First smile!

So I think we can officially mark down Joeys first smile!... Joey, Anna and I went to grandma Muffins house this last week and we were able to get a few smiles out of him...very exciting to see him start to interact and become more alert... he's growing so fast and at his last dr. appt. weighed in at 9 lbs!!! The doc. was impressed with his growth saying they typically like to see babies gain 9 oz. from birth weight..the typical over acheiver, he gained 2 lbs!

We had fun in Desmoines seeing the completed renovations at grandma and grandpas and got to introduce "Baby Joey" to Grandma boots, Joey "the original" and aunt Laurie and aunt Jackie who repeatedly referred to him as being perfect....Anna also found a new best friend and someone who could keep up with her wild play in aunt Jackie!

Also adding a picture of Anna and Avery dressed up as the sweetest little ballerinas... they always seem to end up dressed like this when they come over to play!... a little girls outfit is not complete without a tutu! I think they're in love!

chubby baby!!!!

Just looking through some videos and found some fun ones to post... First is Anna in the bath at Amys house...took this when I went up to Colorado Springs for a few weeks when she was on bed rest.. I think Anna is around 5 months, can you believe those thighs!!!!... I couldn't believe it when I saw them...I don't remember her being so chubby!...I guess when it happens so gradually you dont notice, but she's slimmed down since so it's okay to laugh about it now!... and a little video of Niah... Anna seems to be going through a dramatic stage at the moment b/c she is obsessed with watching videos of her and Niah and is constantly telling us "I'm not Anna, I'm Niah!"... she then refers to various stuffed animals as rowie and cooper!

Benni came to Lincoln last Friday to meet Joey and see the girls...although she made an admission that she is secretly partial to the little boys... in fact we had to check her bags on her way out to make sure she wasn't harboring one little boy Buss...We had a pizza party and some wine of course and Benni impressed us all with her photography skills... I think we need to commission her to come back this summer to take portraits of the children!...it was fun, my only complaint is we only had a few hours...next time!

getting settled...

Home for over a week now and things are starting to settle down... Grandma left yesterday...her help was key and we will miss her!!!...Anna is showing a little more interest in her new baby brother...even holding him for our "photo shoot"... this only took 3 suckers!!... So far little Joe is the perfect baby...although I hear the problems usually develop around week 3 so we'll keep our fingers crossed!