How hard is it to get ONE freakin' picture????

Step 1. Negotiation: You can't open presents until you sit for ONE picture.

Step 2: Organization

Step 3: Logistics - how do you fit 11 kids on one couch????

Step 4: Corralling the big kids (yes you, Kristin, Kenny and Samantha) - notice all the little ones in place and also notice that Aaron is getting really freakin' bored!

Step 5: Apparently someone needs to turn down the TV first????? WTF????

Step 6: Almost perfect....except - hey - where the hell is Samantha's head????

Step 7: Oh there she is...wait, what's wrong with the camera - why the hell is it blurry and where did KJ go ????????

Step 8: Completely give up! Anarchy!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday little man!

Happy Birthday Joey !!! It seems like you were born only yesterday and now you are 7 years old! Thank you to everyone for coming last night- Joey had a great time and loved all his presents. He was especially happy to have his birthday party in his own house for the first time ever!!!

I will post my pics later tonight if I get a chance but here is his very first professional pic:

Joey Physical

I took Joey to the doctor on Saturday for his physical - he is such a midget - lol - He is 3 feet 10 inches and only 46 pounds! He is in 25th percentile for both height and weight!

Then...I forgot to warn him but he had to do the turn your head and cough thing - Holy crap the two of us were cracking up - he could hardly cough he was laughing so hard. I couldn't catch my breath - what a fiasco - too funny - I guess I should warn him next time.

THEN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

When she was done he said "Mommy - that felt cool!" OH MY GOD! I almost died ! What a six year old will say!

Anthony is coming home this weekend! YEAH!!!! We are having dinner at my house on Saturday night with everyone! I am so psyched to see them - it has been FOREVER!

That is it - my small update.

Halloween 2009

Halloween was FANTASTIC!!!! The kids had a great time. We went trick-or-treating in the new neighborhood. If I wasn't happy about moving before, yesterday would have convinced me. The neighborhood is filled with kids and everyone is so nice it is amazing. It was good to go out and meet people in the area. Joey was also excited to see some familiar faces from school in the area.

Sammy, I hope you are feeling better soon - some excuse to get out of trick or treating - sheesh!

Here is a link to some of the halloween pictures:

Halloween 2009

My brother Anthony and his family are coming next week - we are going to have a big dinner (probably at my house) during his stay. Can't wait!!!

Have a good weekend.

Quick Quick update..

Hey - for all of you that aren't blood related, here is an update.

Well we closed on the house on the 3rd and have been crazy busy getting everything together since then. We slept in the house for the first time on Friday and are now more in the new house then the old. We still have a few things over there but we are coming along.

Hopefully by Halloween we will be completely finished!

I got the babies costumes yesterday - they are going to be Raggedy Ann and Andy! They look so freakin' cute I can't stand it.

Joey is going to be Iron Man with a light up chest and light up gloves. We are trick-or-treating in the new neighborhood this year - so exciting!

Anyway that is the update. I will post pics as soon as I can!

Office pics of Babies

Well it is official (as the text message went out yesterday), I am up to my eyeballs in debt! LOL We closed (FINALLY) on the house yesterday - I am completely exhausted mentally after this process. I don't know how people buy and sell houses like crazy and I have a new respect for Robin (for those that don't know - she is a R/E Agent).

So now we do clean-up, replace two carpets and then we move in!!! Joey will definately be trick-or-treating in the new neighborhood!

Last week I had to bring the kids into the office with me for a little while - here are some pics Aunt Kim took:


Hard at work at the computer:




Making a mess:

Playing Hide and Seek:

Some new pics...FINALLY

Here are some pictures of the kids. We went out east on Sunday and hung out at one of the little playground areas out there. We had a great time and afterwards went to a farm stand and ate roasted corn and fresh peaches!

Life is Good

News...

First Day and Panic

Joey started school yesterday. He was very nervous but he went right in and didn't look back. I am so proud of that kid! I bought him a Speed Racer car while he was at school and it was waiting for him on the seat of the car when I picked it up. Needless to say he was thrilled.

