Baby Andrew's first train ride!!
And Elizabeth's first train ride too!!
can you tell she's excited??
twirl, twirl, twirl!!!
Reese playing with Elizabeth while we waited our turn (Elizabeth is Adelaide's sister and Reese is O.B.S.E.S.S.E.D.)
Don't they look thrilled? They were so confused when the teacher was lining them up for their group shot!
Things are pretty crazy around here these days. As you can see, my kitchen is a total disaster! 
Joe and I are doing a few home renovations and this week, they started the kitchen. Here is what the kitchen looked like the morning they started. Below is the wall that seperated the den from the kitchen......
Now, there is no wall! In fact, there is not much of anything left....they even took the ceiling!
They are going to continue to rip up the floors and the rest of the sheetrock, appliances, etc this week. We are going to be kitchen-less for 4-6 weeks, so pray for us! It is so noisy, the kids aren't getting to nap and we are living in our basement! It's less than ideal, but better than moving out, so I'm trying to remain positive! It's going to look sooooo pretty when we get done! More pics to come!!
I still can't believe how well it turned out. I find myself just starring at it in amazement. Thank you, thank you, thank you Patti for taking the time to make this for Reese. It looks so pretty in her room and will be a forever memory for us. I can't say thank you enough!
Charlie's fingerprints made this heart!
Love, love, love this. He was so proud of himself when he gave it to me. It was such a sweet moment! Thank you my sweet little Valentine! I love you too!!
We had a follow up appointment today with Reese's opthomologist and all is well with her vision. She is still in the right prescription and doesn't need anything stronger at this point. Dr. M believes she eventually will need stronger glasses, but for now, we're staying put. She did really good at her appt today, and only cried when they put the dilating drops in her eyes. We have to get Charlie checked in 6 months to make sure his vision is ok, vision problems apparently are hereditary, although we have no idea where Reese inherited her farsightedness from???? Please pray that Charlie will be ok. It would be such an ordeal to have 2 toddlers in glasses!!
Every Tuesday, we go to story time at our library. We used to try and take the kids to eat afterwards, but it's such an ordeal lately with so many kids (2 little ones are not pictured), that we've decided it's easier to just go to someones house and do lunch. Today, after lunch, the kids decided to put on a theatrical performance.....it was quite entertaining to say the least!! 
We don't go many places these days without this hat.....he is obsessed! He even wore it to school one day! My little buddy =)
Joe tried so hard to teach them to skip rocks......it was not very successful!
Look at that determination on his face though?!?!?!?!
And proof that mommy was there too!!!
