Finding Her Voice

Lauryn is almost 4 months old and is letting her existence be known. She has a lot of competition and must speak up. Listen here.

Mom the Cheerleader!

This is my mom. She is wonderful and came to visit us a couple of weeks ago. She flew in to watch the kids while Jared and I went on a trip for 2 days. She came in on my birthday. I think that is the best birthday present ever.

After eating birthday brownies and icecream she told the kids she could do the splits. Of course Amanda didn't believe her so Mom had to prove it. So my mom is truly a cheerleader for being flexible, and keeping our kids busy for 2 1/2 days while it poured rain outside pretty much nonstop the whole time she was here. Way to go Mom!!! You look amazing!


Me and my Mommy!

Lauryn and Grandma! The first Grandma to visit and see Lauryn!
Bath Time

Ethan loves the movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." So I did his hair up like the main character, Flint, and took a picture of him. Now he quotes lines from the movie and says he is a "baby Flint"
Lauryn is big enough for the big bathtub now. She is 3 1/2 months old already and really starting to get chubby. I love it!
It is so dang hard to take a picture of the kids. Nobody looks at the camera at the same time. And for some reason the "fake" smile won't go away. You know that one that when you say "smile" they look like a zombie or a deer in the headlights.
And it was also Jared's birthday this past month too. Jared and I also celebrated our 13th anniversary in March. Love You!

February

What a busy month this has been. I can't believe it is March already. Where has the time gone? Let's start in the middle, since that is when the month seemed to get busy.

Valentine's Day.

I made pink heart shaped pancakes for breakfast with a mixed berry sauce. Yummy!!!

Jared knew just what I would want. I say forget the roses or flowers. I want chocolate! Plus it supports a local chocolate maker. They were so good. It only took me about 2 weeks to eat 30 pieces. They would have lasted longer but a little girl tried to be sneaky and hoped that I wouldn't notice that there were about 10 pieces missing. I made her pay me $5 for the ones that she ate.
Visit from the Family

Jared's sister Cheree and her husband Joel came to visit us last week. They won tickets to New York. Way cool! They took the train to CT to visit us. We are so glad that they did.

We took them to Jared's favorite BBQ place. Yummy!! Then to a local icecream shoppe afterward. It was fun to hang out with them!

A very messy little girl. I don't know anyone who can eat ribs without getting it all over the face.
Cheree with Lauryn. The first family to see our cute baby girl in person!
The boys of course loved Uncle Joel. Matthew just kept calling him "Uncle"

Snow Day

Of course another snow day in Connecticut. It seems to happen about once a week. I sent the kids outside to play and I made cookies. Ethan stayed inside to help me. I usually don't get any complaints when I say I am making cookies. They all want to help and sneak some cookie dough. Notice Ethan's messy face from licking the beaters! Nope, no complaints.

A shot of my backyard when it snows. Even though I hate the snow (mostly because I know my kids will be out of school) it still looks so pretty!
Lauryn's Blessing Day

Jared blessed Lauryn last Sunday. She was dressed all in white from head to toe.

Daddy and his little girl.

Grandpa Bunker came out to participate in the blessing. Thanks for being there!