I have been having little panic attacks lately where Joey is concerned (not real breathing in a bag panic attacks - just little bouts of worrying).

We went to the beach on Tuesday night - Joey was playing in the crashing waves and I was almost freaking out - telling him to be careful - freaking out if a wave was too big. It was weird because I am usually more laid back with that stuff.

Then this morning, as we were waiting to go into the school - Joey said Hi to this little kid from his class - the kid (2nd grade mind you) had this HUGE earring in his ear - isn't 2nd grade young for that????

THEN....there was this little girl (no older then 4th grade) with a full face of makeup on - eye shadow, blush lipstick - little hussy. On the way home I just started freaking out "What if he ends up with the wrong crowd? What if he gets picked on?" On and on it went - very weird. I guess it is just a mom moment - one of a few thousand more I will have - but it freaked me out!!!

I took a picture of him yesterday but it didn't come out great - his shirt was white so the sun kept reflecting off it - I will try to post later.

Have a good one!

Oh and CONGRATS (and Happy Birthday) to Ally - She is having a GIRL!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! Keep up the good work!

Chas - good luck on your appointment next week - hopefully we will get some pics!

Lesley - need an update - getting worried about you!

I've missed my boyfriend!......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

Good weekend

I was able to register Joey at Ridge so he starts the new school tomorrow. We were able to tour the school on Friday - and he loved it since it had THREE playgrounds. It was "way better then CEW"! He was able to even see the classroom he is going to be in - so he is excited (Thank God) about starting.

I can't believe summer is almost over...it seems like he just got out of school last week.

We had a nice relaxing weekend. Sunday we went to the Park at Joey's new school so he could show it off to his Dad. Then we went to Friendly's for lunch. The babies conked out on the way home and then I went grocery shopping..weird to buy juice boxes and sandwich bags again!

Yesterday we went to the "Fish Park" as Joey calls it in Mt. Sinai (it is a park that has a climber shaped like a Fish). Then we ate at McDonalds. We went home - the babies didn't nap - but I watched Rome on HBO on Demand and Joe took Joey to the Bay to go fishing and then to the beach.

Then after all kids were showered and in PJs I went to Borders by myself.

It was completely uneventful - you are probably snoozing after reading - but a Really Really good weekend.

I will let you know how first day of school goes!

Party August

The past few weeks have been party central for the McKelvey clan. First Terri had her party last weekend and everyone met Dave!

Fun Time!

REMIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wait...I lost my contact!


Then Robin had a birthday party for Krissy and KJ! I just have to say - The big Bouncer was a FABULOUS idea! The kids didn't bother us all day! lol

Thanks to Mom for blowing bubbles to Kick for an hour straight to keep him occupied. All three of my kids conked right out!!!

Oh and Sammy - Brian is SO in! lol

Now tonight we have Matthew's birthday cake - maybe I will manage to take some pics!

Every night when we play outside, the man from down the block walks his dog to the woods across from our house. When he passes, the babies run to the fence and yell "Hi Doggie". Then when he leaves the babies yell "Bye Bye Doggie". Nicky says it so cute - with his low voice and his accent that he got from God knows where...So I had him say it into my cell phone the other day. We also talked about Daddy...Here is the recording.....

I promised Samantha....

that I would announce that she smoked everyone's ass at Wii Fit tonight WHILE eating a donut!

Love you girls!

Took a long time...

to post pics from Walk with Dinosaurs. Aunt Kim, James, Joey and I went at the beginning of the month. It was one of the coolest things ever...Joey and James had a great time. Most of the pictures are blurry but here are a few of the better ones:

Thanks to Kim for giving me the heads up about what the heck "Walk with Dinosaurs" was...Joey mentioned it a few times but I had no idea what he was talking about!

