Before and After

These are the before and after pictures of our house since we did siding. As you can see it was still cold when they began doing it and actually finished the day after we had Audrey. I'm just now getting around to posting these pictures and barely took the after pictures yesterday. So here they are:

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Colton is 2

5/24/2008 The day we brought Colton home.

5/22/2009 One year old

Colton today

Colton is our big 2 year old now. He was my biggest baby weighing in at 9lbs 10oz and 22inches. He surprised us by being so big. And now he's almost as big as Josh. When I'm out shopping, I'm frequently asked if him and Josh are twins. And I have to tell them no, there are 2 years between them, one is little for his age and one is big for his age. Colton has been a lot of fun to have in our family. It wouldn't be the same without him. He is such a big momma's boy. He follows me everywhere and does whatever I'm doing. He's always been a pretty affectionate boy. He is smart, understands anything and everything you tell him however, he doesn't talk. He communicates so well with out using any words that we always know what he's saying. He loves balls and has a really good throwing arm. We like to think that he'll be our line backer. His nickname is grumpy bear cause he can be rather cranky alot but really he's my sweet little Colton that puts a smile on my face simply because he's mine!

Josh and Audrey Stats

So, today I took Josh and Audrey to the Dr for their well baby visits. Josh was there for his4 year appointment and Audrey was there for her 2 month appointment. Can't believe that Josh is 4 and even harder for me to believe that Audrey's 2 months old. Where did the last 2 months go?!
I thought I'd just share their stats.

Josh 4
32 lbs: 25%
38.5 inches: 25%

Audrey
12lbs 14 oz: 90%
23.5 inches: 75%

As you can see from the pictures, Audrey is a little chunk and just growing like a weed. I just love her so much and can't get enough of her. She is such a great baby. She has started cooing and smiling all the time, it is so fun to see her smile. Her cheeks are always covered in kisses from me her dad and everyone of her brothers. She gets plenty of kisses around her. She is just such a sweetie! And well, Josh, he's our little guy. He may be little but he really has such spunk and personality. He has maintained his growth curve so no worries, he's just growing a little bit slower. He honestly really was my littlest baby. And his dad was always the short little guy and didn't get a growth spurt until he entered high school. I'm thinking that he's going to follow in his fathers footsteps and that's just fine with us. We love him just the way he is. He's our "little man." All in all, they are both healthy and doing great!

My girl

Here are some pictures of my precious little Audrey. I still can't believe I have a girl even though she's been here for 8 weeks. It's been fun dressing her up and cuddling her.

Preview of Family Pictures

Here is a preview of our family pictures that we had taken by Michelle Lewis at Fancyphoto. They turned out really great! Now I just need to get some printed out!

I loved this one with her little pouty lip sticking out, ready to cry!

All Dressed Up

I wanted a shot of all the kiddo's dressed up in there new Easter outfits. We got this of them after church on Sunday. It actually turned out pretty good. Colton's outfit came with a tie but he refused to leave it on. And of course Audrey is crying because she was hungry but otherwise it turned out cute.

The Couch

So, Colton took the couch outside to the balcony the other day. He spent most of the afternoon out on that couch coming in and out. I gave him a snack at one point, when I checked on him this is how I found him. He also had taken a sippy cup out and had it out there for himself.

Since he was being so good and entertaining himself I let him be. At that time I realized it was time to get Nate from the bus. When I came back I finished some cleaning that I was working on. I decided to check back on him and this is what I found below. It was a little cool that day so I went and got a blanket and let him nap out there. Sometimes a good nap outside in the fresh air is so refreshing!

Easter 2010

Just getting up and looking at their Sunday outfits.

We let Colton begin the Easter egg hunt first, before the other 2 could grab them all.

Then we let Josh begin collecting eggs.

And finally we let Nathan join in the hunt- he was fast so it's a good thing we let the other 2 have a head start.

This is all of them with their full baskets. I'm not sure how many eggs we filled but it was a lot. We bought a big bag of candy from Sam's club so they each got an entire buckets worth of filled eggs.

Colton would open one egg, eat the candy then go for another one.

Josh was opening his, putting his candy in a pile and then putting the empty egg back in the sack to be put up.

Nate was opening them up as fast as he could, candy in one pile and empty eggs in another pile to be put up later. It was funny watching the way they each went at getting the candy differently. It really showed off each of their personalities. We had a good Easter, I can't wait to get them all in their new church clothes and get a picture with all of them together.

My girl!

These are some pictures that I've taken of Audrey over the last couple of weeks. She was jaundice so you can see that in the first few pictures then as you scroll down her coloring gets better. They are put in chronological order from oldest to most recent. She is such a sweet girl. She is so easy going, she has been so fun to have around. I love cuddling with her, I rarely put her down. And if I don't have her, then Daddy is holding her or one of the boys want to hold her. She is going to be one spoiled little girl, but she's so sweet and good natured that you can't help but spoil her!