Michael turns 5!!!

I officially have a BIG boy now. Still can't believe he is 5 years old. Seriously, where does the time go?? He has really grown up, and is such a big helper. He continues to make us laugh on a daily basis. And is a wonderful big brother. He is the joy of our lives and I feel blessed to be his mommy.

This year he wanted to go bowling. So bowling is what we did. The kids had a great time. And being that I just had a baby (2 weeks prior), I was not equipped to have a party in my home. So this was perfect.

Boy-a-palooza!!!

Many of you know how the story goes...but for those of you that don't, this blogs for you!! Myself and 3 of my closest friends happen to all be pregnant together. We all made the announcement to each other on New Years. So fun!!! There are many similarities in this scenario. The first being we are all married to "Jeff's"-it can be very confusing. We were all due within 3 weeks of each other (2 girls were a day apart). And we all had boys. It was such a fun experience-one I wasn't expecting, but wouldn't have had it any other way.

Girls and "The Jeff's"

New Years Eve
aka-Announcement Night

The Preggos

And here they are....in birth order.

Steven David
August 6, 2009

Benjamin Philip
August 19, 2009

Lucas Jeffery
August 22, 2009

Ethan Jeffrey
August 27th, 2009

1st photo of all boys together

Our first month with Steven

Steven stats:

5 days old: 7lbs 1 oz, 20 3/4 in.
2 weeks old: 7lbs 9 oz, 21 1/4 in.

3.5 weeks: 8lbs 14 oz, 21 1/2 in.
(we went a week early for his 1 month
due to us being out of town)

One month

Three weeks

Two weeks

One week