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Oldie but a goodie....

The McKelvey Girls:

Not too much going on...

Joey had his first reconciliation on Saturday (confession is what we called it in our day). He is so cute – he confessed that he talks too much when he should be listening in class – lol. For the life of me I can’t understand why they make 7 year olds confess. It makes no sense whatsoever – what could they possibly have to confess?

The twins each have a cold – Jenny is so dramatic. Joey asked her for a kiss goodbye yesterday morning and she said “No Joey – I’m sick – no kisses!” LOL Then, when I got home I said "Hey Jenny girl - how are you feeling?" and she looked at me like I was stupid and said "Mom, I not crying!" LOL

Finally - a Nicky story….I call Joe “Babe” and every once in a while Nicky will call him babe if he is not listening – he will say “Dad? Dad? BABE!” So yesterday morning we were watching Franklin (God I love Noggin!) and he said “Mommy – there’s Franklin and there is the Daddy the Babe”

That's it - no updated pictures since Christmas. Talk to everyone soon!

Well you asked for it! Here are pictures from Thanksgiving, Around Christmas, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I hope you have some time because there are ALOT of them!!!

Few things to notice:

1. There are pictures of Nicky's very first wall picasso - I am buying stock in Magic Eraser.
2. Alot of the pics are blurry - sorry!
3. The first group of pics are from Thanksgiving night at Kelly's house. Yes - that is my brother PJ licking whip cream off my brother Anthony's nipples. Typical holiday.
4. The very last pic is my daughter's very odd atire from the other day. God love her!



Holiday Season 2008 .


I hope everyone has a safe and happy new year.

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.....