Love this brown eyed beauty

Wake Up Call

The day is over, and I sigh in relief.

My day has been taken by that little thief.

The one that poured syrup all over the table today,

The one that asked for more sour cream on his pancake, okay?

But only if you mean whip cream as I think in my head, "gross"

I hear a short little whimper of a cry that says it's getting close-

To feeding time- already, I think, "How will I do it all?"

Feed her, clean up, oh yeah, more whip cream, then a phone call

But it's not my cell nor the one on the wall,
I ignore it to get back to the daily grind

Playdate for preschool, then off to swimming lessons to find,

That I need to feed my baby girl again so pull off in a parking lot,

Whoa, cutting it close on time, getting to swimming right on the dot.

My little thief, so cunningly saying without any fear

"I'm the fastest swimmer in the pool around here"

But I look around to see, that it is only him and me

When I hear that phone call again but can't see.

Where is it coming from, I haven't the slightest clue

Fast forward now, watching him put on his shoe,

"All by myself, Mommy", and I think in my head,

Get fast to Nana's, pick up other two crooks and dread,

Getting them down for naps and such,

When I get the biggest hug that says I missed you so much,

Driving back home I can see,

The boys are smiling back at me,

I hear in a distance, a ringing, but where?

But am not trying hard enough to care.

I get home and get the little ones to sleep,

To clean, to plan for dinner that is starting to creep.

After a run to the store while Nana stops by,

I hear my littlest one begin to cry,

As I start to feed her, my big boy offers to help me,

He starts making fresh squeezed lemonade with glee,

While my other one licks all the used lemons with a grin,

They start to fight over the chair that they each want to win.

I manage to get enchiladas in the oven just before six,

When in walks my husband, hooray for the daddy fix.

Dinner on the table when the other family arrives in eight,

That still small phone is still ringing and I'm still making it wait.

Read my little thief one last book and sing him one last song,

Seems like I have been waiting for this all day long.

When boom it hits me, the ringing in my ears right here and now,

It's the wake up call I've needed all day somehow,

I kept answering it, but I didn't even know,

It was that burning in my heart, that tear in my eye, that smile I meant to show.

To look at all my moments with my little thieves and realize,

They have stolen my heart all day all along, but I still have the biggest prize.

I get to have them all day, everyday, to get to watch all thier smiles, all their tears,

I get to laugh at what they say, I get to see their best of years.

I don't know of anything better, than to have a day like today,

Than just to know I need to enjoy it, that the craziness and the chaos is okay.

For all of this will go too fast,

And all I will want is this wake up call to last.

Colt's fave new game

Colton has been loving the game "Simon says" lately! I just had to capture it! Oh- and guess what his favorite word is? MO! I mean NO!

Off to the Races

Cade ran in his first race this past Friday! It was called the Fun Run- it was part of the Borgess- Run for the Health of it- run. It was a mile long and he ran the whole way- with Scott of course! He kept telling Scott, "this is a long race, daddy"! We were so proud of him! At the end, they gave him a ribbon that said- "I'm a winner" so naturally Cade said, "Daddy, I won the race!" Then on Saturday, Scott and my sister did the 5K race only Scott pushed the boys in the double jogger and ran fast!

Brynn and JJ saved the day by meeting us at the race with my camera that I forgot! Thanks Brynncess!

PRE-RACE PHOTO!

Tiffany and Jamie Laynie was an angel all morning as usual!

Scott and the boys at the end! Check out Colt's hair!

Jamie and Laynie after the race!

The boys decided to have some post race fun running around- and I had fun taking some pics! The signs Cade made to cheer on Daddy, Aunt Jamie and all the other runners!

So proud of Daddy!

Playing Catch Up!

Oh my gosh. It's been a while since I last posted, but hear me out.
Here is a timeline of our last month and a half-
Feb. 18- Laynie graces us with her presence!
Feb. 23- Scott leaves for training in Wisconsin for 5 days! My mom stays with us- thank you mom and thank goodness!
Feb. 23-Feb 28- Pack up all week to move on Saturday! Thanks to the many people that helped us! (If you need a packing whiz- hire my sis- she's the best!)
Feb. 28- Pack up the truck at 11 and moved all our stuff to a storage unit and some to my parent's house
March 1- Come back to Ann Arbor to clean our place so that our new tenant can move in!
March 1-April 4- Stay at my parent's house until our new place that we are renting is ready! Thank you to my parents again for letting us stay there! They were amazing!
April 4- Move into our new place. Ahhhhh. (sigh of relief that we made it through another month of total craziness)
April 4- present- unpacking, unpacking, unpacking, cleaning, letting my kids watch too much tv, unpacking, unpacking, unpacking, some feeding the baby in there, kids running around like crazy men, unpacking, still unpacking....

New baby, New town, New job, New house- too many all at the same time!

Laynie is already two months though! I can't believe it! Here are some pics from our last month and a half of total craziness!
Here are the boys in our empty cupboards! SAD!

My fave boots that I bought for Laynie!

We took a mini vacation one of the weekends we were staying at my parents! It was so fun- we went to the indoor waterpark- KALAHARI- it was a blast- we went with our good friends, the Pachecos!

Daddy and boys having fun in the arcade area of the waterpark! Sadly, we didn't take that many pics of the weekend!

Cade trying to put his arm around his buddy Ez at the arcade!

Colt loves to lay down with his sis whenever he can!

PRECIOUS!

Papa giving Cade a ride in his wheelbarrow! The best part about moving is that we are so close to Nana and Papa! Cade would certainly agree!

Love to dress her up!

The boys are always wanting to hold her but I hardly ever get a picture!

I could have never survived all of this craziness without my sis and mom- they are awesome! Thanks again, gals!

Laynie is a week old today!

She's a week old today! I can't believe it! She is a great baby. The boys are crazy about her and can't seem to touch her enough! Colton wants to sit on my lap and pat her head everytime I'm feeding her! Cade can't say it enough, "Oh mommy, she's soooo cute!" We are thrilled with their response to her to say the least!

Here are some more pics from her first week of life!

Proud Big Brother Cade along with Proud Daddy and Mommy!

Elayna "Laynie" Kaylynn Tousa came into the world on February 18th at 6:34 PM! She weighed 7lbs. 1 oz. and measured 19 and 3/4 inches long! She is precious! Just a few pics here- more to come!