Good Times

The babies really enjoy playing in their baby pool in the backyard. This is our set up.
Rainer
Broox getting in and out and in and out.

Come back Virginia!

Jane about to dive in.

Virginia will not let her knees touch the grass.

Virginia

Picnic at the park

What a little mess!

Unloading the diaper bag

Virginia showing off her walking skills

Thirsty Girls

Thinking about her next move

Sisters

Rainer

Getting a better look at the stroller

Picking flowers

Rainer in his new outfit.

Virginia

Jane

Virginia playing with her daddy.

Broox

Thanks to our handy dandy new stroller carrier, the babies have been making appearances all over the city. We can now load up and go with just one vehicle, rather than toting the stroller in one and the babies in the other. This is a huge change for us! We've been taking advantage of these beautiful spring days and making regular visits to the Birmingham Zoo, the Botanical Gardens, and Homewood Park. I shoot for an outing with the babies three days a week. On the other two days, we do strolls around the neighborhood. We have met lots of people, answered lots of questions, gotten lots of compliments and had our picture taken often. I think their favorite activity is going to the park and having a "picnic" on a quilt. We've dropped the morning nap so we go out for the morning and make it back home for lunch. As long as the babies are preoccupied, they like the new schedule. They now go down for a nap after lunch, and they usually sleep for around 2 1/2 hours.

Broox and Virginia are officially walkers! I see them choosing walking over crawling more and more. Jane and Rainer are doing a great job of standing up on their own and cruising. I think that by the end of the month, they will all be mobile on two feet. Scary thought! They are quicker and more curious every day. I can tell that they are beginning to understand more of what we say and they like to imitate sounds and gestures that Gray, the other babies and I make.

We've had a tough week because of teething and a virus. The babies are such great sleepers that Gray and I have a hard time dealing with getting up in the middle of the night now. I don't know how we made it through those sleepless months. Everyone slept last night and Jane is feeling much better.

Grandparents Picture Post

Pal and Honey just want to share some pictures from the past 6 or 7 weeks.