we'll be here....

we'll be here at the beginning of may...and by "we" i mean just me and my hubby. i love my kids more than life itself and it's hard for me to be away from them. BUT, i really love being with my husband and can't wait to spend almost 4 whole days together sans kids. well, he will be working part of the time every day, but that's okay. i'll sleep in and watch tv (today show, regis & kelly, the view) until he's done. i think i can handle that :) by they way, this is a picture of the harbor in dana point, california in orange county. i believe it's just south of laguna beach. i don't really care exactly where it is, i just know i'll be there!

and we have teeth.....

i was feeding susanna some pears this morning and randomly checked her gums for teeth...and i felt a little something. sure enough, when i took a closer look, i could see 2 tiny little white marks on the bottom. makes me a little sad b/c i love her gummy smile and this is a step out of babyhood. on the other hand, the kid is going to need some teeth for the future! i tried to take a picture, but it was pointless b/c you can't see anything. caroline was so excited for susanna :) i can't stand to post without a picture so here is random one of caroline and susanna after they got into a bag of chips...they had a blast playing with them!!

easter 2008

the fortney cousins - kaitlin, caroline, rebekah, abby, caleb and susanna

the whole fortney clan

the little girls hunting

daddy and susanna chilling out since she can't hunt

love this picture...so sweet!

me and my girls

look at those chunky legs!!!

assessing their loot

love katie doing the bunny ears over caroline :)

nothing better than a new teething ring

sonny's birthday "cake"

easter baskets

look at that pose!

showing off her princess stickers

loving her slinky

look at that form and determination!

the cole cousins hunting away

what is this for anyway?

mommy made me stop to take a picture

daddy having a little talk about attitude

too sweet...this picture makes my heart melt!

this is the best you can do with 5 kids 5 and under

notice andrew getting his soccer egg back

oh man, i never knew rock candy was so good!

we got to spend easter in georgia with our families and had such a wonderful time!! we celebrated on saturday with the fortneys at the lake where we ate way too much and hunted easter eggs. we also got to celebrate my b'day a little early and john's dad's 70th b'day! on sunday after church, we ate lunch at the club and then went to my parents' house for an easter egg hunt. we also celebrated my b'day and john's b'day at my parents' house. it's so hard to know when we'll all be together so we have to do it when we can. in the midst of it all, we remembered what easter is all about it...that our Lord is risen and alive indeed! thank you, God, for the sacrifice of your son Jesus for us. i understand the depth of that gift a little more now that i have 2 precious kids of my own.

8 months

once again, i'm late on this! i started this post about 2 weeks ago and just finished it this morning. my life motto right now should be better late than never. susanna was 8 months on march 8 and time just keeps on flying right by. make it stop!!!! here are a few things i want to remember....

*still taking 4 bottles a day (6oz) and eating all baby food now; you get whatever i have time to feed you - sometimes a fruit and 2 veggies, sometimes only one fruit and one veggie
*you can hold your own bottle and this has made life easier for mommy; it started on a drive home to georgia last month and is so nice when we're in a hurry; your sissy never did that!!
*still sleeping the same - through the night and 2 naps/day
*you are on the MOVE - you can crawl everywhere and love to get into whatever you shouldn't; we say no and you flash your beautiful smile and go at it again; you are trying to figure out how to go up the stairs
*you love to play with caroline's toys and mess everything up in her dollhouse
*still no teeth whatsoever - you are the toothless wonder; i think it's so cute and i will be sad when that first little tooth pokes through
*you are a wiggle worm - it is quite a job to change your diaper and clothes now; you are very strong
*you are officially attached to your taggie blankie and grin/giggle when i give it to you at naptime or bedtime
*you just starting sitting up in a highchair in restaurants a few weeks ago
*you have discovered that you can make high pitched noises and love to do it all the time, especially in restaurants or the library :)
*just recently started taking some baths with sissy and LOVE it!! you love to splash your hands in the water and laugh at sissy; it doesn't bother you at all to get the water all over your face
*you love the beach - we took you last week and you practically ate the sand
*you still are quite the baldie...most of what you have is in the back an is light brown
*you are getting quite attached to mommy; i don't mind b/c i know one day it will end :)

you are such a sweetheart and hold my heart in the palm of you hand!!

time in georgia

this pix is cute, but kind of freaked me out b/c of caroline's hair :)

another set of princesses

luke the birthday boy - celebrating 4 years

caroline is just a "little" affectionate

oops...got caught!

andrew getting some lovin' from grammie

papa and caroline

bear hug :)

your head looks a little bare...here's a bow!

yea, i did it!

oh, my bow fell off!!

luke opening his stash of gifts

cousins and cake

caroline waiting to see the ballet...notice the cute homemade crown

sarah and caroline watching

so graceful

caroline loved holding the real ballet shoes

how cute! can you tell whose daddy is 6' 4"?

what? i'm just trying to help!

grammie has an audience

blowing out her candles...

we made a trip to georgia over a week ago for the first time since christmas to celebrate a few b'days (my mom and luke) and spend some good time with family. me and caroline also got to go to a little ballet and tea with my mom, sister and sarah, which was a lot of fun. we'll be back a lot in the next month since we have about a million b'days in our family in march and april. there evidently is something about our families and procreating in the summer (hence the spring b'days)!!