Happy Holidays!

Its that time again! Holidays are here and soon they will be gone. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving this year, we all went to Grandmas house for dinner and then we went shopping!! Katelyn, Zachie and I were in line at old navy Bright and early! 2:50am to be exact! we hit Old Navy, JC Pennys (for the snow glob of course), Walmart, Lowes, Target, Burlington Coat Factory, Game stop.. and some other places..Yep were "one of those" we scored some Great deals that day and had a Blast! We didnt get done shopping til late afternoon then it was time for a much needed nap! I've got most of my xmas shopping done! Can you belive it its two weeks before xmas and I only have three more people to check off the list! Im Proud to say the least!!

Last friday was Daddy's work xmas party... We all got sick the past week (not fun!) so L.J and I were the only two that went. We had a great time! there was food, music and dancing... Friday afternoon we put the decorations on the tree...now just to keep the candy canes High so the kids will stop eating them! who thought of putting Candy canes on the tree anyways?! well with two weeks left until xmas and only three weeks left of this year I hope everyone has a Wonderful holiday this season may it be Chrismas or Chanukah may it be a Blessed season for you all! God Bless!

MobyWrap

We all know how much I LOVE my Moybwrap righ!! Well last night L.J was taking his Monkey "Lala" and stuffing her down his shirt.. and said "look mommy Lala in my shirt" I said aww how cute!! And just then a Lightbulb came on in my head! HEY!! I could make him a Mobywrap!! its just a long piece of frabric..right? So I went though my fabric box and wraped him up! we Stuffed Lala in the wrap and he was So excited!!! I said "Look your just like Mommy!!" I got to take some pics too right before he was "done" playing.. he thought it was just so much fun! he giggled and showed off his "Mobywrap"!!! I know at mobywrap.com they sell kid wraps how fun would that be!!! heheh!!!

Mobywrap is the BEST (in my mind) wrap!! you can get yours at http://www.mobywrap.com/ or if your local (Tacoma) Best Loved Baby sells them too! gotta support our natural baby stores!!!

Im back!

So after months of not posting or updating I think its about time I get back into the swing of things!! The weather is changing the leaves are falling the boys are Growing so what better to do then update my blog about my boys!!

Here is the update on them

Larry Jr has started Beginners Preschool!! He goes Tue and Thru for 2 hrs. at first he wasnt to sure of it but now he cant wait for school! he has a few friends there and talks about them when he comes home. He is growing up so fast and maturing faster then he should be in my mind! just the other day he had is (fake) cell phone and Daddy said "Lj come inside" and he looked at dad, held his hand out like a highfive and said "Justs a minute dad me on the phone Me talking to Hannah"! hahah it was so cute coming from him. He is such a GREAT big brother always sharing always giving hugs and kisses! truly a blessing to see the boys get along!

Zachary is offically ONE!!! Yeahh Happy Birthday baby boy! he turned 1 on Oct 9th we had a small family party, and then a friends party at Chuck E cheeses he had so much fun! loved the Cake part! he wasnt shy one bit!! Note to future parents of a one year old dont use Dark Frosting!! it get messy and stains HAHA!!! On Zachies birthday we got up and took him for his first hair cut. thinking he would scream his head off we warnned the lady who was cutting his hair and said "brother screamed and cried the whole time.. wouldnt doubt if he did the same" to our Suprise he just sat there like a Champ didnt cry nothing!! after a while he was "Done" sitting in the chair and wanted some one to pick him up he started to cry.. too funny!!!

He is saying a few words Mama, Daddy, Larry, Cat, Meoww, and his favorite right now "light!"

They sure are growing up FAST!! like i said Im Back and Hopefully i will get pics up soon! thanks for staying with me and knowing the Joys and Responsibilitys of a busy mama .. it takes time.

Happy Passover!

