Please pray for Baby Tad

This is Rachel, Melissa's sister.

Melissa took Tad to the emergency room in the middle of the night and they admitted him to the hospital for pneumonia. Please pray for his little body, that it can heal quickly.

Please pray for Melissa who hasn't slept since Sunday night, please pray for their whole family. My mom is with the kids so Bill can work, and I am in town, but Brighton and I are sick so I don't think we can/should even go to their house.

My mom has to work but called in today, please pray that everything lines up for them because they might need extra help in this time.

all night long

this is what my baby Tad did last night

he slept

all.night.long

literally....11 hours! I woke up at 6 this morning and you KNOW that the first thing I said was "He must be dead!"

Sorry...I know it sounds dreadful. But it is ALWAYS the first thing I think the night my baby finally sleeps for an extended amount of time!

But, alas....he was just fine
cozy and sound asleep in his crib

And I......well, I was a well rested happy mama!

Bill answers....

These are all questions that YOU guys asked BILL...so, he answers!!

What's your favorite meal that Miss cooks? I would say....let me sink, let me sink......beef stroganoff....which I can't have anymore since my wife is gluten free! so ANY WOMAN who wants to send me stroganoff...send it =)
What's your favorite thing to do with your children? ride bikes!
What do you listen to on your long drives? anything. country, rock and roll, talk shows, anything political, sports talk radio

I feel like I am being interviewed by woman...........

Are you flirty by nature? how am I suppose to answer that??!! just put yes (Melissa agrees!)
What was the first thing about Miss that you were attracted to? her tan, sexy, gorgeous legs...in khaki shorts!
Where is your favorite date destination with Miss? anywhere, as long as we are alone

Did you imagine yourself with a large family before you met Melissa? I don't think so. I wasn't from a big family, so I never imagined it, but then b.c Melissa came from a big family, I told Melissa "I will have as many kids as you want to have!"
Who was smitten first? oh...Melissa. She attacked me on the tailgate of my truck (this is Melissa here...I am arguing this point as I DID NOT attack him. Merley kissed him. And he was TOTALLY smitten FIRST!!)

My husband absolutely hates it when I share personal stories with people. Is there anything that Melissa has ever told all of us that you wish she hadn't?? not really....well, maybe the sexy underwear story!
Also....do any of your friends read her blog, and if they do, do you find it embarrassing??:) yes...some of the guys on my hockey team think its fun to razz me about things once in a while! =) (such as the sexy underwear story)

How do you manage to keep such a happy home with happy kids while being away from home so much? by trying spend quality time with them whenever I am home.

What is the biggest challenge you have ever faced? owning my own semi. Due to the expenses of break downs and upkeep, crazy schedule (gone 3-4 days at a time), no sleep (3 hours a night), caused me to be angry in a lot of areas, was physically unhealthy and spiritually unhealthy...I did it for 9 years.

Tell an embarrassing story about Miss or your children. one time, Melissa was on her way to work and spun into the ditch. She sat there for an hour or two....and when the person came to get her out, they were able to just drive her car out! She thought she was stuck but never even tried to drive out =)

How does Melissa show that she respects who you are as husband, father, leader of the house etc?? I haven't seen that yet!!! =) hahaha....just kidding.
When I make a decision she doesn't argue with me. She is good at agreeing with the decisions I make. And I like that...
She NEVER talks bad about me to the kids. That is huge.

How old were you when you accepted Christ? 4 or 5...I don't really remember b.c I was young
What do you love MOST about Melissa? at the end of a hard day she is really good at taking care of me. She rubs my back or gets my dinner ready, hugs me, talks to me. She is always there to make me feel good about myself...she picks me up when I am feeling down.

