Sit With Me Aunt Fell

This little guy wanted his Aunt to sit next to him while he watched a video. 

Have I mentioned lately how blessed our children are to have

this Aunt in their lives!!  Although they may not always show it

perfectly, they sure love their Aunt.

Still praising God that He has placed us this close to family!!

Love Languages

This guys love languages are physical touch and

quality time.  He loves to be with people and to be as

close to them as possible - especially his mom.

While I was nursing baby, instead of Little J 

driving his car on his train table that was at my feet,

he was driving his car on the chair 

and all over me.

I sure do love this little guy!

Fun with Cousins

Big J had fun staying the night at the cousins.

Happy Birthday GiGi

Happy Birthday GiGi!!

Zoo

Fun at the zoo with the cousins and Grammie.

This guy was so excited to "ride" the cow.

Night Out

 The hubs and I had a night out together.  

Although my husband isn't a big fan of pictures, 

every now and then I don't mind getting one with just him!! 

Right now a night out means our little buddy comes with us.

He is going to be a Michigan fan just like his

 two older brothers and daddy!  

Precious Sleeping Baby

I can never have too many snapshots of my

babies sleeping. I just think they are so precious!

I love the hand behind the head in this one.

Reading to Babies

I love watching this little lady care for her babies.

She was reading them their bedtime story.

Sleeping Boy and Sleeping Cow

I love pictures of my sweet boy sleeping cuddled with his blankets and cow.

The other day he was playing with his sister and this was

where he found for his cow to sleep.

Five Kids

Big Sister Love

I love these pictures because this all happened without me (mom) asking.  Big Sister wanted Little Sister to be able to cross the monkey bars and this was the only way.

Five Months Old

Our baby boy was five months old on July 16th!  

Our sweet, smiley little guy.

This month he has been rolling over

from his back to his belly.  Every now and 

then he will flip back over to his back if his siblings give

him the time.  Usually the minute he flips onto his belly,

one of his siblings come in for the rescue and flip

him back over.

I (mom) also claim that he has been saying 

"ma ma."  Dad might not agree with me, but 

he does make a noise that sounds extremely

similar to "ma" and it usually is when he

is tired or hungry.  So, I am going with it

and saying yes, my first baby to say 

"mama" before "dada"!!

After Baby J's photo shoot, the siblings wanted to sneak in for

a picture with him.  These two below thought it was cute

to have the "ODD" siblings together.  Big J meant this not as that

they are "odd" (although this might be a little true), but instead

since they are children 1,3, and 5.

Of course Big Sister wanted a picture with her baby brother too.

Lots of love for this little guy!

Double Stroller Fits Three

Brothers

Birthday Girl!

Despite having sickness in our home all week, Busy Bee has so far remained healthy.  So, she was ready for her birthday yesterday.  And thankfully Big Brother and Big Sister were on their way back to health and could also enjoy Busy Bee's birthday.

Since her theme was about a treasure, we did a "treasure" hunt to find her birthday gifts in the morning.  Big Sister helped read the clues for her.

One of her gifts were some fun playdough toys.

We did another "treasure hunt" around the home, having

each sibling help her find things to bring to the kitchen table.

Once all items were collected, the kids got to enjoy a special treat.

After our treasure hunt, Busy Bee and Little J headed outside

to play in the pool.

They had a lot of fun together and enjoyed

"resting" on their towels once they were done.

During nap time I made her treasure box cake.

The brown sugar is suppose to be the sand that the 

treasure box is on.

After naptime attire for Busy Bee...her batman outfit

which she loves.

After some more swimming outside

with all the siblings and eating dinner,

we enjoyed some cake for dessert.

Blowing out the candles.

Happy 4th Birthday Little Lady!

We love you more than words can say.

Sickness

We had sickness in our home this past week. 

Big J got a 24 hour bug.  If he is napping in the middle of the day,

 you know he is not feeling well. 

                                     

Poor Purple Girl really got hit hard.  She was sick for almost a week and completely wiped out.

Of course with sickness, brings lots of snuggle time with mommy.

And more snuggle time!

Happy 4th Birthday

Our Busy Bee is...

She is growing into 

quite the young lady and 

can be such a sweetheart.

She loves riding her bike, taking care of her stuffed

 animals and pretending to be Batman.  

She also enjoys rocking with baby J, 

playing farm with Little J, 

playing dolls with her sister, and 

playing Lego's with her big brother.

We went back and forth on her birthday 

theme this year and we finally decided on

a "treasure hunt" birthday.  

So, her birthday verse is:

Happy Birthday our special little girl!

We LOVE YOU so much!!!

Summerfest Activities

This past week was Summerfest Days.

The town has an all city play date in which

they bring in different activities for families,

including vehicles the kids can sit on.

Busy Bee and Little J talk about being farmers 

all the time.  So they were both very excited to sit 

in the tractor.

Little J was in heaven as

he got to sit on several BIG trucks!!

We also went to the parade on Saturday.  Kids really enjoyed it.