Throwback Thursday

So many memories for this picture.
1.) The bestest horse in the whole wide world, PeeWee! I miss her so much!
2.) These pink cowboy boats, they were a hand me down from Ashley
3.) I went threw a hat phase, why I don't know but I am happy I'm not flashing the peace sign that was a worse phase.

Bowling

Everett getting his spare.

Emma getting ready!

 



Everett was so proud he snuck his tongue in the picture.

 





Emma refused to have her picture taken with anyone.

 



We do kinda look alike :)

 

In case your wondering I won! And none of us got a single gutter ball :)



Today!!!

    Are you one of those people that lay awake at night and wonder? I'm not just a night time "wonderer" I'm an all the time "wonderer." Am I doing this right, should I have done this or that or this or that. Yup that's me so when I found this quote it really hit home. I'm always so paranoid of what my kids will grow up to be, so focused on making sure they don't grow up to be bad people, so worried that they will grow up and have memories/ won't have memories of this or that. That I'm forgetting to focus on the fact that at this very minute they aren't bad people, they are actually great little kids who need their mom to focus on them not their memories. I'm thankful I found this quote to remind me of this!!

Easton's First Haircut

 This is how long the back was

My shaggy lil man

Just to prove I could, I put it in a ponytail. Isn't he pretty :)

 First Cut

All done....what do you think?

What I needed

When something bad happens in life, I always hear people say "it's all part of gods plan" or "part of the bigger picture." I do agree with these statements but I personally think that in these times of huge sorrow and pain god sends someone/something to help get you threw these tought times.  There are alot of people in my life that I know God sent to me because I needed them. But one  thing God sent me that he knew I needed was Dagen.

Dagen and Easton

Dagen came to me in a time of sorrow. I wanted no part in getting Dagen. In my opinion it was way to soon. Known the less Cody and Dad drug me to Riceville to meet a 12 week old Weim. Cody had DREAMED about getting a Wiem his whole life so who was I to stop him.  We had the choice of two male puppies. Dad, Cody, and I all agreed on Dagen. HARD to believe but when we brought Dagen home he was shy and wanted nothing to do with being in the house.

This now 70lb lap dog is just what I needed. No one understands me as well as he does. He knows when I'm annoyed he should go and hide, and when I want to love on him he knows to stand and take it. He was potty trained in less than a week!  Other than barking constantly at the neighbors he's an angel. He's also a little hyper but that comes with having Weimaraner. I couldn't ask for a better dog for the kids he's so protective of them and tolerates the poking and yelling and hitting very well. (of course we don't allow the kids to do this but it has happend)

Some may say I'm crazy but I know this beautiful animal was meant for me!

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Fun Facts:

Dagen is Latin for Lord Of The Outdoors

Dagen had MANY nicknames a few are Daggy, Dagger Waggers, Dayden, Dagen Monster.

He has taken on the middle name of Joseph( he wasn't given this right away lol)

His AKC registered name (choose by Cody) is Dagen Hunting Monster

He is a Silver Wiemer

He has fathered 8 puppies

His son is double his size

He love cucumbers

He still sucks on blankets like a baby

He knows sit, stay, beg, shake, high five, and what ever its called when you put the treat on his nose.

He prefers me over Cody (shhh don't tell it's a sore subject)

He could easily jump our fence, if he would realize this we would be in trouble.

Until this year he hated swimming

He must really like out Vet because he spent a lot of time there his first year of life.

When we got him his eyes were blue, they fade to yellow as they get older.

Christmas Morning

Easton with his present from Santa.

I'm not going to lie I'm sick of posting Christmas pictures, since this is that last one I will make it quick.

The kiddos ran downstairs super pumped to see what Santa had brought them. Everett got his Cars 2 Everett plane he had been begging for. Emma got a My Little Pony Plane, Santa must not have wanted them to fight over the plane. Easton got a toy that he can practice sitting to play with it.

Emma posing with her Barbie Kitchen and Cars 2 car.

More Thomas track for Everett

Santa even remembered the puppies on Christmas.

Our kiddos were super spoiled this year. My favorite part was opening the presents Everett "shopped" for at Bullfrogs and Butterflies (a program Rett and Em go to on Wednesday nights at Church). Everett picked out (on his own) candy and a horse calendar for me, a clip board for Em, and a screw driver and back scratcher for Cody. It just makes me smile because he did such a great job getting something we all liked, clearly he pays attention to what we like.

Christmas Eve

My Boys

Our Elf on the shelf "Foodle" had to go back to the North Pole with Santa until next Christmas. The kiddos were so sad about him leaving that Santa sent us a message saying it was okay to give Foodle a hug and a kiss to say bye. (One of the Elf on the Shelf rules is you can't touch the Elf or he will lose his magic)

Setting their special cookies out for Santa

Santa came!!!!

The Kiddos camped out in our bedroom on Christmas Eve. We all cuddled in and watch Polar Express, well Easton didn't join, maybe next year.

