Visit from Uncle Jared, Aunt Natalie, & cousins!

Hooray!! We were lucky to have Lauren's brother, Jared, sister-in-law, Natalie, & their cute kids come to visit us for a whole week. It was loads of fun, and we already miss them dearly. Cohen, Sophie, & Evan immediately began having fun together, & the fun never stopped. We traveled into downtown D.C., saw several museums, went to the National Zoo (although snowed over!), celebrated Cohen's birthday by going bowling & having a little party, and just playing it up at home with games, Rock band, and good ol' visiting. We all thoguht that we were going to take more photos, but this is all that came out. Oh well! Thank you guys for coming! We can't wait to see you again!

Exploring the Mueum of Natural History

Jared & Charlie became fast friends & cuddle buddies after long days of playing downtown.

Our bowling excursion.

I caught Ryan off-gaurd while playing with his toy.

Next, was ice cream & play time & "Happy Donald's"

They ahd fun trying out Cohen's new paddle ball

She was so cute coming down the slide, but when I asked her to do it again, she did one of her silly poses. Oh, our goof!

New Haircuts!

After growing it out for a while and seeing the new thickness that was coming in, we decided it was time to cut off Sophie's scraggly baby hair and welcome the big girl hair. She had been nervous about it for some time. One morning she confessed that she thought it'd hurt. So, I (Lauren) explained that you don't feel a thing, that I get my hair cut, too, & asked if she wanted to see me get my hair cut. She excitedly watched me grab the cutting shears & proceed to snip a bit of hair. She got so excited that she asked me to cut hers right away! So, here's the new do! I am sad that we can't do pigtail braids for a while, but it looks much better than the winter baby scraggly mess it was. I happened to have to hair appt. that day, too, so Sophie took a picture of my hair, as well (nothing new-no crazy cuts or colors for me anymore!). Now, we're enjoying being snowed in...again!

Ryan's first solid meal..and more!

Ryan got his first taste of solid food this weekend. He's not so sure about the whole thing, but we're excited for this new change. Sophie even helped (of course!). Ryan also had his first laugh recently, & Sophie loves to practice her letter sounds. They are growing so fast! Here are some other recent photos, as well.

We're glad they love each other! Although, I found it funny the other day when we were downstairs, Sophie is jumping around with her staticky hair, and we had to tell her, "Stop shocking your brother!"

Our smiley boy. He is so happy & sweet, & thrives off of personal interaction!