2011

Hooray for blogs! you start one and it requires to be watered and fed, otherwise it dies... no wait, i did that and this one is still here. hooray for blogs! They never die! forever memorialized are our memories and failed attempts at being clever - and then when you do not keep up on the blog, you are forever reminded of how lazy you are for not keeping up with it (see any of the 100,000 blogs out there that do have dedicated posters...I reek of laziness!). you start a blog with so many great intentions and aspirations, sort of like parenting! and then reality sets in, days are shorter, sleep and the bachelorette become more important... but I owe it to Audrey, the boys received so much attention, i will keep this thing alive a little bit longer.

Part of the reason this has not been updated, there are only so many jokes about not sleeping that I can make. Once the boys started sleeping all night, Audrey was born and she has been an excellent sleeper from day 43 - so we have been blessed. The days of the self deprecating blog or poor me i have 3 kids is gone - we are very lucky and Kristi really wants updated photos - Apologies for the lag, here is what you missed:


We had a lot of fun this year Audrey has grown up so fast - she is very tall and very smart
Her favorite phrases (she skipped one word commands): "five more minutes", "I don't like that" and "I dont know" - she is obsessed with shoes - she is 1 1/2 going on 12!




Ethan is the sweetest and most defiant little man. He is either elated and smiling from ear to ear or convinced the world is coming to an end because he cannot find something... oh the drama.


Shawn - sweet little shawn - is very quiet and has the imagination Pixar would kill for. Already in his short existence, Shawn has been "arrested and put in jail for speeding in Daddys truck", "saved a mouse from a snake hole", "climbed to the top of a mountain" and uncovered that Ms Clause's name is "Mary" because people "say Merry Christmas a lot" - that actually makes sense...



The twins could not be better friends - they are complete opposites, but they are best buddies and it is amazing to watch. Ethan lives in the moment running and jumping through life and Shawn processes everything - a perfect combination of chaos and mayhem. One twin hatches the plan to steal the candy from the cupboard 6 feet int he air and the other one carries it through...

And they are so good with Audrey - Audrey has no idea she is younger than the boys.


Oh - and us? Yeah we are doing okay - I still really like Kristi and I think she likes me - I think she is gorgeous and I try to tell her how lucky I am everyday, but she is too busy taking care of the crazy neanderthals we affectionately described above.

Embarrassingly, we got a little too excited receiving alcohol from Uncle Matt - vodka and tequila makes the whining of 3 kids easier to deal with!


Here is to 2011 - it was a good one - we can only hope 2012 is half as good!

Happy Holidays - Andy Kristi Shawn Ethan and Audrey