The Land Before Time (Slette addition)

So we all know Mom and Kim buy some of the cutest clothes, but according to John Kim's fleecy rompers for the kids are the absolute cutest things EVER! As the weather has been beautiful here lately it was time to break out the fleece and take our kiddos for a walk. This walk killed multiple birds with one stone. First, our kiddos got to wear their fleece outfits and be the cutest-babies-ever!, second, we got to test our strollers sans carseats in preparation for Seattle, and third, we got to look at some new housing options we may need to select from.

Attack of the dino-babies!



Did I mention, these Columbia fleecies are the cutest ever? Just want to make sure we have that covered. In case you aren't sure yet, here's Zach to convince you.



And Katie


And Addie




Unfortunately, we didn't get any pics of them in the strollers, but maybe tomorrow. The walk did teach us many things though. For instance, my babies get their post-dinner-must-nap from their daddy. I'm sure it had something to do with the fresh air, but at some point all babies took a snooze. We also learned that the strollers going up to 50 lbs and our babies not being 20 lbs yet means they swim in the harnesses, must tighten more than we did already. We also learned it is quite the process to load all babies, walk to first destination, unload all babies for approximately 5 minutes, load babies, walk to next destination (45 seconds away?), unload babies for approximately 5 minutes, load babies, walk to final destination - wait, I mean third destination (did anyone else think of Final Destination, the movie, which freaks me out?), unload babies for approximately 15 minutes, load babies and walk home. Whew. Somehow all of this took us 1.5 hours, past their final feeding time by about 15 minutes. That was all fine and dandy on the walk, but not quite so once we got home. Maybe also because mom wanted more pictures...





















To leave you with a cute cute image. John and I, holding Zach and Addie,
roamed an apartment looking at the layout...come back to find a hot pink hiney in the air, dino head on the floor. Katie, eyes closed, snoozing away. LOL Again, wish we had taken the camera with us.



Loves to all!!

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Addie's Toes

Well, last week was Zach's back, this week, Addie's toes. That girl has loved her toes from the minute she was born I do believe. Mom and Kim will remember that when they visited in late Nov/ early Dec she spent her every waking minute with her legs in the air using her feet to kick the toys or just grab on and inspect them.




Since then she has become enamored even more with her toes. As an earlier post indicated, they are often a palate cleanser between bites for her during meals. We have to constantly stop her from tasting a big toe since we know it will really mean an avocado, carrot, or sweet potato covered digit.







All of this was super sweet, albeit a tad annoying. Until last weekend. Funnily enough, I read a facebook post where someone asked how to keep the feet of sleepers from getting ruined. I read the post perplexed, as this had never happened to me. Until...



I was on the phone with my mom I believe and noticed this. I then looked over at Katie and noticed




her big toe was sticking out as well. *can you spot it?* What? These sleepers are only since December!?! Yes, they are some of our favorites, but I didn't think we were wearing them out already. Jeesh!
Addie was of course LOVING that she now has access to her favorite toy.




Now, I must side track into something she has started that is SO endearing it melts my heart. Do you see how she is inspecting her toe with her index finger. I guarantee you she is very very gently touching her toe. She has begun to gently touch to inspect. I will hold her and next thing I know she is pointing out/touching every mole or mark on my arm, shirt, pants, foot, floor, toy, etc. She is so very gentle when she does this. It is true curiosity.
Now, back to the toes. I thought we had taken a picture, but I can't find it. The next day Addie was in Zach's dinosaur sleeper, what do I notice? Toes peeking out! Today, she is in the cutest pink snowman sleeper, again, from Dec/Jan...what do I notice? I'm hoping by now you are getting the trend, but if not...












And yes, more and more toes keep escaping. At the most three have escaped. We were wondering if the whole foot was going to make an appearance as well, but alas, it did not. So, those are Addie's toes. They are now apparently desperate to escape from every sleeper. We put her in a 6-9 mo sleeper earlier this week. Silly me thought it would be a bit big, but it fit perfect so I just have to wonder how long it will be before her toes make a grand entrance from that one too. I will leave you with a pic of the trio in their new, bigger sleepers.




I love my littles...all the way down to their toes.
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