Road Trippin' Again

Two weeks after our road trip to Washington, we were at it again!  This time our Jayhawks were playing in the NCAA tournament in STL and we had tickets! 

We left town Thursday night.  Sometimes it takes looking in the rearview mirror to realize how many kids I have!  And Laney doesn't go many places without her baby and the carseat.  In fact, both are in bed with her tonight.

Everyone was working our first morning there so Adam snuck Doodles away for breakfast at his favorite Washington spot.  He said when they got in the car she said, "me and daddy.  no mommy, no coopie, no baby piper, no lola."

 Dinnertime!

 Mamaw put her weekend on hold to hang out with our kids all weekend so we could enjoy the game festivities!  Maggie was a big help too, thanks Mags!  They bathed these girls Friday night and said it was a bathtub full of girly squeals ;). 

 Mamaw painted the girls' toes, they loved it!

 Don't you just want to eat up Hadley's chubby little toes!?

 It's always good to get away with this guy, even if it's just a few hours!  I told him walking into the game that this is my perfect idea of a date night - we walked around downtown STL, had a couple beers, and watched some basketball.  It was an awful game, but our Jayhawks walked away victorious. We weren't so lucky Sunday…no pictures from that game. :(

 Piper got lots of GiGi love!

 I am not sure that Kellen and Cooper got out of their pjs all weekend!  Seriously!  They just play and play, eat and sleep.  Emily was holding an auction of toys here :).

 Piper was all dressed up and nowhere to go!

Maggie sent us this picture during the game.  It brought a smile to our faces when we were so frustrated/anxious/upset with our Hawks.  

Spring Break 2014 Visitors!

Wanna know what's crazier than Spring Break in Mexico?  8 kids (plus one in the oven) - ages 6 and under and 3 moms in one house for a few days!!!  A different kind of crazy but still crazy fun!

Our good friends from STL, the Kluesners and Alfermanns packed up and came to see us for a few days and we couldn't have been more excited!

 In the first 1/2 hour I realized I had left my camera up in Piper's room from earlier in the day.  I went up to get it and found Cooper photographing Frannie :).  Yes those are thick natural curls, her hair is to die for!

 Costumes were the name of the game!  No joke, Frannie, Laney and Knox were in costume 95% of the time they were awake.

 These 2 were often in a world of their own, they played so well together!

 Sweet Nora was digging the Mr. Potato Head glasses.  How sweet is her little thumb sucking self!

 Princesses!

 Hi George!

 We didn't leave the house during their visit.  Weather was yuck and it was going to take more effort than was worth it to accommodate everyone's eating/sleeping schedule!  

I had to get creative here as the kids were kind of losing it before dinner one late afternoon.  Butcher paper and crayons for the win!

 Knox as Nemo, doesn't get any cuter!  He was the Prince to the 2 Princesses ;).

 This handsome guy is about to be in a sister sandwich when his baby sister arrives this summer!

 Movie Night!  My awesome sister hand delivered Frozen as a surprise for the kids.  Laney didn't nap this day, hence the attitude and then she missed Frozen to hit the hay early.

 Love these kids!

The best we could get with Doodles…that girl!

Such fun and great memories made!  Next time I promise to take you all out of my house!!!!!!!

Preschool Pictures

Reason #3,498 I loved the kids' preschool in Texas…without asking (I had totally forgot!) they sent me the proofs of the kids' school pictures with instructions on how to order!

 This boy literally has one "nice" outfit and he has worn it for everything!  Family pictures, school pictures, school programs, church - you name it.  

 Such a sweet and innocent smile.

 Sister has worn this outfit for lots of events too!  For the record…I could never get her to sit like that!

They even did sibling pics!!  

She's Rolling Over!

At 3 months and 2 days, my baby rolled over!  Aaahhhh!  Too soon Baby Piper!  Too soon!  I laid her down on the floor in our room, was getting ready for a wedding and just.like.that. she was on her belly.  I couldn't believe it so I rolled her back to her back and she did it again for me.  So of course I grabbed my camera to capture :).

It takes her a bit to get her arm out from under her but she works at it until she breaks free.

So far she has just rolled back to belly so far.  Easy on the milestones Piper Jones!

Piper - 3 months

This is really 3 1/2 months, but who's counting?  Our sweet Piper easily transitioned into our new home.  She is still sleeping bedside in our room as her crib is still not put together.  

The latest and greatest with Piper…

-She is breastfeeding full time, girl won't take a bottle!  We are on a "let's get this baby girl taking a bottle" mission and so far our mission is a failure.  More details on this later, but if you have a solution that worked for you, please share!

-She eats for a final time somewhere around the 10 o'clock hour and is back up in the 7 o'clock hour.

-Smiles, smiles, smiles!  The best!  My favorite smiles are the ones when she first wakes up and it's just the two of us before we start the day with our crazies.

-Starting to really watch her brother and sister! They are great about laying on the floor with her during tummy time to keep her entertained.

 Still rockin' that crazy hair!  She doesn't seem to be losing any yet.

 LOVE all her rolls!  

 She was very intrigued by her bloomers.

 A couple of my letters were hijacked by my photography assistant, a cute and sassy toddler girl/

Piper was definitely not loving picture time.

Happy 3 months Piper Marie!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Grandma and Grandpa hosted a St. Patty's Day party a day early.  Wearing green was the only requirement.  

 Cooper took that wearing green to a whole new level.  Green on green with green socks.  When he got dressed he told Adam that he wished he had green shoes to wear ;).

 His finished product.

 Brock and Jade sporting their green spirit!

 The partiers!

 Funny Faces!

The next morning...

A green breakfast!

That's apple jacks (just the green ones) and the marshmallows from lucky charms, all served with green milk :).  The kids thought they were in breakfast heaven!!!

So sweet!

Sisters!  I probably should have fixed Laney's hair after nap but Piper had a blowout so I needed to change her immediately when I realized I didn't have pics of the kids in their green!

Let the outtakes begin...

Laney was insistent that her babies be in the pictures.

Why can't these kids look at the camera when I ask!??!!

And I give up.

Happy 1st St. Patrick's Day our sweet Piper Marie!!!

See St. Patrick's Day last year here .