It's here!

Mayla has her FIRST TOOTH!!!!!



(I haven't been able to get a picture yet...hopefully soon.)

I dare you not to laugh...

I found this video on my camera. I don't even know when it was taken!

Is the sun really out?

This morning after Kevin graciously let me sleep in for a few extra minutes we enjoyed watching Austin's great B-ball game. It didn't take long for Kadin, Emma and Mayla to need a break and we decided to go outside for a few minutes.

You will never guess what we saw...

the sun!

I quickly ran back in for the rest of the game and presented 2 options for Kevin.

1. Go home and clean the house (our original plan for the day).

or

2. Head out into the sunshine. After he thought about it for about 5 seconds a decision was made...

We will take our crew to the Zoo!

We quickly realized how long it has been since we have been out on a trek in the wild. The fresh air was wonderful. Grandma and Grandpa were able to come too! Austin helped us by taking responsibility for the stroller. He pushed Mayla for a while and even Kadin was given a ride or two...

We found out that they give camel rides now. They were already closed today but I can see a visit in the near future just for a ride. Boy those camels are huge! I had no idea they are that big.

We only lost Kadin once. He is a quick little boy! Thankfully it only took us a moment to find him.

Senor Don Gato

We went to watch Austin's second grade choir performance last night. He was so cute sitting front row with a cute smile on his face and singing his little heart out.

Then came his big surprise. He was cast as Senor Don Gato! He didn't even tell us and we were shocked. We giggled when he was given the love letter and I could see him laughing behind his mask. Our hearts swelled with pride as he climbed to the roof top to read his letter and proceed to fall down and break his knee, ribs and whiskers. Then we laughed (with everyone else) when he cried "Ay Caramba!"

Great Job Austin!

waiting

As Austin has been busy on the court making baskets, defending, guarding, running, assisting and having a great time we have been busy watching and waiting...and a little bit of dancing.

gone

My tiny infant is gone. I don't know when it happened but slowly over the last couple of months my infant grew up. Even her infant cry is gone. My little baby is now a 6 month old little girl!

I have been able to watch so much personality come out of her in the last month. She is playing with toys, looks for her daddy when he comes home from work and absolutely loves playing with her brothers and sister. She wants to put everything in her mouth and I think that she is starting to teeth. One of her favorite things is taking a bath, she gets giddy when she hears the water start.

I don't think that we are going to be able to keep Mayla from moving much longer. She is getting up on her hands and knees and lunging across the floor to get to her toys.

She is in her 6-9 month clothes now, weighs 17 pounds 8 ounces and is 25 inches tall. Thankfully she is still in her size 3 diapers (I hope she stays in them for a long time to come!).

basketball

Basketball became one of Austin's favorite spots this year in PE at school. So when we were told about the Upwards program at a local church we were thrilled to sign him up. He started practice a few weeks ago and now he is also having weekly games.

He loves playing the game and loves that his best friend James is on his team. One of the funnest things is when they need to pass the ball and are looking for someone to pass it to. They can hear each other over everyone else and can pick each other out of the crowd. They play together really well.