Christmas at Mom and Dads

 My three babies :)

 My Mom, Sister, and I

 Emma's new way to take pictures...with her tongue out.

 Emma opening her Barbie House

 Emma SOOOOO happy with her Barbie house

 Easton opening his cloth diapers, yay him lol

 Easton playing with his new toy, it attaches to a walker when he's ready for it.

 Everett thanking Grandpa for his Leggos

The Boys putting together Everett's Leggos.

Meet Brudess

One year when my sister mom and I were shopping at American Eagle my mom spotted this stuffed dog. My mom has a thing for stuffed animals so she of course bought it. Fast forward like 8 years later and this stuffed puppy was on a shelf in "The Tator Room" aka Everett's room at my mom and dads. Everett decided for what ever reason to fall in love with this dog. He takes it everywhere with him and takes his coat, boats, and glasses off when he gets home and puts them all on before he can leave the house. He even forgot him once at my parents and Grandpa came to the rescue and brought him into town at 9:00 at night.

I love that the kiddos have special stuffed animals truth be told I still sleep with a teddy bear :)

Christmas With The Schmitts

The Morning Started with Cody and Brandee making breakfast :)

 Brandee might of beat Cody into taking the above picture.

 Easton and Papa

 Easton's first Christmas

Everett opening his huge stack :)

Emma begging for her Zhu Zhu pets to be put together

Brandee and Mike got this for Emma but Cody insisted on putting Easton on it, Emma was less then impressed.

Oh The Things Everett Says

This is our conversation on the way home yesterday.

Everett: Why do Gas Trucks stop at Rail Road tracks?
Me: Because they want to be sure there isn't a train coming so they don't cause an explosion
Everett: Will School Buses explode too?
Me: No they stop because they have so many kiddos in the bus
Everett: Why
Me: Because kiddos are precious cargo so they want to be extra safe
Everett: If a truck had a race car in it would it stop to be safe
Me: no, only if the lights were on.
Everett: But, Mom a Race car is precious cargo too!

Only Cody's son would compare children and cars as "precious." Yup my 5 year old is a motor head!

Our Sweet Baby Is SIX Months Old

Dear Easton,
 Where has time gone? I can't believe you are already 6mos! Even more I can't believe how much you have grown, you are so close to crawling, you scoot everywhere. The day will come very soon when you figure out how to pop those knees up and I will be in trouble. You can sit alone when your not paying attention but if I set you up you tumble right over. You no longer want anything to do with your paci or your swing.

 You have many loves one is your Jumperoo I think you would spend hours in it if I let you. Another is rolling around on the floor playing with your toys. You take at least 2 naps, sometimes you take a nap in the evening. 
 You will go to pretty much anyone but especially like when Everett hold you or plays with you. You spend a lot of time just watching him in amazement and I have no doubt you will grow to be great friends. 
 You drink between 6oz to 8oz of Simlilac Sensitive, and still nurse. You have cereal at night that your not a huge fan of. We started baby food about a week ago, you don't care much for squash or peas but liked the bananas. You wear Flip cloth diapers and 6 to 9mos clothes.
 You are the happiest sweetest baby and we all love you so very much. You have completed our family and I feel truly blessed to call you my son.

Love Mom

Merry Christmas From Our Family To Yours!

Elf Yourself

We "Elfed Ourselves" what do you think? Check it out here.

My Sleepy Jumper

Easton LOVES his Jumperoo, like really really loves it. So much so that if he's not in it he wants you to bounce him in your arms. I put him in his Jumperoo while I was picking up, and I glanced over at him to realize he was sleeping and JUMPING! You would think if he was tired he would have fussed to get out, nope just passed out and would randomly start jumping again. The video isn't very clear that he's jumping (I should have backed up so you could see his feet) but when he moves around he's bouncing.

Photos By Everett

Everett's new thing is taking pictures.

Here are a couple he took the other day.

I will post the Food Co-op recipe tomorrow, It was supper yummy!

Movie Night

Friday on CBS they had a ton of Christmas movies on. Cody and I declared it a movie night and ordered pizza.

 The kiddos were GLUED to Frosty,  one of my favorites too. It always cracks me up when I watch Frosty though because my little kid memory thinks Frosty is atleast an hour long when really its 30mins probably 20 without commericals.

 Cody was all about having a day to just relax the only rule he had was to stay awake. He made it threw 3 out of 4 shows.

 Look at my sweet baby holding his bottle all by himself!

Elf on The Shelf was the last movie we all watched, I thought it was super cute. The kiddos loved it because they kept looking for their Elf on The Shelf, Foodle Frank.

Lighted Express

The Lighted Express came threw CC last week. I took the big kiddos to see it and see Santa and his friends. This train would have been awesome at night, during the day I'm  not sure it was worth it. It was freezing that day the bank said 16degrees, yup pretty crazy of us to go but the kiddos enjoyed it :)