St. Patrick's Day

What a great opportunity. To be in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day!! We went in to the city center and checked out the scene. It was a beautiful day and it was very crowded. Many people were dressed up in St. Paddy's attire, even the horses were festive! There were face painters all over, people singing and performing in the streets, and a lot of green. We strolled through the big park in the city center and the kids enjoyed some of the amusement rides they had for holiday. We had a fun time, enjoy the pics.

Our little Austin

Here are just a few pictures of Austin. He is 5 weeks old and I cannot believe how fast the time is going already.

Fun with Grandma

We were so lucky to have my mom be here for 6 weeks to help us out with the kids. It was wonderful! I cannot thank her enough or my dad enough for giving her up for that long so she could help us out. It was so nice not to have to worry about laundry, food, you name it, she did it. We had a great time with her. The kids loved having her around. Samantha was her little shadow. Everywhere grandma went Samantha went. Especially when grandma(gigi) as the kids call her was putting on her makeup. Oh man, what I have to look forward to. She loves listick as she calls it. Logan loved sharing a room with her and managed to stay in bed longer than usual because grandma was in there with him. Thanks mom! We got more sleep. It was nice having her around to help with Austin too. She was great with him. She could always get him settled...she's a pro with babies....I mean she did have nine right!! All in all the time we spent with her was great and I am so thankful for her. The kids had a blast making bread, making cookies, going to the park and just playing with her.
I wish I had more pictures but our camera is broken so I will take what I can get.

Fun with Austin

As you can tell, everyone is having a great time with our new little addition. You can always find Samantha trying to give Austin great big hugs and Logan is always willing to help me. And dad is enjoying a few snoozes with him too. He is such a sweet little addition to our family. We are having loads of fun with him. Now if only he would cooperate and start sleeping through the night....wouldn't that be a dream!!