My cute nephews

We were lucky enough to have my sister's (ok and Jess' brother's) family come visit last week! We have been able to see them about twice a year since we moved away and the kids seem to try to make up for all the lost time in the few days we have together. They played hard and had a blast!

There is a groundhog hole in our backyard that they "found." This of course must belong to some mystery animal and they were determined to find out what kind it was. I love how much they all love science and how they try to make everything into a new discovery. So Pantera has a notebook and is writing their observations, they went a little like this:
1. Football shaped eyes.
2. is (scratched out) isn't poisonous.
3. a rat snake.
4. would be a good pet.
So they decided it was a rat snake whole and claimed they saw it. Andrew approached me a little bit later and said "Aunt Savannah, it's kind of wierd, because Pantera and Ryan say they saw a snake in that hole, but I didn't see anything." I didn't want to tell him that's because they are full of hot air.

Amari found a new friend in Ryan, she would follow him all around the house. I don't blame her, he's one cool guy. Jordan still has the ability to crack Zeke up anytime and Jordan thought that was cool, sometimes. We were so happy to see everyone, thank you guys for taking the trip out!

p.s. Coco, if you read this I can't post comments on your blog. I've been trying for months...just to let you know I do read it and want to comment.

Remember when...

I took a little trip down memory lane tonight finding pics of the birthday boy. He is growing up way to fast, I'm just grateful I was chosen to be along for the ride.
And here he is today...

It wouldn't be a 3 year old birthday without a crying picture! He wasn't feeling very cooperative with the pictures, I even busted out his Steelers shirt (they totally brainwash them out here!) but only ended up with a couple good shots. We did a little celebration with my family last week (more on that next post) so I just bought some cupcakes...yes he picked Steelers...and we had a nice quietish birthday at home. We love you Zekie! Happy 3rd birthday!

Hannah, don't even think about it!

I DARE someone to try and steal HER snack!
No doubt about it, Amari is crazy tough. She will be so sweet at times, then randomly knock you in the head. I guess she is trying to protect her reputation or something.

I like to paint for my kids, and they really seem to cherish the pictures on their walls. Amari wakes up talking about each painting in her room "Mouse, Bolt, Buzz, Lightning!" Not that clear, but I know what she is saying. This is the first one I did for Amari a couple of months ago.

I finished this for Zeke last week. Unfortunately I didn't get credit for it, if you ask who made it for him he will tell you Lightning McQueen did. I tried.

Zeke has one more session with his beloved Mrs. "Ham" before he turns 3 and no longer gets occupational therapy. I still can't believe how taken he is with her. This is a kid who doesn't talk about anyone (lightning aside) ever, and here he is pretending to call her on the phone! This morning the doorbell rang and he ran to it excitedly saying "Mrs. Ham, Mrs. Ham!" while Amari ran saying "Papa, Papa!" Too bad it was the furnace guys.

I don't have any good pics of Tera this time around, probably because she likes to mismatch and mess up her hair. I shouldn't care, but I do. I still take her pics, but the internet is so permanent...she will thank me for not posting them someday, I think. Anyways, the last couple weeks have been really hard on her. She has had a hard time accepting that she is no longer in Kindergarten. She told me "Mrs. Mascara's clothes look like Ms. K's, but their brains, ugh, not even close!" I caught her crying with her yearbook a couple of nights. This week has been much better, hopefully it stays that way.

17 month pics

I loved how vintage looking these black and white pics turned out...
Look at that sweet little innocent face.

Boy does she have you fooled! Do you know why she was smiling so big? I told her to sit down on the bench and she wasn't listening. The smile got even bigger with the threat of time out.

To quote Pantera "Why does she do the opposite of everything you say?"

On another note I am 30 1/2 weeks and I look past full term (unfortunately the camera angle minimizes this fact). I am measuring big and have gained a TON of weight so far. So lots of extra fluid in there, big baby, wrong date, or secret twins (not really on the last one). I will probably have another ultrasound in a couple of weeks to figure it all out.

Both of my sister in laws had their babies this week! Cute little Truman on Wednesday and sweet Sadie on Thursday (I've yet to see a pic of her hint, hint!). Pantera was happy then sad at the news and suggested we all meet at Disneyworld so she could see her new cousins. If only it were that easy!