Girls and more girls

We are definately enjoying the nice weather we've been having and spend most of our days outdoors. Besides the allergies, I would let Savannah live outside--she loves it so much! She enjoys pushing Evie around in the stroller and walking Tic. We also thought we'd give chalk a try and it is a definite winner. Brian is also enjoying it, drawing some pretty pictures with her after work. :)

(Karolyn, check out the "Easter hat" we found for Bana.)

Then there is the series of Evelyn sleeping pictures--had to rock her to sleep a few times again lately. I told Brian one of my favorite things in the world is a sleeping baby on my chest, but one of the most frustrating things in the world can be getting to that point. :)

p.s. Savannah will be getting tubes April 6. We go in for a pre-op appointment April 2 and are praying even if her ears are still infected that they will do the surgery anyways. We'd appreciate prayers for Savannah Leigh. Thankfully our church family has again stepped in to help and will watch Evelyn for us on and off throughout the day on the 6th which will be great.

some stuff

Evelyn is now 5 months old, here are some pictures of her in the past few weeks. She is starting to be a bit goofy at times--you still have to work at it to get her to smile and laugh, but its definately worth it when you get looks like these from her! We gave cereal a try finally since she's getting closer to 6 months and this time was much more successful so maybe we'll keep at it this time.

In other news, Savannah will be getting tubes put in. We don't have a specific date yet, but we are hoping and praying it will be before our trip to Wisconsin in April. Pretty sure the ears are infected or on their way to infected again with all the runny noses and horrible sleepless nights we're having again. Poor little girl, can't wait to get the tubes in.

And watch out America--Mom is a citizen!

Can't believe it--my Mom has become a U.S. Citizen!

Welcome Diana Louise!

Brian and I are Uncle and Aunt for the 6th time--and Savannah and Evelyn have a new cousin!! Diana Louise Walcott was born yesterday weighing in at 6 lbs 14 oz and 21 inches. Erika and Diana are doing well--God is so good. We can't wait to meet her in a few weeks!!

Good Trip

We are back from our first trip as a family of 4! I would say it was definately a sucess and we shall do it again...after we rest up a bit. :) It was so great to see all of you family in Houston and especially celebrate Grandmother's 80th birthday! Savannah especially enjoyed seeing "Missy" and the "hitties" along with her relatives of course. She also nicknamed Grandmother "Super Nana" (thanks Casey :))

The girls behaved about as well as expected with both having the ear infections. We discovered that Evie likes her own bed at home much more than someone else's... but that is to be expected.

Unfortunately we didn't bring the camera--so I think there are some pictures of the weekend from Kate's camera that I will eventually post. So these pictures are from the weeks before the trip and this week. Evelyn has finally rolled over from front to back which is great however it infuriates her when she is supposed to be sleeping, so rolling the other way cannot come fast enough for all of us! :) The picture of her in the bumbo alone was because Savannah pushed her around and decided she needed to be "over there mom".

Savannah has been changing Evie's diapers and still is obsessed with her many "babies". She is such a good little mother. Ha ha. As you can see, Savannah has had it rough lately with her black eyes and bump on the head to go along with her never-ending ear infections. On that note--we have an appointment with an ENT Dr. on Thursday to discuss tubes. :( Prayers for the little girl would be appreciated, and for Brian and I as well as we consider having to send our daughter off to surgery at her young age. We know how routine this is, but it will still be very hard...