HUNTER FAMILY

Indy 500 Community Day

2009-05-21T04:04:00.000-07:00

We signed Tyler out of school early and hit the track for Community Day. The kids walked around and saw some cars. Then we stood in line with our wristbands and got some autographs, they wouldn't allow pictures during the signing. Bryson just wanted to eat the wristband.

Bryson waving Bye-Bye

2009-05-13T19:03:00.000-07:00

We catch him every so often waving bye-bye to people:

The many faces of Bryson

2009-05-13T18:46:00.000-07:00

Bryson cracks me up with all his funny faces:
His smiley face:

His fake smile face:

His "I can't believe you put me in the playpen" look:

His deer in the headlight look:

showing off his new teeth:

His messy face and him showing off his tongue:

Ready to update my blog again!

2009-05-13T18:40:00.000-07:00

School is over for the semester. I got through 9 credit hours, working, and taking care of the kids.
I won't say it was easy but it will be well worth it once I am done with everything.

Extreme Makeover Home Edition comes to Indy

2009-04-04T19:08:00.000-07:00

I received an email a couple weeks ago asking us to volunteer for Extreme Home Edition since we would be sponsoring the family. We would have priority on volunteer work, so I jumped at the opportunity. How often does the show come to Indy? umm never. So I got my email confirming my shift but they would not tell us anything as far as where the house was or the exact time of anything until they knocked on the door.
We ended up getting a shift from 2-10 on Friday.
So the job was not the best considering we had to pick up Trash for awhile but once we were done with the job we were let go and we were then asked to volunteer to take items into the house. While in the house I was able to take a tour. There was still a lot to be done before they could "move the bus" and they only had 1 day left, but it still looked so good!!!!
The out pour of the community was incredible! A huge shout out to Estridge Builder and all the volunteers because I don't think they get enough credit for all the hard work they do for the entire 7 days they are there!!!
Here are some pictures of the amazing work everyone did, enjoy!

Getting ready to shoot "When they bring the furniture in"

Getting ready to shoot "Turning the keys over"

The finished project The house

The library they built for the family is to the left of the house

Basketball court
The library again

What's been going on

2009-04-02T18:10:00.000-07:00

I am still really busy with school, work and the kids but here is a few pics of the kids
Alexis doing her hair for the 1st time by herself. Bryson pulling himself up on everything. Even the swing that moves while he is doing it and it knocks him down every time. He fell, but because I had the camera he looked over at me and smiled. And here is a picture of his 1st bruise on his forehead and under his eye....he keeps falling because he is trying things he is too young to do!!!

Haven't posted in awhile

2009-02-08T18:52:00.000-08:00

Being on Facebook, having a blog, working, and going to school is sometimes too much to keep everything up to date.........
So here are a few pics to catch up and I'll add more tomorrow.
Here are some pics from when we had around 18" of snow in one day.

This is so funny!

2009-01-04T15:31:00.000-08:00

We had everyone over for some leftovers and to play some Wii and Kim and I went against each other on Boxing.
We played for awhile and then realized that the match had not even started yet.
Notice our face when we found out we had done all that work for nothing!!!

2009-01-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

The kids Christmas Morning

How excited they were to get a Wii

Update on Bryson

2008-12-24T04:12:00.000-08:00

I think a lot of you knew already but those that did not know Bryson was sick for awhile.
He had a small cold and was congested and it had started at the Beginning of the week last week and by Wed. last week he was coughing and the coughing sounded real wet, but the kid was still happy and laughing and still sleeping and eating fine.
I took him in on Friday for a regular checkup and the doctor said that he was wheezing and gave him a breathing treatment to see if it helped, it did not help so she sent us down to x-ray to check for pneumonia, the x-ray came back clear so they gave him another treatment in the office and sent us home with a machine and gave us orders to give him treatments every 4 hours.
We took him back in yesterday for another checkup and are happy to report his cold is moving out of his chest and basically in his head now (he is still got a runny nose and coughing a little bit) but the wheezing is no longer there.
You can't even tell he was sick either just by looking at him, he is so sweet just still laughing and smiling all the time!

Thanks Aunt Bri

2008-12-18T04:55:00.000-08:00

Thanks Aunt Bri.............HAHA there was sooo much paper in your box that I got to play with it.

2008-12-18T04:44:00.000-08:00

Alexis was doing circles around the living room while Bryson was eating....don't mind the drool coming out of his mouth and his sister's cute outfit LOL

Cereal Anyone?

2008-12-18T04:27:00.000-08:00

He is a mess when he eats!

