Happy Birthday Jordan!

Happy 19th Jordan!

19 things about Jordan:

(in no particular order)

19. He may be the only person I know who would sit for hours and watch the special features from every DVD.  ( When I say hours, I mean like HOURS)

18. He was obsessed with Egypt as a young child.  

17. We used to make  three-room forts on Sundays together while my dad slept and my mom graded papers.  Once we even talked my mom into letting us keep it up all through Monday.  That was really saying something.

16. Anytime he gets in a swimming pool he secretly has the urge jump and spin, splashing the water with his hand while he spins, just like the AMC guy. (It seemed a lot cooler when we were little) 

15. He has lost valuable pieces to Lego sets due to my dad's rage.  Sadly, Jordan's Legos were just innocent bystanders. 

14.  I'm pretty sure he came out of the womb with the ability to read. 

13.  He is probably the most air-headed smart person I've ever known.  (Did you make your bed today Jord?)

12.  You can go upstairs now, Gaston will not marry you. 

11. While living at home, Jordan was the only adult in the house.

 

10.  Jordan plays the piano like a champion.  He is the only one in our house that actually practiced their musical instrument.  

9.  Once he flipped off the Scout Master during a camping trip.  Camping isn't really Jordan's thing.

8. If Jordan could sing every sentence he ever spoke, I think he would.  

7.  Jordan used to play house with me in our playhouse outside.  More because I wanted him to play with me and less because he wanted to.  

6. A sibling told him at a pretty young age that Santa was not real, while arguing.  It scarred him for life.  (and I'm really, really sorry)

5. One shawl with tasseled edges plus one creative mind = The best Tina Turner impersonation I've ever seen.

4. I don't think I have ever seen Jordan really mad.  If I have, he was still smiling (or camping).  

3.  Jordan is the most kind-hearted, humble person I have ever known.  He brings the sweetest spirit into our home and I don't know that anyone could say a bad thing about him.  

2. He is an AMAZING artist, but you would never hear it from him. 

1. He will be the best missionary.ever.  

I love you Jordan!  Happy 19th Birthday!  We miss you down here in AZ and can't wait to see you again!  

I would also like to give a shout-out to H Diggity Dawg.  Happy Birthday Heather!

Crouching Tiger, Hidden...Hunter?

I figured something out the other day.  Hunter is a Ninja for finding and storing things he is not allowed to have.  The hundreds of toys that are made for him to play with, he turns his nose up to. Its the butter knife, the cricket, the modeling clay and the dog food that he wants.  If he can't have those things, then he wants to chew on any power cord available.  So, I have done everything I can think of to keep these things out of his reach.  Well, the other day, he crawled over to me with a marble in his mouth.  I freaked out.  WHERE IS HE FINDING THIS CRAP!? 

How could I overlook the quick clean-up jobs by his older brother? 

Wardy

I think that my dad has a picture with every grandchild in this exact pose.  I love it.  So cozy.

9 Months

Hunter turned 9 months the other day and I just can't believe it. They just grow up so fast.  I know, I know, it's so cliche but it really is true!  Here are some pictures of the boys! 

 Mikey with his rice crispy, Hunter with his bottle. Life is good!!

Motherhood is the most amazing thing to me.  It's hard to describe the magnitude of having something so small and helpless rely on you for everything. EVERYTHING.  As they grow, it is so gratifying to see them learn new things.  I think my favorite part of motherhood is seeing Hunter's face light up when he sees me.  Seeing that makes any stress, anger, frustration or sadness simply flutter away like it never existed.  If you are a mother, you know exactly what I am talking about. If you are not a mother yet, you will.  Its beautiful.

The Sweetest Boy

I have been backing up my pictures and videos lately and I came across this video from May 2008.  We were driving somewhere and I just so happened to have the camera with me and I caught Mikey singing to himself. I think Mike's mom and sister taught him the words, but it was absolutly the sweetest thing I have ever seen!

  

I have always loved that song and I feel like it is so perfect for Mike and Mikey! If you have no idea what song it is, watch the music video here! It's an awesome video too! (I'm pretty sure I'm in love with Rodney Atkins...)

At the Park

After church on Sunday, we went to the park on Greenway and Bullard.  It was so crowded!  It was such a beautiful day so we picnicked and played a little ball.  

Hunter is representin' the ol' Louisville Slugger from my high-school days.  I will proudly admit that there are many dents in that bat... (which may, or may not, be from hitting rocks into the lake) ...but there are dents nonetheless.

 I love grass. Grassy, Grass, Grass. Here it goes down. Down into my belly...

Do you want to guess who got there first?

Here is Mikey, mid break-dance move. He loves to break-dance constantly!  I think it is so funny to watch, and he is surprisingly good!  He was tearing up the dance floor at Julia's wedding!  

It's alright honey, I hit the tee sometimes too...

Mikey's Basketball!

Mikey just started his basketball season last Saturday.  It has been made apparent that baseball is a lot more interesting to him by the way he plays.  His first game, he would run up and down the court with his hands up by his ears, snapping the whole time.  He is quite impressed with his new ability to snap. (And much less impressed with basketball).  Game number two, he started to be more aggressive.  He would at least know where the ball was, and he would go after the kid who had it.  He loves to pass to his teammates, it's more of a hand-off than a pass really.  Anyway, here are some pictures from his game. 

I like this picture because I feel like it is a great action shot.  Only, the action is mid snap/jump in real life.  No interest in the ball.  :)

Team Bonding

His second game, the referee was HARDCORE.  He was calling fouls left and right!  He would make the kids line up and shoot free throws.  No big deal, then one little boy kept dribbling out of bounds and he took the boy to the line and said "this is in" then stepped him over the line "this is out". (loud enough for everyone to hear) The kid wanted to be taken out of the game because he was humiliated! I guess it's good to start teaching them what is right early on, but umm....just in case you were confused dude, these are 5 year olds.