How to get 3 children to smile for a photo....

I have NO idea, but I think they look cute, smiles or not!





As you can tell, pants were optional for this photo shoot!

Day to day life with Aaron & Maggie

Aaron is sporting the England soccer outfit that Karen and Steve gave to Brett, which has now been handed down to Aaron! We love hand me downs!

Maggie is rooting for the Brewers!

Aaron & Maggie hanging around

Aaron loves his hand me down Spiderman shirt, also from cousin Brett!

These sweet smiles are often seen around our house...

Maggie saves a lot of them for the other small resident of our home....

Little sis loves her big brother!

Maggie is sitting pretty these days...

with a little bit of help from her Boppy pillow!

A day out with Thomas

My mom and I took the kids to a Day out with Thomas at the IL Railway Museum in Union, IL. Kate, Matt, Connor, and Sawyer joined us for a very HOT day at the museum. We all had a fun time despite the heat. The boys enjoyed seeing Thomas and riding on the train. Have a look at some of the fun!




Aaron wore his Thomas shirt and his "Engineer" (striped) shorts!

Maggie takes up a new hobby....

...Eating rice cereal! At 5 months old, Maggie is liking her rice cereal a little more every day.

Maggie's on the move!

At 4 1/2 months old, our little Maggie was already scooting and rolling around the room. The past couple of weeks, Maggie has been trying to perfect her crawl and is getting pretty good. This video was taken a few days ago and she's even closer to crawling now! Here's a little look at our mover. It won't be long and she will be a crawler!

Exersaucer fun!

Maggie enjoys playing in her exersaucer....and so does Aaron! He often gets in and then has to have me help him get out because he's stuck!

Movie night!

We had our first family movie night. We watched Toy Story and Aaron loved it! We let Aaron have popcorn and pop during movie night and he loved the rootbeer!

Maggie playing

At 4 1/2 months old- here's a little look at Maggie playing with some toys.

First time bowling!

We took Aaron bowling for the first time recently and wanted to share some pictures. We went with Kate & Connor and Amy & Asher and the boys had a great time! Check out the little bowlers!

Our favorite color is green....

I love the color green- it's my favorite! Apparently I'm trying to force that love on my children as well!
Here are some shots of Maggie playing with her paci. She hardly uses it anymore, but she does enjoy pulling it out of her mouth, chewing on it, switching it from hand to hand, and putting it back into her mouth! Aaron is playing with his new trains. And ofcourse, the photos of the two of them rolling around the floor together. Sibling love!