Baby snow angel

It was pretty nice today, so we got Mikey outside for some playtime. With a little help from Mommy, MIKEY made a pretty nice snow angel. Too bad my foot prints are on either side!

Party Time!

Ever since Mikey's birthday party, he's been lining up his little chairs the same way mommy had the dining room chairs for his party guests. Well, Daddy asked him today if he was having a party and Mikey said "YES, Party" and proceeded to seat his guests. He sees and does everything we do..it's just amazing to me how he catches things like this!!

Santa Baby

Mikey thought it was fun to wear the Santa hat while mommy took all of the Christmas decorations down. He's such a ham when I get the camera out!

Ang Mikey gets the run of his house again! We had a great time with everyone, but it's so nice to have some quiet time after the weeks of chaos!!! I think we all napped most of the Sunday after Christmas. Mommy still needs to nap!!! Oh well, not gonna happen any time soon!!

Mikey Kissing Danny goodbye. He was so gentle with him, I was very proud!

All good things must end...

Mikey and AJ give each other a hug goodbye. They're so sweet!

The Kids Table

The "big" kids had their own lttle table for Christmas breakfast. Food got thrown on the floor, but the dogs didn't complain about having to clean it up.

Boys will be boys

Well, it's not easy keeping my house clean when it's just the three of us...add four more to the mix, two of them being two year olds, and things get a little crazy. This is especially true when said two year olds up end my tables and go for a ride in them.

Christmas morning was a bit chaotic, but it all worked out. The boys had a lot of fun opening their presents and playing in the wrapping paper!

Cousin Danny

Mikey got to meet his new cousin Danny this Christmas too. Tracy, Mike and their boys stayed with us for the holiday. Danny was borrowing Mikey's swing and I think Mikey wasn't too happy about it!

Mikey and Ashleigh were two little peas in a pod...they were together whenever Vic and the girls were at the house! They were constantly giggling too...it was pretty cute.

Here they are coloring together. I think more crayon got on the table that the coloring book...I hate crayons.

Christmas Visitors

Mikey's cousins, Ashleigh and Sydney, came all the way from Michigan to spend Christmas with us. Mikey had LOTS of play time with his cousins!

Present Time!

Mikey had a great time learning to open his presents. He did get mad at mommy though...every time he opened something, I took it away so he could move on to the next one and he just wanted to play with what was in front of him!

Cake in the hair

It wouldn't have been any fun if Mikey hadn't smeared cake and ice cream in his hair! I guess he just wanted to play with his new bath toys...lol

Time to Blow Out The Candle!

My big 2 year old just wanted the crayon that was on his cake...Daddy had to blow out the candle!

Little Thief!

Cousin Vincent brought some of his own toys to play with and in usual Mikey fashion, they were stolen within a few minutes of arrival. He did look pretty cute though with all those Sesame Street characters!

Birthday Boy!

OK, so it's been a few weeks since Mikey's b-day...bad mommy. However, I am posting as many pics as possible...as promised!!

Happy Birthday Mikey!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little TWO YEAR OLD!!! We had a great day, full of family and lots of food and PRESENTS for my honey.

My "photographers"" had some trouble getting the pics from their camera to my computer, so I'll post pics from the party when the get me the converted jpg files. Love to all!!!

Leaning down for a hug...he's crazy!!

Coloring wasn't as much fun as climbing all over mommy while she was laying on the floor!!

Coloring

Well, he WAS cooring in the coloring book. Then he went to the floor...He's getting his own little table for his birthday just for this purpose!!!

Mommy, however, managed to color her picture of Garfield...staying in the lines...lol

Mikey and Elmo

Elmo had to be in on the action.

My little "guitar hero".

Mikey decided it was his turn to play the guitar.

Snuggling with Gramma. Mikey is getting MUCH more cuddly. He gives tons of kisses and hugs too.. I LOVE IT!!

cup swap

For some toddler reason, when the boys get together to play, they MUST have the others sippy cup. It doesn't matter what's in it, just that it's different from what is in their own!!!

In this pic, the boys took a break, traded cups, and enjoyed the others beverage.

This is from the day Mikey and Vinny were jumping in the crib. I told Mikey to hug Vincent, so he tackled him to the arm of the couch to give him the hug!

Poppy and his boys...

I thought Mikey's costume was cute until I saw Vincent.....a little boy in tights and a duck head gets me every time!!!

No seriously...

Anyway, a fun little story; Since we were dressing up our sweet boy as A lion, I thought it would be cute to teach him how to "roar". So for a couple of days before Halloween I was roaring at him, trying to get him to copy me (hey, he does it when I don't want him to...lol) Well, he would not produce a roar....that is until a few days AFTER halloween. NOW he roars at me and daddy to "scare" us...it's pretty cute too. We act scared and he laughs his cute little butt off. By the way, Michael blames me for all the silly/crazy things our child is doing...:)

The "booty"

Well, my kids pretty darn heavy, and he's shy like most little guys, so he didn't want to walk with so many people around. Needless to say, we carried him up and down 2 streets before retreating back to Mike's parents house (thanks Poppy for doing the bulk of the carrying!!!) .

Upon our return, Mikey begins to realize just what's in the bucket he's been carrying around.

I think he pulled out 4 or 5 different handfuls of candy, saying "pease, pease"..I gave him ONE Reese cup. He was not too happy with Mommy the rest of the night...lol

Not sure Bailey liked the thought of having a "cat" in the house!

Soooooooo, we took Mikey out on Beggers night in Lovejoy, because they trick-or-treat the night before and have a parade on Halloween. The first night it was a HUGE fight to put on the costume. Halloween night, we took him out for about a half hour in our neighborhood. Well, let me tell you, I couldn't get him dressed up quick enough! He wanted his bucket and he wanted to fill it!!!

Mikey "The Fierce Lion" Maly

Well, I got my homework done early for a change...it's well before midnight and since I get hollered at almost daily that I haven't put up more pics, I'm going to post as many as I can!!!

In all fairness, I can't blame those who pester me for wanting to see my cute kid...he's adorable!!!

I made a big deal about him carrying his own "bucket", so that was his word for the night instead of "trick-or-treat". It got pretty heavy too and he didn't drop it! He realized pretty quickly what those nice people were putting into it!!! Not to worry, I'm being a good Mommy and eating most of it! lol...he gets one goody a day.

CHEESE!

Aren't I handsome?

Happy Halloween!

More pics to come...Mama's gotta get some sleep!

This is what happens...

When you get Mikey and Vinny together.

Niagara Falls from 3500 feet. We left Mikey at home with Gramma for this little adventure.

Mmmmmm Lunchables!

Mikey and Bailey playing together at the drop zone.

Running for the phone! It might be Daddy calling!!

He hears the phone ring and goes running to pick it up!!!

Playing with the pumpkins at Debbies house.

Going for a walk with Debbie.

Time to go home!

Playing on the hay...he really didn't want to get down!

Holy cow that' s a big pumpkin! I'm glad uncle Matt was just joking around!!!

Here's mine!!!

Gotta get the best one!

Walking through the pumpkins.

Riding on the hay...

Mikey and Mommy waiting for the wagon to take us to the pumpkin field.

Goin' Pumpkin Pickin'

My little pumpkin was having a lot of fun on Sunday when we went to the pumpkin farm!