Gavin's 4th Birthday!

Gavin got up at 6:30 in the morning on his birthday!  He had been waiting and waiting for it to be his birthday. I think it is hard for him that the girls' birthdays are so close. He has to wait so long for it to be his birthday again.  He told me a couple of weeks ago that he wished it was Christmas again so he could tell Santa that he wants an Ipod.  Well luckily he got his Ipod for his birthday. The kid has been glued to it for days!  He also got a light up scooter that he was super excited about.  For dinner he wanted to have hotdogs and salad.  The kid loves Caesar salad.  He would eat it all day everyday if he could.  He wanted to have donuts intead of cake, so we put the candles on his donut!

Celebrating Dylan

We decided to go to Dylan's grave a day early this year.  Each year Gavin seems to take more of this to heart.  He talks about Dylan more than he has in the past and says that he misses him.  Gavin chose a Spiderman balloon for Dylan this year.  We finally got a fun pinwheel for the gravesite as well.  It's nice to have all the family together at this more tender time in our lives.

Kaitlyn's Gymnastics Performance

Kaitlyn was in gymnastics for a few months this year.  This was their end program.  She really didn't progress a whole lot over the period of time, so I think it is safe to say that she is not meant to be a gymnast!  She had a good time, but wasn't very good at it.

Preschool Program Gavin

I am used to having little girls who love being in the spotlight and so they perform at these types of functions. Gavin is quite shy in crowds so he mostly stood around for the program. I know he knows the songs, but he doesn't really sing at all. There is a song with a partner dance where he dances with his friend Vince. They both are a little shy, but they are cute dancing together.

Easter 2012

I can't believe Easter has come already! It seems like we just had Christmas. We got together and had an egg hunt at Lola's house. Taygen wanted to just open the eggs and eat the candy
so I had to walk around and pick up all her eggs. Gavin recognized the letter G for his name, and picked up all his eggson his own. Luckily it was a really nice day. I ran 15 miles before the party so I was pretty worn out, but excited that the kids had a really good time. The kids picked out their own Easter outfits this year, so they were super excited to wear them.

Spelling Bee

Kaitlyn decided she wanted to participate in the school spelling bee. We printed off the words and worked on them for about a week. She beat out the kids in her class, then she beat the other 1st graders. So she went to the school-wide spelling bee, where she was competing against kids all the way up to the 8th grade! I meant to have her start practicing much earlier, but I totally forgot. She wasn't as well prepared as she could have been. She got out on her second word, but still got 1st place for the 1st grade..
Next year we will have to study sooner!

Taygen's 1st Birthday and Walking

What do you get for your 1-year-old for her birthday when you already have three other children?! It was hard to shop for Taygen. I basically got her clothes and a new carseat. She loved all the attention she got for her birthday. She got a phone from Lola that rings and makes noise.
She really likes to push the buttons. She walks around with the phone and her shoulder and babbles at it. We got her a neon cake for her birthday.

She thoroughly enjoyed digging into all that chocolate! Just a few days later she finally got up and walked several steps. She had been taking a step or two for a few weeks, but right after her birthday she just got up and walked!