5.

 This little guy had his 5 year well check last week.  It is a couple months late I know, but let's not forget life with a 1, 3, and 5 year old gets a bit hectic.  At any rate, he had a great check up and is progressing just as he should be both physically and psychologically.  Unfortunately, he had to get his immunizations for Kindergarten (Yikes-that's difficult for me already) which consisted of 2 pokes and a mist (5 different vaccinations).  He was a pretty tough guy.

His Stats:

Height: 44 inches- 59th percentile

Weight: 39 pounds 10 ounces- 37th percentile

BP: 93/54  HR: 91

Landon remains the most tender hearted, sweet little boy in the world.  He knows just how to melt my heart every day.  He and Kadence have been talking about "getting married" a lot (I'm assuming from one of their movies) and one day he grabs my hand and kisses it and says, "Mama, can you marry me?"  This little boy is going to make one great husband some day (far far away, like in 25 years.)  We then explained to him that Daddy and Mommy are married and that you can't marry your mom.  I'm not going to lie, I think he was a little disappointed.  Such a sweetheart.

Landon is doing well learning his letters and numbers and writes his name very well.  He can spell his first name and we are working on his last.  I'm not going to lie, Strasburg is not the easiest name in the world.  He loves going to school and is starting to get bored at home with us on days off.  He has so much energy it amazes me.  He still loves anything rough and tumble, playing football, and wrestling daddy.  He loves watching football on TV with Ryan and it amazes me how much of the game he understands.  He even recognizes the different NFL teams and their mascots.  Yikes-I'm in trouble.  We spend many hours of the day playing: CandyLand, Chutes and Ladders, Spongebob Yahtzee, Zingo, Crazy 8's, Uno Moo, and 1-2-3 Dominoes.  Landon loves games and is very good at them.  He also plays his leap pad quite a bit and the iPad when we let him.

Love this little boy and we are so proud of him every day.

Just Like Daddy

The kiddos are always fascinated with Ryan's work "outfit" as Kadence calls it.  Whenever we have stopped by the hospital for a quick visit they are just amazed by his "green outfit" and "blue hat."  Since Ryan's scrubs stay at the hospital to be laundered (thank goodness-I have plenty of laundry) the kids don't usually see him with them on. The other day Ryan brought scrub caps home for the kids and they thought they were pretty cool.  It was definitely some cheap entertainment, that is for sure.

Such little loves.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

We had a very relaxing New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.  It was a much needed low key couple of days with our sweet family of 5.  Ryan took the older two kids to a movie this afternoon while Kenzie and I made a trip to Gordman's with Christina.  

Just wanted to share a video of our New Year's gift.  Kenzie girl is finally officially walking.  I really thought this would have happened 3 months ago; however, Miss Kenzie had different plans.  Love her to pieces.  So proud of our little munchkin! ***The stairs you will see towards the end of the video are actually pet steps.  Now, some may think this is silly and ridiculous; however, those thinking those thoughts have never been woken up 2-3 times a night to their growling princess puppy for a lift on the bed.  Judge all you want, I call it sanity.  These pet steps have also created hours of entertainment for Kenzie who actually thinks they are for her.  

Strasburg Christmas 2011

 We spent Christmas weekend at the Strasburg farm this year.  The entire family was there and we had a ton of fun.  The only thing that would have made it a little better was if there was some snow to look at and play in!  Oh well, I'm sure it'll be a few years before we have another brown Christmas.  There was an array of gifts to open so the kids opened a couple on Christmas Eve.

This picture cracks me up.  One of the gifts Landon chose to open early was clothes.  I think this is the classic expression of how a 5 year old feels when he receives clothes for Christmas!

Our little family of 5.  Landon 5, Kadence 3, Kenzie 1.

 Sue and I.

 Jack (10) and Holly.

 Tyler (15), Landon and Jack.

 Grandpa and the boys.

 The Frashers. Tyler, Jessie (11), Kristy and Jerry.

Ryan, Arin, Gary, Sue, Kristy, and Holly.  What a great family photo!

Our Christmas extravaganza continued with gift opening at 630 am (yikes) on Sunday.  

Jessie and Kadence.  Santa dropped his hat when he dropped off gifts this year.  The kids thought that was pretty crazy.  I asked if we should mail it back to him, but Kadence didn't think that was a good idea.  She said he probably had more (I think she just wanted to keep it herself).

Landon and his boat (just like Levi's.)  Wohoo!

Pretty girl.  Notice how dark it is outside...may have been a tad early.

We had a great Christmas weekend spending time with everyone.  Kenzie was sick and could have slept a little better; it wouldn't be a family gathering without at least one sick child.  We are so blessed to have such a great family filled with such kind, loving hearts!  Love you all!  

(Just a silly picture of Kenzie standing (shocker) in her high chair.  How cute are her little nylons?)

Merry Christmas!

 Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Let's make the next year the best yet!

Live.Laugh.Love.

I am not going to lie, some of our days get kind of long when the weather is not warm enough to play outside.  When all else fails and I am going nuts, we crank the music and have a dance party.  It seems to exert enough energy to chill everyone out until either Ryan comes home or we move on to the next activity of the day.

The other day the kids wanted to have a dance party with their own music.  They asked me to video them so they could watch themselves on the computer afterwards.  It actually was pretty cute and cracked me up.  Landon and Kadence even entertained Kenzie long enough for her to sit in her high chair and actually finish her snack.

Enjoy!  Happy Friday.

Christmas at Preschool.

The kids had a "Christmas Party" at preschool where we joined them for an hour of their day and made Gingerbread houses.  Ryan switched a call shift so he could come with before going in to work at 11.  Ryan went downstairs and helped Landon while Kenzie and I joined Kadence upstairs.

A (poor quality) photo I snapped with my phone.  Kadence was very proud of her house.

Ryan grabbed a picture with his phone of Landon and his house.

The kids were really proud of their work and excited to taste it at home!

 Not too shabby for a 3 and 5 year old!  I think that these may have been the very first Gingerbread houses that Ryan and I did as well!

This sweetie pie was just along for the ride.  Can you imagine how much fun she could have had?  Followed by a trip to the ER after breaking out in hives from all the sugar!