Easter fun:)

WOW! We had such a fun time in Ohio over Easter!!! We got to see Mama and Papa, all our cousins, aunts/uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa:) I don't have many pics of all the great things we did but I was by myself with 3 kids (1 not walking yet) so my hands were pretty full most of the time. Normally they have a pretty chilly, if not cold and snowy, Easter in Ohio. Boy were we suprised! It was in the 70s and 80s the whole time!!! We enjoyed going to the beach and digging in the sand, playing at the park, playing at my nephews house outside, riding bikes and scooters, watching Papa play basketball with the boys, several egg hunts, coloring eggs, having a tea party, having sleepovers, watching movies wtih popcorn before bed, going to a soda shop and chocolate shop, going out to eat, and just being with each other.

Mama with all the granddaughters...yes there's only 4 of them! (The 8, soon to be 9, boys really out number the girls!) All dressed up for a tea party:)

No boys allowed!

Easter morning...the kids woke up and found eggs that they colored hidden around the house and even new baskets filled with lots of goodies! Not many pics because they came out blurry).

Me and my kiddos:) My sister Kristi had everyone over to her house for Easter this year. We had some very yummy food and even celebrated my nephews 2nd birthday!

I'm really not sure who had more fun...the adults hiding the eggs or the kids finding them:)

Kaleb found an egg in Linda's shirt! And he didn't even hesitate grabbing it:)Karson enjoyed finding his eggs, too

My nephew Kyle throwing the eggs into his basket

Kassidy even found an egg underneath this hat

Kaleb, Kassidy, and Karson

Me, Kaylin, Kristi, and Kelly (my sisters). Kristi is the one who has another boy on the way:)

Definitely his mother's boy! Trying to get to the chocolate!

Another egg hunt

Mama and Papa

Movie night!

Thank you Kristi for having us ALL over for Easter and cooking us a great lunch:) We're so glad we were there to help Austin celebrate his birthday, too! Thanks Mama and Papa and Grandma and Grandpa for all the Easter treats for the kiddos...they love it all. We truly are such a blessed family and enjoy spending time with you all SO much!!!!! Love you:)

Go Orioles!

No, I'm not switching from an Indians fan to an Orioles fan for Major League Baseball. But I do now have a rising baseball star on the 4 yr old Orioles team:) It's Kaleb's first time participating in a team sport and he loves it...it helps that daddy is the coach! The had a few practices and now they have 2 games/week. It's so funny watching them play!!! A lot of times they're not really paying attention and the ball gets hit past them, they all run to the ball when it's hit, and they love to play in the dirt! Each team gets to have their players bat two times, 5 coaches pitch and then they bring out the T if they need it, no outs/scores recorded. This helps them all to learn the basics and have fun hitting and running the bases. It can however become a little boring when it takes each player 5-8 times to hit the ball! But in the end I just LOVE watching Kaleb learn and play baseball and have fun with his new friends:)



I took a few pictures, ok A LOT of pictures, of their practices and first game this past Saturday. Kaleb just looked too darn cute in his really big (smallest we could get) uniform:) Enjoy the pics and if you're really patient enjoy the videos too! (I tried to post the ones with the fewest wait times for the players to hit the ball).

Warming up

Team huddle...they love this part!

#4 like his daddy!

His cheerleader:)

His first time up to bat...we had to buy an extra-light bat for him to be able to actually swing!

Face-painting after the game!

First time hitting

First time running home!

Playing the field...very funny:)

12 month post

I cannot believe that our last little boy is already 1!!! It's sad that we won't have any more babies around, but also very exciting to be getting out of the baby stage and onto the toddler stage...and all the firsts that go along with that:) Karson is now 21 lbs 5 oz (30th percentile) and 30.5 in (75th percentile). His weight is holding steady, definitely not as chunky as he was a few months ago, but he's grown so much taller. We moved him up to 18 month pants so he no longer has high waters on...hee hee! His feet continue to follow the Gailey kids path so far by being smaller, only a size 3. His hair hasn't changed too much on top but is starting to be curly in the back! I just love it:) I tried to get a few pics of his curls so you could see...

