Feb. 14th Valentine's Day Activities

Look Who's Walking Now!! Chantrell loves to push her walker toy around the house. It was Valentine's Day in the evening and we were playing photographer with the babies.

She has lots of determination to do what she wants.

This is what we do when I am left home to babysit five kids. We take photos and video clips of ourselves acting silly.

Chantrell is wearing the Pirate headband. "Ahoey Matey!!!"

Rhiannon trying to keep a straight face, in a clown outfit. She kept saying that she was a goth-vegetarian-clown-pirate.

Now she is acting like her normal self.

Brenna sitting quietly with the foam letters. She is probably wondering what all the fuss is about.

Chantrell is on my lap and we are playing with the scarf again.

Rhiannon is age 9.

Ryder is age 5.

Racer is age 4.

Random pics from Feb. cont.

Dishwashing Babies!!!

The twins love to "help" load and unload the dishwasher. This morning they were helping daddy. I think it is too cute that they come crawling when they hear dishes being loaded. They are fascinated by silverware and cups and plates.
"What are you doing babies?"

(Don't forget to pause the music below when you want to hear the video clips :)

Crawling away as fast as they can. They think it is great fun to crawl away when I am coming for them...especially if they are into trouble.
I think that Rhiannon had a sick day (but wasn't really sick) and I took a picture of her in grandma's room. She is giving me the "Oh, come on Aunt Shelly" look. Ryder and Racer also stayed home that day.

Look at that cute face. She has recently had her hair cut back into bangs and long layers. If I find a good pic of her haircut, I'll post it.

This video was taken by Rhiannon so it is a little shakey. I'm in the background yelling up to my mom about the home teachers coming for a visit. Another day the kids wanted to play with the foam letters and build little houses. The babies love to destroy the creations so they had to stay in the exersaucers for awhile.

Ryder and Racer just got haircuts too. Ryder is showing me his house that he made.

Chantrell is looking off into space. Her hand is down by her leg. She is probably wondering how much longer she will be stuck in there.

Brenna is waiting to be let out too. They don't like to be caged in their exersaucers...it's more fun to crawl around the house.

Happy Easter!!!

Well, we had a nice Easter today. The weather outside was terrible but we had lots of fun inside. "April showers bring May flowers" is the saying. We have lots of rain and wind so no hiding Easter eggs outside today. The twins had little baskets with plastic eggs and a chocolate bunny and a stuffed bunny rabbit too. I got them cute headbands with bunny ears to wear in pictures. We were all going to go to church today but the weather was too bad. I'm sure when we have a sunny day we will get dressed up and take pictures in our Easter outfits. Tiffy's kids got play toys for the beach, candy, stuffed animals and they loved it all. Dad made the ham, yams, and dinner rolls for lunch. It was delicious as usual. Barry doesn't care for the raisin sauce but the rest of us love it. I will post pics soon of the kids and their baskets. We are going to hide eggs inside the house (plastic ones...not the real ones) and the kids can find them. We decorated the eggs last night and decorated the tree with little wooden ornaments shaped like eggs and rabbits. Mom has kept that tradition since Germany. I remember her finding a pretty tree branch with flowers on it and helping her hang the little ornaments for Easter. Hope all my family and friends had a nice Easter. Love, the Lee Family
Barry, Michelle, Chantrell and Brenna

Visit to Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach

Erica, my sister, came to visit back in early Feb. of this year. We went to see Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, OR. It is just a 20 minute drive south of Seaside. It was a cold day but sunny. We walked on the beach, took pictures and then had lunch at Mo's. They have the best clam chowder around. Erica got her favorite candy at the store, salt water taffy and then we went to Seaside for some shopping. She got a new sweatshirt. We had fun just the two of us bonding that day.

Twins in the stroller just enjoying the sun.

Looking down the beach at people walking.

Famous Haystack Rock. When it is low tide there are cool tide pools to look at. They are filled with starfish.
A better view of the rock and it was low tide. People are walking among the tide pools.
Pretty picture of the smaller rocks and the water.

Me and the babies.
Slimy seaweed covered rocks. Watch your step.

Erica is taking her own picture. She says that she does it all the time and they turn out pretty nice.

Here is mine. "How do I look?" Don't answer...I was just joking.

The babies again. This time closer to the rocks and people.

Pics from Feb. 3rd...Girls are 9 months old

Monthly photo shoot with the girls and their teddy bear. This time they were in their bathrobes and playing with toys in our room.

Brenna
Brenna and Chantrell
Happy Babies!!!

Brenna gets squinty eyes when she smiles...just like I do.

Close up of Chantrell and her "taco tongue." She went through a phase of having her tongue out all the time.

"Hey Mom...check me out."
Chantrell pushing the walker.

Brenna is holding one of her favorite blankies.

Hi Beautiful!!

Look at that face!!! Isn't she just adorable? I'm trying to limit each event to five photos...but it is too hard when they all look so good. Oh well, you will just have to suffer looking at lots of cute baby pictures. Hee Hee Hee!!!Brenna got stuck in the bottom of her toy. Bad mommy grabbed the camera first...then I helped her get out.Boy, did she cry. Poor thing."My, What big eyes you have Chantrell." "The better to see you with mommy." We were getting ready to go to Lincoln City to my dad's dental office. Erica was visiting and needed to have dental work done.Brenna wasn't looking too good. Later in the trip we found out why. She threw up all over herself and the carseat. Mmmmm. Love that smell of baby milk throw up.Ready to go bye-bye.

Upchuck City!!!

My girls have been sick with the flu for seven days now. They have been throwing up and having diarrhea many times each day. Barry and I have taken them to the doctors to make sure that they weren't getting dehydrated. We got some pills that you crush up and put under the tongue to help with the nasuea and throwing up. Let me tell you...I have been doing a lot of laundry and taking showers. The girls have thrown up on me, the bed, their cribs, their highchairs, their carseats, the floor, the couch, etc... Sometimes they would have leaking diapers full of runny diarrhea too. Yuck!!!! Poor little babies. They are doing better now after many days of drinking fluids and sleeping many hours. I was so stressed out because I didn't know how long this would last. Even today, Chantrell threw up her breakfast. I think she just ate too much because she is hungry and wants to eat everything in sight. She kept down lunch thank goodness. Even my mom and dad got the flu. I didn't get it but Barry did. Rhiannon stayed home from school for a couple of days with a stomache ache. Hopefully, that will be the last of the flu. I have been cleaning and disinfecting everything. We are looking forward to my sister Kay-Lynn's visit with her husband Greg and son Connor. They are staying at a hotel and will be here in Seaside for four days. We plan on going to the Tillamook Cheese Factory one of the days. It is supposed to rain but we hope for a little sunshine while they are here. Well, that's the latest news around here. I will be back to post more pics later.