Cousin Trouble

My sister has 3 boys under the age of 4!  Her #2 and # 3 are the exact same ages as my #3 and #4.  As of January, we now live about 20 minutes away from them which makes cousin life so much fun!  We are constantly trading kiddos and having sleepovers.  There are tons of weekday playdates and lots of action with 5 little boys being at home most of the time.  All of that being said....


                                               Meet Charlie...

                                             
                                               Meet Beckham

These two are T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

They are best friends, wholeheartedly, and they are also VERY mischievous.  They are both middle children and love attention, negative or not.  They feed off one another and cannot be left out of your sight for more than a few minutes.  Whatever one does, the other mimics, even if that means stripping down completely naked and running around my house pretending like they are going to pee on everything.  That may or may not have happened earlier this week.  They are always dirty, they never wear shoes, they have zero fear and only by the grace of God haven't had a broken bone...yet.  I can foresee these two being each others best man at their weddings, giving the most hilarious speeches of things they did growing up together.  Let's hope they don't burn one of our houses down before then!  These pictures are a great representation of these weirdo's personalities! (And yes, I am aware that Becks has a mullet in these pictures.  Don't worry, it's been taken care of since.)

What a freak show!  Any takers?

Hendrix is One

My baby turned 1!  His birthday completely snuck up on me.  I think I was in denial.  When I found out that I was pregnant with Henny, I was less than ecstatic.  Remember this post?  Weeks of uncertainty, months of nausea, pregnancy hives and a 2 week longer pregnancy than all the rest.  Shoot me.  Then he came out and screamed for 6 months.  I had decided that I was being punished for something in my past.  Fast forward to today and this baby brings so much joy to our home.  He's happy.  He's so unbelievably easy.  He's sleeping!  Praise the Lord for that one.  He is the biggest momma's boy.  He rarely cries and is completely content just playing by himself.  He is still hanging strong in the 75th percentile and we could not imagine our lives without him.  God really does know what he's doing!!

The other 3 kiddos had over the top 1st birthday parties.  This is kind of how Hendrix 1st birthday went down....  We went to church on Sunday morning and his birthday was on that Tuesday.  We left church and I decided that I should probably throw something together to celebrate.  I called family and asked them if they were available to come over for dinner that night.  They were.  I dropped the Hubby and kids off at the house and ran to Target.  I bought some plates and napkins and cupcakes.  Threw a banner up and stuck a birthday hat on him and BAM, we had a party.  Sorry Henny, that's just how we roll with the 4th kid.  Eat your hearts out....

Here are all the hooligans on their one year birthdays...