Zoo, Twin Friends, Fam Pics and others...

Two weekends ago, we met the Ducey family at the zoo for an afternoon of animal fun followed by pizza at Happy Joe's! It was totally unplanned, but worked out for all of us and we had a blast. (Maybe that's because we only stayed at the zoo for one hour and hung out at air-conditioned Happy Joe's sipping beer for about two hours after...hmmmm...) Anyhoo, here are some fun pics from the afternoon.

Carter riding the fake hippo with Daddy's help. He liked the fake animals better than the real ones, I think.
Daddy and Carter as flying monkeys (or whatever their real name is!)
Mommy and Carter on the carousel. It took Carter many, many times to get the timing right to wave to Daddy, but he figured it out eventually.

Carter and Collin Ducey chatting while checking out the monkeys.

Tristan and Tyler with the giraffes.
Carter showing Mommy a lizard.
Thanks for the fun day, Ducey's! We really need to get together more!!!

People often ask me how my day goes, and I tell them that usually one of my kids is crying at any given time. Here's one example. I took the following three pictures right in a row. Tyler is asleep in the swing. Hooray! Tristan is screaming his head off because I'm not holding him. Ugh! And, finally, Carter is standing on the coffee table, which he knows he's not supposed to do, but does anyway because he also knows I don't have enough energy to get him down every time he climbs up on it. I'm learning to pick my battles and Carter on the coffee table is not a serious enough safety threat to make it a battle worth fighting.


Sidenote: Aren't these fish pjs adorable!?!?!? Seriously!

I've recently made friends with another mom in my neighborhood, Shannon...and get this...she has an older son and twin baby boys. What are the chances!?!? They stopped by the other night and I just had to snap a photo. So, here are my boys with Shannon's boys: Hunter, Henry and Hayden.
Grandma Sue and Grandpa Ken came to visit last week (while I battled mastitis...a whole other story!) Here are some shots of them with T & T.

Grandma Kay and her grandsons!

Tyler looking like a big boy in his sleeper! Yay, they finally fit into something besides onesies!

Tyler close-up.
Tristan snoozing.
Tristan close-up.
Dear Emerson,

Thank you for letting us borrow your swing. We love it!

Can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks.

XOXO!

Love, your boyfriends,

Tristan and Tyler

Yes, last week, I had mastisis and it is just as horrible as you've heard. I thought I was dying at one point as I was sweating, shaking and puking (okay, I was crying, too!) I'd rather be in labor then go through that again. It sucked! Thanks to my wonderful parents for coming up and taking care of me and the kiddos while I recovered. I love you!