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Hang Man

One of Anna's favorite games to play is Hang Man.  She's quite good at picking tricky words that stump me too.  Of course she thinks it's hilarious when I can't figure it out.  I think I lost part of my brain with the delivery of each child!  :-)

65 Degrees

This past week we were blessed with two gorgeous days of temperatures right at 65 degrees.  We took walks, played basketball and soccer, rode bikes, played hopscotch, tried to jump rope (comical!), opened the windows and just enjoyed the spring-like weather.  Noah went for his first "big boy" stroller ride without being in his carrier and loved it. 

 We love the jacket Aunt Heather and the outfit Grandma Smith!

 Peek-a-boo!  I love the hats with the ears!

 The girls and I had fun making a train with our strollers and shopping cart.  Anna was prepared for the most dangerous train of her life wearing her helmet and knee pads.  =)  Thank you Lord for wonderful weather - Please bring it back and make it stay soon!

Who's Who?

Ok, it's pretty obvious who's who, or at least who the girls are but I haven't done a comparison post yet and here are pictures of our three kids each at 3 months old.  They have some similarities but none of them look exactly alike.  My thoughts - I think they all have the same nose, Anna's face is much narrower and longer (more like Michael's was as a baby) than Audrey and Noah's (their's looks more like mine did when I was a baby), Audrey and Noah look the most alike, Audrey definitely had the most hair,  they all have similar mouths, Anna's eyes are different than Audrey and Noah's, they're all adorable.  :0)  Your thoughts?

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day to you!  We had a special dinner tonight that was great fun!  While Daddy and the girls were at Anna's basketball practice, Mommy worked very fast setting the table with heart themed plates, cups, napkins, and lighted candles.  The lights were turned down low and dinner music was playing.  The menu consisted of gourmet heart shaped grilled cheese (Ha!) for the girls and chicken fajitas for the adults.  Once the girls got home they had to quickly get dressed up in their fancy dresses and put on some high heels and jewlery.  It was a fun way to have dinner on a special day.

 Valentine Noah - he'll hate this picture some day.  :)

 Valentine Audrey - ornery as ever!

 Valentine Anna - goofy girl!

Brrrr it's cold!!

 It has been so cold this week!  The snow is pretty but I do not enjoy the cold.  You know it's way too cold when you walk outside and you immediately feel like you have boogers in your nose because your nose hairs are frozen! 

The kids love to warm themselves up by laying on the floor in front of the fireplace with blankets.  There is usually lots of laughter when they're doing this too.  :)

 We've been couped up inside but have enjoyed snuggling, reading books, and watching movies.

 Audrey better watch out... Noah's going to catch her in size before too long! 

Daddy's Birthday

On Monday we celebrated Daddy's birthday and the girls were so excited to "plan" and decorate for his "party".  Who knew so much "planning" and excitement would go into a party with just the 5 of us?!  :0)

 We love you Michael Wesley!

3 Months Old Today

Another month has flown by and Noah is 3 months old today.  Breaks my heart... he's such a sweet baby and I don't think it can get any better than this.  He sleeps great, he can't get into anything, he doesn't talk back, and he's not a picky eater.  =)  We are enjoying every minute with him and are so thankful we're getting to experience what it's like to have a happy, laid back baby.  Of course we love the girls but I don't think we enjoyed them much when they were babies because they cried so much, at least during the first 6 months.  It wasn't their fault, Anna didn't ask to have colic and Audrey didn't ask to have reflux but it made life very stressful.  With Noah being such a good baby, I'd love to have more babies, however, after much prayer we decided before he was even born that 3 blessings were enough and instead of praying for more children, we'd pray for wisdom to know how to teach the children we have to know and follow the Lord.

Rockin' Audrey

In December there was a t.v. show on called The Sing Off. We loved watching it and recorded each episode. Little did we know that the girls would want to watch those episodes over and over again. They LOVE music! We watch The Sing Off episodes at least once a week, usually more. Here's a video Michael took of Audrey jammin' away while Anna and I were at Awana. Sorry it's sideways, I've got to give him lessons on how to make a video.  :)