Tad Bit Late...

Okay not really, more like ancient history pictures. Thanks to my Mom's persistant requests here are some pictures of what's been going on in the Hearne house. They start from September up til today...

One of Joe Joe's favorite places, Bass Pro. Lol, and it's free!

My baby man looking sleepy at the water park.

Little crabbers

Jude dude's spot at the Children's museum.

 Haha, love this!

He helps me soo much!

That shirt was Jesse's, but it fits Jake to a T! Hoping I can get this guy into theatre arts in highschool like his momma. It's Halloween year round for him.

A rare sighting, Joey being so close to brother and not screaming at him.

Jes loves his self-dubbed "scoot". He reminds me of Andy from The Office trying to shorten the names of things to make them sound cooler. Haha!

Different day, same spot!

Reminds me of Tombstone, that movie rocks! If I hadn't gone all J-name crazy I would've done cool, western names...Jesse, Wyatt, Dalton, and Jasper. In that order too! ;)

Banjo pickin Jakers

Joey talks about seeing these fish all the time. Some kids like turtles, he likes fish.

Had to put this up on here, Jude had a 2 week period of sticking his tongue out all the time and it cracked me up!

Queen Mammie and Prince Jacob

"SPARTA!!!" LOL. We had these balls in the attic from long ago and I decided to bring the pool indoors and turn it into a ball pit. Best. Idea. Ever. All 4 boys were entertained for 2 weeks...then balls everywhere got super annoying and it had to go.

Even though I am a girly girl, I think these lil dudes are molding me into something else cause I love shooting this thing! I have to use Jesse's cause I'm a weakling but I still feel like the Tomb Raider chick, it's awesome! LOL 

First stop on our way to Texas!

Go Joey, I wish we lived in Austin!

Auntie and sweet little Abbie!

 Couldn't James be mine or what?

So funny, t's like we should switch!

Allison looking all pretty like her Momma!

Woo hoo for Chili's, I could eat their southwestern eggrolls everyday!

Papa makes Jude look like a vampire baby, haha!

On our way back home...kinda scurred about the storm we were driving into.

Don't let that sweet face fool you...he was downright AWFUL on the way back, we stopped several times because of this little turd. ;)

Gotta love the view but still...it's not Texas.

Ok so I love fog!! This was on the way to take the boys to school(we were stuck in traffic as usual)and I had to smile like a proud Momma when the big boys were saying, "Ooh take a picture of that!", "It's like in Twilight huh Mommy?"  I know I've ruined them.

I predict Jake will be a little punk rocker kid cause this is how he styles his hair everytime.

Jes could careless how his hair looks, he just likes it long.

Since I didn't get girls I have to play pretend in other ways.

I don't know what I'll do when he gets too big for the sink; he takes a bath in it after most meals.

At the Mississippi State Fair

Hahaha! If you can't read Phillip, let me translate..."Oh great, are you really taking my picture right now?"

Who sends kids to the Fair with hats?? Their Dad! And who had to walk all the way back to this ride to find those hats after we made it to the car to leave...me. Lol.

Papa Dunkin stopped by and visited!

Our reading spot

The blob that eats babies

Watching big Jes practice football.

Action shots on my phone, so awesome!

Gotta love how my child is constantly throwing up gang signs like I adopted him from the ghetto, LOL! I took 4 different poses and he did this in them all.

My monkey man

He was suppose to be the Alien last year but wouldn't wear it for anything. Of course now he puts it on. ;)

Our new park is super fun!

There are 3 slides that make me feel like a tiny kid again, that's how tall/long they are!!

Toddler area

I loved these things when I was little! Only now though they make them so safe-like that they don't spin as fast. I can remember falling down several times from dizziness on those unsafe metal ones!

Today was help fight off drugs or something or another day, aka Camo day. They were soo happy when I camo'ed up their faces.  BTW, Jake sends mad love to his dawgs.

Story of my Life

     When it rains it pours. How totally true is that saying? Right now in the Hearne household it's raining cats and dogs. We were all set and excited to see our family that was driving in from Texas this evening and then comes the rain...

