HAPPY EASTER!

Happy Easter!

We all went and saw the Easter Bunny at the mall yesterday, and Sarah got her picture taken with him.

Hope everyone had a great Easter!

RSV

Lexie, my niece, was born July 22, 2007, Ike was born July 29, 2007, and Nic was born Aug 17, 2007. They all have RSV right now...How weird is that? My niece who is 5 also has it. I just thought it may be of interest to some of you to know a little bit about it.
The respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) causes an illness that usually resembles a moderate to severe cold and is very contagious. RSV most often resolves on its own and does not cause major health concerns. This infection can become a problem when it is severe or leads to complications. Babies (especially those born prematurely), people with immune system problems, people with heart or lung problems, and older adults have an increased risk of developing complications from RSV infection. (FROM WEBMD.COM)

Isaac tried to commit suicide today! He was squealing in his bedroom so I went to get him up from his nap and freaked when I saw him. He is sleeping in his playpen with the bassinet thingy and he was standing up leaning over the side! He has never stood up before and he's never really ever gotten close to standing either. I would have taken a picture but it scared me too much to let him stay that way. I think that means it's time to move him to the crib or take the bassinet out.

Pictures of our garden, limes, and new grass!

Creepy Eyes!

This morning while I was putting on my makeup in the car, Layla asked me to put some on her. I told her maybe after church when we got home. Apparently she didn't want to wait for my help!!
They said that the blue mascara would make blue eyes pop, well apparently it works!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!!!

What did you all have for dinner? We had corned beef and cabbage. It was yummy!!!

Food for thought

In our families we have
3 people born in January (Mandy, Michael, and Andy)
2 people born in February (Rebecca, and Ryan)
2 people born in March (Steven, and William)
3 people born in April (Laura, Adrianne, and Austin)
0 people born in May
4 people born in June (Mom, Jessica, Braden, and Layla)
3 people born in July (Mike P, Tyson, and Ike)
2 person born in August (Jason, and Nic)
0 people born in September
0 people born in October
3 people born in Novemeber (Dad, Ralph, and Mikayla)
2 person born in December (Laura, and Sarah)

Anyway, so those of you who are thinking of having more children, please keep this in mind and procreate accordingly!! Good job Mandy and Mike!

Some of my favorite pictures of Will as a baby

Happy Birthday Will!

Happy Birthday to Will. Sorry this is late, but your Aunt Jess has been busy lately!! I hope you had a great day yesterday and have fun at your party on Saturday. I wish I could be there! We love you!!

first tooth and damage

Over the last couple of weeks Nick has been getting his first tooth. So far he has bitten my nose, which hurt alot more than I expected and destroyed his most faithful pacifier. He's not very big on showing it off, but if you look carefully you can see it. The tooth. It's really easy to see the pacifier.

2nd try

Last night, I put up the following post with the same pictures, but instead of putting it with yesterdays date, it put it up for January 23rd 2007. If you go into the edit blog you can see it there."So, it's been quite a while since we've posted anything. At first, I couldn't remember what I had used for the new google sign in, and then I just got lazy. Since our last post in december, quite allot has stayed the same. In fact Nick is the only thing in our lives that seems to change other than the weather. He is now extremely proficient at rolling which he proved today by rolling off the bed when Andy went to see what Laura dropped. No one was very happy about the incident. Last week we took him in for his 6 month well baby check and found out that he weighs 21 Lbs, and is 29 inches tall. Most of the clothes he wears now are for 12 or 18 months. I think it's the fault of the radioactive power plant nearby. Well, I hope that it won't take us this long again to get other pictures up. Take care every one."By way of explaination, my head picture is to show how good a job Laura did cutting my hair last week. Nick ate his own orange, with some little success, and tried his first pickle after trying to steal his dads. He seamed to like it.

1 year olds

I was just looking at how different my children are. You would think with the same parents they would be more alike...But I guess if you look at the five Richards children you see how different siblings can be...(hello, look at Michael!)

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to compare all of the one year olds in our families if any of you still have this info!

Austin (at 12months 6days) weighed 27.5pounds and was 32.5 inches tall (long)

Layla (at 15months) weighed 25 pounds and was 32inches long

Ryan (at 13months) weighed 24pounds and was 31.5 inches long

No wonder Ryan seems so much skinnier than the other two!! He really is!

Here is a cute picture of Mike and Ike (he...he). Also, we posted a video on our blog and then on my family blog as well if you want to check them out.

Will being like Mike

Happy 12th Birthday Steven

I can hardly believe that you are really that old. Hope you have a great birhtday!!

And then there were four...

Just wanted to let you all know that there will be a new little Pitcher in early October.

