I love my cousins

We had a big fat weekend, friends. Bryan retrieved our bikes from the shop which are now tuned up and ready to ride. He put together our Burley Bee bike trailer that we got for Christmas from my parents now that Tucker is almost big enough/strong enough to ride. Saturday we picked up some cupcakes from Copper Cupcake. Much to Sophie's delight, the special of the day was a Strawberry Cupcake. Coincidentally her favorite tv show is "Strawberry Shortcake," which she sweetly refers to as "Strawberry Cupcake." She giggled with delight... then only ate the frosting (I'll let you guess who finished the rest).

Sophie had a cousin-filled weekend. As she was coming off her sugar high last night, drifting to sleep she said, "I love my cousins."

Mister is getting better at this sitting stuff.

Sister is never far.

Sophie wore this all afternoon until she demanded we take
her clothes off for swimming in the baby pool.

The girls, Lila, Ruby, Kenzie and Sophie were so sweet to baby Tucker.

Big boy McClain.

Sophie adores Preston.
She says "Preston likes to play basketball and give me hugs."

Overexposed, granted, but that smile! Melt.

You grab mine, I'll grab yours!

Big girl Kaelin.

Cutie.

She is so brave. Love.

Hannah is such a cheeser, I love taking her pictures!

Monkey-ing around.

The girls just love some Tucker!

Thought this was a "seedless" watermelon? Thought wrong.

Hula girl. With watermelon.

Our new ride.

Spring break 2012

Spring break 2012. Yes. Mommy and Daddy enjoyed some adult beverages and worked up a little sunburn. Isn't that was Spring Break used to be about? Instead of waking up nursing a hangover, I woke up with a little nursling in my arms; a difference I'd say was welcomed. These last few years of Spring Breaks have been the best ever with our babes in tow.

For a brief recap before I get to an insane amount of REALLY cute photographs...

Tucker slept like doo-doo in the room with me, rolled ALL the way over, like 360, for the first time (and then kept rolling and rolling to the other side of the room while mommy brushed her teeth thinking baby boy was just fine on his play mat), was scared of the baboons at the zoo that were crazy loud, protected his Super Baby status by being perfect on his first flight, and the sweetpea was Baptized on his first Easter Sunday.

Sophie ate the pavement on day 1 and had a giant boo-boo that (thankfully) quickly healed, slept like a dream as always (asked to take naps and "go to night night" because the excitement of our visit wore her flat out), enjoyed her day at the zoo, was great on the plane, and got her fill of fun, sand and wind on our somewhat short trip to the beach.

For a vacation that started with solo travel mom slamming her thumb in the car door at 6am en route to the airport, I'd say it turned out rather nice. I guess I never realized how much I need a thumb until it is throbbing and can't come in contact with anything (anything including a stroller, a toddler, a nursing infant or a carry on bag - you get the picture).

Chillin. Mackin.

My little dumpling. I think she was off to check on Tuck.

See that boo-boo on her forehead?

Yep, she was off to check on Tucker.

Sibling love.

Bath time body paints!

I do this all. the. time.

Feeding the giraffes with Yaya.

She wanted to get IN the bunny pen to figure out which one
was the actual Easter Bunny,

Hugs with sweet Harper.

Cold and windy, but she didn't seem to care!

Working with some sandcastles.

My little cutie.

Sweet friends. Only six weeks apart!

"BIG MUCH!" when asked how much mommy loves her.

Gummy smiles are my favorite!

Just love.

Tucker's baptism Easter Sunday.

Easter Sunday.

Looking out for eggs.

Easter egg hunt!

"Aqua Man" and Tuck-tuck.

Roar! Tucker and Grandpa.

Weekend, where HAR you?

My lack of posts means that this one is going to be lengthy. Stay a while, wontcha?

What she's saying:
Where HAR you = where are you
My turnies = my turn
That's mines = that's mine
It's darky = it's dark in there
Bay brudder TuckTuck = baby brother Tucker
Good merrning = Good morning (with an Irish accent)
I wanna hold you = I want you to hold me

What she's doing:
She LOVEs the Llama Llama books, courtesy of Gmom and Gdad for Christmas. She is totally obsessed with feelings and emotions asking on every page what the llama is doing or feeling. She also loves My Little Ponies. Like, sometimes asks for My Little Ponies as soon as she wakes up. Phrases like "I love you. What's wrong with you? I know, Tuck Tuck. (when he cries) Look at me. I'm very tired. I need to color. We're going to Costco!" are constantly heard around our little casa lately. She makes me laugh so hard every day. Soph still loves going to school and has started talking about her friends and her teachers by name! Speaking of names, she even calls me "Aims" on occasion. What a little sponge. At two years old she is still sleeping 12-13 hours at night, and Tucker has started giving us 7-9 hours straight. We Barbers must love our sleep.

What he's doing:
Tucker is three months old! Right at 13 weeks he started doing that awesome sleep thing. Nursing is going so much better this time. He still has no schedule during the day other than me enforcing Eat, Activity, Sleep, and then he's usually down for bed between 7 and 8 (tonight he went to "bed" at 6... say a prayer, please). He has almost outgrown all of his 3mo clothes. So, to sum it up, basically, I think he's a little angel.

Weekend!!
We had a great weekend with Yaya in town. We threw a surprise 60th birthday party for Gdad, ate, drank, and were merry. I never feel like I take enough pictures anymore. Perhaps because I'm too busy enjoying the company we keep. Our weekend, in limited photos:

Sophie and Gdaddy after the "surpriiiiiise!"
We practiced "surprise" all week, and had to make sure
to keep her away from Gdad so that she didn't give away the surprise!

Tucker absolutely LOVES his Yaya.

Sophie loves Uncle Shawn (and balloons)!

Mommy and Soso.

Tucker with his beautiful grandmothers!

She was playing a game that went:
"Where is Sophie? HERE SHE IS!"
and jumping out of balloons.

Tummy time!

Tucker slept here, like, all weekend.

**love**

Jumping with baby brudder TuckTuck.

Taking a break to tell Tucker
"I love you. I'm so glad you're here!"
***melt***

Jumping with Yaya.