The Muir The Merrier: January 2012

2012 here we come...

I haven't uploaded pictures from Christmas yet so I'll have to post those later. Christmas was very good to us this year. Kael exclaimed to all of us Christmas morning "This is the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!" I agree buddy! The kids were super fun and it was all very magical for them. Jon had to work Christmas eve which wasn't very fun but we managed to have fun anyway. We made sure to sprinkle out our Reindeer dust and left Reindeer Popsicles for Rudolph and his buddies. We left cookies and milk and Thank You cards for the Jolly guy! The kids spoiled me with a new tv (Jonny is a cheater by the way!) and it was so nice to spend both days with family.

Jon has been working A LOT lately but it's been good for us financially. We are going to try really hard this year to accomplish some goals that will require a new level of dedication but I think we can do it! Jonny is as always the best Daddy and Husby a family could ask for! He is in YM Stake presidency a calling he was surprised to get but loves it so far.

I am still babysitting and feel like a widow many nights but can't really find much to complain about! I have lots of goals set for this year and am determined to stick with them! YW is keeping me very busy but it's nice to be needed sometimes right!?

Kael is loving school and learning lots. He is starting to put letters together and got TRON for Christmas so every picture he draws is TRON related! He loves to draw and color... he's getting pretty good at it too! He is looking forward to playing t-ball this summer. He is really into doing Karate which usually ends up in someone getting hurt or in trouble for being to wild! Good thing he has a wild little brother to go along with his scheming.

Brady is all about super heroes right now. He refuses to take of his spidarman jammies and most days I don't really care but when we have to go somewhere it's ususally a fight to get them off! He even wanted to wear them to church today. He adores Oakley and is usually very sweet to her. I have really enjoyed the times when Kael and Kjeldy are in school because I usually put Oakley and Hanssen down for naps and Brady gets a few hours of time with just Mama.

Oakley is now almost 14 months and still as spunky as ever! She knows how to take care of herself already and doesn't put up with much from her brothers! (Thats good right!) I am trying desperately to ween her but she is fighting it to the bitter end! She has the sweetest smile and has started to try and say more words. She jabbers to us like we know exactly what she is saying to us. She loves her Daddy and gets SO excited whenever he gets home from work.

We are looking forward to all the wonderful things that await us in 2012! We have lots of this coming that we are excited about! I'll try to post pictures this week.

xoxo, Whit

Munchkinisms

Brady and Kael talking to one another...

Kael: I am going to give my monies to Dad so he doesn't have to work so hard (a total of like 27 cents!)
Brady: So does that me you are a man now Kael? That is what mans do, they give their monies away.

Kael to me:
Mom our next baby is going to be a baby boy and his name will be Jackson so I can call him Percy Jackson. He's super cool!

Best Gift Ever is....

Date of the Month Club... I really need to take pictures so you can see how cute this ended up because just telling you will not make it seem nearly as cool as it is! It's on tomorrows to do list!

xoxo, Whit

How did I get so lucky?

So I have a friend Mindy who volunteered to take our family pictures for practice. I had been wanting to get some done. Aside from the fact that it was FREEZING and we have three small children to try and get to look and smile all at the same time I think they turned out good!

Kael wouldn't give us a "normal" smile! He kept pretending to be Lightening McQueen saying "KaChow!"

Brady did not want his picture taken but we managed to get him to smile for a few!

This picture is SO Kael!

My dear friend Amber's mom owns this house that we are at. The house is stunning and she always has the cutest porch. I think it worked out for a really good place to go at the last minute!