Happy Passover!
Well this year I decided to Learn more about Passover and read up on the it. We celebrate it at Chruch and have a nice Dinner but I didnt know about the Unleven bread part. I mean, I knew we eat Matza at chruch with dinner but I didnt know that your not supposed to have it in your house for 8 days! I thought it was a one day event! Wrong!!! I didnt do it very traditional since its my first time going with out unleven bread for eight days..I thought What were we going to eat, we live off breads and pasta! Well, I went online and read what we had to do to get rid of our Leven in the house and I removed it from the cupboards.. A Lot of food has leven in it!!! It felt like never ending, taking stuff out of my cupboards!! I also went on my Favorite Website (www.tammysrecipes.com i think its listed on the side of this blog..) she has some Amazing receipes for passover and non passover dinners (you should check it out!) This friday at chruch we are having our annul Passover Dinner! (Hopefully i can post pics) I cant wait! Learn more and remember what God has done for us! Shalom! and Happy Passover!

Happy Birthday L.J

April 2nd 2009 L.J. Turned Two!
we had a big day ahead! first thing was his birthday pictures! we left and went to the Mall to go to Pennys for our 10:10am apt. We walked into the mall and I checked my watch. it was 10 min to 10am so we were about 20 minute early (so I thought!) I figured we should grab a bite to eat before the photo shoot just to keep the boys happy and their smiles on. Off the the food court we went. Mcdees was still serving breakfast so i asked LJ what HE wanted for his Birthday breakfast Pancakes or Pizza. Pizza it was! we ordered our pizza then found a seat in the food court. we were enjoying our once slice of pizza then i checked my watch again. I couldnt believe my eyes it was Still 10 to 10am!! My watch battery was died!! quickly i grabbed my cell phone and it was 10:13 am!!! Hurry I grabbed the kids put them in the stroller and Off we Jogged though the mall to Pennys! *Few* they were running behind so we were not late. Well LJ wasnt having a good photo sessions.. I kept saying "its his party and he can cry if he wants to" lol! We did get a few Great pictures! we also snuck some Easter/Passover pictures in there too of both boys! After the pictures we went to build-a-bear and Larry jr made his very first Bear! he got a Brown bear and named him "Birthday Bear" I got a sound thing where YOU record what you want to say so i had larry Jr say "Happy Birthday" Its so cute!

LARRY MAKING HIS "BIRTHDAY BEAR"

After Build-a-bear we headed to costco for some gas. then we went to Party World gathered his balloons and plates for his part. Then we met up with Nnenna and Amaris at Chuckie Cheeses they had a blast! we played for a while. After we were both Pooped! we went home and Larry jr and Zachary took their naps! (Yes Both at the SAME time!) that gave me time to finish L.J.'s basketball cake! I think it turned out pretty good! About 5:30 all the family showed up and we ate tacos, opened gifts and ate Cake! Larry jr slept All night long! He had so much fun on his birthday!! Thanks everyone who came!!

Friends Party on Saturday 4/4/09
We had his friends party on the 4th at Odyssey 1! Party started at 2 so the boys and I left early to set up the table. The second I park the car Both boys fall asleep! hum.. what do i do?! Wake them up and have two crankie kids?! or let them sleep for a little bit?! ....You guessed it!! i let them sleep! (you dont mess with crankie kids! LOL) All larrys friends came and played in the jungle gym. From the looks of it every one had a Great time! LJ did have a moment of a meltdown but what do you expect with only a half hr nap?! After he opened his gifts he was back to himself again, off and running around playing with the kids! We all had fun! Thank you everyone who came and made Larry's Second birthday a special one!

Last day being ONE

Today is a Bitter Sweet Day, its Larry Jr's LAST day of being One! Tomorrow is his 2nd Birthday!! Wahhhooo My baby boy will be TWO! I asked him the other day what he wanted for his birthday, it went a little something like this:
"Larry what do you want for your birthday"
he said" Balloons",
"what else?"
"uhh Cake"
"What else?"
"Kids, Hannah & Mee" (to come over and play, Mee is "Emily")
"what else?"
"uhh...Cream!" (aka ice cream)
There you have it folks! thats what he wants for his birthday, what a normal two year old would want: cake, ice cream , kids and balloons! We are having a Family party for him on Thrusday he will have all of the above! I am going to take him to this place called Chralies Safari and he is scheduled to go get his pictures taken! He has a Big day ahead!! turning two takes a lot of planning! He will have his Friends party too were taking him to Odyssey 1 in tacoma! Im sure he will have a Blast!
The Joys of becoming a Two year old, you get CAKE, ICE CREAM, BALLOONS AND KIDS!!! My baby boy is Growing up!!!

