Once again it's a collaborative effort of information to catch everyone up on what's been going on here. In April the girls and I headed to Minnesota for my sister Lindsay's baby shower. It was my first experience traveling such a distance alone with the girls. They were good little travelers. My parents met us in Albert Lea and we ate supper, ran around the truck stop and made a mess. We enjoyed being home and seeing family and playing with cousins Lily and Evie. My sister made a haul at the shower.....so much so, one might have thought she was having triplets :). Here's a picture of Evie, Zoe and Stella...yeah...not fast enough to catch Lily and Abby before they scooted off.....


Thank goodness that weather is finally getting nicer. Hopefully it stays that way so that we can air out the house and get rid of some of this lingering sickness!! We've kept ourselves busy by going on walks and checking out the neighborhood parks on sunny days. We even checked out Ian's cousin Rylea's softball tournament the other weekend (they took first place by the way). The bad thing (for Ian and I) is that now when we cut them loose, they go in 3 different directions. They enjoy swinging, stroller rides and eating the pebbles at the playground. Here we are getting ready to leave and fighting over who gets to push the stroller.





We continue to work on colors and numbers. And have mastered ABC (just those 3 letters, which is usually ABB), and the actions to patty cake. Everyone is attempting to jump, which consists of crouching down and popping up. Sarah and Mallory (our sitters) have been teaching the girls to say 2/use their fingers to show you and how to lay on their belly and roll on the big pink exercise ball. "Nack" time has become a big deal for us especially when their is "cackers" involved. Saying "peez" and "tunk u" is my highlight of this time of day.