STOP!

OMG! Stop the clock! It cannot be less than a month until my babies are ONE! It just can't.  That means, they will be toddlers.  TODDLERS! And, I will be old. Officially old. Ready for Botox and tapered leg jeans with Keds. ***

Seriously though, the babies will be one on July 24.  We are planning a huge party to celebrate.  I am the ultimate planner and LOVE making lists, so I am in my element, but driving poor Dennis completely crazy.  We are having a ladybug and bumble bee theme.  I am making the princess a ladybug tutu and the boys are wearing yellow and black shirts.  Also, a good friend is making lady bug and bumble bee cupcakes and cookies on a stick.  They are going to be fabulous! 

On another note, the kiddos are loving having mommy home for the summer.  They have been so happy and loving; it is going to be so hard to go back to work. When I went back to work in January, I was ready to go and regain my sanity.  I am not saying I didn't miss them terribly, but it was good for me to get out of the house.  When the summer is over, I don't know what I am going to do.  Or, what they are going to do.  Lately, they have been especially clinging.  

Jake has been most clingy of the bunch.  This boy is a bona-fide Momma's boy.  He just lights up whenever he sees me, which I absolutely LOVE!  The other day he woke up from his nap first, and we sat in the chair and he put his arm around my neck and stroked my hair while his other hand was on my face.   I wish someone else was here so I could get a picture.  When they are teenagers and tell me I suck, I want something to look back on and remember how sweet he was! :-) Jake is also pulling himself up and standing.  He is also crawling EVERYWHERE.  Seriously, if I turn around for a second, he is in the other room.  Little fat boy is FAST! 

Ellie is standing up on her own and it about to walk.  Seriously, it will be any day now.  It is so funny.  When she first started standing up, we would all clap and say, "Yeah, Ellie!"  Now, whenever she stands up she gets a huge smile and starts clapping for herself.  It is too cute! Miss Magoo is also become a bit of a princess.  She loves being told she is pretty, and she loves it when we smile at her.  She is also liking having her hair done.  She has just enough for bows or pig tails.  I LOVE IT! 

Mr. Cullen is going through a bit of a rough patch.  He is getting more teeth- he has 8- 4 on bottom, 4 on top, and it looks like he is cutting 2 more on top and 2 more on bottom.  So, the little man is in pain.  And, he isn't standing up like the other two, and he is really frustrated.  I sit with him in the playroom and he sits on my knee so he can reach one of the tall toys so he can play with the others.   He is getting better at crawling though, and he loves to sit on his car.  But, he is so frustrated at not being able to do what the others are doing that he is getting a little mean.  He is hitting them and taking away toys.  So, I have to watch him pretty closely.  But, when he wants to be, he is still just the sweetest little cuddle bug.   

Pictures! 

*** Oh, by the way.  I will never be old enough for tapered leg jeans with Keds.  Botox, yes, but tapered leg jeans, no.  :-)