May-An Eventful Month for Us!

May was extremely busy for us!  Ella turned 3, my little sister graduated from High School (Go Lump!), a lot of family had birthdays, and Kaleb started walking!!!!!  


For Ella's birthday, we went to the zoo, it was perfect for her!  She had so much fun looking at all of the animals.  The weather was perfect, she was having a blast, Kaleb was loving it, and it couldn't have been a better day!  Here are some pics of our big girl's 3rd birthday!

Martin woke up at 6 am to fill up all of her balloons with helium and to blow up the others!  He was so excited to have his little girl wake up feeling really special on her birthday!

She woke up to a room filled with balloons!

Thanking Daddy for all of his hard work!

Ready for a fun day at the zoo!!

We saw lots of animals of course, and Ella and Martin went on their very first camel ride!  They had so much fun!

We also rode on the train (Ella's first time doing that as well!) and we had a blast!

Kaleb had a quick nap!

When we got home it was present time!  Our little birthday princess:

She got everything she wanted (of course) except for a pink car....we're working on that one ;-)

Overall, she had a great birthday, we really had a fun time and we made so many memories!

Now, onto my little man Kaleb!!  He has accomplished one of life's most vital skills- WALKING!!  He finally took his first step around the middle of May and is now cruising around like he's been doing it all of his life!  He and Ella both walked at 10 months and I have to say, I am happy he is finally on his own!  He is around 27lbs so he is HEAVY!  My arms were killing me from picking him up!  He is so proud of himself, it's so sweet to watch his little face light up when we starts to go!  Here is a video of some of his first steps: 

 

and another of him getting the hang of it:

He has been such a little joy, his personality has really come out!  He loves to tackle Ella, loves to play with her, and loves to eat - all the time!  He is not at all amused with Ella taking a toy away from him, drinking anything cold, or diaper changes.  He is really so laid back and relaxed, he is such an easy little guy!  Half of the time I forget he is there unless he makes a peep which doesn't happen often!  Here are some pics of him being his happy little self:

As you can see, Kaleb's wardrobe pretty much consists of just a diaper right now!  It is soooooo hot here in the summer and he is very warm-blooded, so he is happiest in as little clothing as possible!!

I have to add some of my babies together, my favorite ones!

he was pushing her around on her trike!

love this one!

We had an amazing May, can't believe how fast they are growing up!  We are getting excited for Kaleb's 1st Birthday!!  I can hardly believe it is just around the corner!!  More blog posts to follow shortly, I promise!

Easter!

Despite the horrible rain and gloomy day, we had such a fun Easter!  We went to church, had an amazing message, and then headed over to Aunt Heather and John's house for lunch, an Easter Egg hunt, and of course lots and lots of pictures!!!

My happy little Easter Bunny!

My boys!!

Having fun with Daddy!

Pretty little princess!

  

Our Family

Grandma and Kaleb

The Girls

Grandmas with their Granddaughters!

Ella and Summer with all the Easter Eggs they found!

We thought we might get his first steps but he was still a little bit nervous!

He stood on his own for a few seconds!

Summer is so sweet to Kaleb, even shared her stroller with him so he could practice walking!

Ella loves her Aunt Bo!

Presents from their Easter Baskets!

The Hildreth Girls

The whole fam

Kaleb found his first Easter Egg!

yummmmmm!

Sisters 

Cousins cuddling while the Easter Bunny hid their eggs!

Kaleb was loving the food! 

Big girls at their own table!

Our pretty girls in their Easter dresses!

Checking out her presents!

We really had such a fun day and we are so blessed to be able to spend it with family and those who care so much about us.  Kaleb is so close to walking, maybe my next post will be his first steps!!!!!!!!

*Spring Is Here!*

Finally!  I was so tired of the cold weather, winter is nice for about 2 weeks and them I am over it!  I am so happy to have nice, warm, sunny days!  We took the kids to the park this weekend and they had so much fun!  Ella is a little explorer, crawling all over the jungle gym, going down the slide by herself, and attempting to go across the monkey bars!  Kaleb was just happy to get out of the house and go for a ride in the stroller and to swing on the swings!  Here are some pics from our outing this weekend:

Ella insisted on pushing the stroller and she actually made it a few feet!  She just had trouble with guiding it the right direction :)

 They were loving the swings!

 It was so nice out that we brought out the playpen so Kaleb could hang out and watch Ella and I play with chalk!

We are loving this weather and I am so excited to be able to swim in our pool and to have bbq's this summer!  It will be Kaleb's first summer where he can have fun and play in the water and I know that Ella will be our little fish!!!  She is already asking to swim and our pool isn't even open yet!

Some other good news from us----Kaleb is FINALLY sleeping through the night!  It has been almost 9 long months of waking up to feed him every 4-5 hours or so and for the last 3 nights he has slept for a straight 12 hours!  I feel like a new woman, I had forgotten what it was like to wake up feeling refreshed!  He has always slept at night (which is more than Ella did for me at the beginning) but he wanted to cuddle with mommy and eat very often!  We were co-sleeping and I think that him finally being in his own bed and being able to move around and get comfortable has helped him sleep a lot better.  Martin is happier, Kaleb is happier, and I am definitely happier with the new sleep situation! :)  Life is going great right now and I promise to update this blog more often!!