Happy Birthday Aunt Natalie & what we have been up to...

First I want to wish a very happy 30th birthday to Aunt Natalie! Happy Birthday!!! Hope you had a great day! Today Corbin and Claire played play doh outsude, it was a very nice day, and they enjoyed it!
Pretty baby Caroline Louise... this week we have been using the swing and the bouncer, she seems to like them both for short periods of time. Some people are starting to say she is looking a a bit like Claire... I still just see a miniature Corbin... Not sure how big she is, but I did sort of weigh her today. My neighbor let me borrow her mail scale. She is too long for it, so I weighed her in my big salad bowl. According to that she was 6 lbs 7 ounces... with clothes and a diaper on.. so my guess is she is just a little over 6 lbs, which is GREAT!!! I still can't believe how fast time is going by, tomorrow she will be three weeks old!
This is a new game that Corbin and Claire invented this weekend. They call it none other than the pillow game. They line the hallway and then jump from pillow to pillow. It entertained them for a long time, and they got a good little work out in.
lining up the pillows

Caroline in the bouncer
Friday the kids had a little picnic lunch outside... they also got to play their favorite.. confetti eggs. I bought a bunch of confetti eggs when they went on sale after Halloween. If I ever need something to entertain them I reach for the eggs. They had a lot of fun playing with them.. As you can see in this picture Corbin is still sporting his "watch", and Claire is in a dress that is WAY too small. She likes to pick out her own clothes, always a dress, and usually one that is a summer dress and that is too small.. Whatever makes the princess happy!
Corbin in mid air throwing confetti egs at the fence
look at all those pretty eggs...
Rolling them down the slide.. they get kind of creative
My two blue eyed babies!
Cousin fun!
Pretty girl
Sister love!
Here is a pic of Caroline and her Great Aunt Missy and second cousin Anna! They came to visit from Austin!

Girls Day!

This morning Nat brought my nieces over, and all the girls had a play date! Corbin was at school having fun, I miss him when he is at school but I kno whe is loving it there!! Nat took these precious pictures today, I love them!
Playing outside!
Giving Caroline some love...
Cousins telling secrets...
I love that my kids love each other so much. Like I have said before, there are times when they are not so sweet to each other... Then times when they say I love you without me telling them to say it, times they share without me asking them to, and times you can just tell they are each others biggest fans... Coming from a family with a lot of siblings, I know just how wonderful it is so have brothers and sisters.. and I am so thankful my kiddos have each other.. Caroline is only 2 weeks old, but is seems like she has been around for ever. Corbin and Claire always are checking on her, and making sure she is happy... it is pretty easy to keep a kiddo happy who sleeps 22 hours a day!
I can't say it enough... I love my family....

Boat show and more fun!!!

Sunday Chris took Corby to the boat show! Corbin had a really fun time. My parents and brothers went too, so they all enjoyed the boats and other boat show type things... Me and my girls hung out here, and all the cousins came over to play.
Corbin on the boats!
His favorite part was looking at the boats that had beds in them. I think he thought that was pretty cool...
My big girl is two weeks old today! She went to the doctor yesterday and gained half a pound in a week! Yea Caroline! She is up to 5 lbs 13 ounces.. when she came home she was 5 lbs 1 ounce, so she is definitely getting bigger!
beauty!
Here are the cousins playing a game Celine invented called put the sticker on the catalog!
My three sweet children, I cannot tell you how much I love these babies. They just make my heart smile... They have their moments of being a little bratty, but somehow you forget those moments, and only remember the sweet ones!
Sisters... Claire is OBSESSED with Caroline. I cannot do anything without my little helper being right there. She kisses her 10, 000 times a day. She really loves her little sister!
Corbin loves to hold her. He gets her in his arms and says " see mommy, she wanted me not you"... He is very sweet with his baby sister!
Sibling Love!

Fun Day!

hmmmm Corbin... Looks like you are up to something!
My pretty blondie with blue eyes! After her bath her hair looks so super light!
Caroline and Shelby! My sister in law has brought my two nieces out the last two days to play and visit. I have really enjoyed getting to see them all play!
When you are at Aunt Sara's house you can have as many suckers as you want!
My pretty brown haired brown eyed girl! Also known as PRINCESS!
All smiles!
Her hair is so light that her eyelashes are barely visible. If you catch them in the right light you can see them!
Corbin in his usual sleeping attire! This child has more jammies than any child should have, yet he prefers his b-day suit! He tells us his clothes are "sweating" him and he takes them off, and sleeps in his undies with his dog dog!
Today while my mom was here ( thank God for my awesome mom by the way!!!) I decided to have a little game time with the big kids while Grammy watched Caroline. I broke out Candyland... Hmmm the kids were MADDDDDDD if they picked any card with just colors, they only wanted the special ones with the candy people. At one point Claire was sitting on the board, and Corbin was shuffling through the cards looking for the good ones!

My little transformer! We had a really good week! Today I got to take a much needed nap and feel so much better.

Photo session!

My friend Missy who is a photographer and has her own company www.snappedwithlove.com came over and took Caroline's newborn pictures. They turned out super precious, and Caroline was SO good during them! These are a few of my favorites! She is just a super specail precious baby girl!
I love this little hat that the volunteers at the hospital made for her!
Her eyes are going to be super blue just like Corbin's!
My beautiful baby girl!

One week old!

Today at 6:30 pm Caroline will be one week old! I cannot believe that this week has gone by so fast! She is still the sweetest, smallest most precious little bitty thing in the world. She had a doctor's appointment this morning, and she still only weighs 5 pounds. I am bound and determined to get some meat on those little bones before her next weigh in on Tuesday. She NEVER has cried to eat, I have to basically force her to eat in her sleep every few hours. If she had it her way she would just sleep the day away... which she kind of does.....
I love this picture... Corbin is super proud of his armband he got at school last week. he won't take it off, he has Chris dry it with a blow dryer every night after his bath.. He was showing it off to baby Caroline. He calls it his watch. He just loves her so much!
Claire was hanging out with Caroline on the couch. She loves to be right where Caroline is. She insists on feeding her. Every time I change her diaper she asks me about her umbilical cord...
My brother and soon to be sister in law came over last night!
Here is great grandmother maw-maw with my girls!
All snug after a bath
pretty big sister.....
Thank you again to all of our friends who have come by with such nice things. It is very sweet for everyone to think of us during this super special time!