What We Did for St. Patty's Day!

Jax, Claire, and Finn at the house!

Cade and a Random Kid...Cade is in green!

St. Patty's Day was so fun for us. It was a big help that the weather was beautiful. Claire, Jax, Finnegan and I went outside in the front yard for a while. They had a blast. After Cade got home we went to the park for a while and got them all tired! We left the park and went to the grocery store to pick out green food...salad for me and Eric, and green grapes to go with the green pancakes we made for dinner. It was a fun day and now I have to clean up food coloring from the countertop!

Jax is 3!

Blowing out candles on the 'Racetrack' cake!

The Crocodile cake!

Well, Jax turned 3 on the 12th of March. I haven't gotten these pictures put up due to the fact that the family party was last night. I love making the kids fun cakes and so I let Jax look online with me to see what he wanted. In true Jaxon fashion, he couldn't decide, so I ended up making 2. This was actually a good thing due to the fact that there were 20 people eating cake!
Jax had a great birthday and I am amazed at what a little fireball this child of mine is. He loves to be 'The Big Boy', while at the same time is my best cuddler. The combination is both endearing and sweet! He ran around with all his cousins and hasn't let go of the truck set that Auntie Lisa got him. I'm hoping that he comes down from the sugar high sometime next week! :)

The Accident Prone Child!

Finnegan, the walking disaster!

Yesterday Finnegan, Granny, and I all got to go on a fun-filled, action packed adventure to the ER! I swear, the last time that we were there it was for Finn because he split open the corner of his eye. This kid has so many scrapes and bruises that it was truly a miracle that he made it to his first birthday! All the other kids seemed to have a sense of 'self-preservation' at this age, but Finn...I think we should have named him Evil Kinevel. He falls down stairs, purposely tips chairs over backwards, and put EVERYTHING (includung dog food) into his mouth.
Well, last night he was wimpering and not using his right arm at all. Every time we would try to get him to move it he would cry. Eric stayed with the other kids and I picked up Granny and took Finn to the ER. We got in pretty quick and after seeing the DR. was told that they needed to x-ray his arm. The Dr. thought that it was something called 'Nurse-maids elbow' where the tendon that runs the length of the arm (alongside the elbow)gets dislocated. The good thing is that most of the time, just by getting the x-ray and twisting the arm around for the different x-ray images, it will snap into place. Luckily for us it did. The Dr. then showed me how to twist his arm to snap it back into place if it happens again. Unfortunately, we were told that this is going to be something that we have to watch out for until he gets older. No picking him up by his arms, no swinging him between us, etc. He's doing MUCH better this morning and I'm keeping the Tylenol close! He is such a trooper!

He Said What???

Jax...also know as, He Who Keeps Me on My Toes!

Jax is the King of funny sayings and one-liners. The things that this kid comes up with are a constant reminder that I am in for it when he becomes a teenager! So, the other day he was in our front room 'playing', otherwise known as tormenting, Claire. Claire comes running into the kitchen crying and whining that, "Jax hit me!" Well, Jax, upon hearing this, comes running up to me and says in a tear-filled voice, "I didn't hit her...I did Kung-Fu!" I know that I should have had more restraint, but all I could do was laugh (literally until I cried)! Apparently, in Jax's world Kung-Fu isn't a punishable offense...who knew! :)