The big haircut!

OK. So his hair was getting really scary! It was falling out on the sides and the top was just out of control. Here are some before pics

And after!!! He looks so much better, don't ya think?

All the boys after a haircut

Random

The kids wake up and immediately want to go outside and play. They stay out there all day and only come in for two reasons: food and potty breaks. They stink so bad by the end of the day! Seriously they smell like wet dogs! I love that they have so much fun together and they love playing with the next door neighbor too. I love summer days and the imagination of kids. These pictures don't capture the true filth or smell, but you get the idea!

A view from one of the walking trails we have discovered

I couldn't get a good picture, because it was dark, but this is Kenley out one night catching fireflies. This has to be one of my favorite things about living in PA. I love to just sit on our porch at night and watch the fireflies. They are so enchanting and the kids just love it too!!

The scoot

This is so funny to me. I have never seen a baby get around this way. He has a gigantic bald spot because of it, but he sure gets where he needs to go! Who needs crawling when you can get around this way? Don't mind my annoying voice in the background :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KADE AND KENLEY!!!!!!!!

More pics to come! They've come a long way!!!!!!

Visitors!!!

So this is way late, but I wanted to post about some special visitors we had in March. This is my friend Alicia and her darling baby Afton. We met in AZ where are husbands were both going to school at Midwestern. She was still my friend despite the fact that every where we went we had my three kids with us. I seriously love this lady and was so excited to finally meet her cute girly!! She was all smiles and lots of fun to have around. We did a whole lot of nothing, but had a great time. We stayed up until midnight or later every night gabbing and I watched her make crafts for me :) I know I gained at least 5 pounds because we also ate ice cream every single night - no lie!! Aren't they just so cute?!!!!

Not sure how this picture ended up in here, but I can't figure out how to delete just one!

This is us decorating St Patrick's Day cookies. Kade had a little issue with the frosting.

And this is later having a serious issue with the frosting!!!! Kade and Marcus both ended up barfing that night. I have never seen such awesome throw up in my life. You know you have a true friend when she stays up with you and 1am to clean up your kids barf while your husband goes back to sleep because he has an early morning presentation to give!!!!!!!

This is Miles and Afton. He looks like he could take her out. She is two months older than my guy!

All of the kiddos chillin on my bed!!

So happy!!!!!

It was sad to say goodbye, but I think both of the mom's were ready. The babies slept in rooms right next to each other and kept waking each other up throughout the night. I was sick of waking up every three hours again!!!! My kids were sick the whole time and despite Alicia's best efforts to keep her baby healthy, she caught the same cold. Even better, Alicia reported that she threw up her entire plane ride home :( Thanks for coming even though we caused serious problems for the two of you!!!! Love you!!

A big thank you to Travis for keeping your promise and letting me have your sweet girls for the week!

I hope that everyone had a Happy Easter!! We had a good time and enjoyed the festivities. Justin's work had an egg hunt last Saturday that we went to. It was freezing cold!!! We did not dress warm enough and we all froze! They had a good time anyway. A little cold won't stop my kids from grabbing as much candy as they can! A picture with all of their loot :)

This was before we started coloring our eggs Saturday morning. Justin was on call all weekend so we figured we would hurry and do it while he was home!

A few of our masterpieces

This is our attempt of taking some pre-church photos. Getting four kids plus myself ready with no husband is not an easy task! Justin got home in time to help with all the last minute chaos and took some pics for me. OK - so are hats appropriate for church? It was too cute to pass up and it's only once a year, right?! He is not amused as you can tell by the look on his face!

My pretty girl

What a handsome group of boys I get to live with!!!!!!!!!!!!

At church it was so cute when I was picking the kids up from primary all the leaders were telling the kids Happy Resurrection Day! I loved it! I was especially glad since amid our crazy morning not a lot of real meaning of Easter talk was going on :)

5 month update

Miles is five months and is still as happy as ever! He is such a good boy and is doing lots of fun new things. We went in for our four month appointment last week ( a little late!) and surprise, surprise, he is off the charts again! He weighs 21 pounds 11 ounces. I don't even remember what she said about the height. So we have started baby food and cereal and he absolutely loves it!!! He sure knows how to eat and makes quite a mess in the process. This is one of my favorite stages ever! For some reason I just love feeding them baby food. He loves all the veggies and isn't quite so sure about fruit. We set up this bouncer for him and he LOVES it!!! He is a bouncing fool!

First time having cereal was not a real success. He does a lot better now, I promise!!!

Now for the sad news: his hair is falling out!!! I was hoping so bad that it wouldn't, but every time I get him out of bed there is more hair stuck to his blanket. It really is depressing to me, the exact same thing happened to Marcus. I'm thinking about collecting the hair and trying to glue it back on the sides. What do you think? He still has a mop on the top, but it is looking stranger every morning. I'll have to get some good pictures to show what I'm talking about. I guess I'll just enjoy the kitty hair for as long as I can. Why do babies have to grow up?