The succession of Grandchildren

Thursday evening, I decided I would like to take pictures of all the grandchildren on Mat's side.  It sounded so good in my head - all the kids would line up and look cute and it would be like a Pottery Barn ad.

It was more like an add for child abuse.

But we pulled it off, so here are the pictures:

In Feb. 2003 - Arlington was born becoming the first grandchild:

 In November, 2005, Marcail came along and Arlington was so happy to have a cousin:

 There were two.  Two sweet girls:

 And the love grew:

 In July, 2006 - Along came Finley.  a 3rd girl in a very heavy boy family.  We felt pretty lucky:

 Three sweet girls:

 And the love grew:

 Born in June 2006, but not joining the family until August 2007 - the first grandson - Cainan:

 A boy at last!

 In October 2007 - along came Gabe:

 Now there are 5!  Will the boys catch the girls?

 In 2009 - along came Eli - another boy:

 3 boys and 3 girls:

In December 2009, we got another girl - Reese.  What a great Christmas present she was: 

 You see that face Reese is making?  This is how she felt about sharing a stair with Eli.  My vision was totally lost on these kids:

 Then in 2010 - we got Silas.  Look at his face!  He did NOT want his picture taken.

 Look how many we have now!  8 kids in 8 years - not too shabby:

 We got this little handsome fellow - Jet - in September 2011.  Another boy!

 Don't they look thrilled?  Quick call Pottery Barn.

 On New Year's day 2013 - we got this little firecracker, Addie.

 We are starting to lose control.  Did I say starting?

 In Feb. 2013 - we got Lincoln.  He didn't want his picture taken either.

 Super thrilled about sharing a stair:

 Well - they are all still ON the stairs, right?  That is a plus - right?

 These little sweetie joined the family in May 2014.  Little Olive

 She is saying "where did all of you people come from?"

 Then in June 2014 - we got this little Sunshine - Eden

 And last - but certainly not least because he is the happiest baby on the planet - in October 2014, we got Rex:

All 14 grandchildren - 7 boys and 7 girls.

But the fun isn't over.  In December 2015 - Jess and Tom will welcome a little boy - breaking the tie and making it 7 girls and 8 boys.