more of my kids...

CHARLY...



SAWYER...




i'm not quite finished with my own kids, plus we need to get family pictures taken...so i guess i'm saying you'll be seeing more of these cute faces in a little while! but who wouldn't want to look at them?

my little cutie...

all grown up...

here's some new photos of this little cutie......however she's not so little anymore! see more of her HERE!

sawyer's special day...

well there's my two boys. aren't the handsome. i must say that sunday was a special day. sawyer was given his name, Sawyer Roberts Monson, and a blessing. corey did such a great job with this blessing. i know our Heavenly Father has wonderful things in store for this little guy and we get to be his parents! we had a great day spent with family and friends. unfortunately i put the wrong address down on my facebook invitation, leading quite a few people to the wrong church. subsequently they missed the blessing entirely. i feel awful about it, but am grateful they came for sawyer's special day and at least got to eat!

Easter 2011...

oh easter. growing up i remember easter being such a fun day. couldn't wait to hunt for easter eggs with my brothers. i'm thinking charly is going to be the exact same way. easter was a week ago and she still continues to ask to hunt for eggs everyday! i have to keep reminding her that easter is over, however boompa tells her easter can be every day. i can't say she's the fastest hunter, but she's thorough that's for sure!

easter morning hunting for eggs at our house

the easter bunny brought her golf clubs

coloring eggs

(notice how every sticker she's peeled off is on her hand)

smiley mcgee...my word this is one HAPPY baby

(one of my new fav pictures...story time...oh how she loves it)

yes she's hunting for sticks as well...another love of hers

WOW getting a decent family photo of four is challenging

once again ALL smiles!

now as a parent i look forward to seeing my kids faces light up on easter morning. everytime charly found an egg she'd say, "oooh, i found it". and then she'd grin from ear to ear, and put the egg in her basket. i look forward to coloring eggs, even if i'm worried charly will spill dye everywhere. and i look forward to the easter dresses and easter feasts....wow i'm a boring adult!

one month gone...

sawyer at one month...i cant get this guy to smile at all! this is the closest i got that day. my best chance is right before he drifts off to sleep, then i can see his huge dimples!
things we've learned about sawyer thus far...
* loves to sleep
* has a love hate relationship with his binkie
* likes the swing (thank goodness, i'd get nothing done)
* has a few nicknames, toad, t-rex, and bud
* loves his bath, totally relaxing

look how big he's gotten

i swear he's charlys twin
9insert comparison pic here), it's crazy how much he reminds me of her as a baby!

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other happenings...

first bath, in the sink, found out he was too big

first bath by me, only he was soooo sleepy. i could barely keep him from nodding off into the water!

oh yeah, he loves my pillow, bad i know!

just wanted to show full chub in detail!

p.s. charly's a good big sis. for the most part she doesn't bug the little guy. but she says cute things like..."hey bud", "sawyer cryin", "what you doin bud?" i really think they'll be buds when he gets older!