Cristin's Kitchen

I have set up a new blog called Cristin's Kitchen with all sorts of recipes that we enjoy here around our house. I know most of you are probably like me and get tired or making the same "favorite" meals all the time. You can find it at cristinskitchen.blogspot.com. Hope you enjoy! BTW, you can also click on the link to the left to go to it.

The Duggars

As most of you know, I love to watch The Duggars (the family about to have their 19th child). They had two new episodes last night on TLC, and the first was all about questions from the viewers. I laughed at most of them...like, "Do the kids ever fight?" Really??? The one question that really got to me though was from a lady who asked (can't remember exact words, but...) if they were concerned about the carbon footprint they were making on the environment with such a large family! I couldn't believe someone would ask that...well I can, but whatever. Out of all the things in the world we should be concerned about, that's what this lady is stressing over? Anyway, sorry about me ranting, but it really bothered me.

Time for an Update

Wow, I can't believe it has been over a week since I last updated this blog! The days are going by so fast, especially with the holidays coming up. Can't wait to start decorating and playing Christmas music next month! This is definitely my favorite time of year for so many reasons.

This past week has been pretty busy around here. Brian has been going hunting a good bit with his new bow, but has missed two deer so far. Hopefully he will get one soon since our stash is running low in the freezer. I was able to go out this past Thursday to a fellowship dinner at church that they host once a month for the ladies, thanks to Brian babysitting the three kiddos for me. It was very refreshing to get to hang out with other women by myself for awhile. I will definitely be making a habit of going every month! This past Saturday, my parents were able to come and visit us for the day. They hadn't seen the kids since Maddie's birthday party a month ago. We are so blessed that they only live an hour away, and can come see us often. Speaking of family, we also had Brian's grandmother and cousin, Joey, over for dinner on Wednesday as a farewell to him since he has joined the Navy and will be leaving soon for training. What an awesome guy!

Well, I know all that info was pretty random, but I just wanted to update on what's been going on with us. Hopefully it won't be another full week before I write again. I guess we'll see what each day brings.

Maddie's Funny Quote of the Day

So last night I brought out the electric space heater for Maddie and Gavin's room since it was supposed to be so cold. I didn't turn it on until Gavin was in his crib, but I let Maddie know that it was going to get very hot and she was not allowed to touch it because it would burn her. Later in the evening when I was going to bed, I went to check on them and turned the heater off and unplugged it. This morning when they woke up and I went and got Gavin out of his crib, of course the first thing he did was go and touch the heater! Maddie started screaming and telling Gavin not to touch it, and then she told him, "If you touch it, your going to get smoked!" The things kids say!

New Pictures

I am truly thankful to whoever invented the pacifier (or fire-paci as Maddie calls it)!


The time has gone by so fast with Gavin. I feel like I blinked, and he aged a year! My sweet boy!


Maddie is such a great big sister and helper! Anytime Landon is crying she goes running to him to calm him down.


Maddie loves the camera, as you can tell!


Even though they fight and argue with each other all the time, they can't stand to be apart! Here they are playing their favorite game, Ring Around the Rosie.


Landon has been smiling for a couple weeks now, but it seems like each time I get the camera out, he stops smiling! Finally I was able to catch part of a smile while he was looking at Brian. He loves his daddy!

Seven Weeks Have Come and Gone

Monday will mark seven weeks since we were blessed with Landon's arrival. It seems like just yesterday that I was calling Brian to let him know that it was time to meet our surprise! He has been such a blessing to our family. Still content as can be and only waking up once during the night. A couple weeks ago he started smiling, and now he is trying to "talk" to us. Even though our days are usually somewhat stressful and hectic, I'm trying to cherish every moment I have with Landon as a baby. I only have to look at Maddie and Gavin to see how fast each year passes.

Welcome to Our Crazy Life!

Welcome to our new blog! I don't really know what I'm doing yet, but hopefully I'll get the hang of it soon. We wanted to keep all of our friends and family updated with pictures and funny stories of the kids, and believe me, between Maddie and Gavin, there will be a lot of funny things posted on here!