jo-jo six!

jonas is 6 today! time sure is flying! i can't believe my baby boy will be graduating kindergarten soon! he is such a smartie pants, and an adorable sweet boy. we are too much alike though and often bump heads, but i love that he will still take the time to cuddle with me on the couch. can you believe my jo-jo used to look like this???









now, he looks like this!



happy birthday, jo-jo!

this boy

is 18 months old today! that means, he is officially in nursery! hooray. ah, portie poo. what an amazing little dude. he is such a joy. we went to don pablos today and he loved the music- he couldn't stop dancing. he enjoyed the food today- eating corn cake, chicken enchiladias, and rice and beans. i am so grateful for my porter. look at that face. and those cheeks! how can you not love him???

oh, happy day

i was offered a new job today with gateway health plan as a medical case manager. what does this mean???

-more money
-mon-fri set daylight shift
-no holidays
-no weekends
-did i mention more money
-talking with members/clients/patients again instead of just providers
-i get to work in the steel building on the 41st floor

exciting! hooray!

what? snow?

so crazy! it snowed today! just a light flurry, but still. the day before yesterday was 80 degrees. pittsburgh weather is out of control, especially at this time of year.

because it snowed, i don't feel so silly posting my pictures from february. in february, we had 22.5 inches of snow. it was ridiculous but beautiful. we lost electricity for 2 days and stayed overnight at the kellers'. of course, trying to drive there was another story. our car got stuck and we needed to walk the rest of the way- with 3 cranky cold boys. but it was so nice to be in a warm home with wonderful family.

little bunny fufu

ahh, easter! what a beautiful day! we had a wonderful day with family, including an amazing brunch/easter egg hunt with the kellers and then a delicious dinner with the deeres. we all made out like bandits for the easter egg hunt. i took a nap in the mid-afternoon as i was working night shift the night before.

haha, so i love easter. i like most any holiday, but ben was finding it difficult to explain to the boys about the easter bunny. how big is he? how does he get in the house? does he come down the chimney like santa? it was all quite amusing, but to be honest, they did not care. they were happy to get their baskets the next day and forgot any questions they may have had.

bye bye locks

the time has come to shave our beautiful boys' hair so that we can encourage the spring weather! the older two boys did fine. portie was a little hesitant, but did amazingly well!

a whole month...

without posting, what is going on? i lost my blogging mojo. alas, maybe it will return!

highlights of the last month-we are enjoying the warmer weather the last few days. we have gotten over 32 inches of snow in february! we lost power for about 24 hours and then got stuck in the snow on the way to the kellers. we walked the rest of the way. this is the most snow pgh has seen since 1993. crazy!

we got our tax return- hooray! i just bought a whole lot of godiva truffles. and cupcakes from dozen. and pizza. and pepperoni rolls. it was so worth it!

i found my first gray hair. it had to happen at some point. the funny thing is, i just dyed my hair 2 weeks before. i keep trying to dye my hair brown and i feel like it keeps turning red. i hadn't dyed it for almost 1 year.

it is 6:37 am and i can not be accountable for anything i say right now, having worked all night. i should probably end while i am ahead. good day, sir.

bowling festivities

each christmas, gma and gpa kelly rent out the paa bowling alley for a bowling party and dinner. here are some pictures of our wonderful evening. argyll's revenge also played for the occassion!

i hit my head

and jonas was concerned. he drew this for me, in case if i was really hurt, i would remember who i should call. sweet little man!

christmas in rewind

christmas was wonderful. here are pictures. lots of pictures. i took a crazy amount of pictures. but we were busy and had lots of fun. christmas eve we spent with the kellers and then went to aunt betty's for an evening with my side of the family. we also went to my sister cara's house- look at her cute twins!!!! christmas am we were at home and then went to the kellers' again. christmas evening was spent and gma and gpa kelly's home with all our cousins. fun and exhausting.

snow days

and the snow continued. we enjoyed 3 days of 2 hour delays and then a cancellation on friday! we have a small hill in our front yard and did some sledding while portie napped.

happy new year

wishing you and yours a very happy new year! from a very snowy pittsburgh keller family!

