May

5.5.17

5.5.17

5.12.17 Ben often appears in a tutu these days.

5.14.17 Happy Mother's Day

5.16.17 Happy Birthday!

5.17.17

5.20.17 Caroline learned to pump!

5.27.17 Hike to the Grotto

5.27.17 The water was CRAZY high on the hike.  It was quite the adventure.

5.30.17 Let the summer begin.  Our little setup at the pond.

Matthew at 5 months

Matthew has just started rolling over. 

He actually likes his pacifier.  It's a new thing for me, but it's really helpful.

Caroline is his favorite.

He's still kinda hit or miss with a bottle.

He'll usually take a morning nap, afternoon nap, and a pre-bedtime catnap.

We sure love having him in our family. Ben and Caroline are so sweet to him- most of the time.

Hot Pots with Gma and Gpa Leckie

Grandma and Grandpa came out for a quick trip at end of April.  Grandpa helped us put up a chain-link fence around our back grassy area and then we took the camper down to the hot pots for an over-nighter.  We saw the lava tubes and went swimming.  Nice little trip and fun to share one of our favorite spots with my parents.

The rest of April

4.8.17

4.19.17

4.23.17 Caroline reading Matthew a story. He loved it.

2.24.17  

4.24.17 Our camper... that just happened to have a cool double rainbow over it.

4.25.17

4.27.17

4.27.17 Actually liking tummy time.

4.29.17

4.29.17 Ahoy!

Easter Fun

We had lots of Easter fun this year.  Ben still doesn't quite grasp the idea of filling a basket, but it was fun anyway.  

4.14.17 Easter egg hunt with playgroup

Hiding behind the wall eating all the candy... 

4.14.17 Before... 

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4.15.17 Candy grab at the high school.  I can't call it an egg hunt since they just had the football field covered with candy.

4.15.17 Easter party/Egg hunt at the Killpacks.

4.16.17 Easter Sunday

Matthew at 4 months

 Matthew's 4 month stats:

Height: 24.5 in (22%)

Weight:  15 lbs (40%)

Matthew likes swinging and playing on the floor.

He's starting to grab at things but the coordination is not so great.

He gets so so so excited he just quivers.  It happens the most when mom or Caroline approach him.

He us usually up once at night. Sometimes he'll surprise me and sleep through the night but not consistently.  

Spring Break in Moab

For part of spring break, April 3-6, we went camping with Jared's family to Moab. We'd recently upgraded our trailer to a 25' bumper pull instead of the truck camper on a trailer and this was the trial run-  I absolutely love it! I didn't actually take any pictures of where we were camped since it was just a campground, but I'm sure it will appear on the blog someday. It was a bit chilly the first day or so, but we were still able to enjoy riding on the machines and enjoyed some beautiful scenery and time with cousins.