May Pictures 3

These first pictures are from after Nathan's graduation program (May 26th). The first one is his teacher, Mrs. Jackson. The others are kids from his class.





Caroline has been wanting a haircut. On May 29th we finally cut it. We cut 5 or 6 inches off. She still would have liked it to be shorter, but Mommy and Daddy weren't going there. :)

May Pictures 2

Didn't I tell you she had style? :)


We got out the castle for the kids to play in. Sara enjoyed it. Unfortunately, we still haven't found the holes.


Remember those pictures of the dirty kids? Here's another one. Notice that Caroline is wearing a skirt and her sparkly "dancing" shoes.


Sara wasn't outside as long, but she did have fun in the sandbox.


You either have to laugh or be very afraid!


Sara has been having breathing treatments for a while now. I thought it would be good to include a picture.


Finally...a picture of all three of them looking pleasant...and looking at me. Unfortunately, it was dark because of being in the shade. I'm still working on making it look right.

May Pictures 1

Sara wants to play with the dishes when I'm loading or unloading the dishwasher. When I load the dishwasher now, I put her to work. She is pretty good at putting the silverware in the basket.


We went on a walk one afternoon and everyone got hot and sweaty. When we got back we broke out the sprinkler.


Like her brother and sister before her, Sara likes to eat lemons. Yes, even though she makes this face, she asks for them again.


Before she started walking on her own (and after), one of Sara's favorite walkers was the trash can. I took it away from her so many times that I knew that I had to have a picture to remember it.


On Mother's Day, we took a picture of the kids and their cousins. Just try getting five kids to all look the same direction at the same time...much less look pleasant. This picture is has one of the kids photoshopped in.


We were also trying to get a picture of the girls in their matching white outfits.


And here's a picture that represents reality. :) Yep. Reality.

April Videos

This video is from the week that Sara decided to start walking on her own.



And here's one from the same day of Nathan singing his new favorite song - The Lily of the Valley.



Nathan had fun at Field Day and did pretty well (this video ended up on Dropshots because Blogger was acting up).


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

Caroline had fun cheering, but she eventually needed a break to get up and run herself.

April Pictures 3 - Field Day

April 28th was Field Day. Caroline and I went and cheered on Nathan and his class. I think everybody had a good time.




This is most of Nathan's class. See that little girl beside him...he's sweet on her (big time). See that little girl behind him...she's sweet on him.

April Pictures 2 - Random

This picture was taken about a week before Sara decided that she could walk on her own. Caroline was helping her walk around the house.


Oh, what style! You might not be able to tell, but those are her church shoes with heels.


Daddy and Caroline got dressed up for a date. The cute dress came from Aunt Jenn.

April Pictures 1 - Easter

The reality of taking pictures with three kids - before church Easter morning:

The reality of taking pictures with three kids - after church Easter morning:


The kids dyed Easter eggs with Grandma and Granddad. Mommy helped too. Sara was taking a nap.


And Daddy was taking a nap.


Nathan enjoyed looking for Easter eggs, but got hot pretty quick.


Caroline had fun finding eggs, too. Don't forget the purple flowers, though.


After Sara got up from her nap, she did a little Easter egg hunting as well. She wasn't thrilled. But she did "find" a few anyway.

they sure did have fun...

a couple quick notes

- Sara started walking about a month ago (the week she turned 13 months). She went from hesitant to take any steps to walking most of the time over the course of that week. Now, she basically never crawls anymore.

- Nathan had a field trip to Rock Ranch and Field Day at school in April. I may throw up a couple pictures at some point.

- Yesterday Nathan lost his first tooth. It's the bottom middle left one. It had been wiggling for a bit, but came out while he was eating breakfast.

- Sara's fifth tooth is on it's way in. It's been working it's way through for about 2 weeks now.

- Caroline went with Nathan to Rock Ranch and has been enjoying going to aerobics nursery.

- Caroline wants to learn to read. Maybe we'll start working on letters soon. :)

- Oh yeah...and Sara nursed for the last time on May 3rd.

- Oh...and...she went poop in the potty for the first time. She was having trouble and didn't want to get out of her crib after her nap. After at least 5 minutes of her trying, I asked if she wanted to try to go on the potty. She immediately jumped up and wanted out. We went to the potty and it came on out.

fyi

Just so you know, Mommy's posts here have been lacking because Mommy is using her time to exercise. She'll be back eventually. :)

March Pictures

Sara's Birthday Pictures

Here are a few pictures of Sara that I took on her birthday.



(the one below is especially for Aunt Erin)

a new William

There are still a few things that I need to put up, but I just couldn't wait weeks to post this one.

Today Nathan got a new William. That's right. A brand new William. Not a Fred. Not a Sam. Not a Willie. Not a William 2. A William. Yep. Now Nathan has two Williams.




Nathan's original William has been very well loved. But I think that his new William will be just as loved. To Matt and I, it seems almost wrong to have another William. To Nathan, it seems right.

I mentioned to Nathan that his original William will always be special. He informed me that the new William was special too. I asked him if William would feel bad that there is another William. He said "No, now he has somebody to share his doghouse." It baffles me. And it makes me smile. I'm glad I could find my boy another beloved friend.