Summertime fun :)

We have had a fun summer!!! Lots of swimming ad playing!!!

Cuties at the splash pad

After recital we decided that Allie Kate needed a summer hair cut :)

She has never had short hair and while I was sad she thought she was HOT stuff ;)

Me and Heath took the girls shopping and they LOVED shopping and the carousel 

These two goofs pester the HAIRS off of each other but they do love eachother too :)

Sweet little perfect baby hands get me every time!

I have spent as much time as possible rocking this perfect boy and holding him and staring at him while he sleeps...studying every detail of his sweet face! Because I know how fast it will be changing and he wont be sleeping on me anymore :(

The many faces of Ava Grace :) Gran and Papa had taken her and Allie to see the new Dory movie and she had to wear her new Dory gown :)

Out to eat for my 30th bday :)

I am not a birthday person and pretty much threatened anyone who mentioned a 30th bday party...dinner with family was great and more my idea of fun :)

Mason 4 months

My chunky monkey is 4 months old!! He is the happiest, sweetest, squishiest, little love muffin I know :) Handsome debil (as me and Ava like to call him) is rolling now from back to stomach! And he is OBSESSED with eating his hands! We have been having problems with reflux (same as Hudson..throwing up all day every day) and he was put on Zantac (we quit after a week since it wasn't working) and a special very expensive new formula called Nutrimagin. (we stopped breast feeding at 3 months) and just the past week we have been adding rice cereal to his bottles and it has helped the reflux tremendously! The doctor also put him on nexium and it didn't seem to help either so we will just stick with cereal in his bottle and hopefully he will outgrow it soon! Poor boy is losing all his hair! We moved him up to his room for the first time and were preparing to do sleep training but I don't think we will have to do the traditional "cry it out" because he is already soothing himself to sleep...I'll say it again, this baby is golden! He laughs and smiles and "talks" constantly and I love how loud and happy he is! 

Baby boy is BIG! He is in 9-12 mos clothing and we even put a pair of Hudson's jammies on him at the beach and they weren't much too big on him (18 mos). He is in a size 3 diaper for now but will soon be moving up to a 4.

He had his first vacation :-) we went to the beach! He enjoyed napping under the umbrella and sleeping in the room with all of his siblings like a champ! And family bath time wasn't bad either!

Sweet rolls had sand all in them!

Mason had his 4 month check up...

Big boy weighed in at 17lbs 4oz :-)

Sweet Mason is in 90% on weight and height (and his head).

He really is the sweetest little guy and I love when I get to spend time focusing all of my attention on him (even if it is in a waiting room at a doctors office).

We played and he "talked" and laughed at me for a while and then he passed out and poor little guy stayed asleep through half of his exam!

He had to get 4 shots and an oral vaccine and he barely even cried...seriously he is the BEST baby! 

So thankful for this perfect, handsome, fluffy, smiling, little nugget of love! 

starting summer...

It's SUMMER!!! I LOVE summer and having all my babies home with me and not having to wake up and rush out the door! We started off the summer with a short beach trip to Destin!!! Mason's first beach trip! 

We stopped at steak and shake on the way down 

Ava and Mary Lindsey

We went out to dinner twice to the crab trap and then to a Mexican restaurant. The crab trap was rough...I thought Hudson was going to be banned from ever coming back...he didn't have a nap and after a long day on the beach and waiting to be seated for an hour he was DONE! 

How we felt about no naps and waiting an hour to eat! 

This boy is always all smiles :-)

These little besties were so happy to be there together! They love each other so much and I'm so thankful they will always have each other :-)

Jake had friends down with him and the girls were in heaven with all the big girls around...and so were we because they would play with them :) win win! I didn't get many pictures on this trip...I didn't have a spare hand!

This beach trip was a bit challenging. With 4 kids it really isn't an easy going relaxing vacation...AT ALL! I am so thankful for my kids but it is what it is...we are outnumbered and their ages right now make it a little difficult to do certain things. Allie Kate LOVED the water this year and refused to wear a puddle jumper (she can swim above water but still refuses to go underwater at all) and I had to stay on her not to get out in the ocean without an adult. Ava had to be held in the ocean and so did Hudson and then Mason was in a bouncy seat under the umbrella and he couldn't just be left there alone. And then there's the actual getting to the beach part...with chairs, a cooler, umbrella, beach toys, towels, beach bag, and all 4 kids.  While I was getting the kids sunscreen and bathing suits on in the room Heath would carry everything over and set it up and then come back and help me get the kids back over to the beach. We only went to the beach two days and stayed at the pool at the house the others. It was a fun but short trip BUT we are going back for a full week in July! And I can't wait! :) 

I wouldn't trade this time with my little family for anything! Yes, it may be hard, and I may be tired and crazy but this is the good stuff :)

When we got home we hadn't seen our cousins in a while so we had to have a play date!

Hudson was so happy to see "Minnie" as he calls her now :-) 

All 8 of them were so good and they always blow my mind how good they all play and get along! Love these little Vaughn babies!

Me and Allie Kate made a summer check list right when school got out and on my list I had "play in the rain" and yesterday was the perfect time to check it off :) It was raining steadily but no thunder or lightening...just a beautiful summer rain :) So we played in the rain and then once dinner was ready the kids wanted to eat in their playhouse in the rain...so they did :) Yep...they ate dinner outside in their playhouse...in the rain...in their jammies from the night before! YEP...we stayed in our jammies ALLLLLL day long and it was glorious! We have been so busy the lately and we wanted to CHILL!

Little boo didn't play in the rain but he stayed out on the back deck and smiled :)