Super Baby!

How Super Baby came to be.... One day out of sheer desperation to keep William in the same clothes for a full day, instead of changing his clothes after every meal, I grabbed a bread cloth and tied it around his neck while he ate his yogurt. And just FYI....he started pulling his bibs off a long time ago! :)

Amazingly he did not protest having the bread cloth tied around his neck. Although he DID play with it more than he focused on eating his yogurt. And when he had the bread cloth turned around so that the tie was in front of his neck...he said, "Look Mom! I super baby!" :) I had no clue where he had gotten the idea of super baby from...and couldn't help wondering if he was just so smart he came up with it on his own. :) Mom's can think stuff like that, OK?

But when the kids came home from school that day, I told them what had happened and they let me know that William had seen the "Dora the Explorer" tv show where she has twin super babies in her family. (Yes, I "tune out" most of the kids shows they watch)

So, here are some of the adventures of Super Baby!








In this picture William was saying, "Look my stronger muscles Mom!"


He's in position for the Super Baby....


The Super Baby KICK!!

William gets a new trike!

About 9 years ago Grandaddy Broadhurst gave Austin a trike...and all the kids, including William rode the heck out of that thing! Its been duct-taped more times than we could probably count. But sadly the wheels just gave in to the gravel roads! Soooo, William got this trike for his birthday, and yes, ALL the children had to have a turn on it! :)

Happy Birthday William!! Can't BELIEVE he is 2!

William loved having a birthday party this year! He understood that it was all about him and cake and PRESENTS! But he is a bit mixed up about his age...when you ask him how old he is...he TRYS to hold up more than one finger and says, " I free yeer odd!" :) And as always, our master chef Gene made Williams cake!!


Have you noticed the VERY girly wrapping paper, along with some Christmas wrapping paper? Are we the first to do that? lol! The cake makes up for those tiny flaws...don't cha think?!

Kings Island

When we were looking for houses to buy in Ohio, everything was covered in snow, and it snowed and/or sleeted on us the enitre time. So it was really kind of hard to know where we were (our new house) in relation to most things. Thankfully, we are close to our church, great shopping, the library, the schools etc..etc.. BUT guess what? We are only 8 miles away from the Kings Island Amusement Park!! We decided to get passes there for the summer instead of doing any kind of vacation this summer. We went for the first time on Monday....here are some pics!

William LOVED the bumper cars...couldn't get enough of "crashing" into other cars! Hope that doesn't stay with him when its time for the real deal...:)

Handsome Kitchen Help

See those two slaving away in the kitchen? Aren't they HUNKS? Hubba, hubba! :) They are actually making Mommy's birthday cake for her...special request....carrot cake! And it was GOOOOOOD too! Bet you are wishing you could have kitchen help like that! lol!


HOLY COW! You just got a sneak peak of our kitchen remodel!! Lucky! lol! I PROMISE we'll get the full photo-shoot of pics up for you before the year is over....

Mom is another year older....William thought it was his birthday party...but his is next week.

Our New Cozy Little House

So this is it...our new house in Ohio! We really love it! And we love our new VERY nice neighbors, we love having GREAT shopping only minutes away, we love having a basement for storage and for throwing the kids down there when they've been naughty...JUST KIDDING! We would never do that! AND I LOVE our gas water heater! That baby keeps hot water running through the pipes like no water heater we have ever had! We never run out of hot water....NEVER!!!!


These are pics of the backyard. You can see that Gene has started a small garden for us, and we are hoping it will get a little bigger each year, until it is just right. We love the covered patio in the backyard too. I could live out there, except that the bathrooms just happen to be inside...along with my cozy bed...:)



Hope you enjoyed these pics...we've been sick for the past 3 1/2 weeks with a GOSH-AWFUL throw-up flu bug...so its been just a little crazy around here! I'll try to get up the remodel pics soon.

What Time Is It?....SUMMERTIME!

We love our new pool at the Lakota Hills Swim Club!! (But we miss all our friends at the Hampton Ridge Pool in N.C.!) The facilities are super nice...complete with a mini-cafe, and a huge covered pavillion that has ping-pong, fooz-ball (sp?) etc...for when you want to get out of the sun. AND its only a 2 min drive from our house...LUCKY! :) Come on over and join us for a swim!

So Snuggie...:)

William has never wanted to sleep with anything except his blankie...but he recently decided this lil bunny Aunt Natalie brought us back in February was too cute to resist snugging with.