baseball

Braxton was so proud and excited that he found this hat and glove from a box in his playroom, "all by himself". (his new favorite phrase) ...and he put it on his right hand, so he could throw left-handed...Daddy would be so proud! I love this! He's looking forward to playing in the backyard.playing peek-a-boo

sibling love

On Sunday, the girls positioned themselves head to head like this, and then Braxton ran out from the shower and wanted to love his sisters! This makes me so happy. Thank you, Lord, for my gorgeous, loving children!

playdate with hayden

sweet boys played so well together last weekend!!!

jumping beans

update

so, last week was a rough one. all the babies got sick...evie had 103 fever, followed by ayla with 102, and then braxton woke up in the middle of the night and said his ear hurt and it needed medicine. i knew then that we all needed to visit the pediatrician!

braxton had fluid in his ear and a sinus infection three weeks ago, but after seeing dr. abel (my first successful trip to the doctor with all three by myself), we were informed that all three of them had right ear infections. this is our first encounter with ear infections - strange that they all happened at once. but i am thanking the Lord for it...He knows i couldn't go without sleep that long (if they happened one after the other). so we had a few sleepless nights and now we are back to our regular sleep pattern! yea!

braxton is still not completely potty trained. it's an ongoing process. :(

ayla and evie are both doing great. they can sit up for about 5-10 seconds unassisted...of course rolling everywhere and really trying to crawl (which looks like they are practicing swimming techniques).

we will be participating in parent dedication on mother's day weekend, so we are looking forward to that. david's family will be in town, too, so it will be a nice treat.

all in all, things are well at the chaplin house.

precious little man

pretty ladies

ok...i wondered if anyone would question who is who...

aylaevieevieayla

Easter

As most of you know this is my FAVORITE holiday...click here to read why. (If you don't already know.)

On Saturday we celebrated Jesus' ressurection in Rockwall. Here are a few pics before we went to church. If you weren't able to attend a service, you can enjoy ours at Lakepointe! (I am not sure why, but the sound quality is not very good after the initial song, but if you have good speakers it should be fine.)

My mom gave all of her grandchildren personalized Bibles! Aren't they awesome?!?

...and sunglasses :)

Braxton is beginning to enjoy hunting eggs.

On Sunday we continued our celebration in Garland. At first Braxton only wanted to 'mow'.

He finally joined the others in the hunt with his new Toy Story pail!!!

evie & the woombie

this is the latest and greatest swaddle out there - the woombie - check it out if you feel the need. my dear friend, renee, sent us this one to borrow! evie loves it...thanks renee!

thumb sucker

ayla is the first baby in our family to be a thumb sucker!

including myself, my kids, my sister & her kids last day for the swaddle tummy sleeper

the latest on little man

cuddling with mom (all on his own) playing baseball in the backyard playing cars (and pretending to be one...his new obsession)

the first coloring not on paper - at least it was on a washable object

his healthy request for snack time - yes, cheetos and chocolate covered donuts

granny's 90th birthday

my granny...Iris Melcher.

wife to Ludwig Alois Melcher (my late granddaddy, whom Evie is named after).

she turned 90 on march 26th.

we "all" went to plainview for her awesome party.braxton playing with cousin, jacob

(trains of course...they both brought thomas)

braxton swimming at the hotel

with cousins reagan & mckinleybraxton kisses granny...so sweetcousin, camla, holds eviegranny's first time to see/hold the twinsthe whole clan

granny, her 4 boys & their familiesgranny with her grandchildrengranny with her great-grandkids (not pictured: one on the way via sara & wes)braxton passed out!!!

newest favorite song!!!