What's Up?

For the most part, I am really enjoying this phase of life with my kids.

I made a more concerted effort lately to play with my older two kids, and we've had fun together.

The weather started warming up and we love being outside.

Since I haven't posted a lot of anything lately, 

here is our life in pictures over the last few months:

{JANUARY}

Just me & Hazel grocery shopping. I like having a buddy. 

And it's nice having only one buddy when grocery shopping. 

Henry earned a swimming frog for pooping on the toilet. We have been working towards this since August, so it was a big deal. Frog 1 died within 24 hours. Frog 2 didn't seem to be doing well so we gave it to someone that had experience with dwarf frogs. We ended up with beta fish. We all have a different name for the fish: Pepper, Swimmy, Fish...but she's still alive. (Henry would rather have a dog...or a chicken...or a lizard...or, or, or...depending on the minute of the hour of any given day.)

Hazel turned nine months old.  I LOVE the baby phase at nine months: 

happy, exploring, talking, very interactive, and very rewarding.

 

{FEBRUARY}

Maggie's hair grew long enough for pig tails (a day worth documenting)!

Sibling love grows daily between these two. Henry has always loved Hazel, but Hazel is slowly realizing his squeezes and tough love are really sincere displays of affection. She loves him and the wincing when she sees him are slowly subsiding.

Going to the park on the random days of warmth and sun. 

Stroller rides

Dad was home a lot. This girl LOVED it. We all did.

{MARCH}

Grandpa and Grandma Gibson come to town and we went shopping, played at the house, celebrated Henry's birthday, and enjoyed each other's company.

Brendon's residency program had a retreat in Ruidoso, New Mexico. We went with our snow gear, hoping to go sledding. We did, but there was not nearly the amount of snow we anticipated. It was snow/mud sledding. The kids didn't know any different and had a blast.

Hazel is crawling, trying to walk, and becoming quite a busy girl.

Outdoor fun for hours on end as the weather is warming up. 

The kids even pulled out their swimming suits.

Bike rides to the school down the street.

Catching moths and caterpillars. 

The moth flew away and our caterpillar died (maybe we should stick to beta fishes).

(Henry asked if he could have a snake after we caught the caterpillar so I told him if he could catch one, he could keep it. Fortunately there were no snakes in our yard that day--not that I've ever seen one.)

Daylight savings time has mostly been nice to me. We now wake up around 7-8 am instead of 6-6:30 am. Henry is almost always the first to wake up and usually wakes me or Maggie. He's always got a buddy by his side.

At the beginning of daylight savings, Henry was still waking up pretty early, and one day he fell asleep under his bed while trying to get me to come find him.

Lastly, this was taken today at church, mostly to text it to my brother but she sure is cute.