Our Little Family

I absolutely love these pictures of Ty!!! She looks so sweet.PreciousSara took pics of the entire Cutchen family. Its quite a chore to get 13 little kids to perform. The last time we all had a picture taken together was at Chad and I's wedding. Crazy what can be accomplished in 6 years. Go team Cutchen!!!!!

Problem.... Solution

This is my biggest problem of late. Seriously can you see the 12in. at most that is left for me to slumber in. I can not keep this girl out of my bed. Chad loves to cuddle with her at night and so she thinks she has a "spot" in my bed. If I am to far in the middle of our bed, she has no problem telling me " hey that's my spot". Come on seriously, who does she think she is? She knows she has us wrapped around her little nubby finger nails:) I decided it was time to take action.


Here is the solution to our problem!! We took the crib out of her room finally and got her a BIG GIRL bed. And guess what, she slept in it with no problems. Now I'm not going to go as far as to say she never got up. She did but only because Tate was crying and woke everyone in the entire house up. She gladly walked right back in her room when asked and fell back to sleep. Now for paint and decor. All in due time right. I'm still waiting to get time without my children to go shopping for drapes for my living room. I am totally happy with the 10 year plan. If by year 10 I have everything done in my house that I have envisioned I will be feeling pretty good about myself. So I have 5 more years and that allows me to not stress out about this decorating crap that I am SO indecisive about. Bless Chads Heart!!!

To be BIG.......

Ty is totally obsessed with wanting to be big now. Everything she does she will try herself 1st and will only ask for help after she has given it a good effort. She loves B and is constantly pointing out things that are similar. Example, if she wears a shirt that is like Brooklyn's she will proudly announce it to me. Nails is just one of the many things Ty wants to be big about. She keeps me busy touching them up as the chip away. Sadly enough she has been biting her nails of late. For anyone who knows me well enough knows that was one of my worst habits growing up. I always hid my hands and was insecure about my disgusting looking nails. So you can understand my panic as my baby is taking on a habit that was a huge negative for me. Look at these nubs!!
So the only polish for her now is this. As of the last 2 days she gags when she starts to bite them. She will come run and tell me she needs a drink! I am hoping for good results and normal nails:)

This and That

It seems as though I have not had time to do anything but the absolute must, so blogging has been on the back burner. Yes some of the hustle and bustle is my choice but not most of it. We are so busy!!!! I need to be better about documenting all the little things that happen on a daily basis. Heaven knows I wont be able to remember them down the road. Heck I can hardly remember my name. Those of you that knew Tate when he was 2 and 3 know that I couldn't sit down without finding something he had gotten into. For the most part he has since past that naughty phase and can be trusted to behave. That's not to say that he is not a million miles an hour. He expects to be able to play, ride his bike, dig in the dirt and make mud, ride his quad all before lunch. Then he has some grand ideas for the afternoon. If we don't spend all day going at mach speed he is just not fulfilled. I can handle the million miles an hour we run as long as I have a few minutes to regroup every now and then. Ty has so willingly filled Tate's 3 year old shoes. How could I have to crazy kids in a row :) On any given day she leaves major messes for me to address. I think just in the last week or so she put chocolate syrup on my bed and floor in my room, painted her nails and about half of my slate flooring in the bathroom. She has gotten into my make-up and done wonders with that. I could go on but the worst incident was for sure the entire can of spray wax she sprayed in her hair. When she came out of my bathroom I was thinking there went 12 dollars down the drain. I didn't realize it was going to take about 14 washes and 4 different types of soap or detergents to get it out. When used in moderation it washes right out but when concentrated, well I need not explain further than having to wash her hair 14 times. Can you see the clumps of white?This was after about 5 washings still sticking straight up. I guess I should be glad the product used wasn't along the lines of " Something about Mary" .
Hey at least she is cute! I am praying this stage will be short lived and I can start to relax a little. Some may think well, what in the world are you doing while she is wreaking havoc. Being a mom we are expected to accomplish alot throughout the day. She seems to know when I am the most occupied with the other kids, work, laundry, cleaning etc. etc! Its like a talent of hers to hold off until she knows she has 5 min. Than she goes in the furthest room from me and unleashes. Ok enough about Brutus and her naughty antics, yes her name around here is Brutus! Just wish me luck!

