just for you kev

Taylor got an iphone for his birthday and I am so excited to have someone else taking pictures of the kids now too!  He got some cute ones too!

We started feeding Grayson some solid foods over the past week. Here he is trying out some Mango.  He is thrilled with the whole process and a lot messier!

 Little bit sour!

 Watching Diego.  I love the song, "Rescue Pack."  I'm not kidding.  I want to dance every time I hear it!

 Taylor fixed the 4runner with the help of my uncle and cousin.  Saved a ton of money! These parts are supposed to be connected to each other!

 Instagram Katie-Bug.

 They look so much alike!!

Family Pics Preview

We had our family pictures done a few weeks ago.  We had a hard time choosing our favorites, especially of the kiddos.  We had such a great time and the kids behaved beautifully.  Mostly because of the bribe of ice cream!

St. Mother's Day or Mudder's Day (Katie and Levi)

Blessed.

 So thankful for these little ones. 

 So grateful that God gave us Gray in his time, not ours.  It was better that way.  Isn't his timing always better? I am so thankful that we have him and I am not still waiting to have him:)

 Super thankful for my Mom!  I don't know a person who loves to serve her family more.  She is Katie's best friend and Levi loves to call her, from the potty, to share his accomplishments. In church today Katie saw Grandma and Grandpa and then started laughing and shouted, "Grandma!" She then ran to them, climbed up in Grandpa's lap, farted LOUDLY, and shouted "excuse me!" It was not during a song.  It was during the talk right before communion.  Everyone was laughing around us. Love this age!

Grayson 5 months old

Grayson is 5 months old.  He is rolling around like a champ.  I always lay him down on his back and he flips right to his tummy.  We find him all over the crib. Still going strong on the fingers.  Hit or miss with sleeping through the night, but even if he wakes up, I am back in bed after feeding him in 20 minutes max.  Unless I fall asleep in the chair.

 Mom! Why did you wake me up?

 Still so tired!

 His hair is still so much lighter than Katie's and definitely Levi's. Blue, blue eyes like his brother and sister too. Finger sucking is his own deal though.  He has started to fuss if he can see Mom and someone else is holding him.  If I'm not around though he does great.  He is even taking great naps at church. He can tri-pod sit for very short amounts of time and is super interested in food. Weird to think that we will probably start solids in the next month or so. He grabbed a french fry the other day and practically ate the whole thing before I got it back.

 Still such a go with the flow kiddo.  Love this sweet little boy, daddy look-a-like so much!!!

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So I know I haven't posted in a while, but what the heck happened to blogger.  I like it! Just looks so different.  We have been living life and I have not been super great at bringing the camera along.  Here are the pics from the last month or so...

We went to Charlee and Paige's soccer game.  We brought huge donuts, and special hot chocolate and I about passed out from the sugar crash.  Katie says she wants to try playing.  I fully support that, but am not sure if she will actually like it...maybe in the fall.

Homemade soft pretzels. So good! So easy! I can eat almost a whole batch.  Katie kept reminding me to save some for Daddy. Here is the recipe I used.

Big boy in his exersaucer. Look at his little ankles!

 How funny, it looks like I actually do dishes sometimes. Hahahaha.

 Umm. I went crazy this month.  My friend Andrea can attest to it.  I think I called her at least. AT LEAST. 20 times to ask her opinion on what to wear for family pics.  I literally have returns at 5 different stores because the day before I was still freaking out.  The pictures went great.  I can't wait to see them.  I don't want to take pics again for a long time. And it looks like I have 4 kids, but I was just testing a 2nd outfit for Gray.  The sweater vest was a reject.

 Love these little ones.

All of a sudden, mid email check I noticed the silence.  I flew upstairs to see what the heck was going on and found this.  They are sometimes so sweet.  Katie has a baby in her tummy:) She loves reading to her brother.  Have I mentioned she started reading.  Obviously, at an early emergent level, but still!  I am so excited!

This past month we have been dealing with a lot of sibling rivalry...great tips anyone?

I started cloth diapering Grayson.

We potty trained Levi. 

Taylor just finished his final today for his class. 

Grocery shopping has become a chore.  I am in a constant debate of whether to wait until Taylor gets home or brave it with the kids.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it sucks.  I guess that is life as a parent right?!

Baby Paxton was born to my sister-in-law Michelle and her hubby Patrick.  9lbs 4 oz and he is her smallest of 3 boys!

Taylor turned 30!

And we figured out how to make a trip to Cape Cod work...next month!

I have bounced between uber-productive and sloth-like. 

God totally spoke to me through some Francine Rivers books: A Lineage of Grace and Men of Encouragement.  I can't recommend them enough! I used to see the Bible as so fragemented and have come to see it as such a cohesive whole.  I am so excited to read the Bible and find more connections and see God's plan from beginning to end.

And that is a catch-up that could probably take several posts to fully expand upon. 

Pheww.  And I still have Gray's 5 month pics to post!