Puppy for Sale

For a limited time you can buy this little pup. He's cute and cuddley, but not potty-trained. He does know quite a few impressive tricks. He needs to be fed constantly and he loves playing outside.

Don't worry, most days I wouldn't really sell him.
He's my stinky, little puppy and I sure love him.

Small Fries

My sister Cassie and I were shopping at Target a couple of months ago (surprise, surprise) and we came across these shirts. We thought they were hilarious and we started scheming about what a cute photo shoot we do with them. So, let me introduce to you these three small fries...

the Rex fry.
the Cam fry.

and the Cooper fry.

I know, you can't help but feel intimidated just by looking at them.

Here's an after-game high five.

That's all for now. There are more, but I figure that's enough for one post. I couldn't believe we got any cute ones with three little squirrely boys who won't hold still.

We Have a Date!

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday, and to my surprise my doctor said that since I'm on baby #2 he'll induce anytime after 39 weeks. He told me to pick a date, so the little guy will be making his appearance on May 28th (unless by some freak chance I go into labor early). That's 4 weeks from today! Yee-hoo!

Things I'm Looking Forward To:
1) The end of reflux, heartburn, and indigestion.
2) Meeting the little guy who's been kicking me for months.
3) Seeing Rex hold and kiss his little baby brother.
4) Losing my "outie" belly button.
5) Taking a billion pictures of the new man.

Wisconsin! Oh Baby!

So, most people probably don't get super excited about Wisconsin. However, I have two fabulous sisters who live there and Rex and I just spent the last week there. Cass came too, so we had all the sisters there for some quality bonding time.

Here are a few of my favorite random shots from the trip:

This is 'lil Em. He is the only person I know who lives completely on cereal. He likes Lucky charms even more then I do (which is pretty amazing). I had to get a shot of him in action.

Rex loved seeing and playing with all the big kids toys. This one seemed to be his favorite. I guess he's a Harley man at heart.
How many kids can you fit in a wagon when everyone wants in and no one wants out?

Here's little Chloe (with her motherly instincts) deciding she needs to feed Rex part of her root beer float. Rex had no complaints about that.

It's funny to see the little cousins pull the bigger ones up on the zipline. You have to make sure you've been nice to them or they can leave you tied up there forever.

Thanks to my fun sisters and their sweet kids, we had a wonderful trip. It's so fun to catch up with them and see the amazing families they are raising. You ladies rock!

The Gang

Between the four of us girls there are 11.9 kids. I tried to get a shot of each of them. Here is the crew in order of age.

Coop - the most endearing little guy you've ever met.

Rex - the kid who thinks he needs to be eating every second.
Chloe - aka the tornado...don't be fooled by those innocent curls.
Cam - the charmer, working the camera for me here.

Emerson - the injured squirrel, very funny and animated at all times.

Max - adorable, but partner in crime to Rugby which can mean trouble.

Rugby - also a charmer, but best to stay on his good side.

Zoey - jumproping extrodinaire and ray of sunshine.

Breckyn - the girl who is constantly scheming how to take over the world.

Caleb - official cool kid, whatever he's doing is automatically cool.

Maddie - world's best helper and most likely to talk her parents into letting her stay up late.

Rex's Day of Fun

Jeff and I wanted to do some fun things with Rex today, so we headed off to the Gardner Village petting zoo. The zoo part was closed, but the pony rides were still running. Rex was pretty excited to ride one, especially since he loves spotting horses as we drive down the road.

It was a beautiful day - the kind that gets you so excited about spring.
Rex loved seeing the fish and the geese there.

He thought the bridge was really cool.

Most of the time he doesn't like the camera, but every once in a while he'll charge at me while screaming, "cheese" and that's my cue that he's ready for a quick snap.

We picked up a little fudge at the candy shop. I think he liked it as much as his daddy and that's saying a LOT.

On our way home we stopped at a park for a few runs on the slide.

It's funny because these are all places I took him to a few times last summer, but now he's a little older and he really gets into it. It's fun to see him get so excited and to see him do things on his own. I don't even have to help him out at the playground anymore. My little man is getting big.

The Boy Cycle

These first four pictures are from over a year ago. Cass and I would take Cam and Rex to swim at this rec center and they loved it.

This was Cam's favorite number to pull in the locker room.

Now this one is from yesterday. You'll notice he's still pulling the same tricks.....

...but he's also taught his sidekick.

Now there are three little men to enjoy the water. Coop loved it, too.

We'll see what the picture looks like in another year.