Not last week but the week before we had a nice long stretch of warm weather. Loved it!! One day I surprised Rachel with a picnic out in the backyard. You would have thought she was going to Disneyworld, she was SO excited.
I don't know if you can see it...but Tommy's got those two bottom teeth just poking out.
On Valentine's Day Wachovia employees and their families got into the Discovery Museum for free. So we did it again.
I don't think I can get enough of this kid. He always brings a smile to my face. He's doing a couple fun new things. Last Saturday he became mobile. It's not a crawl and I don't think it could be qualified as an army crawl. I call it the motorized leg scoot. His legs kick the ground really fast and he barely uses his arms to pull himself forward. It's not the most efficient, but he can get get where he wants and it's really cute. The other thing he does is kisses. I give him a kiss "MMMWWWAAHHH" and he'll put his big open mouth against mine and say, "aaaaa...AAAAA" just like me as he pulls his head back. Oh I love it!!!
We have our good friends the Miles in town from Boston and they stayed with us for a few days this past week and we had an absolute blast. One morning we went to the nature museum. They had a butterfly pavillion. As soon as Rachel walked inside, "it's goooorgeous!...bonjour butterfly!...isn't this exquisite?" which comes from her favorite books right now, Fancy Nancy. (In one of the books she goes to a butterfly garden).
Rachel and Andrew are still the best of buds and play so well together.
This girl is crazy! She's giving me a real trial of patience and parenting right now. I had never heard of the terrible threes until last fall...YIKES! But she can still be as sweet as ever and melts my heart with, "this is a good dinner mom" or her simple, "I love you"
This is what I found after one of her quiet times. Do-a-Dot markers gone wrong! I didn't notice at first. I found the lids off and I told her to put them back on when she's done with them. I look up as she says, "Okay Mommy I'll will next week" and leans in to give me a kiss. With red lips, a circle around her eye and blue fingers, I just laughed out loud.It was Maria's birthday while she was here and I was glad we were able to spend it with her. Hopefully it was a special and memorable "22nd" birthday :)
Watching Wall-E. 
Flashback
Slow down boy, you're growing too fast!
Yesterday, while Jake was in school we had a teddy bear picnic. So fun!
"Let's take a picture Mommy"
8 comments:
I love the update. I have been missing you guys in blogging world. Are you all coming out to Utah this spring? I can't wait to see the kids. Tommy is so grown-up! and Scarlet and Rachel will have to have a Fancy Nacy bash because it is a favorite right now.
You are such a good mom!
I love that Jake got dressed up in the bear suit. What a fun dad!
How funny that Rachel used the word exquisite. What a cutie.
Tommy is at such a great age. Baby kisses are the best.
Oh those kids are too cute, I miss them so much. I'm so excited for you guys to come out in a month. Everytime I see a picture of Tommy I just want to squeeze him. Send some of that warm weather this way!
Rachel is so funny. Bonjour butterfly! We were dying laughing. And Tommy is so cute. I hope he still works the motorized leg scoot in a month. The way that kids come up with to move around is one of my most favorite things to watch! I swear everyone is different.
Oh how I want to have a picnic but it keeps raining here! Tommy is so cute. I can't believe how big he is getting. Why do they grow up so fast?
Fantastic update. I loved the bonjour butterfly as well. And you caught the Rach and her pose! It's great. Tommy is too squeezable. You have spring already. Jealous!
how cute!!! i miss you and these super cute kiddies!!!!
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