Thank you, Baby Gap!

And for the {second to} last time I can do this 

{ahem, Shauna}

My three boys and my twin sister;

baby Finely and Mommy ;

4 years of Jammies.

Nicky is 15 weeks 

Brandon is 19 weeks

Luke is 18 weeks 

Finely is 17 weeks

Valerie is 31, 32, 34 and 35 ;o)

and Thank You #BabyGap!

 

Three Times is A Charm!

Monday, October 3, 2011

My three boys and my twin sister

how fun is it that I can do this??

Nicky is 15 weeks 

Brandon is 19 weeks

Luke is 18 weeks

Valerie is 31, 32 and 34 ;o)

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Airplanes

 Everytime the boys see an airplane they wave and say

Hi Auntie Val

Hi Auntie Shauna

It's just cute

I love them.

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Three Times is A Charm!

My three boys and my twin sister

how fun is it that I can do this??

Nicky is 15 weeks 

Brandon is 19 weeks

Luke is 18 weeks

Valerie is 31, 32 and 34 ;o)

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Inside the Head of Master Nicholas

Scene: Mommy and Daddy's Shower
Nicky: I  taking a shower so I can be clean and pretty for Tiffany tomorrow

Scene: Playtime Upstairs, followed by a loud crashing sound
Nicky: OOOWWEEE! {Screaming}
Daddy: Are you OK?? 
Nicky: You need to catch me if I fall Daddy.

Scene: Getting dressed in the morning
Nicky: Look Val, I'm in all red. 
Val: Like me. 
Nicky: Yeah, like a bobsled man.


Scene: At Grandma's pool

Nicky: {holding a bucket} Bye, bye, I'm going to work. See you tomorrow. 
Us: Bye Nicky.
Nicky: {one second later} Hi, I'm back from Tomorrow.

Scene: Nicky and Brandon playing with plastic guns

Nicky: I am the big brother and you be the little one. Let's go shoot. 
Brandon: OK.
Nicky: I'll keep on eye on you.

Scene: Watching the USA gymnastics
Nicky: I do that at Rollie Pollies {gymnast on the parallel bars}
Val: Wow neat, Nicky? Can you do that too? {gymnast on beam} 
Nicky: no, but next week I can

Scene: at the gates of a CLOSED SeaWorld
Nicky: Why is SeaWorld closed?

Shauna: The Dolphins are sick

Nicky: Why

Shauna: Because someone threw something in the water 
Nicky: Sigh, I bet it was a boy

Scene: car ride home from SeaWorld
Nicky: Oh NO! we didn't get a toy for Booba!

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Team Flembock Visit Austin

Team Flembock came to visit back in August.

{I've been so behind in my blogging, so I am sorry ladies!}

Shauna had National Gard Military duty in Austin

so Val tagged along to see the boys before they left for another year of Bobsledding

We had a great visit; we played, went to Uchi, Austin Childrens Museum, and I made dinner for 4 Olympians! All my pictures are posted here

We are always sad when Aunti Val and Shauna have to say good-bye. 

Especially Nicky who searches for them after they leave.

We are exciting for our upcoming trip to Park City in December to see them compete in in the WorldCup Bobsled race.

We love you guys!

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About that helmet...

Remember that helmet Brandon has been wearing since Feb? The one that corrects his flat spot. That we paid $3800 for? That one.

Yeah, well he stopped wearing it after our last check up because we liked the results we saw, and he was sick with Hand, Foot and Mouth...then I went out of town, Dan left it off...and lots of other excuses...

Yesterday in the mail I got a compliance letter from DocBand, stating that we were out of procedural compliance and since his helmet has not been adjusted since April 19th, he needs to stop wearing it immediately.  WORST mom in the universe. 

However, since he hadn't been wearing it for a month, we have not done any damage, but we do have to go for 1 more check up so he can "graduate". Yay!  Our EXIT interview/appointmnet is next week. I am excited to show you before and after pictures, so stay tuned! 

