Whew! Life is busy...

I don't have a lot of time to update - but it's been a while. Most of these pictures are of my adorable 5 month old, but I tried to get a little bit of all the kids.

Avalyn is showered with attention from her older siblings...
If we position her just right, Avalyn can sit unassisted! She hasn't rolled over still so I'm thinking she may just skip that altogether.
Trying rice cereal for the first time
Avalyn was included in the girls' nail painting party...
We have found another allergy... this is what happened to Avalyn when I started eating citrus. We ate 3 boxes of those California clementines in a week and Avalyn started this. I didn't even know citrus was an allergen so it took me a while to figure out what was causing her bright red cheeks. But I did and sadly gave up those delicious little fruits. Her cheeks are now back to normal.
A picture from today with the adorable little flower I bought from Ikea and turned into a bow.
Pretty much what Colby looks like all the time... he's read the entire Percy Jackson series and now he's re-reading Harry Potter. He's already on book 4. It's not always fun that he reads so much! We're glad the weather is getting nicer b/c it's been fun to see the kids outside again.
Our new favorite past time - learning to draw animals on our big dry erase board.
Until next year... I will miss you Christmas cards!
Zoo pictures.... the day I earned mother of the year award b/c I took all four kids by myself to the zoo AND to the skating rink AND we got to eat pizza for dinner. And it was actually a whole lot of fun!