Monday, August 27, 2012

summer days

Here's what we've been up to lately in pictures...

Caroline surprised us all by rolling over {back to front} first!  Emily had been trying for days while Caroline seemed totally uninterested, and Saturday I was changing Emily's diaper and heard C fussing...and this is why:

and she just kept doing it!

Emily has been moving around a lot lately {she started next to Caroline here} and has been getting stuck mid-roll for days...

...and today, she got it!! Yay Emily!
 

In other news, Will is doing fabulously in his big boy bed.


And the other day at naptime, he hadn't fallen asleep yet, and I heard some suspicious noises on the monitor.  I checked it out to see that Will was standing up in bed, reaching over to the nearby dresser, and pulling clothes out.  {naughty baby...}  So I used the handheld part of the monitor to remotely move the camera from side to side, which got his attention FAST.  He looked up at the little moving camera, his eyes doubled in size, and he literally HIT THE DECK.  It was awesome, and he ended up staying down {not moving an inch} until he fell asleep.

caught in the act

And now some random cameraphone pics...


what is hilarious to one can be completely uninteresting to the other...

time for a walk!

cutie patootie booties

definitely E eating C's foot

{E}

Will loves playtime with Daddy so much!


{C}

{E} talking

playdate! {sorry Caroline...}

hey Will!



Saturday, August 25, 2012

the many faces of Will Hawkins

Had a little "facial expression" practice with Will the other night at dinner.  {Usually he wears shirts.  Not sure why he wasn't on this particular day, but I'm sure it was related to him being covered in dirt or food or something.}

regular Will

happy Will

sleepy Will

shocked Will

scared Will

dancing Will

Have y'all seen the funny  "McKayla Maroney, not impressed" pictures going around after she made the funny face at her Olympics silver medal ceremony?  Well, I was scrolling through all these pictures of Will doing his little performance, and the very last one in the bunch was this one of Caroline.  Totally made me think....

"Caroline Hawkins, not impressed."

arboretum morning!

Hooray for cooler weather and some clouds this morning!  When we realized that the magical combination of {nice weather + Matt not working on the weekend + everyone being awake and fed} was happening this morning at around 10, we decided to head up to the arboretum with our whole little crew.  It was a perfect morning for it, and thankfully it wasn't very crowded, since we had a roaming toddler and a double stroller in tow.  


The Chihuly exhibit is still out, so we got to enjoy that in addition to the open spaces and green grass.


Will loved running around.


The girls slept for about the first hour we were there...I think they enjoyed the fresh air!
       


Will loved the flowers, and had to be constantly reminded not to pick them.


 still sleeping...

Will rolled in the grass...such a boy!


And when the babies woke up, we took some more pictures.










Such a fun morning.  Makes me excited for fall weather to get here!