long over due

My mom mentioned to me that I hadn't posted in a few days. I told her I'd been a little overwhelmed, balancing the mommy and working thing for the first time this week. Well, after a fun day, Baby Erich has been bathed, fed, and is now sleeping deeply and I figured it was a good time to get caught up with my blog.

My dad came for a quick visit last weekend. It was his first time meeting all the new grand babies. Dad brought the little boys matching yellow OshkoshBigosh onesies and Cassidy a cute yellow t-shirt. My fun sisters-in-law thought we should get the kids' pictures taken in the outfits, so Saturday morning we got them all ready and took them to Kiddie Kandids for a fun photo shoot:

Cash, Cassidy holding Erich, and Dawson

I don't think my son really enjoyed this picture, but I think Cash and Dawson enjoyed it even less being squished by their cousins!!

The Three Amigos!!!

It was a real challenge to get all the babies to pose for a photo with grandpa Mike!
And then you throw in a sassy 6 year old and it causes even more fun!
Unfortunately, Erich was super fussy most of the weekend. He cried a lot and I tried really hard not to be annoyed, but I was frustrated...and probably my whole family could tell. Luckily, the night before my dad left, Erich was calm enough to take a few pictures with his grandpa.
To prove his fussiness and to preserve this face:
This is what we've been up to this week:
Tuesday-Erich spent the day with grandma Hubert. When he came home, Ben played with him for a little bit and tried to get him and the dog to play, too:
Wednesday-I rode my bike to work. Ben stayed home with Erich and bought me a new car sine the Subi was having MAJOR issues. I'll write a separate post about that when I get some pictures of my new ride.

Thursday-Erich spent the day with grandma Susan. When we got home, we sat on the couch for a little nap but ended up sleeping until 7:30!! I woke up and thought it was 7:30 in the morning, so for a few minutes I was rushing around trying to get ready for work!!! DUH!
(This is a picture of Erich after we woke up. I put him on the Boppy pillow while I was running around in a frantic dash to "get ready" for work, he wasn't happy about how abruptly his nap ended!)

Friday-I'm already teaching Erich how to read! If there's one thing I've learned in my Master's program (in reading) it is that you should start reading to babies right away! I've tried to read to him every night and have only missed a few.

He started reading on his tummy, one of my personal favorite positions to read...

...but then he fell on his side...

...so I propped him on the Boppy and he finished the whole book!!!

Saturday-Today we went to Mommy & Me tea with my sister-in-law, Hillary, Cassidy, my mom and grandma and Hilary's mom and friends. It was at Gardner Village and SO fun. Erich did such a good job and behaved like a little gentleman while we sipped tea and ate teeny tiny sandwhiches, chocolate covered strawberries, and other petite little snacks. Near the end, though, he seemed to be totally done with the tea party and frillys, so he fell asleep with his hand over his eyes as if to say, "I'm a manly man, get me out of the tea parlor!!"