Post Bath

Post bath chill time.

Hangin In Walla

Mothers Day weekend the kids and I headed down to Walla. It was a great trip, minus Mae getting the flu. The first thing that happened when we pulled into my parents house was Mae vomiting all over herself. I thought she just got car sick, because after she vomited she was acting normal. Turns out it was the flu and we proceeded to get the rest of the family sick. Sorry guys. Even with Mae being sick we had a great time. We didn't do much but that was the best thing we could do. 

The kids and I were Aprils first house guests, she was a good little hostess and even catered to my high maintenance diet. Mae and Jovie had tons of fun playing. Ainsley and Owen just chilled out most of the time. It was so cute. 

 We got up Friday morning and saw the Hot Air Balloons. The girls loved how close they were to the house, and how many there were. We got to go downtown and hang with Mom and Shannon, then we went to Brights where I found some yummy licorice that I can eat! Then we headed out to Mom and Dads for dinner. Mind you this whole time Mae is still acting fine maybe a little tired but that's it. It was a fun night just hanging out with all the kids and catching up. I had planned on leaving So that Mae would fall asleep in the car to make bedtime easier, but she beat me to the punch and fell asleep on the chair. We hit the road to Aprils house and were about halfway there when Mae vomited all over herself twice. That's when we turned around and went back to Mom and Dads (mostly so I could have more help thank Mom and Shannon). We all decided it was the flu at that point, sad day. Luckily Mae slept through the night and didn't throw up again. Because Mae was sick we ended up not going to the Balloon Stamped and just hang out at the house. Josh was a good help as a baby holder :)

Ethen and Owen had fun rolling on the floor together. We can already tell that these boys are going to be less drama then the 3 little girls. I remember Mae pinching Claras cheeks from the get go. Owen and Ethen just smile at each other.

We also tried to take pictures of the 3 babies only 6 months apart. We missed Misty so much, we are not good at taking pictures at all. I put up a couple of the more decent ones that I took. The kids put up with us and we just snapped tons of pics.

Gma J and the 3 youngest kids. Her total is now 10 grandkids.

We headed home that night and then spent the next week recovering. It didn't help that I got sick when we got home. I can definitely say that traveling with 2 kids is much harder then 1. Although for Owens first road trip he rocked it out and went with the flow.

I Wanna Stay Little

Last night:
Mae: when you eat it makes you grow big.
Me: so then are you going to eat so you can be big?
Mae: no, I wanna stay little.
Me: why?
Mae: I need to fit in my car, it's my favorite.
Sean: do you like mom and dads cars?
Mae: yeah, there really cool.
Sean: well if you eat then we will buy you a big car when your a big
girl.
She still didn't eat, so we don't have to get her a car when she is
big. Well for now anyways.

Moments

I love capturing the moments. I'm not great at it so when it happens I get all excited. It just so happened that I got a picture of both Mae and Owen looking and smiling at the camera at the same time.

I also caught a few of Maes amazing dance moves. Owen was also enjoying the show from his bumbo.

Staying Alive!

Faces

I got some good Owen faces.

Blah face.

Get out of my face with that camera face.

Content face.

Back to the passed out kid thing. But even better, two at the same time!

Let Sleeping Dads Sleep

Probably one of my favorite things is when Sean is sleeping with Owen or Mae asleep with him.

A Visit From Quinn And Mary

We have been so lucky to have so much family visit. Have I been good about taking pictures? Nope I have not. But I happened to have my camera out when Quinn came in town for the weekend. Because we live so close to the airport we were luckily enough to spend the afternoon with Quinn and Mary. Owen loved Quinn he just sprawled out and chilled.

When Quinn got to the house Mae did what all kids do and had to show Quinn everything she owns. She ended up in her princess dress to watch TV. It was pretty funny.

Don't leave Mary out :)

Mae needed to get out of the house, so we headed over to the park to play with the baseball bat Mae picked out at the dollar store with Gaga J for Owen. Mae had so much fun running around and trying to hit the ball. I will say she had one hit that connected really well. Threw me off a bit I must say.

Mary getting her snuggle time in with the kids. (Mary is also the one who made the quilt they are snuggling in).

No More Naps

We have had some major changes with Miss Mae in the past few weeks also. Once Owen arrived she decided no more naps, and that she was done done done with diapers. Add that to adjusting to a new sibling and we have had our hands full with her. The first couple weeks were the hardest, but now she is doing great with all 3 things and she goes to bed so easy at night! It is also so great to have her potty trained. I love not having 2 kids in diapers and she is really good at telling us that she has to go. Once she decided to be done with diapers she went all the way, that means sleeping in underware also. She went full big girl on us, but you know what in 7 weeks she has only had one night accident. Pretty Amazing!

I love pictures of kids like this where they are so passed out. It might be because one of my favorite pictures of myself as a kid is me totally passed out in the car with a Popsicle stick stuck to my lips (mom you should scan it in and email it to me).

What Do You Mean Easter Wasn't Yesterday?

Easter weekend was a fun weekend had by all. It happened to be my sister Aprils birthday, so Misty and I got her up to Spokane. It was so great to see her, we had both had babies since we had seen each other last. She has Ainsley about 2 weeks before I had Owen. Its amazing what difference 2 weeks makes when they are so new. Ainsley looks huge compared to Owen, but I bet that he has caught up now. I love how they are posing the same (note: we did not put them in that position).

We pretty much spent the weekend hanging out, and finding ways to not spend money (maternity leave frugleness). So that meant we were either at our house or Misty's. The cousins had so much fun playing together (well when they weren't biting, pinching, pushing or hitting), well there were 4 kids between the ages of 1 and 4 so its not always pure happiness. Mae was of course all about holding Ainsley also.

Mae and Jovie had so much fun playing together. Mae has been talking about Jovie for the past month now.

It was also Easter weekend, so Sunday morning Mae was very excited to see that the Easter Bunny had come to her house, and brought her and Jovie fun baskets.

Sean had been out of town for a few days, so on Easter morning Mae was crazy excited to wake up and see that daddy had come home. He was also glad to get home and be with the kids.

While Misty and Aprils families were over at our house for Easter Brunch, Easter egg hunts, and Aprils birthday party. I forgot to take pictures but it was a good time had by all. Since I didn't get any pictures of Mae hunting eggs at our house I made sure I got some out at Nonnies house. After Misty and April took off we headed out to Nonnies for Easter dinner (crazy busy day). Auntie Mary was having a great time with Mae, Madison, and Emmett hiding eggs and finding them over and over again.

Mae looks very sassy hunting eggs, holding her bag like a purse in the crook of her elbow.

The triumph of finding an egg!

New Stroller....And Then Some

To start out I LOVE my new BOB Double Jogging Stroller. It lets me get out of the house and move with both kids in one place. Mae likes ridding in the stroller with Owen. She is in charge of making sure he is OK while running. The double jogger is much harder to push then the single, but it makes sense due to double the load.

Owen likes the stroller. If he is fussy before he goes in, by the time we get moving he calms down and falls asleep most of the time.

I know people out there are waiting to see pictures of my little man, and who am I to disappoint? Owen really loves to suck on his hands. Its fine with me I really don't want to have to be frantically looking for a bink every time we leave the house. On a side note I think his eyes look full of wisdom.

Mae loving Owen is an understatement. She is a great big sister, every morning she wants to hold him and watch cartoons. Before long at the rate Owen is growing he wont be able to be on her lap anymore.

Owen loves to lay in the sun. I just thought it was so funny that he was so sprawled out.