HI!

Hi! I'm Roswell. Aren't I cute? I am now 3 months old! And such a big boy.

And I mean big boy. Mommy's back is already getting sore hefting my 16 pounds of cuteness around.

I laugh a lot and am becoming more aware of things around me. I love to grab everything I see, and sometimes what I don't see. Maybe I'll learn to roll one of these days if I can ever be put down. You see, I have 2 very loving and energetic brothers. Mommy thinks I might get hurt if I'm on the floor when they are playing. So I get to have floor time when they are being still or napping. That's ok. Mommy and Daddy say I'm the happiest baby. Who can blame me? I'm cute!

Fives

I'm pretty sure I did this tag a while ago, but alas I was tagged again by Dan and Alisa (and a while back by Kathlyn - sorry it took forever), so I'll do it again.

Ten years ago I:
1. I was a sophomore in college
2. Was boy crazy with no boy in my sights
3. was wanting my independence from home but had little moolah
4. was driving Herman, my lovely white boat of a car
5. had goals of where I wanted to be in 10 years

The Five things on today's "to do" list:
1. wake up early to work on my abs
2. go walking with my friends
3. get the kids dressed, fed, and happy
4. put my jars of homemade salsa in storage
5. Put kids to bed and relax with hubby!!

Five snacks I enjoy:
1. Little Debbie swiss rolls
2. brownies
3. cake
4. banana chips
5. lollipops

Five things I would do if I were a millionaire:
1. pay off our mortgage
2. put some money away for missions
3. put some money away for retirement, so it can start gaining interest
4. go traveling to places like Ireland, Africa, Australia, and others
5. (obviously tithing would come first)

Five places I have lived:
1. Mesa, AZ
2. Flagstaff, AZ
3. Mesa, AZ
4. Lansing, MI
5. DeWitt, MI

Five jobs I have had:
1. Dad's go-to girl in the yard and with the cars/tools
2. United Artists Movie Theater
3. Teaching Tools
4. Ben Franklin Charter School - 1st Grade Teacher
5. Mommy

Friends to tag: Anyone who wants to do this.

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

Happy 36th Anniversary to my Mom & Dad!

1972

Mom & Dad met at a church dance where my sly mom told her girlfriends to go home without her and persuaded my dad to take her home because she didn't have a ride. The rest is history.

2002

July 2008

I'm so grateful that the two of you met and married and had 3 wonderful daughters. We love you and hope you have had a happy day!

Random

We haven't been doing too many fun and exciting things lately so I'll just post some pics as of late.

Elliott making a funny face.


Roswell must have been bored.

Donovan has always loved to hide, but lately he has been more creative. I can't see him, can you?

Happy Birthday Aidan!

Happy 3rd Birthday to our nephew/cousin Aidan! You are getting so big! We love you and miss you! It was fun to see you this summer.

Ice cream faces!

Cute Book!

This is a super cute book that was read to us at storytime today. It's called "Cowlick!" by Christin Ditchfield. It hits home for us. My boys have the most difficult hair to tame. I have given up trying to comb it down. They will forever have standing up hair. This book gives a cute theory on how the cowlick came to be --- an actual cow would sneak in at night and give a lick. Too cute. Kids love it!

Garden of Good Eats

MMMMmmmmm! Doesn't that look good? I'm so happy with what our garden has produced lately. We've already eaten many zucchini, white squash (also in the canning jars), spinach, and lettuce, and green beans, but this is from the last day or two. We're eating healthy, that's for sure! We have yet to get a single pumpkin though. I think we won't be planting that next year. Our carrots and green onions are still not ready, but close. There's a lot we've learned by planting our garden this year so that next year's garden will be even easier.

I can foresee a lot more canning in my near future!

Donovan's Family

Donovan drew our family on the chalkboard and I though he did a really good job.

L-R Mommy, Daddy, Dono, Elliott, and Roswell

Give Me an "A"

Donovan started school today! In Michigan a law was passed stating that school will always start after Labor Day. That's kind of nice, but we'll always get out in June. Donovan is getting so smart and getting rowdy during nap time, so we decided it was time to start pre-school right along with the normal school schedule. Since mommy is a certified teacher, who better to teach such a sweet boy. He's been excited and we'll see how much he can learn!

Everyone needs a 1st day of school picture (except I forgot and this is the 2nd day of school).

Learning how to write the capital A.

I think Donovan will be a great student! He did very well his first day!

Thanks For Coming!

Nama and Papa Earl were here to visit the last 2 weeks so that they could be here for Donovan's birthday. We had lots of fun and enjoyed spending time with them. We love you and are glad that you came!

I'm 2 Months Old!

Roswell had his 2 month dr. visit today. He measured in at 24 1/4" long (90th percentile), 40.5 cm in head circumference (70th perc.) and a whopping 13.1 lbs. (80th perc.). I knew he was getting heavy. My mom told me that my sister Alisa was 14 lbs when she was a year old. Either she was a very small child or I have a chunky child. I think a little of both. (Although I have definitely seen much chubbier babies!) I just love baby rolls! This picture doesn't do him justice, but he is smiling. I'm glad we have a healthy and happy little boy. He sleeps really well too. Since he was around 4 weeks old he's slept through the night (my definition is sleeping at least 6 hours without waking). For the last 2 weeks he's been getting a good 8-9 hours of sleep at night without waking. That makes a happy and well rested mommy! It helped a lot when I stayed up so darn late watching the olympics (they're on a lot later out east!). What a blessing it has been having little Rossy and his brothers in our family! The big brothers have started calling Roswell "Rossy" out of the blue and he loves it, so we do too.

Whoo- Whoo!

Here's my little train conductors. Elliott got a Thomas train set for his b-day and Dono got more trains with add on tracks for his b-day. Then Nama and Papa Earl got them matching conductor hats, scarves, and whistles. We had to put them all together. What fun! Daddy loves the tracks too. He rearranges them to a new fun course almost every day.

Happy Birthday Donovan!

Today my baby is 4! I can't believe he's so big already. Here's a trip down memory lane.

1 day old

3 months old

1 year

2 years

3 years

4 years today!

We love you Donovan! We hope your 4th year is a great one!

Happy Birthday!

Birthday Parties

Donovan got to have his first friend party this year. He had lots of fun. It was a Cars themed party and we did lots of Cars things. Like McQueen pinata.

Pin the balloon on the fire truck.

And Cars decorations.

Friends: Cole, Abigail, Elliott, Donovan, and Kenedi

London bridges

The (flat tire) wheel cupcake cake.

Then on the real day, we had fun with Nama and Papa Earl who came back for a visit.

riding a dinosaur

yee-haw

Nama & Papa enjoying the shade

The dinosaur playground

Papa riding the dinosaur

Car cake (Dono says it's Dinoco McQueen)

Happy Birthday my big boy!

Walker/McMahon Family Reunion

This weekend we traveled to Dublin (Ohio that is) to have a family reunion at Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rick's house. We were the only ones that could make it from the McMahon side and we happened to be the only ones with small kids. Most of the other families had teenagers. But we had fun anyway. The boys certainly found things to do.

Dan and Jack helping Elliott play baseball.

Aunt Cheryl and Roswell

Elliott getting a piggyback ride.

monkey boy (he seriously hangs like this for a while)

Dono rock climbing

"I guess we should look busy" says Fran. (Uncle Rick, Dan, and Fran grilling the goods.)

Our party at the pavillion.

Matthew (10), Elliott, and Donovan. Matthew and Dono were fast friends.

Thanks for putting this together Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Rick! We had lots of fun and hope to see you again soon.