Icecream, Teeth and here comes Dr. Marina

Gavin tried an icecream cone for the first time last week. He didn't really understand how to eat it and ended up with a frozen red nose, cheeks and chin. He gave up after a while and complained until I gave it to him with a spoon. I thought kids were supposed to LIKE icecream cones. You can tell that Marina is really enjoying hers.


Dr. Marina is on duty. WATCH OUT! She put this on and I said "Oh, hi nurse Marina and she quickly corrected me "I'm a doctor"

Zoe lost her first tooth in a long time! It started to get wiggly but was not ready to come out but she was anxious to help it out. She took a piece of dental floss and tied it to the door and had Marina slam the door. It actually worked. A little bloody but it worked. I was away this weekend and Mr. tooth fairy just never came. He did visit her to tell her that she had to wait for the Mrs. to visit her. It must not be in his contract!

Samuels Christening

Here are some pictures from Samuel's Christening. He is such a cute little man!

Can I keep him like this a little longer?

Gavin is at such a great age now and just so much fun to be with. I love that he is walking, which makes it easier to play outside and that he is starting to talk, make jokes and entertain us. His personality is really showing through and so far he is such a cuddly, sweet, funny and full of energy type of guy. I know the terrible two's will be here all to soon, but if I could just keep him at this stage for a couple years I would. I will be happy when I don't have to change diapers anymore but for now it is a small price to pay. Although some days I have to pay more than others! I am really looking forward to the upcoming summer and seeing him play at the beach with his sisters and getting to meet Minnie and Mickey. He cracks us up because every time we meet new people or are in a new situation he gets a very serious look on his face and studies everything and everyone around him. We call him Stewie from the Family Guy and often imagine him with Stewies type of thoughts as he processes everything.

Here is my little guy getting ready to fly to the beach!

Anna Theresa is here!

Congratulations Will and Kim on the birth of your beautiful daughter Anna. Kim had a c-section in the early afternoon after labor failed to progress. Anna has already started to show her parents how even the best laid plans can and often will change when you have kids. I was so excited to meet her and visit with Will and Kim (okay, maybe I mostly went to see the baby ;-) that I took off to the hospital soon after hearing the news. Kim was in the recovery room but her and the baby were doing wonderful and I could clearly see how ecstatic they were to have her here. She is 6lbs 6oz and as of the time I left, did not have her length measured yet. She has a lot of light hair and dark eyes. Here are a couple of the pictures I took of her but I will post more soon.

Caught

Just a cute picture of my little climber getting caught digging in the cracker box. In this picture he is actually getting down after I scoulding him. I found him sitting indian style on the table with his whole arm in the box. If looks could kill!

Cinco de Mayo

We went out to a local Mexican resturant for Cinco de Mayo. It has been a tradition with us for years now and this restaurant has a bounce house, face painting and prizes. Marina wanted to be a blue bunny, Violet got an orange cat face and Zoe got a tree on one cheek and a flower on the other.

My little chef! and * baby boom stats to date*

Gavin is getting off to a good start in the kitchen. Let's hope he grows to really like to cook when he gets older. Maybe he could teach his dad a thing or two about the culinary arts. Here is a couple of pictures of him hard at work. In the last one I think he took too many swigs of the vanilla and was having trouble keeping his balance or maybe it was one of those darn banana peels.

The baby boom has started... CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Well officially so far:

Joanne (boy) Samuel in Feb.
Lori (boy) Evan Blog Link
Jenn (girl) Maya Blog Link
Millie (boy) Brady Blog Link