Busy day...

Today was a busy day!

Saxon got home from school and was reaching into the toy basket to get his Lincoln logs, and hit his eye on the side of the toy basket.  The toy basket had ripped and a piece of metal from the frame of the basket was sticking out.  His eye was instantly red and looked like it had blood drops under the skin.  I called the pediatrician and they sent us down to Orem to see an eye specialist.  After spending ALL AFTERNOON at the doctor's office, it turns out that he broke a bunch of blood vessels in his eye but didn't do any permanent damage.

After such a long and tiring day, Saxon and Bridger came home and slept for a few hours.  Dalton did not.  He was thrilled to be out of his seat and rolled around all over the living room.

Once the boys woke up, Dalton was thrilled to have some playmates.  Here he is rolling around all over Saxy.  The toys are now all over the living room floor because I am throwing the toy basket away...

He did it!

He did it!

Nate finally graduated from his online program and got his Master's Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

It was a ton of work to do while working full time at Walgreens and having 3 kids.

We're so proud of him!

Congratulations Nate!

January Artwork

Here's some of Saxon's artwork for January:

They learned about winter animals (owls, foxes, penguins), hand-washing, New Year's, winter weather, Chinese New Year, etc.  They made New Year's Resolutions (Saxon's was to "learn how to play"), and practiced their letters, numbers, colors, shapes, etc.  Saxon LOVES his school so we signed him up to have the same teacher again next year because she's amazing and he loves her!

Lately...

Here's what we've been up to lately...

Baking Valentine's Day treats:

The kids desperately needed their haircut because I had an appointment to get their picture taken.  Brittany wasn't going to have time, and neither did my neighbor who usually cuts their hair.  So, we decided to try out Cookie Cutters.  Well, the kids LOVED it!  Bridger got to ride in an airplane and watch "The Incredibles" on TV and Saxon picked a motorcycle and the move "Elf."  They each got a cookie cutter, a sucker, and a balloon when we left.

Yesterday, Brittany came with me to get the kids picture taken at Fotofly.
It was busy, and crazy, but it went well and the pictures turned out awesome!
We told the kids that if they were good, we would go to "The Sweet Tooth Fairy" and get cupcakes after.  So, here's the after...

I have a few things to catch up on, then I'll post the pictures from Fotofly.

I loved them and I can't wait to post them...

3 Peas in a Pod

Or should I say...3 boys in a Sharky Tent...

It was one of those days...the kind that warranted pajamas, movies, and a shark tent in the bedroom.

Saxon had a 102+ degree fever...

Bridger refused to do his hair..."I just wear my Cubs hat!"  I can't explain why he's not wearing pants, he was earlier...

Dalton was too busy hanging out with the big boys to nap, which makes for one cranky baby!

-Screaming coming from the tent

-Bubby: Saxy bein' real naughty in here!

-Me:  Saxon!  If I see you being naughty, I'm taking down the tent

-Saxon:  (zipping up the tent) Now you can't see...

-More screaming

Oh well, this cute face always makes me feel better:

Crazy, busy, boys...

Funny Boys...

I think my boys are hilarious!  Really, truly, very funny.  I think it's one of their talents.  Saxon's teacher tells me all the time how much she loves having him in class because he is SO FUNNY!  Here's a few examples:

Saxon's preschool had a free eye exam for all the kids.  The guy in charge of the exam sang a song to the kids to get them excited.  I guess the song was kind of lame because as soon as he finished Saxon says "Well that wasn't even funny!"  His teacher said it was hilarious because all of the other kids laughed politely but Saxon had to say it like it is.  She said she was trying so hard not to laugh.

After preschool on Friday Saxon's teacher told me that he had to sit in the time out chair for a minute because he wasn't being a good listener.  I asked him what happened and he said "Mom, Ms. Jennifer was being so naughty in school today.  She was using her mean voice!"  I asked what he did when she asked him to sit in the time out chair and he said "I gave her really mean faces like this..."  I had to laugh!  He even admitted that he wasn't being a good listener.   


On Sunday, Saxon kept trying to get out of going to church by telling me that he didn't feel good.  When we got there, he just laid his head on Nate's lap and said his whole body hurt.  I decided to take him and Dalton home, but leave Bridger and Nate there for the rest of the meeting.  Bridger kept begging Nate to take him home too.  Nate said no, so pretty soon Bridger lays on the ground moaning that his tummy hurts.  He kept trying to convince Nate that he was definitely too sick for nursery.  Nate laughed and text me.  Since that wasn't working, he decided to take off his clothes, at which point, Nate took him home. l

Once we were all home, Bridger brought out a handful of sunglasses from his room and put a pair on each of us, telling us "let's all be dudes."  Once we were all "dudes", he said "Peace out Girl Scout" and walked out.

Later, while I was taking care of Saxon and Nate was cleaning up dinner, Bridger decides to go skateboarding around the house.  I wasn't really paying attention, but then I see Bridger go zooming by me, standing on the skateboard and Mike caught him in midair right before the skateboard collided with the wall.  Luckily Mike caught him because the skateboard hit with enough force to leave a huge dent in the wall.  I can only imagine what it would have done to Bridger if he had hit the wall too.  But, it didn't scare him because he just said "Whoa" and then got back on the skateboard and headed toward a different wall.

