Spike-O-Paths

Victor and I just had our last volleyball game. :( I just found out our team name was the Spike-o-paths. We have had so much fun this season. We had a slow start but since the New Year we have been smokin'! Our competitive side comes out quite a bit, but we have a blast!
I don't know what we all did before the last game, but we seriously had the case of the giggles. You all know it doesn't take much to get me laughing, my problem was that I just couldn't stop! The whole team was that way for our last game! I think the other team was ready to punch us- especially when we won every game. We will miss our weekly games!

See how goofy we are!

Thanks Phil for putting the team together and thanks Paula for asking us to join. Paula and Tiffany work with Victor (I just love those girls!)- Chris is Paula's hubby and actually works for the same company but in a different unit. Phil is Paula's neighbor- his wife is on the team and her name is Tonya and Dave is Phil's friend. How's that for connecting the dots?

Top row left to right: Dave, Chris, Vic, and Phil. Bottom row left to right: Paula, Tif, Al, and Tonya. Like the volleyball? ha ha What a nice touch!

Left to right: Al, Tif, Paula, and Tonya. We are dorks, but we have a blast!

Addiction Tag

Tana tagged me so here it is before I forget to do this.
Name 5 of your addictions:
1-My Family- I just can't get enough of my boys!
2-Shopping- I check Baby Gap, Janie and Jack, Gymboree, and Crewcuts everyday and order way to often! Me and the FedEx and UPS delivery men are great friends! ;)
3-Stock Market & Work- I check the stock market 3 or 4 times daily praying it will start to go back up but also getting in on some bargins while they are low!!! I hate to leave an unfisihed project for the next day so I will work forever until it is done- my family hates this.
4-Coach Purses- My cute little hubby feeds into this addiction and has become quite the little purse shopper and suprises me with one I have been eying from time to time.
5-Food- Almost any way, shape, or form. I just love food! Cooking or trying new recipes, watching Food Network, and especially anything with sugar! Yes, this is why I am a lard A! No denial about this addiction.
I tag Millie, Krista, Hilarie, Dani, and Mary.

The Countdown

The countdown for our vacation is on. Can you tell we are a little excited to go? I think I am jumping the gun a bit, we still have forever until we leave!

We Have A CrAwLeR!

I am excited to report Mason is FINALLY crawling! He will be 8 months old tomorrow and I thought he was going to be 2 by the time he would be mobile. I do however have mixed emotions about it. It can get pretty crazy chasing around Zack so I have been happy I don't have 2 kids to worry about chasing but I was starting to wonder when this kid would move. He has 2 awesome big brothers who bring and do everything for him, so he has had no reason to go anywhere.

Both Mace and Zack had well baby check ups last week. Mason is in the 22nd percentile in weight and 20th percentile for height. (For those of you with no kids, 50 percentile is considered the average for kids that age). His chubby cheeks are deceiving, he really is a little guy. He is our little jelly bean! Zack was right on in weight and height but in the 90th percentile for his head circumference. We knew he was top heavy, but wow 90th percentile! ha ha Hopefully he will grow up to be one smart cookie!

Mace had a little reaction to his immunizations, naturally when Victor was at work! But I would much rather see him sick for a day than to acquire some dreaded disease that I could have prevented with a shot.

Other than that nothing real exciting to report (which is a good thing right?). Victor and I have both been swamped at work. With the new year, I have lots of new exciting things to roll out and have been having fun with it. So for now it is just work, work, work and we love it that way! I sometimes wonder what the heck I would do with myself if I were a stay at home mom again. I think I would go crazy! I don't have to work, but I just love my job and between Victor and I we have the perfect set up for the kids. We are so lucky!

The boys flocking to Mason and being goofy before heading to bed.

Happy Birthday Zachary!

Happy Birthday Zackie! Zack loves Cars and even does the cutest "Kaaachow!"

He loves blowing out the candles. We had to do it about four times.

Oh my little Zachary is 2!!! We never thought we would be able to have another kid after Conner. In fact, we were a little nervous to get excited when we found out we were pregnant. We were prepared for a loss. It wasn't until I was about 6 months pregnant that it dawned me that we may just actually have this kid! (yes, you can really imagine our surprise when we found out we were having Mason- but that is whole other story!) Zack was a high risk pregnancy and I was hospitalized 3 times while he was in my belly and we are soooo thrilled he made it! He has even been the little whopper of all our boys. Zackie was 7 lbs 8 oz!!!
Zachary and Conner- just a few hours after he was born. Zack is still pretty puffy.

Ready to go home from the hospital.

Zachary 1 week old.

We worried about how Conner was going to take to having a sibling. He was 7 when we had Zack and definitely used to being the only the child. We let Conner pick out the baby's name so he would feel more involved in the process. At that time he really like the Disney show The Suit Life With Zack & Cody and that is where the name Zachary came from. Conner wanted to change his name to Cody.

Cute Brothers

Victor and I were a little shocked that we had such a white baby! :) Zack has such fair skin and had almost blond hair when he was born. If it wasn't for the fact I was the only pregnant woman in the delivery room I wouldn't have believed he was ours! He is our white little Victor, so different from his brothers.

Zack's baby blessing. Zack was 3 months old.

Zack 6 months old.

The boys waiting for take off. We love to travel and take the kids to experience new places and Zackie is one good little traveler!

We dressed the boys up last Christmas- they are sure going to love this picture when they are teenagers!

Zack and Mom on his 1st Birthday!

Dad and the boys in Kona.

Zackie is our little sunshine. He is so happy and is in love with his brothers! When he wakes up from his nap and we go in to get him we are always happily greeted, "Momma! Hi! Hi! Hi Momma! Hi!" He is equally a momma's and daddy's boy. He loves to wrestle with Conner and give Mace kisses. He calls Conner "Ca Ca" and Mason is "Nay Nay". We have no idea where Nay Nay came from, now we all call Mason Nay Nay too!

He also loves motorcycles. Victor will put a helmet on him and take him for a little ride around the neighborhood and if they even get close to the driveway he starts crying because he doesn't want to get off. He loves being outside jumping, playing football with dad and Conner, riding his scooter or 4 wheeler, it doesn't matter as long as he outside.

I LOVE this picture! Zack has a look on his face like "What the heck am I supposed to do with this?!?!"

Conner reading books to Zack and watching movies. So cute!

Zackie is definitely all boy and we just love him to death! We are so blessed to have such special little spirits in our lives.