And The Mother of the Year Award goes to.....

NOT ME!!!

I have no idea with all the postings of Meghan's birthday, Scott's birthday, Noah's birthday AND Elijah's birthday that I forgot to POST ETHAN'S BIRTHDAY! Is this a sign of what's to come as the 4th born...Everyone forgets you?!! Well I have to say at least we remembered him on his birthday and had a nice little party for him. We love our adorable ONE YEAR OLD! He is SO happy all the time and he's such a gift to our family!

Happy Birthday Ethan Scott Presby!!


Unsure of what's going on...

VERY happy about his balloons!

Cake-Good!

Wouldn't we all like to do this? LOL!


Yes, he did start chewing on this plate! We took it away
from him and he SCREAMED! So sad :( I can't believe
his parents wouldn't let him eat paper on his birthday!

"Oh, hey...there's people behind me!" -OR- is he staring
at his balloons??

Siblings & Cousins

I guess taste-testing the envelope was more fun than opening
the gift!

HI NOAH!

OOOhhhh...steering wheel!

NOW he wants to open the card!

P.S.-in case you're wondering, Ethan was born
on December 26, 2007! :)

HAPPY FOURTH BIRTHDAY, ELIJAH!!

Our darling, busy, curious, adorable, spirited, beautiful boy turns 4 tomorrow. He was born on January 24, 2005-3 weeks early! I could tell when he was in my tummy that he would be active...Scott used to say "that baby is going to come out running!". Well, those of you who know him well know nothing's changed :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIJAH-DADDY, MOMMIE, NOAH, KARA AND ETHAN LOVE YOU!!







P.S For those of you who know Michelle Murdoch, January 24th is HER birthday too! Hop over to her her blog and send some well-wishes! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MICHELLE! LOVE YA! :)

Thanksgiving

These are in a kind of messed up order, but, you get the
picture...HA HA no pun intended...really.

MMMMmmmm...cool whip and pumpkin pie is GOOOD!

After dinner, before dessert walk.

What's funny about this is that I hate mashed potatoes!

Saying hello to the MacLeod's on our walk.

All of us together before dinner.

Cute Meghan with her baby cousin.

Matchy-matchy brown shirts.

Jim, our resident turkey baker/carver.

Scott and is 3 older sisters a few days earlier at his Dad's house.
L-R: Scott, Laura (2nd born), Mary (3rd born) and Sue (1st born).

SO TRUE!

One of my friends from HS posted this on facebook. How hilarious, but true! If you click on it, it'll blow it up so you can read it...

I'm such a procrastinator....

I know it's nearly New Years, but I realized I never posted Halloween pictures. Better late than never! I still have to post Thanksgiving and Christmas after this ;)

Baby's First...

Elijah as Squirt (from Finding Nemo)

Out trick-or-treating

Ethan visiting Gramma

Visiting Uncle Ron and Auntie Mary (one of Scott's sisters)
And people think Kara looks like ME!

Baby Ethan and Baby Olivia. This is sure to embarrass them
15 years from now!

A visit with Grammie Soos!

Picking the kids up from school. Halloween was so sweet! ;)

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS...

MY TWO FRONT TEETH!!! :)

GOING...

GOING...

GONE!!!

I CAN'T even stand how cute she looks like this...too bad
one of them is already starting to pop through!

Mommy Letter to Santa...

FOR ALL YOU MOMMIES OUT THERE!
Got this from my sister...enjoy!

Dear Santa,

I've been a good mom all year. I've fed, cleaned and cuddled my children on demand, visited the doctor's office more than my doctor, sold sixty-two cases of candy bars to raise money to plant a shade tree on the school playground. I was hoping you could spread my list out over several Christmases, since I had to write this letter with my son's red crayon, on the back of a receipt in the laundry room between cycles, and who knows when I'll find anymore free time in the next 18 years.

Here are my Christmas wishes:

I'd like a pair of legs that don't ache (in any color, except purple, which I already have) and arms that don't hurt or flap in the breeze; but are strong enough to pull my screaming child out of the candy aisle in the grocery store.

I'd also like a waist, since I lost mine somewhere in the seventh month of my last pregnancy. If you're hauling big ticket items this year

I'd like fingerprint resistant windows and a radio that only plays adult music; a television that doesn't broadcast any programs containing talking animals; and a refrigerator with a secret compartment behind the crisper where I can hide to talk on the phone.

On the practical side, I could use a talking doll that says, "Yes, Mommy" to boost my parental confidence, along with two kids who don't fight and three pairs of jeans that will zip all the way up without the use of power tools.

I could also use a recording of Tibetan monks chanting "Don't eat in the living room" and "Take your hands off your brother," because my voice seems to be just out of my children's hearing range and can only be heard by the dog.

If it's too late to find any of these products, I'd settle for enough time to brush my teeth and comb my hair in the same morning, or the luxury of eating food warmer than room temperature without it being served in a Styrofoam container.

If you don't mind, I could also use a few Christmas miracles to brighten the holiday season. Would it be too much trouble to declare ketchup a vegetable? It will clear my conscience immensely.

It would be helpful if you could coerce my children to help around the house without demanding payment as if they were the bosses of an organized crime family.

Well, Santa, the buzzer on the dryer is ringing and my son saw my feet under the laundry room door. I think he wants his crayon back.

Have a safe trip and remember to leave your wet boots by the door and come in and dry off so you don't catch cold. Help yourself to cookies on the table but don't eat too many or leave crumbs on the carpet.

Yours Always, MOM

P.S. One more thing...you can cancel all my requests if you can keep my children young enough to believe in Santa for many years to come.

*Santa has asked that this gets passed on to all the mommies you know*