Pasta everywhere.....

Kate and Shawn like spaghetti. It was all over them and in her hair. I had to take her bow out and that created a lovely mowhawk.

Cool chick!!!!!

Boys will be boys

Shawn loves to play with hot wheels, trucks, and trains.

Fun at the playground, so much Shawn fell asleep in the swing.

HAPPY 4th OF JULY

There is no easy way to get a picture of these three. Kate and Shawn can't sit still for 2 seconds!

Tyler 2 years ago on the 4th.

New "wheels"!!

Tyler has a new ride.......this was a great deal on craigslist. I knew it was too good of a deal when we got it home. The steering was broke, but super daddy to the rescue made it as good as new!!!!

Last bit of energy before bed and oh how "mommy" looks forward to bedtime!!

A nose thing.....

Kate and Shawn have this nose thing, they both scrunch up their nose, blow in and out and make a funny face. And they both encourage one another to continue to do it.

Tuck and rolllllll.........

Well, its really just the "tuck" part, I'm sure he'll be rolling soon.

Here's Kate graduating from the military crawl to the normal crawl. And don't mind my older son running into his bedroom door!!!!

Cute onesies

Little daredevil

Trying to catch up

I think Shawn has 7 teeth now (too dangerous to look in their mouths now!!!!) and Kate has 4. I remember one thing that drove me crazy when Tyler was getting his teeth, grinding!!!! And now I have it times 2...........like nails on a chalk board.

All good things must come to an end, FOR NOW....

Amy, Pat, Alyssa and Natalie returned home today and they are already missed. It was great to have them all here but for me it was "refreshing" to have Amy here with me. She is the one person I can talk to (besides Keith) multiple times a day, if needed. She always assures me that I am doing the best I can, sometimes that's all I need to hear to get me through the day. And to have her here 7 whole days, was the best medicine. While she was here she cut and colored my hair (along with Shawn, Tyler and Keith). Keith wanted to know how I liked my hair and I said I didn't know because it went right up in a pony as ususal. He doesn't understand why I get it done if its in a pony all the time!!!! Amy's response was "if you can find time in the day when Lisa can take a shower, wash, dry and flat iron her hair, she would". Some days, I'm lucky to brush my teeth...........Needless to say it was said to see them go but we will see them soon. All 5 of us will be going to Florida July 27th for my niece Annabelle's 1st birthday.

Tyler and Natalie showing off their harmonica skills, quite the duo!!!!

How things change.....

I remember the days when I was feeding Alyssa and now Alyssa is feeding my babies!!!! She was a great help feeding, changing and singing to the babies. She and Natalie could make them smile when they were crying by singing all their favorite songs.

Slip and slide

They grow up so fast.

The last time Amy saw Kate and Shawn (in person) they were 4 weeks old. They are now 9 months old and she couldn't believe how much they have changed. They are crawling, pulling up and cruising around things, feeding themselves and how independent they are. She said she loves to see the pics and videos on the blog but when you see them in person, you get to see their real personalities not to mention smothering them with lots of love and kisses!!!!!!!

Shawn's 1st haircut!!!!

Aunt Amy cut Shawn's hair on her visit and he was such a good boy......Thanks to our AWESOME photographer "Alyssa", we were able to get these great pics. Thanks Alyssa!!!!!

While on a bike ride, the kids and Keith found a turtle.

And they brought it home. As the turtle made its way into our garage.......Amy saw a rabbit hop across the yard!!!! I'm sure she was ready to see a heard of cows go down the street next.