almost summer

It has been so nice out, we all went out side to play .

Rhiannon flies around on her trike now.

Mikey would not give up blowing out this flower, I'll huff and I'll puff...

Frisbee!

The only way to prove I was there is a self portrait :)

Kaitlyn watched the world go by.

And Mikey pushed around his dump truck

Hooray for summer! well almost..

more Greats

On Mothers day weekend Great Grandma and Great Aunt Pat were in town. Rhiannon and I have not seen them in 4 years, and Mikey and Kaitlyn had never met them at all, so it was very nice to see them.

A new person that would endlessly push them on the swings. They would stay on those things forever, as long as you keep pushing.

"This little piggy....."

Grandpa + swing at the beach = squealing, giggling 4 year old

Great!

On Saturday Kaitlyn had her first visit to Great grandma's (Mimi)For Mikey and Rhiannon Mimi's means gram crackers and Matryoshka dolls. (had to look that one up) I remember playing with dolls like this at my Grandma's house when I was a kid, but I don't think I ever knew what they were called.

Then on Sunday Kaitlyn had her first visit to Great grandpa's house.

And of course Mikey and Rhiannon needed to pick and eat mass amounts of oranges.Mikey needed that one waaay up there...So of course Papa climbed up to get it for him. Great grandpa's roses are all blooming, so Nana and Rhiannon filled up a vase to bring inside.

While Kaitlyn relaxed inside. It was a very nice day for the kids to play in the back yard, we've got to get one of those.

Kaitlyn is here!

Kaitlyn was born Monday April 19 at 4:59 am, 7 lbs, 8 oz, and 19 inches long. The hospital stay took forever but real labor only lasted about 2 hours, going from 3cm at 3 am, to born at 4:59 after a whopping 4 minutes of pushing. It was very cool to see her come out and get to hold her right away, I didn't get that with the other two. She is perfect and gets lots of love from big brother and sister.

Katie and Kaitlyn at about 5:30 am after a sleepless night.

Grandma, big brother, and big sister meet Baby for the first time.

They love their little sis.

Kisses..

Grandpa meets Kaitlyn.

And Amy came to see us too.

She is 2 days old today, and it really does feel like she's been here forever. I know, they always say that about new babies, but it's true. She fits in perfectly, and we feel like a complete family of 5 now. 5... wow..

fun in the snow

After 5 days of rain there was lots of snow on Palomar Mt. to go play in.

They both had lots of fun.

And I was happy to go back home to our snow free home when we were done, yay San Diego! :)

This is last month's ultra sound where the RN said baby looks "girlish". A few days ago I went in for my "real" ultra sound and the doc confirmed it is a girl and showed me her "girl parts". Before any ultra sound I felt like this was a girl, for one thing because she moves around and kicks me allot just like Rhiannon did, Michael was much less active. We got a surprise with Mikey, but I think we are safe saying this one's a girl! She measured right on for her gestational age, so the due date stays April 19. 3 months to go....

Knott's

Last month we took the kids to Knott's Berry Farm. They had lots of fun riding the rides in Camp Snoopy. Even Michael was tall enough to ride almost all of the rides. There were a few that had a max height aloud to ride, but no minimum.

This was Michael's favorite, he called it the train, until he saw the real train. Still they had to do this one twice. It's fun watching them do things I remember doing when I was a kid.

I love this picture, Rhiannon riding the "big boy ride" heh.

Rhiannon and Dad paned for gold. She was very proud of the few tinny flakes they found.

Exploring the ghost town.

And we got to ride the train, Michael's favorite part.It was a little hot, but that just makes playing in the water more fun.