April

4-21 The kids get so excited when daddy gets home at night. Half the time they are already in bed. When Calla hears the garage door open, she gets super excited, smiles and starts breathing really fast, similar to a dog really. She runs to the door all bouncy, so sweet!

4-18 When the twins were born, we received some hand me downs from the Bowling's. The vest and boots. Now we are not really cowboy type people so I really had forgotten about them until now, but man did we time it right. They both fit and fit perfect. We added the cowboy hat, which is mine and the bouncy horse fit right in. He seemed to really like being a cowboy for the afternoon.

4-18 On my birthday we had friends over. Thankfully they came to our house to celebrate, making it sooooo much easier on us. (Thank you everyone who came!) It was so much fun to get the kids together. Hannah, Carter, and Calla were looking out the back door. I think that Hannah might have a little crush on Carter. :-)

4-18 Hayden meeting Cedar. Hayden is so good with babies. He has had lots of practice with his own baby brother, Blake. Cedar had a good time getting to know everyone. (so, if you look to the left in the picture..... I promise that is not a bottle nipple on a bud light! The bottle is sitting behind the beer. I just noticed that! Hehehe!)

4-18 Hayden ran in the door and went right to the twins room to play with Carter. He sat down and was going to read him a book. Funny thing is that I think that Carter was actually more attentive for this story than he is for daddy and me.

4-18 Oh yes, another year older. Thanks Holly for the great cake (my favorite)! And Thanks Katy for the flowers!

4-16 Cedar loves his monkey. He fell asleep in the swing and when I went back to check on him the monkey was closer to him and Cedar had his hand on the monkeys hand, so cute!!

4-14 Cedar and I went to meet our newest friend Turner on this day. They are six weeks apart. Here Turner is two weeks and Cedar is 8 weeks. He looks like a giant baby in comparison. Welcome to the world Turner, hopefully we will all be great friends!

4-11 The boys have a few matching outfits. I had to get a picture! Now without help, it is SUPER hard to get a picture of a 7 week old and a 16 month old and it be good. This is the best out of several. Carter had also just been outside so he was all sweaty. He loves his brother!

Maw-Maws camera

Here are a few cute pictures that were on my moms camera. She watches my kids (thank god for grandma!) a couple of days a week while I work. They all have so much fun!

5-15 - The kids have a ball pit but hey why stop there? They love to play with the balls. Carter of course now likes to throw them. I am glad that he has new skills but some are not my favorite and throwing things is one on the "not favorite" list. Sad thing is that it is on his "favorite" list right now. This too, shall pass! Carter helped fill the bucket with balls on top of Calla, this was super fun!
5-2 Went to my granddads to introduce him to Cedar. The twins had so much fun. It was a huge challenge for the adults involved due to the house not being child proof. My granddad is awesome and I am so glad that my children are getting to know him!

5-17 Our riding toys! The twins still have not figured out how to go forward, only backwards. I think it is coming soon for Calla and I dont think that Carter really cares. He is more excited to push the buttons to make the noises.

April Photo Shoot

On April 6th, we were very brave and took all three kids to get pictures taken. Let me tell you, I will be calling Brandi next time to do it at the house! They are so timid sometimes. Carter cried, Calla looked terrified, and Cedar actually did very well until the end when he got hungry. Cedar was 6 weeks old and the twins were just over 15 months old in these pictures.

April

4-8 - Calla and baby Cedar in the kitchen. She has to check on him frequently if he is where she can get to him.

4-5- The twins and their Easter ears. They look at each other and laugh.

4-1-10- Cedar and his special friend the sock monkey. Other than the secret mommy smiles he gave, the sock monkey might have gotten the first real smiles.
3-31-10- Loving his stretch out time. He only gets to do this out in the open when the twins are asleep. Otherwise it might be two big kids stretched out on top of him giggling. Dog pile on Cedar.

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He is so good at holding up his head. He is still on occasion floppy but doing so well! I cant believe how big he is getting!

3-31-10 We can mark this as Carter's first major boo-boo. It doesn't matter that I have been a nurse for 5 years now and seen much much worse. When I saw this knot on his head, everything that I know went out the door. I was ready to call 911! My baby's head was going to explode. He was sitting in his rocker where he sits every night to drink his milk before bed. He leaned forward and hit his head on the corner of the drawer under the crib. Anyone reading this who is looking to buy a crib (don't get one with a drawer, way more trouble than it is worth for storage), I think that I have said that before but look at his head! I mean it! Anyway of course he was fine and more interested in sucking on the teether that I tried to use as an ice pack. He even smiled a little for the camera. I did keep him up a while to keep an eye on him.


4-5-10 This video is too funny! The twins had just eaten breakfast and were still in their jammies. I was cleaning up and heard the laughter. I was sneaky and got this video without them knowing it so sorry the highchair is in the way for part of it. They love to play peek a boo, with anyone and everyone! Hope you also get a laugh!