Napping Buddies

Mav, Mom and My Mouth

These were taken while we were working on Maverick's mouth exercises (speech therapy). He is just so darn cute!

 

 

Glasses and the Pink Blanket!

 

 

 

 

Rub-A-Dub-Dub 5 Babes in the Tub

Reid (almost 4), Baron (3), Elliott (23 months), Maverick (23 months) and Reece (21 months).

We had dinner with our good friend the Neuschwanders on Friday and this is how we wrapped up the evening.  Thanks for having us out Nate and Nicole!

Mav Had Surgery.....

and he is one tough cookie! Maverick had surgery about a week & a half ago and he is doing great. The surgery lasted about 2 hours and we went home same day. He went into surgery well, even letting me hand him off before the operating room with no fussing but I am sure the anti-anxiety/relaxation meds they gave him before helped. We got to go into recovery as soon as he started waking up and he wasn't very happy. He was not pleased with the IV still being in  his hand and was trying to pull it out. He made quite the spectacle for about 30 minutes until he actually ruined the IV and they just removed it. After that he calmed down, we got discharged and he slept the whole ride home. He is recovering nicely and if you didn't see the incisions, you wouldn't know he ever had surgery. What a trooper!

Right after the removal of the dreaded IV ~ much happier & sleepy boy!                

Oh The Things Elliott Says

Yesterday my daughter said two different things that completely cracked me up and I just have to share.

 

She is turning into an early riser and wakes up anywhere from 6:30-7:00 am every morning. She is extremely fairly loud when she is wailing/calling for mommy in an otherwise quiet house so if I don't get her up quickly, she will wake the boys. We are quickly falling into a routine where I bring her to bed with me, we watch news for about 15 minutes and then I turn on Mickey Mouse for her to watch while I shower. She is really good about just sitting on the bed and watching her show (although I do shut the door to the rest of the house) but I leave the bathroom door unlatched because she likes to come in and "check" on me.  Yesterday I asked if she was ready for Mickey and she turns to me, tells me "shower" and turned back to her show. I was a bit taken back at the way she said shower (like in a go take a shower and leave me alone kind of way) and so I asked her if she just told me to go take a shower to which she replied "shower" again in a totally like duh tone. I chuckled all the way to the bathroom!

 

Next funny thing was a little later in the morning and she was....surprise, surprise.....running around in just her diaper. I told her we needed to go pick out an outfit to which she vigorously shook her head no and replied "naked, naked, naked" in a raspy, growl kind of voice.

 

Where does she come up with these things?!? She certainly has loads of personality and it's one of the many things I completely love about her!

 

I don't remember the exact circumstances of this photo but she is probably upset because she has to have clothes on ;)

 

 

Blueberry Saturday

Saturday we loaded the kids & dog up and headed to a local nursery with the intent to buy berry bushes. Leaving the house it was decent weather, cloudy but dry. By the time we arrived at our outdoor destination it was pouring buckets and we had a sleeping toddler (which never happens anymore). Great timing, right?? So we sat in the car for awhile trying to wait out the wall of water that seems to be falling. When it became more of a drizzle, Grant and Baron ventured out while I waited with Maverick for the sleeping princess to awake. Mav "drove" while I sat back and took adorable videos/pictures (trust me it never gets old). He was especially mesmerized when it began to hail and I was just hoping Baron and Grant were under cover.....sheesh!

 

About the time it stopped raining and Maverick's patience wore thin, Elliott awoke and we were ready to go. So I loaded the twins into the double stroller (after almost being charged by a killdeer - apparently we had parked near her nest & if you didn't know, I have a slight fear of birds) and headed out to find the big guys who had been shopping for about 45 minutes at this point. We found them at the check out and I was slightly surprised to see how grown up Baron looked from a distance. He was wearing Grants beanie and with his jeans/sweatshirt combo pulling a cart, he looked much older than 3. He had fallen down at some point and was a little muddy but I just chalked that up to raising a boy and secretly it made my heart happy :) Dad and his helper picked out 7 blueberry bushes, a gooseberry bush, a granny smith apple tree, a hybrid apple tree and a hybrid pear tree. If all goes well, we should get some fresh fruit in another year or so and we are looking forward to it.

 

I do have to say that Baron may be overly enthusiastic about "digging the blueberries" as he calls it because I catch him outside with his Baron-sized hand shovel all the time digging around the blueberry plants. When I told him no for what felt like the 75th time yesterday, he responded with "Mom, I'm finding hidden treasure".  This kid is completely awesome. Dig on buddy, Dig on!.....just not in the blueberries.

 

Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of Baron and Grant. Something about the rain and not wanting to say cheese, etc. ;)

 

Sleeping Baby Faces.....

get me every time. There is just something about a sleeping child that is so soothing and comforting. Maybe it's the sound of their little breath or the total peacefulness they exude. Whatever it is, I love it. 

 

Sleep on sweet babes of mine!

 

 

 

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to all! We had another beautiful day, spent time hunting eggs at home, a visit from "Honey" and had Easter dinner at my parents. The kids loved all the activities of the day!

Coloring Eggs

Baron coloring eggs with Grant....I think he was a little excited!