Not a typical Thursday

This afternoon we headed out for a walk.  When we left Cooper asked me if it was going to rain.  I said, "no way, the sun is shining!"  Then I looked up and sure enough there was a rain cloud!  A minute later it started raining on us and we rushed back home.  My kids aren't usually fond of the rain.  In the past Cooper has acted like he might melt if raindrops hit him.  Well, when we got home I mentioned they should play in the rain…off they went!

 When did she get so grown up!

 Ok - so he wasn't 100% ok with the rain.  The helmet was his protection :).

 The girl just kills me - carefree and dancing in the rain.

 We found an umbrella!

 Baby sister talked to me while the kids played.

 Just like that the clouds parted and the sun broke thru.  I had saw this on Pinterest and it was a quick game to throw together.  I just drew a target with chalk, rounded up a bucket and some sponges.  They tossed the sponges on the target to try and get the highest points.  Laney had no clue about the points but she managed to hit the 40 right away!

 And then the sky looked like this again!

 One more round of rain!

 Pippi had fallen asleep amidst all the fun.

I mean, can I freeze my babies at this age right now??  Please!!??

Grandma invited us to Summer Music Fest at Town Center Plaza.  We had so much fun!  My kids were a bit crazy but that is pretty typical :).

 Apparently it was the place to be tonight!

 The kids spent a lot of time in the bounce houses and then we found the balloon guy.  

 Cooper asked for IronMan and the balloon man delivered!

 Coop loved it so much he had to take a pic of it himself.

 Laney asked for a flower and Gunner a monster truck.  They walked all over Town Center barefoot, I even took Laney to the GapKids bathroom barefoot, yikes - so gross.

So fun! 

5 months!

Our sweet Pippi was 5 months on May 12 - I took these pics close to that date even though this post is happening much later :).

-She weighs 15 lbs, 5 oz.  I know this because I had her at the pediatrician for her horrible cough :(. Doc said it was probably RSV that turned into bronchilitis.  Nothing you can do for it but let it run its course.  Poor baby.  She has sounded awful all.month.long.  

-She is totally interacting with her toys now instead of just staring at them.  She reaches for things, holds on to them, puts toys in her mouth.

-Loves to watch her siblings and is laughing out loud, so fun!

-Just introduced food, at 5 months she was just eating butternut squash at dinnertime.

-I nurse her 7 times a day-one of those being between 2:45-4am.  Last week I said to Adam, "holy cow, she is 5 months old, why isn't she sleeping thru the night yet, this is crazy!!!"  Happy to report we broke her of that middle of the night feeding last week!

-She is still rockin' her dark locks - she is beginning to lose some of it though…proof is on her sheets and carseat.  However, I am definitely beating her in the hair loss category!

 Obviously not sitting up as she toppled over when I turned around the grab my camera.  Actually - this is exactly how I feel about her already being 5 months!!!!

 She was so serious!

 Those arms and legs are always moving!

 My favorite.

Piper's Baptism

Mother's Day was extra special this year as Piper was baptized!  We are so thankful to all the moms in our life that spent their day with us instead of spoiling themselves!

So happy to become a child of God!

Uncle Brock and Aunt Maggie are her Godparents.  

She wasn't sure what to think but no tears.

There were 5 other baptisms that day so when it wasn't our turn we took some pictures.

It feels like yesterday we were having Cooper baptized - how is this baby #3?!?!

Our sweet Piper!  The oil and baptismal water did a number on her hair ;).

She wore the same gown that Laney and all the Jones' girls have worn.  Mamaw Jones had her wedding dress made into a baptismal gown- brilliant idea!

I always pick awesome times for family pictures.  Laney was hungry and Cooper wanted to play with his cousins.  

This is as good as it gets these days!

4 generations - love these ladies!

4 generations!  Great picture, bad background.

Oh these sweet, sweet girls!!!!  Love that the weather is warmer so we get to see their rolls and tiny toes!

AJ, QJ and PJ :)

These two, good thing they are cute because they are ornery!!!!!! 

Piper's first food

I know, long time-no post!  We have been out of town for a few days on a couple different occasions and Adam and I are addicted to Scandal!  Have you watched it?  If not, you should, nothing else is good on TV in the summer.  We recently cancelled our cable, don't get me started on Time Warner - still working on my letter to the CEO.  So we subscribed to Netflix and started our new addiction, Scandal.  Seriously, it's so good.  With no TV, we are watching it on my computer which means no blogging while watching :).  Moving on…

Just shy of her 5 month birthday, we fed Pippi her first food, butternut squash.  So far I am making her food just like the other two.  We all know I am cheap and it is sooo much cheaper and really, it is so easy! 

She doesn't sit really well in the Bumbo yet, so it wasn't exactly easy.

She wasn't sure what to think.  

There are lots of pictures, I couldn't cut them down!

Hello blue eyes!

My favorite.

Everytime I feed her, she goes for the bowl.

So far she has only had butternut squash and peas.  She loves the peas!  Just this past week we have been sure to feed her every night so we haven't gotten very far in our food selection.