Welcome Baby Shower

Since we didn't have any warning to throw Susan a baby shower before Katelyn arrived, we quickly planned one for a few weeks afterward. They had received or bought pretty much everything they would need for the first couple weeks, just in case they got their good news on short notice, but as every momma knows, there's a whole mess-load of other supplies that are needed! Plus we wanted the chance to buy cutesy pink stuff and get a chance to steal some Katelyn snuggles! (Oh and we always will take any excuse to have my mom make her yummy punch!) But most of all, we wanted to celebrate welcoming Katelyn into the family!

Proud Momma!




With the Grandmas




A few of the cute presents she received...




Some of the guests...

Wiggles getting some Katelyn snuggles


Laurinda, Marcie, Danielle & Bethany


Rachel & Nicole


Auntie Robin getting some snuggles!


Extra Grandma Helen and her cutie-patootie granddaughter Noelle


Sisters!


McKenna had lots of fun playing with Noelle


McKenna & Wiggles


McKenna & her grandmas


Prayer requests




I forgot to get a better picture of the cake, but here's a side shot. Robin and I had so much fun making it! It was my first crack at using fondant and I was surprised how easy it was to work with!

Happier-est Place On Earth!

Just a few short weeks after we bought our passes, we made the pilgrimage again to the Happiest Place on Earth. But this time we went with friends and that made it the even Happier-est Place on Earth! We went with two other families that have kids Austin's age and they all had a ball!

"S" is about 18 months older than her little brother "M" and Austin and she did a great job leading them around! Once again, Austin was more than happy to let her hold his hand! And I was happy that he was just holding onto anyone's hand!


This trip we braved Tarzan's Treehouse (formerly the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse). I had NO IDEA the quad workout I was going to get when we started it. I hurt for days afterward. It's a climb already, but I also had McKenna strapped to me! Austin had just recently seen the movie Tarzan, so he was really excited to see all the characters. That is, until he was looking at the jaguar with Daddy right as it growled!








At the bottom of the tree (can't tell you how happy I was to be done with the stairs!) they have cute area where you can play on some "instruments" and the kids had fun banging around!




After lunch we headed over to California Adventure to see the Disney Playhouse stage show. All our kids adore the Disney shows and were very excited to see their favorite characters in person. "M" was adorable watching the show! He couldn't hardly stop bouncing!







We took McKenna on her very first Carousel ride! She loved it but at the same time wasn't 100% sure of it! It was similar to her first ride on the swings!






The older kids loved it though!



We also got to meet Woody! Austin was very shy again - Wouldn't look at and didn't want to touch him, but as soon as we left he couldn't stop saying "Bye Woody!" and talking about him!


"S" is not at all shy and does such a good job getting the characters' signatures!


The whole Robinson family.


Other fun pics from the day...

"M" & his daddy, Justin


McKenna enjoying the day!


I love my girly's eyes in this pic!


Austin & "P" sporting ice cream goaties




I love how the King Arthur's Carousel looks at night! I heart Disneyland!

Super Why

In an effort to continue to cultivate Austin's love of the alphabet, we've been playing alphabet games on the computer. A friend mentioned "Super Why" and even though it's a show we don't watch because we don't get the channel, Austin loves the games. He's also learning how to control the computer mouse at the same time. We got him a special mouse designed for kids and he loves it! When I shot this video, he still needed some assistance with it, but now he is getting really good at controlling it. Better than some adults I've seen! There are two that he's able to handle by himself where he just needs to click on the letters they call out. This kid would play them all day long if we let him! He also likes them because the character wears a tool belt just like Handy Manny and makes sure that he points out all the tools that happen to appear anywhere on the website!

Showing Off

These were taken in mid January - McKenna was just getting good at pulling up everywhere! You can tell she was proud of her skills!