And then there were 4!!

     One main reason this blog suffered in silence for so long was this:

Ready to Pop! 

Photo by the talented Mike Wood Photography

Our 3D Babyvision Ultrasound

Introducing SAWYER!!!

Born in August 2 weeks early after a strange, scary day that I may actually write about one day soon before I forget all the details. He was a nice 7 lbs, 10 oz. and 20 1/2 in. with lots of hair, the sweetest personality and look at the squishy face. 

Sawyer kicking back and relaxing when he was only a few days old.
Photo by the wonderful Veronica Lunn Photography

Sawyer 3 1/2 months old. Always happy and smiling away. 

     He's completed our family and lives. We love him to pieces and can't imagine life without him. Life isn't easy with our Fantastic Four but its worth it.  Things are definitely interesting around here and I doubt that will change for the next hmmmm.... 18 years or so. 

Hello My Long Lost Friend!

     Oh, my dear blog, how I've missed you. I know, I know its all my fault. You've sat here patiently waiting for me to visit you and I've neglected to for over a year. Its really inexcusable and yet I have a list of excuses a mile long running through my head, but bottom line it all comes down to the kids. Basically having 4 kids sucks the life right out of you and having 4 kids, 3 of which are 4 and under is almost a guaranteed free pass to the local nut house.The kids were the sole purpose to start this crazy thing and now they have been my excuse for staying away.  Well excuses no more. I have had several requests to start writing again and NO, it was not only my mom, I have strangely enough have quite a few people ask.  Apparently my trials and tribulations with the Wee Three were amusing and with the Fantastic Four its downright hysterical (not always the good kind either). So if people want to hear about our life and it makes them smile then why not.  I guess this means I'm coming out of retirement but right now this post will have to do.  I am fairly certain the baby had one of those poo explosions that the diaper can't possibly contain and its guaranteed to be halfway up his back by now. Welcome back to our Wee Three Fantastic Four and I hope you enjoy.

Our Fantastic Four meet for the very first time.

The First Day of School  Fall 2013

Halloween 2013

Meeting Santa

Santa Clause Parade

It's a Love Story - Out Takes

"MOM, Why are are you ripping my ears off?" 

(I was fixing her hair, I promise)

 "Don't tell me how to smile, I am sooooo unimpressed with you".

"Hmmm...How can I get into trouble?"

"Ha ha ha Suckers, I am going to strip on this stage, in a church during my parents wedding...Take that!"

"Go sit down right now and I will buy you any Lego set you want I don't care how much it costs, go sit down." 

(said through gritted teeth while smiling of course)

(Trying to hold back the tears, so I didn't start a full on ugly cry)

"Bwahaha, I ruined your picture"

All photos courtesy of Mike Wood Photography

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It's a Love Story Part 2

All photos courtesy of Mike Wood Photography

It's a Love Story Part 1

All Photos Courtesy of Mike Wood Photography

Umm...where did July go? oh, Hi there August!

    So today is August 1st.  Where did July go?  I'm not entirely sure what happened to the summer but its half over and I'm not really OK with that.  I am not looking forward to getting up, putting a kid on the bus, lunch making, missing my baby girl while she is at school.  I love summer! I love having nothing to do besides what we feel like doing.  No plans unless we make them, well except for Mike.  He has that annoying thing called work but even he has been extremely lucky this summer with 3 weeks off in a row.  I guess we were pretty busy in July which explains why it just kind of flew by.


June 30th, We did this:

(Photo courtesy of Mark aka Ricky Rolls)

    Best decision of my life! I'm really super lucky he wants to put up with me for the rest of our lives.

The week after our wedding, we spent deliriously happy and packing and planning for our honeymoon.

July 7th - 17th :

    Woke up every morning to incredible views like this in Maria Alm, Austria.

Took cheesy photos in front of famous places.  Anyone know what this is?

Any musical fans out there?

 It's pretty hard to tell from this shot but this is the Gazebo from The Sound of Music.  The one where they sing  16 going on 17. 

Harmony and Kiki finally got to meet and hit it off immediately. Kirstin left days before I had Harmony.

(All Vacation pictures Courtesy of Roberto, because I'm lazy and haven't uploaded my own yet)

This was taken in Saalfelden. Just walking around, shopping taking in the the atmosphere, which usually included chocolate and rain.

    That was the majority of July.  The remaining days were spent unpacking, readjusting to regular life and the time zone.  Now it is August.  We have had an amazing once in a lifetime July.  We have a few things planned for August.  Nothing as exciting as July but we get to spend the rest of the summer with our kids, so it will be filled with love, laughter, excitement and lots of cuddles.  It doesn't matter what we do or where we go as long as we are together.  I'm a very happy girl :)

Back to Reality - post wedding/honeymoon

     So we are back! We are happy, healthy and in one piece.  I know its been awhile since I've posted but we were all consumed with wedding and then honeymoon plans.  I think I need a vacation to recover from everything.  Yes, I know I just returned but I think I could really use a few days to mentally prepare and get my head back into the so called game. 

    On our honeymoon/vacation everything was done for us and we only had one child to wrangle.  Coming back and being thrown back into our three ring circus life was a bit of a shock.  Oh yeah, crap I have 3 little people that need me and no one to help since Mike is back to work. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, playing, crafts, bedtime, baths, snacks...OK, wait a minute...I think we need to be rich, so I could have a full time assistant to do all the boring stuff while I enjoy playing with the kids.  I probably wouldn't have to pull out the mean mommy voice nearly as often.

    We had an amazing wedding.  It was perfect.  Every detail was exactly what we wanted and it was a day just for us to celebrate our love and life long commitment.  Believe me, we are two very happy people.  I don't think we could have smiled any bigger if we tried. I will post our wedding story and pictures someday soon.

    Our honeymoon was equally amazing.  If I didn't have to return home I think I would have just stayed.  The mountains, cobble stone, quaint shops, everything was amazing...except the creepy rest stop but that's a story for another day.  I promise to post pictures and stories another day as well.

    I could totally post a million happy memories from the last 3 weeks but the kids... shoot the kids...well not actually shoot the kids, more like shoot I forgot about them.  They are begging for supper (which is in the oven and smells delicious), slapping each other, riding the dog, fishing in the dog water and doing gymnastics under the table.  How many more hours until Daddy returns from work? 6.5 hours.  OK, guess I better suck it up and stop being a princess.