Quick Picture Update

Ugh.  Life is too busy.  I love being busy, but not like this.  And the kicker is...most of it is self-inflicted busy.  We're desperately trying to get ready for our trip to Hawaii and my mom's visit.  And there's so much to do. It doesn't help when our basement gets water in it from last night's storm and now I have an extra load of laundry to do to get all those wet towels and that soaked sleeping bag clean.  Oh well.  

I didn't want to leave without getting something up on this ol' blog besides boring posts.  So here's a look at these crazy kiddos.

Avery's hair is getting very long.  Normally, it is curled way cute, but this is what happens when you brush out those curls.  It was even bigger and higher in person.

I cannot believe I haven't gotten an after picture yet.  But can you see that lower right central that is leaning forward?  That's Keara's first loose tooth.  And now, it's her first lost tooth!  She hoped and hoped and hoped that it would come out at school so she would get a little necklace from the office that had a tooth charm that she could put her lost tooth in.  When her tooth was dangerously loose on Friday, she knew it would come out over the weekend if it didn't come out during school.  So she prayed her little heart out and wiggled that thing.  A couple minutes before the end of the day bell rang, she just yanked it out.  She was so excited!  And she felt her prayers had been answered.  We were excited for her too.  The tooth fairy brought her a quarter, some gardening gloves, and a little square box of 50 kleenex because she often needs a tissue at night.  Well, she didn't know what the tissue box was...she thought it was a present with jewelry in it, so she tore it open!  Imagine her disappointment to find "just tissues in it, mom!"  It was so funny (but don't tell her you know...she's a bit embarrased!)

Mazie's latest trick--sitting!  She loves to sit and play and look around.  She doesn't love it when she falls over, but that is happening less and less.  So, we've mastered sitting and rolling...up next...crawling!  I can't believe how quickly time is flying with this little girl.

Last Saturday, after we spent the morning cleaning (and I still had more to do), I let the girls watch part of a movie together.  I loved how Mazie was just as enthralled by it all as the other girls were.  I couldn't help taking a picture!

Taryn loves Mazie and wants to be a big helper like Keara.  So she kind of forced our hand in teaching her and letting her stand and walk while holding Mazie.  She still scares me half the time, but Mazie is a good sport.  Taryn is always thrilled to see her and always wants to play with her.  However, Mazie is starting to be too big for Taryn to carry around.  Truly, this little girl's got rolls!  We love them!