Productive Morning

It is 11:47 and so far today has been a very productive day. I have exercised, given Will a bath, fed Isaac twice, swept the kitchen floor, mopped the kitchen floor, raked the front yard (4 bags full and there is still a pike taller than Will), done a load of laundry, and taken a shower. I am very happy to have gotten so much done so far. I still have a lot to do but even if nothing else got done today I would still feel like I've gotten a lot done. What about everyone else? Oh, my brother and his wife are having their third girl this morning. I'm so excited for them.

Video of sledding

This is Jason making Layla go sledding!

Sledding

This morning we decided to go sledding. We tried to go down the hill that we live on, but it is WAY too steep. Jason slid down one side of the house, almost propelled off the pad we built for the playground, and ended up imbedded in the sticker bush at the bottom of the hill, not to mention coming to a dead stop against a giant rock, which left a nice bruise on his back. I decided to go down the other side, which Jason stated, "Just for the record, this is a bad idea." I did propell off the neighbors retaining wall, lost the sled, and landed on my Rt hip. Which I am happy to say is bruising nicely. We packed the kids, and the sleds into the car and went over to the church and slid down the hill there. The snow is frozen solid so you walk on the top and don't get dirty and snowy. It was tons of fun. We didn't last too long because Layla and Ryan didn't want to sled. Jason did grab each of them once and forced them to ride down. See our family blog for more pics.

Nauvoo

Has anyone been to Nauvoo lately? When did you go? What did you do? Did you take young kids with you? We would love any information anyone has to share. We are thinking of going there in the spring... if it ever comes! Thanks!

Valentine's day

What is everyone doing for Valentine's? We don't really have any plans until Friday. Then we are going out to eat and then maybe walk around the mall. I know, very exciting. I might see if we can go to the Botanical Gardens instead. I went to Longwood gardens in Philly once and loved it. Ever since then I have wanted to visit all the gardens I can. The Botanical Gardens in OKC aren't nearly as cool or as big as the one in Philly but I am still excited to go. I also think we will have our traditional pink heart-shaped pancakes for breakfast. Mike is also taking half of Wed. and all of Thursday off so when he gets home we are making cookies to take to Will's friends for Valentine's. What is everyone else planning?

Trail Mix???

I don't know why these are sideways, but they took so long to download that I am not trying again... just turn your head!!

We recently have been trying to come up with healthier snack ideas. Aunt Jess gave us the idea of making a trail mix snack with some good things in it as well as some yummy treats. Mikayla recently celebrated the 100th day of school. Each student brought in 100 somethings to share and mix into a snack mix. We thought to combine the two ideas and make something unique to our tastes. We talked about what we might put into the mix. We came up with several things that we like and would be good. I went to the store to get the groceries. What we ended up with was a monstrosity, but they seem to like it. Should anyone like to try this, here is the "Recipe"

Quaker Oat Square Squares Cereal

Cocoa Puffs Cereal

Swedish Fish

Gummy Worms

M & M's

Reese's Pieces

Pretzels

Animal Crackers

Cheetos Puffs

Raisins

Conversation Hearts

Directions:

Dump everything into the biggest bowl that you own. Mix it all up. Eat it, being sure to leave the raisins, the only good for you item, in the bowl.

Rebecca's 14

Here is a picture of Rebecca on her birthday. She didn't make it to school today because she was sick, but by dinner time she was well enough to go out for ribs to one of our favorite restaurants, Tony Roma's. It was delicious. You may also notice Rebecca now has braces. She got them just 2 weeks ago.

Happy Birthday Rebecca!

Happy Birthday Rebecca! Now that you are 14, we would like to line you up for babysitting!

Ryan's First Birthday!

Yesterday was Ryan's first birthday! Checkout our family blog to see more pics. We had a party on Saturday! It was lots of fun.

You've got to try this

I got the message below in an e-mail and after I did it I couldn't stop laughing. Try it and post your results...

Ralph

OK, so this is really weird, but it works..

How Smart is Your Right Foot? This is so funny that it will boggle your mind. And you will keep trying at least 50 more times to see if you can outsmart your foot, But you can't.
1. While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles.
2. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction. I told you so .....And there's nothing you can do about it. Make sure you pass this on to your friends...they won't be able to believe it either!!

Happy Birthday Mike!!

Happy Birthday Mike! Hope you have a fun day. It is kind of sad, as we are all getting older...our birthday's just don't mean as much as they used to. I can remember my birthday as a child...the whole world revolved around me. Mom would start the day wishing me a happy birthday. If it was a school day you would get a special treat brought to share. Sometimes you would get a special crown, or pin, so everyone would know that it was your special day. You would get to have your favorite dinner, cake, ice cream, and presents (presents that you didn't have to think about paying for!!) Anyway, MIKE, I hope your birthday can be fun and memorable, and a little child like!
PS Be sure to go to Mike and Adrianne's blog to see a great birthday pic of Mike!!

