Bible quote of the day

"We prayed for this child and the Lord has granted us what we asked of Him. " 1 Samuel 1:27

And why is this the quote of the day?
My sister Meredith and her husband Dan are expecting their first baby!!!! We are all SSOOOOOO excited!!!!!

Clayton's shenanigans

I don't know if it is because he is a boy, or if it is just his big personality developing, but Clayton is into everything! Let's see...what are his latest shenanigans...
- shaking the dustbuster to get the crumbs out and then eating them (I caught him in the act and quickly removed it from his possession. I can't even imagine the concoction of disgustingness that he was eating. So gross.)
- Sticking his finger in the sauce of his pizza and then smearing one line on one cheek and another line on his other. He was very deliberate about the one line on each cheek. He looked like a little indian. And where did he learn to put on warpaint? I have NO idea. It's not like we watch cowboys & indians programming. ?!?
- Stealing the diaper cream and rubbing it on his cheeks while smiling and saying "LOTION!"
(and of course diaper cream is thick and sticky and very hard to wash off. )
- sneaking into the pantry and pulling out just about anything in a box and then trying to cram as much of the food into his mouth as he can before getting caught.

videos of the boys

Clayton counting to 13 + 18

Austin smiling

The big kids and their green hats (and, of course, the broom)

Spring Sing

Here is Caroline at her school spring sing.

I love this baby!

I just love this little muffin! His sweet little face just melts my heart!

Wow...are all these kids really mine?

Austin turns 6 weeks!

Austin turned 6 weeks old and now knows how to smile. His whole face lights up and it absolutely melts my heart every time I see it.

He looks so peaceful when he sleeps. (He, of course, LOVES to sleep while being held. He is definitely a snuggler.)

It's kind of funny. I don't know where he picked it up, but Clayton only calls him by his full name now. "Austin Michael!" he'll exclaim when he sees him. Speaking of Clayton, he has been my little "crash cargo" lately. His poor forehead is covered in bruises- old and new. He is constantly crashing head first into door frames, chairs, walls, toys, etc. He is also obsessed with yanking the tubes out of my breast pump, playing with the vacuum, swiffer, and broom and dragging them EVERYWHERE (I hope a career in the custodial arts is not in his future!), and throwing a ball (yes - about the only toy he actually plays with for more than 2 seconds.)

Godsisters Sofia and Eva turn TWO! We went to their birthday party last week and had tons of fun!

For really cute pictures of the girls and their party, check out Erica's blog - http://www.thecapdovas.blogspot.com/
(For some reason, I am having trouble copying a few of her pics onto my site!)

Growing with Mr. Bear

Here is Austin "growing with Mr. Bear" at 1 month. I can't believe it's been a month...actually 5 weeks since he was born! Look at how much he's changed!
One month


One week

snack

Do you think someone wanted a snack? This was the scene I came upon when I left Clayton alone in the kitchen for a minute.

Family pictures!

Austin had his first outing to BB's house. While there, we decided to attempt our first family photo of the five of us.

British singer singing "I Dreamed a Dream"

This can't help but make you smile...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Spring!

We finally had a really warm day when we could leave jackets inside. Hurray!The big kids really enjoyed playing outside. They ran around, collected pinecones, went down the slide (which of course Clayton tried to do with the big broom,) and drew with chalk.

Even the little man made it outside. Here he is inside doing tummy time.

Poor little thing has had a terrible case of baby acne, but more pictures of him will be posted once it is cleared up!

Happy Easter!

My little bunnies



Attempting to get a good shot of all three...hmmm...maybe someday...



Hunting for eggs...

Daddy and Clayton

Uncle Taylor meets Austin

All the cousins

Supercalla...

Thank you BB for taking me on a special date to see Mary Poppins. I loved it!!!!

Brotherly love

Fat pants!

Today is a good day. I was able to get into my "fat pants"! Yes, normally a girl does not celebrate when she has put on some lbs and must wear the dreaded fat pants. However, when you are moving from MATERNITY pants to fat pants, they seem like a reward. No elastic waist. No maternity band. No drawstring. Hurray! Sure, it will be quite a while before I fit into my regular pants, but for now I am happily enjoying regular button-front pants a size or 2 larger!

Austin Michael

You forget how snuggly and cuddly newborn babies are. There is nothing sweeter than watching him sleep on my chest, as comfy as can be.

My boys

My princess on St. Patrick's Day eating green cookies and holding a shamrock from our shamrock hunt

The boy and his broom

My funny little bug...he has fascinations with such odd things. He is absolutely wacko over brooms. He flips out with excitement every time he sees one in a book. If we even go near the garage (which is where he have ours), he begs for me to get it for him. He loves to drag it around. Here he is going on a walk with BB and a broom.