We went on a tour to the Buffalo Grove Fire Dept. with a group of our friends. The kids thought it was very cool to get into the firetruck. I had taken D'Angelo once before about 6 months ago, but this was the first time Adeline & Auggie got to go.

Sunday after we got home from church the kids wanted to play out in the yard. I thought it would be a good opportunity to snap a picture of them all together.

Here are the results.

We have had a full, busy week adjusting to life with our new little one! The big guys are loving Tia up! They are getting better at taking turns holding & feeding her. D'Angelo is the one who questions where I am taking his baby any time I move her!

It really is fun to watch these guys interact.

Our week in a nutshell...

Saturday morning I had a wonderful breakfast with my Godmother Karen. The conversation and company was great. If you can believe it, I did not have any kids with me.

Sunday- We were ten minutes late for church, not too bad if you ask me.

Our Monday playgroup was cancelled so we played out in our yard all day! My Mom was here for an afternoon visit and dinner. Adeline & Auggie also got their hair cut. I cut Auggie's and my Mom trimmed up Adeline's bangs for the first time ever. Monday night I had a Twins Club meeting and took Tia with me to meet my friends.

Auggie's haircut

Adeline not sure if she wants her hair trimmed

Tuesday, we officially had Tia with us for a whole week! We hung out at home, Grandma Debbie came over. Xavier had PT. Tuesday evening D'Angelo had AWANA.

Wednesday, I took Tia to the doctor. She is a healthy baby girl who weighed in at 8 lbs. 6oz. Grandma Debbie stayed home with everyone else while we went. Wednesday night I took Tia with me to my friend Debbie's house for an ice cream social. We had a nice time and out of the 40 ladies that were there Tia & I left with the last few of them! We were so involved in talking that it was 1:00 am when we got home. I will say that I was extremely tired at MOPS this morning.

This morning Adeline, Tia and I went to MOPS while the boys hung out at home with Grandma Debbie and Josh. Once we got home Adeline joined her brothers who were playing outside. As soon as she and D'Angelo started running circles around each other I thought I'd better stop her from running in those shoes and that dress! Too late- she fell. Luckily she recovered well and allowed me to clean up her knee. I put a pair of pants on her, different shoes and she was back outside running!

We have been enjoying having Tia home with us and adjusting to life with a newborn!

The day Tia came home to us X & O were exactly 13 months old.

Tia is only 1 year, 2 weeks and 1 day younger thanX & O.

Papa came by after work yesterday to meet Tia.

D'Angelo is thrilled to have a new little sister.

Auntie Jennifer, Rob & Emma sent us these pretty flowers.

Thanks!

Adeline likes giving Tia kisses too

BIG NEWS!
We have a new addition to our family.

She is the biological sister of our big boys.
Tia came home last night and the kids are very excited!
She was born on Good Friday March 21, 2008.
Weight: 6# 7 oz.
Length: 20"

Spring is still not here; we got more snow today! So, we headed over to the mall to play today. Here are my guys with their two friends.

Sadly this mall is closing down in June. I am gonna miss this place!

The kids are going to miss their horsey rides.

Hey Auggie, can you get any candy?
Let's all take a side
Mommy, I need money to make this thing work!

Here is a link to see

Xavier & Oliver 1 year portraits

Happy Easter

We had a wonderful day celebrating. I usually plan to get to church for the 9:30 service so we can actually make it to the 11:00 because my 5 monkeys don't always make it easy to get out the door looking presentable & on time. Well, today we attended the 9:30 service! After church we came home and gave the kids their much anticipated baskets of goodies. Poor D'Angelo had been asking for jelly beans from the moment we picked him up from his Sunday school class. My Dad, Deb & Josh came over soon after for our indoor egg hunt & dinner. Last week I was actually starting to believe that with the warmer weather we would be able to have an outdoor egg hunt! Foolish me. My sarcastic brother called me from sunny California this morning to ask me if we were going to hunt for plain white eggs in our snow filled yard today. Not so funny Eric.

Here are a few pictures from today.