My baby turned two!!

That's right, my sweet little Talon is officially a toddler now! I can't believe he is already two years old! Wow how that went by fast! Talon is such a joy to have in our family and i wanted to do a little re-cap of the past two years, so here's some photos just to remind me how fast they really do grow up and share with all of you the cute little personality this little two year old has!

By far, Talon is my busiest kid yet! From day one he has been a dream, the type of baby that all you had to do was look at him and he would smile so big you couldn't help but want to love on him. He has always been a Ma Ma's boy for sure and I have loved every minute of it. He used to be a little shy and would always bury his head into my shoulder when someone would talk to him, he still does this here and there and bats those big blues like you wouldn't believe. Talon was my biggest chub for sure. He was such a rollie pollie as a baby and it was so dang cute. He still is way big for his age, 95% for height of course..just like the others! He's catching up to his big brother lately and they can even wear the same clothes. The wrestling matches at our house are getting to be in Talon's favor, and I'm even having to remind Austin that Talon is the little brother as he runs away screaming as Talon is chasing him around the house. He wasn't sure what he thought of our new addition Dru, but as of late he has come to decide that he loves helping mom feed him a bottle, throwing diapers away, and sometimes even thinks he's big enough to drag him either out of his swing or off of the couch as mom gets there just in time, and has to remind him that Dru is to little to pick up by himself . He definitely has a little attitude and tells his brothers and sister to go to time out at least three times a day and I'm pretty sure his favorite word is, "NO!" BUT, at the same time loves to cuddle with mom and dad, is the first to say,"I'm sorry,"if someone gets hurt, even if it wasn't him, and wants so bad to play and keep up with the big kids.
Our little man has an absolute obsession with Buzz Lightyear and all of the Toy Story movies. We took him to Toy Story 3 a few weeks ago and he sat on my lap the WHOLE TIME (which is very rare for this busy little boy) with his eyes glued to the screen for 2.5 hours. Our favorite quote around here these days is " To ininity and eeyond!!! (To infinity and beyond!) as he runs full speed around the house waving his arms out like wings. For his birthday we got him the big buzz toy and he was literally shaking when he realized what it was when he was opening it. Our little boy loves to swim, play outside, ride his big wheels bike, color (even though most of the coloring is on my floor and walls) loves Dino chicken nuggets from Costco, and strawberries are his favorite! He would drink milk all day long if I let him, carry his plush star blanket everywhere, and believe it or not he actually likes nap time!
This little boy is our everything and we feel so lucky to have him as part of our family.Happy Birthday to you baby...we love love love you!!


A LOOK DOWN MEMORY LANE....


Talon Rex Fullmer. August 22nd 2008. 7lbs 4 ounces































































Loves his mommy and daddy..hope it
is always like that




















This is the smile that I get so very often,
love love love it!!



















We've always given Talon a cute little
mowhawk, he's definitly my little stud muffin



















And here he is just being his handsome self with his
big brother and sister. Love you big boy!!

Newborn pics!!!

Yea I'm finally getting around to showing off my cute little man and his fun little newborn pics! They are do dang cute!

So...along with that, I have to announce that yes...I survived the 6 week mark!!! Dru was officially 6 weeks old on Friday and I just have to brag about what a good baby he is. The newborn stage is always hard for me for some reason. If I could keep them this little forever, I would, I LOVE the littleness, the cuddling, etc.. but the no sleep, hormones out of whack, nursing all day and night thing stresses me out...but oh boy did the definition of "craziness" top the charts with this baby!! So, some of you know the story of what my life has been like the past month..total craziness. Four days after Dru was born, my wonderful husband's boss decided that he needs to go to California for a week for some work conference thing..so he goes. Yes I had a four day old baby, but my mom was there all week, so that was ok because I had tons of help. He gets home from Cali, and then low and behold, four days later he gets to leave again to SINGAPORE! (we actually knew about this trip before I even had Dru, but I put it out of my mind because i was so so bugged it was even going to happen with a newborn!!) oh and that's not the worst part...HE LEFT FOR 3 WEEKS!!! So yes, he was around 4 days the entire month of Dru's life!! (not bashing on hubby, it really wasn't his fault and he hated it too, but that didn't make it any easier for sure.) Anyways, summertime is hard with everyone traveling, family reunions, etc..so I was on my lonesome for 3 weeks. (except for 2 days Ben's sister came and helped out so a big shout out to B!!) Along with this 3 week adventure, Singapore has a 14 hour time change, so even talking on the phone got a little tricky. Usually it was at 8 or 9pm here when he was on his way to work there, and was usually only a quick "hello, are you surviving, i love you, goodbye" phone call because he had to get to work.

