Feeling Lucky?

Ahh, St. Patrick's Day!!! A friend of ours was telling us about this little leprechaun that breaks into their house every year on St. Patrick's Day and the boys thought it would be fun to invite him to our house. I guess he heard it through the grape vine and sure enough, he came to our house and made a BIG mess...

He got into the pantry and mixed 4 kinds of cereal...

Turned the gallon of milk green...

Left us a box of Lucky Charms Cereal, and took the candy jar out of the cupboard and dumped it into the boys shoes...

He got into the art supplies and bundled the green markers and pencils together (don't ask me why). But before he bundled them he had a little fun...

He colored on all of our faces...

He had extra fun with mine and he didn't exclude the girls...

Next year we're going to set a trap and catch him. But, we are going to need a lot of luck.

3 Months old!

I can't believe the girls are 3 months old already!

They are growing soo quickly...

At her last appointment Riley weighed in at 10 lbs. 12 oz. and was in the 18th %. Pretty good.

She loves sucking on her hands and laughs at Britton all the time. She loves it when the boys play at her and has laughed for Oma once.

I love to watch daddy feed her because the look on her face when she looks at him makes me think she only has eyes for him. She loves to "Talk" to us and can really get going.

She is our little Riley Bug!

At her last appointment Reagan weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. and was in the 0%. Tiny girl. Reagan also loves to suck on her hands, smiles constantly and likes to stick her tongue out mimicking anyone who will play with her.

Reagan still has to wear the harness, at the x-ray on the 11th she was not fully developed in either hip socket so we will have another x-ray in 6 weeks. Pray for her.

Reagan noticed Riley for the first time last Monday. She was crying so I set Riley down next to her and went to make her a bottle. Then Riley began to cry and when I returned Reagan was no longer crying and was staring at Riley like "What is she crying about" It was cool to think that they might start interacting with each other soon.

Reagan is our little Baby Bird. I love to listen to her cry (mean I know) but she is the only baby I have ever heard that actually says "Waa" when she cries. Its soo cute. In fact she is crying for me right now so I better get this posted and go get my Baby Bird pronto!!!

Jump, jump, jump...

I'm jumping up and down this year!!! For my birthday my mom and my sister gave me the wii fit game set. We have had so much fun creating each of our profiles for the wii fit and playing the games.

Eric and the boys got me a trampoline.

We can't get enough time on the trampoline. Every time the babies nod off we run outside to jump as long as we can. I'm sure it will wear off but for now we are enjoying it.

Not even 24 hours after putting it together Britton hurt his ankle. We both took a day off from jumping on Monday because we were injured. (I jumped so much my back was hurting) We are right back at it though...

Blessings...

Today is my birthday and as I sit here and think about how our life feels like the same thing day after day, after day, after day, I am thinking of all the blessings in my life. Thinking about back in December when I had to go back into the hospital after having the twins, I was so scared that I was going to die. I was genuinely afraid for my life. This past week we spent a lot of time with family as they came to be with us while we blessed the girls. As most people know my sister's husband Brian has cancer and has been very ill. Each day we didn't know if he was going to feel like doing any of the activities we had planned. We didn't plan much because we know he's not feeling well and we mostly just wanted to be together. Some plans were put on hold, some were canceled and some things we had to do without him. It was and will always be constant reminder of just what I have, I may not have my own house, or enough money that I don't have to worry about going back to work or not, or a lot of the things that I want but I am certainly blessed in so many ways. I have my health first and foremost, I have a wonderful husband that would do anything I asked and gives me all he can. I have an awesome mom who comes to visit often and does so much for us while she is here. I have two caring and giving in laws, and though they may be so tired of us and our kids they say we could stay for ever, they just keep giving all they can. Most of all I have been blessed with 4 fantastic children, four children that brighten my day. Every day! They are the reason I live, all my blessings, the reason I keep going every day.

Auntie Songe and Uncle Brian with my brood. (Disregard the date stamp on Britton's camera).

Getting ready for the blessing.

Beautiful Babies...

Riley Ann Koehler.

Reagan Jessie Koehler.

With Grama.

With Oma and Opa.

With Auntie Songe and Mommy.

With Daddy and Mommy.

All six of us.

Just something I threw together.

This is crazy! I love comparing how much the girls look like the boys.

This is Ethan at 2 months old.

Riley 2 months old...

Ethan 3 months old...

Reagan 2 1/2 months old... Now Ethan had way more hair but I just see so much of their brothers in them. Every time I look at the girls I get an image of one of the boys when they were babies.

Just having fun, taking lots of pics.

Riley 2 1/2 months old wearing Britton's first Halloween costume...

Britton's first Halloween.

The many multitasking poses of mommy...

In times like these if I could get daddy to grab a bottle in stead of the camera I'd be a lot better off.

Misc. pics.

Finally I got a hold of the camera. Proof that Eric does help out...

Sweet Reagan.

Can you tell who is the little sister and who is the big sister???

Sweet Riley.

They do not like the giant flower headbands.

Look at that muffin top. She is definitely my kid.