Starting Solids

Two weeks ago Zachary showed interest in eating, so I handed him a graham cracker, he put it up to his mouth and went Nuts! He enjoyed the new taste and it actually had a flavor unlike his hard toys! He got mad and cried every time he dropped the cracker, and would look at me like I Did something wrong hahha! I went out and got him some of the Gerber crackers, its a lot easier for him to hold and I'm not digging in his mouth every five seconds scooping out chunks of cracker! He had his first expirence on baby food too! the first food he had was Organic Pears, he didnt like them to much but I am wondering because it was the First werid texture in his mouth. Next he had Organic Bananas! Oh My!! he LOVES bananas!! he says "mmm mmmmmm" even after he is full he still says MMMM!! its so cute! I know im Not supposed to give him the Sweet stuff Yet.. dr. said start with veggies first then sweet stuff last because he will enjoy the sweets and not want the veggies later.. So we've moved on from the banans and on to Organic Green Peas..he likes them but Not as much as the Bananas! haha! My next adventure is making my own baby food! I am going to order some special freezable continers and pull out my Magic Bullet, we will see how that goes!! Wish me Luck!

Our Family Gathering

On January 16th I had emailed a guy who I thought could be my half brother Shawn Ransier. Every day I would check my email to see if he had responded. Finially on January 21st he responded he said, he was 99.9% sure I was his half sister!!!! A Dream come True!

Shawn Ransier

I have been searching for years for Shawn and thanks to "Myspace" I found him!!! We talked via email for a while, then exchanged phone numbers and talked for hours! He said he would have gotten back to me sooner but he was in the hospital having his first baby!

Akasha Ransier born on 1-16-09! So not only did I gain a Brother, I got a Neice too!!

We all arranged it to meet at the end of Feburary. Sine Shawn and his Fiance Jen and the kiddos live in Salem OR, and we live in Tacoma we met at our Aunt Joan's & Uncle Davids house. The whole family made it. I picked up Karl, we carpooled down to La Center Wa. We spent the whole weekend catching up on 21 years!!

Karl and Shawn Ransier

It was So much fun. Shawn looks just like the Ransier side, it was rather funny watching Shawn and Karl playing pool, they acted the same and even talked the same! Its strange how Genes work! Im So glad that we got the chance to all come together and have a family gathering! Hope we will be getting together very soon again!!

Keller's Birthday is the next gathering! He will be turning One!!! Its amazing how time flies!! Keller Matthews

The family:

(top) David Ransier, Josh Matthews, Larry Jr, Larry Sr Sund, Karl, Shawn Ransier, Chad White

(Middle) Melissa Ransier, Serena Sund, Amy White.

(Bottom) Marvel, Grandma Patty Ransier- Holding Zachary Sund, Joan Ransier- Holding Keller Matthews, Jen-(shawn's Fiance') Holding Akasha Ransier

(floor) Carl, Jessie, and Rosie (Jen's kiddos)

I've been Bag Tagged!!!

My cousin tagged me to empty out my bag and show the whole wold its contents... Yeiks!!

So my contents in my Eddie Bauer Diaper Bag are:

1. wipes- with two kids (Boys) you can NEVER have to many wipes!

2. $50 Visa gift card -an xmas gift for the boys *they had two but only one is in here*

3. 2 pacies- I got two Babies!

4. .96 cents in change-this will be goin in the boys piggy bank lol!

5. 4 Autism Awarness Lapel Pins- I sell these when I do my fundraisers for the Autsim Walk.

6. Mark Kay Lip Gloss- Gotta have my Gloss...

7. Mini Bite Size Oreos- Nice healthy Snack huh!! *sigh!*

8. baggie of Lucky Charms - Breakfast in a bag.

9. baggie of Formula- this is for the road trips when Zachary is Screaming in the car and i cant feed him while driving.

