Babies, babies, and more babies!

This weekend my brother and I came down with our families to visit my before she leaves to go to the Phillipines.  She will be gone for 2 months, so we took this as an opportunity to see her and be with family.  the babies (Avery, Jasmine, and Kherington) are growing like weeds.  They have had several conversations with each other and of course photo ops to show there cutie patootie smiles!  It is a handful though to watch over three infants.  Can't believe they will be turning 1 in several months. 

Avery, Jasmine, and Kherington!

Hanging out before bedtime!

Posing with my sister!

The twins!

Check us out!  We are hanging around at Nana's!

The flower is not big enough!

Avery posing her yellow dahlia!

Thanks to my friend Ashley and her beautiful daughter Anika, I have become obsessed with bows and big flowers.  Now those of you who know me well, when I had McKayla, I was anti headbands or bows, etc. I loved putting her hair in piggytails...that was in the past.  Avery and McKayla's collection is slowly growing.  This spring I am hoping to get a pic of my girls in their yellow flower headbands that were given by Nana, Uncle Paul, and Bridget.  Here is a preview of one of them!

Avery is growing like a weed.  In fact, just his week she is mobile!  No she is not a pro at crawling, but she is getting the movements down and before we know it, it is hello babygates and hello crazy mom making sure nothing will be on the floor.

I love Avery's little tiny feet! Notice that they are bare.  That is because my cutie patootie loves pulling off her socks.  My brother has convinced me that Puma makes this socks that do not come off easily.  I will have to test them on Avery...

A happy baby is a healthy baby!

Avery will be 8 months soon.  Hard to believe how much time has gone by.  She is in love with eating carrots, squash, sweet potato, and even green beans.  We are still trying to convince her that peas are yummy, but if you ask her, she will let you know how she feels about them.  Let's just say she has the temper of her mom and dad...  Avery's hair is getting thicker.  We are hoping that she will have curly hair like McKayla did when she was an infant.  I hope so because I loved playing with the ringlets. 

My babies!

I was reading this blog about a very strong woman.  She had recently lost her daughter who was four months old and it makes you realize the importance of love that is needed to be shared with friends and family daily.

Now I know people usually feel this way after a funeral, but reading her daily postings makes me cry each day for her and her husband.  You can tell from the pictures that they loved her very much as any parent would.  I pray that she will grow stronger every day!

She gave everyone one word of advice and that was to take as many pictures as possible, because you never know...that is something that I already do, but I will also keep those that are not perfect.

My miracle baby Avery only a few days old born 10 weeks early.

My precious babies!

This is recent picture I took of the children with McKayla's DSi.

Family Weekend

So we went down to Des Moines to see the Rosales side of the family.  The kids had a ton of fun visiting their Nana, Uncle Ken, Uncle Paul, and of course...the twins Kherington and Jasmine.  It was a nice 3 day weekend, but on the way back home we drove in the lovely weather of ice/snow/sleet....why are there no pictures of McKayla????

Caleb using chop sticks for the first time...with the supervision of his uncles!

Who could say no to this face?

Caleb won this 25 cent prize.  He loves this thing!

Avery and Caleb laying low at the hotel!

Mommy and baby posing for daddy at Macaroni Grill.

Daddy and Avery

Kherington (left) and Jasmine (right) in their animal print outfits!

Jasmine

Kherington

OUR TRIP HOME DRIVING NORTH INTO MINNESOTA

The start of our trip...notice the ground and road condition.

This is near Mason City, IA

Now we are 10 minutes away from the Iowa/Minnesota border

This is I-90 West on our way close to Fairmont!

This is Hwy 263 South which leads us directly to Ceylon....ewwwww!

Mommy's Birthday/Valentine's Day/Twins/Drama Queens

Avery was supporting her mommy's birthday by wearing her "Mommy Loves Me" outfit! This was a fun picture as she is practicing her modeling pose by showing her cute little pout!

Eventually she smiled for mommy...

Avery is moving around...a lot!  She is one step away from crawling.  The girl is on the go as she has a lot of places to go to and people to see. 

Baby Zoobies!  The kids received gifts for Valentine's Day from their Nana. 

So what have the cousins been up to? Well, Uncle Paul has decided to teach his girls how to play Halo!  According to Paul, the best way to play is to start early.  Kherington and Jasmine and getting their game on!

This is what happens when you leave Jasmine with her dad!

How cute is this family picture!  Paul and Bridget along with the girls at Xmas time!

Its about attitude.  This is a direct result of what happens when you let the girls play with all of Mac's jewelry.  I think the girls taught Avery this pose!

Day 1 of snow!

So we got snow...a lot of it! The first day of having no school was not so bad.  The temperature was perfect to be out and play.  The snow fall was nice, fluffy, and fun to watch.  The two older kids decided they were tired of being cooped outside so they played in the front yard with their dog.  Please note:  The next day the plows came again and doubled the amount in the front.  Now you cannot see the front porch unless you are at an side angle.

Kids at the bottom of the hill.

McKayla called herself a penguin.  Here she is showing her younger brother how it is done!

...so then Caleb had to try!

McKayla and Kiki

So after being outside for more than an hour, the kids came in and were tired.  We thought that being outside would help them go to sleep easily...fat chance on that!

7 months and counting!

It is amazing to know when you are past the half way mark before your child turns a year old.  So far Avery is a little over 14lbs., rolls over, is interested in eating, and babbles like her mommy!  Here is a short glimpse of her first several months:

3 Days Old

1 week old

2 weeks old

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old

5 months old

6 months old

7 months old!