Randomness

Lots of random pictures dating back from February!

 One of his Texas friends had a birthday party and they all Facetimed with Cooper so he could virtually be there :).  It was so sweet and he was ecstatic!

 Oh this girl!

 Little sisters can talk you into things you normally wouldn't do :).

 For about a month we didn't have blinds. Besides that whole privacy issue, I kind of liked it.  Our back windows let in so much light!

 The afternoon sun could blind you if sitting in the wrong spot ;).  I wanted pictures to remember what it was like before blinds.

 The sunset was so pretty-minus the flash.

 My sister posted this on Instagram and it may just be my favorite thing ever.

 Girltalk!  When Piper's hair isn't standing up-I joke that she looks like an old asian man with a combover.

 One day in March we broke out the t-shirt and no socks!  Woot-Woot!

 Cheering on our Hawks during the Big 12 tourney.

 Cooper was gathering all his blue stuff to watch the game :).

 The girl is not afraid to take her brother on.

 Her babies are ruling our house these days, in fact I need to devote a post to this!

 Watching the kids in the bathtub...

 They usually shower with one of us so the bathtub was an exciting change of pace!

 This was my view one morning.  Piper often wakes up sometime between 3-5:30.  I nurse her and she is out again but I often lay her next to me in bed.  I know, I know…I shouldn't do it, you don't have to tell me.  She sleeps in her pack'n'play all night but she is just so darn sweet that I can't put her back after that early morning feeding.  Adam was out of town and Cooper had come in super early so I told him to get in bed with Piper and I.  He had given Piper his most beloved blanket to cuddle with, so sweet!

 Laney had fixed my hair and was decorating me with random things she could find around the room.  

 I was cleaning one day and asked them if they wanted to use my 'super special dusting wands!'.  Hook, line, sinker.  They were all over it.  It may have only lasted 10 minutes but they dusted all the wood on the stairs!

 I sent her upstairs to get dressed while I was feeding Piper and this is how she came back down.  No underwear but she didn't forget her hat!

Sweet babies in big bows, nothing better!

Weekend not as planned...

A weekend out of sorts so here's a post to go right along with it…

Our weekend started off with Piper getting locked inside the house!  Aaahhh!  Here's the skinny…I have 3 kids in 3 carseats and somehow none of them are able to 100% buckle themselves in.  We are devoting time to that this week!  Sooo. as always I take the 2 big kids and my purse out to the car, get them buckled in, run back in to grab Piper and go.  Well, I got both in the car Friday morning and when I tried to get back in the house from the garage, the stinking door was locked!!!!!  It has a lock on the knob that you turn and a deadbolt.  Obviously one of the kids turned the lock on the way out, both deny it, doesn't really matter.  My heart sunk and I grabbed my phone.  I called my mom and Adam for advice.  In the end I googled Overland Park Locksmith and called the first number that popped up.  He said he would be there in 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, Piper is totally fine.  She is in her carseat on the couch and I can see her from the front door windows (thankfully, those blinds aren't up yet!).  She was sound asleep during the whole process!  The shady locksmith arrives in his unmarked vehicle and in about 10 minutes gets the door opened for $250!!!!!  $250, can you believe that, ridiculous!  We have never been people to carry house keys (in fact our two houses in St. Louis we could break in the lock with a credit card) and we didn't even know where the keys were to this house. After our Friday outing, I came home and searched until I found those keys :).  Kid locked in the house…just another notch on my Motherhood belt!

We were headed out to meet the Stilley Girls (that's what Cooper calls them :)) at the Johnson County Kids Museum…needless to say we were about 45 minutes late after the locked out of house debacle.  The museum has a cute "mini town" for kids, sure we will be back!  Then we headed to Fritz's for lunch.  

Friday night I got the flu and Adam got home at midnight, he had been in Fort Worth for training since last Sunday.  To say we were happy to have him home would be an understatement!  With him working from home the kids are used to seeing him everyday and almost every meal.  I was in bed with  flu like stuff all day Saturday.  Adam took them to Henry's birthday party at Monkey Bizness, bounce house park.

Happy Birthday Henry!

They also went out to lunch, the carwash, and my parents house.  Thank you to my mom for taking care of Piper all morning!  

After the kids woke up from naps, they went to pick Cash up to come over and play.  Adam sent me this video of Cooper as they were putting shoes on to leave.

I mean, he is the sweetest!!!  When they were home, he was at my bedside about every 30 minutes asking me how I was feeling.  When I would say not great, he would say, I'm sorry about that, hope you get better soon.  That boy melts my heart!  For the record, Laney didn't come see me once ;).

It was 12 years ago Saturday that this guy and I went on our first date!  I still have this picture framed in our bedroom.  12 years!!!  Crazy!!!  How is that he has aged so well (I am thankful he found his neck that was missing in this picture :)) and I have added a million gray hairs and wrinkles!?  Not fair.  Either way, love ya Adam!

 Another bright spot of the weekend?  Stella & Dot's summer collection debuted on Friday!  Love these earrings and their versatility, the bottom part unhooks for a more subtle look.  The jewel is coral.

This wrap bracelet might be my fave!  Love the gold and silver mixed together!  See it all on my website here.

Cheers to a good week!

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!!!!!!!