4 little ducks went out one day...

I have a feeling that Father's day 2012 will be over-shadowed by a very special little girl's first birthday. So please know what an amazing daddy Craig is! Amazing, and brave. This week, while he was off during the week, he took all four children to McDonalds, the park and the zoo...all by himself! It's quite the task just to get the kids loaded up in the van, let me tell you...so kudos to you, super dad!

(and yes, he pulled a wagon with the boys in it AND pushed the stroller at the same time.)

And it's probably a good thing I wasn't there......ahem!

With the weather absolutely gorgeous this week and weekend, we took advantage of it!

And on Friday, May 18, Everleigh took her first step!! Yay, Evers!! (and tonight, she took about four little ones!). But look at her here...she's like...check me out. Yup, one hand. No biggie.

Trying to keep her busy since she can't run with the big kids yet...

Either the kids can't grow...or the pool has to!

(notice who's watching from the lawn chair. He does everything with us. I almost feel bad for Madden...it's like he's the third wheel.)

Sorry...can't get this cute one to flip. Ready??.....tilt head to the right. Go.

Saturday we took a little trip to get some more Elliot snuggles. The kids were really excited to see her. And most of the way home we heard, "Amy house. Me Elliot"

(Madden was SO proud that he was able to hold Elliot!! Hudson declined, although he'll tell you he held her.)

Today...the twins were two year old twin boys. The unfolded my folded laundry, destroyed room after room...and while Paisley was having an asthma attack and I was attending to her...they decided to clog the toilet with an entire role of TP. Yeah. That was fun to clean up. You can just imagine the only way to get it out. Gross. Just gross.

And sadly, after several at home treatments, Paisley's breathing worsened. We ended up spending most of our evening in the ER. She still isn't well. I don't think we were "emergency enough" for the medical staff. I took Paisley to the bathroom while we were waiting for prescriptions, came back, and they had cleared her room, made the bed, and threw away my paperwork and her new nebulizer tubing. Really?!
She's in bed now but her rapid breathing is still scary. She's on two inhalers and a liquid steroid for 6 days. Hopefully in the morning the little honey will be better. Stupid allergies and stupid asthma!

This week, we lost Elmo Bell again. The good news...we knew where to look this time, and got it back. We saw Everleigh take her first steps and cheered so loudly! The kids swam, looked at animals, fed the ducks, clogged the toilets, got several skinned knees, drank pool water, and enjoyed LIFE.