Shaun is 6 Months!

Just when you thought that Mike and I couldn't possibly make another adorable baby boy - we did! Mr. Shaun Daniel Cronin - the first baby that actually looks like a mixture of me and Mike. Our Shaun is in the 97th percentile for height by the way (which is obviously from my side). He has beautiful brown eyes that have a ring of gray/blue around each iris. And the doctor commented on his very large feet. He has large hands too. He's a monster.

Noah had to pop his big noggin in there.

This is a photo puzzle postcard that Aunt Genie sent Shaun from Montana. Noah got a moose and Evan a wolf. Each one had a message on the back. Aunt Genie commented on how she found this with a picture of Shaun-Shaun Bear on it. Aw... Shaun-Shaun Bear!

Evan is 6!

My beautiful little firstborn son.

On the actual day we took him to McDonalds with Grandma and Pop. McDonalds was Evan's choice. I guess when he's 18 and wanting a seafood dinner, we'll miss those ol' McDonalds days.

Grandma and Pop brought a little chocolate Batman cake for Evan.

And Noah got a Mickey cake!

And Evan's family party at the bowling alley. Our whole family has been sick for a couple of weeks by this point, pretty much ever since after the kids' Aunt Kelly and Uncle Mike left. Noah had a fever during the party and almost threw up in the car on the way over. We still have to explain to Evan why we won't be having a friend party this year..

Look at our little Batman!

My sick, feverish little Noah (on ibuprofen) made a couple of strikes. I'm not even kidding.

Three of my four guys.

Shaunie hangs out with Olivia.

My little Evie got lots of spares

I'm not going to tell you what I told Jeff this looks like.

Evan was so excited during the Happy Birthday song.

Amelia and Noah share a tender moment.

Amelia breaks it down for YMCA! This girl is so cute.

Evan in his new sweatshirt from the Gagliones while eating a chocolate wrench.

Noah hangs out with Jeff and Matt.

Let's take a walk down memory lane...

Evan at Shaun's current age of 6 months.

And Evan at 3 months before turning 3 years. The same age Noah is now. Do they even make payphones anymore?? It's so crazy how fast he grew. Stop growing, baby!

Happy Birthday, my little spider monkey.

Beautiful Beach Shots

I take pictures like an idiot... Which is why I'm so grateful that Mike took these. Beautiful, not-retouched pictures of our little boys at the beach. The ones with Noah alone were taken when Evan and Shaun were sick at home with me. Noah had some unbridled energy that needed to be released. So Mike took him to the beach.

Because you NEED to see another shot of the boys with Santa.

I know. I know. But this one is just so beautiful and perfect.

Where was Shaun? Home with Big Momma.

And since you can never have too much Santa Claus!

Shaun's First Christmas

With Santa in a life guard boat.

Shaun looks for a Christmas tree. See how hard he's looking?

Pop likes this one.

Noah constantly walked around the house wearing a santa hat, holding a red gift box. He'd say in his deepest voice, "Ho Ho Ho. Merry Christmas! Do you want a present?" When you opened it, it either had nothing or an Imaginext action figure. I was so sad packing up the santa hat in the Christmas decoration box.

Mima and PoPo visited too! And gave the boys lots and lots of presents.

We went to Cape May and our favorite restaurant - Lucky Bones with Mima and PoPo. Guess who was there - Santa! We've visited so many santas - at least 8- this year that Evan got suspicious and I had to explain the whole 'Santa's Helper' concept. One Saturday we had breakfast with Santa with the aunties and cousins, then drove to the mall to sit on Santa's lap. Mall Santa looked very different from the restaurant Santa.

Another Day, another Santa Claus.

We had Aunt Brittany and Uncle Josh sleep over Christmas Eve after Aunt Ella's party. They cleaned up the house while we were at church that night too... More pictures of Christmas morning coming soon. I'll have to get them off my mom's camera because I only took a few in all of the chaos.

Here's our happy Shaunie before the whole family got a really bad cold. Everyone but me!