H2O babies

The kids and I hit a new park this afternoon that we heard about from our friend Gen. There is a section that has that spongy foam stuff on the ground - and water squirting up though it! The kids had a BLAST! The water would randomly stop and start, and they inevitably would stick their head over a hole just in time to get squirted in the face. We'll definitely be back!

1 year olds x 5

Last Friday Owen and I went to the zoo and Fairytale Town with the McNulty Quads. Lauren was spending the weekend with my parents out of town, so if was just the 5 12/13 month olds!! Quite a sight, let me tell you. Gen is amazing, so awesome. Makes me feel silly to complain when I get overwhelmed - she's got double the trouble I do!

Our first day of summer...

...consisted of a brave little guy who learned how to go down the slide all by himself,


frisbee lessons for a hard hat wearing nudie kazootie cutie,


and water wheel play!

Pictures pictures everywhere

I finally decided to jump on the Flick*r bandwagon, so I could show off whole sets of pictures and not just one at a time. Check out these pictures from Owen's first birthday party last Saturday.

Happy 1st Birthday to our little man!

Happy Birthday, Bubba! What a handsome little guy you are growing up to be. So happy and smiley - most of the time, anyway! Our playgroup mommies are amazed how you can keep yourself entertained and not get into much trouble. I'm sure that will change soon enough, though! I love the way you look up to your big sister, following her from room to room. And when the two of you get laughing simultaneously, it's the most wonderful sound in the world! Keep growing big and strong, Owen - just not too fast! Love, Mama

This is how we roll

Here's a picture of my two guys enjoying their Memorial Day weekend up at Noni and Papa's fifth wheel. Totally roughing it - as you can tell by the recliner and the laptop on the table next to them!

Ridiculously ridiculously good looking

Uncle Bud the Barber gave Owen his first haircut a couple weeks ago, while we were camping over Memorial Day weekend. He sat pretty still, happy to gnaw on a Pez dispenser, and wasn't too bothered by the whole ordeal.