Happy Fifth P Diddy

We had a SMALL gathering for Port's Bday

Dan and Meagan played the Balloon popping game with the kids, cause they're still too young to sit and relax like adults...(plus it was punishment for getting Porter a whoopy cushion)

Andrew L.O.V.E.S. his dad!

Batman Cake this year...wonder what next year will bring..

Andrew, Jackson and Porter checking out the BATMAN CAVE

AND...possibly the best parents ever...after Porter babysat Dan and Meagan's fish, Betty over the break, Mike thought he could handle the responsibilities of a fish of his own.

Mike: "what are you gonna name him Port?"

Porter: "Rob"

OK...

New Years in Missouri

the fam.

A and T arguing again.

Jason, Madie, P Did, Scotty

Odee, Logan, A

M and A

G and A

Holla. Well, Christmas knocked our socks off! We had a great time with our friends. Pretty much hung out with Smith Fam. EVERY DAY of the break. Went to St. Louis. Look for pics on Mike's bloggerooski. It was an Awesome time! And I'm so glad we got to have such a fun, relaxing, peaceful two week break. That's so much more than most people get...maybe you already knew that.

Had a quiet New Years Eve with friends. The kids played the Wii and were glued to it the entire night...so it seriously was a "quiet" new years. Adults played apples to apples...and you'll never guess who won both rounds...MIKE. yeah...his head was nice and puffed up for 2011.

Hope you all had a great time without us...We miss our friends and family dearly!

Christmas Break

We are having a very relaxing Christmas here in Kirksville, Mike has two weeks off and we're just living the dream. Sittin' on our butts relaxing our lives away. We've taught Porter old school Mario. He is fascinated and I am on a qwest to save the princess before the break is over! It's a sad sight when Porter and I are just gaming all day in our jammies. Mike and Andrew have been neglected a bit.

We have also watched TWO seasons of Discovery Channel's EVEREST: beyond the limit. It started to be so much EVEREST that when we would cough or go out into the snow, it was like we were on the mountain again....enough said.

Next week we're on our way to St. Louis. Mike earned quiet a bit of money tutoring last semester and we've decided to enjoy a getaway to the paradise known as "the arch".

Missouri is so cold that the extra holiday money that santa got funded some pretty warm coats for the boys. ps...don't even get me started on our fancy new camera that takes blurry pictures...My blood pressure goes up every time I try to capture my precious angels being....precious angels and it turns out a blobby mess. Did I build this camera myself???

Weekend before Christmas

We threw Manda a surprise bday party for her 16th celebration. Mer had the idea to make her an awesome tee shirt "Need a moment? II" it's from the twix commercial. Inside joke...had to be there....blah blah...anyway, it made her cry! Mer is such a good gift giver! :)

Clayton, Leia, Mom, Porter, Mike, Manda, Justin, Mer, Bumpy, Andrew, Jenn, Renee, John.

John Goode and girlfriend Renee met us out here from Washington State. They drove all the way on a whim! We haven't seen John in years and had never met Renee. They are both awesome people and It was so fun to see them again. Justin is Monica's BF....talk about "Boo and Mojeh" all weekend long. He's pretty great and takes good care of baby Leia! We had some good times practicing for a potential flash mob, shopping at the antique store/thrift store...lots of funny pics there...too bad I'm too lazy to post them. and Scategories...I WON....that's RIGHT! JENN CRANNEY=scategories champ 2010.

Adventures of Andrew

Andrew is such a nerd! He has been having a rough go the last month. He's being a big fat grouch. So when he is happy and playing like a normal one year old I love it so much! He and this tupperware cabinet have become very close.

Baby Leia

Bumpy had to be induced on Friday (nov. 5th) because of low water. Her back was hurtin' so Manda gave her one of her famous massages. (lucky)

Bumpy is such a cute mommy!

awww...isn't she CUTE?!

Born Nov. 6th at 12:16pm

Weight 5 lbs 11 oz

Leia Madalynn Auld

I'm gonna spare you the whole story, but I just want to say, i got to cut the cord and it's not as slimy as i would have thought...it's like raw chicken. Monica is so loved...everyone was fighting over her, nurses, parents and friends!

Andrew love Raisins!

You won't believe how much this kid eats. One of his favs are raisins. I mean, raisins are good for you, but he eats them so much I have to hide them like they're candy.

I suppose I left the pantry door open because I found him hiding under my desk eating them.

Step One: dig for raisins with chubby hands

Step two: try to pick up raisins with chubby fingers

Step Three: Stuff as many raisins as I can into my mouth and try not get let chubby hands and fingers get in the way.