The Four Walking Wonders

Weston walking like a pro in his Halloween costume!


Here's a picture of Addison when he was just learning to walk.

Brynlee leaving Weston in the dust

Brynlee walking next to Addison and Weston

Cambria practicing walking

I'M SO IRRITATED BECAUSE BLOGGER HASN'T BEEN WORKING ON OUR COMPUTER SINCE I STARTED THIS POST on NOV. 17 and FINALLY IT'S WORKING AGAIN and IT'S DEC. 7th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This post is extremely overdue, but that's how things go around here.

Cambria took her first steps on June 25th at 12 1/2 months and then started walking consistently on August 12th at 14 months.

Brynlee took her first steps on July 14th at 13 months and then started walking consistently on July 28th at 131/2 months.

It's funny how much time passed from the time they took took their first steps to the time when they walked all the time.

Addison took his first steps on August 27th at 14 1/2 months and then began walking consistently on September 4th at almost 15 months.

Weston took his first steps on September 17th at 15 months and then walking consistently on September 28th at 15 1/2 months.

I just love this stage of them all walking. I really think that having them all walk has made things a whole lot easier for me. It's so fun to see them exploring everything now. It gets a bit messy sometimes, but I prefer this to trying to feed four infants in the beginning. I just love seeing their cute little personalities coming out. They are saying so much and doing so many new things every day.

Brynlee and Weston playing in the toy basket

The kids new favorite activity is to climb in the toy baskets to play with their toys. Here are some pictures of Weston and Brynlee doing one of their favorite things.

Addison in the Kitchen Cabinet

One of my kids' favorite activities right now is pulling out all of the plastic plates and Tupperware from the only kitchen cabinet that is not child proofed. One day it was so cute because after the kids had pulled out all of the fun stuff, Addison climbed right in and I found him sitting in the cabinet, very proud of himself. He is our sweet, gentle giant.

Got Milk?

Isn't this picture of Weston cute playing in some spilled milk? He just looks so innocent. Our old sippy cups that we got for free from the Safety First company are just not doing the job anymore now that the kids like to throw them down. The lids keep popping off, so we've switched to the Playtex sippy cups and they're working fine, but all sippy cups leak, no matter what the packaging says.

Playing in the Sand at the Park

On October 2nd, the second day of no morning naps, we spent the morning on a walk to the park by our house. The kids loved playing in the sand. It's amazing how dirty kids get when you actually let them play in the dirt. It's probably about time that my kids no longer live the sheltered life.

Cambria loved scooping sand into her bucket.

Brynlee enjoying the sand toys

Addison, Brynlee, Weston and Cambria getting busy in the sand

Weston kept on crawling out of the sand box.
Here's Weston with dirt all over his face because he fell in the sand face first!
Addison hanging out with Karina in the sand

Weston just loves chocolate!

Our Weston just loves to make a mess. The best nickname for him is the "Cookie Monster". Any food we put on his high chair he just grabs it with both hands and shoves it in his mouth. I gave him his first peanut butter bar. He loved smearing the chocolate all over himself. Kids at this age are so not fun to clean up after meals, but it's a big part of my life that I must accept. I love the mischievous look on his sweet face.

Our First Time at the Mall Play Area

On October 1st I finally accepted the fact that the girls are ready for just one nap a day. I've been in denial for a while because the boys still take a great morning and afternoon nap. However, the girls take a great morning nap and then the afternoon nap becomes a social hour in their room. They talk, giggle, scream and just have fun for two hours in their cribs, but no sleeping occurs. I talked it over with my sister Jeannine and she said that I need to face the facts that they're growing up and they don't need as much sleep as before. Darn it! Why can't they need two naps a day forever?! That's life! Our schedule has been wonderful for a while now. They would wake up around 7 am and then go back down for their morning nap at 9 am. Then they'd have lunch at 11 am and then go down for their afternoon nap at 1 pm and not wake up until 3 or 4 pm. And then go to bed around 7 to 7:30 pm. When they were much younger, they used to take a short nap around 5 pm also. Those were the days........So, anyhow, I decided that it's better for them to take a longer afternoon nap and skip the morning nap. So, on October 1st, 5 days before the babies turned 16 months old, Karina and I decided to take the plunge. In the morning, we took them to the mall play area for the first time and they absolutely loved it. It was a little crazy me keeping track of two and Karina keeping track of two kids because there were many kids running around. However, since that time until today, they've had awful colds and I owe it all to the mall play area. I don't think we'll go back there until the RSV season is over. We did some fun things during those days between the mall play area and the time they got sick. When the babies got sick, we switched back to the old schedule of one nap in the morning and one in the afternoon because they needed the sleep. But, yesterday the babies proved to me that they are over their colds because the boys in their room and the girls in their room had social hour during the supposed afternoon nap. So, today we went back to one long nap in the afternoon and it went great! We took a walk to visit Aunt Nini and the kids' cousins. Cambria
Brynlee

Addison

Weston

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Four Kids in the Tub

Addison, Brynlee, Cambria and Weston just love bath time!! Bathing all four of them together is a very rare occurrence because it gets a little crazy, but bath time goes a lot faster this way.

Just some cute pictures from when the babies were 13 months old

Cambria with a favorite book
Weston is so cute as he maneuvers through our baby gate

Addison and Cambria reading a book with grandma

Brynlee with her sippy cup
Cambria has the prettiest curly hair. I'm so glad she got that from her dad!
Brynlee and Cambria just enjoying ripping some tissues to shreads together
Sweet Addison when he used to just army crawl. He looked so adorable when he did that!

Daddy and kids playing with a basket

These pictures were taken on August 13th. The babies were 14 months old. The babies love to crawl in baskets and have daddy push them around.

In this picture, Cambria is pushing daddy, Weston and Brynlee are in the basket and Addison is crawling away.

Brynlee loves to stick her fingers in daddy's and mommy's mouth.
Cambria behind Daddy and Brynlee
Cambria and Weston watching Daddy get Brynlee out of the basket
Weston and Addison trying to crawl on top of the basket