Our attempt at Christmas pictures

2008-12-04T13:09:00.001-08:00

So I decided this year in order to save money to go ahead and not take the kids anywhere for pictures this year but to do them myself in front of the fireplace.
It was a little stressful getting ready and then Bryson spit-up a few times and Lexi cried a few times but in the end it all worked out and we got some good shots.
Here are a bunch of pictures to share:

4 months old

2008-12-04T13:02:00.000-08:00

So Bryson turned 4 months old at the end of November. He is getting so big!
Laughing still all the time, smiling all the time and is now reaching out and grabbing things and is also eating a little bit of cereal at night. Here are a few recent pics of him.
He scratched his nose really good while sucking his thumb one day and then while it was scabbing over he scratched it again so that is why it looks so bad when I took the picture but it has healed now.

Thanksgiving fun!

2008-12-04T12:54:00.001-08:00

Ok so I am behind on posts I know. So Look for several posts today to catch everyone up.
First Thanksgiving. We spent at Dee's this year. Lots of yummy food and company and of course once the kids hit the house we didn't see them they were too busy playing.

Eating lots of food

Bryson napping again
Looks like Aunt Sandy was ready for a nap also

Sleeping again
Cooking

GG ready for some food

Friends Forever

2008-11-26T13:01:00.000-08:00

Alexis made a new little friend during Soccer and she was sad because the season ended.
Here is the two of them at the year ending Pizza Party for their team.

Had to throw in a picture of Bryson also:

Award Ceremony

2008-11-26T12:57:00.000-08:00

The kids got their awards for Soccer.
The pictures turned out bad! They only kept them on stage for a few min and by the time I got close enough to take the picture and try and focus in they were getting off the stage!

More Laughs!!!

2008-11-15T06:16:00.000-08:00

This kid cracks me up!!!! And if you are wondering, yes I do dress him, he just loves to laugh while I am changing his clothes.

Update on the job situation

2008-11-13T09:49:00.000-08:00

Devin has not found anything yet.........but some good news on my part after posting my Resume out there last week and applying for several jobs that I still have not heard back from, (well I did get 1 phone call yesterday)The bank actually called me back and asked me if they were willing to work with me on my schedule would I be willing to come back.
I would still stay the same as far as ranking and also the same pay grade and won't have to start over. Basically the same seniority as before.
I am starting back on Monday but along with that I have also applied at Ivy Tech and will be starting in the Spring.
I believe everything will work out I just have to be patient.

Last Soccer Games of the Season

2008-11-05T05:39:00.000-08:00

This past weekend was Tyler's last games. He had 3 Tournament Games in Avon. They played 2 on Saturday the 1st games was at 8:30am and it was so freakin cold out there the kids had a hard time playing and struggled to even score, they lost that game.
2nd game was at 12:30 and since it warmed up to almost 70 I think it warmed the kids up to play better they still lost 2-3 but tried hard.
Sunday we had 1 game and the kids did play hard winning 2-1 and Tyler even scored.
Few pics of the games on Saturday
Bryson hanging out in Lexi's chair

Tyler waiting for his turn in the game I had to zoom in all the way to get a picture of him because we were so far away that's why it's so grainy.

This was his 1st game and you can tell how cold it was out there he had to wear a sweatshirt under his jersey and there was a little bit of frost out there.

The beautiful leaves changing

Lots of Halloween pictures to share

2008-11-02T06:44:00.000-08:00

The kids had a blast. Alexis was Snow White and we got so many comments on the wig and of course she was eating it up. Tyler was a vampire and Bryson was a pumpkin.
It was beautiful weather for the day almost 70 degrees so we didn't even have to wear jackets to go out Trick or Treating.

3 Months

2008-10-31T12:45:00.001-07:00

Bryson turned 3 months the other day and here are some pictures showing how big he is getting.

Recent Pictures of the little ones playing

2008-10-28T08:47:00.000-07:00

We were being lazy this weekend so Alexis pulled out TJ and he was reading to the kids.

