Nicki And Adam's Family Blog

This last month, Charlie has been Having a little extra help in his fine motor area of life. He can now successfully zip his coat independently and we are close to writing his name clearly. Oh so close. Below is a picture of Daddy,who came in to talk to 4 year olds about city planning, and they had to draw a picture of him. I looked at Charlie's on the wall and it was all scribbles. I was disappointed, so when we got home we had a second attempt and it went much better. Still needed to poke and prode him, but alas we drew a person and talked about detail!!!

Charlie has been patiently and progressively working on his fine motor skills. Look at the picture on the window. He drew that and I could not have been prouder. He is such a hard working and sweet boy. Mom is uber proud!!

Facebook has this most annoying setting ever, a bunch of pictures set to music to tell you "what a great year 2014" has been. Well, sorry facebook, but not in this girls life nor a few others I know. 2014 started out with my best friend Ann's brother passing away of Leukemia. He was young, and almost done with Medical school and newly married. He had so much to look forward to. And cancer took him too early. And on June 28th, I received heartbreaking news that my brother Russ had a heart attack and that most of his arteries were full of plague. Bypass surgery was imminent. During the course of the surgery, he had a stroke. This affected parts of his speech and left arm and hand movements. It was so scary. His wife, Laurie help heal him back to a wonderful life! I think this left everyone shaking in their boots. We all new that all 6 of us couldn't be immune to Dad's lovely genetics.  Then I got pregnant. Good news, yes? Well, yes...but not when you feel as though ...

We had a nice Christmas this year, but after lots and lots of celebrating all within 24 hours, we have decided that we will have to change up in the future. I was personally exhausted by noon on Christmas Day and our children were on verges of meltdowns all the time...and then the major meltdowns occured upon arrival back to Verona!! But, we did have fun and lots of presents and visiting (not that we got much of a chance to talk to others), and we were relatively healthy, so what more can you ask for?  Thanks to everyone who hosted!! Enjoy some pics!!

Carrie had a great 2nd birthday. In fact, it was so wonderful that I want it to become tradition. We picked up the tree the night before and decorated it with BOTH sets of grandparents at our house while Adam and I made supper for everyone. Charlie was intensely focused on Hanging ornaments and Carrie did an alright job as well. Here are a few stats for Carrie Weight: 23.5lbs  height ?? Gross motor She can jump with two feet off the ground, run like a toddler, do a forward somersault, walk backwards, and has started riding a balance bike. She goes slow, but holds it up extremely well.  Fine Motor Carrie loves coloring and holds a crayon well, she feeds herself 100 percent independently, in fact, she refuses to be red at all. She can buckle her booster seat at the dinner table. She threads beads very well. Language Excellent. She constantly puts many words together. Her favorite is "Where'd Dada go?" Or any other person. She puts two ideas together all the time like "...

Some may have heard about the West Bend incident the other day. I have mixed feelings about this, but after is listening to an interesting podcast on This American Life, I discovered another side. To discipline is to learn obey the rules. Adam and I have a strong sense of discipline in our family unit. A lot has come from our parents, no doubt, but a lot has come out of what we sense as "worry" and This American Life also pointed to as worry (a teacher in a very strict school used it). My children, will never understand the worry we have for them until they have children themselves, but everything we discipline on is because we see "messed up" kids all over and we know what happens come age 18 (if not before) and that worry drives us to discipline them to: listen to adults, follow household rules, go to bed when told clean up, listen to your teacher, etc... And the reason why...well, Adam and I did everything "right" so to say (in American values). We gra...

It does not make sense In terms of dollars and "cents" But in our little fort Our dinner table was just one person short With bills to pay And a minivan on the way We figured the Sayre's  Needed just one more player To the Wanta's, this makes number fifteen Enough to make up a very large team To the Sayre's this makes number five  Enough to make a basketball team jive Whatever the reason, life is too short To dwell on the "how will we make this work?" Because love in our house is growing so strong We could never let this go wrong God put each of us on this earth for a reason He even let my mom birth me in an ungodly season So welcome this little one to add to the tally As on April 29th, 2015, we welcome the..... GRAND FINALE!!