Leo's Party

On Leo's birthday we had some friends over for presents and cake.

Leo's new farm Lego's, Ky and John thought they were pretty cool too!!

A monkey for our monkey. I had to buy two bags of m&m's, there was only ONE brown in the first bag... darn now I have to eat two bags of m&m's... :)!!

I got him close for the picture and he got close enough to get a finger in the frosting... YUM!!

Happy Birthday to LEO!

Leo blew out his candle... on the second try, after all the other kids had a turn blowing out the candle...

CAKE, YUM YUM YUM!!

And what do you do with your empty plate? Wear it on your head of course!

Leo's birthday landed right in the middle of girl's camp... I was so disappointed I couldn't go for the whole time. I went Friday morning after Leo's birthday. I actually do feel bad, our president was the only one who went the whole time... luckily it was a stake camp.

So Leo had his first night away from mom the day after turning one... Steve says he did great! Not surprised, he is so easy going!

Leo is ONE!

My baby boy turned one!!! We can't believe how fast this year has gone! Steve jokingly said that if it was up to us, Leo wouldn't be here yet and here he is one year old... Good thing somethings aren't up to us! What a beautiful surprise Leo has been!


Leo one week old. I love this picture, makes my want to cry a little, and I'm not even a cry-er... :)





Leo one year old! His monkey had a one year birthday too... :)







Blowing raspberries.

On the go Leo!

Happy Boy!

Yep he crawls!

Blahh!!

"Mmooomm" Silly lady stop taking pictures of me and pick me up!

We love love love, our happy easy going number 3!
He has 2 teeth. Crawls and scoots. Goes up and down stairs. Pulls up on furniture. Yells "DA" when he wants dad. Follows Ky and John all over the house and yard. Says mmomm when he wants mom to pick him up. Is super ticklish. Smiles at everyone. Plays peek-a-boo. And lots more this busy mommy can't remember it all at once, don't worry though the kid has a journal... :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE LEO!

School's out for SUMMER!

Kyla finished preschool! She loved her class and teacher and learned so much. I thought she would really miss school but she has been playing hard with Johnny and the neighbors and hasn't asked about it once... yeah for summer!



Kyla the first day of school last fall.

Ky the last day of school this spring.

Ky and Miss Steffanie. Kyla loved her teacher, she was lots of fun and pretty laid back. Miss Steffanie really appreciated how creative Ky is... Ky loves to color and draw, she always drew more pictures on the back of her homework pages.

Now it is on to sandboxes, riding bikes, swinging and jumping on the tramp... Kyla has a busy summer ahead!

giving in

Steve has been telling me we need a new computer for a long time. I have been telling him the one we have is just fine, yes it is 5 years old and has been plagued with problems since the UPS guy dropped it in delivery but... there are too many other things I would rather spend the $$ on... :) So now the "old" computer is interfering with my hobby... it won't recognize the USB ports so I can't get the pictures from the camera to the computer that way and it won't recognize the card reader either...

OK FINE, BUY A NEW COMPUTER!!!

It was already on the list for Father's Day (that is all he asked for... sneaky guy!) But it got bumped up a little and he is getting an early Father's Day present.

Be warned once I get the camera and computer communicating there will be lots of pictures to share!!

Funnies

"If I stay in the bath all day, I'll turn into a fish." -Johnny

John and Leo took a bath together this morning and I got Leo out first, after getting him dressed I went to help John out of the tub, guess I took too long... Good thing he made me laugh, then I didn't have to go into the whole, you are old enough to get yourself out bit... :)

While getting ready to take Kyla to school the other day, I asked if she was ready to go and she replied,

"Ready as I'll ever be."

Adult phrases are so funny coming from little ones!

John and Ky were getting in the car, Johnny was going first and Ky asked,

"Johnny do you need a lift?"

Theses are the little treasures that make my day, LOVE my sweet kids!

