A Beautiful Day At The Park

We went out to Camarillo to visit Nan and her kids. We spent 3 hours at the park! It was so fun and such a beautiful day. The kids road bikes, played in the sand, played football, chased rocket launchers, relaxed, ate snacks and just enjoyed being outdoors.

Lily 4 months

This little addition to our family has been so fun to have. We all just love her and can't seem to get enough of her. We took her last week to her 4 month check up and she weighed 12 lbs 5 oz and was in the 25 %. The kids are both so good at getting her to smile big and laugh a lot. I feel so lucky with how gentle and loving they are with her. They are always wanting to kiss her and hold her. Eliza is a huge help. I know it sounds crazy with her only being 6 but I don't know what I would do without her. I wish I could have gotten a cuter picture of the two of them because they looked so sweet in their matching Valentines day outfits. Eliza loves to match her sister and I am going to embrace it for as long as I can!

A few more pictures of her from this month!

Meet Super Porter!

So since about a week before Christmas my son Porter has been addicted to Superman. I mean addicted! To the point of obsession.

A couple months before Christmas Matt found the old superman movies for really cheap. So he bought them and watched them with the kids. I think they are a little old for them but now there is no turning back. Porter loves them!

Matt also ordered a Superman costume online for him that has a fan and blows up into muscles for Christmas. This was before we even knew he had this crazy obsession. Well, we wished we would have waited till the very end to have him open it, because after that present, he didn't want to open anything else. We joked that it was the present that ruined christmas! We found some Superman pajamas for him thinking they would be better then the blow up muscles costume. Another big mistake! Now he NEVER wants to take them off. I am in serious negotiations with my 3 year old daily! Then he discovered the whole clark kent thing. He found his DJ Lance glasses, my sister Heathers fedora hat and any jacket he can throw open to reveal his "S". It entertained him all day long. He would go back and forth changing behind doors and curtains. Then run around after he was superman. It was hilarious!

He sings and whistles the theme song while he does it. Then he repeats it about 40 times throughout the day.

And this has been going on everyday since christmas! Its pretty cute and also pretty annoying. Sometimes I think he really thinks he is superman. Luckily his passion at times is an advantage to me. Like when I want him to eat so he can be strong like superman. Or, superman is a good guy and is always nice to people.

For family night Matt and the kids made a superman movie. He found some sound effects and edited it all together. Now Porter asks to watch "his" superman movie several times a day... along with the Christopher Reeves one.

Enjoy!

running in the rain

This morning I woke up to go running with my friend Brynn. We used to run together over a year ago before she got pregnant and then I got pregnant. We were so excited to start up again and started last week. We missed monday because of the holiday and then got motivated to go today. We knew it would be cold because it had been raining the whole week but decided to do it anyway. We got about a 1/4 of a mile away and it dumped rain on us. At first we thought it was kind of fun but then it just kept raining harder and harder and we realized it was very cold and getting much worse! So we literally sprinted home to get our exercise and get out of the rain!

Cooper's Blessing

It worked out so perfect that the weekend we were in Arizona was the same weekend Nate and Brittany were blessing their little baby cooper. It was such a neat experience to be there with Brittany and her family. They had a really yummy dinner afterwards that I couldn't break away from because I just kept wanting to eat! I love this girl and her adorable 3 boys! I am going to be so sad to not be 4 hours from her once we move. We will have to make an extra special effort to get together.

Eliza in Curls!

Eliza was so excited to have sponge rollers in her hair for the first time. Her curls turned out so cute and she loved to bounce them. While we were in Arizona my sister in law Wendy watched my kids while Matt and I went to a wedding. Wendy usually rolls her daughters hair every night before church and Eliza wanted in on some of the action. I was so happy she did because for some reason I never thought to put her hair in them. It totally brought back childhood memories for me.

Isn't she cute?

Just loved this sweet picture of Lily and thought I would share it until I can get the rest of my posts updated. We are loving her so much. She is laughing and smiling at everything we do! She has started to hold and play with toys already. I think I am going to go upstairs and snuggle with her because looking at this picture makes me realize how fast she has and will continue to grow and soon enough I won't be able to snuggle her close.