Our Rock Group

The kids were having a little dance party the other day! Such a great way to move your body and get all that energy out!! Hudsie joined in on the singing! How cute are they!!?



Hannah actually wrote her first song this week!!! Soooo adorable, she sang it for Denny and I the other night and we can't stop singing it. Once I figure out how to add audio files I'll load it up so you can enjoy it too!!

The Big Brother

Ethan and I were enjoying our cereal for breakfast this morning; in our discussion I said thank you angel. He replied, I am not an angel, I am the big brother!!" It was just to cute! Had to share a picture of the big brother!! Isn't he just adorable :)

Hudsie Pie is 6 months old

6 months has gone by really quickly. Especially not having 8 hours of straight sleep in those wonderful 6 months... It is totally my fault. I can't let my little sweet pea cry so I bring him in bed to snuggle each night and when he wakes up in his crib it's just his way of saying hey, I am ready to snuggle, come and get me!!

He is such a big boy. Sitting up on his own, army crawling all over the place. He loves playing with Ethan's cars - all boy!! He is eating cereal, sweet potatoes and pears. He loves to drink water from my straw, which is a funny thing. I have never seen a baby drink from a straw. Most often I have a cup of water with a straw in it so I guess he sees it enough to wonder what is up with it!! He loves watching his sister and brother play outside and looks as if he can not wait to join in. He thinks Hannah dancing around and being silly is pretty cool, she can always make him smile!!

He weighed 19 pounds today and is 27 inches long.

We love you Hudsie Pie!! Thanks for completing our family!!

XOXO,
Mommy

The Perfect Moment

I had this incredible ah ha moment the other day and I wanted to share...

I was standing in the kitchen making dinner. Hannah and Ethan were playing outside on the swing set. Hudson was playing in his high chair right across from where I was cooking. Denny was in and out, between the kitchen and outside. All the patio doors were open, and there was a soft breeze blowing in through the house. The radio was playing softly in the background. It was just so perfect. It felt like everything was exactly as it is supposed to be. Like complete total peace and happiness. I realized life is great, more than great it is awesome. I have more than I ever could have hoped for. I have these amazing, silly, funny, creative, adorable, beautiful little kids that I am just so totally head over heels in love with. Just hearing them laugh makes my heart overflow with happiness. My husband, who I don't tell nearly enough how much I appreciate him. He is wonderful, the best friend, Daddy, husband. Each year of our marriage it just gets better and better, wonder what it will be like for our 50th anniversary :)!!

I am lucky, I am blessed, I am truly happy, I am thankful.

LIFE IS GOOD, REALLY GOOD.

Merry Christmas!!

We had a wonderful Christmas!! Kids got everything they wanted and a little more. We enjoyed time relaxing and enjoying family and friends. Hannah got an electric scooter from Santa and she LOVES it!! Her brother decided he wanted one too...geez Santa, get with the program!!! He took it for a ride in the backyard on Monday and drove it right into the pool. Needless to say it is ruined and it scared him pretty bad. Daddy decided they both needed one and we had to order 2 new ones...



Ethan got an inflatable go-cart for his Mario Kart game, he has been loving the Wii!! He also got his favorite movie, How to Train you Dragon and I think he has watched it at least 5 times since Christmas!!!


Hudson got a new bathtub seat and loves taking a big boy bath now!! I think the ribbons and paper were much more exciting though.


We let them all get in the tub the other day and they had a blast...I think it was a one time thing though he was feeling a little overwhelmed.


Had to share one of the grandkids with Grammy! We are missing our Riley & Ryan though :(



Jimmy's Family!! Such a beautiful family and Alex and Dylan are so grown up!!!


All in all it was a wonderful Christmas and we are truly blessed!! Until next year!
xoxo,
ME

Santa Claus is coming to town...

We had our annual ornament exchange over the weekend!! So much fun!!! We had a surprise visitor :)

The Family~

The Friends~

The Babies~

Philips Family Binky Free...Is that POSSIBLE?

We are a binky family - that's all there is to it. Hannah loved her binks so much she had two, one for her mouth and one for her eye. Yep, you read right... Right after Ethan was born she gave it up, her own terms, her own time - easy breezy. Ethan on the other hand LOVES LOVES LOVES his bink. It helps him relax, sleep and veg out which he loves to do! Yesterday he said, "I don't need my bink anymore mom." OKAY! HE threw it in the garbage, before he could change his mind I handed him the bag and said let's put it out in the BIG garbage. All smiles, "Okay"! Off he went binky and all. Later that afternoon he was getting sleepy and he said, "mom, let's go get my bink out of the garbage." I said we can't buddy it's in the nasty garbage and we put food on it. He hasn't asked me again!! Tomorrow is day 3 of a future without binks!!! WHOO HOO!!! For 6 1/2 years I have been keeping track of binks. Reaching around the floorboard of the car while driving down the road to give them to a screamer, or searching every last purse/bag to find where they last put it. YEAH!!! Great job Ethan!! We are super proud of you.

Thankfully Hudson didn't like his!