so i know i've really lagged on updating my journal, but to be honest it's been kind of nice to have such an uneventful life lately...

...all the kids are sick-free, the hubby is behaving and i'm not too stressed out. just the daily stresses of having a household of FIVE...

...the wining, the temper tantrums, the fights, the blow-outs, the nagging...

this is all normal, right?

i haven't been as camera crazy lately just because everything seems to be so "normal", but here are some recent pictures i managed to take.

our family of 5 (will that ever be natural to say) went to Hudson's 1st birthday party on Saturday and it was such a blast! we all had something to keep us busy....

mom had the margaritas, dad had golf to look forward to, hannah AND alyssa LOVED the jumpy house-pirate cake-singing to Huddy-pit of balls (why do i love saying that so much...), and of course Charlie had the pit of balls, which I really though she'd be way too small for but she loved as you can see in the shots i got of her in it...

mama and her girls....i wonder, if there will EVER be a BOY in the mix?

the girls in the jumpy house....they're still talking about it! does anyone know where i can buy one? they took a 31/2 hour nap afterwards!

i promise, she loved the balls!

she loved the "pit of balls"

passed out after a great party!

i sure do have one hapy baby!

HAPPY EASTER!

Jordan and Charlie after church....i think j was a little hungry!

lookin' cute...they still have it!

who can't fall in love with these two!

i'm so proud of my family of 5!!!

char's new hat

i am in LOVE with charlotte's new hat.

our next obstacle with char is ACID REFLUX...we went to the doctor once again to get some medication for her acid reflux. it's not something i'm too worried about, but i was concerned it may have been caused by the solids she's been eating. the nurse said it is fairly common in babies and it will go away in time. while we were at the doctor i had the nurse weigh her and in one month she went from 12lbs1oz to 13lbs6oz!!! i am crossing my fingers we have overcome her weight issues!

i also can report that everyone is STILL very healthy in our house and the girls' cough has FINALLY dissipated..... thank goodness...

.my brothers.

this past weekend i had the pleasure of meeting my two brothers jorge and jacob for the first time. i actually have 3 brothers, but jason wasn't able to make it. i've been sitting here typing and then deleting trying to find the perfect words to describe our first encounter and honestly i don't think there are word to describe it. for all of you out there who have siblings, you know what i'm trying to say...there's just a bond that you can't explain.

jorge and i

jacob, me and jorge

jacob, tiffany (cousin), me and jorge

Big Bear with the girls!

Aa you all may have already read on the girls blogs, we all got together for a weekend and went to Big Bear. you may think that since most of us are mama's or are soon-to-be- mama's our night away would be full of wine and maybe a chick flick.....nope! we took it back to the good 'ole days of pre-baby and pre-marriage...It was really nice to get together and have adult-like conversations and get all our gossip up to date! however, i think next time i'm ready for the wine and chick flick!

thanks girls for a great weekend/night away!

you ALL made the blog!!

"jojo on the radio"

future spaulding... ;)