw this:

and I thought, "oh no! that bird MIGHT be making a nest IN the grill!"
And then I lifted up the grill lid to find this:

Adam cleaned out the BBQ grill and I actually felt bad that we had just destroyed this hard working, little birdies home! I'm sorry dear birdie, but we do love to grill - you'll have to find another home somewhere else!

So, for all you lazy people out there like us, remember to put on your grill cover - EVERYTIME!! Because if you don't, it will happen to you over and over again (yep, that's right...a week later we had BBQ, didn't put the cover on, and by the next morning that bird had started right back to work!)

MOVE OVER BAKERELLA?!?

I decided this Mother's Day to get crafty. It is hard to find something to buy for both mothers now - so, I went onto Bakerella's blog and found these cute little cake pops. I'm only posting this because they turned out pretty cute, but I think they looked better than they tasted. I would suggest using a chocolate cake recipe or some other flavor than yellow cake; it was a little too bland for me. Anyway, here is my attempt at being crafty in the kitchen:

Although they turned out for the most part, I didn't complete the cake pops without some falling apart:

Here's the finished flowers. I must give credit to Adam; he helped me with the whole decorating part of the project...pretty good huh?!

I had these cute little tins that I ended up putting them in...great ONE TIME experience !