whobody made it through 2 months?

[month one to month two]

These pictures are from mid-February to mid-March.  Again, so much happened…we had lots of great ti mes as a new family of 7…beginning with Dirx's first UNI basketball game.  We very bravely took all of the kids to a game in Cedar Falls…and surprisingly it went very well! (This was before the point when Dirx got fussy, thank goodness.)  Dirx hung out in a baby carrier…sleeping on Mommy pretty much the whole game.  Cruz, Nash and Lola did their best to give me an anxiety attack ;) by climbing around on the bleachers and going up and down the stairs to the bathroom and snack bar as much as they could.  And, Keaton, of course, enjoyed watching the game!

So sweet.

Nash in his mustache St. Patrick's day glasses…not even sure where these are now…but I do know they are broken. Hilarious. 

Cruz loves to dress up.

Lola had her very first sleepover birthday party at Alayna's house.  She let me do her hair curly for the occasion! She had a blast at the birthday party!

Keaton has taken on the role of being a super big brother to Cruzie…he takes very good care of him. They are "buddies" (as Cruz reminds me all of the time). 

 As of right now, Keaton and Cruz are sharing a room and Lola and Nash are sharing. 

 Cruz was on his own…

but he kept on sneaking into Keaton's room

…so we just moved him in there. 

Ahhh….the post bath baby picture…as you can see, he is "filling out". :) 

Nothing to do on a cold snowy day…how about a 'train ride'?

These 2 are buddies...

This is Cruz's hiding spot…every time. Love him!

Oh Nash…our halloween costumes are never 'put away'.

Keaton holding Dirx on his 9th birthday! Happy St. Patrick's Day.

We even went to the parade that day...

Another picture of Cruz helping me 'pump'. This is serious stuff. 

His yield isn't getting any better though.

Lola being creative with a box…homemade robot. 

Too funny.

Many nights, if we have nothing else going on, we will watch a little American Idol. 

Cruz likes to play along…

Shortly after Keaton's birthday, we hosted our first birthday sleepover. 

These boys had 

SO.MUCH.FUN.

Can I just tell you how sweet these boys were to Lola, Nash and Cruz? 

We had the 3 middle kids at grandma Reimer's for most of the evening, but brought them home at bedtime.  These sweet boys invited the younger kids to watch their movie with them.  

They were all especially sweet to Cruz…carrying him around and everything. 

They made my heart melt. :) 

They had lots of fun, and Dirx was kind enough to wake me up every 

2 hours that night to check on them….

Seriously…he grew so much in month 2. 

He was 12 lbs. 2 oz. at 6 weeks old…

and that was when he still seemed tiny to me. Oh..so sweet.