Nothing too new at the Crowl's

There isn't too much going on here...Jason has his own shop now. He has been super busy, leaving home most mornings at 4am and getting home around 6pm. It is hard on him, and all of the rest of us too. But we are really grateful that he has so much work. His mom is working at the shop answering phones and keep the place presentable. It has been really fun for him to get to spend a little more time with her. We are excited that he will be able to make a significant amount more money there, although it is a lot more expensive to rent the shop and pay the other bills that go with it.
I have been keeping busy with my calling and taking care of the kids and the house. I still work occasionally, but only about 20hours per month. I am still trying to lose weight, does it ever stop? I bought a new treadmill a couple weeks ago and have been enjoying breaking it in. I have less than 20pounds to get to my premarriage weight, which I haven't seen since then. I am working hard because we are going to Florida with Jason's family in April and I will have to be seen in a swimming suit with Jason's mom, sz 4, and his sister, sz 2 or smaller.
Austin has been busy with preschool where he learns letters and numbers, dinosaurs, plantes, and all kinds of really cool things. He also loves to play playstation. We have to limit his time on it because he would stay in the playstation room all day and all night. We converted our fourth (I NEVER know how to spell this word) bedroom into a playstation room with a projector screen. It is pretty cool.
Layla just started gymnastics. She is totally potty-trained. She is also our little spoiled princess.
Ryan will be a year old next week. He is walking like a drunk homeless man, which is just adorable on someone less than three feet tall. He is such a happy baby, laughing and smiling all the time. He has five teeth now, and just learned to spit.
That is about it. I put a few new posts on our family site this morning too!

What is new with everyone? Mike asked to get transfered to a different part of the base so he could do some engineering. Isaac is still sick and gave it to Will (who is now almost better). We have been sick in our house for a long, long time and I am really tired of it! Will had his first dentist appointment today. Mike is building cool shelves for our walls and I lost a pound this week. We really don't have much to write about this week. What is everyone else doing? Anything fun?

I couldn't think of a good title

So, it's been quite a while since we've posted anything. At first, I couldn't remember what I had used for the new google sign in, and then I just got lazy. Since our last post in december, quite allot has stayed the same. In fact Nick is the only thing in our lives that seems to change other than the weather. He is now extremely proficient at rolling which he proved today by rolling off the bed when Andy went to see what Laura dropped. No one was very happy about the incident. Last week we took him in for his 6 month well baby check and found out that he weighs 21 Lbs, and is 29 inches tall. Most of the clothes he wears now are for 12 or 18 months. I think it's the fault of the radioactive power plant nearby. Well, I hope that it won't take us this long again to get other pictures up. Take care every one.

Sarah Smiles for the Camera

Happy birthday to Mandy, Andy, and Mike for January. We hope you all have or had wonderful birthdays!

Happy Birthday Mandy, TODAY!!

Happy Birthday to you! Hope you have a great day!

Happy Birthday to Mandy...tomorrow

Hey Mandy, Happy Birthday tomorrow. We thought we'd say something today because we remember right now and don't want to forget to tell you. We are sad we don't live close to you anymore. We loved having you live just a town away from us. We also hope you have a great day tomorrow!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Happy Birthday Andy....Now let's see, how old are you? 24...I am 27 and you are 3.5 years younger than I am...Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

BRRRR...

In case you have not heard me complain yet, I wanted to let you all know: IT IS COLD HERE!!! Today I went to the grocery store, it was -16 outside. We are under wind chill advisory, the news said: If you must go outside wear hat and gloves. These conditions can lead to hypothermia and frost bite. Needless to say, I have not left the house much lately. I just checked them mail for the first time in 4 days. I hate to send Mikayla out to school in this, but she doesn't seem to mind much. Wind chill readings are 25 to 30 below for this morning. By the end of next week they are forecasting a warm up... 15-20 degrees!! Did I mention it is COLD?!?! I know that if we make it through January, we will survive the winter!

Mike got selected...now we wait

Richards,

FYI, I just formally approved you for the 21 month EE program. You'll get something official from the registrar, and hopefully AFPC will support an assignment.

Take care!

Juan R. Vasquez, Lt Col, USAF, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Air Force Institute of Technology

Sunbeams

Braden officially became a Sunbeam this week in primary. The nursery leader made hats and ribbons for the kids to take with them to primary. I had to sit in those little tiny chairs in the front row holding Braden during singing time and sharing time, but he went to class without me just fine. Thank goodness! Hopefully next week he will be able to sit without me the whole time... I'm not counting on it though.

Family Pix

We had a great Christmas this year, or last year... I put up lots of pictures of our activities on the Pitcher Family blog, HINT HINT!

Just so you know...

Mike just took the GRE yesterday and did an awesome job! I am very proud of him. He got a 1440 (670 on English 770 on Math). So, if you talk to him, make sure you congratulate him.

Even more

Pictures continued

Fun in Maryland

Here are pictures of our trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We had a great time and took a lot of pictures.