10. change of clothes for Zachary

11. 2 disposable diapers for Larry Jr.

12. 1 cloth diaper for Zachary

13. 1 wet bag

14. 1 reciept for University Place Pediatrics (co-pay and a bill of service I had to pay)

15. a Brochure for First Prebysterian Chruchr School- I just signed Larry Jr up for School on Friday. I went to the Open house on Thrusday and I fell in love!! (ill blog about this at a later time!)

I think thats everything in my bag... Looks like i need to clean some things out of there..

Here are the bag tag rules - (As stated by Katie.)1. Post a picture of whatever bag you are today - not last weekend when you and your hubby went out to that fabulous restaurant. No cheating!!! 2. Tell us how much it cost. This is a no-judgment zone -- there will be no ridiculing or eye rolling here. And, if there is a story to go along with how you obtained it, I'd love to hear it. 3. Now tag some fellow bloggers and link back to this post so people know why you are posting pictures of your bag.

A Letter To My Boys:

To my Boys:

Dear,

Larry Jr & Zachary,

I Love you both very much. You two mean the World to me! I am such a proud mommy to have two wonderful, blessed and healthy young boys.

Larry Jr,

You are a "Giver" you love to give hugs and kisses and your quick to know when something is wrong. You are always there to give a pat on the back and a Recovery hug or a pacie to one in need. When I look at you I think how blessed your wife will be to have such a great husband. You take after daddy. He is a wonderful loving hsuband and he has been teaching you to act like a young man! You have such a Contagious smile, you light up the room with your Blue eyes. I love everything about you! I love how you never give up and you always try your best. You are also a Great big brother and a wonderful son! Mommy and Daddy are very proud of you and love you Very much.

Zachary,

You are small but "Mighty" You let every one know what is wrong with a little tearful cry, that is all you know. You are so important, you mean the world to me! I love you so much!!! You make me smile when I look at your cute little face. When Im away I imagin your giggle, it remindes me of Gods Love, its never ending! You are truly a blessing from God. I almost thought I would never meet you but God had other plans, you are very dear to my heart! When I saw your heart beating for the first time it brought tears to my eyes! I will never forget the day God gave you to me.

To my boys I dont know what I would do with out you, nor do I want to know. What I do know is our life is complete with you two. Thank you for being my angels and my Pride and Joy! You two are growing up and one day will become Hebrew Men, Give thanks to God daily! He is the reason you two both are here! I love you my sons!

Love your, Mommy.

Squeeky Clean

Zachary All fresh and Cleaned! here he is in his Ducky Towel..I believe Auntie Kelly gave it to Larry Jr..and now its being passed down to Zachary! I think these hooded towels are so cute, and when you put a baby in them they are even cutier!!!

Squeeky Clean Zachary! Quack Quack

While Mommy & Daddy Work, We play

While mommy and daddy work Zachary and Larry get to play with Grandma, on this day they all went for a walk around the block. I came home right when they were strolling up the sidewalk and I had to capture their crisp faces. Grandma bundled up Zachary nice, warm and toasty, and Larry Jr was sporting his Monkey backpack. When they go for walks with grandma she lets Larry Jr touch all the plants and rocks in sight! He loves smelling the flowers and listening for dogs bark. Lots of sound effects come from Larry Jr when they go for walks, Barking, Meowing, and motorcycles too! We really cant wait for the weather to get better so we can go on walks more often!

Look-A-Like Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Blank family tree - Family pictures

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Blank family tree - Pedigree



We all knew Larry Jr looks like his Mama! :)Zachary got both our features he looks like both of us :)

Larry Jr.'s New BED!!

BYE BYE CRIB

The time has come, My little boy is growing up.. Yesterday he just turned 22 months, (2/2/09)thats only two months away from being two.. Its sad but exciting at the same time! Last month Daddy decided to take apart the crib and set up Larry Jr.'s big Boy bed! Larry Jr was So excited he grabbed all his favorite stuffed animals, "Lala" *monkey* Pablo, and Nemo fishie and layed in his bed!

