Beautiful Weather

It has been beautiful here lately! We have been going outside alot recently and absolutely loving it! Hatcher loves to play in the backyard. He digs in the dirt, runs his lawnmowers, plays in his police car (cozy coupe), plays golf, and just runs and runs and runs. He loves to imitate us also, so he has really been working over the lawn with his mowers just like he saw ben do. :) He even stops every once in a while and tells us he is out of gas and then goes and gets some dirt and puts it in the gas tank of his mower...such a great imagination! He is also loving his tricycle and scooter. The other day he took a minor fall off of his scooter in the driveway and I decided it was time to get him a helmet. He loves his helmet! He usually doesn't want to take it off when he is still playing outside and when we finally do get it off, he is all sweaty underneath. At least it is not a battle to get him to wear it! It was really warm outside this week so we took out a cool sprinkler mat and let Hatcher get a little wet. Elsie got in on the water action a little, but she really just wanted to show off her cute swimsuit!

Professional Pictures

Elsie had a doctor's appointment this morning and everything looks good! It was supposed to be her 4 month well-baby check-up but it got pushed back to 5 months. She weighed 15 lbs 7 ozs! She is in the 90th percentile for height and weight. I can definitely attest to her being a good eater, especially since she eats all day and night! She is still not a good sleeper, but she is a very happy baby! The doctor was amazed at how well she could sit up by herself and said that was a 6 month milestone, so she is ahead of the game there! My mom came to help me with the kiddos this past weekend while Ben was away on his "man trip" with his brothers, dad, and uncle. We took the kids to get their pictures made and I thought I would show you some of the shots. We'll start off with my favorite one of Hatcher...what a little stud!! He was definitely NOT in the picture taking mood and was a handful the entire time. We only got a few decent ones of him, which I am very grateful for! Elsie was just precious and seemed to get everyone's attention with all of her hair and her cute little bows! She had lots of smiles for the camera! Hatcher loved this "Hatcher-size" chair and kept trying to sit in it when it was on the side, so we just pulled it over to the backdrop and let him have fun sitting in it. It was worth a few smiles! Here is one of Elsie's head shots. Then she made it through an outfit change and looked sweet sitting up in the little chair.Thanks for stopping by!

Today

today is such a gorgeous day! this morning I took the kiddos outside in the driveway and we had some playdoh fun! Hatcher loved using all the little gadgets in his playdoh set. Elsie wanted to eat it all so bad!! She did ok sitting there playing with a few toys, but she really started to get upset that she was not playing with what Hatcher had. She is so observant and wants to be a part of everything we do! She is sitting up pretty well now so she loves to just sit and watch Hatcher. Anytime she is sitting in my lap while I am eating she is always opening her mouth hoping that the fork is coming to her instead of to me! She is going to be a good eater! She just turned 5 months old and she cut her first tooth the next day! She is so much fun and Ben is really starting to play/rough-house with her a little more and he is loving that she is not so "fragile". :) Here she is trying to eat Ben's hair!This morning Hatcher was sitting up on the couch beside Elsie and I thought "oh how cute. I wonder if I could snap a picture of them together." Always high hopes, but usually not good results. This is what picture taking is like in our house with a rambunctious two year old. He sees the camera coming (even though I do my best to hide it) and he jumps over Elsie which she thinks is really funny, so she starts laughing. He continues to be rowdy and Elsie starts to not like all of the activity. Elsie is then done with all of the rough-housing around her and begins to cry so that I will save her, and then Hatcher sits up and smiles perfectly for the camera. haha. I'll end on a cute picture of her in her chair. This is how I get to take a shower, with her playing in the chair right beside the shower. She usually does pretty good in it! Enjoy this beautiful day that the Lord has made!

2 Cool :)

This awesome little guy is 2 years, 2 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days old today! (don't you just love the birthday counters that tell you this kind of information!) I just thought that was pretty cool and a good excuse to post a picture of the little guy from bath time tonight. Daddy made his hair into a mohawk! so fun! I just love that sweet little toothless grin!

Making It Through

We've been making it through the past 2 weeks with sick kiddos and I think we are finally all on the upswing! Just some runny noses and a terrible cough in little Elsie that is actually a lot better than it was. Needless to say, we haven't done much in the past 2 weeks. Ben's parents came up this weekend and it was good to see them and they loved seeing their grandkids. Here are just a couple of fun pictures...Hatcher is such a cool little dude! He is the sweetest little guy. Anytime you say anything about getting hurt like bumping your elbow he always says, "kiss it?" and then after we let him kiss our boo-boo he always asks, "feel better?" he really is sweet! last night he was shining a little light and he shined it in my eyes and I told him not to do that because it hurt mommy's eyes and he followed up with, "kiss it?" so I had to let him kiss both of my eyes, and yes, they did feel better! haha! little elsie has been a pitiful little sick one. it is so not fun to watch your little one feel so bad. :( but here is a fun picture of her after bathtime. This is what her hair looks like after it is dried with the towel...so fun!