Be smarter than the braid...

Ava and I have been trying to conquer this "twisty braid" for a few months now. I've tried and tried, but just couldn't get it. She would ask again, so I would try again, but I wasn't getting it! Finally she asked again the other day, and to my surprise, it worked! This was the first successful twisty braid that I did! Now I have it figured out, and we've done twisty braids every day since! (They are now looking better than this first one, but this is where it all started.) I guess you just have to be smarter than the braid!

Got it!

I guess I'm going have to use the candy bribe every time. This was a one in a million shot because he NEVER has his eyes open with a smile on his face while looking in my direction. This picture is what I would call Lucky! :) I actually did get a few more...I might stick them on my photography blog later, but there's something about this one that makes me smile.

This and that

Well, our little bathroom renovation is done, and I have some before and after pictures! Okay, this is actually a before picture of our other bathroom because I didn't exactly get one of the Master Bath before we tore it apart. Anyways, they were pretty much the same...you get the idea.

Alright, drum roll please!

Before picture

Finished Product!
Backsplash and Counter

OUT and ABOUT

Nick and I took the babies to the park today. It's really the first time that they've played at the park, (besides the swings last year) and it was so fun watching them. They are so curious and take everything in. They explored every inch of that park and thought it was the coolest place!

Weston about to go head first down the slide

This was what Coleson's face looked like the whole time we were there!

West

"What's this?"

"Here you go mom, you take it."

FINALLY GETTING OUTSIDE

The kids have all been playing in the backyard the last few days. I couldn't get a decent picture of Carter to save my life, but here's what I got. Doesn't he just think he's hilarious!

So much to see in the backyard!

Wet n' wild

Weston and Coleson run to the bath the minute they are out of their highchairs after breakfast! Even if we aren't planning on a bath, we still take one as to not dissapoint them! I took these pics to show how stinkin long their hair was....and the sad things is that we waited about 2 more weeks before we cut it. They were looking pretty shaggy!

Blue Eyed Girl

From the moment I knew that I was pregnant, I hoped that it was going to be a girl. It almost seemed too good to be true when little Ava made her appearance! I am so grateful that I have my girl, and I can't wait for all the girly things that we have ahead of us!

Catching up

Catching up on scrapbooking is one of my new year's resolutions. Realistic? Probably not, but a girl can hope! Scrapbooking is kind of a funny thing, unless you stay on top of it, you are never caught up. I think if I ever want to catch up, I'm just going to have to completely stop taking pictures!
I made the mistake of scrapbooking out of order. When I got my new camera, I scrapped all of those pictures first. Now I'm digging into the good old external hardrive and trying to go in order. Where I'm at with each kid: (besides all of the current pictures that I scrapbooked)
Ava- 5 1/2 Carter: 3 Weston: 6 weeks Coleson: 6 weeks. I've got a long way to go, but it's a start!