{nothing to do with this post, I just like the picture below}

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Texas Bluebonnets - Texas Pride

3 years ago I moved to Texas and saw the craziest thing: PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF THEIR KIDS IN THE WEEDS! ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD! EVERYWHERE! Then  I learned about the Texas bluebonnets.

...As historian Jack Maguire so aptly wrote, "It's not only the state flower but also a kind of floral trademark almost as well known to outsiders as cowboy boots and the Stetson hat." He goes on to affirm that "The bluebonnet is to Texas what the shamrock is to Ireland, the cherry blossom to Japan, the lily to France, the rose to England and the tulip to Holland." 

Apparently, there is a rather annoying tradition of people wanting to take pictures of their children (and Pets!) in the bluebonnets once they sprout in early March all the way through Mothers Day... consequently, most of the displays beside the highways, which the State seeds at some expense, end up looking pummeled. Apparently a  few years ago, the Texas State Troopers started ticketing people for grabbing a handfuls of them... that's illegal! (Like picking California State Poppies)

Anyhow,  if you have kids its is not only normal but EXPECTED to act like a nut every March/April, get your kids all dressed up, walk through mud and dirt to get these actually really gorgeous and totally Texas pictures. And well, if you know me, then you know, that I HAD TO DO IT TOO! I love embracing tradition!!

Year One Pictures  - Just Roxy Roo, first born and still my princess
(courtesy of Shauna and Val and her camera phone)

Year TWO - Nicholas & Brandon on the way...
(photo credit Georges Schemagin)
Roxy and Zeus (yes I know those are not technically bluebonnets, but they are so pretty!)

Year THREE 
I hopped over the back fence this past weekend and had Shauna take pictures of the puppies in the bluebonnets. I call these "Boston Bluebonnets" (original huh?)

One of my good friends, Tara Pottichen is very talented, starting her own photo boutique, and offered (maybe I begged?) to take pictures of the boys in the bluebonnets. We set off last night and look at just SOME of the fantastic pictures she took. I am so in awe of her talent..and my beautiful babies :)

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Easter Weekend in Abelingland, Austin

Happy Easter from Abelingland! I hope you had a great weekend! We had a fun filled weekend of multiple Easter egg hunts, Easter pinatas (!), tractors (of course), candy, family and friends. Grandma Booba, Grandpa Bob, Auntie Val and Shauna all flew in.

We started on Saturday morning with the crazy Steiner Ranch Easter Egg Hunt. We saw all his friends, Kylee Jo, Haylee, Alex & Evan, Jack and McKenna, Hudson, Michael and Ella. They had over thousands of eggs, face painting, petting zoo (Brandon especailly loved the goats) and a fire track! I was excited to see Nicky hunt for eggs this year, since last year, he was still too little to understand. Just about the same age as Brandon is now.

After the Easter egg hunt, Auntie Val made me take Nicky to get his mullet removed. I cringe just thinking about haircuts. He hasn't had a haircut since his first cut back in Sept. The girl had to sit on the floor while Nicky played with the trains to get some hair cut. And all they were able to do was cut that  first baby curl off...anyways that was a nightmare, and this this time we were much more successful.

Saturday night, we had dinner at Boat House Grill, were we listened to music, watched Nicky play on the playscape, ate hushpuppies and watched the grass grow ;)

Easter Sunday we woke up and decorated Easter Eggs. It was also Shauna's birthday so we made a red velvet cake for her. Yum. The birthday girl got to vote on the best looking egg. Nicky's egg was so pretty! but I came in 1st and second! Yay me. We hid all the plastic eggs my mom MAILED to us (In a huge box, filled with baskets and treats!) around the front yard and Nicky and Brandon had fun finding all the eggs. Nicky even found one in a tree! Some were filled with cars! Horray!
Or neighbors invited us over for their 2nd Easter pinata party and Nicky enjoyed playing with all the neighborhood kids and collecting all the treats that fell from the sky. Dan's father Ray and friend Achim came for dinner. Mom got Tyler's pulled pork recipe and we let that little Boston butt cook for 7 hours until it "pulled" off the bone. We also had tater tots, corn, corn bread, and broccoli -  served dinner on my fine china :)

I took Monday off to enjoy the day with my sister. She decided to take Nicky out of school, and left me at home by myself, while she and Shauna took Nicky to see some tractors. figures.