Most favorite memory with your wife and of her? WITH her was our honeymoon. A whole week a lone. Doing whatever we wanted to do for an entire week...it was amazing.
OF her are the times I can make her laugh hard. Those memories just stand out. I love it. I just love the way she laughs....Its fun to watch her be happy! I have lots of other memories too...but I can't talk about those =)
Favorite movie? Smokey and the Bandit and Slapshot
Funniest Movie? Slapshot
Favorite Food? HUGE amounts!! =) (trucker buffets! haha)

What? I am done answering all of those questions already??? Now what?? Don't the questions ever get HARD!!!??? haha

=)

This past (BUSY) week in Pictures

The girls in my family had a birthday party for my beautiful Grandma....Happy Birthday Grams! (which I started the fun off with locking my keys in the car!! woo hoo for me!_
One Grandpa (Big Bill) spent the weekend with us.....loving his grandkids
laying in (a twin) bed with THREE boys telling BIG FISH stories
and then another grandpa (Curt) got mauled by tons of kids

We celebrated Triggs 2nd birthday!
and he sucked the frosting off the candle
and wore a girls hat and scarf while carrying around his new "buht" ball
and then ended the day with a big fat tantrum on the floor.....
THEN, Little Tad baby sat up in the bumbo saucer thing
And totally enjoyed it!

Tate lost his FIRST tooth
and Ella lost her THIRD tooth!
we played play doe with Triggs new play doe supplies



and checked to make sure there was none in his mouth............
Tucker practiced nursing his baby...and fell asleep!
Tad watched Ella play something.....
and ended up looking like an OLD toothless man!
and Trigg joined in on the fun

and Tad and I cooked with him in the carrier......isn't he cute?!

whew.
That was a BUSY week!

What about Bill?

I was thinking the other night that, although you read about me regularly (why? I have no idea...but I DO appreciate it!) and I talk about Bill regularly...you don't really know Bill.

One thing I can tell you about Bill is that HE.LOVES.TO.TALK! (am I hearing a whole lot of amens to that one?? I mean....from all of you who DO know him!)

So, I thought I would give you a chance to ask HIM questions!!
From what its like being married to ME =) to being a truck driver (oh come on...I know you are all dying to know what its like to man a big rig!)

Ask away..............

Check out this video!

(especially you Bud...you will LOVE IT!)

My friend Mandy has a brother who is a senior in college...his friend and him made this video...I thought it was SO fantastic, I totally had to share. ENJOY!!

Trigg Favre

My baby is 2

I guess he isn't technically my "baby" anymore, being that I actually DO have another baby after him
But, he still FEELS like my baby!
It seems like I just had HIM

sigh....I love this kid
his deep voice
and his fat hands
and his rediculous tantrums
and the way he gets up from bed (when he is suppose to be sleeping) and joins us on the couch as if its exactly where he belongs
and that he can eat every second of the day
and that he hugs and hugs and hugs and hugs....and then wants to hugs some more
that he is fierce and virile and yet afraid of everything from snow to boats
that he loves his "bapas and his grandmas"
the he is always "taking care" of "baby tahd"
that he is the stinkiest, slobberiest, soggiest child i know...and yet I can't ever say no to his hugs and kisses
that he runs and hugs his sister and brother as soon as they get home from school

Big man Trigg....you are an amazing little man
I adore you with ALL of my being
Happy Birthday Baby!

Gulp

And it begins.

My little girl was kissed tonight
I can't believe it...so I have to whisper it!

We had our small group over tonight and one of the boys (her age)....kissed her!

She told Bill and I RIGHT AWAY.
Like, they weren't even gone yet

She was excited and giddy and embarrassed and nervous and not sure if it was ok...and excited.

I asked her where he kissed her
and she said (kind of slyly) "maybe HERE?!" and points to her cheek

somehow, I didn't believe that

So I asked "was it maybe on your LIPS?!"
and she got all weird and silly and said "well, yeah, but I didn't kiss him...he kissed me!"

I told her to show me how he kissed her (holding my breath as she shows me!!!)
she pecks me real fast on my lips (and I let out my breath with relief)
but then she is quick to add "but he didn't kiss me that quickly"

WHAT?!?!?!

"How long did he kiss you?" I asked and thankfully it was only a half a second longer than she had demonstrated on me the first time

oh man oh man oh man

I wasn't prepared for this yet!
I asked her if she thought she was old enough to be kissed (right after she told me she felt all grown up now. perfect!)
THANKFULLY, she said no...she really didn't think she was (good answer little girl...good answer)

I asked her if she would be brave enough to tell him no next time and she thought about it and said "No...I don't think I will be"
So, I told her I would talk to my friend (its her son) about it
she was grateful for that

But...she was still giddy!

Bill was a bit more direct and just said "What???????......No more kissing, do you hear me?!"

=)

We made sure she knew we weren't mad....
all while trying to hide the fact that we had NO idea how to handle this =) haha