Fun Days in March

Oh my....not having all of my pictures on a desktop here at my parents has proven fatal to my blogging consistency. But this is my desperate attempt to catch up and dare I say keep up. As if March wasn't crazy enough moving your house and 3 babies out of state, we added to it by playing catch up with all of our friends and family we had missed sooo much! To keep it brief, pictures speak more than words, right? Here we go...

Caitlin's Baby Shower - say what? Yes, my dear friend Caitlin is having a baby! We had to pull out all of the martha stewart, pinterest, HGTV craftiness we could muster to pour on our mom to be. She has been a part of throwing two showers for me and gave much of her resources to do so each time so I was excited to see what I could contribute. Too bad it was the weekend we moved home and I was SPENT! Mom and Robin to the rescue...we all took a project and conquered this baby shower thing! Robin gets the credit for the adorable watermelon baby, my Mom and I worked on the spring/eastery corsage and Robin helped put the vase vision in my mind to fruition.

Papa T and Gigi's house - The twins have enjoyed exploring, conquering and ultimately taking over their new turf. They find new places to read books, find new clothes that Gigi bought for them, go gaulk at themselves infront of a mirror in said clothes, and sit in the laps of the newly retired Papa T and seasoned retiree, Gigi :)

We met our friends' at their family farm to enjoy the sunshine and watch the horses, feed the goats, ride on ATV's, and paddle the paddle boats on the lake. Jenna enjoyed steering the paddle boats while Caden loved feeding the goats. Easton enjoyed someone holding him all day. It was a little windy thus the winter gear on Easton :)

And then we went to a fun Easter Egg hunt. The twins really understood the point of finding the eggs and putting them in their baskets. Granted, we tried to spend as much time teaching them the real reason of Easter and talking about Jesus, but with no tangible way to show us they comprehend, we will just pray something sunk in their little mind. :) Jenna was quite serious about her egg selection. She showed great form stretching with the legs rather than lifting with the back. Caden worked the system an entirely new way having Nana hold his basket FOR him while he went on the hunt. At the end of the hunt, we dumped their eggs out to search the loot. Jenna ended up only picking out eggs that had a Dora sticker on it. Girl knows what she wants from an early age....

Three Generations!

Papa got his sugar from Easton rather than Easter Egg Candy :)

The twins refused to cooperate on Easter Sunday for any decent pictures. Even though mommy lavished your Easter baskets with your favorite goodies. I will have my revenge, don't worry. Mommy will NEVER give up the fight for a good family picture. Easton earned a small fortune of brownie points for smiling adorably every.single.time he was asked. :)

We developed a love affair with bubbles. Love, love, love the bubbles! Caden gets very serious about his bubble trigger hold and Jenna....bless her heart. If she is breathing, that tongue is out! Such concentration.

It happened....

"Big-E" has caught up and surpassed the twins in a few areas. Most notable: all three (yes, 3 in diapers! ugh) wear the same size 4 diaper. My 6 month old and my 2 year olds - all the same size. So we stock up on major jumbo packs and boxes of Size 4 diapers. Makes it easier to find one...no more sifting through the stacks to find the appropriate size!?!?

Jenna can get in and out of the bumbo easier than Easton. You have to put your foot on the side of the bumbo to hold it down when you pull him out or else the entire seat comes up with him when you pick him up.  

And I'll let you be the judge who has the bigger legs/thighs. :)

Easton: 5 months

Baby Easton, oh my big boy - 5 months came quick! I LOVED this age with your brother and sister and the same can be said for you! I can't say enough how sweet and smiley and snuggly you are. Such a blessing! Your fifth month (March) was more transition. Thank goodness you handle transition like a champ b/c you have already experienced a years worth. The month of march we packed up everything we had in trucks and headed down to God's country : North Carolina :) Mommy *tried* to remember and forecast anything you would need throughout the summer and pull it aside to take to Gigi and Papa T's house. I miserably failed - many a fun thing, cute outfit or helpful tool is packed inside our storage unit with no hopes of getting it until we move. :( Anyway, your doing fine and have no idea your missing anything so all is well.