4 years ago...

i gave birth to this little man. he since has brightened each of my days. i love you, sweet gryffie. you are the best!









for gryffie's b-day, he wanted to go to rockin' robin and gma and gpa came along. he also insisted on a cake from the oakmont bakery.

birthday celebration

yesterday night, we had a mini b-day celebration. we are blessed to live close to our extended family, but i cherish our time together, just the 5 of us. i slept after church as i am on nights again this week, and my cold came back. so i woke up at 5:30 pm and we had some ice cream cake and played twister. jonas was the referee, and gryffie really wasn't into it, so he just sat on the mat and would occassionally move a foot or hand. porter just rolled all over the mat, which was quite amusing. then we read some stories together. it was a great b-day celebration!

this isn't the best lighting, but i wanted to post a picture of me with my boys.

our christmas miracle

ahh, christmas started off a little rough, but has been altogether lovely. shortly after i wrote my earlier christmas post, re: my b-day dinner and festivities of the season, ben came home and told me that our car's emission light had turned on. the car started jerking and began smelling like burnt clutch. ben sat in the driveway when he got home and read the manual. it said it could be 2 things- one, the gas cap wasn't on all the way, or two, it needed serious help and should not be driven or the warranty would be null and void. well, the gas cap was fine, so, yeah, christmas eve, we had a broken car and of course, our mechanic brunos, and the honda dealership were closed, so no luck there. then we called 2 car rental places and both had no cars available until at least saturday. we were supposed to go to ambridge for the evening to see family as well as ben's family during the day and we had no car. then our home teacher, sam eskelson, stopped by to drop off a gift. ben told him about the car, and about 1/2 hour later, sam brought us his car. one big enough to fit our family and my brother. it was our christmas miracle. we are blessed. after sam's call, we had all the boys come into the living room and said a prayer of thanksgiving. we are so thankful for a good home teacher, a loving heavenly father, our divine saviour, and all those that bless our lives each day. merry christmas to all and to all, a good night.

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas!!!

i love christmas time! it's just so festive! this past week has been wonderful! we had a ton of snow in the pittsburgh area! i wrapped all my christmas gifts for the boys! we had a party at work. we had sunday dinner with great friends and then went to see the beautiful lights at hartwood. also, last weekend, we had a christmas breakfast with santa. this is pre haircuts but alas, my boys are adorable! notice how gryffie will not get close to santa. he would only give santa a high five with much coaxing.



oh, and tonight, i had a wonderful early b-day dinner with 4 of my favorite girls- carrie, marie, rachel, and marrilee! i love you ladies! thanks for celebrating with me!

christmas cookies

each year we decorate cookies together. ben had finals this week, so he missed out on the fun. i think the boys eat more icing than they put on the cookies and i had to cut gryffie off...

pictures- you can see the boys' new do's.

ahh, feeling better

i finally went to the doctor last thursday and found out i had pneumonia. i had been sick for like 3 weeks and now, after antibiotics and an inhaler, i feels so much better. today was my first day back to work. i actually enjoyed being lazy and being home with my boys so much. and i slept, a lot! some random things:

port is a walking machine. i was trying to download a video, but it would not work. i will try later.

we finally went to beth-beth and all three boys got awesome new haircuts. pictures to follow.

i love glee. i love community. and 30 rock. and the office. and chuck starts in january.

christmas is in only 10 days! crazy! this year has flown. and my birthday...

on the move...

i have been trying to post these videos for a while, but couldn't. my little portie is movin! non-stop! please don't mind my voice... he, he. love this boy! i especially love how he tries to talk back! i can't believe he is 14 months old now!

something's missing...

jomi lost his first tooth today!!!