TEETH?! quick someone call 911

Oh good, Leo did... Yeah Leo dialed 911 tonight. I didn't think that was possible, what are the chances of an 11 month old getting those 3 number pushed in the right order?! Apparently pretty good.

And the reason for his call? He cut his first tooth today!! Yep, he is a little late to get teeth. Grandma Seamons' says that means he'll have good teeth, hope so!!

I really didn't worry about him not having teeth at 11 months until last week when someone asked if I was worried... um, not until you asked...

Leo is such a good kid he didn't make me worry long.

Paul and Mari

Our great friends the Goodman's are wanting to adopt. I put a link to their adoption blog on here, just trying to help them get their name out there. :)

Happy Happy Birthday Johnny Boy!!

Johnny turned 3 last Sunday, we had his party on Saturday. He was so excited to invite his friends to his Lightning Mcqueen birthday party.

Look at that handsome guy!

We made cars; complete with steering wheels and license plates. Then we did a obstacle course race and played red light green light. Johnny held onto his little steering wheel the whole time and made a car noise too. So cute!

She cracks me up! Love the boots!

Johnny in the obstacle course race, notice his personalized carborator county license plate.

Johnny asked for a Lightning Mcqueen cake, it took me awhile to figure out what to do. I finally thought of this race track cake, thankfully he loved it!!

He blew out the candles like a champ! He acted a little surprised when he blew them out, like he didn't expect it to be so easy... maybe that is me projecting, I still remember last year when he needed a little help to blow out the candles.

Leo gave Johnny these Lightning Mcqueen jamies. He has worn them almost every night since.

Humble Thanks

Not sure what else to say about that... I am eternally grateful our close call was just that, only a close call.

Woke up yesterday to a melty burning smell in Leo's room. The blanket was on a stool next to the wall where the night light was plugged in, it got over the night light and started to melt. The hole went all the way through the folded blanket, 4 layers.

Our little Leo is one special guy, miracle to get him here and some miracles to keep him here.

The Neighbors

"Hey mom, a deer just walked by..." -Kyla

Our neighborhood elk. They showed up the other night and hung out for a few hours. The kids thought it was cool, so did our new human neighbors who just moved up from Phoenix. :)

Spring at the Seamons'

The snow is melting, the flowers are coming out and there is a pile of construction mess in my yard... yep it is spring...

This time it was just a tub and tile, done in a week! The kids bathroom had a plumbing issue that required Steve to cut the fiberglass tub, when he was done he patched it up with some caulk and it stayed that way... for a year. I just couldn't bring myself to do any more construction.... did I say "do"... I mean WATCH STEVE DO more construction. :) We finally had a deadline, our friends with the tile saw are graduating and moving, SUPER SAD... not about the saw, about the friends... we will really miss the Wilson's!!

So Steve riped out the tub, put in a new one, did an awesome tile job on the wall and DONE! He actually did it two weeks before our vacation, it is just taking me awhile.... Great Job Steve!

cheerios with a side of funny

At breakfast this morning...

"Mom, Dad and I took a shower last year... so we are clean." -John

"Holy Cow! I have a big brain!" -Kyla

Another oldie but goody... Easter Friday...

**WARNING SPOILER**

This post contains information about the Easter Bunny...

So Steve and I don't really love the Easter Bunny tradition. We like giving our kids fun spring presents and doing Easter egg hunts but it's not about the bunny for us. Weird? Maybe... OK yes.

So our kids know that Beave is the Easter Bunny. He comes on Saturday, this year it was Friday, he fills their baskets and hides eggs.

It may not work like I think it will but we are trying to emphasize Easter Sunday and the wonderful celebration of Christ's resurrection!

Johnny and Kyla told Beave he had to dress up like the Easter bunny. I got him these ears... Johnny didn't think it was enough, "you need a bunny head and tail."

Johnny still calls Steve the Easter Bunny... for the last two months he will randomly call Steve "the Easter Bunny" instead of Dad... "Mom lets call the Easter Bunny at work and see if he can fix my toy." You mean Dad? "Yeah, the Easter Bunny."