I love my boys!  I love having 3 of them too!  When Dalton was born, my Grandma Sonnenberg told me that she thought that 3 boys was easier than 2 boys.  She said that number 3 would be mellow and happy and would be a distraction for the other 2 so they wouldn't be so wild.  She was SO RIGHT!  My first 2 are busy, busy, busy all the time, and my little number 3 is mellow and happy and just makes me happy all the time.  Three has been so much fun.  I love this phase of parenting because I have 3 kids that are all still home with me.  Saxon has preschool 3 days a week which is a nice break for him, but other than that, we get them all the time.  I think I'm going to be sad when they go to school and I don't get to have them home with me all the time.  It's fun to be able to go to the pool or Dinosaur Museum whenever we want.  I just love my little guys!

Winter Swimming

On Saturday night, we went with Mike to the Legacy Center to go swimming.

It was Dalton's first trip to the pool and he was so good! 
Look at those HUGE blue eyes!  He's so cute!

Bridger went down the little slide a million times and then kept trying to jump in the deep end.  He seems sure that if Saxon can swim, so can he...Finally Daddy had to just hold him.

Saxon practiced his swimming and loved the freedom of being able to move around on his own.  With a little more practice, he should be ready for the next level of swimming lessons this summer.

Mike kept laying Dalton on his back and he would stick his feet straight up every time.  It was so funny!

Thanks Mike!  It was so much fun!

The Heros...

My boys LOVE heros.

They love to watch hero movies, play with their hero figures, and of course, BE heros.

So, for Christmas, Grandma Gailey made them hero capes:

They had to try them out immediately by flying around outside in the wind and snow.

It was FREEZING, but nothing stops a true hero!

Dalton has one too, but he stayed inside with me.

We'll work on getting a picture of the 3 heros in their capes...

Monster Trucks and Basketball

Sometimes I really wonder what we would do without Mike.

He hangs out with us when we're bored, runs errands with me, goes on walks with us, and my boys adore him!  Every time Bridger hears the garage door open, he goes running for the door yelling "MIKE!  MIKE!"  Now that we don't all fit in one car, he cries for Mike when we meet somewhere instead of Mike riding with us.

Last week on Friday, Mike called and said that he was going to a Monster Truck Rally with his friend Mike and his kids.  Friend Mike's daughter couldn't come so they had an extra ticket and he wanted to know if Saxon would want to go.  Of course Saxon wanted to go.  He was SO EXCITED!  Well, Bridger realized that Saxon was going with Mike and he was devastated!  He sat at the bottom of the stairs crying "me want Mike!"  When Mike got to our house, he said that he would take Bridger too and just keep him on his lap.  Both boy promised not to tantrum or ask for anything, and took off with Mike without looking back.  When they got home, both boys had had the time of their lives and couldn't stop talking about it.  It once again reaffirmed that Mike is their favorite person!

Then, Mike text me on Thursday night to say that the Utah Flash were playing on Friday and to see if we wanted to go.  We met Mike and Jeff & Meg at the China Buffet (Mike and Jeff's favorite Friday night dinner) and then met Mike's friend Mike and his family at the Flash game at half-time.  It turns out that going at half-time was perfect!  My kids can only handle about half a game, and parking was free and so were the tickets.  A lot of people had left already since the Flash were getting killed, and so the kids had plenty of room to run around. The Flash ended up pulling it together and won in overtime.  It was a fun game for us, and the kids got to run around with friends, so it was a fun game for them!

Bridger was being so silly!  He kept giving me his cheesy smile and he kept trying to talk Megan into showing him her babies.  He tried to lift up her shirt to find them, and then he tried to open her belly with a key.  He is so excited to meet his new baby cousins.

Saxon asked me on the way to the game "Is Jeff having 5 girls or 6 girls?  Oh yeah, probably just 9 girls."  It was so funny!  He spent the whole time at the game playing with his friends and loving every minute of it!

Dalton spent most of the game on Megan's lap and loved every minute of it!

4 months

Well, I have been really behind on blogging.

Not because we haven't been doing anything,

but because we've been so busy!

Three has really kept us busy all the time!

Baby Dalton was officially 4 months on the 9th.

I just can't get enough of this cute guy!

He is giggly, wiggly, and happy almost all of the time.

He loves to coo and babble and LOVES attention.

So far, he's been easy going and sweet for me all the time.

We're working on sleeping through the night and I think he's finally catching on.

I know better than to think that the "easy going" part will last, but I'm enjoying it while it does.  I'm sure the big boys will teach him everything he needs to know soon enough.

At his 4 month check up he was:

15 lbs. 11 oz.  - 65%

25.75 inches - 78%

his head is 16 inches - 12%

The doctor said it was so fun to see Dalton that day because the rest of his day had been uncooperative 18 month olds and it was fun to get a happy 4 or 6 month old mixed in.

We love you baby Dalton!