It's May?

The triplets are home (and already a month old!):

 devindixon

 lilah  devin and lilah 

oh wait, they're not mine...here's mama:

 lilah and devin

Our laundry room/pantry is almost done, a year after we started:

 

The weather has been perfect for outside play and dining:

and for new baby birds - two nests' worth - in our cactus!

 doves and

cactus wrens

Liam will be three in just two weeks; he is in his third week of swim lessons, and doing great

 

 Evelyn has started reading chapter books (Cam Jansen), and we still don't see much of book-worm Clara, who prefers to spend every waking moment in a book. 


Oliver is a sweet, busy toddler who adores his family members, climbs like a mountain goat, 

dances up a storm to the slightest hint of a tune (he loves "Put a Ring on It"), likes to show off his belly, and uses a combination of signs and rudimentary words to communicate his needs (usually pick up, milk or food - he's easy to please). 

Dan was playing around with a few days' worth of non-shaving, and I convinced him it needed to stay...so here is the New Dan about a month later:

I have made the decision to return on a limited basis to my true calling and love in life...birth, babies, and boobs. Details still to be hashed out come Fall, but it sounds like I will be on call a couple weekends a month and maybe do one day a week at the office...details as I know more.