The babies 1st playdate

Today was a very special day for all of the babies! They had their very 1st play date all together! Of course, the little ones slept through most of the chaos which blows my mind since we had 23 people in my tiny house, including NINE 2 year olds! WHEW! 

If I had thought about this earlier, I SHOULD have gotten a picture of all of the big siblings together (or at least the backs of their heads because that's what a picture of a 2 year old looks like) and then a picture of all of the babies. I did get the baby picture though! My vision (if you know me I have grand visions and they work out 10% of the time and then I get disappointed... another blog for another day...) anyways, my vision was to make onesies for the babies that coordinate and then take a picture in order of birth. Well, as you know by now, it takes me 2+ hours to get Avery to sleep and then she sleeps for 20 minutes so I accomplished 2 of the 5 :(  Nonetheless, here is our precious picture of our precious babies in Avery's precious crib. There's a lot of preciousness going on in this picture:

In order from newest to oldest (if you can really consider 16 weeks "old!"). Landon (11 days), Shiloh (16 days), Marshall (3 weeks... maybe 4), Jonah (14 weeks), Avery (16 weeks).  Precious right?

It took me 16 shots to get this one picture! Marshall is wearing my "vision" because he peed on his outfit so he got to wear the one I made! Such a boy! Here are some out takes.... notice who is the shot ruiner...  AVERY MADISON!

All of the other babies being sweet and Avery has her finger up Jonah's nose!

You can't really see it well on this little photo but Avery is basically flipping Jonah off. Such a classy lady.

Notice Shiloh nursing Marshall's elbow! I'm pretty sure he's pooping in this picture as well. Avery also looks like a sumo wrestler.

 The photos made me laugh because it's like the evolution of newborns. Landon was still all curled up and wombish and you'll notice the babies progressively less curled up. Ahem... Avery... Miss legs spread and arms open!

While the babies napped and posed for pictures, the big kids played in the backyard, bounced in the bounce house, played on the swing set, played with every toy we own and had lunch. They always have a blast together and I cherish time with my mom friends! Fun time had by all!

Babies, Babies EVERYWHERE!

Our playgroup is OFFICIALLY complete! All of the 2 year olds whose mom's were pregnant are now BIG BROTHERS and BIG SISTERS! :) I got SO excited each time a mom was in labor! I couldn't WAIT to get the 1st text picture of the new precious pumpkin! I saved them all for this very post! So here's the line up!

Parker became a big brother 1st with the birth of Avery Madison on May 5th! She weighed 6lbs 13oz and was 19 inches. How bad is it that I had to look that up on her birth announcement! I don't have a text picture because I have a new phone since then but this will do!

Next was Zury's turn with the birth of her brother, Marshall Starks on July 28th! He weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20 inches long. The 1st thing I noticed about Marshall was how much he favored Zury... especially with those kissable lips!

Lily became a big sister on August 12th with the birth of her sister, Shiloh Abigail! I think Shiloh looks like her mom! She was the smallest of the 4 babies at 6lbs 8oz and 19 inches but she certainly is a cutie! She was born insanely quickly just minutes after arriving at the hospital!

And last... but certainly NOT least is Landon Joshua, little brother to Logan! He was born less than 24 hours ago on August 18th at 3:57am weighing 7lb and 2oz and 20 and 1/4 inches! That 1/4 inch was VERY important to his father ;) He has the prettiest skin I've ever seen. 

I had the pleasure of taking Avery to visit her new friends in the hospital and have a new appreciation for the newborn photographers in the hospital. See what I mean:

Marshall, Avery and Landon

Shiloh and Avery

Shiloh and I

Me and Avery (14 weeks), Brandi and Landon (hours old!), Amber and Marshall (3 weeks)

 I am SOOO excited to watch these babies grow up as buddies! How lucky are we to be raising our children close in age together (both the 2 year olds AND newborns!)!?! I bet by 10 months, the boys will be bigger than the girls, even though Avery was born 11 weeks before the 1st boy (Marshall). We'll see! Congratulations, mamas! All of the babies are PRECIOUS and I feel so blessed to know each of you!