My daughter

My daughter . . . she's full of personality with a capital "P"! She'll come around the corner with something on her head and just start dancing away. Luckily I've had the camera ready a few times. Little Miss Ham it Up!

The "B" Ranch

This past weekend the kiddos and I went to my parents land out in the country to see the progress on their barn. They have the barn built and a small "apartment" in it. We call the apartment "The bunkhouse". My parents are eventually going to live out here full time once they build their house in the next couple of years. This was the first time I had seen the barn, bunkhouse and new pier. It was really amazing! My dad loved having the kiddos there while he fed the fish in the (seriously low) lake that is right by the barn.



He also has bought them a little bench that is perfect for them. They seems to know it was theirs and spent alot of time climbing and sitting on it.



The best part of the morning was when the kids went with Nana and Grandpa on the 4 wheeler. They went super slow and then kids loved it and had huge smiles on their faces!



Later that afternoon we went to my grandparent's house in the small town that is nearby. GG had a lot toys for them to play with on the patio and made us a fabulous ham dinner that the twins totally loved!

Here's my "arty-ist" shot playing with aperture trying to make the background a little blurry - totally need a new lens to make it better!

My poor baby

Look what his sister did to him . . .totally kidding. My poor baby Pete. We were having so much fun on Friday afternoon playing in the living room when we heard a blood curdling scream from behind the couch. He had pulled over a wine cabinet on top of himself. Unfortunately, the wine cabinet has a piece of thick marble on top of it. When I ran over to him, the wine cabinet was on top of Pete with the piece of marble in his mouth. Needless to say, he and his daddy spent a few hours in the emergency room while I was at the house with the girls, worried to death.

He is fine, other than the fact that he may loose his tooth. The ER doctor said that we just have to wait and see what is going to happen. We are doing everything to give him soft food and such to get it to reattach. The worst part is he can't have a paci because we don't want it to jiggle that tooth free. So, poor boy has gone cold turkey with the paci's. I tried to keep Miss Avery paci free also to make it fair . . .but she just CAN'T!!! So, Pete's been doing really well, and Avery has only been getting her paci at bed and nap.


Swollen, bumped and bruised . . . isn't he still gorgeous? I think he might just have the most beautiful eyes I've ever seen. He is going to drive the girls crazy some day . . .

Zoo

Today was our first trip to the zoo! I kept singing the Raffi song "Going to the Zooooo, Zooo, Zooo, How 'bout you, you, you!! Funny thing is, though, the kiddos enjoyed the "tame" animals even better than the caged ones! They loved the birds, and we even saw a bunny hoping through some bushes! If you live in this area you know how beautiful the weather has been for the past few days, so we figured we would take advantage of it. Pete took off work and we headed out early. I really thought it wouldn't be that crowded but I guess it's always crowded! I can't even imagine what it would have been like on the weekend.




The children's zoo area was really the best for our age kids. They have a little petting zoo with goats that were just laying around. In that area you can get a little closer to the llamas and the cows, so the kids liked that. The other "big" attractions were a bit lost on our kiddos. They of course liked the elephant and the giraffes, but the others were a little harder for them to see.




We walked around the park a little bit afterwards. Something I figured out on this trip is that it is going to be a LONG time before I attempt an outing like this on my own.

One of the things I love about him

My husband . . . he's a pretty smart guy. I gave him a request and he was eager to help me out. When you first see this stroller you think "Oh how cute, two little ones!" but little do you realize there is another cutie hiding out in the back!




I have been trying to find a triple stroller but have been frustrated with how extremely expensive they are. So we put our heads together and came up with this. It of course will only last for a few more months, but it makes me alot more mobile to be able to go around my neighborhood. We took it to the zoo with us today, but I don't think that I will be able to move it in and out of the car myself, as it is a little big, bulky and heavy (the only drawback!)

Let's go fly a kite

A perfect day for some kite flying fun. . . We thought they would really love it since they love birds. I guess you would say they liked it, but not overly impressed. Avery just wanted to hold it and then watch me run after it.



Whew! Kite flyin' is tough work!

2 Months

Hailey is now 12 lbs. and 4 oz and 22 inches long. She is growing like a weed everyday. Avery and Pete love her so much and are often more interested in seeing her than seeing me! Whenever I pick them up from MDO or a nap, they always look for Hailey and call out "Ba-bee"!



She is sleeping through the night and smiling. The crying colic is going much better - but she still has her spells. We're trying a couple of different things, but the peditrician said that this might just be her way. Maybe she figures it is the only way to get some attention in this house!

And yes, this post time is correct - 4:30 . . . insomnia again, unfortunately.

Preview of my mother's day gift

My new camera (my gift for the rest of the holidays of my life (hee hee) . . . yippee!! More pics to come soon once I figure out what I'm doing with it! Can you tell what I did for my MDO today?

Our "beach"

We loved our old neighborhood, but one of the things we always missed was that we didn't have any amenities, like a pool or playground. So when we moved that was at the top of our list . . . and we really lucked out. Our neighborhood pool just opened and it is more like resort than a regular pool. We took the kids this past weekend. They didn't really get in too far because it was still a little chilly. I didn't get too far in either! And yes, six weeks after giving birth I poured myself into a swimsuit. I won't say I was too happy about it, but did I ever need some sun!


I love these pictures of my babies! They look like such little toddlers . . . not babies anymore!

He loves those Cheerios . . .

I guess he was hungry.

Not exactly sure why he chose to lay on them . . .

This is what I found I came back into the playroom after changing one of a million diapers I change every day AFTER chasing my oldest daughter around, because she keeps tearing off her diaper and running around naked. I didn't get that on video though . . .