     In the beginning of this week we all noticed Jakers having a chain smoker's cough, but we didn't think too much of it because I also had a slight cough and the boys have had clear, runny noses off and on since the cold front came through.  Tuesday evening Phillip went over to his friend's house(who lives just down the street)to hang out in his man-garage with friends and shoot darts, drink beer, etc, the usually man-stuff. Even though it was a week night he informed me he would keep it short and reminded me to give him a ring if it got too late.  Ten-thirty came and I called but he didn't pick up so I took my old butt to bed and passed out and never heard him come in. Wednesday morning he was up and dressed and leaving for work so I figured he didn't stay out too late.  At around nine o'clock that same morning he comes home and totters in looking like death ran over, poor guy could only stand a few hours at work.  Phillip doesn't drink but on a blue moon now-a-days but I can bet you he won't be drinking like a freshman in college ever again. Lol.

     When we went to pick up the boys from school Jake got in the truck and handed me a note from his teacher. The just of it being that Jake was sent to the nurse's office and she advised that Jake's nose be looked at by our doctor in case it was infected.

     Jacob is that kid who is constantly picking his nose! UGH, I wish I could strap his hands to his side sometimes, it drives me and Phillip nuts! Anyways his left nostril was red and looked sore so when we came home we doctored it up with some over-the-counter ointment and figured it was nothing. Hah! All the while Jes is complaining of a sore throat and Phillip is getting chills and feeling achy all over...lovely.  Cut to this morning and Jake's nostrils on both sides had ballooned up with crusty nastiness and there was no way I was sending him to school(which obviously some other parent had done with their child and that is how Jake got it in the first place). Phillip was still in bed and had called in to work, he looked miserable and was going to go the doctor's, and so was Jake. I concluded before I made the Dr.'s appointment that Jake had a staph infection(yes, having 4 kids makes you a doctor)and the doctor told me it was impetigo, aka staph. We got loaded up with perscriptions at CVS and our doctor hooked us up with refills since this crap is contagious. Phillip called me after his appointment and told me he had strep. Our poor family who was almost to Shreveport turned around to head back home because who could blame them for not wanting any of this stuff? Heck, I wish I could leave this sick ward too, lol!

     I am so grrrr!! that all this happens at once and it never fails to happen on the weekends, but there isn't much I can do but laugh it off! So yes, when it rains it really pours, BUT God doesn't give you more than you can handle...is it possible He has confused me with someone else then? LOL!
    

Walk Like A Man

     So it's official now, Jude dude is "zombie walking" all over the place!! I call it that because he walks without moving his hips and both of his hands are usually held up high in claw-like form. Haha! It's too funny! I finally transitioned him to his crib in his own room...it only took me 10 months. Since he's my last baby I was having some difficulty, but thankfully my sister let me borrow her baby video monitor which is the coolest baby gadget EVER invented!

     We had our very first garage sale this past Saturday and the video monitor proved itself useful there also. It was a crazy day for sure! People showed up at 6am on the dot while it was still dark outside. We hadn't even fully set up shop but they came moseying on up anyway. We ran out of dollar bills before 10 and I made a mad dash to Kroger to get more, but aside from that everything went well. We both could not believe how much stuff we sold or how much money we made. It feels great to be rid of the clutter and make some cash doing it.

     I was able to purchase my bean bag couch(fuf lounger)with my bday money and some of the garage sale money. I am sooo excited, like a kid at Christmas excited!! I have been wanting one of these for a long time. We are turning the guest room into a cozy, entertainment room/reading nook. Since we have 4 guys it will be the perfect spot to snuggle up with all of them for story time before before bed. Eventually I will get to start reading my books again in there too. I miss reading but I keep reminding myself that I'll have all the time in the world to read when the guys get older and right now I need to soak them all up while they still think I'm cool and fun to be around. Lol.

     I was so proud of Phillip last weekend when I came back home from my Texas trip with the two babies. I arrived at 8pm on Sunday to a spotless house, his awesome grilled burgers for dinner, dishes done, laundry started, and he had surprised me by enclosing our swing set and filling it up with sand! It looks like an actual playground and the boys absolutely love it. His next project is to build a pergola with a fire pit in the middle. Then I'm gonna request a big porch swing too since he's becoming quite the wood-working expert. ;)

     Joey sure did enjoy the Texas visit and getting tons of affection and attention from everyone. He loves saying "I love you" and says it to me alone 20 times a day, so sweet. He's stepping up to the big brother plate now that Jude is walking and following him all around the house. He let's Jude know when he's doing something "naughty" and tells him "no, no", he'll give him his snacks or a drink and put his newni in his mouth for him.

