Motivating little Boys!

Ok all you mom's out there of little boys.... I need some serious pointers. I have not been able to find a successful method to motivate this little fellow! Its a good thing he's so beautiful, otherwise I'm sure I'd have injured him by now. He is very tender and strong willed, and doesn't seem to respond to much when it comes to doing the things I ask or need him to do. I haven't successfully come up with something that "gets him everytime" if you know what I mean. I also struggle making things "his idea," because that definitely works, but how do I get doing clean up HIS IDEA...not going to happen. Any advise?

Big Girl!

Little Brooklyn is embarking on the Potty training. She has had a very successful week and can get through the day with almost no accidents! It melts my heart that she is growing up and no longer my baby! I love this little girl more than she'll ever know!

Sledding in Corona

Ashlyn Taylor Andy

Morgan and Paige

Brooklyn learns what in the world this stuff is.

Tyler love'n the snowball fight with daddy

Cute Morgan happy to be here.

Testing the Bobsled.

The Birthday Party Crew

Today our friends the Jorgensen twins, had their 3rd Birthday Party. It has been raining strait, as many of you know for 6 days now. So what better of an idea than to haul snow down from the mountains and dump a truck load on your front lawn for kids to play in. What? Snow? In Corona? YEP! WooHOO! It was a hit. All you Utah'ns out there might think this is rediculous but to all of us sun worshipers... this was a very exciting event. As you can see it was snowball fights and sledding to their hearts content. Brooklyn was very shocked the first time she climbed the hill to slide down that it was cold. She freaked out and started screaming. She eventually warmed up when she learned about the sledding. Happy 3rd B-day Andy and Ashlyn!

2 Months Old

Little Chaser Boy turned 2 months old this week! We are so happy to have him with us. I don't know how we went on without him all this time! He has unleashed the friendliness and finally gives smiles, coos, and laughs regularly. He is working very hard with his hands... trying so hard to reach his toys and the faces that smile at him.

Chaser Baser Mr. Cuteness!

I love when my babies can initiate a smile or a response and try to get me to smile and respond back. Its usually about this time that some sort of nick name begins to stick. I am not sure why I am a nick namer and I know to other people the names that seem to stick are odd, but to me there's a deeper level of affection and love that comes with my nick-names and it just happens. All three of my other kids' nick names are still going strong. Chase so far is Chaser Baser or Mr. Cuteness. He has reached this cute engaging milestone, and OH how I adore him even more for it... If that's even possible.

Chase is a pretty mellow fellow and loves to be my buddy. Most always content in my arms; however, not so much in his sibling's arms anymore. He can endure Morgan for maybe 10 minutes because she is big enough to change positions or sit him up to pat his back, but the minute I put him in Tyler or Brooklyn's lap he is sure to object and let me know this is NOT acceptable!!!! I guess he's figured out that they are unperdictable and not capable. Oh well, it was going to happen soon enough. Tyler is pretty frustrated about it because he really loves him a lot, and cries because he doesn't get to hold Chase very much. I have to try to sit with him, and help him rather than sit Chase in his lap and walk away. I think that's the part Chase is more upset about rather than being with Tyler. Sigh.... poor Tyler.

SMILES!

This little man is very stingy in his smiles! It take EXTRA EXTRA hard work to get them out of him. I finally got a few giggles yesterday and it melted me! HOORAY! He was so friendly I even caught it on camera. Every stage of babyhood is so much fun and I enjoy them so much.

Blessing Day

Today was Chase's Baby Blessing day. It was extra special because it was his cousin Ryker's blessing day too. So we went to our ward, then raced caravan style to their ward right after. It was great to have all the Crowder family together to share in the special day. He was a little ANGEL, and slept through the whole thing. He's my only baby that did, so we were shocked and thrilled. He looked like such a little old man with his cute bald head and all-white tux!

Little Man of Honor

Lil Buddies

Proud Grandparents

Almost Twinner Tuxedos

Special day with Daddy

Loved by Mommy!

Merry Christmas

Christmas Morning! Yipee Santa came!!

Baby Alive

(Every year there seems to be ONE present that I can't seem to shake, or change their minds about.... This was it! (luckily it was cheap and I was able to get it on Chrismtas eve.)

Brooklyn was thrilled to get everything on and ready for a test drive. We thought it was so funny how she wanted to put the back pack on in front, like mommy wears with baby chase. She had another baby in the stroller too... Just like mommy does.
Great family gift for all the kids music delight... This is super fun because it has a little mini kid-version mp3 player that allows them to record themselves singing, their music, and then play it back with ear phones. Unfortunately it is also a double edged sword. My poor ears. They BELT the few songs they know all the words to, over and over and over and over and over and over and over again in the blasting microphone. Way to go mom, shoot myself in the foot on this one!
Tyler is totally into Super Heroes and action figures, so was excited to have actual figures of spiderman, batman, and superman.
This tool table is a crack up because it was the total Christmas hit for all. I got it at a garage sale for $2, and decided to save it for Christmas. Oh the Irony! I mean seriously why couldn't the $50 gifts have that affect. LOL!
Later on Christmas day G-ma and G-pa Crowder came over with Cousin Johnny, Dylan and Uncle Justin and Aunt Anna for some playtime. They were super excited to have another round of present opening.

Thank You Hugs

These Barbies were collectibles that made me wish I was little again. They are so pretty and have really fun clothes. They turned out to be most definitely a favorite for Morgan too.

Tyler has to get this out daily!

Lil Chasey boy slept through the whole thing! He got some new binkis, hand me down toys from the siblings, and a nice full belly of Milk. He couldn't be happier. Thank heavens he did sleep because it was very stressful with the other 3, trying to take pictures, film, and help them open the presents that belonged to them. Tyler can't read his name yet so if the thought he saw a "T" he was opening everyone else's. It was very cute and enjoyable although it felt like a full hour of MAYEM! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, with lots of love and Cheer!