Tuesday we went to the In-n-Out Softball games. The last time we did this I was pregnant with Ben and it was one of the hottest summers ever and I was a little scared to brave this by myself with 4 children.They changed up the format of how they run the games now so it was so much more fun and less stressful. It is not really family friendly because they really are hard core softball players but we really had a good time. It was a double elimination so as soon as they lost twice they were done. Leo was a little late (sorry honey) and they lost the first game but the second they totally trampled them so

Our little In-n-Out cup!!





Hobie in Grandpa's hat.Thank goodness or else he would have been a lobster!!


Like his Mom and Dad!!





Hobie sits up all be himself!! What happened to my snuggly baby???





Yes...Dave is my other son!! We love SUPER DAVE!!

Abigail's favorite thing to get into is mommy's make up and actually uses it more than I do.I think she does an amazing job for only being 2!

You can't really see it but Abigail got a hold of a pair of scissors and attacked the dog. She actually cut his ear with really dull scissors...crazy girl!!

I love my happy chubby baby!!!

He reminds me of a Komoda Dragon in this picture.Hobie has the BEST smile!!

Dakota and Mrs. Carle

He loves his teacher and I think she is going to miss him.

Dakota, Adi, Mascee,Benjamin

The boys and their girls!!

There are no words!!

Still no words!!

I love my little girl!!
I love my family so very much and I am using that as an excuse as why I have not blogged. Or I could use the excuse that our computer died, which it did along with all my cute pictures of my family. I am sure we can rescue them and I will I am just to dumb to figure out how to get the hard drive out!!

Life has been fun and full and busy and full of laughs and some tears that are happy and some for some struggles! Everyone has them but for me they make me cry and that is who I am and I am done being ashamed...my eyes leak...a lot!!

My first born has now graduated from Kindergarten and I could not be more proud of him and the work that he has done. He is one of the younger kids in his class but he is a smart kid and learns fast. Just another thing that I can put on his list that makes him absolutely amazing! I love my Dakota and all of his many awesome things that he does.

Benjamin also graduated from preschool and I will post those pictures when I get them off the hard drive. He is my shy guy but I am so proud of the things that he has accomplished also. He is so good at learning and he is going into Kindergarten much better prepared than Dakota and i am so excited to watch him grow emotionally. I never worried about Dakota because he is so good with others but Benji is different and struggles more with that but I am excited to see what Kindergarten teaches him. He is a sweet kid and his preschool teacher loves him and the other day she spent the whole day with him making a frog book. I love that she took the time to get to get to know my son and his loves in life. I will miss seeing her everyday. He is doing the summer program and only has 2 weeks left and my eyes are starting to leak just thinking about not seeing her every day. Benjamin is an amazing kid.

Then there is Abigail. I could say that she is 2 and that is all because everyone knows how hard it is to be around a 2 year old. I love her so much and there are so many good things that I can say. She has a very strong willed personality and I know that is how she has to be. No one pushes her around and no one is going to walk on her. She will let you know if what you are doing is something that she approves of. She cannot say many words but her version of "stop it" is very clear and says it all day long. She is amazing at sign language and she amazes me with how fast she picks it up and learns new ones all the time. She got some books for her birthday and she knows how to sign most of the things in her book and we spend hours with her signing and learning all kinds of things and that is her favorite thing to do and we love watching her and communicating with her through sign. She is also our dancer! If there is music, she is dancing! There is no shyness there and she knows how to bust a move!! There is not a day that goes by that Leo and I don't say how much we love our little girl and how truly special she really is!!

Hobie is the best baby anyone could ever want!! He sleeps great and is happy when he is awake and eats when he is hungry with little complaint and I love the chubby thighs and the chubby cheeks that I kiss and he giggles!! He is almost crawling! He rocks back and forth and has almost figured it out. He is just too smart and wants to keep up with his siblings! I have loved every minute of this kid and it makes me want more but only if I could guarantee it would be a girl and be as good as Hobie! He loves the water and doesn't ever want to get out of it and loves his momma and he is just a fun baby!!

As for Leo and I, we are chugging along, working on our house still. We got the outside stuccoed and it makes it look so much better and I am so happy to not have to look at an ugly house! I love how hard working my husband is and I am grateful that he loves doing it. We also remodeled our bathroom and I love what he did with it. If you have ever used my bathroom you would only understand. We moved the toilet to the other side and it is so much better and I love that I can get to the tub to bathe my children. I love my handy husband!!

A huge chapter in my life is coming to an end or hopefully an end in August and I have my mixed feelings about it. I am having my hip replaced two days before school starts. This is a long time coming and I know that I should be so excited or so everyone tells me that I should be but I cannot help feeling scared and worried. I have been in pain for so long and I hope that the replacement will be everything that I hope for. I hate having expectations because I hate getting disappointed. Maybe with being down after surgery I will be able to blog more....you poor people that actually read my blog will have to put up with more of my ramblings...
Maybe I will get better at writing!!

So I figured out I really suck at blogging. Apparently I have other things going on...don't know what but oh well!!

As I was sitting at my computer reading everybody elses blogs and realizing that mine is horrible and I should jut delete all my annoying ramblings I looked down to see my sweet Abigail falling asleep. She loves anything that writes and anything that she is allowed to write on. I sat her on my lap as I read and noticed the pen was moving less and less and her head was moving further down until it hit the desk and she was out!!!