     Jake and Jes have been quite the handful lately, little rascals. They can't seem to get along or agree and constantly tattle on each other for any minor thing. I informed them that I am not a teacher and unless they want to start paying me money I am not listening to tattletales. I know exactly what Jes is doing being that I was the oldest in my house too. He likes to aggravate poor Jakers and get him all riled up to the point where Jake runs to me screaming and in tears. Jake on the other hand is the type to enjoy laughing and poking fun at others but when it's done to him he flips out. Oh yes...it's been a circus over here. Who said only girls are drama queens?? I'm sure our neighbors think I'm certifiable because majority of this occurs outside and that's when I turn into "monster mom", Jesse's words not mine. And look it's just in time for Halloween...lol.

5 Years Ago

     "Happy Birhday to you...you're so young...age is just a number...don't you stop having fun"

"This is your day...your day...Happy Birthday...to you, to you, to yooouuuu!" LOL!  Had to bust out that old New Kids on the Block jam which I use to play to myself every year on my bday as a youngin. I'm officially 27 25 years old young today. 

     So I'm gonna do this every once in awhile...take a stroll down memory lane because it's unbelieveable that this much time has gone by already.  I feel so blessed and need to remind myself more often of everything God's given me.

     5 years ago we had already said our goodbye's to Daddy because he was given orders to go on an awesome vacation full of site seeing and beautiful places to Germany for 4 months! 

     We stayed in Texas at my mom's house during that time since no kids were in school and life was super easy. We sure did miss him a lot while he was away though!  Jacob went from nursing and sleeping only mode to really active baby mode.  I felt bad that Daddy missed out on all those milestones.  Jes has always been Daddy's little shadow and you could tell he wasn't feeling the situation at all. Aside from missing Phillip it was fun though!!  I truly miss being able to simply pack up and go for a visit like I use to.  We all went to the Waco Zoo which is a really unique, shaded zoo!

A little creek that you probably weren't suppose to get in. Lol.

We got to spend lots of time with family which I am all about! Also celebrated my 22nd birthday at one of my favorite mexican restaurants, Campo Verde!

Halloween was also spent in Texas.

I have to end it with this last image. Too ironic that at this very moment Joe Joe is wearing that same green, Old Navy t-shirt that Jes has on here!

Boys Will Be Boys

     Well, the rain has finally ceased over here and it left us with wonderful, breezy 60 degree weather! Woo hoo! I am not an outdoorsy type person at all, but yesterday even I was outside playing. Jake was hanging upside down from a tree limb like my little monkey that he is.  Joey was shooting hoops from Dad's truck bed. Jude was exploring the drive way since it was the first time I let him get down outside and of course he also decided to chomp down on some leaves and sticks. Daddy and Jes were tossing the football back and forth and I even made some pretty decent throws too. Although when it's passed to me I shriek like a little girl who's afraid of getting hit in the head. Lol. I couldn't believe that my 7 year old throws like a pro! He wanted to play football this year so badly(he actually requested that for his bday gift)and we almost let him but then we started thinking he's not old enough yet for tackle football. Whatever happened to little kids playing tag/flag(?)football? I can picture some enormous kid running into him and Jesse's lil bones breaking. Jesse is fairly tall for his age but he's lean.  When he was just a lil guy he fractured his leg and it broke our hearts. It happened at "Family Day" on the base in the fun toddler area where they had bouncy houses.

Jes and Jake jumping right before a herd of older kids ran in.

Several hours after the E.R. trip, poor baby.

  

      It was such a sad couple of months for him because he's always been a super active dude and he had to sit there and do nothing while the full cast was on.  Later on when they put the walking cast on him he was too afraid it would hurt again so he crawled around and dragged his leg. I never want to see him experience that again, or any of the other boys for that matter.  Anyways we figure a few more years and then we might let him play football.  Maybe my Jesse man could be a future Cowboy's quarterback.

     Speaking of Jesse and pain, he just came inside and showed me his elbow which is bleeding big time and scraped up pretty badly.  He said he flipped over on his powered scooter after pulling the brakes too hard.  I think God has a sense of humor seeing as I've never been able to stand the sight of blood yet I have 4 boys...who are very much into wrestling, jumping off high things, climbing trees, and the overall rough housing 24/7.  We just doctored up his wound and he is fine; yes I freaked out more than him. It's safe to confirm I will be seeing lots more blood.