Letter of the Day

Dearest Colin,
I love you to bits but today you are trying my patience. This morning I was woken up by your brother who informed me that you had dumped an entire bottle of glue on our love seat. You had also pulled out a roll of double sided tape that you unrolled and left in a pile. Toys were strewn from one corner of the living room to the other. Your ears also seem to be broken today as your listening skills seem to not be working. I know one day that I will appreciate your creative nature and your silly antics, but today I just don't have the patience for it.

sincerely,
your worn out Mommy

New Home

Well its official! We will be moving to a new house June 15! I am ecstatic! I cannot wait to live somewhere and make memories in a new home! Now we just need to sell this house. We had all intentions of selling this place before removing all our conditions on the new house but unfortunately that wasn't possible because the other house got another offer and we got served with a 24 hour time line or we lost the house. I am so very excited! I just hope this place sells FAST!

In other news the boys started soccer this week. It was freezing cold but Joel seems to really be enjoying it! We just need to work on his sportsmanship because he is a bit of a poor sport but he is doing 200% better from last year. Colin has his first game on Friday night. He is more athletic than Joel and I think he will really enjoy himself. Will post pics soon.

Bummed!

I am sad today. We found out yesterday that we won't be getting our house after all and it makes me really sad! But we just can't do it.. it will be way too much money and Nathan and I aren't willing to put ourselves into that much debt! We would basically be house broke and I don't want that at all. So from here I don't really know what our next step would be. I would kind of like to contact a realtor and have them keep their eye out for the perfect house for us. I just don't know at this point. I am bummed and thats all I know.

Busy Busy Busy

Okay so it is always my excuse.. I am a busy mama of 3 beautiful crazy children. It takes up most of my time and I generally don't feel like taking the time to blog. But here I am. I am not going to apologize. It just isn't my top priority. :) Things are even more hectic now that I am back to work 2 nights a week and every 2nd Saturday. Which is going amazingly well, thank you for asking! I am enjoying the break, and the extra pay check is an added bonus. We are saving it so that once Nathan's lease is up we can afford to buy another car without payments. And we are also in the midst of hopefully building a new house. We are currently working on all the financing issues. I am very excited about the prospect of a bigger house more suitable to our family, and the house we are looking at building will be a nice big bilevel finished on both levels. It's a house we hope to be able to stay in until our kids are grown up, if not beyond then.

In other news my smallest babe turned 10 months old yesterday! Holy moly! That is insane! Wasn't it only yesterday that I was griping about still being pregnant? Wasn't it just last week that I took that pregnancy test and saw 2 lines instead of 1? Wasn't it only a year ago I brought Colin home from the hospital.. and the year before that that I found out at the young age of 18 that I was going to be a mommy for the 1st time? How did so much time get away from me? I do not understand how the days can sometimes feel so long but the years so short? This life passes too quickly!

Well I suppose I should get back to the grind and get lunch started before Joel walks in the door from school. I hope everyone is doing amazingly.. and hopefully I will be back to post again before next Christmas rolls around :)

Beautiful Weather. Beautiful Life.

We are in the midst of a January heat wave! It has been so nice for about the last week and we are all loving every minute of it! The kids and I have made an effort to play outside everyday this week and it has been so wonderful! My new years resolution this year is to make as many memories with my kids this year as I can. Or at least try and use the time that I have with them in a fun and memorable way! It won't be long before they are grown and no longer have the desire to spend time with their old Mom! Like the song says "You're gonna miss this. You're gonna want this back. You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast. These are some good times so take a good look around. You may not know it now, but you're gonna miss this" That song sends me into hysterics every time i hear it! I know I am going to miss this time I have with them now! Why is it I am not making better use of the time I have been given?

I took the boys sledding for the first time in a couple years, yesterday. It was a blast! We are planning to go again this afternoon and my Grandma is going to come stay with April so that I can go and join in on the fun! I also plan on taking the camera with me so that I can get some video and pictures.

Oh Boy!

Okay so I OFFICIALLY am the worst blogger ever! I haven't updated since Joel started school. Whats up with that?! Christmas is 4 days away and I couldn't be more excited! I don't know who is more excited the kids or me? I cannot wait to see their faces on Christmas morning! Its definitely true that giving is better than receiving! There is nothing like seeing someone who truly loves what you have given them.

So its been busy here at the Gabert household! Having 3 kids 5 and under is busy to say the least. April is on the move now and starting to get into everything. It won't be long before she will be a full force tornado like the other 2. She is such a joy to be around these days though and she is developing such a sweet little personality! She loves Nathan the best and is even starting to say Dada now. Whether she knows what she is saying or not is another matter all on its own. I am pretty well done breast-feeding which makes me sad and happy at the same time. Being that she is my last baby and knowing I will never get to do it again makes me mourn it, but bottle-feeding is so much more convenient.

Colin is FINALLY potty trained! Its been a long road but we are finally there and he is pretty much accident free! I am so proud of him! Its crazy to think he is so big already. I swear I blinked and he grew in the moment! I wish I could just slow time down, just to keep them this size for a little while longer.. so that I can enjoy them without having to worry about the hustle and bustle of life.

Joel is doing great at school! He loves it, and has made a great friend named Conor. Its so cute to hear him talk about his friendships and I am so excited to watch him develop into a young boy! He is enjoying learning and I love hearing about the different things he is learning. He can now count well into his 40's or so and can identify all his numbers up to 20. He knows all his letters upper and lowercase and cal write all of his numbers and letters. He has also learned all of his letter sounds as well though he still has trouble on occasion. Yesterday Nathan and I were coming up with random words to ask him what they started with. Nathan asked him what weiner started with and he said "u". Man did we laugh. What a character.

Well I have lots I need to get done but I thought I should come and make a entry for once since it has been so long. I am really going to try and write more often.

Joel's 1st Day of Kindergarten