snow day

all audrey wanted for christmas was snow. it didn't snow for christmas, but it did over new year's eve weekend. the kids were estatic:) jacob went out to be a "grown up" and shoveled the walk. the kids wanted to help and the only shovels they had were their little sand ones from the summer. so they used their sand shovels to "help" jacob:)

there wasn't enough snow for a snowman, but snow angels were a good option

this was richard the whole time the others were outside. i couldn't find ANY boots in his size, so he couldn't come outside. poor kid. 

jimmy's blessing

uncle richard came up for jimmy's blessing. the kids LOVE uncle richard because he just sits there and lets them crawl all over him and his laptop:) saturday morning, we got to sleep in a bit, too:) jack woke up super early and went downstairs to see why the living room light was on. uncle richard had fallen asleep on the couch doing his homework, so of course, jack woke him up. then audrey heard the noise and ran up too. then sammy joined in. so uncle richard had the three of them for about an hour all to himself while jacob and i stayed in bed, laughing as we listened to their very funny conversations:) something about ferris wheels and merry-o- rounds:)

watching tv

my five cute little monkeys

his blessing suit

have i mentioned that he's HUGE?!

LOVE that SMILE!!:)

the denver developmental test

while uncle richard was here he asked audrey three question from the denver development test. one of the questions was about opposites. this was their conversation-

richard- what's something hot?
audrey- roast beef.
richard- what's something cold?
audrey- some roast beef is cold.

a glimpse of richard

richard is sooooooo cute:) he makes us laugh everyday with his funny sounds and noises. sometimes he sounds like a bird:) lately, he's been trying to say more words- "pop, pop, pop" for popcorn and "pu pu" for puppy, "che" is cheese, and "je" is james. only a parent would know what on earth richard is talking about:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNpj4elt6E&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-XNdGOCA-U&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xg9BrtkoF9w

boys 3, 4, and 5

they're just too cute:)

that's james' winter coat:)

this is how we found him sunday morning

this is sammy after church on sunday. jacob carried him in from the car and this is how sammy was all through dinner.

reindeer hokey pokey

there was a winter concert at audrey's school with the kindergarten- 2nd grade classes performing musical numbers. needless to say, there was much laughter among the audience since the kids were all so gosh darn cute! the following links will take you to the videos on you tube of audrey's class performance of the reindeer hokey pokey:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsaENlVOywk&feature=youtu.be 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIyKxBa_-Cc&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llaM2tUJxQA&feature=youtu.be

her shirt is waaaaayyy too big for her...it's a small adult. they gave us a week to find brown shirts.

little cutie #5

here's james!

if you look closely, his eyes are blue-grey, like jacob's:)

he's REALLY pudgy. he's already filling out 3-6 month sleepers.

not too sure about the camera

jacob LOVES mohawks on the boys

this is what richard does everytime james is in the bouncer chair:)

jedi in training

jack got a couple of light sabers- or light savers as the kids call them- for his birthday. richard LOVES them. they make the light sabers sounds, so he'll walk around swinging his sword, looking for a duel:) sometimes the older kids accomodate him, sometimes they just run:) richard's pretty brutal with the light sabers:)

halloween

trick or treat! we were so excited to live in a neighborhood where we could finally hand out candy! the kids were pretty happy too, except when they realized what it meant...walking from house to house. after the fifth house, they wanted to go home! there are 93 houses in our complex!! we hit half and then went home to pass out candy:) and eat it:)

he's paper mario

his mario pumpkin

this is what she wanted to wear...

this is what she actually wore

batman in training

batman's sidekick...monkey

he was more interested in the pumpkins than anyone else

jack's birthday

i'm so behind on my scrapbooking and blogging!! the following are pics of jack's b-day. he wanted a mario party, sorry, PAPER mario party, not that there was a difference:) we made an obstacle course in the playroom that led upstairs to the living room and ended in the backyard. we borrowed a bounce castle from a friend and that was bowser's castle with daddy and jason as bowser:) then we had a pinata and of course, a paper mario birthday cake:) to make things even better, jacob whipped out paper mario for the wii and jack was in mario heaven:)

five monkeys

five little monkeys!! the kids LOVE james. jacob calls him jimmy cheeks and everytime he does, the kids all chime in, "he's james":) richard is the most fascinated by james. he loves helping out in every way- feeding, cuddling, playing. this morning we found him cuddling james while james was in the bouncer chair:)

welcome to our family!

james xavier zong- ci turner had a VERY exciting entrance on tuesday, november 8! he was born at home and the paramedics delivered him. my contractions were too irratic to time so we weren't able to make it to the hospital before i felt the need to push. once that need to push came, jacob rushed to call the paramedics who were there in five minutes, the babysitter came about 2 minutes after that. they moved me onto the floor of the master bedroom and five minutes after that, james made his way into the world! that is a birth story we will never forget!

jacob calls him jimmy cheeks due to his ENORMOUS chubby cheeks:) they were so big, he got stuck:)