This is a new experience for me, not only having a daughter but having a child that just drops everything and falls alseep. My boys had to put in bed and they had to have nothing around them for them to stop and fall asleep. Not my girl...she drops and falls asleep anywhere and I love it. I love finding her in strange places asleep and all cozy. She always finds a spot that is cozy. We put her in a toddler bed and we are still adjusting to it but I never notice because she is a Daddy's girl and goes to his side (I love this!!!) and though he won't admit it, I think he secretly likes that she goes there but it does make for a tired Daddy sometimes but you would never know it. I have the best husband ever!!!

I have a long list of flaws and blogging is one of them, but the reason I am so bad is because of my other major flaws. I NEVER TAKE PICTURES!!!! I don't know if it is a lack of passion for photographing my children or if it is because I hate my camera and the pictures always stink when I do take them. Either way I am totally missing out on all the fun things that my kids do and their cute faces!!! It is like I need to hire a photographer to just follow my kids around because Mom is to lame to do it!!! It frustrates me that I have let so much time slip by me without pictures to prove we were even here!!! Maybe one of my kids will have a passion for it!!!

Hobie Mata'tahi Berejkoff

7 lbs. and 3 oz.

20 in. long






These pictures are backwards but oh well!!! The one on the top was taken yesterday and he is so stinking cute I cannot stand it. He is such a good baby and am loving getting to know the little guy! All three kids are doing so well adjusting to having him in our family and I love watching them with Hobie. Abigail is an excellent big sister and is such a big help already. The only thing she has a hard time with is when we change his diaper and we have to clean the belly button. She thinks it is so gross and she walks around saying ewwww for the next hour. She is so protective of him and watches out for him. As you can tell he has a HUGE mouth and knows how to use it. He is a ferocious eater and eats a lot fast. He is so cute and it makes me sad to think that he is my last. I am so grateful for all the help that I have trying to adjust to four kids. Although my kids do make it easy. I am so grateful to my mom and the unconditional love that she has for me and my husband and kids. It is comforting to know that she is only a phone call away and she always comes to my rescue as well as any of her other children. She truly is a dedicated mom and grandma and I hope that I am half the mom she is. She truly is the best!!

I have been blessed beyond words with my husband and children. Leo is the best husband anyone could ask for and I love watching him with our kids. He is an excellent dad and it is fun to watch him be one and i am so lucky I get to do it all with him and next to him. He helps so much when I am pregnant and wanting the baby out and when it comes to actually delivering I could not ask for a better partner. He has such a way of calming me down and reassuring me that I can do it and that I am tough and that I can do whatever I put my mind to. I have a pretty awesome team when it comes to doing all this and I am so grateful for everything that they do for me. I am so grateful Heavenly Father has entrusted these 4 wonderful spirits in my home for me to watch and look after and I hope I don't disappoint but I am so lucky to have them here and to be my children and a part of my life. My life is blessed and I am grateful!!!

I do not have any pictures of this so you just have to take my word for it but I have been craving sushi for like a week now and for anybody that knows me that is not me. I have not told Leo because he would totally run with it because for anybody knows Leo knows that he LOVES sushi. So tonight, I was so proud of myself for having the energy to clean my house and mopped the entire floor on my hands and knees that we would go out to get sushi.

Oh my goodness...it was soooo what I was craving. Sure it was only california roll and nothing really too risky but I have counted and Leo said he was proud of me at least 5 times!!! Leo ordered a dragon roll that had eel on the top, fully cooked eel. Benjamin ate a huge piece of it and we didn't even have to fight him. We have to fight him to eat macaroni and cheese!! Dakota had a peice too but he eats anything and is adventurous like his dad but Ben is like me and tried it. Abby chewed on it for a minute and then spit it out.

After I had one bite of california roll, the baby (still no name, this is so hard) kicked so hard and its still kicking. I think he is enjoying it as much as I did. Speaking of which, I am going to go finish the last three pieces of my california roll. Pregnancy is so WIERD!!!

The First Day of School

We started a new chapter in the Berejkoff files. The chapter of SCHOOL!!! The boys love it but i am still getting used to the idea of having two in school. Dakota loves Kindergarten and does everything he is asked, in fact he even got on the purple star which makes him a SUPER star!!! He came out of his classroom with his gold rimmed star shaped sunglasses and said he was a superstar!!! It was pretty cute and he even got to go to in-n-out to see daddy at work and get a milkshake!!! He was one excited little boy!!

Benjamin also started preschool with Teacher Liz. He was the one that I worried about when it comes to sharing and doing what he is asked and .... going potty!!! He is doing wonderful and he loves it. He clings to me so bad that I thought we would have problems but once again...he surprised me and has not cried once when I have left....I may have cried but he hasn't!!!

Abigail is doing great and doesn't really understand anything that is going on with the world around her except for the fact she has to get in her car seat way too much. She is using sign language more and more and learns a new sign almost every day. Her favorite sign is Ice Cream but that would be my favorite too!! She is a spitfire with such a little personality already and love every minute that I get to spend with her.

I love my kids and they surprise my everyday with all the cute things they do. I am excited to bring another crazy boy into the mix and see what happens when the baby girl is not the baby!!! She will LOVE having a baby in the house, I am jsut worried about a little TOO much love from the little mother that I think she will be.

We still do not have a name picked out for baby boy. Dakota wants to name him four since that is where he falls in line of the family. Leo's suggestin was Calvin Hobbes Berejkoff but I don't think I could ever say that with a straight face. We might have to wait until we see this sweet spirit before we can put a name to him.

A new chapter started in our lives and it is fun but at the same time I am wondering where the time has gone.