Sweet Boy

I can't believe it's already been a year that I had to kiss this sweet boy goodbye. Oh, how I miss him. I just wish he could have been around to love on all the babies...I know he would have LOVED them. We LOVE and MISS you bunches Dude!!!

First of MANY Play Dates

Brooks and Burkley hosted their first play date today. It was a HUGE success and everyone seemed to have a great time. Thanks to all of the mommy's for taking the time to bring your little one's over to play with my little one's. When and where's the next one?!?!

The invite!!

Watching cartoons with daddy after breakfast.
They LOVE Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Agent Oso
(and they LOVE when mommy sings and dances to all of the songs)

She's ready for all of the "stinky" boys to come to her party!

Sporting his FIRST Quicksilver shirt that Poppy bought him...too cute!

The only picture I took while Kyla was there...she wouldn't sit still long enough for me to get one of her precious little face. Sweet baby girl is going to turn one on Sunday. Where on earth has this past year gone? I love this little "thing" so much!!

2 IVF miracles...born 10 days apart

L to R

Kelly and Anthony, Stephanie and Elliott, Tarah, Jacob, Colton, and Luke

Elliott, Burkley, and Brooks taking a cat nap!

Hosting a play date will wear a guy out!

She's holding the stinky boys down!

Brooks, Burkley, and Elliott

Brooks and Elliott

***I just realized that I don't have a picture with sweet baby Justin (Jacob's little brother), so I will need to sift through the pictures on my camera and see if I have one and update it later***

Thanks again Tarah, Luke, Baby Hudson, Marissa, Jacob, Justin, Kelly, Anthony, Stephanie, Elliott, Grammy, Kyla, Nana, and Colton for coming to our first of many play dates!!!!

Strollin' with my Babies

Cory and I decided to take Brooks, Burkley, and Holly for a walk around the neighborhood this evening. And...B&B rode in their stroller for the first time without their infant seats! YEAH! As a new mommy, this is just another one of those "milestones" that makes me happy and sad at the same time. I was hesitant at first, but they did great...and they LOVED the nice breeze that was blowing and enjoyed being able to look around and see things. Evening walks just may be a ritual from now on...the pictures below may explain!!!

One trip around Royal Estates will wear two little ones out!

He held these rings the entire walk...guess he didn't want his sister to take them AGAIN!

Sister and her baby doll!

This picture has nothing to do with our walk, but I wanted to share it. These new garage decorations contain 5 1/2 years of teaching materials. I did some major decision making during my last week of teaching and these tubs have all of the important things that I wanted to keep (most of these tubs are filled with books for Brooks and Burkley and my files). Not bad, huh? I still have some stuff left in my classroom that I didn't want to get rid of, but I'm letting Lisa, my intern who got my position, use it.

***Stay tuned...Brooks and Burkley are hosting their first play date tomorrow***

24 Weeks

B&B turned 24 weeks old today! These two little ones are growing up way toooooo fast for me. This stage that they are in right now is so fun...they are keeping me pretty busy (and sometimes tired), but I'm having a BLAST and wouldn't change it for the world. They were definitely worth the wait!!! Here's a few pictures I snapped of them tonight before dinner. We have good eaters so far...they love sweet green peas, sweet potatoes, roasted butternut squash, sweet baby carrots, and they even had roasted apples this morning for the first time!

His mouth is watering for some yummy cereal and sweet green peas!

Trying to get that bib on so he can EAT!

Little Missy has discovered her tongue!

And this is how she is most of the day (when she not squealing or squirming all around on the play mat)!

Blowing bubbles...and cereal...and sweet green peas at mommy

(I tried getting her to do this ALL day today...and guess when she finally decided to do it...or when she finally learned how to do it)!!!

Stay tuned for more pictures. I'm officially a SAHM now, so I'm hoping to be better at posting updates!

Sweet Ride

I rarely do things like this, but I can't pass this opportunity up! Madsen Cycles is having a great contest (that will end on July 15th) and I hope I'm one of the two lucky winners of this sweet ride. Isn't it cute and can't you picture me strolling Brooks and Burkley around the neighborhood in this? So...click on the "Madesn" button I have on the left side bar and help me win this SWEET RIDE!!! Oh, and if you want the same opportunity, feel free to grab their button and send traffic their way!!! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!!

http://www.madsencycles.com/contest/