Stars and Snakes

Maddie uses the potty today and exclaims "Mommy, I tinkle! ...Tinkle Tinkle Little Star" and giggles. I giggled too.

A few weeks ago, she goes number #2 in the potty and yells "SNAKE!!!!" Then her sister joins in and then I had 2 little girls dancing around hysterically, yelling snake around some poop in a little potty.

These are the highlights...

New thing to worry about...

OK, maybe 2 things to worry about. The first is that Will is mobile. He will roll or scoot pretty much anywhere he wants to go. He is also getting up on his hands and knees and throwing himself forward onto his belly. Travis is more content to stay still, but he has started scooting a little bit.

This picture shows the other new thing I have to worry about. This morning is the first time this has ever happened! They just climbed right up in there while I carried Travis downstairs. (Obviously Will is pretty solid and I don't have to worry about them hurting him too much)

Spring is here!

Yep, its starting to get warm (and sometimes hot!) and the girls want to be outside all day long playing in the water! That is great except that they have fair skin and 2 baby brothers who also have fair skin and can't stay outside all day. Do you know how long it takes to put sunscreen on 4 little kiddos?? I'm tired just thinking about it!

We don't have a patio cover right now, so I had to improvise. I set up a card table on the patio and stuck the boys under it on a bouncy chair and swings. Travis says hi!

Here they are trying to entertain themselves...

Will and Travis - 6 months!

Today the boys are 6 months old! Joe and I agreed that the time flew by but it also seems like forever ago that they were born. It was our scariest delivery yet time has weathered those memories and it doesn't seem so bad now. We were so lucky to have Grandma Reynolds and Great Grandma Rech particpating in their first few weeks of life. I wish they could be here to see them grow up! Here are some photos of them together!

Here they are laying on a blanket in the front yard while the girls and I were playing outside and working in the yard. There were 2 Easter bunny windsocks dangling from the trees above them that kept them occupied for quite some time.

Emily and Maddie love to be photgraphed with their brothers. In this case, it was in Emily's bed where I placed the boys in order to clean the girls' room, which by the way was pointless.

Here they are today!

And here is the craziness surrounding these boys everyday...

Quick pic

Here are the kiddos after church today. Thought 2 of my aunts would like to see their outfits - Aunt Sherry gave the girls the dresses and Aunt Lrrie gave the boys the outfits (not that you can see them). I swear we fix Maddie's hair but it never lasts. It looks so cute with a clip in it!

Bluebonnets: Before, During, and After

Before: Setting up for the picture, I'm already posing, Emily is scared of ants (rightly so!) and Maddie is loving on Will.

During: TIMBER! The weight of 4 kids is too much for my out of shape legs. Yes, innocent bluebonnets were harmed during the making of these photos.
After: At least 1 kid is looking at the camera...