Tree Huggers

Jacob and Gwyn have so much fun playing together. They were hugging this tree out front and I called them tree huggers and they thought that was the funniest thing. The chairs are getting ALOT of use from Nana and Papa, Jacob, Gwyn, and Carter carry those things all over the cul-de-sac and set them up, it is funny to watch.

Well, not only did we buy a house last week, but we sold our house too! I was a little worried, but got some encouragement to have some faith and sure enough, the first person who walked in gave us what we were hoping to get for it! We are set to close on our new house April 29th and close on this house on May 28th. We are getting excited about moving, but also a little nervous about all the work with three small ones running around. We're doing some downsizing, going room to room and deciding what we really want to take with us and what it is time to get rid of, whether it be trash or Goodwill.

Little Annie got her ears pierced on Friday...you can barely see them in these pictures, but she looks super cute! I took her to get them pierced in the same outfit that Gwyn wore to get hers pierced when she was 5 months old. Annie is growing fast and loving food, she LOVES bananas and squash, and is now eating those twice / day. She is however our worst sleeper yet, so she got put on a SIP (Sleep Improvement Plan), that I made up last night. I had to feed her 4 times from 11 pm to 6 am the night before, so I decided I had just about had it because I can barely function during the day. Anyway, I did feed her at 10 and then at 2:30, and then she woke up at 6:45 and Brian gave her a bottle, so at least I went down to feeding her once / night. She has just gotten used to me nursing her to sleep, so that when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she can't go back to sleep unless I nurse her, AND she was only eating 2-3 ounces at a time since she was eating so often (every 2-3 hours). She thinks she is training me, but now that she is on a SIP, we'll see who is boss!

Jacob is getting so big, they celebrate summer birthdays at school during April and May, and today was his birthday snack. We took green and blue cupcakes to school and he was so excited that all his friends out love them. He did think we should have gotten some pink ones for the girls since they like pink, I thought that was sweet.

Annie is getting better and better at sitting, and will now sit for long periods of time with the kids playing. She is in the empty plastic water bottle / tv remote / cordless phone phase where she just wants to play with those all the time and of course EVERYTHING that she can reach is going in her mouth.

Since we have had to keep the house nice and clean, which is SO hard with making sure everything is picked up, since we had at least 1 showing a day over the past week, we've been having to drop things and get out of the house for an hour. Sunday, we went up to McDonald's where Jacob had an ice cream cone. I said, "Jacob, you got a little something on your face!"

This isn't the greatest picture but I wanted to include it because Gwyn was so happy, she loves to sing and dance and this was in the car when we pulled in to a store and I let her get out of her seat, and she was singing and having fun. She's such a cute little girl!

They are quite a pair, he takes care of her and she says and does everything he does!