Round 2 of Potty Training Has Begun!!!

Well, DAY ONE of potty training (for the 2nd time) for Andray has officially begun. Got two calls from Jake and Andray today at work telling me that Dray went potty in the potty chair, pretty exciting! Please say lots of prayers that the next 10 days go smoothly. Well, send patience our way ;)

Amelia Loves Her Auntie Celest! ;)

Ah, I miss my little niece Amelia Mae so much! My brother just sent me photos of Amelia in this shirt I bought her when she came home to the USA! Can't wait to squeeze her again, hopefully Easter weekend!

What a doll!

Finding Other Ways to Enjoy March Madness Now With Duke out of the Tourney ;(

Wow, last night was a "gloomy" evening in the Stang Household with Duke losing out of the NCAA tournament! Not cool at all! Was tough to watch! But Andray and I enjoyed shoveling off the deck last night before the game. This has been a long winter, but at least the kids get excited when there's a fresh layer of snow on the ground!

Roz loved watching us through the sliding glass door!

Throwing snow at Rozzie ;)

Sibling love...even through a glass door...gotta love it!

Excited for winter to be over and camping season to begin! Hopefully soon! (p.s. - Jake took all these photos from the kitchen...he's a pro now!)

Let's Go Duke!!!!

Ah, the best time of year is amongst us....March Madness (despite the fresh blanket of know in MN, ugh!). We enjoyed watching Duke win the first two games of the tournament, and look forward to the Blue Devil's game tomorrow against Arizona in California. Will be a tough match up for Duke!

Our kids truly do love Duke...one of Roslyn's first sentences..."Let's go Duke!"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Finally was able to pick up Andray's 3-year photos from JCPenny's! He did not smile at all during his photos...that's our shy little boy!

At least you can see his teeth in this one....GO TWINS!

And here's the gist of most of Andray's photos....was tough to find three poses to pick;) HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY! WHAT A GREAT HOLIDAY TO RING IN THE MARCH MADNESS WEEKEND!

Let the Madness Begin...Let's Go Duke!

Ah, our brackets are filled out and we're all excited for the BEST TIME OF YEAR....MARCH MADNESS!

GO DUKE!

Despite a Sick Household, Andray's 3rd Bday Was a Success!!!

Andray thoroughly enjoyed his Thomas the Train 3rd Birthday. Wish we all would've been feeling better to truly celebrate, but we'll just have to continue to celebrate Andray's b-day the rest of March! ;)

What a BIG BOY! Andray's pumped to be 3!

Andray was so excited to see Gma and Papa Stang on Sunday...they spoiled him way too much and we're so grateful! This morning before daycare Andray told me, "Mommy, I love my new toy sooooooooooooooooooooo much!" Too cute.

Was great to have Sarah and Eric and the girls over for supper too. They spoiled him with new clothes, I'm so pumped!

Even Roz had to get in a photo. She's still home with me today from daycare. Just not back to 100% yet. Can you tell that she's been sick for almost a week?

Andray's Thomas the Train Cake was Awesome!

He just had to "snitch" at the frosting.

Andray loved the Thomas Train on his cake....

Then he opened his gift from Roslyn and loved his remote control Thomas the Train even better!

Depsite having a very sick household from Wednesday to Monday, Andray still was a happy boy and enjoyed turning 3! Hard to believe our baby boy is three!

Happy 3rd Birthday Andray Paul

Happy 3rd Birthday to our incredible son Andray. We love you more than words can say Little Man! Going with the Thomas the Train theme this year. Hard to believe we became parents 3 years ago today. What an incredible journey it's been! Can you tell Andray's favorite color is green? He brought a green balloon to the table for breakfast and got to eat a green breakfast bar! Happy 3rd Birthday Little Man! Some goofy photos of Andray from the past couple months...here he's sleeping on the couch like Papa Larry! Silly Santa Train. Andray got permission to pick his nose on Christmas Eve...ha!

Yipee, Andray's 3!

30-year-old Coupons...No Joke!

So about a month or so ago my mom "graciously" gave me a whole ziplock bag FULL of manufacturer coupons. I'm so thankful that she took the TIME to cut out those coupons for me! So, on Saturday morning the kids and I started looking through the coupons to figure out which ones to use. I came across some companies that I've never heard of or seen in the stores. Finally, I come across this ET cereal box coupon. I show it to Jake and say, "I've never seen ET cereal...when did this come out?" Well, I looked a little closer at the coupon and found that the copyright was 1981! Yes, my mom has been saving coupons for 30 years! You can't make this stuff up! Came to find that many more coupons were from the 1980's. Oh, I love my mom so much! She just holds on to everything, so sweet!

Ended up calling my mom to tell her about it and all she said was, "There's no expiration date on the coupons so you should still be able to use them!" You know what Mom?....I will definitely use them, thanks!

The Return of Hurricane Rozzie!!

Well, I had an awesome weekend home with Jake and the kids. Absolutely no work to do on Saturday, what an incredible feeling. However, I've determined that there's no point to cleaning our house anymore. I spent over 2 hours Saturday morning sweeping, mopping, vacuuming and cleaning the bathrooms. Bring the kids up for lunch and while I'm helping Andray pick up the toys the living room, "Hurricane Rozzie" returned to the kitchen. Enjoy the photos!

So much for sweeping and scrubbing my kitchen floors.

Roslyn absolutely loves to take things in and out of the cupboards.

Ah, my baby girl is so busy!

Roslyn admiring the aftermath of her Hurricane!

No lie, pick up all the spaghetti off the floor, feed the kids lunch, give them baths and get Andray situated, only to come back into the kitchen and find that Roslyn had emptied out the Tupperware drawer...you can't make this stuff up! So in essence, Hurricane Rozzie has now been in our house three times, two of which were just on Saturday, ha!

Duke vs. UNC...Doesn't Get Better Than That!

Go Blue Devils...should be a great game tonight!