Overall it was a great weekend and hope you all had a great one too!

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Truck Drivers wear Polos

this is the conversation each morning...

Nicky, you can't wear your tractor PJs to school
Yessth, Mommy, YESSTH!
Nicky, Do you want to dress like a truck driver?
(thinking...) YESSSTH!
Well then... Truck Drivers wear Polos. 

I should feel guilty lying about his wardrobe, but I only have a limited amount of time where I get to dress him, and I am not giving up so easily. Plus it works every time.

Val and I joke that its our luck that I got the boys and she will get the girls. What do I  know about dirt, G.I. Joe, and Tractors? What does Val know about braids, My Little Pony, and tu-tus? I curled my hair for every T-ball game. Val wore Spiderman underoos. I rest my case.

Besides, having an Aunt like Val, the other great thing is that there are so many websites out there that make my job so EASY to dress Nicky like a BOY and satisfy this months obsession with anything and everything construction.

This website, Two Blue Cars, has the cutest t-shirts with Back Hoes, and Dump Trucks. Then I found on Polka Dot Patch, more t-shirts with Excavators and Lawn Mowers. Not to mention ETSY.com, the grand-pooba of anything custom. I can create T-shirts to meet every one of Nicky's whims. Truck Driver "Polos" and all.

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Working it out!

Nicky and Val work out together...maybe preparing for an episode of Wipeout! Nicky has never seen Mommy do anything like this!

High Kicks

Big Ball Baby Sit Ups

Toddler Ball Pushing

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Auntie Val and her Boys

I didn't think Brandon and Nicholas looked that much a like. Until today! I took one of  my favorite pictures of Valerie and Nicholas and made her pose with Brandon this morning to recreate the same picture, like I did with Roxy and her boys. Below are the pictures side by side! Guess which one is which?! :)

Nicky is 15 weeks and Brandon is 19 weeks in these pictures. Valerie is 31 and 32 ;o)

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Nicky Adventures

Last weekend we had another Mommy and Nicky adventure!  Nicholas and I went to Park City to surprise Valerie for her first World Cup Bobsled race of the season. We left early on Friday morning to be there in time for the race at 3pm.

Nicky did great on the plane. He didn't sleep, but he was very good. We arrived in Park City and there was just a little snow, even though I brought a full on snow suit and all his new snow gear. I kept my secret all week, but couldn't wait to surpise her at her front door. I called her on my way up the mountain I was so excited.


Nicky saw snow for the first time at Vals house and said EWWWW when he touched it. Baby steps. Nicky did pretty good at the race on Friday night but after about 2 and a half hours the cold got too much and Nicky has a mini meltdown. Thanks to Shauna's family and the girls friend Nina,  we were able to keep him warm enough to get to the car. Once we got to the car, he quickly fell asleep in my arms. Val and Shauna didn't have a great start to the season, but there are more races and its a big year for both of them.We met Val and Shauna after the race at Redstone brewery for dinner. Nicky had fun , hestayed up till 10 pm and danced in the streets in Park City.


It was good to see Val and spend time with her before she left for 9 weeks to go on tour in Europe. Nicky loves Val (Vawl) and loved spending time with Grandma Booba (Bubba) and Grandpa Bob (Pa Pa).


The rest of the trip was spent exploring Park City and we headed up to the Utah Olympic Park to take pictures of Nicky in the bobsled and explore the museum. Its snowed on our last day and Nicky loved to catch snowflakes on his tongue. It was a great trip and the ride home was just as nice. Nicky danced in the airport to Pour Some Sugar On Me and made everyone laugh. He is so charming! I loved this picture of Nicky on the plane with his Nemo.


I posted more pictures here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/victoriaabeling/sets/72157622718265601/with/4120757038/

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Catching snowflakes...

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