Lets Play Catch up! :)

 I bought the girls all 3 the same shirt... it was fun for me to dress all three my girls in the same thing, look how much they all look alike, I'm in love..

 We had some friends over a few weeks ago and all the kids were digging in the lawn to find rollie pollies, Ella & Avas favorite bug! Daniel helped them find their first and introduced them to the wonder of it, so naturally they like to share this wonder and excitement with their boy friends! :)

 Ava is showing me the bug she found!

 My tiny little love nugget Lilah turned 8 months a few weeks ago.. .where has the time gone? She is eating actual food now, pasta, casseroles, cheese cut up, toast (her favorite) Veggies steamed and chopped... I haven't found a thing this kid wont eat!  She still takes 2 naps a day, one around 10-12 and then 2-4pm... she goes to bed around 7-5am and then goes back to bed 5-8am... what can I say, I'm blessed with good sleeping kids... don't shoot me. :) She is almost full on crawling, but don't let this make you pause for one moment thinking she doesn't get anywhere, she is EVERYWHERE... she moves fast and gets into everything.  She is also starting to pull up! She wears 9 month pj's and size 3 diapers.  She is just a joy to have, except if you put her in church nursery or hand her to a stranger... then she turns into crazy child... I am hoping she will grow out of this attached to mommy stage but I must admit, it's nice to be needed :)

 Here are my crazy red heads on St. Patty's day!

 Sometimes they hold her so hard they almost choke her!

 This is one of Lilahs FAVORITE spots... we call her "Bird on a Perch"  She sits here and just plays with toys when i am making dinner...

 as soon as she knows the camera is out she is posing...

 we bring lilah outside to play with us!

My sweetheart!

Happy Valentines Day

Lilah 7 mths!

 Ava trying on her coat! She dressed herself!

 Ella Loves this hat!

Hope you all have a wonderful Valentines Day

7 months old!

 Getting ready for church...

say cheese!!!


Lilah Sloane,
You are 7 months old, you are still in size 2 diapers, you wear 6 month clothing because you are long, but you are tiny. You eat everything I put in front of you, I am still making your baby food but I have drawn the line at pureed meats, so I buy those! You love to jump in your jumperoo and in fact you jump so much and for so long that we swear you are going to jump yourself right out of it.  You started getting on all fours and trying to crawl this past week... I am less than thrilled cause that means I'll have to try to keep up with you now! You roll around everywhere and your sisters love to play with you and give you toys and get in your face and kiss you! I love you so much, I can't stop kissing you, I love to lay next to you and smell your sweet skin and kiss those sweet cheeks.  Your daddy says you have the softest face ever and he goes in your room while you sleep to stroke your sweet face.  You still get a bath every night and a bottle and go to bed on your own.  I put you in a sleep sack and you sleep on your belly.  You wake up still around 5 am and eat about 8 oz and go back to sleep until 8am. We are so blessed to have you and can't wait as each month unfolds as to all the new joys you bring into our lives!

Whatcha doin?

 We are watching our little Lilah Sloane turn 6 months! She had her first ear infection and I stopped breastfeeding, I know it isn't connected, but, that is also what happened when I stopped breastfeeding the girls... sooo, call me crazy, but I feel bad.  She is also teething and becoming VERY hungry, drinking 6-8oz every 3 hours again like a newborn! :)  Still, she only weighed 13lbs 14oz at her 6 month appt. so no one is concerned she is drinking too much!

 We painted

  we inherited a bunch of dress up clothes, so that means changing out dress up clothes 5-6x a day... minimum...

 sweet sisters, they said "we love eachother mommy, look, we are hugging!"  I made sure to rush and take a picture of the love fest.

 This is my child known as "Gunkert" ... which came from me calling her "Chunker" but Ava changed it to what she "heard"

I am sorry, but you can't deny that is a cute baby.... I'm pretty smitten with her.

This baby has me ....

Big Girl Beds

Yes, for the record, we kept the girls in their cribs till 3 1/2 years old! They didn't crawl out, so we figured we would save up for their room in the meantime!  So I re-did it and painted the walls green, re-did the one picture wall and put a decal from Pottery Barn that matches their bedding up, got new beds/sheets/bedding, new rug and new curtains. I am very happy with how it turned out, but I was worried they wouldn't sleep! Well last night was their first night and they did great.... I am aware though it was probably a honeymoon stage and thats okay, I'll take it!  So far, so good... we'll see about naps!

Cutie PIes

 Here is my Cutie Pie, she is almost 6 months old!

 The sweet Smile of Ella!

 Ava loves this mini trampoline in the background... I got it to work out on years ago... well, needless to say it's been in the attic... sooo, we got it down and the girls have been LOVING it!

 making my own baby food this time around, we've had avocado, sweet potatoes, corn, banana, carrots, squash, plums and cereal!  Lilah loves it and she hasnt been particular... oh yeah, except for peas... shes not a fan... surprised?

 Here she is after eating her meal! :)

 My 3 ladies, I love these girls, they are so good with Lilah.  Lilah just lights up when they play with her! It's wonderful!

 This face... I'm obsessed...

Relaxin!