Kyla and Johnny were way excited to get piggy banks! Johnny promptly dropped and cracked his right after the picture...

Notice how the eggs are hidden... we still have to give lots of hints to help them find the eggs, someday Beave will get to make a real egg hunt!

Leo was happy to just play with the egg, until big brother showed him what was inside!

More old Pictures... Grand Falls

We went to Grand Falls on Good Friday, it is about an hour away on the Navajo reservation. This hugemongous waterfall is spring run off, it is only there for a few months in the spring!

That is just the top half, I guess I didn't get a good picture of the big drop off... oh wait you can kind of see it in the previous pic with Ky and John...

Silly Leo!

Our kite, Chimone. The kids got him for Easter and we were super excited to take it to Grand Falls because it is ALWAYS windy there, like blow little ones away windy. Someone heard we were coming with a kite... no wind!! Chimone was in the air long enough for me to snap this picture and that was it.

Catch Up...

I really wanted to blog about Johnny's b-day but the camera and the computer are fighting... silent treatment... and Steve isn't home to help them work it out. So with Steve gone and kids asleep what is a girl to do... catch up. I got busy around Easter and didn't put these fun pictures up, so now is my chance...

Saturday before Easter we went to the "Spring Festival" in Sedona. Kyla was very excited to ride the ponies!

Johnny would pull this face every time we asked to see his face painting...

Beave practicing his moves for the Circus.

Wait for it... wait for it...

The wind up...

And GO!!

The kids were all very impressed!

Leo also liked playing in the hula hoops.

Beach Bums for a day... or two

We spent a day on Treasure Island beach, the beach came recommended by some friends who live in So. Cal. It did not disappoint... it was a great beach! (Thanks Kelsi!)

Kyla loved collecting shells! The beach we went to the second day had lots of seaweed, she made piles of that there...

Beach Steve sporting my sunglasses... He lost his in Disneyland... :(

Beautiful. Girl and ocean.

Johnny LOVED the HUGE "sandbox!!" He dug this hole up to his shoulders...

Leo did NOT like the first day at the beach, he was tired and worn out, he didn't even like to sit in the sand. He was feeling much better our second day and played in the sand a little.

Ky and John were much more into the sand than the waves, fine by me until they get a little bigger! Actually Johnny got knocked down by a wave and it scared him enough he kept 5 feet of sand between him and the waves the rest of the day...

Yep, we moved in.... three kids at the beach for 6 hours requires a lot of "stuff..."

Johnny's cool new shades and blowing bubbles at the beach!

We left the camera in the car the second day of beach but it was more of the same, minus some "stuff" and with the addition of a DOLPHIN and a good friend, Jake. We saw the dolphin swimming around close to shore for about 5 minutes, I think Ky saw it but I don't think Johnny did, it would pop out of the water and back in so quick... it was really cool, Steve says we have no need to go to Sea World now... I think Belle might disagree... :)

Beave and Jake + Kids, all packed up and ready for the drive home, back to the snow...

Hide and Seek

"I'll count and you hide. 1..2..3..4... ready or not here I come!" -Ky

"I'm not behind the chair..." -John

Squeals of delight when Ky finds John behind the chair!

"OK you count now and I'll hide. I'll hide under the couch." -Ky

"1... 2...3... ready set go!" -John

"John come find me I'm under the couch!" -Ky

More squeals!

Johnny is Trained!

Johnny got this cool Lightning Mcqueen track for going a whole week, church day to church day, without accidents...

Yeah for only one kid in diapers!! Johnny is fully potty trained! I took pull ups to Disneyland intending to have Johnny wear them, I thought it would be easier... But, if you can imagine, John refused to wear them... The AMAZING thing is he did it! A week of vacation with no accidents and 3 days at home since with no accidents. I was a little worried the magic of disneyland would wear off and he would go back to accidents, no faith mom?!

Two down one to go...