Micah in the grass - Eight months

I took some pictures of Micah in the grass early this spring. He was just learning to sit up on his own. He had never been "in" the grass before, and he wasn't sure what he thought about it. I thought the other pictures of him in the van were so cute...he makes the funniest faces! He was so proud of himself pulling up to the window and standing on his own. He loves to be in the driver's seat...like all men do.

Easter

Abby's soothing the chick with sweet, calming words.
Notice the poor little chicks feet...he's scared to death! :)

It was a very cold Easter in Nebraska...Easter egg hunts and gloves...yuck!

Micah is 6 months old...I love all his new funny faces!

Gabriel just loves his cousin Ollie so much!

Not happy about all these pictures and poses...

For Easter this year, we went to Val and Gail's house in Nebraska City. Josh and Nicole suprised us and drove in from Colorado! It was a great weekend with family. Ollie was so much fun to watch...he's at such a great age for egg hunt and all the Easter fun. Abby is a woman who loves her holidays, so she was in heaven. She's still talking about Christmas and Valentines Day! :)
For those of you who didn't already know this...Nebraska City is the home of Arbor Day. So there is a really great place called the Arbor Day Farm and they have a nice park with a tree house. We went there for an Easter egg hunt and they had baby chicks! The kids absolutely loved it...they were very generous and let the kids hold them and pet them. It was very hands on and lots of fun. I think Abby almost squeezed the life out of hers...she just "loved" it so much.

A trip to Michigan

This is what Micah is doing right now...he loves to lay on the floor and grab his feet.

Beautiful Carly...

Talk to the hand, cousin.
We hate tummy time!





Uncle Bub, you're the best! We love you...



We took a trip up to Michigan on President's day weekend to visit my brother Nate and his family. It's become a yearly tradition...and it was such a blast! Every trip the guys watch the kids and Laura and I go to the outlet malls about an hour away for a day of shopping...the pottery barn outlet was amazing! On sunday night we got a sitter and the four of us (+2 nursing munchkins) went out to dinner to celebrate Laura's birthday at Carabbas. It was nice to go out with only one kid per couple. You can imagine when we go out with our 5 and their 3 what a rukus we cause. The cousins have so much fun together! We only wished we lived closer. Nate and Laura just recently remodeled a good portion of their downstairs. They put in the most gorgeous bay window in the family room. I put a blanket down and shot the pictures of Micah and Carly there...the light was beautiful and I thought they turned out great. Can't believe it's been a month since my last post...life marches on. Looking forward to spring...

Reading with big bro

Jacob just LOVES Micah. He is such a help to me with this baby. Everyone always told me that I would miss not having a girl first because they help so much with all the other babies that come along (you know, with that maternal instinct and all). I tell you what...I couldn't have asked for a better firstborn in Jacob. He is loving, kind and has a very good way with babies. At night, when I'm working hard to get the middle three kids in bed, Jake will take Micah for me and hang with him. He is such a blessing to me. I know these 2 will always be close.