A quick congrats!

to Chas!!!! Congratulations on miracle #2!!!! That is such great news - I am so so happy for you guys!!! Samantha is going to be a big sister!!! Yeah!!!!

Talk to you soon!

We were short at the office....

So we had to call in the big guns.....

Anonymous is a nerd! LOL

Just because..

Here is a picture of my nieces. (I ordered 5x7 of this picture for everyone that was at dinner the other night).

She is going to be the FIRST female Yankee!!!

Keep in mind she is swinging her 6 year old brother's aluminum bat and hitting a real baseball! This girl never ceases to amaze me!

Congrats and Prayers...

OK - a few congrats and a prayer......

Congratulations to Kelly on Passing your Boards!!!!! Not that there was any doubt but that is SO awesome that you passed!!! I am so proud of you...now on to the big bucks!!! LOL


Congratulations to Lesley on your little miracle baby!!!! I can't tell you how happy I was to read about your little miracle! You better post some pics soon!!!

Please say a special prayer for Linda's cousin Patricia: she has been courageously battling leukemia for over three years now. By the grace of God a wonderful selfless young woman donated her bone marrow to Patricia and she had the transplant yesterday. This is her last chance at life. Please continue to pray for her and please say a prayer for the donor.


Thanks!

I know! I know! I know!

It has been FOREVER since I have last updated. I am sorry - I know Samantha has already yelled at me about it. So much is going on that nothing has changed!!!!

First off, here are some updated pictures and links to a few hundred more:

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

OK - so the scoop:

Joey: Joey is officially a 2nd grader! He did really well on his last report card but that is because he is a genius like me! LOL. I keep saying that he needs to do some practicing writing/reading during the summer but I have a hard time sticking to it.

He starts swimming lessons in a few weeks so he is excited about that. Right now he is at Matthew's house swimming - tonight they are going to roast marshmellos (I don't think I spelled that right but no matter how much I type it - it doesn't look right - Sorry Ally).

He is basically just hanging out and enjoying the summer - oh yeah - the other day he called Nicky a little bastard - so I guess I am going to have to keep an eye out on the kid - it rolled off of his tongue so naturally - he probably has a trash mouth behind my back!

Nicky: Nicky is as sweet as ever. He is talking so much more and get this..he can spell his name (not write it but tell me the letters). Ok - I know - he just memorized what I said when I spell it for him on his magna doodle but give me my moment!

His favorite thing to say (usually when he is trying to get out of trouble) is "Hi Mama - what you doin?" He usually says that when after he climbs over the gate. He also has been doing this thing - he taps his cheek and says "Think, Think, Think" and then he raises his finger and says "Oh! I know!" Too cute - and it gets him out of anything!!!!

Jenny: Jenny is my little mother hen - she helps me with everything and she keeps the boys in line. She has been going on the potty and I got her little underwear. She ALWAYS wants to do "pee pee" so the fact that she goes is basically just the law of averages - if she is sitting on the potty for 3 hours a day she is bound to go at some point!

In general:

Basically everything is status quo. Working our butts off and taking care of the kids.

I have some congratulations to go out to Cyber land:

Congrats Russell and Margaret on the birth of their baby girl!

Congrats Ally and Dave on your miracle baby! I can't tell you how happy I am for you - I can't

wait to see pics of your skinny little ass BIG AND FAT!

Congrats to Jaime and "Mr. D." on the - any day now - arrival of your little girl. I am so happy for you!

and last but certainly not least...

Congrats to Terri and Dave on their marriage!

OK - there is my update!!!! Hopefully my next one won't be too long in the future!

Pics at the baseball field

His Favorite Position:
Catcher

Disclaimer: When the twins go to the field with me I give them food/lolipops/juice - whatever it takes to get them to stay in their stroller for as long as possible....that is why they all look so rogue-ey. Sorry!

Batter Up:

Swing Batter Batter...Swing (Thanks Uncle PJ!)

That's all the pics I have and truth be told...Aunt Kim took them!!!

Have a good one.