The Threes are OVER

Praise the Lord, the kids are 4!!  Can I just tell you how glad I am that the threes are over!  Reese and Tucker have become increasingly more compliant and less temperamental to closer they've gotten to four so I'm counting on the fours to be a breeze compared to the last 12 months. 
We celebrated with our 4th annual Splish Splash Birthday Bash.  It was their first "friend" party and they had an absolute blast!

Happy Birthday Reese & Tucker!

June Seventeen

Being so pregnant and miserable during the month of June, I decided it would be wise to have Reese and Tuckers 3rd birthday party a little early this year.  Three weeks early to be exact.  I am SO glad I did!  They didn't mind... although I think we thoroughly confused them because they learned that their birthday was on June SevenTEEN (as they would say) and that's not when we had their party.  This way they got to celebrate twice though... they weren't complaining.

We hosted our 3rd Annual Splish Splash Birthday Bash.  If I were more creative (and not so pregnant) I may have done something different this year.  But let's face it... swim parties are easy and fun.

All the cousins came to swim, play, eat and celebrate with us.

According to Tucker, it's not a party without Watermelon!  That boy can't get enough!

Grandpa bought Tucker a Louisville Slugger with his name engraved on it.  He immediately wanted to go hit some balls.  He didn't quite understand the whole "keepsake" idea. 

 How are they 3 years old already?  We are definitely in the terrible three's!  They are testing the limits, throwing fits, fighting with each other... the whole works.  It's a good thing they are so stinkin' cute... otherwise we might be ready to send them back! 

She's not sassy or anything.  She starts every day asking for a pretty dress and a pretty bow.  Rylan will have a bunch of brand new shorts and shirts to wear when she's 3.  Reese refuses to wear anything but a dress these days. 

The birthday was a start to a great summer... one filled with lots of swimming, time with family and the arrival of a new baby sister. We've been blessed in this blistering heat! 

Splish Splash Birthday Bash

Happy 2nd Birthday Reese & Tucker! 

We celebrated the kids' 2nd birthday last weekend.  I still can't believe it's been 2 years since we were taking care of them in the NICU anticipating the day they would finally get to come home. 

Man, have they come a long way in 2 years.  I hardly recognize them in their new born pictures.  As much as I miss being able to hold and rock them whenever I want, I do love that they sleep 12 hours a night now!   

Well, we had our 2nd annual swim party at Grandma and Grandpa's house and the whole family was able to be there this year.  The kids had fun swimming, jumping on the trampoline, going for wagon and four-wheeler rides, and stuffing their faces....

I think the grown ups had a little fun too.