Your little face is rounding out just like your brothers did! Your very distinct chin is getting lost in all of those squishy cheeks. This is because you had your first major, noticeable growth spurt at the beginning of the month. Whoa, I was beginning to wonder what had gotten into you since you took so long to show signs of a growth spurt yet continued to grow like a fertilized weed. I finally had to start putting a bib on you this month - you began to drool like crazy! I thought perhap you were teething early but then remembered this is the time you babies start producing your saliva. So no teeth popped through but the yucky stage of bibs has come upon us.

At the begnning of this past month, right after you turned 4 months old you began to hold your toys very well. You began to reach out for them, hold them, move them from hand to hand so we brought out some of the few things mommy remembered to set out. You also had such good head control and strength we busted out the exersaucer. It is worth its weight in gold. You LOVE it. Mommy loves it. Yes, yes, yes. You twirl all around that thing grabbing toys, making every musical toy go off and you sound like your taking off from Cape Canaveral when you get in a good rhythm of jumping.

It also became a new toy for your brother and sister. They move all around it testing buttons and spinning rattles showing you the ropes.

The wonderland you put me in with your easy bedtime routine became shaky, as expected this month. I knew it couldn't be that easy for good! At around 4.5 months, you began waking up at 5 am - every morning! You would coo, talk, laugh, squeal, cry out in frustration, squeal again, just make any noise you could! It would last about an hour then you would drift off to sleep for another 1- 1.5 hours. Mommy knows this is a normal stage, but when your right outisde our room and not in your own bedroom with the door shut, it is loud and frustrating, a little annoying, slightly cute and tiresome. Your daddy and me tried to put pilllows over our heads, go soothe you, give you a paci, turn the mobile on and.....nothing worked. You just wanted to do your thing and go back to bed on your own time. Thank goodness it was a phase, but it lasted about 3 weeks. Those were early mornings. ugh.

Also, this past month, your eczema got OUT.OF.CONTROL. Scary out of control. Horrible patches popped up all over you, red, raised, sometimes oozing spots. It looked miserable. So once we took you to the Doctor, he said your eczema was infected and you needed an antibiotic to treat it from the inside. ugh. big mistake. It did nothing but hurt your tummy and make you "uncharacteristically fussy Easton." yuck. After that didn't work, we got a strong, RX cream and what do you know....after 2 days you had silky, smooth baby skin again. Sorry about that, bud! As long as we keep you creamed up, we have no problems!

As your "build" would suggest, your eating just fine. We are still doing every 3 hours during the day starting around 7 am. I'm holding you off on solids as long as I can. Mommy is permanently scared from the fiasco we experienced with your brother and solids, but you are waking up earlier and earlier and not lasting as long as you used to so the time is near!

Even though you have just now turned 5 months, you have been wearing 6 month clothes for a while...your wearing size 3 diapers and honestly...all socks leave a red indention in your chunky cankle-calf-legs.

Although your squished like a pancake, you love your bumbo because you think are 13. We put your tray on the seat and let you play with all of your teethers. Sometimes, you become the student and Jenna is your teacher showing you how all of your toys work. Get used to it buddy :)

Other March Happenings:

You were the cutest little lucky charm for St. Patricks day. I put this outfit on you for like a week straight. SO CUTE.

You went to your first Easter Egg hunt and pulled off the "ridiculously cute baby" card very well. 

You celebrated your first Easter at church and at our family easter lunch/easter egg hunt. Your Easter basket contained diapers and wipes (the contents gets better with age, I promise buddy!)

As always, you are loved my E-Stud! How wonderful it was to bring you HOME to your friends and family in NC. I think you will love it here :) 

Broadway Bound

Recently, Dad called us into his office to show us the performance he had choreographed with Jenna one morning. He did not account for stage crashers like Caden. If Jenna ever makes it big, we can go back to this moment and thank (?) Papa T. :)

You have to give it a minute to catch up before it plays, but the ending is well worth the wait.

(p.s. It turns the correct orientation when you hit play - no strained necks, please :) )



Broadway Bound from Casey Little on Vimeo.


Now, again I will ask: who is having more fun at Papa T's house? The kids or Papa T?