In trying to catch up on this blog and keep it updated I've decided to try and do monthly posts recapping everything for the month. Maybe that will help me stay on top of recording these fun moments in our family life. This month started off well because Ben had a good vacation from work over Christmas and the New Year. He didn't go back until January 2. I can't even describe how much I needed that break of having him home. Since he went back to work 12 hours after I got home from the hospital with Cody he hadn't had a single break...not even two weekend days off in a row. I didn't realized what a tight mess I was until he was home and I felt my whole body and soul (sounds cheesy I know) relax. He was so so so much help with all the kids and they absolutely love having him around.
He did interesting things dressing Cody...
We started getting lots of snow in January (and now mid March it still hasn't melted). I guess we were in a "Polar Vortex" that brought seriously cold wind that had our temps reading at -45 degrees. School was cancelled 4 days this winter because of the temp. Most days it has been too cold to even play outside, but there were a few days it warmed up to the double digits and the kids headed out. Sledding isn't super fun in the midwest though...
Sweet sweet Evrett playing legos
I don't remember exactly why I took this picture, I think Brannon was just being sad and grumpy about something. He reminds me so much of Ben here
Just some regular life, doing the dinner jobs...
How I look 80% of the time: holding a baby and wearing an apron
Cody is doing his new thing where he scrunches his now and breaths loud like a bull ready to ram. Its pretty hilarious. This one day he had a Cheerio stuck right by his nose and we were all dying at his cuteness
Daily Homework Grind
Daily Wrestling Match (or as daily as they get to) This is Evrett's favorite time of the day
Good ol fourth child is already very self sufficient. He crawls in the pantry when he is hungry to eat whatever he can find bags within his reach
It's not often I end up in pictures but here are a couple Evrett took
My goodness we love this little crazy man
They are starting to have a lot of fun playing together
Ross and Melissa Quijano came over one night for pizza and root beer floats. They are such great friends and the boys LOVE them!
One cute 8 month old
Evrett begged me to take a picture of him on this car
We've discovered Evrett is a bit of a perfectionist and he gets kinda upset when he doesn't do things perfectly. Look at these perfectly folded towels and their perfect layout. He doesn't a better job then his older brothers!
We went to Makayla Beemster's birthday party. They played a snowman race game
We've discovered Cody likes to four wheel over things...even his toy boxes and the green stool below.
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