Misc. Pictures

Here are some random pictures that I have taken since Christmas. I'm not sure why the quality is bad.

The other morning I could hear Cailin and Katie talking to Cole, so I went in his room to see what they were up to and this is what I found.
We had Kari and Bryce over for Kari's birthday. I let Cailin ice the cake and put the candles in all by herself, so Kari had a beautiful cake.
Katie and Cailin doing a puzzle together.
Cole playing on his toy. I guess this is one way you can use it.
Katie is my big helper. She loves being a big sister and is great at helping me take care of the boys.
Katie and Cailin on their 5th birthday. Once again, I let them ice the cake and put the candles in themselves.
My four awesome children on Katie and Cailin's birthday. I can't believe my baby girls are 5!!
This was the first time I gave Cole and Elijah a bath together. Elijah loved it, but as you can tell by his face, Cole wasn't so sure. I took 4 pictures of them in the tub that day, and Cole's expression is the exact same in all of them.

We found the best King Soopers. It has two penny horse machines, and since one of them holds two kids, all three of the older kids get to ride at the same time. Cailin said she was the mommy horse and her babies were following her.
This is how you always find Cole now. He is either crawling somewhere or cruising along the furniture. (Notice the time out chair in the corner in the background? Elijah must have been having a rough day that day).
Beautiful Cailin giving loves to her baby brother.
Elijah watched me take a picture of Cailin and Cole, and he wanted a turn. I love this picture.

The dead blog

Wow, it was November last time I posted anything on here. I am a terrible blogger, especially since I am on Facebook now.

Not sure what to update on. I guess I'll start with the kiddos. Cailin and Katie turned 5 in January. They had their 5 year old check ups this week and all went well. I also took them to the eye doctor this week. Unfortunately, Cailin has a slight lazy eye, and now my little girl needs glasses. I'm worried about this for two reasons. First, I feel bad that Cailin has to get glasses at such a young age because I feel like that's going to be a reason for other kids to tease her. The other reason I'm worried is because Cailin is the least coordinated one in our family, and I know it will probably be only a matter of days before she breaks her glasses (once she gets them).

Cole had his 9 month check up (a month late) on the same day I took the girls in for their 5 year check up. He is doing okay. He only weighs 15.6 pounds, which sticks him in the bottom .5% of baby boys his age. He used to be in the 2nd percentile, but now he's even lower. I'm not too worried about this because both of the girls did the same thing about this age. But, I will still do what the doctor says and fortify Cole's solid foods with more calories.

Elijah is doing well. He's talking like a crazy kid now, and is my little helper around the house. He loves to help me do the dishes and put away the folded laundry. He also has his "two year old" moments, but he's a great kid.

Now for an update on the house hunting. This past week, we finally went under contract. I say finally because it was our 7th offer we have put in on a house. Yay! Well, we thought yay, until we had the inspection. The inspector found way too many code issues, and some pretty serious structural issues with the house, so we pulled out of the contract :-( Now we'll see if we can find something else.

So that's us in a nutshell. Maybe I'll get around to putting some pictures on here today too.