The Shueys: 2010

Thursday, February 11, 2010

And the Hair is Gone.....

So I have been dreading the "1st haircut" for awhile now. My baby boy has done some serious growing up lately and it seemed that cutting off the little curls and baby fine hair was the final straw to taking the "baby" out of him! Well, I have to say I was right. Today, Kole, Kady, Maxx and I loaded up in the car and headed out to Cool Cuts to get the overpriced "My 1st haircut package". Well, he was so super excited about getting up in the car, watching a movie and looking at everything going on around him, until the nice lady decided to put the cape on him. He wanted nothing to do with that. So she bribed him with a dum dum sucker and he was all hers then. He did really good, got slightly impatient at the end, but there was no crying and no screaming so I considered it a complete success. So, without boring you anymore...Here are the before and after pics of my little mans 1st haircut!

Before.....

The Back before....

During...totally not sure about the cape...

After....

My Big Boy!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

I am an AUNTIE!!!

On Thursday, December 31st at 12:39am Jordan Lane Barrett came to this world to join us! Proud parents Jason and Erin (Wade's sister) are super happy! He weighed 7lbs 13 oz and is 18.25 inches long. He is the cutest little guy and I totally enjoy this Auntie business! Spoil em' love em' and Send them home! LOL Here are a few pics of his arrival!

Brand New Baby!

Daddy, Mommy and Baby Jordan

No Cigars...but, It's a Boy!

4 Generations!

Maxx and His Dog Crate Obsession

So my dearest little boy has the weirdest obsession with Tink's dog crate. It is quite funny actually. The other day I was looking for my brush and I was getting quite frustrated that I couldn't find it. The twins were absolutely sure they didn't take it, Wade had no clue what I was talking about and I searched high and low in all of the toys, laundry piles, under beds...everywhere that I could think of. Or so that is what I thought. Then.....I stumbled upon this....(I am so happy I keep my camera handy!)

Then on another occasion, Maxx was in Tink's crate again and he was super annoyed that she wanted to come in and join him!

She eventually gave in and left him alone!

I have now located Maxx's new spot to hide his treasures and now when something goes missing...this is the FIRST place that I look!

Christmas Day!

Christmas Day is a super busy day but it is always so great. We start off by getting up super early and opening presents with the kids at our house and enjoying all the goodies that Santa brings. Then we head to my Mother in law's house and have a small breakfast and open gifts. After that we head to my parents about noon, do our family thing and then my Aunt and Uncle show up and we have Christmas dinner later that evening. Even though the day is super hectic, and I do wish at times we could extend it out over a few days, so it isn't so overwhelming it is just awesome to spend time as a family! Lots of pics were taken that day (cause well....we all know me and the camera) but I will post a few so you can see the fun we had!

Santa Came!!!

Maxx LOVED the paper!

Stockings!

Talking to Best Friend Mikey on the phone

Playing in the backyard at Grumpa and Grandmas

Dinner tradition...poppers!

Matt and Maxx bondingMaxx's new ride on toy

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve was great this year. We kept with the family tradition of going to Wade's grandmas house and met up with the Shuey side! It is really neat as there are a few kids on that side and the kids have someone to play with. We had a wonderful deep fried turkey (compliments of my great father in law) and all the other fixins that go along with it. Not to toot my own horn or anything but I got a recipe from my second mom for homemade scalloped potatoes and they were AMAMZING! It was the only dish that did not leave us any leftovers! So after dinner we sat around and talked for a bit, we took the kids for a quick quad ride around her property and Maxx got his very first ride ever! He didn't want to get off of it and all he kept saying the rest of the night was "VROOM VROOM"! After our food settled, and we parked the toys we all met in the living room and opened presents. It was really super nice, not rushed and just wonderful to spend time with our family!

Kole riding Maverick's skateboard with him