Bailey and Griffin's First Easter!

We have had a very busy Easter weekend that has been filled with lots of family and fun times! 

Thursday afternoon, the babies and I headed to Benton to watch my sister, Hannah, play soccer. It's her senior year and I hate that I don't get to watch as many of her games as I would like to, so when she played 40 minutes away, we decided we would make the trip! We loved getting to see my parents and we loved getting to see Hannah play...not to mention that they won 6-0. It really brings back some soccer memories for me watching them play...some days I wish I could go back there and other days I do not really want to go back to that time in my life! :)

Hanging out with Bebe and Pawpaw during Hannah's game...sure was sunny!!

Aunt Hannah and Bailey after the game

That night, Hannah and four of her best friends came to spend the night with us before going to Harding for the weekend. I have gotten the privilege to watch these girls grow into such beautiful young ladies and it's so fun to have them come spend time at our house and listen to them now, compared to when they were little girls running around at our house playing dress up! :)

Beautiful girls!

Hannah and Griffin rocking on our front porch

Jacob and I were both off of work on Friday, so we had a fun family day! I also had my first snow cone of the summer! :) Friday afternoon, Jacob's parents headed to our house...they came for Spring Sing at Harding and to spend Easter weekend with us. Saturday, the girls in the family went to Spring Sing and it was great to be back on the Harding campus! 

Having a snack outside while Mommy and Daddy clean the cars

Griffin LOVES being outside!

Cooper (who is on an extended vacation in Tennessee) came to visit us this weekend and we'll just say that Bailey's crawling has improved! She tried to get to him at all times!

Daddy and Griffin playing together

Sunday, we had a great first Easter! We all woke up, took some pictures, went to church, came home to take more pictures, and I cooked my first Easter lunch! It turned out pretty good...guess I'm officially a grown up now! :) Sorry for the picture overload!

Checking out what's in our Easter baskets!

We love them...and I love those sweet faces!

Griffin thought he'd like Bailey's Veggie Tales movie more than his own!

Bebe and Pawpaw sent swings for Easter for a swing set my Dad is going to build them!

Griffin loves his swing!

He loves it so much that he tried to go ahead and carry it outside to use! He's one strong little man!

My sweet family...and pictures are HARD to get right now!

Aunt Hannah was with us for Easter

When you can't have candy in your eggs, you get Puffs instead!

There are no words to describe my love for this picture...and we had to get Daddy on board with these sweet outfits! :)

Mommy's sweet boy!

Gran and Poppa

notice two things...first, Griffin's adorable smile (and Bailey's look of confusion)....second, Cooper being thrown in the air in the reflection of the window to create that smile!

The Fox side of the family...we missed Jessie and David!

Gran with Bailey and Griffin

Happy Easter from the Fox family!!

Three/Fourths of a Year Old!

Bailey and Griffin are now nine months old...how in the world is that possible?!? Nine months just sounds so old! Their personalities are really developing and it's becoming such a fun stage to watch!

Griffin is still our little chunky monkey. He is one solid, strong little boy! Lately, he has become very attached and cuddly, and I know you're not always supposed to encourage that, but I sure can't help it. When he reaches those chubby, little arms for me, my heart melts and I immediately pick him up. He still has eight teeth, but he has been drooling a lot lately, so I don't know if that means that he has more coming. I'm guessing he weighs around 23 pounds, from when I've weighed myself on the scale with him. We don't go back for a well visit until a year. He is so long and has the biggest hands and feet...Jacob is praying that he gets my side of the family's height...he wants Griffin to be tall so bad since he never got to experience that! :) As far as being mobile, Griffin still rolls everywhere. However, he gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth now, so I have a feeling he's so close! I'm afraid to say this to jinx myself, but he has become a pro at sleeping! At 7:30, we feed him, lay him in his bed wide awake, and he'll lay there until he falls asleep. Then, there are a lot of mornings we have to wake him up...he may take after us and love his sleep! He absolutely LOVES being outside and I see many days in our future of playing outside until the sun goes down! We sure do love our sweet boy!

Bailey is our petite little baby. Well, she  may not really be, but when you compare the two, she certainly is! She weighs around 19 pounds, and I was thinking that wasn't that much of a difference between the two of them, but I guess when you only weigh 20 pounds, 4 pounds is a lot. She still only has the two teeth, so she's not as good of an eater as Griffin is. She still spits a lot out with her little tongue! She has started crawling a little bit...she will lunge herself forward to get something, but she is just now figuring out how to move her arms and legs. She will be an active little thing very soon! She has become extremely fiesty...she wants everything that Griffin has, no matter what it is. I have a feeling we're going to have many lessons on sharing with each other. She is just the sweetest thing! She's become more selective on who she smiles at, but she has the sweetest giggle now that her Daddy just loves! Now that we've gotten rid of ear infections, she's sleeping much better...I just hope that it continues. However, she has figured out how to put her paci back in, which will help out a lot! Our sweet girl has us wrapped around her finger!