Nap time came at 2 like most days, and i said "Your going to sleep in your big boy bed" he said "yes" so he layed down I left the room and waited for him to get out because there are no rails keeping him in.. i peek my head in his room and he is saying "Sleep All done" and gets out of his bed! aww.. he was "done" lol!!! Well we are going on almost three weeks of his Big boy bed and so far he has been doing pretty good staying in it!

Cry if i want to...

Sometimes we dont like the answer "No"

Need I say more?!

moment with my boys

I love laying on the floor with the boys! Larry Jr will tap the floor and say "sit down, play" How could you say no to that!?!

our band "3 Guys and a Girl"

"three guys and a girl"

Rock band has taken over our house! We love to play with our friends and family when they come over. We got a few pics of us playing! Im usually the singer, Daddy Rocks on the Drums and LJ Strums the Guitar! we even got Zachy singing! priceless

*Im usually the one taking the pictures thats why there are none of me playing*

our family photo

here is our New years photo! Every year we "try" to get every one together for a family photo on New Years eve!

top row left to right: Alex, Sherryann, Me (rena), Zachary, Terry, Pat

bottom row left to right: Katelyn, Emily, Dad (Larry sr), Larry Jr and Hannah.

First Over Night

On Friday the 23rd Larry Jr had his FIRST over night. I could have cried!! He went over to Grandmas house to play with his cousins and daddy had a bright idea.. Hey maybe he can stay the night too, since his cousins were. I said No way!! then LJ said yes mama! (soo cute how could you say no?!) So daddy got him ready for his first over night, bag filled with over night clothes, nemo fish, monkey (aka La La) and white bear, and moms special blanket. (its my tinkerbell blanket I got from my grandparents) After big larry put LJ into his carseat he yells out from the van "hey can you get his motorcycle" so I went back into the house while larry was standing outside the van by the drivers seat, a car was coming pass him and the van so he shut the front door.... Well to our suprise the Doors were Locked, and the van was running... LJ was Locked in the Van!!! We do have a spare key but its on larrys key chain that he lost a few weeks ago!!! so I called 9-1-1 and they transfered me to the fire dept. and they came to unlock my doors! Thank goodness for the fire dept!! LJ was fine, he was in the van watching Barney on the dvd player.
That night daddy and I missed our boy so much, i kept having him call to see if he was okay.. well he had so much fun that he fell asleep early! (i felt a lot better knowing he was asleep.) then the next morning i was sad because I usually hear "Mama Mom, Mama" on saturday morning... it was quiet.. So we called again and he was just having so much fun with his cousins! I have to let my little boy grow up and have some fun, but its hard at the same time! I Missed him So much when he was gone!!

toothless grins

My baby has begun to give me that Handsome toothless Grin! He started to smile at the begining of January. We woke up one morning and I said to him "good morning!" he looked back at me and gave me the Biggest Smile ever!! Soo cute. I cant believe he is growing right before my eyes! Then about the second week in January he started to Giggle! he has this Deep giggle that it just makes you melt! I was tickling him under his chubby chin and he started to giggle so hard!! He is super ticklish under his chin and his legs! Gotta love the Toothless grins and the deep giggles!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Happy New Year!! Wow 2009 Already! We Celebrated entering into the new year with our family. It was potluck style so every one brought something. There was a lot of food and lots of sparkling apple-grape cider. We all played Rock Band and then we played Wii Brain Age games, Lots of fun waiting for the Ball to drop! I got the kids some pop things where you pull the string and some confetti shoots out, Larry Jr Loved it! he kept saying "Pull". at 11:45pm i got every one nice wine glasses and poured the Cider, the kids had Pablo straw cups each had a different color. (a story is coming about the pablo cups) at 12 am we were all yelling Happy New Year! and Larry Jr kept saying "Pull" and then he say "yer" for New Year" too cute!!! Well every one left about 12:30...I had Larry record the Seattle new year celebration, so after every one left i stayed up to watch it. The Next morning Larry Jr was thirsty so big Larry gave him a drink one of his Pablo straw cups. Larry Jr kept saying "Hannah, Cup Hannah Cup Drink" I look down at larry's cup and it was the one Hannah was using last night! How he could remember that is beyond me! My Son is a genius! HA...