Leap Day Baby Palooza!

Happy FEBRUARY 29th, y’all! I wanted to commemorate the date on the calendar, and figured I'd do a post about the freaking adorable BABY PALOOZA we had at our house this evening!

I have wanted to get our families together for awhile now that the two new babies are in the world, so today was the day!  Boom, Auntie Yoda, Uncle Craigles, Lucy, Mila, G-ma, Pa, Uncle Dan, Auntie Hanna, Mitchell, and Auntie Cat all came over this afternoon for play time and pizza.  It. Was. A. BLAST.

Mostly we enjoyed passing the babies around.  It made my heart so happy.

The two babies together were SO STINKING CUTE.





The big girls had fun too!

And I got to hold both my little M&Ms together and IT WAS THE BEST.

I'll leave you with some baby squirming that is THE CUTEST.  Click here to enjoy!

A Picture Update

Guys, I survived this week! Chris was on a golf trip to AZ, AND G-ma and Pa (who usually have Luna during the week) were also on a fun trip to AZ. So while they were all enjoying the sunshine, I was solo parenting, working full time, and dealing with a dog who was kenneled much more than usual and A COMPLETE NAUGHTY PSYCHO.

But we made it and everyone is home (or will be very soon)!

Here's Luna looking deceptively docile at home, as well as hyper vigilant in the car when I picked up the girls.  Also, we FaceTimed with Chris and he put up funny images, and then snuggled on the bed watching Master Chef Junior.

The girls are really getting in to competition shows, which are super fun to watch as a family.  We have been watching Lego Masters together the past few weeks (and HIGHLY recommend...super fun and funny).  And this week as a survival tactic for me, we started watching Master Chef Junior, a cooking show featuring kids 9-12 years old.

Let me tell you, my picky eaters are ALL ABOUT seeing all the crazy, complicated and weird dishes that the kids make on this show.  The one we watched tonight had the kid contestants making Beef Wellington, and it was HILARIOUS to hear Callie and Maya "critiquing" the sear of the beef.  As if they had any idea what in the world they were talking about...



Anyway...I'm very much looking forward to a normal weekend.

I’ll leave you with pictures of the sunset Chris sent me from the plane.

Have a great weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

Just one today! We love our boxers. 

Timehop Tuesday

Just one today! We love our boxers. 

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday! We had a great weekend with family.

Yesterday after dance, we headed downtown. Boom, Auntie Mari, Callie and I went out for a walk and ran into Lucy and Uncle Craigles! Then Mari, Cal and I walked down to the Stone Arch Bridge and came back to play games.

Then later Amy, Peter, Bob, and Barbara all came over for dinner. And of course there was lots of Baby Mila snuggling! 

And her baby faces are the best!

It was so fun having Auntie Mari home!

Today after lunch the girls headed to Auntie Cat’s for a fun afternoon! They went on a nature walk and to a bakery and played at her house. The girls had a blast!

While they were gone Chris and I did exciting things like hitting golf balls and grocery shopping (him), napping and laundry (me) and then we also took Luna on her own adventure walk.

Have a great week! 

A Picture Update

Happy Friday! Despite it being a short week it felt like a LOOOOOOOOOOONG week. But we made it to Friday!  And HOORAY! Auntie Mari is here for the weekend!

Let’s see...some random pics from this week...

On Wednesday Auntie Hanna and Baby Mitchell came over to hang out.

And after Punch Pizza with Auntie Mari and Boom tonight, we treated ourselves to some DQ!

Have a great weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

First up we have our goddaughter Christine and the girls:

And then 6-year-olds with big snowballs in the snowy field by our house:

Weekend Wrap-Up

Helloooooo! Happy long weekend Monday! We had a fun weekend.

On Saturday we just kind of hung around at home and enjoyed the outdoors.  Callie had a birthday party and they both had dance.  Nothing too exciting, but a nice regular weekend day.

Sunday was a busy day for me!  In the morning I went to hang out a bit with Lucy and Mila (and Laura and Craig)...

...and then went to a baby shower of one of my coworkers, thrown by two other coworkers, and attended by all these lovely ladies who I'm so thankful are coworkers.  We do hard work and it is so nice to have a solid team of supportive people to see every day!




Then later the girls and I met Jenna and her girls for some swimming at the Grove!



Today we headed downtown to get all the cousins together.  In an effort to get a cute new picture of the four girls, there were a LOT of outtakes.

And then the money shot!



The girls had fun playing and we all had fun snuggling Baby Mila!






This afternoon Callie went to take a ski lesson...indoors!  Super weird and interesting. While she was there, Maya and I spent time in the actual snow. 

Here is a link to a few videos from the weekend.

And I'll leave you with Maya's Valentine's card to Chris...she nailed all of his favorites!

A Picture Update: Happy Valentine’s Day!

Happy Heart Day everyone!

The week went by pretty fast! Pa came over for dinner earlier this week and Maya enjoyed a treat.

The girls went sledding and enjoyed Valentines parties at school on Wednesday.

We did some snuggling and Luna tried to steal some candy.

The girls were off school today and had a blast at Boom’s house. They were so busy baking and crafting!

Tonight we went out for a family Valentines dinner.

I’ll leave you with this...One of the best things about having a baby nephew AND a  baby niece (besides all the snuggles) is getting texted cute baby pictures on the regular. Enjoy!

Have a great weekend! 

Timehop Tuesday

A bit different for these ones today!

Maya and Lucy:

Maya, Lucy, and Mila:

Weekend Wrap-Up

Happy Sunday!  This weekend sped by again and it was a good one.

Yesterday morning was just relaxing in jammies with Luna. It's usually my favorite time of the week...knowing the whole weekend is still ahead of us and we aren't having to rush and get ready and get out the door for anything.  It is SO nice.

That afternoon we went to our friends' son Caleb's birthday party at one of those trampoline places.  The girls had never been to one before and they had a blast!  (FINGERS CROSSED THERE IS NO RESULTING SICKNESS THIS WEEK). We told them over and over again "DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE" and made them do immediate hand washing after the hour of jumping was up.  Wish us luck!

Our friend Nik joined in on the fun too!

On the way home Callie lost a tooth!



This morning while Chris and the girls had Sunday school I went to the service by myself.  As I opened the hymnal to the first hymn, it first randomly landed on this song...it was sung at my dad's funeral and I talked a bit about it at the end of this blog post last April.  Anyway, it was a nice little moment.  And the song lyrics seem pretty relevant to the world right now.

After church we went to hang out with Boom and did puzzles and games!

Then the girls went over to play with the neighbor boys while Chris and I shoveled.  Then one of the neighbor boys came back over to our house for more playtime and dinner.



I'll leave you with a few videos. Have a great week!