My baby is 4 years old!!

I am having a hard time coming to grips with the fact that my baby is actually 4 years old. We had a big Dino-mite party this past Saturday with family and 9 other neighbor and school friends and boy did we have a houseful and alot of fun. We got wise this year and had a plan of attack as with all these kids letting them run wild was not an option , so we did a sticker foam craft, daddy and mommy made a dinosaur bean bag throw, and we had pin the nose on Triceratops. Overall, I think things went well, the kids seemed to have a great time and Keaton was on top of the world the entire day. It was weird for Ben and I, as it was our first Birthday for Keat here in Colorado, but we couldnt have asked for a better day and a better group of people to share the day with. It was 60 degrees out and sunny and everyone was in good spirits and we had ourselves one dino-riffic day!

Party Party!!

Keaton had his first Valentines party /class birthday party yesterday. I was lucky enough to be the class mom for the morning and boy did we have fun. Daddy then came home and we had a wonderful lobster and New York Strip steak dinner, we then topped off are already full bellies with cake. We had a great night, no meltdowns and lots of laughing.
We are now preparing for the big Dinosaur birthday party tom morning. We are expecting 13 kids and boy are we going to have fun. I hopefully have prepared enough games and crafts to keep all these kids busy or this place will be nuts. Pictures will be coming after the big event. I still am in shock that my little baby is going to be 4 years old tomorrow. Where time has gone I have NOOOOOOO idea. He is such a little man now, and become so independent and grown up. The year should be interesting as the 3's were trying and I've heard and felt already that 4's are going to be even worse. I guess we'll see hugh.

Babies come by Mail !

Keaton has been asking for a baby sister for a few months now!!! Yes, you read that right. Ever since Amelia visited us last month has has been asking even more now for a baby sister to keep. He wants a baby brother Ryan and a baby sister too. Today he asked again for a baby sister and I told him he would have to ask daddy about that and he stated " No mommy, we don't need to talk to daddy about that, we need to talk to the mail carrier about it, daddy has nothing to do with it!!" So folks, as you can see we have not had the birds and the bees chat and my sweet boy thinks babies come in the mail. Sure would be easier than 9months of pregnancy hugh. Thought this was tooooooo cute and others may get a laugh. I am not laughing to hard as he still wants the sister no matter how it gets here.Hmmmm, not sure about that yet.

First parent teacher conference

Today was my first Parent teachers conference for Keaton. It was a new role for me as usually I would be the one giving the conference so this was different, and thank goodness it went well. I cant believe how grown he is and how far he had come over the last few years. The teachers are smitten by him and love his very descriptive and animated stories he loves to tell. I have to take a moment to brag as I feel the need, so bare with me. The teachers said he knows all his letters from A to Z by sight and sound, along with numbers to 20, he can write his name by himself, he knows his shapes and how to draw the shapes by himself. He is very good at following directions and solving problems,escpecially when it comes to working with friends. Of course I could go on but I should stop as not to bore you all. I am a proud mommy as you never know what you may hear and after all he's been through this last year with all the changes I wasnt sure how it would all affect him but overall he seems to be doing great. He is going to go 3 days a week next year with the same teacher (I hope) as he loves school so much. He is growing up fast and I am trying to cherish each and everyday.

We weathered the storm!

Sorry it's been so long since I've updated but boy things have been insane at our house. Last Thursday Keaton came down with a minor cough and didnt think much of it until late Friday afternoon when that little cough turned into a 102 degree fever and a very sick boy. We fought a fever of 102 to 103 for 5 straight days. We headed to the doctor on the 3rd day and found out thru a chest X-ray he had pneumonia in his lungs and the doc also said he felt he had another virus he was fighting. Yikes. May I add that by Sunday night Ryan had a fever and horrible cold too so not only was I dealing with one but two very sick children and on top of that company (Aunt katie , Uncle Ron and Uncle Andy) flying in to see us for a long weekend. May I say, I was put to the test last week. I was really worried about Keaton as his cough was horrible and his fever just wouldnt let up even with meds. Needless to say we weathered the sick storm, had a great visit with family who we pray we didnt infect but will be suprised if we didnt and are looking forward to a healthy week! Oh I forgot to mention that I got a cold and have been fight it but no rest for the weary ya, know!!!