"Mom, you want us to take MORE pictures???"

We're not interested!

The funniest thing happened the other day...they were both sitting in the floor playing with their toys. They both had a paci in their mouths, but apparently, Bailey's was not good enough. She reached over, took Griffin's out, spit hers out, and stuck his in her mouth. Well, Griffin decided that wasn't going to work, so he reached over and took it back. They want back and forth three times, then when she reached for it the last time, Griffin CLENCHED down with his teeth so that she couldn't have it! I was cracking up....oh the memories we are going to make!

"I'm outta here!!!"

Spring Break

We have had a lot of family time lately and it has been fantastic! The weekend before Spring Break, Bailey and Griffin's Gran and Aunt Jessie came in town because Jessie had a wedding to go to for a friend. We also got to go to a shower for Jessie (Bailey and Griffin are going to have a new cousin, Andrew, this summer).

With Aunt Jessie before going outside

Bailey and Gran

Sweet girls at baby shower...Bailey and Griffin weren't exactly interested in the picture

Now onto Spring Break, we had a great time except for Bailey getting her FIFTH ear infection. We went to El Dorado on Friday, and went to Hannah's soccer game (she scored a goal and I was so proud!!) Bailey just wasn't acting like herself at all...very fussy, wouldn't sleep, and wouldn't eat. On Saturday afternoon, we decided that for our sanity for for Bailey's sweet little sake, we needed to go to the doctor. Thank goodness for a small town, Dr. Bevill said that he would see Bailey (a new patient) an hour before he closed! SOOOO thankful for that! 

Hannah and Griff

Bailey and Hannah...this is the ONLY picture we could get where she'd smile since she wasn't feeling good! :(

We had a VERY laid back Spring Break, which was much needed. The beginning of the break was spent in El Dorado, then we came back Tuesday afternoon. Mom, Dad, and Hannah came for a few nights, so Jacob and I were able to go out to eat and do a little shopping one night...it was nice to have a few hours away! :)

 Griffin eating breakfast

I couldn't find Bailey, then walked around the corner and she had backed herself underneath the ottoman...she's almost mastered crawling...

I couldn't find Hannah or the babies when Mom and I got back to the house after running some errands...I looked outside and saw this...

Griffin LOVES taking walks

Bailey wasn't sleeping at night or during the day, but quickly fell sound asleep on their walk

Griffin cuddling with Bebe

Look who's getting close to crawling!

This picture MELTS my heart...just watching a little Baby Einstein...I can't wait for family movie nights...not to mention those chunky, little baby legs!

We had lots of quality playing time

I loved spending all week at home with this sweet, smiley girl!

This active little boy is the sweetest thing and I know he is about to keep us really busy!!!

I LOVE my job, but only 8 weeks until summer!!!!!!

My 8 month old babies!

Once again, I am a little behind writing our monthly post...but better late than never! :) I will do better, I promise!

We started going to a new pediatrician, so we actually got weighed in at 8 months since we had to go for a consultation...

Griffin is ALL BOY! He is our little chunky monkey, weighing in at 21 pounds...with his EIGHT teeth. Yes, you heard that right, eight teeth! I guess he thought he'd need some teeth for all that food he consumes. :) I must say though, that that toothy grin is just about the sweetest thing. He is moving all of the time, and his method of movement right now is rolling. If he sees something across the room, he will roll on over and get it. He rocks back and forth on his knees, but no crawling quite yet. That's okay with me for right now though, I think I'm going to be in trouble when he's on the move...he will keep me on my toes for sure.

His new face he makes when he wants something

Sweet boy...he looks so big!

Sitting outside, watching Daddy play basketball...I LOVE being outside!

I left Griffin playing and came in to find this...

What I saw when I looked around the playmat! :)

I love this little boy!

Bailey has learned to melt our hearts! She now weighs 18 pounds and has two dainty, little teeth. She's gotten much better at the eating thing and his happy all of the time! She has officially thrown her first fit though...Daddy wasn't moving fast enough one night making bottles and she laid on the floor and screamed while kicking her legs and hitting her hands on the floor...is this a look at our future?? Surely not! :) She really is the sweetest, most easygoing baby! She is still scooting backwards, but has not figured out going forward yet. It's the funniest thing because she backs into everything and can't go any where else. She will be on the move very soon!

Precious little smile!

Backing into the table...where do I go now?!?

Blue eyes!

Backed into the playmat, but still happy!

Laying in bed with Mommy after just waking up!

They have really started interacting with each other and it's the sweetest thing. Typically, one wakes up a little earlier than the other (depends on the day who is first) and immediately when they see each other, they start grinning big. They have also learned to take toys from away when the other one is playing with something, so we're trying to learn to share! :) I can't wait to see the relationship these two have one day!

Aren't they the cutest things?!

We love our little munchkins so much!