testing....testing!

Just testing my Blogger. It hasn't been letting my publish posts or comments for a few days now. I can't get signed in.

Trouble!!!!

The picture says it all! She is now into everything.  She can keep up with the boys, which they arent sure they like. If they forget to shut their bedroom doors she will be there in no time. As for me I am in the Why bother stage; why bother picking up her toys when I know is just going to dump the basket again, why bother putting a bow in her hair when she is just going to pull it out, why bother sweeping up her crumbs when she will just get out of the high chair & eat them anyway :),  why bother teaching her to be soft when she just watches her brothers and takes in everything they do ( which at this point we can blame everything she does on watching them!!!) Why bother putting the toilet paper on the holder when she will just unravel it.

For now we are just enjoying it all. trying to laugh at all the funny things she does. She wont be a baby much longer and honestly we can't stop her just like we can't stop a hurricaine. So Watch out Hurricaine Reagan is on the move!!!

Nevermind! ......for now

well seeing as how my computer is smarter than I am our blog will remain public for the time being. When I have more free time to mess with it I will attempt the change.

Making our blog invite only!

With all the horror stories that I keep hearing about all the weirdos out there ( yes that mostly come from my dear husband)I am thinking about making our blog private and starting a new one minus all the pesonal info( names, places, ect...) If you are interested in an invite to this blog please send your email to me @ kraus5212@hotmail.com. Once this blog is private I will put a link to our new blog which will remain public since I want everyone we care about to be able to keep up with our hectic life!

It's Spring ..... well kinda!

Wow! It's hard to believe that I haven't posted since before Christmas. Life is flying by at an alarming pace. No matter how much we want our kids to stay little it just doesn't happen. Reagan is almost 8 months old going on 18 months. She is walking now, and has 2 teeth. She wants nothing more than to be involved in everything everyone does. I can't do anything without her literally biting my ankles. Therefore my house is quite a mess.


We finally got family pictures done so we could have one with Reagan in it. I thought they turned out pretty good :)

Reagan is such a silly girl. She would give a cheesy smile everytime the camera was within sight.

Oh & Baseball season in here!!!!!!

Bring it on!

Kale is in full uniform this year. So Cute!

GO CARDINALS!!!!

Christmas Trees!

Just before Thanksgiving We went on the hunt for the Great Christmas Tree. It was snowing huge beautiful snowflakes! It was so pretty, the only downside to it was that we were soaked. & I mean soaked all the way through. Through the coats, gloves, and snowpants!!! but man it was fun :) We hiked and hiked and hiked to find the perfect tree. after about an hour ( which was not easy seeing how it was only 1 week after surgery) we found our tree! Which after we got it home I decided it was probably the most like Charlie Browns we could have found. But now that its up I have grown quite fond of it. Now to get the gifts to go under it ..... Bring it on!


So gorgeous up in the snow covered mountians.



Quinton......

We thought that Reagan would end up sitting in the truck most of the day but she and Grandma found a cozy little spot under a tree by the fire.

Mom & Reagan



Kale......

Logan............

3months old!

Wow, I can't believe that my baby girl is 3 months old already. Where did the time go? Reagan has been such a blessing in our lives and I can't remember what life was like without her. 5 years ago when we decided that there was another sweet little child that was meant to be part of our family I never imagined the journey we would have to endure. We went through happiniess, excitement, and nervousness but we also went through pain, sorrow, extreme heartbreak and ALOT of cash. But now that we have our precious baby here it was all worth it. Never thought I'd actually be able to say that but reagan has managed to heal the heart. She makes our family better. Kale & Logan are completely in love with her! It is such a joy to watch all of our children together. Knowing that Reagan is our last baby we are all a little more determined to enjoy every little thing about this stage, the smiles and coos and even the crying and spit up!

Out little supergirl!


Reagan loving her cereal. though I think there was more on her face than she got in her mouth.



All bundled up to get Christmas trees.




She has this thing with faces! She can always make up laugh. She even has some of the most pathetic cries that I cant help but laugh at her, then of course the gives me a look like she can't believe I just laughed at her!

Pretty Girl!