Firsts

one of the awesome things about when bonnie and caroline come to visit is that we get to experience some of caroline's firsts! behold, several pictures of caroline's first trip to bailey's most recent favorite place, boomerangs. crawford had a pretty fun time too!

bonnie being her sweet self and holding an active and grabby crawford
i was so proud of how crawford slept a little while in the hotsling while we were there. i was also pretty impressed with myself at how i figured out how to carrying him in the sling a new way all by myself. then i went to peppermint with bonnie and learned that i had been using it all wrong, as in upside down and everything.
bailey zooming down one of the slides faster than the speed of my camera

caroline played it safe the whole time and didn't attempt to go down any of the slides, no matter how much bonnie and i tried to encourage her.
finally, onto a different day of pictures!!! and here are the girls all cuddled up in the big bed watching the little mermaid for caroline's first time. we had a tremendous amount of rain accompanied by some strong thunderstorms which wrecked our plans of going to the spray park down the street. nothing sounds better to some sleepy mommies on a rainy day than curling up in bed and watching a disney classic :) i proceeded to try to convince the girls that i could sing just like ariel the rest of the visit. they didn't buy it......not once.

bailey also shared another one of her favorite pastimes with caroline, making beautiful necklaces. it was cute to see caroline figure out how to correctly string the beads together and create her very first necklace!
my smiley guy! crawford did a great job entertaining himself while the girls worked hard (and quietly!) on their necklaces! i have a feeling our days of carefree beading will soon come to an end. crawford is able to scoot himself backwards and turn his body all the way around. he will be crawling before we know it (and before we are ready!)
i just adore this last picture!!! bailey loved having caroline around and treating her like a little sister. that is something that i love and appreciate about my sweet girl. bailey consistently tries to go out of her way to help her friends that are younger than her. caroline definitely did look up to bailey and i hope she learned a few positive things (and not just the word "monsters" and the ever fun game of yelling "surprise!" over and over and over again) from my wonderful daughter! i sure do love that girl of mine!

girls, we miss you both! thank you for coming all the way over here to spend some time with us. we love you and pray for you often! please come back whenever you think you can :)