Driving with Ms. Kennedy!

After being nice and giving his sister a ride....Tyler asked me to take her out so he could go faster!!!!

A few videos of the kiddos!!

And a couple move videos!

Bryan loves to tell jokes! 

Drew riding his bike without training wheels for the first time!



We have been busy!

Wow!  Where does the time go?  The last time I updated our blog was in February?  That can't be!!!  I guess we have been busy.  But busy doing what? 

In March Drew had his 7th birthday!!  It is truly amazing that our first born is 7 years old.  He is such a bright, caring, hilarious kid!  A Fifth grade teacher stopped me in the hall when I was at Drew's school and told me she was waiting till Drew was in her class and then she would retire.  She wanted to wait for him because he is her favorite kid in the whole school.  :o)  All three boys started soccer in March also.  We were busy every Thursday and Saturday with soccer and LOVED every moment of it. 

In April Kennedy got sick (a common cold - ear ache - ect) so the doctor put her on antibiodicts.  After being on them for five days she started to get really sick and have a horrible rash.  So off to Children's Healthcare of Atlanta we went....she is allergic to penicillin!!  Poor thing!!  Kennedy also decided at the end of this month to start walking!  Yep, 10 1/2 months old.  She was walking before she got her first tooth.  Priorities!!!  Chad and I were able to sneak in a three night cruise in April also.  A much needed vacation of ALONE time and REST!!!!!  Chad won the "Royal Carribean International Belly Flop Contest".  And if you are asking yourself,  is she proud?  Yes I am!!  I was screaming louder than anyone!!!  It wasn't all fun and games we went to bed one night at 8pm....um, can you say tired?????

May was a whirlwind of soccer, graduations, camping, and fun!!!  Tyler and Bryan ended their soccer season with shiny new medals around their necks.  Drew's team - BRAZIL - got invited to the State YMCA soccer tourney!  They lost their third game but did AWESOME!!  Bryan graduation from Pre- School and is ready for Kindergarten.  He was presented with the "Teacher Helper Award" for always following directions and helping out whenever asked!!!  He is so excited to go to school with his brother in August.  (Yes, we start school the first week of August!!)   Chad and I took the boys camping to celebrate school being over.  Tyler is excited to have his buddies home for a couple of months. 

We are now into June and have gone to the pool EVERY DAY since school ended.  Tyler is in swim lessons and learns more watching his brothers at the pool than he does in class.  :o)  He is such a little fish!!!  He loves going to the YMCA with me every morning while I workout.  He says that is "his school".  :o)  The boys are all going to Vacation Bible School (VBS) this month.  And Nana flies in to visit us the last part of June - YAY!!!  We are taking her to Amelia Island with us to play and relax.  Well, play anyway.  I don't know how much relaxation time we will get with four kids at the beach.

March - May Photos

The Boys Getting Their Groove On!

Seven Months Old and Standing Already

Kennedy and Audrey

 Kennedy LOVES Audrey....well, she loves her tail!  Audrey loves to tease Kennedy by walking past her and hitting her with her long tail.  It is a game they play. 

Look who finally caught the tail!!!!!!

Blizzard of 2011

 On Sunday, January 9th, it snowed six inches in Georgia. After it was done snowing we had 1/4 inch of freezing rain come down on top of the fresh snow. When we woke up on Monday morning it was a MESS outside! The city of Atlanta,with a population of 5 million, only has 10 snowplows. You do the math...but I can help you out by telling you the roads were HORRIBLE!! The boys had the week off of school so we got LOTS of sledding in!! Chad had to stay in a hotel close to his office so we didn't see him for the week. He had to work and we got to play!!

 We have the best hill in our backyard for sledding!!

Surgery for Drew

Drew had surgery three days afer Christmas...he had tubes put in his hears and his adenoids and tonsils removed.  We had noticed around August/September that Drew couldn't hear so we had his hearing tested.  We were correct...he was "deaf" in his right ear and could only hear 40% with his left.  He had fluid in his ears that the doctors kept missing.  We figure that this had been going on since last March.  We went to an ENT doctor and that suggested that we get everything removed.  His tonsils were huge and he was getting strep every three months are so.  Drew also has been coughing every night for about a year and had black circles under his eyes.  He was not healthy and couldn't hear.  Drew never complained...he is such a trooper.  We are happy to report that he can hear and he thinks his family is LOUD!  He also has not coughed once at night since having surgery.  He has more energy and can't wait to play soccer again this Spring because now he can hear what the Coach is saying. 

 Getting ready for surgery...he is so brave!!

 The nurses gave him some "happy medicine" to relax him.  It made him silly! 

 The nurses at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta are WONDERFUL!!  They took care of Drew and us with such loving care.  They wheeled Drew away to the operating room and Chad and I felt some helpless but knew he was in very caring hands.  They put him under and the surgery only took 30 minutes max...after he woke up they wheeled him back into his room where we were anxiously waiting.  Drew was very upset and in pain when he woke up but went right back to sleep for another hour and a half.  When he woke up the second time he was aksing for a slushie!  We took him home that night and he slept for 13 hours!   

No more tonsils!  Drew relaxed in bed and/or on the couch for a good four days.  He was ready to go back to school after a week.  He did so good!!