How did we get here?

Oh man....how did I get to this point?  April 2014 was the last time I blogged?
Shameful. ;)
Do I just jump in on where we're at right now, at the END of 2014, or try and back track the past 8 months?  .....oh momma.  That may take MANY posts....and a lot more brain power that I'm currently running on.
But, I think I have just enough to update our pics.
I think.

Our old family picture was taken in July of 2013:

And the new Christmas 2014 pic:

A little growing up was done in that time, huh?

I mean, I'm sure Tim could still probably pick up both twins at the same time...but my guess is his face would look a little more strained.... ;)

Cale?  Gosh, he's just a monster.  Look - he's up to my chest!  Should we take bets on when he will outgrow me?  - I wonder how weird it will be the first time I catch myself looking "up" at him.

Slow down, son.  Slow down.

SONS! All of them are getting so big!

And you, dear daughter.

Oh my love, you are far too mature for your not-quite-2-year-old self. 

 

Tim and I joke that if we had had Neve first we would have thought the boys were all a little behind.

She's just seems so...advanced. 

Talking full sentences at 18 months? Check. 

Singing songs and demanding she does EVERYTHING herself before she's 2?  Double check.

BUT how I've longed for my very own dolly.  She's perfect.

Christmas-time is a blast this year!  ...I have had a great time shopping for lil' Miss Neve.

I'm not gonna say I took a deep whiff of a few cabbage patch dolls, but I'm not gonna say I didn't.

.....Smells. Like. My. Childhood.

 

One might say that wanting to relive your childhood is a powerful enough urge to have a brood of boys -and keep on going.

(Maybe that one is me.)

Today I took pictures of every doll I wanted I thought Neve might want and sent them to Tim to have her vote on her favorite.

His reply back: "She wants them all."

Me too sister, me too.

 

And I love that mess of boys we have. 

....I gather having boys is intimidating to some moms, but listen...
I'll boil it down for you:

Superheroes...Fighting...Things that move fast.

Elaborations vary.  My boys aren't ALL into Super-Heros.
I'd give that card to Megersa first and foremost (dressing up, pretending, and the like) followed closely by Thad.  I would say those 2 are my fighting men as well. 
Shep will jump in there if the urge hits, but...that boy's inner workings deserve a blog post of it's own.  He is one. of. a. kind.
All 3 have asked for Nintendo DS this year for Christmas.

Truthfully I can't wait til they have their own systems...
What?!  Not wanting to share my phone (and it's super awesome games) with them for hours on end makes me a bad mom? ;)
 

Cale's interest "growing up" (as if at his ripe old age of 7.5 is grown) have never touched on any one of those things for very long.  He is already pulling away from the pack with his 'own' thing. 

I was talking to the dentist today (when his hands were not directly IN my mouth) about his age and how the requests from Santa are more grand and specific. 
My dude loves soccer.  LOVES. His request was simple this year. 
"2 soccer goals"
...yes, 2 goals so he can turn his siblings into little opposing teammates that he can dominate with his newly acquired skills. (...gotta love the oldest child's choice of how to be a dictator leader. ;))

 

So, that's where I will end. 
I realize I only updated 1 pic....but if I continued on with the other 7 that need changing and description updates I would be writing until morning....and I'm certain everyone would fall asleep.

I wonder if people with only 2 children can wrap up their thoughts without making it a book.

I know I can't...

SO, stay tuned. 

Or not, whatever you want. ;)

 

I solemnly swear am going to make a valiant attempt to blog more finishing out this year and into 2015...... perhaps I'll make it past April.