"Mommy, I wuv my big girl bed!"

We had quite a bit of rain last week and the week before so we had to start getting creative about being indoors.

So, we had the kids running around quite a bit. Lucas says M looks like she has a choir robe on in this dress for church. Sort of. But it's a cute, smocked, choir robe!

We also did a little indoor fishing.

About two weeks ago we moved M out of the crib and into her big girl bed. We hadn't needed the crib just yet so we had let her stay in it a little longer than we did her brother so we could save to buy the twin mattresses. I'm hoping to get two cute antique bed frames for the two girls to share in a couple of years. But for right now, she and her brother are bunk buddies, and they love it!

My little miss was over the moon with her big girl bed. She tells me every night how much she loves it.

And would you believe she hasn't gotten up once after we've put her to sleep?! Success.

We also gave the brother some new airplane sheets I had found on ebay. He was in heaven.

And because she is too cute to not include in a post.

She is my smiliest, cuddliest baby.

The photo dump

Well, I'd like to claim having a third child as why I've been absent from the ol' blog. While Annabelle has been a huge blessing in our lives and we love her to pieces, she has been pretty fussy the last couple of weeks leaving me unable to do much but hold her all day long. She went to the doctor this morning so we're hoping her mood will start to improve and she won't act like she's in pain any more.

Because of my absence, I'm left with a whole bunch of photos that have yet to be shared. So here comes the photo dump.

One of the kids favorite things to do at home is play store.

The kids LOVE their baby sister and if she is awake, they are by her side or asking to hold her. For some reason every one of my babies has come out tan...and later takes on our family's pale whiteness. Too funny.

Since my mom stayed to help out after A's birth, we were also able to celebrate Nana's birthday. We went downtown to this great shop called Pinkitzel. While we probably could have purchased 100 cupcakes elsewhere for the 5 we purchased there, they were really good and a fun treat.

This birthday was a big one for my mom. Since my brother's family lives fairly close by, they were also able to come, along with my dad, to help us celebrate the big 6-0. It was a fun surprise for my mom followed by a family photo session a sweet friend of mine did for us. I'll have to post those photos when I get them.

Here are the chicklets on our first Sunday going to church as a family of 5. I think we had to start getting shoes and coats on 30 minutes prior to make it out the door on time!

Who says girls can't play Legos? By the way, have you seen the new girls Friends Legos? ADORABLE. I might buy some just for myself.

Yes, I will be "that mom" who dresses her kids alike. How could I not?

Daddy and his girl.

And here she is, all 11 pounds, 12 ounces of her.

Ready for the big boy bed

Last night we moved N into his big boy bed. The bed was actually our full-size guest bed. N had slept on it by himself a time or two when he's woken up too early but didn't want to go back into his crib. While I knew he was ready for it and would do fine I wanted to wait to transition him over until we had done our traveling for Christmas and could settle back in at home for awhile.


He was so excited when we brought him up to his room and told him his big boy bed was all set up. He did great, slept all night and took a good nap in it today. Hubby and I laughed to each other this morning and afternoon as it was a little funny to hear him open the door on his own after he had woken up. This morning he came straight to our room and proudly shouted, "Hi!" We're so used to having to go and get him from the crib that it's hard to believe how much N has grown.

What a big boy!