Hand Me Downs & Trades:)

We LOVE hand me downs! Who wouldn't?!?! :) Especially when they are in tip top shape like these golf clubs! Thanks so much to Reid & Jay for passing their golf clubs down to Colin!! He was super duper excited and cant wait to get out on the course with Daddy this Spring! Thanks for the clothes too! He always gets such great use out of your stuff!! Love & miss you guys! My moms neighbor has girls and passed on her whole collection of Pet Shop stuff to my mom so she had new toys at her house. Kaitlyn and Colin were going nuts over it and asked to borrow it and take it home for a few days. They play with it ALL of the time. Thanks Claire!!

Colin borrowed a dress up construction set from Grandma Young's dress up closet:)

The kids love to play dress up as you can tell! No clue what Kaitlyn was here:)

This is princess Jessie from Toy Story. Kaitlyn added the princess in front of Jessie's name because she likes to think she is a princess:) She completely dressed herself bows and all....too funny!

Grandma & Papa Willis Visit!!

Grandma and Papa Willis came to the rescue 2 weekends ago and visited us! Mommy was couch bound pretty much and daddy was exhausted from doing all of the housework by himself. The kids were SO excited to have them visit! They played, played, played ALL weekend. Poor Grandma and Papa had to have been exhausted when they left:) Here is Papa playing Candyland with the kids.

(I used my cell phone for all of these pics....thats all I had on the couch with me:)) Grandma & Papa are such great drawers! They drew pictures with the kids. K & C LOVE to watch Grandma and Papa draw!
Lots of Connect Four was played over the weekend too!! Colin is becoming the Connect Four master:)

Of course they taught Grandma how to play Mario Cart on the Wii!! They love their pink and blue steering wheels from Uncle KC and Auntie Rachel:)

Look at Colin's tongue:) It hangs out every time he plays!

Silly boy!!!

We took Grandma and Papa to check out CostCo. It was their first visit and I think they are hooked! Yes, thats a hideous pic of me in my moms "gifted" wheelchair:) It was my first time out in almost 3 weeks!

Kaitlyn and Papa showing off their drawing banner that the 4 of them created!

Papa drew a great tractor and then Colin drew one too. Grandma drew herself, Kaitlyn, her doll Kaylee and Kaitlyn drew herself.

This is where I spent most of the weekend...on the couch visiting and reading on my new nook:)

Thanks Grandma and Papa for coming to the rescue and spending so much time with us this weekend! You are welcome to visit ANYTIME!!! Kaitlyn sobbed after they pulled out of the driveway...it was so sad! We love and miss you already! Looking forward to our visit over Spring Break!! Papa-Colin wants a Connect Four rematch:)

The last 2 1/2 weeks

This is where I lived for basically 2 1/2 weeks:) Thanks mom for "gifting" your walker and wheelchair to me!! Haha! The kids were going stir crazy with boredom since mommy was completely out of commission. They know how to use my little point and shoot camera. I told them they could do my blogging for me.....so heres what they took pics of.....THEMSELVES:)

As you can tell the days we stayed at home they dressed themselves too:)

They asked me to take this one of them!

Kaitlyn's self pic of herself:)

Then we had the BIG milk spill. And in big I mean an entire gallon of milk was spilled while mommy was still up in bed. What a disaster! Thanks SO much to my amazing neighbor who came over and cleaned it all up since I couldn't bend over to save my life!!!

All was well after this spill and in the scheme of things life was good....there was no use crying of spilled milk:) Even though I did cry at first when I saw it!

Back Update

Flash forward to today....ended up having an MRI and started physical therapy. Feeling SO much better and not moving like a 90 year old anymore:) Although I do hang out with all of the 90 years olds at PT:) Hope to be released back to CrossFit Fire soon!!! I am off to my PT appt! Hope to update the blog today or tomorrow and be caught up...lots of new pics to post!

