Tyler loves Thomas the Train. We had Thomas the Train birthday cake, Thomas the Train napkins, Thomas the Train plates.....well, almost everything was Thomas the Train. Happy 3 years old, Mr Tyler!
Tyler proudly sitting beside his birthday gifts that he so carefully stacked and arranged!
This wasn't a posed picture or anything :) Even his smile was "natural!"
Uncle Ryan and Jordy waitin- for the birthday party to begin.
Westin decked out in his KU gear!
Freya became a modern "pioneer woman" and drove with the four children last Sunday to spend the week with us during Max's spring break. It was a great week and filled with lots of activity. It was fun to introduce Emmy to Westin and Jordy. They spent some "blanket time" together :)
Do you remember seeing a December blog with my three mommies waiting for their babies to be born??? Well here they are....and we are so thankful for three healthy babies. Carly & Westin (born 12/28/11).
Freya and Emmy (born 1/1/12)
Rebecca and Jordy (born 3/12/12)
We went to the Discovery Center Tuesday afternoon and practically had a private party. It was nice the kids could go from activity to activity with no waiting in line. Max was working with the grain and augers.
Henry stayed busy in the wood shop. Check out his tongue :)
Lena stayed up with the big kids!
After a stop at Kohls, we grabbed a bite at McDonalds. The rest of us had ice cream sundaes, but Henry ended up with this huge ice cream cone. Yep.....he ate every bit of it!
Emmy - 3 months old
Check out those million dollar smiles, folks!
A rare quiet time for Henry.
Max spent literally hours bouncing and shooting the basketball.
Check out the photography on this one!!
The scooter.....with helmet.....was a popular toy. Poor Henry's knees; he took some falls.
Great Grandpa and Grandma Varner came up on Friday and saw all the great-grandchildren. Tyler wanted to sit beside Gr Grandpa and share his "de-de" i.e. blanket, with him.
Lots of precious kids.
L to R: Jordy, Joshua, Emmy, Max, Lena, Tyler, Westin, Kayla and Henry
We had a much-anticipated Easter egg hunt after lunch. Get ready, get set, go!
Well, Friday night was our Good Friday Service; then early Sunday morning Freya and the children packed up and headed back to Indiana. What a fun week!
Easter Sunday. We kept Joshua, Kayla and Tyler since Mommy and Daddy had a big morning at church.
Giving Jordy his first sponge bath at home!
All clean and snugly. These little "mitts" were great to keep him warm and from scratching his face!
Kayla holding Jordy for the first time.
And Tyler wanted his turn.
Jonny and his little guy.
Oh, Boy! It's "Chick Days" at the local farm/home store and Grandpa wanted to have a field trip with the grandkids. The chicks/ducks were cute...kind of. Had no idea these "cute" chicks go for $5.99 a piece!!
All was going well, until Tyler got his fingers too close and the crazy chick pecked him. It was a warning to all the customers in the store, "Thou shalt not get too close to the chicks!"
Kayla carefully observing.
Watching the KU game with Brian, Carly, Westin, and Otto (their "other" baby).
Here's our little Jordy four hours old in this picture. He weighed 6 lbs, 10 ozs....the exact weight Rebecca was at birth. We are so grateful for a healthy baby. We have had three healthy babies born in 11 weeks. Wow!
A pretty excited mommy and baby. I think the repeated phrase was, "He's so perfect. He's just so perfect!"
Here's his daddy working hard to acquaint him to K-State purple :)
It's just fun to snuggle!
First full day at home. Jordy is already changing in looks.
Joshua, Kayla and Tyler spent the night last Saturday night because their Mommy & Daddy had an early start for Sunday morning. Kayla is holding a popcorn ball that I was so excited to make. "Something" happened because they were sooooo sticky and unedible that they found their way "over the fence!" How come I remember popcorn balls being so fun to make???
Joshua notified us that he had a loose tooth. Oh my goodness, hope he can handle it because pulling teeth is something I don't do. He kept wiggling it, and out it came!! And then we find out later that Max lost the very same tooth the very same day!!
This is scarey.....will the tooth fairy know to come to Grandma's house. Just in case there is confusion, Joshua wrote a note for the tooth fairy.
I got this little dress done Saturday night and Kayla wore it to church. It was really bright fabric!
Westin's first trip to TacoBell!!
Eleven days to go. I'm convinced that stripes are slimming! :)
Happy Birthday to Rebecca! We also celebrated Carly's belated birthday.....Carly was busy with Westin at the time we lit candles. Thus, no pictures of Carly! Happy Birthday to Stephen in Indiana! How I remember these February birthdays right at Valentine's Day!
As exciting at blowing out candle can be, there are even more exciting days ahead. About 28 days ahead to be exact!!
Well, this is Westin and Grandma practicing for this coming Thursday. Carly will have her first class to teach since Westin was born. Big day for Mommy. Big day for Baby. Big day for Grandma.
But as you can see, our "practice day" last week went well. And Westin had lots of smiles.
Baby Jordy received such nice gifts....lots of clothes. The boy will be able to change clothes three times a day and not run out of clothes :)
Yes, I got the quilt done in time! I have worked on and off, on this quilt for several years!
Westin thoroughly enjoyed his time at Aunt Rebecca's baby shower! He's pretty content in his mommy's arms.
Aunt Rebecca with her newest nephew.
And, of course, Grandma likes to cuddle with Westin, too!
The Saga of the Stolen Durango!
The first "red flag" was the indication that it had NO BRAKES! Thankfully the kind Mexicans had installed new brakelines and had bled the brakes for Richard . :) Oh, and interestingly enough, even though they had the driver and the stolen vehicle in their possession, we were told there was not enough evidence to press charges. Go figure!
