Liam Smiles

Liam has been giving some good smiles lately. Trying to catch one on camera is the tricky part.... He really likes laying on his playmat and having mommy or daddy talk to him. This smile is on Saturday night at Nana's house for dinner. He is getting so big! He is already 3 months old tomorrow!

Spaghetti

Emily had her first spaghetti dinner the other night. I stripped her down to her onesie, put on the biggest bib I could find, and hoped for the best! She loved it! She also loved the bath that followed!

Snow Fort

Jackson and Daddy made a snow fort last weekend. We have been getting a lot of snow lately so we are trying to make the best of it. He is even carrying around his sword to protect the fort. I'm not sure who had more fun...Jack or Dad.

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Jackson can make Emily laugh so easily...they truly love each other and get along really well...

We had Stanton's over for dinner the other night. It was Emily's first experience with beef and noodles....well, mostly the noodles. We couldn't stop laughing at how fast she would suck the noodles into her mouth. She is lightening quick. Then Jackson gets in on the action and has some fun with his food.

Firehouse Visit

We took Charlotte and Jack to the firehouse last Saturday to see Tim. Jackson didn't want to leave and we had to pry him out of the engines to leave!

Jackson's 3rd Birthday

Jackson turned 3 on January 24 and we had some family over to celebrate with cake and pizza! The colts won and are in the superbowl so everyone was in good spirits here in Indy!

This is Es, she is our next door neighbor and watches the kids while we are at work! She is God's gift to our family! The kids love her and so does mommy!

Jack had a Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs cake. Everything revolves around dinosaurs in his life right now!

Liam fell asleep in Jamie's arms for a cat nap....he is such a good baby!

A closer view of the cute little boy!

Jackson also got a frog habitat for use at the campground this summer. We also went with Jamie, Charlotte, and Nana to see the Princess and the Frog in the movie theater. He turned to me halfway through the movie and said he was ready to go camping and catch frogs with Daddy! Grandpa helped him open his favorite gift, a dragon's castle from Jamie, Tim, Charlotte, and Liam.

Birthday gift from Katelyn

Jackson's cousin, Katelyn, is away in Chicago at Elmhurst College. She sent him some gummy snakes in the mail for his birthday.....he loves them! One would think by his reaction that she had given him a million dollars!

The dentist thanks you, Kate! If he eats that whole thing (and there are about 4 of them in the bag) he will be having his teeth cleaned more than just twice a year!

Here is a heartfelt thank you with a kiss at the end!

Dinner at Nana's

We got together at Nana's house Monday for dinner. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing and Liam taking it all in!

Liam is 9 weeks old already! He is sleeping 6-7 hours between night feedings now!

Saturday at the Pool

We went with Charlotte, Liam, Griffin, and Piper to the indoor water park on Saturday. Emily and Piper were bathing beauties in their cute suits. Here are a few pictures our them in the tube for the lazy river. We found it was a good way to corral them into one spot. Look at Emily's hair.....it is really starting to come in curly!

Happy Birthday Tyler

We had cake and dinner for Tyler's birthday last week. I suprised him with a trip to Las Vegas in Febuary! Charlotte and Jack helped him make a wish and blow out his candles!

The gate is back!

Emily loves to climb up the stairs. We had put the gate away when Jackson mastered the stairs, but now it is back! She can make it all the way up on her own if we are following behind her! That's 15 stairs to get to her room!! Jackson came home from the sitter yesterday with a new outfit. He didn't want to take it off so we had dinner with Batman last night. We did manage to get him out of it for a bath. Jackson isn't such a fan of the gate since it limits his freedom as well!

Jackson loves sledding! Nana has some great hills in her backyard so we can watch from inside the house! He has been twice and the second time he wore out Uncle Tim and Daddy...they were ready to come inside and he wanted to stay outside!

Another "Rocky" pose!

Christmas at Nana's

The day after Christmas we went to Nana's house. Charlotte got a doll house from Santa so she got a lot of accessories to decorate the house. Jackson got a fire station (which Jamie calls the boy version of a doll house)!

Josh and Amanda sat back and took it all in....

Liam was such a good boy. He slept in his swing most of the afternoon.

These were two of the favorite toys the kids opened. Dan got Jack a fighter jet and Nana got Emily an elmo that talks.

Of course, Emily really liked the wrapping paper.

Nana and her two babies...

Nana and her two big kids....

Tyler bribed them with candy canes to sit on his lap!