Annabelle's new trick

Life is great! The video is fuzzy but you can tell who is who and what is going on.

Annabelle is 1!!!!

Annabelle turned 1 on Mother's Day, although we had her party on Saturday so we could spend it with our friends and family. She is such a sweet and loveable little girl and we are so blessed to have her part of our family!!!

We colored Easter Eggs with Mom and Minty, Sabastian was having a good time, he started out using the spoons and then got sick of using them and started using his hands. His hands were stained for 3 days. On Easter weekend we moved into a 2 bedroom 2 bath duplex just up the road from our old apartment. It has a great layout and a big backyard, we are definetly enjoying it. Sabastian and Trinadee go out as often as they can and Annabelle is just as eager to make it outside. I got hired on with the school district as a helper/server at Marcus Whitman, so basically.....yeah I'm lunchlady and it's actually fun, 2.5 hours a day and it's about 5 minutes away from our house. Troy's latest poem

State of Mind

The only way to get around negativity,

Is making sure you dominate intellecutally,

don't allow the nay sayers to wreck your dreams,

Stay true to yourself and let friends and family be your team,

Whether you can or whether you can't your right,

you better not go down without a fight,

understand, that your kidding yourself if you want no drama,

living in the world that we live in, you better hug your mama,

Teach yourself the art of self discipline,

take responsibility, don't make the same mistake again,

let's teach our kids to speak without garbage,

Get them to understand, that their brain needs knowledge,

being positive is a state of mind,

knowing that we are running out of time,

it's to easy to be angry, it's hard to be happy,

i want my kids to be able to hang with me,

Negativity will always be there,

getting surrounded by positivity, is what we need here.

Troy is now 30 years old! I planned a fun surprise party at mom's last weekend, we all had a good time. At one point we had 7 kids , 3 years and under there. It was GREAT having all the babies visiting I loved it!!! So anyways, Troy got a "Limited Edition" Ray Lewis jersey, Ray Lewis is from the Ravens, Troy's second favorite team. Mom and I decorated the cake, Sabastian, Mom and Minty actually dipped the letters in frosting the night before, and it turned out really neat. There's a picture of the cake down below.

With Troy's schedule at pizza hut and then mine doing errands with the kids and working at Marcus Whitman (which I actually got hired on as a permanent employee last Wed!) it was super hectic with only one car, so we were able to get our 2nd car about 3 weeks ago. A Black Dodge Neon 2004, Sabastian really enjoys having a "Charlton Car" and a "Charlton Van." Annabelle is crawling and getting into everything, and she has to put EVERYTHING in her mouth!!!! Good times here at the Charlton Home!!!

Here we are in March now. Sabastian is so much fun and we are loving the conversations we are having with him. We talk about everything, and he is quoting the movie Madagascar 2. I think both Troy and I are too, we watch it ALOT. Annabelle has started crawling, she isn't into everything yet but i am sure she will get there soon. She is giving kisses and likes to wave bye bye. The other day while I was feeding Annabelle, Sabastian decided he wanted to feed his doll Jody, see below, it's a great picture! Troy has been writing some great poems, I will have him choose one to post. Troy will be 30 soon, March 16!!!!

So I know it's been over a month, dang it. I will work on updating this more. It was Gina's birthday on Saturday, she is now 24. We had dinner, a yummy cake mom made and mario cart over at mom's house. Sabastian got a marshmellow gun for christmas (thank you cousin Charity) so we were all taking turns with that. We all had a good time!!! Sabastian is in Sunbeams at church, he is always so excited to go to church which really helps me get up and go on Sunday's. He has so much energy, I love it when we are able to go out for a walk when I get home from work. Annabelle is doing so many things now, I love watching her learn and grow. She wants to get up and go so badly with Sabastian, i think it's that she wants to get up and run after him when he does his drive by knock her down bits. She has a beautiful laugh and a huge smile. She loves to eat!