Two weeks into this wonderful experience of being up ALL NIGHT with Dru, working through hours on end of non stop crying, three other kids who were completely acting out because they needed attention like crazy, a 3 year old who went back to peeing his pants every hour, a 2 year old hitting everyone and throwing every object in a 2ft. radiace, a VERY emotional 5 year old who missed her daddy and cried over every single occurrence like it was the end of the world.....I was walking down my stairs one afternoon holding my FINALLY sound asleep newborn, had on some slippers that had absolutely NO traction on them, and slipped down my stairs,watching as one leg stayed on the first stair, twisting completely out and around as the rest of my body slid down to the last, hearing a huge pop and watching it swell up the size of a balloon. Oh boy, I lost it! I'm chalking that up as my first emotional break down with this one...and boy was it ever. I had a friend take my kids while I ran down to the insta care clinic. The doc said the xrays looked ok but he was pretty sure I tore my MCL or meniscus so needed to come back in 2 weeks to meet with the sports med doc, put me in a fatty brace after convincing him crutches were out of the question with a husband less newborn house full of stairs, and sent me home.

Needless to say Ben had no idea this had even happened because it was 3 am there when it did happen, so when he finally got around to calling that night, all it took was hearing his voice and there goes emotion breakdown #2. He felt horrible and could tell that yes, I was stressed about the kids, but he knows how much running means to me and how I was only 2 weeks away from being able to do that again so reassured me over and over that everything would be ok and we would get the best doctor in town and get it taken care of asap. I could barely walk around the next few days but had to considering I still had four kids to take care of on my own. I can't even tell my friends and neighbors thank you enough for all of the meals and help that I received during this time. One friend finds out I'm doing all of this on my own with an injured leg, tells another, and before I know it, I have meals coming to my house every night for two weeks, people coming and taking my kids so I can get some rest, the nicest man ever who mows my lawn every Monday all summer long, and people just calling to make sure I'm ok or just to see if I need anything. Oh happy day when Ben got home, not only for his help with the kiddos but just to have someone around to talk to and have adult conversations with.

So, yes we survived the dreadful month of July!!! The first month is hard anyways, so along with all of this going on, I am very happy to report that I have four healthy happy children who are currently doing swimming lessons, soccer and sleeping through the night!! Yes, even my sweet 6 week old Dru has been doing so awesome this past week. Goes to bed at 11pm, sleeps til 5am, eats, and goes right back to bed til 9am!! Thank you baby wise and advice from all you girls from my post awhile ago. Ever since then he has been a dream baby. Napping so good, smiling and making the cutest cooing noises. Hallelujah we are starting to get the hang of this and get back to normal life!! Oh and good news, my MRI came back and no torn ligaments here!! Just a major sprain and something they call an "internal bone bruise" which is close to a fracture I guess but not quite. Definitely will take some healing time but in a couple of weeks I should be good as new.

Anyways, now that I have written about how hard and great my life has been at the same time, I would like to say how grateful I feel to have such an amazing little family. I love knowing that these little people are mine and that I get to be with them forever. I love tucking them in at night after baths and story time, saying prayers and thanking my Father in Heaven for giving me the amazing opportunity to be their mommy. Like I said, Dru is 6 weeks already and I catch myself looking at him and the others not believing how big they are getting and wanting to just stop time with all four of them right now because I love the ages they all are at. I love being a mom, even though some days I could pull my hair out, loose my voice from yelling at them all day, along with time out being a normal every day occurrence at our house. They make me laugh nobody can, make me smile over the simplest things, and melt my heart multiple times a day. Love you husband, love you babies, thank you for being my everything.

Summer days

So I just wanted to put some cute pics of my darling kidos on here. I've put a ton of Dru lately but not my other cuties. We've been trying to think of lots of fun things do around the house lately since we are pretty much home bound these days, that's included lots of ice cream cones and running around in the back yard. For most of you that know me, I'm definitely a person who likes to get out of the house and go do things, so this has been a definite change of pace for us around here these days! It's still fun, and I always forget how fast the day goes by with a newborn because of how much there is to do and how long it takes to do anything! I am extremely blessed with creative fun outgoing children though that have the cutest imaginations so they make sure to have a fun day no matter what is going on. We are sad that summer is ending soon, kind of crazy that it's already August and school is starting soon! Brooklyn starts Kindergarten in a few weeks and Austin is off to preschool...so weird I will have two in school! They are very excited for this though, and it will be good for them to have something to look forward to. Dru is doing good, a little better from my last post!! haha I forget how nice getting a full nights sleep is and always do with every baby, so being up every two hours is always a challenge. He's finally moving on to every four hours though so that's been nice, it's hit and miss still though so when i get that, I'm the happiest mommy ever! Dru is four weeks old tomorrow, I can't believe how fast a whole month has gone by!! Anyways, life around here is pure chaos some days and other days are better then others, but I feel super super blessed to have four of the most amazing loving kids in the whole world! i hope you all enjoy the next couple months of summer and live it up. Love you all!!

My blode blue eyed Talon...pretty sure this one is going to be a heartbreaker!!

Laugh Attacks














3 weeks old and sound asleep...for now!














My little princess


























Austin will pull a funny face in every picture I take of him, never will he just look at the camera and smile...drives me CRAZY!! I'm glad he has such a funny sense of humor though lol













Ha Ha, I love them