Three cuties (not the little oranges)

I don't know how these got overlooked!  I love love love these pictures of all the girls.  My fabulous friend Chelsy at http://www.bcouturephotography.com/  took these amazing pictures of Chloe, Claire, and Sophia.  It was so fun, Billy was home with my boys and Jackson went to a friends house while the girls got their hair done and pics taken!  Good family fun!  Thanks Chelsy, we LOVE them!

Look who joined the big girl club

 

Chloe got her ears pierced for her birthday this year!  She had been asking for a while but I really thought she was going to chicken out.  She was so brave though, she didn't cry at all!  She had a puppy that she used to squeeze when she got her 5 year old shots and she meant to take it with her but we forgot it.  Luckily they had a little teddy bear for her to hold at Claires (she thought it was pretty awesome that they named the store after her sister)  She picked the cutest little hello kitty earrings and unfortunately has lost one of them already.  I am bummed, I really liked them and they were a little pricey for an earring.  They weren't supposed to be replaced for 6 weeks but we don't really like to follow rules anyway.

The boys were super excited to be in a jewelry store!  At one point they asked to go to the bathroom so I explained where it was and I was pretty sure they could find it in our teeny tiny (totally lame) mall.  They came running back in the store a few minutes later and I asked them if they made it to the bathroom but Carter said, "No we couldn't find it so we bought some candy."  Funny funny boys,  the candy machine is practically right in front of the bathrooms.  Campbell was not with us on this trip, he was spending some much needed (by both of us, probably one more than the other) time at Grandma and Grandpas house!  We missed him lots while he was gone and skyped with him every night.  One night while we were talking on skype Chloe asked Grandma if she could be next to stay the night and that maybe she could use skype while she was there and Campbell said, "then I can get my ears pierced!"  So be waiting for those pictures coming soon!

A quick(or maybe not so quick) catch up!

We have been so busy lately!  I feel like summer is almost over and we have only had one week of real warmth!  I was planning on putting Chloe and Cam in swim lessons this summer and I got a call from my friend (the awesome teacher) on memorial day asking if we could start the next day!  It was last minute but good timing because we didn't have anything else going on. 

They both did amazing but Chloe really took to it.  She LOVED it and is pretty much water safe!  She is a little fish, I am hoping she will take after her mother!  (not that I was good, I just enjoyed it)  I actually did a mom and baby class with Claire right after their class was over.  It was fun too, Claire usually fell asleep i the first 10 minutes we were in the pool but it was still relaxing!

This one is pretty self explanatory, Claire started eating baby food!  Yay, Claire!! (She is also officially out of her bassinet and sleeping in her crib in the room with Chloe)

We have been to the lake a couple of times with Matt, Shenelle, Joni, Jackson, and Sophia!  The kids are in heaven on the boat, or on the tube I should say!  Claire doesn't really like wearing a life jacket but she eventually falls asleep.    Billy wasn't with us this day but he did go with us the next time, he skied and tubed! 

In between al the madness we took a little break to try out the new anti-gravity center!  Another big hit with the kids!  They were beat that night!  The boys played dodgeball most of the time while Chloe and Campbell bounced their little hearts out.

We camped!  It was the first time since Campbell was a baby.  We went up north for our nehew Tysons baby blessing and Billys grandmas 80th birthday party.  It happened to be Billy's birthday that weekend and Chloe's birthday later on that week so we decided to turn the trip into her party.  We (and by we I mean I) didn't get much sleep the first night, it was cold and Claire decided to wake up every 30 minutes or so.  The second night was great, however, warmer and Claire slept straight through the night until 10 the next morning!!

We went to lunch with Billys whole family for GG's birthday!  It was a rather large group of people and so good to see those northerners that we haven't seen in way to long.  All the grandkids were there together so we started snapping some pictures with GG!

These were the birthday party activities that we took part in, mini golf and the water park.  The kids always amaze me at the stuff they enjoy.  I think something is going to be fast orscary for them and they all end up loving it.  I took Chloe and Campbell down the river rafting ride and I thought for sure Chloe would be in tears by the end of it but she was smiling and laughing the whole time!  Cute kids, they are the light of my life and I love love love being their mom:-)
(This took way to long and I am not even going to re-read it for errors so please dont judge)