New Years in Vegas

The Pisciottas never disappoint. Really we had so much fun this new years and are thinking this just may be the start of a new tradition. We had 4 fun filled nights of games, friends and laughs. I had to document this pic of Chad in the kitchen apron and all. Ive never seen this side of him before. I wasn't sure whether I should laugh but I was glad at least he wanted to help.

Rock Band was a constant. B was into it. Ty thought it was great to sit and soak it all in with Chloe. These 2 played all week and Ty loved every minute of being Chloe's puppet.

I cant keep her dressed EVER. I guess it caught me off guard when I found her down stairs in her birthday suit. I am quickly learning that nothing with Ty should surprise me these days. Heaven help me!!!!!!!!

We swam, jumped forwards and backwards till their hearts were content. We are all ready for summer!

There was no shortage of kids at any given moment. We partied hard :)

We ate till our hearts were content and my pants tighter. We always do. Angie is the best Italian cook ever. She has to live up to her last name.

Played some serious cards. Won some cash!!!!

Played to the point of sheer exhaustion! What a treat to have the kids actually be asleep when we got home from going out. A big thanks to Tyler for babysitting both weekend nights.

Thanks Donald and Angie. We always have fun. Its so awesome to have friends that have been and will always be a huge part of our family. We love you guys!

Temple Lights

I am playing the catch up came with blogging. I'm always a bit behind but the Holidays really made it worse. My parents were having a slumber party at their house with all of the grand kids 4 and up and decided we should go see the lights before we happily left our children:) The lights are neat but I think for me they are something that I am ok going to see every few years. I know I am boring but hey its cold and crowded. It was fun and the kids loved it. All of our kids have such great grandparents and the kids would agree. They love to stay with them over night and sing silly songs with grandma. She even braved taking them all to the movie the next day. I wonder how many potty breaks she took during the movie? I can only imagine, but they love their grand kids and are happy to have them around always. Thanks mom and dad. We all love you and are blessed to have you in our lives.

Once again we had an awesome Christmas. It seems to always be that way because we have such great families that we love to be around. This was supposed to be the pic of the kids in their Christmas jammies but B was doing her rendezvous with her other family so I didnt get them all together for the jammie pic.

Yes Boss now sleeps inside because I am a softy. The poor dog shivers at night so he has moved in. He really just goes to bed when I shut the lights off and I don't hear from him till about 8 or so. I think he is liking his new sleeping arrangements. He goes back out during the day though.

Christmas morning Ty was still trying to wake up. We didn't start gifts till 8 but my kids have my sleeping pattern and are night owls and then grumpy in the morning. I didn't take many photos, perhaps I was still half asleep myself :) Anyways we are so blessed and enjoyed our morning. Santa brought B a quad, Tate a new bike and Ty a scooter. Chad was so kind and got me a bat. Yes I know silly but I have been wanting a good bat for a while now. I also got some slippers, perfume and a gift card. I am spoiled that is for sure. I got Chad a Springfield pistol. He has been wanting a gun for a while so I decided to go for it. Like I said we are so fortunate and I couldn't ask for more. I appreciate all of Chads hard work to provide for us. Most importantly I appreciate the birth of the Savior. I appreciate his continual blessings poured upon our family. We headed to moms for the normal fantastic breakfast and the kids had fun doing more exchanging. Mom and dad got all of us pressure cookers and outdoor stoves. I love that they are helping us be more prepared. We love them so much and appreciate all of their love towards our families. I couldn't ask for better and everyday realized how blessed I am to have them as parents and grandparents to my kids.The evenings are devoted to some good old Mexican at the Cummard casa. Once again more exchange and over abundance, but nonetheless the kids loved it.
The Cummards had Tates name this year and gave him these bats straight from Louisville. They have his name engraved on them and all. He thought they were pretty neat and cant wait to put them up in his room.Ty was loving on the Cummards new shnoodle named Bella.I said it before and I will say it again I appreciate both of our families and the relationships we have. I feel blessed to have married into such a loving family. The kids have so many grandparents who adore them and set great examples for them. I love that my siblings and Chads are not just related but our friends. Thanks to all who made our day special. I couldn't ask for anything more, amazing families, health, shelter, food and most of all the plan of happiness, which is definitely that!!!!!!