I hate this is blurry but I love his grin here.

Always soaked with drool!

 "I don't know what to think of these sisters!"

 ...like it's his job.

Little man loves his crib. And bedtime. And tummy-sleeping. And pacifiers.

And I love to peek in on him! I snuck in tonight to get these pictures.
I am thankful for heavy sleepers in this house...they take after me :)

 Last night I had Aaron transfer pictures from his phone to the computer. Some of these are pretty old (maybe even starting from November), and they're definitely out of order, but I wanted to include them here anyway so that we can keep all our pictures together in the same place!

 Gramme came over one weeknight to read a bedtime story to the girls. 

 He probably took this one Saturday morning recently. I am including this because it's a sweet reminder of how he almost always cooks breakfast together with them on Saturdays, not because I am trying to welcome any judgement about her being on the counter...

 Before Christmas I went out on a Sunday afternoon to shop for presents and decorations. He took the girls outside to climb trees while H was napping.

 Sometimes we stop by the shop to visit him at work, and most of the time they just stay in the car so that he can come out and say hello, but occasionally they go inside to the office. This day they are enjoying some brownies that I think Tasha sent with Joey to work that day :)

 This must have been at the end of November or beginning of December...Mommy cuddling with her babies on a Saturday morning, all still in our pjs!

 We have had a Wii for several years (Christmas gift from mom and dad, thanks!) but didn't really know how to use it until recently...we bought Just Dance Disney version and it's perfect for them because they love to dance.

Of course they asked me to dance with them and I had no choice but to oblige :) 

Oh, I can't lie. We bought the Just Dance 4 for us too because I think it's so fun. With permission from some girlfriends I'll do another post to explain how it all started.

A couple of weeks ago we had a beautiful snow on a Sunday. I took them down to the shop the next day for some playtime in it with Daddy. More railroad tracks, ha!

Hank and Presley stayed home from the Christmas parade back in December and I took this picture of Destiny with them. So sweet! Can't wait for them to be great friends!

P.S. They have both changed so much since then :) The Lord is faithful to grow these babies up!

We had fun teaching V and K a little intro to skiing.

Thanks to Tasha for coming out to watch and get some videos of the action!

Joey is with Kate but you can hear Aaron's voice, and then you see me and my dad with Vivian.



This one is longer, but also sweet. A little interview with Kate is in there.
First, it's Joey, Kate, and Aaron.
Uncle Michael makes an appearance.
Last, Papa, Vivian, and I show up and V is doing the pizza pretty well!



And here are the grown-ups on our tried and true slopes. Joey wanted to make a video to show Tasha since she has never been before. In this video: Joey skiing down, Michael and Dad standing nearby, and Stephen on his snowboard. Stephen and Michael both alternate between skis and snowboards but mostly snowboard.


Okay, one last video from Saturday night of our trip when we went tubing. Kate went a few times but decided it was too fast for her (read: screamed in raw terror the entire way down), so she sat and watched with Tasha. Vivian had a blast, though, and couldn't get enough!

 Here they are all smiles, but towards the end it all changed when Mattie was knocked in the face by another guy's elbow :(

 Aaron's view of the concert was blocked by this tall guy in front of him. 

It was frustrating for him because he's always used to being the tallest. 

Won't forget this!

Poor communication left us with a hot hotel room (we didn't want to turn the air on because we thought they didn't want it, and they were thinking the same thing. But we were all so hot!).

Went through Richmond on our way back (although it's not on the way at all...not sure how that happened?!) and called Stephen and Michael at the last minute to have lunch with us! Great surprise!

Name that tune on the way home.

Awesome, hilarious friends!

Absolutely couldn't wait to see the kids again and were overjoyed to pick them up and give kisses.

We were ready!

Aaron has had several afternoons last fall and this winter of friends coming over to shoot guns at the back of our property.

This was taken New Years Day.

We had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday this year. It was rainy so we missed the sunrise service, but our worship at church was full of truth and joy. We are so thankful for Pastor Nick and his faithfulness to preach and shepherd our church family. We are amazed at how the Lord is growing us in the faith. We love to celebrate the power of the resurrection to bring life to our souls. And what a gift to have children in our care to pass along the good news that Jesus lives and is mighty to save. 

We rested in the afternoon and then had friends over to play with the girls and have dinner after they went to bed!

The girls wore rompers from last year...they were way too short, so we passed them off as capris and it worked as a solution for a mom who hasn't been spring shopping yet. For me, I was happy to remember the bridesmaid dress that I wore for Megan's wedding. And hmmmm I am so thankful that boys are easy to dress :) Aaron had already changed clothes when we thought to take a picture later in the afternoon.

We had parent's visitation at her ballet class last week!

 Let's smoosh his face...

 Tickle!

"Mom, what have you gotten me into?!"

 "Ready to swim, Daddy!"

 Can't forget these cuties...

 They had a blast going down the slides and jumping from the side of the pool. Vivian chose to go without her swimmies, so it looks like we'll be teaching her to swim for real this summer.

 His hair looks red in these pictures, but it's not. You just have to see him in person. I guess he has the same color as his sisters...it appears red in certain lights and in some pictures. So strange yet perfect to me!

 I love how they get excited for him.

We had a nice lunch and the girls got to play a lot at their home. We really enjoyed the conversations, baby laughter, and the prepared lunch (thanks to Grandma Carolyn for serving us...I didn't get any pictures of her because she was busy doing just that!). 

We all love to watch the older two play with the baby. Hank grins anytime I mention Vivian or Kate's name, especially when he's waking up from a nap and I tell him we're going to go see them. He adores them, and here are some belly laughs to prove it. (although at the end of the video it sort of seems as if he's looking at me to see if I'll save him from her?!)

Excuse the carrot-avocado-drool-spit-up onesie. It was the end of the day :)

I love a little store close to our house called Main Street Primitives. 

I used this wreath last year for Spring, and planned to get it out again this year.

Several weeks ago, I was not interested in looking at the pine cones and winter garland anymore, and I didn't have anything to go between that and Spring, so I just got this out early.

But today, finally, it's a good time for it, even if it's still chilly and windy.

Happy Spring!

And Happy Birthday to my Granddaddy today as well!

I broke out this awesome little invention yesterday for Hank to try and he is loving every second of it. I hardly remembered to use it for the girls when they were babies so they didn't have too much action with it, but the way Hank has enjoyed it, I think I'll use it a lot until he gets better at picking up food and chewing. He chews and sucks on it and gets everything he can out of the mesh. He's had blueberries, bananas, and avocado in it so far. Tomorrow I'll cook a sweet potato to try in it maybe! 

Glad to have found a way for him to enjoy mealtimes more!