(7:00 a.m. Christmas morning right before we went to see if Santa had paid us a visit)
Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas as well! 
Miss Emma has a new style!
Last week we cut about 12 inches off for Locks of Love and then about another 2 inches to cut and style her hair! We had an icky situation last week and I have debated putting it here on my blog but I have decided I will. She came home last week with head lice. I freaked out, went to the store, treated her hair, cried, took her and got her hair chopped off, came home and treated her hair again. It was so hard for me to see her hair cut short but all is good now. We have always tried curling her hair with sponge curlers or a curling iron but it just doesn't work. I'm sure because of the length and the thickness. Ever since we got it cut she has been wanting to try it again with sponge curlers. However, she has been sick for several days and today was the first day she was going to go back to school. She was so excited to show off her haircut and so last night we spent an hour putting sponge curlers in and she ended up throwing up all night long and is devastated that she can't go to school again today! Poor girl! I feel so bad for her. She is bored out of her mind. So we took some pictures and this was the result! She said it looks like she has a wig on! LOL! Too cute! She is beautiful no matter what!
On a side note: I treated her for head lice a third time just to be safe because I am a freak! I also treated everyone else in our home, washed EVERYTHING that can possibly be washed, disinfected from top to bottom...whew! We have never had this happen to any of our kids all these years in public school! I called the school because I wanted to give them a heads up. They informed me that they no longer do head checks or send home letters with the kids to inform the parents, it is all confidential. So just be aware of this and check for head lice often in the winter.
Life is full of bugs! Yuck!
I'm exhausted! Be back soon!
My baby girl is officially SIX.
We had a fun family party for her and Curtis tonight. Curtis turns bleep tomorrow which means more celebrating and of course more cake and ice cream! He would rather skip tomorrow altogether but we just love him too much to let that happen! I'm so happy to be celebrating two of my favorite people! My world is such a happy place with the two of them in it. Love them so much my heart could just burst!:)
And this my friends is what happens at the end of a fabulous day!
Life is perfect!~
Emma had her Fancy Nancy Birthday Party today! She will be turning SIX on Monday, so today was the day she celebrated with her friends. We had so much FUN! Here are the invites we made and sent out:
You can click on the photo to read them more clearly!
These girls were so adorable and so well behaved! I loved every single one of them! A couple are missing from the picture. We had a tea party lunch, read Fancy Nancy books, made beaded necklaces, opened presents, ate cupcakes, and took FANCY pictures! Here is the evidence of a FANCY time:
BIRTHDAY GIRL~ FANCY EMMA!
After the party every FANCY girl got to take a tea set home and a FANCY purse with some goodies inside!
This little guy has gone mobile! He gets into everything....and so the baby-proofing begins. He puts everything into his mouth and luckily just "stores" it there. I have been pulling random things out of his mouth non-stop over the last few weeks, mostly paper. He got into the kids' gingerbread houses the other day and had a good time sucking on the poor gingerbread man's head. Good times.
Crew has a set of bath toys that I keep in the tub for him to play with but if Stockton or Emma take a bath with him he always wants whatever they are playing with. It is so funny to watch! He will scream and have a little tantrum until he gets "that" toy! If you try and sneak it away and hand him his bath toys, he gets mad. He ONLY wants the toy that isn't the same as what he usually plays with. Sometimes it is the dumbest toy too, he doesn't care. So we end up keeping a new toy in the tub for him to play with but the minute the kids bring a different toy in the tub that he hasn't seen before, then it starts all over again! It is seriously the funniest thing ever.
Don't be upset, it's a baby bum for cryin' out loud! And a cute one to boot!
Life is short!
(Swoon) Ok, I am not an Edward fan so I totally LOVED this movie! I am Team Jacob all the way....sorry all you faithful Team Edward girls! I won't say much more for all you unlucky people that didn't get to see this before it came out like I did....don't be hatin'! I won't spoil anything other than rest assure you that it was awesome!
Mitchell stayed at home to pass out our candy because he does not like dressing up and he doesn't like eating candy (not sure he's my child). So we took Emma, Stockton, and Crew on a journey around the neighborhood that was ever so short because no one was home. Needless to say, they didn't see their friends and they hardly got any candy. And at the end of the night we had almost 5 bags of candy leftover that I DO NOT LIKE~! Of course that is a good thing because then I won't eat it but just more money I wasted!
Happy Birthday Fischer!
Here are just 13 of the many reasons we love you!
1. You are so funny! There is never a dull moment with you around. That doesn't mean you don't drive us nuts a lot of the time but your witty humor always gives us a good laugh.
2. You are incredibly smart. Always have been. You have always done so well in school and it just comes naturally to you. You are a quick learner and can understand anything that is thrown your way the first time. You are a problem solver and a very creative thinker. There is no hiding anything from you. You can always read between the lines and put two and two together. I am so proud of your "almost" straight A grades...keep it up!
3. Despite the fact that you can never find the garbage can to throw your trash away, you are very responsible. I can rely on you for a lot of things. You have always had a lot of responsibility. Because of this, you are very mature for your age in many different areas.
4. You are stubborn but it has proven to be an advantage for you time and time again. Enough said
5. You like to be with your family. I hope this never changes.
6. You have always had many friends, which must mean something good.
7. You have determination.
8. You come home on time when we tell you what time to be home.
9. You are very affectionate. You are a "touchy feely" kind of person. You like to hug and hang your arms on us...and snuggle. Not sure where you get this from because your dad and I are not like this. I think it's so hilarious when you and dad are watching football on the couch together and he has to push you away because you are snuggled up as close as can be to him. Dad might not think it's very manly but I'm sure the girls will love it someday.....SOMEDAY I SAID!
10. You don't try to get away with things that we don't allow, you just accept it and move on. You don't try to change our "rules" and "reasons" for making certain decisions as parents.
11. You have made some stupid moves in your short time but at the end of the day you always seem to make good choices, especially ones that matter most. I hope this never changes too!
12. Whether you want to admit it or not, you love your brothers and sister so much. You have a good heart.
13. You are an all around great kid! Stay true to yourself and be the best you can be.
When Stockton came home from school today he went straight in my room and made a birthday card for Fischer. When he showed it to me I had to laugh because it was so cute. Here it is:
I want to share one more cute thing about Fischer. When I was pregnant with Crew, I was having severe gallbladder attacks. One week Curtis had gone out of town and my visiting teaching companion called to see if I could go visit one of our ladies that evening. Fischer was gone and was due to be home any minute. I told Mitchell that I was leaving to go visit someone and would only be gone about 30 minutes. I told Mitchell that Fischer would be home any second and to tell him where I was. Well Mitchell forgot and had no idea where I was when Fischer asked. Fischer started looking all over for me and calling all around for me. My car was in the garage but I was nowhere to be found. Fischer started panicking and freaking out. He was standing outside in the driveway with the phone having a complete heart attack by the time I got home. He was so upset and told me that he was so worried sick and that he thought something had happened to me. Awww! He has his sweet moments.
Life is fleeting!
He's so handsome! 
Life is short!
Oh! There's my toes!
In the waiting room reading the newspaper with Dad!
Goodbye ear infections!
