Saturday after Clark and Taylor's birthday we had a birthday party at home for them. We got each of them their own cupcake so they could blow out their own candles. Clark blew his out without any help, but Taylor needed a little more encouragement. After they ate their cupcakes they opened presents. The boys are obsessed with the movie Cars and cars in general. You can see the cake in the picture above is a Cars cake. The car on top is a real toy car, so I had to buy an extra one when I ordered the cake. Abuela and Abuelo got them some hotwheel cars from the movie and a Cars outfit. We got them a race track and some dinosaurs that growl and walk. They love all the cars they got. They were playing with the dinosaurs at first, but now they are scared of them. They have to have their cars with them everywhere. Taylor especially. He always has one in each hand and has to take them with him to the babysitters, church, in the van. Logan enjoyed all the extra attention he got too. Abuela and Abuelo got him a Cars outfit too. He is still layed back as ever and really enjoys being around people. He is finally settling into a routine and sleeping more at night. We are excited....we can definately use the sleep.

Friday night all three boys had a sleepover at our friends house. So we were kid-free for a whole night. Sad to say, we were actually home by 9 pm and I fell asleep on the couch by 10 pm. I guess that's what sleep deprivation does to you. One day I'll sleep again, but for now I'm enjoying the craziness of our house with two, 2 year olds and a baby. Clark and Taylor have finally started referring to me as mommy and I love the sound of it. I hope I never get tired of hearing it!

Tag, I'm It

I got tagged to do this by Amy...maybe you can learn a little about me. So here we go:

A- Attached or single: Attached...going on ten wonderful years!

B- Best friend: My hubby for sure. Also have a few best girlfriends

C- Cake or Pie: Cake with buttercream icing...don't like that whipped stuff

D- Day of Choice: Saturday when we can spend the day as a family (until I start working weekends again)

E- Essential Item: Patience...but still working on having more

F- Favorite Color: Yellow

G- Gummy bears or worms- Gummy worms...especially the sour ones

H- Hometown: Baton Rouge, Louisiana...GEAUX TIGERS!!!

I- Indulgence: Blue Bell's Moolenium Crunch ice cream

J- January or July: I'm going to have to say January

K- Kids: Clark (2), Taylor (2), Logan (4 months)

L- Life is incomplete without: My family, I can't picture life without them

M- Marriage date: January 2, 1999

N- Number of Siblings: Six...4 brothers and 2 sisters

O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges

P- Phobias or fears: Public Speaking

Q- Quotes: To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

R- Reason to smile: My three handsome red-headed boys! When Clark and Taylor say Mommy

S- Season of choice: Fall

T- Tag 3 friends: Hardy (because you have a blog) and anybody who reads this and feels inspired to start a blog

U- Unknown fact about me: I just got a new job working at the Air Force hospital I worked at when I was active duty

V- Very favorite store: Don't have one...I don't like to shop

W- Worst habit: Watch too much TV

X- Xray or Ultrasound: Ultrasound

Y- Your Favorite Food: Ice Cream, Gumbo, Aunt Mae's banana pudding

Z- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
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Happy Birthday!

Clark and Taylor turned two today! I can't believe it...the time has gone by so fast! After I got home from work we took them to Chucky Cheese. They had a great time. Clark is scared to ride in any of the rides and was content to let Taylor drive. Somehow I don't think it's going to work that way when it's time to drive a real car. Taylor on the other hand wanted to ride in the car over and over and over. Every time it stopped he used his sign language to tell us more. They also enjoyed the Nascar game they are playing. It didn't matter that they couldn't reach the gas pedal's, their cars went anyway. Both of their cars ended up crashing into the wall which made the steering wheels vibrate. Neither one of them liked that too much and they wouldn't drive anymore. They won quite a few tickets and got some groucho marx glasses. We couldn't get Taylor to put his on, but you can see Clark modeling his. And the last picture is with their birthday presents from Papa Joe and Grandma Chris. They love them. They can't quite reach the pedals, but it won't be too long before they can. As soon as they saw them they were pointing to them and saying "bike", "bike". They are very happy to have their own bikes.
We are going to have a small birthday party for them on Saturday with their cake and presents from mom and dad and a visit with Abuela.

They Survived

So Bryan, Clark, and Taylor survived camping. I wasn't there, but it sounds like it was a pretty uneventful camping trip...which I think is a good thing. The boys had a great time and Bryan is glad that he took them. There was a playground there where they spent a good amount of time playing. And Friday evening Clark got to meet a cactus...up close and personal. He still has some pricklies in his leg. When they got home on Saturday morning, Bryan came in the house by himself and I didn't hear the boys at all. I told him that he was missing something and he told me to go look outside. The picture below is what I found. They were absolutely exhausted. After this nap that they took on the way home (about 40 minutes), they still took a three hour nap that afternoon and were back in bed and asleep for the night at 6:30 p.m. They were just a little tired!

Getting Ready

So here are the boys in the back yard. They are helping daddy set up the tent. They are going camping with Bryan this weekend. The father-son campout is Friday night. They don't have a clue what it's about and Bryan is pretty nervous taking them. This is their first camp-out since they've become mobile. We took them camping when they were six weeks old...which was a huge mistake because it was too hot outside and they got really dehydrated. Bryan is nervous taking them because: 1. He's outnumbered, 2. They're pretty fast these days (especially since Bryan has a bum knee), 3. They are still in cribs and don't sleep anywhere else, 4. When they don't sleep they are really, really grouchy! I think he'll do fine though. Logan is staying home with me. Maybe next year he can take all three of them!
And below are pics of the boys helping me make chocolate chip cookies. Taylor always helps me, but Clark usually runs off because he's scared of the mixer. But this time he stuck around and got a great reward in the end.

Clark and Taylor enjoying a Popsicle (Taylor on the left, Clark on the right)

Life has been busy. Juggling the older boys schedule, trying to get Logan on a schedule, jobs, laundry, dishes.... The list never ends.
Logan doesn't like to go to sleep, and it's been challenging getting him on a schedule with 2 two year olds running around. He's scared he's going to miss something. He seems to grow and change every day. He loves to be on his belly and is holding his head and upper body up really well. Clark is continuing to come up with new words every day. One day this week we got McDonald's for lunch. I had given him some chicken, but left the french fries in the bag. He looked at me and said 'french fries'. He had never said that and it surprised me. He also learned baseball and now every ball is a baseball and he walks around saying it all the time. Taylor is starting to follow Clark and is saying more words. He has also been saying car for a while, but had started adding race to it. We went to Sam's today and when he got out of the van he spotted a Corvette parked in front of us and he kept saying over and over 'race car', 'race car', 'race car'. It was hard to get him to walk so we could go in the store.
We've been working with them to say mommy and daddy when they need something. Right now they either scream or repetitively say 'uh', 'uh'. We've also been working with them to say Papa (my dad), Papa Joe (Bryan's dad), and Grandma. They have Papa down, but adding the Joe is quite funny. They run it all together into one word. And Grandma comes out as 'Mah-maw'. So sorry Grandma's, but you may have a different title.










Logan wearing a do-rag ------ That's what Mr. Potato head teeth are for, right?