Back Injury:(

What a week it has been. It all started Monday morning. We were rushing to get out the door(as usual) to get to school and then I was going to the gym. Kaitlyn had spilled her yogurt all over the floor. She tried to wipe it up with a baby wipe before I saw. I came rushing thru the kitchen barefoot and didnt see the spill and slipped. My feet went right out under me and I fell SO hard on the wood floor. It hurt pretty bad but I took some Motrin and went about my day. I was pretty sore at the gym but pushed through it(which my dr said was the worst thing i could do). I ended up working out Mon, Tues and Wed. Thursday I was so miserable that I went to the dr. They opted not to do x-rays yet and gave me Norco which is a narcotic. I was taking 2 pills every 4-6 hours and not having any relief. I spent the next 2 days at home in bed. By Saturday I was a mess....screaming in pain whenever I tried to move. Cam took me to the hospital. I was given a heavy dose injection in my butt for pain. Despite being terrified of the shot I was glad I did. I was in la-la land and finally having some relief! They did x-rays of my pelvis and spine and said I have a severe ruptured disc. They also saw a hairline that might be a fracture. We are going to hold off on the MRI til I see how I do this week. The dr was shocked that I wasnt having relief from the Norco so I am on the strongest narcotic they can give. Sadly I am not pain free which is frustrating me! Saying I am devastated about not being able to go to CrossFit is an understatement. My main focus is to get batter and get better fast!! This has really been the pits:( So thats my sob story. You know I was in excruciating pain when I risked missing Zachary's 1st birthday party. In the post below you will see that I made it:) I was pretty drugged up and in my slippers but at least I made it for the end!!

Zachary's 1st Birthday Party

Yesterday was Zachary's 1st Birthday party. I was obviously late but SO happy I was able to get there for the end. Zachary was obviously much more interested in his milk than smiling for this family pic:) How cute is his shirt and his matching cakes from Deerfields bakery that Grandma ordered.
YUM, YUM!!! We call Zachary our Moosey Moose. Hence the moose theme party and my mom made him a moose crown to match his shirt:)
This kid is an eating machine....I think he would have eaten the cardboard if we let him!
I got there just in time to see him eat his cake. He loves his Auntie Stacey BUT.....
he absolutely LOVES his food too:)

Grandma and Papa with their grandtwins!

Cousin Nicole "Coco" and Kaitlyn

Colin trying to give Cam a "smoosh face"!

Uncle Bill & Auntie Lauren with K & C!

Happy 1st Birthday to our Moosey Moose!! We love you♥

I LOVE photos!!!

I have to share some cute pics with you! My sister uses Carrianne as her photographer and I think she does a great job! Here are just a few of Quintin and Zachary's new pis. I hope to get Kaitlyn and Colin scheduled with her this summer since she is already booked thru July!!!

Eat your heart out girls!

Valentine Suprises!

Kaitlyn & Colin were SO excited to get special Valentines Day cards and packages in the mail last week! They love receiving mail! Thanks to Auntie Jill, Uncle Craig, Reid and Jay for the cards and cool stickers! Also thanks to Grandma and Papa Willis for the coloring books, stickers, crayons and money. We look forward to Grandma & Papa's visit this coming weekend!!!! The kids started counting down how many more days til you get here!!!

I should have known.....

As you can see below....I must have forgot to sign off of my blog account when I was at my sisters house this week and was blogging on her laptop. Hence the post below that I OBVIOUSLY didn't write. So not only has she broke into my FB account but now my blog. I do love ya Kel but remember that I watch your boys 3 days a week:) Muah!!

******To make it even better and get Kel back I changed the picture below to Kristina and I instead of Kel and I...Love you Kel LOL:)********

My AMAZING sister!

I just wanted to take this opportunity to say that I love my sister so much! She is the kindest, most amazing woman I know. She is beautiful on the inside and out. Everyday I aspire to be just like her. I love you Kelly!

♥ Happy Valentine's Day! ♥

The kids were so excited for their Valentines party at school. We stuffed these cute heart boxes with a Valentine fruit by the foot and a Valentine granola bar for the kids in their class...yum!

***I have to tell a super cute story! Colin came up to me last night with his hand behind his back. He had went thru his Valentines stuff from school. He said "Happy Valentines Day Mommy!" Then he handed me a little red heart box "for your wedding ring" he said! My heart melted that he was so sweet to think of his mommy and give me one of his presents from his own school valentine box. He gets these sweet qualities from his daddy:) I love my boys so much! Cam has a heart of gold and he passed it on to Colin. I love you too Kaitlyn! Thanks for saying to mommy about 25x yesterday "Happy Valentines Day Mommy"! She even had to get one more out from her room yelling thru the video monitor. I feel SO blessed to have an amazing husband and children!!
Kaitlyn & Colin were so excited to find a little Valentine treat on the table from mommy and daddy:)

Our 2 Love Bugs!!
Hope everyone enjoyed a nice Valentines Day with loved ones!!

Jake's 2nd Birthday Party

Sunday we went to celebrate Jakob's 2nd birthday!

Enjoying some yummy cupcakes! Colins teeth were blue:)

Jake loved all of his new presents! Especially his new bike!

Thanks Jake for a fun party! Happy 2nd Birthday!