baths, giraffes, and fun stuff

Oh the joys of summer are here.  We got outside for the first time the other day.  The wind took Katie's breath away every time it kicked up, Zach was glued to me, and Addie just smiled.  We lasted 5-10 minutes before calling it quits.  I'm hoping to get to the park here on base someday soon.  Tonight would have been perfect because the wind is almost nil, but seeing as daddy is asleep instead of watching/playing with the littles, that wasn't going to happen. This weekend at the latest for sure!

I loaded my camera pictures today.  We've got some good ones of our first "all-together-now" bath, the kids on their new giraffe rocker that arrived today, and just some good everyday pics.  How we are ever going to organize all these pictures, I honestly have no clue...every time I think of it I try to envision fields of flowers and beaches...you know, happier thoughts.  Haha.

So, here is our first bath.  Hopefully no surprise to anyone the pictures I'm sharing are very limited.  Needless to say they LOVED it.  For the first time Addie played with the water.  She was always the timid one before, I figured it was because Zach and Katie hung out in the tub when they were in diaper-rash-from-you-know-where mode. 

Katie liked the splashing water a LOT.

And here is a pic of the three of them.  Zach spent a lot of the time in modesty mode facing the faucet.  He was having fun though.

Our other big adventure lately was today's arrival of our Raffi the Giraffe.  I love the size of this guy.  If I wasn't hoping to get them chairs for their first birthday I'd buy another (hmmm, maybe the frog mom), especially since they come up on Zulily and Totsy quite often.  Heck, if we move into a house I will buy another!  (yes, I said house.  A current obsession of mine...another blog post)

Zach was more interested in getting his mitts on the camera.

Addie liked it, as evidenced by this "what?  I was just taste testing his ear." expression

And I also found some great every day photos.  Such as Zach, who was most definitely Born to be Cool!

Katie the explorer

Addie's little feet

Daddy reading to his daughters

Addie being cute

And the FUNNIEST picture of Katie!  Every time I see one with their hair plastered to their head like this I think of an old Seinfeld episode.  

So, that's what was on my camera this go around.  Hope you enjoyed.  Once we get out in the sun I'll be sure to get some photos up.  Until then, dad is struggling with bed time so I gotta run.

Loves!!