His first smell of popcorn I don't think he liked it

Playing with the camera

Look what I was doing at 11 weeks

2008-10-24T06:24:00.000-07:00

Time for Prayers

2008-10-22T15:46:00.000-07:00

Since I started this blog it's been mainly filled with the good times we have spent as a family and the kids always smiling and having a good time, but it's time to ask those that read this blog to please say a prayer for our family right now.
Right before going back to work I proposed my new hours to the bank and since I was part-time and still working the same amount of hours and considering part-timers always change up their schedules I figured it would be no problem...boy was I wrong they basically told me that if I didn't work the entire day on Fridays they would be forced to put my position up.
Since After school care is an issue with us and basically I would be working for free on Fridays after paying for 3 children in Daycare I told them I could not do that so I was forced out.
I was offered to come back to work but be placed on the travel staff and I couldn't afford to do that either since the amount they give you for travel would not even cover the gas at this time.
So I was forced to quit.
We have been getting by this last 3 months by cutting corners but the worst scenario has hit our family.
Devin's position has been eliminated.
His company has restructured and his position is gone.
Those that know me know that I am strong and have been through a lot of things but this time I am scared.
I know Devin has so much talent and experience but I can't help but wonder how long we will make it especially with the Economy right now the way it is.
Please pray that things will turn around for us I don't think anything else can go wrong :)

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-22T05:27:00.001-07:00

Tyler had to go to Bloomington for a soccer game so he asked us to pick him up a pumpkin since there was no other time that he could go with us. There was some huge pumpkins out there! We ended up picking up just some small ones for the kids.

He did not appreciate this at all!

Waiting for the Hay ride.

Halloween Party

2008-10-22T05:01:00.000-07:00

The Bounce House was a hit with the kids. Alexis loved doing the crafts.
Once the sun went down they put a little light in the bounce house and it looked like one huge haunted house and it didn't stop the kids from jumping for hours!

I have been tagged :)

2008-10-17T16:36:00.001-07:00

Thanks Melissa for the tag.

So I am now supposed to share 7 random and or weird facts about myself.
I don't know if these would be weird and I'm not sure if I can even think of 7 things to share but here it goes:

1. I crave sweets, Ever since being pg with Bryson I wake up wanting chocolate. I could eat candy bars for b-fast and be just fine but that would be so unhealthy so I have to fight my cravings everyday.

2. I have OCD when it comes to leaving dishes in the sink overnight. I blame this one on my mom( I know your gonna read this but sorry it's true :) If Devin cleans up the dishes after dinner and fills up the pans with water to soak them I have to go back downstairs after putting the kids to bed to wash them out just so I don't think about it all night long. I have left them overnight before when being overly tired but it bugs me so bad.

3. One dream I have is to move close to the Ocean don't care if it's the Pacific or the Atlantic just as long as I am by the water I am going :)

4. I hate to dust, this is 1 chore I give to Tyler and luckily he hasn't complained yet I'm sure he will complain when is gets older :)

5. My favorite Holiday is Christmas, just seeing the excitment in the kids eyes on Christmas Day speaks for itself.

6. My goal one day is to run a marathon, right now it's getting too cold to run outside and of course we don't have a treadmill so I have to put this goal to the side again but one day I will do it :)

7. Hmmm can't think of anything else but if I do I'll add it here.

Now I have to take some people so here you go.....Tag your it:

Brenda
Cassie
Daron

And anyone else who wants to play along (Bryson is crying so I don't have time to add anyone else)

Sunday's B-day Party and Colts Game

2008-10-14T12:07:00.000-07:00

Sunday we went to a B-day party for Ella. Alexis had a great time playing with all of Ella's toys! They did a Pinata and of course Alexis brought home as much candy as she could get her hands on.
One of Ella's b-day presents was a doll crib for her little baby doll and Bryson had fallen asleep a couple times over there so instead of laying him down on the couch we used Ella's new b-day present (HA)!
Devin thought it was so rude us putting him in a baby doll crib with a PINK blanket but he didn't know any different and he slept so good in there LOL
Bryson ready to watch the game

Final Game

2008-10-14T11:23:00.001-07:00

Lexi's final Soccer game was this past Saturday. She really tried her best. Her attention span was really short during this season and she liked to play with the kids or do flips or even run around in a circle more than she did playing Soccer so I think we will pass on Soccer for her next year and then see if there is more of an interest on her part when she is tad older.
Couple pics from her final game

Baby Laughs

2008-10-08T13:20:00.000-07:00

I love when they start laughing out loud it's so cute!!

Being overly Tired has hit my kids

2008-10-08T07:54:00.002-07:00

Especially Tyler!! Last night he was so mad at me that he had the nerve to say "I have the worse life ever"........I said Excuse me? You have the worse life huh how about we take a trip to the Homeless Shelter and I will show you who is having a bad day or a bad life!
He was having a rough day yesterday, he has to be on the bus by 6:40 am, he then had the mile run yesterday (came in 3rd place out of 26 kids I was so proud of him). Then 2 hours of homework last night and then an hour and a half of soccer practice and then by the time we had dinner it was 8pm.
He came home and was so snotty and rude to myself, Devin and Alexis so I told him he had TV taken away for 1 day till he learned how to talk to us with respect.
That really set him off.
I had a talk with him after his shower and told him he is probably doing too much and if he is stressed out he should not play indoor soccer coming up...he said he was ok and still wanted to play.
Now I have to decide by Thursday if it's a good decision to sign him up for indoor, I don't like how tired he is getting.

