The Dancing Queen

Enjoy this entertaining video of McKenna doing her thing. She will probably kill Matt and I when she is older/now for posting this. I suppose I should start saving for therapy now....This is her impromptu 80's dance; hence the outfit. She meant it to be funny--not serious, Becca! Thanks for letting us film it at your house and for being willing to be her audience.

Nico is 1!!

Where has the time gone? It doesn't seem like a year ago I was in the hospital about to give birth to my sweet little girl. I remember poor Matt about ready to faint and how relieved we both were when the nurses finally got her to cry. To say a lot has happened in the past year is a big understatement.
I love being a mom to my three wonderful and incredible kids and it was definitely worth the almost 7 year wait to have Nico. She has been such a sweet blessing for our family. I love to watch the interactions that happen between McKenna/Nico and JJ/Nico. Matt is such a doting father and Nico literally lights up when she hears him come through the door after work or a bike ride. I am truly blessed to have such a fantastic family.
Here are a few pictures of Nico from the past year; my how she has grown!

Nico on her first day home.

The love of a sister is like no other.

One proud and protective big brother.

Hey fuzzy hair...

Mom, I promise I'm not tired...

"I love pink and brown, well at least my mom does."

Nico makes some of the funniest faces...

On A Roll...

Since I seem to be on a blogging streak, why not make it three posts in one day. Yes, I actually do other things besides post and FB. A few more pictures of the kids since I love them so much.
McKenna the Shopalholic:)

JJ our multi-sport athlete.

Nico the ruler of the roost, what she wants she usually gets!

They really do love JJ very much.

Just Because

It seems like I never post a picture of myself; maybe because as a mom I am usually the one taking the picture. So I thought I would try and find a halfway decent picture of myself. So here is the result, a little blurry because Matt took it on his phone but of course Nico makes me look better. Becca is that you I am talking too...?

FOOD FIGHT!

So what do we do for fun on Sunday evening, why have a food fight of course. It all started when Matt decided to take a handful of mashed potatoes and smear them into McKenna's hair. This was followed by McKenna shreiking, "I just washed my hair." At this point we all, except for Kenna, started laughing hysterically. Matt thought she needed some more potatoes so in they went.

McKenna then threw potatoes at Matt, then she got a squirt bottle and started sparying him and that of course led to Matt throwing water on her. I decided I had better join in so I took a big handful of mashed potatoes and corn and smeared it in JJ's face. At this point he chased me outside and we began throwing food at each other. Needless to say I'm sure that if any of the neighbors were watching they all know that we are completely crazy!!! I still think that there are potatoes and corn outside. The kids left a little for the birds, how thoughtful.

Nico was feeling left out so Matt gave her a fudgesicle which she proceeded to devour. At least he gave it to her in small pieces. McKenna then decided to give the rest of it to her and the rest is history-she ended up looking like she had been sitting in a mud puddle.
Dinner Anyone?