Monday, December 31, 2007

Real time baby!

Here we are just a few minutes ago enjoying the snow!!!!

Mother, I'm not too sure about this get-up.
Ohhh, I get it now...this white stuff falls, it's cold, you're protecting...hey, what's that silly dog doing?!?!

Enuff!!! Let me inside!!!!

Snow dazzles me...


HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Christmas Cat-sup

Not only do we have some Christmas catch-up to do, there's Dec. 20th, which would be who's 4 month birthday?
I dunno!

This guy!

Here we are at Christmas time. This was the 22nd...Mike & Christine brought a present for Jake that luckily has an off switch! Jake did attempt to open it himself!

Packer dismal Sunday! Packers lost against the Bears (but are currently spanking the Lions) and we decided to break out the high chair. He does okay in it...still a little tippy! But he was able to sit at the table with us for Christmas eve dinner.

Christmas Eve Daddy saved Jake from going to church. There were up by Gramma & Grampa Sutton for the day while the rest of us went to church and saw Taylor sing in the choir and Abby & Megan be Angels. Really, not behavior Angels, but Christmas Eve Angles.
Back at the house with Aunt Tricia.

Hanging out with Daddy in my adorable outfit waiting patiently for...

...MEAT!!! Gimme gimee!!!

Taylor held still for a couple minutes for a photo op!

Christmas daze

Jake lost the nap battle while Uncle Tony fights on!

Christmas day, wearing some new duds!

Grandma Sutton wakes me up every time! :)

It's my mommy!

Here I am reading Grandpa Sutton my favorite book.

Gramma & Grampa gave me this horse which cracks me up! Or is it Cousin Angie?

Here is my Cousin Nicki!
We all had a great holiday season, and it's not even over yet! For more pictures, see Grampa Buzz's blog! He's got some good stuff! (The link is on the right.)

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Friday, December 28, 2007

Christmas Story

Here is a good story from my friend Jodie. To set it up, she has a 5 year old boy and her fiance has a 7/8 year old boy and 3 year old girl. They have 2 dogs outside and Buddie the dog inside.


"My friend asked me if I was glad Christmas was done and if I had everything
cleaned up and put away. Here is my response: I am sure somewhere through
this you get a chuckle.

Do you realize how much work it is to take everything out of boxes for three
kids? Do you know how much work it is to clean up and put away and keep up
with 3 kids?

There are all those twist ties holding Barbie legs into the box, like they
are going to get out of the box on their own. There are six screws holding
in a 5-inch helicopter into the box and plastic things that are tied in
double knots around the wheels of a remote control truck to try and untie
and cut off and did you know you have to charge it for at LEAST 10 hours
before use? Devastating and shear disaster for a 5 year old!
In order to get a battery out of the box you have to rip all the foam out of
the box or when you walk out of the room to throw something away the kids
think it's fun to rip it all apart and leaving it for me to pick up. THEN I
have to clean up all the little teeny tiny pieces of foam while chasing
after Buddie to get the little foam pieces out of his mouth and then we have
a pile of empty boxes stacked up by the back door and then falling down
again because the kids try to get to the garbage can and their leg hits the
mound of boxes so they all fall over. But don't think they'll pick the
boxes up, they'll yell upstairs to me "The boxes fell that were by the
garbage can!!" Those empty boxes will sit there until next week b/c our
garbage bin is already full of boxes and so is Mark our neighbor man's bin
(because of us).

Then I really love stepping on those little plastic pieces that the price
tags are connected to clothes with, that the kids ripped off their clothes
because they HAVE to try everything on and then they get stuck in the
carpet, which then are stuck in my sock and then as I'm bent over picking
the piece out of my socks I'm being shot at in the butt with foam darts, so
as I stand up to see who is shooting me, I see Buddie run in the opposite
direction with Barbie hair in his mouth and the legs are trailing underneath
him, so as I turn to chase him I fall over Maddie (whom was already going
after him) and then step on a %#^%#% Polly Pocket piece that was laying on
our bedroom floor! So as I am laying on the floor in severe pain with a
Polly Pocket SHOE stuck in my foot, Buddie is laying beside me chewing on
the Barbie's hair and Maddie's crying because as I fell over her...I slapped
her in the face! So then, I look over my shoulder and I get shot in the
middle of my forehead WITH ANOTHER FOAM DART!

During all of this, Chris was completely oblivious because he was on his
computer (in the same room) and didn't hear or see a thing!

Happy Holiday's!!! And don't for a second ever think there is a dull
moment in our home, especially the day after Christmas."

Monday, December 10, 2007

We had an adventure!

First we'll start with just some fun pictures...

Grrr, Argghhh, Look at me!!!

Oh my! Who is that dashing fellow in the mirror!?!?

I did some decorating a few weekends ago. On the left are 2 pictures from Charles' Mom Jan. She is the artist I should clarify! On the right from top to bottom: Mexico right before a storm, California along the coast by that light house we stopped at 2 visits ago and Savannah, technically Tybee Island...looking out to the ocean under the big giant pier.

And here's our adventure! Santa!!! Jake told him he wants a red wagon. And he is partially smiling there! This is at Mayfair Mall, the Roedl girls annual Santa outing. And shopping of course!

Then we took the elevator up, up and away! Mommy had to hit the food court for some caffeine! Who's that down there? The jolly old man himself!

Here is Jake with his cousin Taylor in Chico's. He looks almost as tall as she is! haha!

And this amazing thing...Taylor got a balloon Unicorn and Jake loved it. He laughed at it for hours!
That's it for now! Almost done Christmas shopping and only have a couple things to wrap yet! The great cookie debacle '07 has begun also! We'll all be fat and jolly for the holidays!

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Just one picture

This was a present from Jessie, it's so cute and soft! Needless to say he didn't come home in it today, he pee'd thru to the onsie. Dang.

Other news, it's snowing. I only saw one accident on the way home tho, a 3-car mess very close to home. Saturday Jake and I are going to Mayfair Mall to visit with Santa! Gramma, Auntie and Cousin are going to meet us there too...the Roedl girl tradition continues! Yay! (Well, minus the one in Cali!)

Where's my supper!!!

Monday, December 03, 2007

My new blankie

Great Aunt Sandy made me a blankie...I received it the other day with all my statistics on it! It's so cute!


Saturday we got a blizzard! Mom and Dad were going to go to Schaumburg, IL to check out the cool shops, but once they saw a car coming at them in the median, they thought twice and headed to Woodman's...something in the same town and state. Doesn't Mommy look like she's in heaven?

And here's a size comparison for you...here I am on 11/28/07...

...and here I was on 9/19/07. I am laying the same way in the crib thingy almost busting down the wall in the first picture! Hee!

I don't know what else is going on. It's freaking cold outside, but I'm always nice and bundled up in my bundle me deal. We're excited for my first Christmas! If anything, I'll at least smile the whole time!

I'm going to play with Mommy now!