Just Life

these are my favorite times, when we are just all cuddled up in bed on a weekend morning

sweet cheeks had a hard time at nap time on sunday and would only fall asleep in my arms. i'm not complaining. this is how i found him one night last week. it didn't look too comfy, so i re-arranged him. but only after i got my phone and took a pic. mom of the year.
we started on oatmeal this week. it's been a little messy. more outside the mouth than in. but she's happy. so, momma's happy.

Mean Green

roman tested last saturday for his next belt, so he was able to finally move up from the camo belt to the green belt today!

5 months

hey baby girl, you are 5 months old today! here are some of the things you've been doing lately:

- you weigh 14 lbs

- you tried rice cereal and as long as you aren't tired when momma is feeding it to you, you love it! you have gotten the hang of opening up when you see the spoon coming and you are keeping most of it in your mouth.

- your teachers at daycare say that you roll over from your back to belly, but i'm not sure i believe them because you just won't do it at home for momma or poppa.

- there are times when you get a little fussy (not much), but you just stuff anything in your mouth...hands, feet, shirt, bib, teether, binky, dolly...whatever. so, we think you might be showing us some pearly whites soon.

- you can't quite sit up on your own yet, but you definitely are trying. gotta work on your core a little more.

- you are a happy little girl. you get excited when you see or hear momma, poppa or roman, and sometimes you let out a little squeal. so cute.

- you love getting a bath. you can be as tired as can be, or hungry too, but if momma puts you in the bathtub, you immediately stop crying. you love having the warm water pouring over your belly.

and just for comparison's sake...a little trip down memory lane. wait....can it be considered memory lane when it is only 5 months? maybe it's not a lane yet, maybe just a driveway. let's take a trip down memory driveway.

Easter Weekend

saturday morning: taekwondo

baby g, watching her brother throw down some moves

big brother, throwing down above mentioned moves


saturday afternoon: Easter egg dying

hello? Easter bunny? are you coming to my house tonight? one for bro, one for sis

knawing on her "hand"

sunday morning: check out all the loot from EB

some berry cool sunglasses i must note...i'm not a bad mom that put his Easter basket in the corner of the room. this was the spot that he picked the night before to place his basket for the EB to find. he also picked where gianna's basket should be too. it was in the middle of the living room floor.
EB brought gianna a snuggle bunny, bathing suit, hat, sunglasses and rubber ducky
this year the theme was less candy, more fun stuff!

go, go, power rangers!

and then...off to church

whoa, momma's in a picture

sunday afternoon: dinner and hanging with the fam

sunny and all the kiddos, smile and say "sugar high"

this is "normal"

hope ya'll had a great Easter! we did :)

Hey, Good Lookin'

so, roman has been getting his hair cut at a barber shop with toby for a while now. i haven't complained because i haven't had to do it. one thing off my plate. whew. but, since i was off with him on wednesday, that was our only chance to get it cut before Easter. when toby told me how much they pay (anything is too much in my book when i am more than qualified to do it at home for free!) i was shocked, but still didn't want to break out my own scissors and clippers! i am actually glad i didn't because, look at how cute he is. i mean, really. i love this picture.

and then there's little miss good morning. i can't really say that she has ever had a "bad" morning. she wakes up smiling, every. single. day.

God reminds me every day of how blessed i really am.

We're No Fools!

we got a big box in the mail yesterday...nana sent a bunch of stuff for the kids and an Easter wreath for me too!

okay, this is true...

nana knows the way to his heart! he loves his new suit. and poppa loves it too! he can't wait to wear it on Easter and for gianna's baptism (which he calls a "bass-tism)my attempt at fun pancakes i was trying to get gianna to roll over (yes, she is 4...almost 5 months old and still does not roll from her back to belly), but all she wanted to do was grab her toes. she loves those piggies!

my offspring are super cute, no?

Alternate Plans

we all got up and got ready to go to taekwondo this morning, but when we arrived, they were closed! roman was sad that he wasn't able to spar and practice weapons, so we decided to go bowling instead. this was roman's first time at a real bowling alley. he has perfected his bowling technique on the xbox kinect at home, but it is much different in real life!

oh yeah, he's a pro

choosing the perfect ball

she didn't get to bowl, but she was the best cheering section ever!
getting a little advice from poppa
silly boys...see their outfits? twinsies :)