Here are some of the pics and stories you've been waiting for.

Ainsley before she was walking.

Finn playing with the seven dwarfs.


And what started my lack of posting. Yes another ER visit in December-bc of a bad, bad seizure. It seems like so long ago-and thankfully all ended up okay.


He's a champ. Truly.





Here we are having a better day of fun building a fort on the couch.


Cheeses at lunch.





Some wild bed head.


And a home-done hair cut. He looks so innocent here that I couldn't resist the pic.


Ains and uncle dan and daddy.


She started walking this winter-and is close to power walking now.


She liked fort time with Finn too. She's become a real climber. Not sure if I'm a fan of this or not bc I'm constantly having to remind her to sit down or be careful. I'm a worrisome mother without her standing in a chair while it's tipping over.





She also likes to sit in boxes like every other 1year old. No matter if there are toys filled to the brim-There's still room for Ainsley.


She's also getting a lot of teeth. Judge me if you must-yes those are playdoh scissors in her mouth.


She finally has enough hair to do "little piglet tails". And yes she's playing with a plastic gas pump-she may have an odd affinity for toys.


We've made many a coffee runs this winter to get out of the house and keep me sane:)


Many good naps.


And like big brother she gets wicked bed head too.


Finn started preschool and he is doing well. It's a long morning 4 days a week, but he seems to be liking it so far-since they pretty much let him play all day! I wish I could have appreciated preschool when I was that young. How I miss messy play without having to do the cleaning up myself.





He's already learning to spell. Not really sure if I should worry about the curriculum though? Hmm. Haha.


We've also been enjoying spring break. We've been out to the park a few times. And the kids love book time.








We've had some great lunch discussions. Finn seems mildly interested in today's topic.


Ainsley has her momma's Irish temper and seemed to get a bit heated with me when I brought up the discussion of potty training. Man this little bit really lays down the law.


Hope you enjoyed the pics and the long/quick catch up. More to come-now that my lazy app is working.


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Location:A long winter. Thank goodness for spring.

This post is the result of 30 minutes trying to post off my phone. There ate too many darn cute pics on here I want to share and I refuse to give up on the ease of posting while I play with the kids.

Finn is stunned that I'm still attempting to post.


Ainsley is sharing kissed with her baby and bear bear.


And running around joyously (sp?)

Big 3 and first day of school

So, I want to make sure I document this wonderful day. Finn is 3 years old today. I can hardly believe that much time has gone by so quickly. It seems like only a week ago he was born, and then yesterday that he started walking.....how has this day crept up on me?

Well, to mark his monumental 3rd birthday we also get to celebrate his FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. I'm writing this while he's at school this morning, and I admit that I'm anxious to hear how he did and to hopefully see his smiling face when I go pick him up (and not his crying face). One of his teachers Miss Katie (not me pretending to be a teacher, but his actual teacher) put up a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY sign for him when she heard it was his birthday....how awesome.

He's gotten so smart and sharp these past couple of months. He's saying a few phrases like "what's that" and "where'd it go", it's great.....and his eye contact is so much more on target, he loves to say "hi" when he's snuggling which I think is code for "I love you" but it's quicker to say......but after he says it he always leans in for a kiss on the side of his head. He knows all his letters and can make them out of things (like building blocks and bendaroos), he knows most colors and can count numbers up to 20 and back down to zero. I think his favorite colors are blue and green, and his favorite number to say is "eight", and he really likes the letters H, V, Z, T and is learning to like F.

So if I get a chance after the kids go down for their naps I'll post again, but if not, I'll post about his second day tomorrow. Thanks for all your loving prayers for our BIG boy starting school and hitting his milestones:)
by the way his backpack is a dog, by skip hop. I think it's super cute, it has a matching lunch box, that we filled with sugar-free jello for him to have at snack time today:)

And here's a shot of our MISS CUTIE PATOOTIE.....she's happy she gets all the toys in the house to herself. I have a feeling she shot straight for Finn's beloved cars as soon as we walked out the door this morning.

We're All Okay

so i know it's been super long, like 3 months, since i've blogged. but something is totally screwed up on my phone and it won't let me blog. and because my phone is messed up i can't download all the awesome pics of the kids to write cute stories about. still working on it, but things have been crazy busy.

Big things to note:

Finn starts Pre-School Tuesday......ahhh, i'm so excited for him (i think he's going to love it) and so melancholy bc my baby is growing up.

Ainsley has been walking since Feb 1st, and is almost running and wanting to do stairs by herself (she's my independent child for sure-but she's definitely a momma's girl) she's starting to talk too, so exciting.

i'll keep working on the phone to see if i can get some pics up here for you all. later.

Secret language

Finn has started talking more. But there are times when I know he's saying something profound, but in his own language which we can't understand one bit but lovingly call "Finnish". Today we were all having some family cuddle time on the couch and Finn very clearly said "bajom bajom ping ping". He looked at Patrick like "don't you agree dad" and we both just laughed. We will have to ask him to explain that one in a year or two. I'm pretty sure it was some witty comment on the current economic status of the United States-which he is following along with me on in the morning and evening news reports. (I think he watches with me bc he secretly lives for the weather and traffic reports). I just love his little gibberish conversations lately-with cars and with us.

Loot

Earlier this spring my grandmother, Imogene Crist, gave me all of her china, crystal, and silver. Everyone else in the family already had their own set do I was lucky to get the whole set. Below is a picture of it all. I was so exited to use some of it at thanksgiving with my side of the family (bc my kids were in high chairs out of breaking reach).

Crystal glasses and champagne glasses.









Everything has the initial C for Crist. So cute to me.


Only one basic one broke. Good odds.


And heres a cute pic for good measure.


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Fun lunch pics

Ainsley looks like a vampire but I assure you it's just raspberry flavored blood. I mean food.

Chaaaaa.





Eeeeze.