February 2013

Caden at 6 and 1/2 months pulling up on things. Getting steadier.

 Capturing the rare red crested baby on film.

 There was a five boy pile-up ensuing on the couch. 

For some reason, Caden just loved being carried around by is little 'big' brothers. 

It was a little nerve-wracking for me, but it was impossible to stop them. So I just tried to monitor it and give them some tips on carrying him safely.

 Worm or Mermaid games.

 Liam came home from school multiple times with face injuries and once for heat exhaustion

-He loves his jacket (He says it makes him look handsome) so much that he didn't take it of even though it was probably like 80 degrees out at P.E..

 His first injury happened when he was pretending to be a ghost while they were lining up outside to go back to class. He stumbled and hit his eyebrow on the stairs. You can see it bandaged in the 'pile-up' photo 4 pictures up and in this picture it is healing. Then a couple weeks later, for this shot, Liam got caught in the crossfire of a frisbee toss at P.E.. A shiner followed a day later.

 Caden holding his own in a dog pile.

7 months old.

 So skinny and pale, so bright and beautiful!

Liam also had his adult teeth come in behind his baby teeth. It looks kinda like shark teeth.

Dec 2012-Jan 2013

DECEMBER

I did a Christmas photo shoot. Not that I made any cards or anything. I just posted them on Facebook.

 My hipsters hangin' out on the couch. We spent Christmas at Marmee and Grandpa Langford's house! The boys had tons of fun. They helped Grandpa while he worked on the addition and even got to ride in the backhoe ( I think he also let them take turns at the controls!).

Rounding up everyone on Christmas morning.

Lucky Liam gets to snuggle up with his cutie Aunts! Ronan seems to be eating something...

We made a pyramid from everyone's presents.

The big reveal came when My brother Chris and his wife Jocelyn surprised everyone by announcing that they were expecting! The were in Hawaii at the time so Nate and I helped set up the present.

Ronan couldn't get enough of the cats. He just loved them! 

He followed them around and carried them as much as they would tolerate.

Everyone wanted to hold Caden but we made sure to call dibs a lot.

JANUARY

 A couple days after we got home from Colorado Liam jumped of a bench at the little dock at our park and popped himself in the mouth with his knee. He severed the little piece of skin between the inside of his upper lip and his gums (and gave him self a hugely fat lip!).

Caden 6 months old

My Uncle Blair and Aunt Kate visited us after their trip to Disney World. 

My little cousins got to hang out with us while they went to the temple. 

It was really nice to have them and the boy definitely had fun!

Hangin' out while Liam is at school!

Oct-Nov 2012

 OCTOBER

Liam got to pick out a pumpkin at the end of his kindergarten field trip to the petting zoo.

 Caden almost 12 weeks old.

I decided to do a photo shoot of my three musketeers plus one.

I love how these turn out. I couldn't pick just one to share.

 I gave each of my sailors a fake tattoo with my eye liner pencil.

Even the cabin boy got one.

The boys loved having an obstacle course on the front porch.

Our whole pirate crew at the ward Halloween party. 

The boys helped me work out the design for our pirate pumpkin.

Trick or treating or pillaging?

NOVEMBER

Caden 3 and 1/2 months.

The boys riding a giant tree at Moss Park. 

It's like riding a dinosaur (because we all know what that's like!).

Grandpa Shirley came for a visit.

Aug-Sep 2012

I need to find a way to quit playing catch-up with this blog and just stay on track!

AUGUST

Liam's birthday cake. He drew the pictures, I made the castle ice cream cake.

Liam's first day of school. It was scary for me!

We walk about half a mile to the bus stop to pick up Liam in the afternoon.

 Water fun and a wardrobe malfunction for Ronan.

 Caden, about 5 weeks old.

SEPTEMBER

Nathan went on a business trip to Istanbul for a week!

I got to herd the boys on my own while he was gone. It wasn't too bad; until I had to go to sleep alone.

Ronan turned 2 years old in the middle of Nate's trip, so we celebrated when Nate could be there.

Caden 10 weeks old.

My three action heroes trying to pose for the camera!

Water fun!

(And here's the photographer.)