That First Month

Happy Easter!

It has been a fun 4 weeks since the arrival of baby number three! Brooklyn (one month old) is a great sleeper - which works out well for her. She even sleeps while Taylor and Cam argue about who gets to hold her first. They love her so much. The kids are still adjusting to our new addition and loving every moment! She is such a blessing.










We are so thankful for all of the meals from family and amazing friends. That was extremely generous and helpful.
The kids are still enjoying all of the yummy food.

In this photo, you will notice that Cam is attempting to make a tomato sandwich

Such a perfectionist

Mini Pizzas

More Olives please!

Yes, we love food.


One of our recent outings was a photo shoot with Alicen Lum - a University Place photographer. Her son Hayden is in preschool with Camden so the kids had a great time playing with all of the toys. Her in-home studio almost felt like a spa. A very soothing environment for the kids (especially babies) and she has tons of great props to work with. We had a great time and I love these photos. I highly recommend Alicen. Here is her website: www.alicenlumphotography.com. (206) 484-7677











Thank you Alicen for a fun afternoon!


Another fun adventure: ANDERSON ISLAND! Here are a few of my favorite pics from Brooklyn's first vacation with us to our beach house on Anderson Island last weekend with my family (Brian stayed home sick)...


Me and the kids on the private road to our property



Mud Puddle Pies

Cams "Puddle Pie"





Taylor in one of her silliest moments

Grandma Nettie gets a lesson about mud puddles

The beach house

A glimpse of those baby blue eyes

Just waking up

Breakfast

Down on the beach

Hunting for sand dollars

Taylor eating her S'more

Auntie Marian reading a bedtime story

Last but not least - a special THANK YOU to all of our parents and grandparents for helping with the kids this month. You have all supported us and loved us more than we can ever thank you for. We are blessed to have all of you here with us. We love you!













Nancy

Taylor turns four...

We decided to have Taylor's birthday party at Odyssey One this year.

We managed to fill the party room with 35 adults and about 10 children. Kids are the life of the party so might as well make them the focus this time! They are so cute anyway...here are the pictures!


I forced these very excited girls to sit down and smile. Then they disappeared into a sea of children.


I am amazed by this picture...mostly because I got a clear shot of Taylor's face through the net. If you could see how fast she was moving, you would be amazed too!


Cute baby alert! Kristina and Jay's baby girl, Gracelynn is 4 months.


Love those Odyssey scooters! Chase conquered the scooter after an older, more experienced toddler gave him a training session.


Back in the party room, we tried several times to get Taylor to stop blowing her party noisemaker for this photo, with no luck. I don't think she could hear us shouting at her anyway.


Daddy got hit in the face with several noisemakers at once. I think he might have been asking for it.


Pizza time at Odyssey after an hour of playing...I have never seen pizza disappear so fast in my life. It was quite possibly the best pizza ever! Maybe that was due to the fact that I am very pregnant.


Layla and Carter eating pizza


The Happy Birthday song and CAKE.


"Another present mommy!" Taylor was very grateful and excited about EVERY gift. She LOVED them all. Did you know that Barbies can swim in the bath tub now? I have never seen anything like it!


What better to do than to pose with an umbrella? My lovely sister found such a great umbrella for Miss Taylor that I wanted to show it off.


Miss Nora and her balloon sword...by the way, these things POP. They pop a lot and they're LOUD.


Johnny and his pretty mama watching the events unfold...


Cam and Layla are WAY too excited about chocolate cake. I admit, IT WAS GOOD.


The final step of the day was the "birthday machine" for a chance to catch flying tickets! Then the kids played games with special birthday tokens until they were gone. Birthday tokens turn into tickets and tickets turn into prizes! I even saw Chase leave with cotton candy in his hand. Yum.

Waiting for Baby...

We are settling into the New Year, waiting for baby Brooklyn to arrive. Every weekend passes by just a little bit faster these days.
The nursery is almost done, baby clothes neatly organized...how did that happen? We are waiting patiently for the big day.

nancy