What I LOVE about......

*** Presten ***

Daddy is gone on his annual fishing trip and the rugrats and I are starting to miss him... a lot.. It is funny how the house tends to stay a whole lot cleaner when he is gone:) I am not sure why, but I seem to be able to keep things in order pretty well. While he has been gone I have been reminded about all things the things that I love about him...

* He does the dishes and the laundry (including the ironing) and rarely complains... I hate to do both and he knows it so he willingly does it on a regular basis. I have been trying to keep up while he has been gone- it's hard work!

* He loves people for who they are. He has a BIG heart and he does a really good job of making people feel good about who they are.

*He's funny.. don't tell him I said that:) He is always joking around and making people laugh. He is really fun to be around.

*He LOVES Jaxson and Vada and is the BEST dad! He is pretty much a big kid himself so he loves playing hide and seek with them, wrestling, sledding, swimming and anything else the kids love to do- he is there!

*He is determined. I have most recently seen this through his quest to be healthy. He has lost 30 pounds in 3 months with a whole lot of goals for 2011.

*He loves to hang out with me. We have so much fun together. We love to hang out with our friends, but more than anything we like when it is just us.

***Jaxson***

*He is the sweetest boy I know... He, like his daddy has a really big heart. He is very emotional and sensitive, which I think he gets from both his mom and dad. :) I have always known this about him through his compassion for his sister, but I am seeing this more and more with his friends. I picked up Jaxson from school a couple weeks ago and his teacher told him that there was a little boy at school that day that really needed a friend and Jaxson was so sweet to him and went over and beyond what they typically see. He cares so much about other people. Now that we are going to the gym more he has also met a lot of new friends. I work in childcare 1 day a week for a couple hours and several times there has been a mom that has come in and while picking up their child will say- do you know who's mom Jaxson is? I usually laugh a little and say mine:) They go on to tell me how much their child talks about Jaxson:) He even has about 4 little girls that talk about him and are so excited when they see him! He loves it- he just likes to have a really good time!

*We love how much he loves sports! He knows WAY more about football than I do! He really gets into it! We are looking forward to a spring and summer filled with lots of soccer and baseball!

*He loves being a boy! He loves legos, transformers, power rangers etc... He always has to bring one with him to school to show his teacher. Luckily she doesn't mind and he at times has a hard time with transitions so having a little toy with him provides little comfort. He is usually the first one dropped off in the morning so it gives him and Chantell something to talk about.

*I love that he is a mommy's boy. He loves me so much. He LOVES to cuddle- which I LOVE.

***Vada***

*This girl makes me laugh harder than anyone I know! She is SO funny! Can you guess what she is doing in the picture above? Well she gave her baby a booger kiss so she is wiping the boogers off her baby! :) She has an incredible imagination. She is always coming up with different stories to make us laugh.

*She rarely sits still (sometimes, I don't always love this). She is ALWAYS thinking and goes and million miles an hour until she crashes. She usually wakes up happy and the minute she get out of bed her little brain is going. She does not have a voice control, so we are constantly reminding her to use her quiet voice. These of course are things that do drive us crazy, but they are all things that make Vada, Vada.

*She loves to help. She loves to do everything that I am doing especially in the kitchen. Her little stool is constantly moving over to me to see what I am doing. "Mom watcha doing??" "I want to help" comes out of her little mouth all day long.

*Her little dimples... seriously could they be any cuter. It is SO hard to be mad at her. When she smiles her whole face lights up. She laughs a lot and I love it!

*She loves to try to foods. She loves to eat - so this makes sense. However, she is pretty adventurous. We told the kids that we would like to take them out for sushi. Vada said, OK but I want pink chopsticks! :) Hopefully we can find a time to go soon!

*We love listening to her in her bed after we put her to bed. Vada needs long winding down time before she falls asleep. We now allow her to be up in her room, preferably in her bed looking at a book. She usually talks and talks until she conks out! She will usually come out 15 times to go to the bathroom or show us something, but we love it. We don't get mad, because she really doesn't get it. We just tell her to go back to her room and she listens- at least until she has to go potty again:)






I have to say, I have a pretty blessed life with three people that make my life so happy and so rich! This year- 2011- I am going to continue to take in all the things that I love about my family.

Have a great week! The Bean's