In honor of mother's day, I thought I'd share what made me mother of the year today.  We were reading "Caps for Sale" for about the thousandth time, and in talking about the copycat monkeys I finally lost my resolve never to say out loud "monkey see, monkey do… monkey pee all over you!" (I…

first smiles:  5 1/2 weeks.  we sure love this girl!

…bring new umbrellas.   Zach mostly used his inside (waited on the porch with it before school, then threw it in to me and ran through the pouring rain to the bus without it because "not many people bring umbrellas to school, mom"), Carter mostly used his upside down (it ended the morning filled with…

And our first "complete" family picture with all 6 of us.  (Even if a few of us are a little disheveled since we took this post-church.)  

Although this year was a little cold compared to the last few years (and a little lame compared to the last few years with our fun neighbors!) we managed to have an egg hunt anyways, and the kids had a great time (even though there was only candy in a portion of the eggs!)  …

Emma would hold Meg all day.   She loves to read her books, sing her songs, and play her the music from her Bitty Baby baby monitor.  She is a fantastic helper. Carter will hold Meg for about 3 minutes.  But he would kiss her all day.  Every time she wakes up he says, "I…

How Carter feels about our April snowstorm:   And Carter showing how the REST of us feel about the winter storm warning:   The storm didn't end up amounting to much, which satisfied everyone.   (And just FYI, this kid has the most expressive facial expressions all the time.  I absolutely love it!)

So we were lucky enough to have a friend use Meg as a newborn model for her photography business… here is the link to her website if you want to see her fantastic work (and our cute baby!)   jolenereedphotography As a side note:  I realize now why my "at home" photo shoots never look…

I have just put down Meg and am headed outside with an armful of stuff to take out to the recycling. Nate kisses me on his way downstairs to help the big kids "Saturday clean" the basement.  (I am in plaid pj pants, a mis-matched shirt, and my glasses , which are really crooked right…

So I obviously haven't been posting much… and Meg will be 3 weeks tomorrow!  I will be better – but until I am, here are a couple of my favorite pictures to tide the grandparents over.  :) Meg @ 4 days and @ 10 days