I remember finding a picture of both Brooke and Caroline on their tummies at about 3 months of age wearing the same pink striped sleeper. I knew I wanted to photograph Madison in the same outfit and pose. Here are all three babies. Can you tell who is who?
What the heck – we’ll throw Spencer into the mix also:
That was so much fun, let’s do another one. When I was in the hospital after having Brooke, Dallas took a picture of me holding Brooke up to my chest. I loved that picture so much that I made him recreate that picture each time I had a baby. Can you identify the baby?
I sort of feel like I should retire from blogging after my last post. Every single one of my siblings commented which was unprecedented. If you know my Dad and haven’t read all the comments from my siblings for that post, you should go revisit it. Hilarious stuff.
Anyway, a couple of weeks ago the weather was so mild that we decided to take advantage and go explore Memory Grove Park. We left and realized we were driving into a rainstorm. I was a little nervous the rain would ruin our plans, but Dallas stayed the course and by the time we got to the park there were only a few rogue raindrops falling. We ended up having a great time hiking the trails.
Right off the bat Brooke caught a snake and he was our hiking companion the rest of the evening:
Madison was so bright-eyed looking around at everything and taking it all in:
Spencer was wearing his “gloves” during the hike. (They’re really socks that the kids use as gloves when they’re playing Frozen.) As we walked we frequently heard Spencer mumble, “Conceal it. Don’t feel it. Don’t let it show.”
As we were leaving a nice man said, “You guys look like you need a family picture.” How did he know? Behold, I give you only the second picture we have in existence of all six of us together:
Last Sunday we blessed Madison and then had our families over for a brunch. We had such a nice time celebrating our newest addition with those we love.
The newest member of our family has learned a fun trick. Sleeping? No…
Hanging out in her swing?
No…
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
Bingo! She smiles!
In honor of this groundbreaking developmental milestone, let’s look at a few things that make me smile.
Spencer’s huge grin is contagious:
Daddy-daughter time is always sweet whether both parties are awake…
…or asleep:
Of course I love seeing how cute Caroline is with her new sister:
Every day I put Madison on a blanket on the floor to hang out. Every day Caroline decides a blanket isn’t good enough and makes a bed for her:
Brooke’s always good at bringing a smile to my face. Here we have her in her scuba diving get-up:
Why yes, that is underwear on her head. She found it makes a convincing swim cap which then inspired the goggles, her backpack to hold her oxygen tanks, and my slippers as flippers.
Then we have a couple of school papers. This was on the back of one of her worksheets:
I wish I knew why she felt it was necessary to draw her sliding down a hill on a tube on the back of her paper.
I love this one:
It says, “I can dream like Martin Luther King too! My dream is…I could go to Ponyville.” Just think how much better this world would be if that had been Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream.
Conference weekend brought many smiles. Spencer got to help make homemade ice cream:
Sarah got to hold my newborn. Here she is trying to make it look like Madison is her and Jeff’s baby:
Nice try.
I was internally smiling as I took a little nap. Let the record show that this happened between Conference sessions:
My dozing during Conference luckily evaded being photographed.
The boys were so cute playing with cars together:
My mom had a turn with the baby:
My mom, sister, and I started planning Madison’s baby blessing brunch:
Sarah convinced me Madison was smiling at her, so I ran to get the camera…
…and was then blessed to capture crying:
Oh well. We need to experience the crying to better appreciate the smiles, right?
