Getting out and growing up!

Well,
This weekend was a lot of fun. Jessica and I we to a corn hole tournament held by an ARMY buddy of mine. Yes I did come in second. My team was second out of 22 teams. Yeah me! But the thanks goes to Joan and Bill. They watched Roman on Saturday night while Jessica and I went out and while mom was tired Roman and her were both alive. I know he had a great time and mom said he was a good boy. Big thanks to those two for giving us that time.
Roman on Sunday morning did something I have been waiting for. He said his first sentence. It was breakfast time, sun shining through the windows and Jessica and Shamus still sleeping. I took Roman to the kitchen and asked him what he wanted for breakfast. Well he said “I want erios” he meant cheerios, but it was his first complete sentence. He meant what he said. No grunting for yes, and no screaming and pointing. He is learning more words and there uses.
Shamus is holding his head us for much longer periods and Roman is talking with regularity. So I would say the growing up has really started.

In the beginning...

Okay,
So this is something I have read about and something I have wanted to do for a while. I want to share with my family the daily life that Jessica and I share with our children. We are by no means a normal family and we enjoy that simple fact. With the amount and type of children we have there is never a dull nor repetitive minute.
To bring everyone up to speed, Jessica and I have been in our house for about 3 months now and we love it. It is in the city of Hamilton, and not to far from where I went to high school, Stephen T. Badin. Our oldest is Marissa is 5 and next is Roman and he has one month left till he is officially in “the terrible two’s” then comes our youngest and thankfully quietest.... for now Shamus.
Roman has taken to understand everything we say but only wanting to say “cookies” yes that and Kool-Aid seem to be what he wants most in this world besides going outside to play. Shamus just loves to eat and spit up. It seems to be an overwhelming display of how much he can eat and then the different ways it can come out.
We would like to let everyone know to save the date of Saturday August 25. Roman is turning 2 years old and we would like to invite you all to his B-day party at our house. Yes he is getting large and powerful. Over the weekend he knocked over Marissa and held her down. I guess he is just practicing for the NFL.
Our house is coming along fine; we want to ask for ideas for a deck/patio. I know those who have been to our house have heard of our plans to build a deck, but we want some ideas from those who have decks. I don’t pretend to be an expert and I wont assume what I want is the best for my house. Please if you have opinions or options let me know.
I hope to keep this blog updated with fun stories and information about the crazy never normal life of the Buckley’s. I hope you enjoy.