5 Years!

Happy Anniversary to us! 5 years ago we were married. What a wonderful, exciting, and blessed 5 years it has been!

GaGa and Rori

We miss you GaGa and Rori! Thanks for playing with us!
Rori and Anthony

Chheeeeeeeeesssseeeee

Rori and her favorite dress-up doll-Jaileigh

 

Grandma with Jake and Michael. Rori with Anthony.

Rori giving me a "look" for something

Grandma with two of her best boys.

Go Blackhawks!

This post is especially for all of our Chicago friends and family. Congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks for winning the Stanley Cup.
The boys modeling their jerseys. Anthony, Jakob, and Michael.

Jaileigh joined in too.

Annie with her jersey on.

Jakob peaking in at Annie.

Playing ring-around-the rosy with Aunt Rori.

Jaileigh

Jakob with his buckets

Michael and Jakob playing in the wagon

Daddy and Anthony- look at those scowls

Michael with the basket of chalk. Jakob is drawing on the sidewalk. Grandma brought sidewalk chalk with her and they had so much fun.

Annie in her new outfit from Aunt Diana

2 Weeks Old

Annie is two weeks old today. What a whirlwind two weeks it has been. Grandma and Rori went home yesterday and we really missed them today. All of the dishes and laundry and toys that miraculously got cleaned and put away were back full force. The babies were lonely too. Mike and I just aren't as entertaining as GaGa and Rori.

Annie's 2 week picture.

My beautiful sister and her niece, Annie

Annie - Jake is holding a toy in front of her trying to entertain her.

Anthony holding his baby sister. Look how proud he is.

My child looks homeless. I was organizing Jaileighs old clothes and the quaddies wanted to help. I gave them grocery bags and some clothes to carry around. Jake is the only one that looked homeless.

Michael with a mischievous look.

Anthony laughing about something.

Jaileigh and her attitude. Can we say "Princess"?

Keeping Busy

We keep busy by . . .

playing in our kitchen
Jaileigh, Jakob, Michael

Jakob, Michael, Anthony, and Jaileigh

by playing outside. . .

by playing with our Auntie Rori

Jakey and Anthony with Rori

and by reading stories.
Anthony, mommy, Jakob, Michael, and Kari

Dress Up Time

My mom has been with us since Annie was born and Auntie Rori was able to come this week.
We are so excited to have both of them! What lifesavers they both are. Rori has had a lot of fun playing dress up with Jaileigh.

Toothbrush, comb, hairbrush. pen, gloves, what more does a girl need?

Rori made the little socks for Jaileigh. The first night Jaileigh had to sleep with them on.

Rori also made Jaileigh and Annie tutu's. Jaileigh loved hers. We still have to try Annies on her.

Yep, lots of fun at our house.

Yummy Food!

The quaddies got a new picnic table from their friends the Millers. They love it. They think that they are so grown up.  Here they are trying it out for the first time.

Jaileigh and Anthony

Michael

Jakob and Michael

Jaileigh trying to share

Jakey

Jaileigh and Anthony

RIBS! Kari and Parker brought dinner over the other night and the quaddies had their first taste of ribs.

Michael

Jaileigh sharing with Parker

Anthony

Jakob

Jaileigh

Jakob is so excited!

Jakob, Michael. and Jaileigh