Repo Man??....

So, last night at 3:45 am we were woken up by the sound of our door bell..thus following the mad dog barking. My dogs do not bark..almost never, but last night they did and I was grateful. If you were on the other side of our door you were probably thinking you may get eaten..and I was okay with them thinking that! So, after the door bell ring, I begun repeatably saying to Bradley " Don't open the door, Don't open the door"..like he was going to???? He then proceeded to get the gun..which is kept in one safe place and the amo in another per the adoption agency protocol. By the time he gets the gun and clip together the people are now pounding on the door. I pick up the phone and dial 91..I was waiting for..I don't know..gunshots before I hit the other 1! Bradley begun talking to the 3 men on the other side of the door..my mom did chime in and tell me that robbers don't usually ring your door bell..true....Turns out they were there to Repo the car of Joeylynn Smith..she is the woman who stole our address and phone number to use as her own, but luckily did not steal our identity...credit stuff. So, luckily they believed us when we told them she did not live here..it helped that the car they were looking for was not in the driveway. I am still wondering why they did not check the garage...hum.. Anyway, we finally fell back asleep at almost 5am..just to be woken up by the alarm clock for Bradley to head off to work..nice... He still loves to be in any type of sling. He is always content and will usually fall asleep super fast in the sling.
This is Cassidee's boppy..which explains why it is pink! He really like to be on his tummy in it, so I guess we may have to get him one..maybe not a pink one though!

This is what happens when adults talk and leave children unattended!! No harm done, just a little mess!
Please ignore me and my non-showered self, but notice his hand...such a boy!!

He loves TV..especially baby Einstein. There is one part of the DVD that totally freaks him out and brought him to actual tears. I've only seen tears twice so this was big.
Love her bed head!! Take note of the blanket in the background. Mommy's first blanket!! He loves the black, white and red! Mommy loves the skulls!!
She loves this kid sooooo much...maybe she needs a baby in her house!!!!.....

Finally got a pic of his letters!! They were a gift from Abbe from her very talented sister Linde. To see more of her work click on Abbe's blog and there is a link to Linde's site..I tried to link it here, but I guess I am not that smart!!
Close up
Love this shirt.."Hello, I'm new here"

Just got the news that my newest niece Libby has arrived!!!!!!!! Once I see her and Laura gives the okay I will put a pic of her up!!

He Rock's!!!!

I have been telling him a lot lately that he ROCKS!! He has started sporadically sleeping thru the night, not screaming all the time in the car seat and smiling all the time, talking all the time and reaching for toys now...he is rockin it! Here are some recent photos. He loves the exersaucer..when he gets mad and stretchers out in it his feet already touch the bottom. He can sit in this and be entertained fora long time!
Cutie
Yes, I know Bumbos have been recalled, but as long as you watch your kids in them...there fine!! He only like to be in it if you are in front of him entertaining him!
His serious face!

Our friend Brenda came from Colo and got some good time in with him!!
Getting some tummy time!
Yes, different outfit..he peed!!
Notice the drool on the pillow!!
He looks so long here!

Daddy gets just as many smiles as mommy!!
Hanging out with Mutti
His laid back smile!!

Notice his hands pulled up into a fist by his side..he is always like this. It is his comfort position I guess?!
This is me teaching his class on Sunday...notice all 7 children...nice!

random photos..

These are just some recent pictures that Amber has taken.. Gangsta Noah..this cracks me up!
Sooooo funny!

When you put him on his tummy, you get this a lot....all 4's in the air. Amber called it his "Parachute pose"

Love him in his hat..he looks to cute in it!


Love his eyes

He is smiling and talking all the time now..it is so much fun to just watch him and talk to him. I took a video of him talking and I am trying to figure out how to put it on youtube and then the blog...someday I will figure it out!

Happy Halloween, Lobster Style!!

Happy Halloween!! I love this holiday..I did not even eat any candy this year and I still love it!! ( not nearly as much as my fiend Abbe, but love it none the less!!) Okay, let me explain his costume!! The monkey costume below is what I wanted to dress Charlie as. They of course were sold out because they only make a limited amount.....dumb. So , I got on Ebay and began the biding war. There were nine at the time I was biding and I got outbid at my max bid of $60.00. It was when they all sold for $90-$100 that I realized this was dumb. He would have the costume on for 1 day,1 hour more likely.

So, I decided to make it fun without expensive!! As most of you know I am a Neo-Natal Intensive Care nurse..I work with preemies and sick babies..or I did 3 months ago and will again in 1 month! At holiday times we always dress the kids or do something special for their parents to make it better that a particular holiday is spent in the Hospital. So, for Halloween we used to dress up the babies and surprise the parents..until ONE family ruined it for everyone..how can you not celebrate Halloween. Anyway, when you have newborns and preemies a normal baby costume will not fit, let alone work around tubes and cables. So, without telling the parents this, we dressed the babies in pet costumes! You can buy them tiny enough for all those lap dogs that they fit he babies great and the parents were thrilled..minus that one family. So, after looking everywhere for a cute costume that would fit a newborn...everything is 0-6 months..to big, I went with a Lobster costume that was made fora puppy....for $9.99. And it was CUTE!!!! Random people I don't know asked to take his picture..so I will not feel bad that he was in that costume!!!! Our little Lobster never once fussed in the outfit..even fell asleep!! We did not get a great picture at the church funival, so we used the timer on the camera once we got home to get another on, but never got a great one.

Getting ready for bed that night..were trying to figure out why any picture taken in the den turns up reddish, but not in any other room.
Well, kinda reddish here
Another attempt..

Noah was a pirate!
Laura, Me, Charlie and Ange
The little man is snoozing hard in this pic! That's Papa on the end.
Daddy and Charlie

Moms, Charlie and Mutti. My mother-in-law dressed up so good that when she walked up to us I had no idea it was her..none. I kinda leaned over to my mom and finally said "is that Allene?" and she said no, but then I noticed her wedding ring! It was an awesome costume.. she had herself padded in just the right places to make it all look so real!!
Charlie!!!!
Awesome outfit Mutti!!!!! We handed Charlie to her backwards so we would not scare him!!
Sage was bird! Amber made this costume and it ROCKED! I loved her fluffy booty!

Katie, Brady and Addison! The girls were witches and Brady was a bat....they all looked sooo cute together!Out little bat man!!
I love this picture. I get this face a lot and even though it is serious, I just smile cause God gave me a beautiful baby....a really beautiful baby. I know Grandad is so proud of his namesake and I have NO doubts Charlie will exceed all our expectation for him in life.

It has been one year today since Grandad left us to go live the life he ultimately dreamed of. He spent his life here living lovingly, affectionately, selflessly, hardworking, always being positive, always giving to others, never once raising his voice that I can remember..and I spent 27 years with him..He was a man who lived as close to what God has asked of us as possible. He was our families earthly example of what to strive for. He would correct me right now and tell me to live as God wants us to live, not as he lived. But if you aim for Granddad's standards, God would be pleased with the end result! He made me raise the bar on what I expect out of a husband, father or any male figure for that matter. He was.....perfect..in my eyes and many others. I say none of this with sadness or tears (yes, I am lying on that part!), but with a joy that he is living the dream....living up in Heaven with God..looking down on all of us with that BIG smile that runs over into his eyes..saying "I am so proud of you all"