5 Months Old!

 I continue to be about a month behind on the blog.  Evelyn is going on 6 months old but I'm finally getting her 5 month post up.  I'll get caught up one of these days.

 Our sweet baby girl is growing so fast and we are enjoying every bit of it.  The kids continue to love on her as well.  She continues to be such a good baby that just goes with the flow.  The sleep department is hit or miss right now but I blame the teeth.  I think she's working on the top ones now but they haven't broken through yet.

Showing off her bottom two teeth

She is always so happy when she's awake.  She smiles so easily and loves to laugh for her big brother and big sister the most.  We haven't started baby food but probably will start soon.  We waited until closer to 6 months with Carter and Audrey too.

Riding bikes

 The second to last weekend in Jan. it was real nice out.  That morning we went furniture shopping so when we got home it was time to enjoy the nice weather while it was here.  We got the kids new bikes out for them to practice riding.  Carter was apprehensive as always.  He's so used to his training wheels that it's going to take a lot work and practice.

Audrey is so used to the tricycle that she'll need a little practice pedaling her big girl bike.  Carter was sweet and walked along side of her encouraging her and reassuring her that he was right there if she needed him.  So cute!

Random pics

 Another cute picture of my girls matching.  Grandma and Grandpa got them these cute sweaters.

 Ever since getting her bottom teeth Evelyn would stick her tongue out a lot.  I had to get a picture of her looking so funny.

 She continues to love her exersaucer

 Audrey continues to love ballet.  I found her a ballet wrap sweater to keep her warm in class.  She looks adorable in it even though it's a little big yet.  She loves it when I give her what she calls lalaloopsy hair (two buns).  I wanted to take a picture of her in the sweater but she turned her head to show her hair instead.

the kids like to supervise Evelyn in the exersaucer and play with the toys on it

cute hats

 When Tita Amy came to visit she brought the kids these cute hats.  The kids love them and look adorable in them.

 She found the perfect ones too.  Carter's always been my monkey, Audrey a pink strawberry (her favorite fruit) and Evelyn a colorful flower hat.

 Thanks Tita Amy!

Big brother, big sister, baby sister

Grandma & Grandpa got the kids these big brother, big sister and baby sister shirts.  I've been waiting for Evelyn to fit into hers to take a picture.  They look so cute in them!

Baby sister Evelyn amused by sitting with Carter in his comfy chair

Christmas Day

The kids left Santa some cookies before going to bed Christmas Eve.  Carter had to leave a note with them this year.  The kids must have been good because Santa went overboard this year! 

The kids were thrilled to see how much Santa brought them in the morning!

Evelyn was the last to wake up that morning.

Carter's favorite present from Santa this year was his Kindle Fire.  Carter has been doing so great with his reading this year that we thought it was the perfect gift for him.  He loves it!

Audrey got the Leap Pad 2 princess edition.  She is loving it!  It has some nice learning activities on it for her as well as games, books and videos, etc.  Chuck charged and set up both of their tablets before we wrapped them so the kids could play with them right away.

Evelyn is enjoying her low tech skwish

Carter was happy to see a new bike.  He out grew his other one.  They also both got new helmets to go along with the bikes.

Audrey out grew the tricycle and now has a princess bike.  It has a princess carraige for her babies to ride in.  She put her Lalaloopsy doll Santa brought her in it.

Again there were too many presents to name and show them all.  The kids had a fabulous first Christmas in our new house.

Timed family picture take 1

Timed family picture take 2

Love this adorable face

After all the excitement the last couple of days the kids were ready to relax with a movie.  They watched The Polar Express while drinking hot chocolate and eating cookies.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve is when we let the kids open their presents from everyone else to make room for Santa.  This was the impressive pile of presents from everyone!  We kept teasing the kids that Santa didn't need to come since they already received so many gifts.

Kissies for Evelyn

We managed to catch them all smiling

They each got a personalized chair from Grandma & Grandpa.  They love them!

More princess toys always makes for a happy Audrey

Carter's been asking for a Packer pillow pet ever since he saw Great Grandma Pat's this last summer.  Not only did he get the pillow pet from her but also a lego star wars watch.  The monster smile says it all.

Enoying their gifts in their new chairs

Evelyn wore her baby's first Christmas sleeper that night.  If you look close enough you can see her bottom teeth in this picture.

Audrey fell asleep cuddling with her American Girl bitty baby in their matching pjs.  She named her new baby Baby Audrey :)

 

A huge thank you to everyone for spoiling our kids again this year.  They love all their new presents.  There were just too many to post pictures of the kids will all the presents they got.  Christmas was really a lot of fun at this age.