Daddy Day Care

Saturday Chris and his dad took the big kids to the Boat Show. The kids had fun, and I think they wore Daddy and Paw Paw out. Corbin and Claire both caught a bunch of fish which I think was the highlight of their day!
My little fisherwoman
My little fisherman
While they were all at the boat show I had a super fun day with my friend Lindsay and this little stinker. We went out to lunch and shopping. It was a fun little girls day. Today we have just been hanging out. I kind of like this weather, we have had a fun day just playing and making a mess. Corbin and I did jump on the trampoline for a bit. Jumping on the trampoline right after it rains= a really fun time :)! I love that we have a three day weekend! WOO HOO!!!

First Birthday Party

Today we had Caroline's first birthday party! We had a great time with friends and family! Here are just a few pictures from her big day! Caroline was not very happy at the beginning of the party, cranky and just not herself, but she turned it around and had a great time!
Caroline's Aunt Natalie did this very special amazing picture for the party! She is so talented, and this was very special. VERY SPECIAL!
My sweet baby girl liked her sweet cupcakes.
Here are a few of the babies! You can see Caroline is screaming her head off... it was her party and she cried because she wanted to.
My cousin Emily MADE this BEAUTIFUL blanket and sweet doll for Caroline. So beautiful and special. These are things she will have the rest of her life. Thank you Emily, I LOVE THEM!
Playing!
This is the funniest face to Chris and I. Caroline shakes her little body, stiffens up and clenches her jaw. It is so funny. kind of her party trick!


My friend that made the girl's dresses made this ADORABLE shirt for her little boy to wear. It was a hit! We may or may not be making sure they fall in love :).
I have a lot more pictures that I will post. It was a super fun day to celebrate my super fun girl! It is birthday time around here, Claire and Corbin's are coming up too!

Caroline's big ONE day!!!

My sweetness had a great first birthday. She started her day in style at 6:30 AM with a birthday sucker!
The big kids made her a special cake..
They worked really hard decorating it.
Here she is in Claire's first b-day shirt.
Happy birthday to you sweet girl!
AHHH the mess.
So cute, and so worth the ridiculously messy clean up.
Corbin and Claire decided it would be fun to join in the messy face fun.
Princess...
It is hard to believe our baby is one. She had a fun day, and really thought her cake was fun.
* when I picked up Corbin from school on her b-day all the teachers told me that all day long he told everyone that it was his baby sister's birthday. Corbin and Claire are so proud of Caroline. It is really adorable to watch siblings... There are times they are meaner than mean to each other, but at the end of the day the LOVE is undeniable. We are pretty BLESSED with three of the most precious babies. We have a lot to be thankful for.. have to run, Claire is putting diaper rash medicine on her babies...

My baby is ONE!

My sweet baby Caroline,
My beautiful blond hair blue eyed beauty. Today you turn one. I will never forget the day you were born, when you cried your super soft first sweet cry my heart melted. You were so tiny, you still are. You are our first baby to not meet the weight requirement of 20 pounds to be able to face the front in your car seat at ONE. In the last year you have changed so much. You went from a little bitty newborn that slept to a baby that likes to wake up all night long. You do like your crib though more than the others did. You are a sweet girl, you like to put your head on people's shoulder. You point your finger to tell people no. You are not a good eater- at all. You do love suckers though, and that is why at 6:30 AM I gave you a birthday sucker! You throw some major fits. You lock your jaws and shake your fists and head. You laugh a really cute belly laugh. You love to play and explore. You also like to put any little thing off the floor into your mouth. You are our first baby that did not have to get tubes in their ears by 1 year old, and we thank you for that! You love to sit in laps, and LOVE for your daddy to rock you to sleep. You are easy going, and just go with the flow. For early on we have toted you around everywhere, and you do so well. You now love your baths again, you did go through a phase of hating them. You have cute red chapped little cheeks, and sparkling eyes. Your one bottom tooth is adorable. You are the queen of hand-me down clothes. You have quite the wardrobe built up thanks to Claire. You love youtr brother and sister, but hate it when they take things away from you or pick you up to move you. You are beautiful, and our baby girl & there is really no way of describing how much we love you and your brother and sister. Being your parents is challenging at times, but the most rewarding, wonderful thing in the world. We love you sweet Caroline. You are just the sweetest little Carolina inthe world! Happy One Birthday! I know you are going to love the cake that Daddy, Corbin and Claire made for you last night.

Big things happening around here...

Caroline has a tooth!! WOO HOO! Finally, in the last week her first little toother came through! The last two days she has also really been walking. She can walk across a room now, so sweet to watch. It is also a little funny since she is still so tiny. It almost doesn't look like she should be able to walk yet. She turns ONE on Wednesday! Such a sweet, sweet, baby girl.
Claire got her ears pierced! Sunday I took Claire to get it done. She has been asking for a while, and I finally took her. She was so brave, cried for a minute and then was so proud of them. She loves them, and they look really cute!


And our big man. He was not liking the fact that I took a picture of the girls and not him. He wanted me to take a picture of his haircut Grammy gave him today.

Life in 2010...

I copied this template and idea from another blog- here is my shot at it...

In 2010, I gained a sweet baby girl! 5 days into 2010 Caroline Louise joined our family!

I lost the ability to keep a clean house and the laundry done.

I stopped even trying to keep a clean car- just can't happen.

I started to not care who was watching me or my kids when they were throwing level 5 fit in public- I am sure they have been there, or will be one day.

I was hugely satisfied by how well we have been able to handle these three monkeys. The logistics of three were hard at first, but I feel like we have it under control- most of the time..

And frustrated by how there are so many things I should have written down that the kids said or did- and didn't

I am so embarrassed that I never sent out birth announcements for Caroline- I promised myself I would do everything for her that I did for the first two...

Once again, I made sure my kids had fun each and every day.

Once again, I made sure they felt loved each and every day too.

The biggest physical difference between me last December and this December is I am not pregnant.

The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this December is I forget everything unless it is on my calendar.

I loved spending time at the beach with my family.

Why did I spend even two minutes worrying about things that don't matter.

I should have spent more time writing things down.

I regret not much..

I will never regret spending time with my kids.

I woke up during the night way too much.

Waking up with these three every few hours during the night nearly drove me crazy.

The most relaxing place I went was the beach

Why did I not win the lottery last night?

The best thing I did for someone else was make sure everyday was a good one for my babies

The best thing I did for myself was spend time with my family

The best thing someone did for me was make me feel loved and special-

(Fill-in-the-blank template from Mary Schmich at The Chicago Tribune)

Happy New Year and what we have been up to since Christmas..

We did NYE Barrow style last night. My friend Tammy came over with three of her kiddos and we just let the kiddos play and have fun. Not one of us saw the Ball drop... Here are all the kids watching Toy Story 3.
They played babies...
Ate popsicles...
Jumped on the trampoline, and watched Chris do firewords from the trampoline.
My girls.
Here are my kids earlier in the week- don't judge. We play babies a lot.
My sweet niece Shelby turned one a few days after Christmas. She had a fun birthday party!

We went to Aunt Rhonda and Uncle Dennis's Farm and had a great time. The kids loved it. They went on a long walk and found what Corbin calls Dinosaur bones. We made s'mores, played in the leaves, and just enjoyed the outdoors.


This is by far the best purchase Chris and I have ever made. It has provided many hours of fun for all of us!