Summer Days...

Here's another little video clip of what life is like at our house.  From L to R, this is Micah, Andrew, Derek.  As you can see, Andrew is the little trouble maker a lot of the times (and he's the loudest lately, too!).  You have to listen kind of close, but Andrew is rolling over on to Derek, and it's tickling Derek, who is laughing (like usual).  Then Andrew moves on to attack Micah.  That's Micah squealing the whole time.  

 Lately at night the babies get sick of being in the house.  They're kind of getting to that "we want to move, but we can't" stage.  So if we can, we take them outside.  We either load them all up in the stroller and Tyler in the wagon and walk for like an hour, or we put them all in their swings and let Tyler run around, and mingle with the neighbors.  We have the best neighborhood -- all the kids run into each others' yards and play together. 

Derek...

 Micah...

Andrew...

 Tyler on his slide. 

 All 4 boys swinging away...This is one place they are all happy.  That doesn't happen much.  Sometimes Evan and I take our dinner outside to eat b/c it's more peaceful to eat outside when they're all quiet than in the house.  We'll wish for these "picnics" back some day, I bet.  :)

 Another reason we love the swings:  Everyone falls asleep within about 15 minutes of sitting in them. 

 Derek...

 Micah...

 Tyler on his rock wall!

 And on the picnic table that Evan built for him under the swingset!

 We've started feeding the babies rice cereal and vege's.  They all like different things.  Derek gagged when we gave him green beans (very dramatic, of course), and Andrew hated peas.  Micah is happy with anything, like usual! Here is our little feeding station in the corner of our dining area.  3 babies, and 2 parents armed with bowls and spoons.  It's quite the process!  They actually do really good it already!

 Micah...

 Derek...

 Big boy Tyler...

 Micah and Andrew goofing around with Grandma!  Happy guys!

 Andrew...

Andrew and Micah sitting on the counter while I put groceries away, playing with bread bags.

 Cutie pie Derek after his bath.  I can hardly hold him in the bath tub any more.  He won't lay down on our little sponge thing anymore, and really wants to sit or stand up.  He splashes me the entire time.  He kicks his legs furiously and splashes with his hands the entire time.  It's hilarious!  Andrew has started hating his baths, and pulls a huge lip and usually cries during his baths.  Not sure why he started doing this.  And Micah just lays back and chills out and smiles the whole time.  Their little personalities are really coming out.

 Evan and Derek, Carol (Evan's mom) and Andrew, and Marv (Evan's dad) and Micah on our deck.

We had our first injury the other day.  Tyler threw a fire truck at Derek after I had just told him not to throw, and Derek screamed.  Tyler sat back and smiled.  Ohhh boys.......

 Andrew, Micah, Derek

 Derek, Micah, Andrew.