Baby making days are officially over!

2008-10-04T07:53:00.000-07:00

Looking at my kids I thank God everyday for what I have been provided. He has blessed me tremendously. But we are officially done.

I took Devin to his Doctors Apt. yesterday. They gave his a couple valium to calm his nerves and the procedure took about 15 min.
When he came out to the waiting room he spread his arms and said all done I'm ready to drive home....I laughed and said no you are not, his eyes were supper glossy and you could tell the valium had kicked in because of his slurred speech.
He was feeling fine so we went and got something to eat and he was so calm even after getting hit by 2 cars on the way to the restaurant he didn't even bat an eye LOL.
After getting home he slowly plopped down on the couch and Alexis helped take his shoes off and he slept for awhile.
He needed help getting up yesterday and he said it felt like he had been racked real hard but I think he is doing much better today :)

2 month apt

2008-10-02T11:32:00.000-07:00

I forgot to post the other day about Bryson's 2 month checkup.
Weight- 10 lbs 15 oz
Height- 221/3 inches

He is doing good sleeping sometimes 5-6 hours straight at night and he is still smiling and cooing all the time now.

More Soccer

2008-09-29T16:20:00.000-07:00

Tyler had another game this weekend. They won again and here is a couple min of him playing again.

PICTURES ARE IN

2008-09-29T15:48:00.000-07:00

I took the 2 little ones to Target last week since Alexis needed 4 year old pics and Bryson has not had any professional ones yet.
I put a slide show together of some of the pictures.

My Days are limited

2008-09-26T12:33:00.000-07:00

My days are limited on being able to Stay At Home. I'll be returning to work soon so I thought I would do something special with Alexis at least 1 day a week just make it a mommy and Lexi day.
Today we went to the Park and spent some time there. It really was a beautiful day the wind was just a little chilly. The other day I took the kids to Target for pictures and she wanted to use her Credit Card (GC from Grandma for her b-day) to buy herself something. I let her pick out a toy and a pair of sunglasses and she was so happy with the sunglasses she wore them the whole time during lunch also.

Busy Weekend!!

2008-09-24T11:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I didn't have time to post about our weekend until just now. Monday was hectic and I was trying to get video uploaded to the computer so that took awhile and then today I was out and about with the kids all day long.
Friday night was our 1st trip to Chuck E Cheese with Alexis. It was her B-day party and she had a blast!.
We had all of Devin's side of the family there and with them Scott & Erin and the boys came and Deuphine and her daughter came along (she said Thank you for coming!)

Here are a couple video's and some pictures of the evening

Her cake (actually cupcakes underneath)Chuck E pics

Saturday we had 2 games. Alexis won her game and Tyler's team got squashed. They played Bedford again and I don't even know what the score was I just know they lost.
Sunday was a much better game, They played St. Francis team and they won. Tyler made 1 goal and could of had a couple more. I caught some good video of him playing and a couple mistakes he had made that cost him a goal.

4 Years Old

2008-09-16T10:17:00.000-07:00

My Baby girl is 4 years old today. I called her Baby Girl this morning and she informed me that she was not a baby anymore.
Here is some pictures of her growing up and also this morning I took a couple pictures of her opening her card and eating her birthday b-fast. We will let her open her presents later as a Family.

Her 1st Cereal

Her 1st Sunglasses
Her 1st steps

Her 1st Sugar

Her 1st ponytails

Today:

Baby Smiles

2008-09-15T14:59:00.001-07:00

Everyone loves baby smiles. 7 weeks and he is just smiling so much lately.
Here is a little video I took of him.

Nothing much going on

2008-09-11T12:19:00.000-07:00

Not much going on right now other than the usual. Soccer practice 3 nights a week, working with Tyler and homework. Planning Lexi's b-day party for next weekend.
It was a nice day out the other day so Lexi played outside for awhile with her bubbles.
Here are a few pictures of her playing and at soccer practice.
I know I need to take more pictures of Tyler it just seems like the only time I have the camera out is when he is at school or at his Dad's.

