Keep away!?! Rusty vs. Lacey

Rusty Vs. Lacey

Here you have it. Rusty has taught himself how to play keep away from his sis! Since Lacey has really added some speed to her crawling and learning how to get into everything it has put a damper on Rusty's alone time! So the other day Rust was playing Candy land and the next thing I noticed a bunch of game pieces were taped to the door. When I asked Rusty about it he replied,"Mom, I am trying to play a game and Lacey keeps bothering me!" I started pulling tape off the door and thought this would make a great post. So here is the remainder of it.

Then a couple days ago, I found Iron man hanging from the chair! I didn't bother asking about it. I just had to grin and take a picture.

So Rusty is having a struggle with his sis being in the middle of everything, but he is getting better about it. (I think!)

As long as he feels like he's winning! :)

The race is on!

Well you guessed it. Lacey is crawling!!! It is so cute to see her little body with coordination! Now she can make her way to mommy without making a peep. She is so sweet, I know I have mentioned that before but had to say it again! It's just a matter of time before she is a little terror, but I'm up for the challenge!

Crawling 3 days before she's 8 months.. Way to go!

Still My Baby!

Lacey is a week shy of 8 months and she has a lot of new tricks! She is not quite crawling but she gets were she wants to go. Here is her new stunt the past few days! If you can't tell, her brother adores her and can't leave her alone for one second! The best part is she is such a mamma's girl, so I get to hold her all the time! She is in the stage if I leave the room she will cry until I'm back in her sight! Which is fun to be loved so much until you have to keep up your household duties!! So for now Lacey goes room to room in her mommy's arms!! Can you say SPOILED?!!

Unexpected Friend

Today I was making the boys a hot dog as our dog out back started barking. So as I glanced out the window, I thought their was a cow in our back yard! But I looked again and all I could say is,"Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh!" It was a Big 'Ol Moose! As my brain started to work again I couldn't get the camera fast enough! So this is the picture I got. What an exciting moment! Rusty couldn't figure out why mom was making such a big deal over a cow!

Who says you have to go to Yellowstone to see the Wildlife?! :)

New Years Day

A couple of years ago Grandma Debbie called on New Years and wanted to get together and go sleigh riding. My first thought was that it would just be nice to stay home and finish cleaning up all the Christmas stuff but, that always waits,right? So we bundled up and away we went. I couldn't believe I hesitated about it. It turned out to be such a fun day and since then it has been Chatterton tradition to go Sleigh ridding on New years.

This year was even funner the older the kids get the more fun it is. Bryce is big enough now that he can go down the hill by himself. Rusty pretty much stuck with me. We had a great time having daddy pull us up the hill with the snowmobile, and coming down on the sleigh!! Lacey got to have her afternoon nap in the truck all toasty warm.

Here is a cute picture I snapped of some of the cousins building a snowman. They enjoyed every bit of the snow. We can't forget about the hot chocolate and homemade cinnamon rolls. That kept everyone happy!

After we all felt like a snowman we headed back to grandma's for soup! Yummy.

Can't wait until next year so we can do it again!!!

Merry Christmas

Here is the first look of the boys seeing what Santa left for them! They were surprised!

Bryce.

Rusty.

Lacey.

It is the morning we have all been waiting for! Kirby decided we needed to make it a little more memorable for the kids and cook breakfast before they could see their presents! I think this was torture, but they were all good sports about it. Especially when daddy made pancakes in the shape of gingerbread men! We listened to Christmas music and enjoyed our little family. What could be better?! We are so blessed..

Can't Forget Rudolph!

The boys were so concerned about leaving something for Santa to eat. What was going though my head is more cooking, yuck! So one of my good friends was telling me a few days ago that they make reindeer food and leave it for the reindeer while Santa is putting your presents under the tree. I thought this was a brilliant idea! So the ingredients consisted of oatmeal, sugar, of course and shiny red sprinkles, so the reindeer could find it. I let the boys decided how much to put in and they were sure the reindeer would be extra hungry! When we took it outside they decided to dump it on the porch so the reindeer would be as close to the house as possible so they could try to sneak a peek out of their bedroom window!!! It was so fun to watch their little imaginations go to work!

After all the presents were opened they had to venture out on the porch to see if the reindeer ate their food. Sure enough it was gone!!!!

Christmas Eve Bash!

Lacey was not so excited for presents she wanted beauty sleep instead!!!

Rusty's turn..

Bryce's turn...

We went to Grandma DeAnn's for Christmas Eve to party before the big day! Here are the boys enjoying there presents! Lacey enjoying something else!!:)

Lacey let us know she was around on the ride home from grandma's. What a little jabber girl!

Polar Express!

Here is the crew on the train!!

Daddy snapped a picture of his girls!:)

Bryce and Rust singing a Christmas carol on the Polar Express!

For Christmas this year Grandma DeAnn and Papa Lynn gave us tickets to go to the Polar Express! We were all so excited to go. We all wore our jammies that grandma picked out for the kids, with a little of the moms help!! We knew that their was a storm coming in, but never dreamed we would be fearing for our lives on the way! (that is no exaggeration!) Going through the canyon the car directly in front of us started fish tailing and ended up crossing the on coming lane of traffic and bashing into the snow bank!! It was so intense. After the car came to a stop and we were able to breath I was pretty much in tears and Kirby on the other hand burst out into laughter!! I couldn't believe he could laugh about something so scary!! He replied they are okay and it's so funny to see someone out of control!!!! To me their was nothing funny about it.

We got to the polar express just in time to jump on the train. I was still in shock that we actually made it! It was a blizzard the whole way.. The whole train ride wasn't how I thought it would be but it was magical for the kids!

Bedtime Snack!!

Two little monkeys!

Bryce and Rusty always have to have a snack before bed. Tonight it was my turn to tuck them in so I had to take a picture of them eating their bananas! They think of anything they can do to stay up longer. First a snack, a drink, a prayer, a kiss, a hug, a song, potty time, another kiss! I am such a sucker and do what ever they say until it's about the third time and then I say love you, sleep tight don't let the bed bugs bite and lights out! They are getting funner and funner!