May

Good morning!

Waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to arrive

We have a local hot air balloon festival.  One of the balloons happened to land in a grassy area by our community pool and they were kind enough to allow the children to go up very briefly.  I had to pretty much force Kaelan and Max (who had been interrupted from being pirates) to do it.  I couldn't let them pass up this kind of opportunity.  :)

Field trip to the strawberry patch

Field day

The best part of field day was the end when the kids were sprayed down with a fire truck

Blake playing with his Bubby
He had been saying "all done" and "uh-oh" for a few weeks at this point but this was the 1st time I was able to record it
Kaelan reading to Max
There was something on my leg
Field Day
Blake at soccer
Kaelan as goal keeper

April (the rest of)

I am way behind of course so I am going to try to catch up as quickly as I can, beginning with the rest of April.  A major highlight of the month was Jennifer's wedding, one of Mike's nieces.  It was a beautiful day and the boys looked adorable (and were even well behaved).

With the proud mother-of-the-bride, Mike's sister Michelle

Max's favorite part :)

With the gorgeous bride!!

 April was an extremely busy month.  Our Disney trip was followed immediately by Jennifer's wedding.  But I have to admit that one of my favorite parts of the month (sorry boys) was a much needed girls' trip.  Katrina, Melissa, and I met in Atlanta for a long weekend.  It was much chillier than we expected which really changed our plans to enjoy downtown by walking everywhere.  However, when you have friends like I have, you don't need to leave the hotel room to have the best time EVER!

Katrina graciously used her hotel points to book a room at the W Hotel right in the middle of downtown.   It was AMAZING!

A couple highlights: a spa day (thanks again to Katrina's points) and even a surprise visit from room service with champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries courtesy of Melissa's husband, Colin.  FABULOUS!!!

 Some randoms...

I was extremely proud to receive this in Kaelan's folder one Friday.  The sticky note explains

Showing off their body art, face paint, and colored hair they got at Kaelan's school's Spring Carnival

He likes chairs as much as Max used to.  He gets extremely proud of himself  when he climbs into one.

Enjoying his new swing

A little indoor batting practice
Blake has changed SO much over the past couple of months and I've done a DREADFUL job documenting it.  I have lots of videos and pics but of course I haven't posted much of it.  Here's a glimpse of how chatty he was/is.  It's obviously from April but it displays whose name he says when he's happy.
Blake likes to play with blocks like his big brothers

Almost a Walker

As always, I have WAY too much to catch you up on, but for right now I'm sharing our most recent development. Blake is almost walking. He has been using every possible movable object as a walker (dining chair, activity table, step ladder, and of course his actual walkers). It is definitely his preferred way of moving, but until this past week, has not wanted to stand or walk unassisted. Here he is in action.



Standing with the new toy Nana got him. This was the 1st time he went to a standing position without pulling up on something.
Walking with his activity table
Taking a stroll (in the rain and his pajamas) with Daddy and his big brothers
Standing (and proud of himself)
And finally, a couple steps

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!!

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