Cute and Cuddly

Need I say more?

Easter Egg Hunt

Sorry for the grainy-ness of the pictures. I had the camera in "action" mode because the girls were moving so fast looking for the eggs. Makes for grainy pictures apparently though...

Easter Outfits

Grandma was nice enough to buy easter outfits for the kids. And, Nana got the girls some cute shoes, so we were totally covered. The pictures aren't the greatest, because I still have to figure out how to get 3 kids to smile at the same time.




My 2 favorite guys :)

A few more Pictures

Kari the Ham.


A few pictures of on the swing with mommy and Dylan.



Aw, Mom.....


Dylan on the porch swing, as a burrito.




Shading her eyes from the sun, even though it was coming from the wrong direction :)


One of my favs... She had this real thing with sticks while we were there. We tried to tell her not to run with them, but you can tell that worked really well. In this picture, not only is she running, but both feet are off the ground at the same time :)


Remember the stick thing? Well, again, we tried to get her to not run with the stick... Didn't work so well, so I decided to try to take them away.


Cute kid, was so sad, she hugged the one she had left.


After effects.


Through the porch.

Pictures of Pa :)

A great picture of Pa holding Dylan. I wish it wasn't so dark.


Kaitlyn missed her nap on the way down, and went out to play right after we got there. We came in to make dinner, and she crawled up into his lap and promptly fell asleep. Cute kid. :) I wish I could say she was in a good mood when she woke up...

Cute girls

We went to Pa's for a day and I didn't have the camera for once. Here are a couple of pictures of the girls together. Several more to follow.

The girls in the car ready to go for the trip.


Drawing in the dirt road.


Riding on the tire swing :)

My New Bed

Hubby spent part of the weekend building me a new platform bed. (Or, as my Sister in Law said, an IKEA bed). It is designed and built by the hubby to match the headboard we bought soon after we were married. It needs to be stained and have the panels put on, so we can hide the stuff we are putting under the bed. But, not looking too bad, right?

Loving Armpits?!?!

I told you he is Mr. Mellow... As proof, my wonderful Sister in Law and I are hanging out, playing on our respective computers after putting the girls to bed. Dylan wanted to be held, so I tried to let him get comfortable. It seemed to take a minute or two tonight, but he finally settled into my armpit... I guess I should take that as a compliment, right?!?!

They call me Mr. Mellow

{sung to the tune of Mellow Yellow}


So, I love that he is such a fabulous baby! The girls love to hold him; they fight over whose turn it is. And he is usually pretty accommodating.


He can fall asleep by himself, if I let him. But since he is a cuddler, I like to cuddle with him until he falls asleep (a decision I may live to regret later, but for now, who cares, right?!?). He does this cute (what I call) dinosaur cry sometimes after he has kinda cried out... It sounds to me like a velocaraptor sound. Love it. He hates to be naked... Makes diaper changes a little tough, but he survives :) I love when he really settles in to nurse: he pulls in his arms and legs and gets tiny and comfortable. Here is a cute picture of his feet when he is nursing.

And speaking of nursing, he is a total male. When he is done, he is not just a cute baby burper- he is a total belcher... His Auntie Thompson would be so proud :)

And he was so awake and alert today (I had to actually put him down for a minute) so we broke out the camera. A couple are "deer in the headlights" but at least his eyes are open.


He looks like he is about to talk to you.


This is a total "Well..." picture :)


Yawning... (Dimple)

A trick I learned

I guess I picked it up with Kari. I was working 2nd shift when I was pregnant with Kaitlyn, and I needed my naps. Sometimes, Kari would wake up earlier than I wanted her to. If I brought her into my bed, she would sleep longer. But she is such a squirmer (ask Grandma) that I wouldn't sleep very well. So, I ended up leaving her in my bed with my pillow and I would go on the couch or something. Well, I transplanted the idea one day when I wanted to stay in my bed, and just let her have my pillow. It was like magic. :) I am sure it works with a shirt, or anything else that smells like mommy, but for us, my pillow seems to work best. So, here is a picture of my little-ist one, who fell asleep all by himself. And yes, that is my pillow :)