Birthday Gifts

2008-09-08T13:34:00.001-07:00

So today I turn the big "33". Actually feel so much older right now only because of the lack of sleep from having a newborn.
One Gift I got was being able to watch Tyler score not 1 but 2 goals (would of had 3 but it bounced off the post) at his Game this weekend, he did awesome at the game and they won 7 to 0.
One other huge gift I got was being able to go out to eat without kids. Just Devin, Doug & Kim, and Devin's sister Kim went. We went to the Cheescake Factory and got stuffed and laughed so hard (Thanks Doug). Devin took some good footage of the night that I will have to post later.
Also received a new camera from Devin and the kids.
Trying to play with the settings right now and figure out how to use it but here are a few pictures taken with it.

Sister Love

2008-09-02T11:39:00.001-07:00

Alexis is always giving kisses to Bryson and always wanting to help with "everything". So I let her hold him for a little while while I took a couple pictures of the kids

This is an example of her helping me out....I asked her to get me a diaper please and she walked around with this on head until I had to get up and get one myself....
She had me laughing about it.

Looking back at the picture of Alexis and Bryson I couldn't help but remember the times that Alexis and Tyler used to be so nice and sweet to each other.

What a weekend

2008-08-30T17:16:00.001-07:00

Ok so really the weekend is not over with but I'm wishing it goes by fast considering of how it has gone so far.
Devin has chosen yet another Holiday weekend to go out of town so of course that makes it impossible for us to have any time together or to do anything with as a family so it was just me and the kiddos, and Tyler was with his Dad this weekend.
I managed to get grocery shopping done with both kids this weekend and we actually survived only because I made a list and fed Bryson right before I left so he slept most of the time.
He cried most of the day on Saturday off and on I'm sure from a tummy ache and just wanted me to hold him and pat his back so that was pretty demanding and then somehow Alexis managed to trip over her step-stool and hit her head on the toilet seat....
That took awhile to calm her down also.
Hopefully today is a calmer day with the kids, I think it should be since Bryson woke up and was crying a little bit but as soon as I picked him up he started smiling at me and just being so sweet.

Soccer

2008-08-29T11:36:00.001-07:00

Yea so basically this is our life right now. Both Tyler and Alexis are doing Soccer so we spend just about every night at the field for practice along with the weekends at the field for games.
Here are a couple pictures of Alexis during practice and a video of her 1st soccer game.

Tyler had a game in Bedford last weekend that Devin had to take him to since I had to take Alexis to her game and Devin took this video of Tyler playing for a little bit...He was so close to shooting a goal in he kicked the ball and it bounced off the post, you can see him in action here he is #4.

Bryson's 1 month Stats

2008-08-28T06:14:00.001-07:00

"What are you feeding that kid" that is what I heard a couple times yesterday after telling people how much he has gained.
He is gaining just fine apparently.
Up to 8lbs 4 oz.
21 1/4 inches long.

No naps turns into so much fun!

2008-08-28T06:08:00.000-07:00

We had Bryson's Dr. Apt. yesterday so because of that I decided not to give Alexis a nap and just put her to bed early since the kids didn't have Soccer practice.
By 6pm she turned into the Terror child.........she wanted to play school and when things didn't turn out "her" way she started throwing a fit..........this is what she did pretty much the entire evening till I put her to bed.
Lets just say today she is taking a nap!

Bryson's Information

2008-08-26T09:23:00.000-07:00

Since I started this Blog up I probably wont use the Baby site anymore so I'll go ahead and post all of Bryson's Information here for everyone to see.
Bryson was born July 29th at 6:10pm weighing in at 6lbs 8 oz.
He dropped down to 6.1 after leaving the hospital but was back up to his birth weight not even a week later.
Here are a couple more recent pictures of him

About US

2008-08-25T10:50:00.000-07:00

You can call us the "mini" brady bunch there is his Shawn:

Then there is mine Tyler:

And then we have "ours" together Alexis and Bryson:

Shawn lives in Texas but we try to visit when we can and he
has come up here several times also to visit.
Tyler is 10 and just started a new school this year and also
just joined the Soccer Travel Team so he is very very busy.
Alexis is my little princess/terror...one minute she can be
so loving and so sweet and then the next minute she can be
so mean and into everything.
Bryson joined our Family on July 29th and is such a sweetheart.
He only cries when he is hungry or uncomfortable usually from a
dirty diaper or needs to be burped.
I'll make sure I keep this blog up so you can stay up to date with all
the kids.

My First Blog

2008-08-22T18:27:00.001-07:00

Seems like this is the "IN" thing now days so I guess I better get with it and not lag behind.
I created a website for Bryson but then realized that it would be easier for everyone to follow our entire Family by using a Blog.
So here I am!