"It's Potty Time"

You know it is time to start potty training when your child takes her diaper off and uses the potty on her own. Well, that is what has been happening in our home. Jacey has discovered the world of using the "BIG GIRL" toilet and she is so happy to be using it.

"Check me out I am looking snazzy in my new panties"

Perhaps the greatest invention ever for potty training. I was cutting hair this week and mentioned to my friend that I was going to start potty training Jacey and she told me about the potty watch (which Jacey is modeling for you). It is so great she gets to wear this watch and you can set it to go off every 30, 60 or 90 minutes and it sings a little tune to remind them its time to go to the potty. It is awesome!!! Every time it goes off she runs over and holds out her arm to show us the blinking lights and says, "Its Potty Time". Fortunately no pee pee in the big girl panties yet. The night time panties (Pull-ups) are still wet in the morning but that is a different battle.

With this new found sense of freedom, Jacey also wants to dress herself, and this is the result, on backwards and inside out. That's OK at least they made it on, instead of running around in panties only.

"I think the stars are still there?"

Jacey is really doing great, she loves wearing her watch and using the potty. Hopefully we will soon be diaper free!

HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY BROOKLYN

Well, it has been 4 years since this little one has entered our family and we are so grateful for our "Sugar-Bean" Happy Birthday Brooklyn.

Every birthday we like to decorate the family room and blow up balloons. The girls love to play with their birthday balloons.

When it was time to open up birthday presents McKenzie was so upset that she didn't get a chance to get her anything she said, "Wait, I'll be right back". A couple of minutes late McKenzie came running out with this towel. Wrapped up in the towel was all of these old toys that the girls play with. Brooklyn really enjoyed the thoughtfulness of her big sister.

This is my Masterpiece. I think I have found my calling.

The best part about having cake is licking the frosting off of the candles.

We decided to go the McDonald's and have cake and ice cream. We really had a fun time. Brooklyn wanted to have a "PINK" birthday. So we all wore our pink shirts, and yes Greg wore his pink shirt all day even to work. Brooklyn was so happy we all had on pink for her birthday.

As another year goes by we feel so thankful to have such wonderful girls in our home. They are all growing up so fast and enjoy the time that we get to make such wonderful memories.

ACCEPTED!

As many of you know we have been in school for a very very very long time. On Friday Greg finally had an interview with Midwestern University to be admitted into their Cardiovascular Science/Perfusion program. Well, he has been ACCEPTED and he will start at the end of August. We are so excited. How could you not accept someone as cute as he is.

Thanks babe for all the hard work you do for our family you are one in a million. I can't wait to take this next adventure with you. YOU DID IT!!!!!!

VALENTINE'S SWEETHEARTS

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

My little Valentine Sweethearts posing for the camera in their Valentine shirts that their Grandma Terror gave them for Valentine's Day. Thanks Grandma for the cute Valentine shirts.

McKenzie, Jacey, and Brooklyn posing for the camera. My they have grown up fast.

McKenzie age 6

Brooklyn age 3 1/2

Jacey age 2

McKenzie with her Valentine's Day Cards she got from school, her favorite ones were from the boys, and daddy got really mad. Not really.

Every year we like to give the girls a little Valentine's Day gift basket (well bucket in this case). They also got a couple of pillows as seen earlier.

Brooklyn with the bag she made at Pre-school for her valentines. She was so excited to get valentines like her big sister got. She liked the ones with candy not the ones from boys....yet.

Brooklyn absolutely loved the lip gloss she got in her valentine's bucket, she would put it on every couple of minutes, she carried it everywhere she went for a week.

Jacey was really excited for her bucket too.

Jacey was practicing licking her sucker and I guess her tongue got stuck.

Jacey loved to have McKenzie read her book to her. I think she read it to her like 10 times that day. Thanks Mckenzie I am sure glad your know how to read.

McKenzie really liked to make her Valentine's Day cards for her class. She took an extra long time when she made the ones for the boys. We are in for some trouble.


McKenzie at school with all of the Valentine's cards to hand out to her classmates.

PARTY ON!!!!

We started a new little family tradition we baked and decorated cupcakes for Valentine's Day. What an ewy gooey mess! They sure liked to lick up the mess.

McKenzie made this cupcake just for ME!!


Do you have enough hearts on there??? I think I see an empty spot. "Hand me another one, please"!

I think Jacey did more licking than decorating. She loved to eat the sprinkles they were just her size.


The baker at his best!!!!!!!

SETTING THE TREE UP

We have finally set our tree up. Well, I guess it isn't that late in the season. We had such a fun time, the girls realy liked it.


Tiffany had a great idea of making popcorn strands with the girls, it was a looooooong process. She started two of them and gave one to each of the girls, well McKenzie and Brooklyn. Jacey helped hand popcorn peices to them.




We are still working on them DAD!




Brooklyn was so funny when she was working on hers she was very maticulus, she had to make sure every peice of popcorn was on there perfectly. It only took her about an hour to finish a 4 foot strand. She made sure that she did it all on her own. She wouldn't let anyone help.

Look at the progress we are making.

Higher dad, higher dad. Jacey wanted her to be the highest on the tree

Jacey grew very impatient to wait her turn, she is approching the terrible twos, and didn't care who helped as long as she got to put something on the tree.




Brooklyn, really enjoyed her gingerbread man ornament.

Many of you parents know that once one gets to put an ornament on a certain way, all the others have to put them on the same way. Thats ok though, Brooklyn wasn't as worried about having it as high as it could go.

It was so cute Brooklyn and Jacey playing with the ornaments as they were putting them on the tree.

Look! I finally finished my popcorn strand and now I can put it on the tree.

All three of our wonderful girls, we had such a fun time decorating our tree. It is so much fun to watch them grow (preferably slower), they start to enjoy the holidays more and make it that much more fun. We love them.

Christmas Walk

So tonight when I got home from work (yes, its Greg again) while Tiffany went Christmas shopping, and I was lucky enough to take the girls on a walk around our neighborhood and look at christmas lights. So here it is.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I wish it would snow, we have our hats on.

Dad, I can't reach this ornament can you help?






Every time Brooklyn saw a nativity scene, she would always say, "AAAAHHHHH, BABY JESUS" so I told her to give him a kiss. She was a little hesitant but after Kenzie did it she was ok.

Kenzie kissing baby Jesus.




What wonderful way to spend my night. We had such a good time. My little girls are so sweet, I love them so much, we were singing Christmas songs on our hour and a half walk. They make this season so special, with their excitment, it was also a nice to remind them why we really celebrate Christmas, I am glad that McKenzie really knows why we celebrate Christmas. Once again Merry Christmas!

My wonderful wife!

Merry Christmas!! Yes it is me Greg, I shouldn't admit to blogging it isn't very manly, but I just wanted everyone of you to know how wonderful my wife is. She is the best. As many of you know I have been working a lot attending school and she spends all of her day as a single mom, some of you know what that is like. Like a champ she has handled the last 4 months of me working 6 days a week and taking 19 credits at ASU. I just all of you to know how special she is. I don't know of another women that could handle what she has done over the last 4 months. Now that I am getting ready to finish my last finals I want her to know I love her and appreciate the wonderful support that she is to me. I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas. Hold your families close and tell them you love them. Tiff, I LOVE YOU, Thanks.