Stunt driving
Checking out our new ride
Slow rolling
Ez loves the vacuum, he gets so excited and runs around when we use it
Noah chilling with mom while daddy vacuums
Stuck but happy 
Ezra does downward dog all the time
Rare moment, Ezra stopping to cuddle
Love that smile
Shirt wedgies!
Noah loves to check out bellies
Loving shirtless time
Jackson checking out the new ride
Happily playing together
Abby and Ez
Three babies working very hard to get into a diaper bag
Making friends with the evil vacuum
Caught in the act!
Toilet paper!
What?
Hi Mom!
Putting the Cone of Shame on the monkey
Where's Noah?
There he is!
All kinds of trouble
Pushing Abby around
Concert time
Abby turned 1 on New Year’s Eve! I cannot believe it has been a year already. It has been a great year watching her grow. I love that her and the boys are so close in age, it makes for some wild but fun times!
Auntie Michelle’s carrot cake cupcakes were a big hit. Here are some pics from the party.
The yummy cupcakes
The birthday girl having fun
Checking out Abby's new wheels
Enjoying her cupcake
I am not a super creative person, but I do have dreams of making super cute crafts for/with the kids. So when I saw this pattern on etsy I knew I just had to make it for Abby. Michelle loves sushi and I thought it was a perfect gift for mom and daughter to play with together. I, of course, procrastinated until the last minute to do it, luckily I had my cute husband to do all the cutting (and even some of the sewing).
Here is the finished product:
It’s not perfect, but I am still happy with it and actually had fun doing it. (we also still need to do the tea cup and the sauce plate.) It has also inspired me to make more felt food for my guys.
Two little cuties playing the piano.
Do you like my hat?
Daddy’s little helper (if only he knew he was helping install cabinet locks)
Three babies eating blueberry pancakes (please ignored my seriously cluttered counter behind them)
Pancakes are my favorite!
You eat these?
I prefer apples!
Playing with Uncle Jason
Auntie Michelle’s arms are full
Kitty!
Love that smile!
Love this one too!
Getting a back massage
Scalp and back massage at the same time.
Noah was walking with dad and Ez just had to join in.
My little cuties
Sleepy Noah
Sleepy Ez
I love the wind in my face
Abby on the attack
Rock on
Thanksgiving is awesome!
No that is not stuffing mashed potatoes mushed onto my sippy
Drinking a bottle in the wagon is the way to go
Bagpipes are so awesome
Trying so hard!
Love that smile
shhhh
Ez out cold
Trying to crawl gets you stuck in fun places
That's right I played in the dog water and mom and to strip me down
Such a cutie
Button up!
Abby grass is okay, I promise
I have been asked by more than one person why there aren’t more photos on the blog, well I could give you two good reasons, but instead I’ll suck it up and try to share more photos.
Noah sporting some pants
Ezra and his baby legs, yes I am fully aware they do not match, but his pants were seriously hampering his crawling
Ez discovering he can now get to stuff on the table
and share it with his brother
and later cousin Abby
hmmmm some sort of barrier?
take that stupid barrier!
drool!
Abby is fun to make a mess with!
Showing off my jumping skills
I must say it was so nice having a three day weekend. Having an extra day of daddy help was just what I needed! We had time for some fun activities plus plenty of relaxing and even a few chores.
We ran our first 5k as a family.
Daddy and the boys at the start
Sprinting at the finish
I finished my first 5k!
Then off to the Grandparents’ house for breakfast.
Our first wagon ride!
On Sunday we went back to Grandma and Grandpa’s for lunch and playing with Abby.
Swimming
Bubbles
After lunch was nap-time and chore time.
Carter helping Matt put together shelves for the playroom
Monday was full of playing, chores, and reading.
Wrestling!
Happy Independence Day! We didn’t not celebrate the 4th in a traditional sense today. The boys cannot stay up late enough for fireworks and all the people we normally would BBQ with are out of town (we weren’t ready to throw our own BBQ yet), but we still had a great day.
Our 4th started out checking out all the water left behind from last night’s storm. My rain gauge had 1.5 inches in it, which for the desert is a ton!
The baby pool is now disgusting and full! It was clean and only had about 2 inches of water in it before.
Lake Miramar is full! (Lake Miramar is our neighborhood name for the retention basin down the street, it has very deep dry wells at the bottom too, so it is impressive when it fills)
After that, it was time to go to the Farmers’ Market!
As you can see it was met with great excitement.
Our bounty from the market. Most of this is to make more baby food. Look at those giant sweet potatoes, Ezra will be so happy!
Then we took naps, okay the boys did, Matt and I did stuff around the house. When nap time was over cousin Abby came over and we went swimming.
This is fun!
Dad and Noah
Mom and Ezra
Auntie Michelle and Abby
Noah really likes to lick towels, blankets, pretty much anything
Thanks to our neighbors who lent us their pool in their absence! It was a great day for swimming.
First, Congratulations to Gregg and Meg, Sam officially became their son today and he is adorable.
Second, Abby made it to the 3rd and final round of Baby Idol! Please keep voting for her!
Matt took this adorable shot and is very excited to see her make it so far. It doesn’t hurt that she is just so freakin’ cute!
Third, Our visa appointment was confirmed for June 11. We leave June 6! We are so excited to finally be leaving and super excited to meet those two cute little boys of ours! We will be back home to begin our new life together June 16!!!
