Oh How He Changes!

There is a country song by Trace Adkins, You're Gonna Miss This.....................
Well I totally understand that song and for me the song is a tear jerker in a way. This is my baby, he is over a year now and how we can't stop time I at least have these pictures for ever! He is such an angel and such a great child and son and I know that he is going to keep up us all our toes!

My Little Artist

Okay don't be alarmed they are not aliens :-)
Dayne loves to go out on the back patio and draw the members of the family....
So I don't really know who this is suppose to be but I am very proud of my child's ability right now!!!
(I darkened the pictures so you could get all the detail :-) )

I really don't know what this is

Just look how good this is- we have a head, 2 eyes, a nose, a mouth, 2 legs, and 2 arms- no body but that is okay

Outdoor Fun!

Well the boys are beginning the early stages of learning how to play together. Tallan wants to be with big brother all the time and big brother only wants little one around when he wants him. But here are some precious brother moments :-)
Tallan is getting very brave and has no fear right now.

Dayne is just too cute and do you see the dimples still there on his cute face since birth!

Just having fun together

He thinks he is big stuff now~
I keep telling him that he is my baby my big boy my everything- He tells me he is not a baby he is a big boy and for some reason he thinks he is 5~ I guess I now understand other moms of much older boys who have such a hard time with them growing up and doing their own things :-) Everyday gets harder as he persists on growing up

A few pics

Here is Tallan being him, getting into all the drawers in the kitchen- Normally the entire kitchen floor is covered in items from the drawers. He thinks it is cute!!!

Mister lazy- having his snack in bed. This child can come up with some of the craziest things. This particular day he said that he was tired from all the crying he had done that morning while we were out so he needed to lay down in mom and dad's bed and take a rest. You have to love him :-)

Today in the car he put his hat on like this and I wanted to take his picture, well he wasn't too thrilled with that idea so this is what I got. He was too cute! Earlier today he dressed himself back up as a cowboy (that was what he was for this past Halloween) but he kept on his shorts and t-shirts. I really wish I had a pic of that.
Well I promise to get back into blogging. We have had a lot going on and I have just fallen behind, sorry. But this weekend we are taking the kids to go see the Backyardigans at TPAC on Sunday. So I will have the camera ready for lots of pics and get those posted asap.

That Says IT!!!!

OH WOW!~!!!!

I don't know if any of you out there are watching the Olympics right now~~~~~~~

But OH WOW!!! The Men's USA 4 x 100 Freestyle relay, I was jumping up and down in the living room. Where did he get it, they beat out France literally by an arm stroke in the right direction. Can't really explain it but it was just so awesome to watch.

Okay just had to share. Wow!!!! I only wish I could swim like that!!!!!! I have all the Olympics DVR right now so cool!

My new adventure!

I call a lot of things in my life an adventure. This new one I believe is definitely that. I have taken the plunge and bought a travel agency through YourTravelBiz.com. I am just getting started and this is a 'home based business' and I can do this as I can. I want to jump in with both feet and get going but I also have to consider the rest of my life and schedule. I have put both links on the blog now. If you travel and I think we all do then just give my site a chance when you are looking to book your next vacation or travel needs. And if you have been thinking about bringing in some extra income and didn't really know how you would do that then go check out my website and listen to the presentation. My neighbors are living proof that this business is for real and bottom line we all travel! So all I ask is that you give my site a chance like you do Travelocity, Expedia, Orbitz, or whoever you use. I hope you will find YTB to be better or the same. And for even more insight go check out Marshall's blog, http://www.marshallgilliam.com (he is also my neighbor)
Well I will keep you posted and updated and if anyone is interested just drop by my site or drop me an e-mail. I hope to be able to update you guys on the success of this adventure. Trust me this was not just done there has been a lot of prayer and knowing support from my husband and family!
Just go and check it out, it can't hurt :-)

I Promise We Are Still Here.....

Well it has been forever it feels since I have posted anything. Life gets in the way a lot and oh my sob story of working and life feels like such an excuse. I will try to get better I promise.
I have signed up for a new adventure in a way -- our Rec Center is having a 'Gladiator' challenge, no not like what is on TV, but a get fit get into better shape challenge. We will be assigned to 2 teams and our coaches are our trainers. I guess we will be accountable for our workouts over the next 3 months. So hopefully periodically I will update you guys on how I am doing. I am a little nervous about the end of the 3 months, there is a competition b/w the teams and there is a list of activities that we will be competing in and one of them is a mini triathlon. I don't run and I don't own a bike and probably haven't really ridden a bike since I was a kid and and I may only be 28 but I feel every bit of that age. I guess I better smoke it in the swimming portion since that is the only thing that I am good at right now :-)
The boys are great and Jason is good too! I promise to get some pics up soon and if any of you reading this are in Manchester then come and join me at the Rec Center over the next 3 months for a 'get fit' challenge you can find me in the pool :-)

Tallan's 1st Birthday!