Karson is a very good sleeper. He goes to bed around 7:30 and wakes up around 7:30 or 8. We're in transition for naps so sometimes he takes 2 naps (10:30-12 and 2-3:30) and sometimes only takes 1 (1-4:30). He kind of just goes with the flow depending on what our schedule is.

He's really starting to like sleeping with his doggie blanket and puts the dogs head right next to his and the rest of the blankie under his body (he sleeps on his belly). It's just adorable how he grabs the dog and positions it just so every time!

Karson has had a rough few weeks with RSV and a double ear infection that took 2 rounds of antibiotics to get better. Needless to say, he was very fussy for awhile! And to make it worse, he's going through some major separation anxiety! Anytime Keith or myself put him down he's instantly start crying, then stop as soon as we picked him up. It's getting better but still going through it. His lungs and ears are all better now, thank goodness!

Karson babbles, sometimes a lot and sometimes not very much. He usually says dadadada, but has also said mamamama and babababa. The one word he does say consistently is uh-oh:) We've got some work to do with our words but we'll get there!

Karson is really into playing with toys now. He can pick up anything and press buttons to make them talk/sing so he enjoys them so much:) It's so neat how such a little boy can figure out how to make toys work.

Karson has learned so many new things these past few months and it's been so FUN to see him finally get on the move!!! The pics below show off his latest "firsts" since his 9 month post...enjoy:)

The kids love to wrestle with Daddy, and now Karson loves it, too...

...as long as they don't lay on Karson too hard!Teaching him to clap

Trying to get steady on his feet...he really doesn't care to stand very much yet

Texting his girlfriends:)

Big sis still LOVES to hold Karson and has even tried holding him standing up a few times lately...a big no-no!

Karson just loves any pasta

Another boy who loves playing with cars:)

Karson is so funny to watch eat...he really stares at the food and picks out his favorite to eat first, he's got a great pincer grasp already and eats just about anything we do. If he doesn't like something he'll put his hand out over the edge of the highchair tray, drop it on the floor, and say uh-oh!

This was the first time Karson pushed himself up to a sitting position. I found him like this after his nap. He was mad because I didn't pick him up right away but ran downstairs to get the camera to take a picture!

This was hilarious:) The kids love when I make mini chocolate chip pancakes. Well, so does Karson! This was his 6th, yes SIXTH, one! He loves to eat:)

This was his first tooth just popping through

More practice standing, he can play with one hand now and still balance pretty well

This night we had fajitas so why not see if Karson likes it, too, right? Well he did:)

Clapping!

Now we have 2 teeth!

Now, this boy is REALLY stubborn! He just likes his bottles so much that he doesn't want to use anything else, including any of the 6 different styles of sippy cups we have. He just bites them and laughs and bangs them on the tray. We've tried milk, water, juice, hot and cold, but no luck yet! Any ideas for us to try???

At least he'll feed himself the bottle:)

The walker isn't getting much walking yet

Who doesn't love a sleeping baby?!

Karson is a VERY ticklish boy! Especially high up on his sides

Karson's 1st crawl! He just learned about 2 weeks ago and it was a slow scoot-crawl. It took some real good convincing to get him to do it finally:)

Now he's figured out that he can go get what he wants:) He's been all around the family room and kitchen already exploring dropped pieces of food, dust bunnies, magnetic letters on the fridge, bags left on the floor, etc. We're quickly learning to pick up everything! Haven't had to worry about that for a few years so it's hard to get back into the habit. He's got more of a regular crawl now and is getting faster!




As you saw on the video, Karson loves to do So Big!

Chillin in his new ride...I don't think this is what it's meant for:)

Well, now you know everything about our little guy:) He's still such a sweet, mellow boy for the most part. Just loves his mommy a whole lot right now! We're so excited to see what Karson has in store for us this next year as he continues to grow and figure things out. We love you so much Karson and are so thankful that you're in our lives:)