Handsome Oliver

Oliver is getting so cute I just want to gobble him up.

Leah's Brother From Another Mother

In early May Leah got a new brother. Calvin came to stay with us while his Mom and Dad went to the Yucatan Peninsula and then they came back and Allyson stayed with the kids while I went to Utah to have a party with my three sisters. Calvin was sooo good! It was so fun for them to play together and they got along so well, at least under my watch. I think the honeymoon ended while I was gone, but Leah was sadder to see Calvin go home than she was happier to see me home.
Oliver apparently had forgotten about me and hated me and LOVED Levin. Levin was sick and went straight to bed after I got home and I was traumatized that my formerly clingy boy had forgotten me. It took less than 12 hours and he was back to being my boy who cried every time I left the room.
Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of my visit to Utah, but I had so much fun and it was a nice vacation from being on Mom duty. Levin got Oliver sleeping through the night which is still mostly working. I should have gone on vacation a long time ago!

Oliver Crawls

One huge event happened in April. Oliver learned to crawl!!! He was a late bloomer, but he did it! He is happier now and so cute when he races over to get something. I think walking is still a ways off, but there is hope for my biceps to get a break one of these days. I'd like to challenge people to an arm wrestle because packing my kids around has got to have given me some advantage right?

George Washington Birth Place

While the Grows were here we also went to George Washington's birth place. It is closer than Mount Vernon and even more importantly it is free!
Does Leah make a beautiful George?

Walking around on the grounds. They have animals, theys how you how to cook in a Colonial kitchen and all kinds of other awesome things.

Grow Visit

In April Levin's sister and family, the Grows, came for a visit. We had a fantastic time. Here is Lucinda being buried in our sand box.

We went to Ft. Washington. Here is Leah with Jordan who is just a couple of months older than her.

And here are most of the cousins. With the 7 Grow children and Oliver's 5, plus our 2, there were quite a few kids around.

And here is Oliver withh is cousin Evan. Oliver misses out being in some pictures sometiems since he's usually in the stroller and we are taking pictures of the action. But we got him in here and Evan didn't even drop him. :)

33!

Levin turned 33 and we discovered an awesome dessert! I made a Reese's peanut butter cheesecake that was hands down the best dessert I've ever eaten and therefore obviously the best I've ever made. Thank goodness we could invite over Oliver, Amber and there kids to share the calories because the cheesecake (just a standard size) had a total calorie count of 12,000. Yes, that's right, not 1200, but 12000. Whoah! But it was soooooo gooooooood!

Where We've Been

It's been a while. Here are some cute pictures of the kids and then I'll start posting about where we've been. Not pictured is that the end of May we packed up our entire house into 5 separate categories, luggage, air shipment, sea shipment, storage, and maybe most importantly TRASH. We are moving to a 1000 sq ft apartment and downsizing is important. Anyway, here we go.

Isn't he just the cutest boy you ever saw??

I saved this picture because all of the kids look, uh, . . . . horrid?? My sister-in-law had a horrible time with morning sickness so we had Ryan over a few times. He looks like he's been smoking pot, Oliver looks like he is confused, and Leah looks like a girl who has been eating pixie sticks all day.

In early April we went to Philadelphia to visit Levin's sister. We went to this awesome place called Moon Bounce and the kids got to play on these fun toys. Calvin is in the far left. Leah was a little too scared which was unfortunate because I thought it was great fun, but felt a little foolish going down without Leah.