One year later!! My precious angel still has his strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes. He looks just like his father and that is okay with me!

Happy Birthday baby!!

He loved his cake and was green from head to toe! Thank you to all our family and friends that helped celebrate his big day!!! It is you guys that make our lives so wonderful and full!!

Tallan's Birth Day July 5, 2007

My Tallan is growing up!

My baby boy Tallan is now 1 year old! Can you guys believe that? How times fly by so fast in this world. To look on back on this past year is just so amazing. Tallan came into a family that seems to never stop but we are such homebodies! With our business Jason and I stay so occupied. I said to Jason a lot over this past year that I feel guilty and it upsets me as a mom that I feel that Tallan has received the short end of the stick. After Dayne was born I changed my status at the hospital to PRN (work as needed) so I was home a lot and it was just me and him. We just picked up and went and didn't have to worry about too much else. Tallan came after our business and the week before he was born I had to move everything from my office to home and had to find some form of high speed wireless Internet service and had to get the gotomypc.com set up and I feel like a part of me has cheated him. Just 5 days after he was born I was in the office while he was sleeping back to work. We have never hired someone for the office and it will be a long time before we can justify doing that. After I was able to drive again, Dayne would go my moms and Tallan and I would head back to our office to work. As a mom I think we beat ourselves up a lot. Tallan has just gone with the flow since the day he was born. He is such a true blessing and everyday he adapts to the situations that he is put in. We don't have sleep in mornings or stay home all day anymore and it will probably be a long time before we have those again. I am just thankful to God that our family has been blessed in the ways that we have been. I don't know why we have and some days I don't think we deserve all that HE has done for us, but I just thank Him everyday for our life and our family. My Tallan is one, my Dayne is three. This past year has been amazing and I pray all the years to come are as wonderful!

Family Picture Time!

Here is the Crosslin Family!! Out first beach vacation all together!
From Left to Right: Scott and Christa (baby girl in the belly, we didn't know on our trip :-)), Justin and Karen, My mom and dad-in-law Linda and Richard, and you know the four of us!

Tallan with his PaPa!!

The 4 of us! Trying to take a family picture :-)

My wonderful in-laws!! On this day it was Linda's birthday. We were all able to go and have a wonderful dinner and surprise her with a cake and then we let the kids go to town. They are so gracious and I know that we had a wonderful time and a much needed vacation and it wouldn't have happened without them. They even took the kids out one night to the always famous John Deere store while the rest of us got to out for dinner. Thank you so much! I am already looking forward to next year!

More Vacation.....

My little angel!

Loving on his daddy!! Tallan loves his daddy!! In this house with 3 boys I am definitely out numbered but Tallan has taken to his daddy and brother. You can definitely tell that this child has no fear and I don't think that is a good thing right now. He loves his brother so much!!!!

His famous pose right now, finger in the mouth no matter what. It seems like he has been teething for the last at least 9 months :-)
Do you guys see that red/ strawberry blonde hair, LOVE IT!!!! And he has Blue Eyes- What a lock out so I have, very partial!

Laughing and smiling all the time!

We realize now that he loves chocolate chip cookies, who doesn't! Doesn't he look like he has just been caught, Such a sweet face!

My Dayne!

I am very proud of a lot things in my life but this child (not to exclude Tallan, please don't think that) Dayne is so wonderful and such a blessing. We have our moments and I am trying to learn as a mom to 'put my foot down' or so to speak but he is such a beautiful child and he has such a big and full heart!

If you look closely he has a black eye ( his right). A little parenting advice that we can now give out to others going on vacation. When your 3 year old son says that he has to pee and he takes off for the bathroom quickly well you follow. And when he thinks he is big enough to use the urinal in the men's bathroom with his daddy then you let him, but here is the problem HE IS WET and has on no shoes...... He is a very independent child and when he told his daddy don't help me Jason let him pull up the wet bathing suit on his own, well as he pulled up his suit he somehow pulled himself up too and there went his feet and right into the urinal he went. He hit his right eye socket on the the lovely white porcelain urinal! It immediately swelled and bruised and I was sick to think that it had happened but I am glad he didn't get a face full of urine. Daddy learned a lesson and so did Dayne. But this happened on Sunday of our vacation and we weren't leaving until Thursday. The rest of the week I kept feeling the urge to have to explain what happened to him and try to explain that we don't hit our children. But even with his 1st true black eye he is still so beautiful!

Here is me trying to be a photographer :-) Maybe one day!!!