We Love Summer!!

Harper is getting so big!! She is just smiling, laughing and starting to really interact. Avery is having a lot of fun with her now!

Happy Birthday Chloe!!! She is 3 now and Avery will be right behind her.

Avery, Chloe and Marin at Chloe's Dorothy Zoo party.

Gymnastics Class: Avery loves it! She does the bars, the balance beam and is learning how to do somersaults. They got medals on the last night of this session and one of the little girls brought everyone a beanie baby. We are doing it again this summer though.

We have two little fishies! We have been to the pool almost every day. Avery is doing great swimming with just her floaties and not needing us to hold her all the time. And boy does she sleep good after an hour at the pool!!

Harper really likes the water too. She is 4 months old now:)

First trip to Deanna Rose for the summer. Avery, Mallory and Chloe had a great time!

Even Harper liked seeing all the animals!

Avery and Mallory started T-ball. It is a lot more technical than the soccer was but I think they will like it.

Chloe had her first dance debut!! She did great and was just so cute up there! Avery is doing a little dance camp this summer so we will see how she does.

May pics

Harper is 3 months old!!

Parents as Teachers brought this for Avery to practice writing her name. She loves it and is so proud that she can do it by herself!

Avery's school had a Spring Sing. It was very cute. Avery did wonderful--she sang all the songs and knew all the actions. She had quite the crowd watching--thanks to everyone that came!! She is on the far right.

We took the girls to a pottery place for Mother's Day. They put their footprints on a plate. Avery had a lot of fun painting the plate and making her footprints but Harper just slept through the whole thing. Can't wait to see the finished product-it will be a great keepsake!

The 4 girls on Mother's Day!

I can't figure out how to rotate this picture but it was so cute I had to put it in here. Emma is on the left and Harper on the right.

Avery and Chloe with Papa!

Avery and Chloe had their last day of soccer in the rain! It got cut short because of the weather but they got their medals and loved them!

A lot of firsts.....

We got out the bumbo seat for Harper to sit in recently. She actually does pretty good in it. But the bumbo seat is blue and so Avery thinks that it should be her seat and that Harper should sit in her pink chair. So, you can't see it but Avery has her little rear squeezed into the baby bumbo seat in this picture!!

Avery and Chloe have started Itty Bitty Soccer. It is pretty cute and they do pretty good for the most part. This week they had their first scrimmage and Avery would not play at all. She told me that there were too many kids playing with only one ball!! Obviously we did not explain the game to her very well!! But it is fun and she will be playing Itty Bitty T-Ball this summer. She is also doing gymnastics right now and is really enjoying that.
Avery flying a kite at the kite festival. It was a lot of fun and a beautiful day! We skipped naps and were there for like 4 hours!

We got out the baby swing! Harper really liked it. Avery liked to push her and the fact that she could swing next to her.
Avery and Mallory being great big sisters!! Baby Henry was born last weekend. Tracey's water broke at Aiden's first birthday party--it was a very exciting day!! We are so happy for them--he is such a cutie!
Harper finally got to sit with us at the table. She had fun being able to see us and not being stuck on the floor. Avery thought it was nice to have an extra tray to set some of her food and drink on! It was nice to eat with all 4 us as a family though!

Hope everyone is doing well!

March and Easter

Sitting in Cinderella's Carriage

Over spring break, Laura, Molly and Jackson came in from Dallas. We had such a great time. The kids all had so much fun playing together. We went to Paradise Park and down to Crown Center. There was a Fairy Tale Exhibit that the kids played at and then we ate at Fritz's. We got to play outside just a little bit because the weather wasn't that great. And after they left we had a huge snowstorm. This is Avery's snowman that she and Erik built. His name is Tony. Avery is on a kick where every doll and stuffed animal that she has is named Tony. Our neighbor's name is Tony and I guess that is where it came from--who knows with her!!

Avery loved coloring her Easter Eggs! I probably should have boiled more eggs but she had a great time! The package that we had included brown dye--who wants to color their eggs brown?? Well, Avery has recently gotten a cd and a set of books of different songs that teach you how to spell all of the color words. Thank you Stacy:) And she LOVES it! We listen to the cd everywhere we go and we read the books every night. She knows a lot of the songs and can spell almost all of the colors! And brown is one of her favorites actually because it talks about a lot of chocolate things. So, she was all about coloring her eggs brown!

Harper has started to smile!! She is doing great! She is 2 months old now and got her first set of shots. Erik took her but said she was a real trooper!

The Easter Bunny brought Avery several things but she was most excited about getting Big Girl Shampoo and Body Wash! She has graduated from Johnson and Johnson! She was so proud!!

Family Easter Picture

Avery and Chloe got aprons and chef hats--they are so cute!!

We went to the park after naps today. It was a little sunny so I found this hat for Harper. I thought it was pretty cute so I had to take a pic!

More Pics

We had a Springfield reunion when Angie came in town. It was great getting all the kids together. It is so much fun that they are all so close in age. Here is Avery and Harper.

Drew is climbing on the back of the couch and then in front it is Avery, Aiden, Carter and Mallory. We had a great time and it was so good to see Ang!!

Avery loves the book Pinkalicious so we decided to make cupcakes like hers. BUT ours were all blue--of course!! Avery obviously liked the icing the best!

We had one really nice weekend so we headed outside. Here is Harper enjoying her first park experience! We have a hard time keeping her hats from covering her eyes.

Avery has gotten braver over the winter. She really wanted me to help her with the monkey bars but I wasn't tall enough--told her that was a daddy thing!

Avery and Mallory dressed up as little princesses and they have started posing for the camera!

This is my outfit from when I was a baby. Avery wore it too, however, I think it is a bit more snug on Harper. I love that my mom saved it for me. It is so special that my girls can wear it too. And yes...we are having some baby acne issues. It is getting better but it looks so bad in pictures. Poor baby!

Finally an update!!!

I have been really bad about this whole blog thing but I am going to try very hard to update it more often. So, this post has several pictures but I apologize for skipping about 9 months worth of pictures and updates--can I blame it on the pregnancy???

Harper Lynn is finally here! Feb 1, 2010.

The delivery went great and everyone is doing wonderful!

Chloe and Avery at the hospital. Avery was a little timid with Harper at the beginning but then was very proud to show off her little sister!

Avery loves to help out with Harper-she likes to give her a bottle and to watch us change her diaper. She has a special stool in Harper's room so she can see the changing table and crib better. And of course, it's blue!

Avery read Harper her first book. She actually read two-Panda Bear, Panda Bear and Brown, Bear, Brown Bear. Avery has both of these books memorized but is very proud to be "reading."

Super Bowl Party with Chloe and Emma.

These 4 girls are going to have so much fun growing up together!

Harper's Valentine's Day Tutu

Harper and her cute little hat--love it!

Avery's favorite movie these days is Wizard of Oz and she loves laying in our bed watching it with Harper. They are pretty cute together!

Life is definitely different with 2 little ones but we are all adjusting pretty well. I have really enjoyed my time off. I go back to work in a few weeks but am looking forward to summer!

We hope everyone is doing well and I promise to be better with the blog!!

Avery's New Shirt

•  We are excited to announce that Avery will be a big sister in early February!!