E's First Solid Food

E is amazing. She can sit up just fine in her highchair and she's been so interested in everyone's food and looking so sad that she didn't have any, that I could no longer resist that sweet little girl. So I ground up some corn and gave it to her. She was thrilled. Her brothers were thrilled. They kept dancing around her asking "Does E have teeth now????" Ever since I've had to keep an eye on them at the dinner table because they keep sneaking over to their baby sister to give her "tastes" of their food.

Sleeping Angels

Mother's Day

I loved my Mother's Day bouquette. It had lillies and they are my absolute favorite. They were the main flower in my wedding bouquette. Nat gave me a lovely day, let me sleep in and made all three meals. B sang in sacrament meeting with the primary kids and was so darling. He stood right up front and very loudly sang with a big smile on his face then came running down the aisle "Mother we sang that for you because we love you!" He melted my heart. I love being a mom. I love all three of my beautiful kids and their sweet daddy. Lucky, lucky me.

At the Beach

The kids and I were invited to go to the beach with a friend and her family. We were so excited. It was our first time going to a beach in the Pacific northwest. We're used to the beaches on the east coast, so I was a little surprised when I was told to make sure the kids were in swimming suits and SWEATERS under their raincoats! We had a great time with everyone. The kids loved having a day out of the house with other kids. The beach was rocky and windy but there were star fish and big crabs everywhere! I only remember seeing jelly fish in Virginia, so that was a really fun change. Poor S slipped and cut up his poor bare legs on the coral. He was pretty sad and cold after that. Poor sweet boy. I think I got some great pictures. As you can see, I couldn't narrow it down to just a few! =) I do wish there were a few pictures of E and me too, but my friend hasn't sent me her pictures yet.

Four Months

Just look at this beautiful, blue-eyed baby girl. Yep, she's four months old already and just as cute as a button. She went to the doctor today (ear infection, poor baby) and she weighs 15 lb. 9 oz. and is 24 and 1/2 inches long! She is such a happy little girl, and quite the talker. E has a lot to say. She is interested in everything. She still sleeps a lot but when she's awake she doesn't miss a thing. She loves to be where ever her brothers and her papa are. E wants desperately to be able to sit up and spends a lot of time in a crunched up little sit up trying to sit herself all the way up. She is too cute! She's still our happy little princess, always smiling and cooing. E has started on solid foods. She was just way too interested in what everyone else was eating at the dinner table to be left out. She does great. She particularly likes corn and chocolate. We love this little doll! B always calls her "Honey Pie" and S calls her "My Cutie."

Sweet Shots

Our Littlest Guy

This kid is too cute for words and he loves getting his picture taken. Good thing too because I love taking his picture! His big brother won't let me take pictures of him lately so for now we've got plenty of pictures of our darling littlest guy.

It's Raining, Can We Use Our Squirt Guns?

I love these little guys so much. They seriously crack me up. The boys got squirt guns in their Easter baskets, but the weather's been cold and rainy. They didn't care a bit. They dressed up in their rain coats and rain boots and went out FOREVER! In fact, we had a sunny day and I asked them if they wanted to go out and got a "No. It's not raining today." The next day it was raining (as usual) and B comes running up to me all excited, "Mom! It's raining! Can we use our squirt guns today???" I'm glad they've found a way to enjoy the rain!

Great Expressions!

E is very good at expressing herself with her face. Here are a few great shots:

Bunk Beds

The boys got a bun bed a while back, but we were a little nervous about letting B sleep on top so for a while we had his mattress on the floor. However; when our little acrobats starting closing their bedroom door and climbing on top of the mattressless bunk bed we decided it was time to put the mattress on top and let B sleep in his bed. This is is first night in the top bunk. Both boys were quite pleased. And they've been so good about keeping their room clean! I'm so proud of them.

Easter

Easter was nice, and we must have dyed eggs at least three different times.

Silly S

S is such a silly kid! We were playing "peek-a-boo" and I guess he thought it sounded like "Tinkerbell" because he suddenly started giggling like crazy, hid his face, then popped up still giggling but saying "Tinkerbell!" everytime he uncovered his face instead of "peek-a-boo!"

He also thinks it's quite hilarious to call the movie "The Fox & the Hound" "The Sandbucket and the Hound." Where he comes up with these things I really don't know, but he's a funny, silly little man and we love him to pieces.

Movie 3

I tried to upload all of these videos in one post and for some reason it didn't work, so there are 3 movies and then there are pictures below the movies.

Movie 2

Movie 1

Flashback

B & Grandpa at 3 months old

B & Grandpa snuggling again, this time at 3 years old

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