In order to atone for my poor blogging skills, I am now going to overload you with news of my family! I hope that you will be able to make it to the end of what is likely going to be the longest blog of my history!
So this is my big man Jed! He is now 10 months old and as you can see can pull himself up on furniture and cautiously inch his way around. He is also crawling around on all fours and getting into everything! He loves to eat but prefers to feed himself and eat what we are eating. He is still not sleeping through the night despite all attempts to train him otherwise. I am holding out hope that we can do this before we hit 1. He loves to clap and play paddy cake, and has the funniest six tooth grin!
This is Reese at his music program. He was an army ant. Very cute!
We bought Jed a baby swing that we can hang up and he loves it! I can send all three kids out and they will play for hours outside. That swing is going to be my sanity this summer!
Kira is finally done with dance! They had the final recital which was very fun and then we had our last competition in Lagoon.
Kira received a 1st in her solo, a 1st and National Champion for their age group in her Cheer Leading Dance and a 2nd in her other dance. It was a really great year for her and she is looking forward to doing it again next year. I am proud of her for all her hard work and I am glad that she enjoys it.
This is Kira at her 3rd grade musical program. She was a gardener. She played a piano solo and blew everyone away, including us! She never even told us she was playing a solo, we just showed up and saw her name on the program. She is pretty independent and sneaky!
When we went to Lagoon, Ashley came down with her girls and spent the weekend with us! It was a hard trip for her with 2 babies and lots of busy, but we had fun. The kids especially enjoyed seeing each other. Jed and Emersyn were playing the funniest game of taking things out of each other's hands. We tried to get a picture of it but they were distracted by the camera!
All the kids on the bed waiting for the pool to open! Poor Adi tried to drown herself by flinging herself into the hot tub. I think Ashley was very traumatized but I think they are all OK now!
Reese looks like a star saying no more pictures! Kira was able to ride a few rides but mostly she had to dance. She was a good sport though!
Jed did great at Lagoon and pretty much just hung out in his stroller. We walk every morning so he is getting better at staying in his stroller.
I think this picture sums up our little Adi!
And who could resist the cute cheeks of Emersyn!
Reese just had his birthday and is now 7! He grew 2 inches last year, and leaps and bounds in other ways! He is an awesome big brother and is just loving school. This is his 1st grade teacher Mrs. Clark. She is great. Reese played soccer this year and enjoyed that. He is a great half-back. He is starting baseball (coach pitch) and is a great hitter. I think he will have a fun year. He also played piano and has really done well. He has his recital tonight and hopefully that will be a good experience. More on that later. I am so proud of Reese. He is a good boy with a big heart and a very mischievous spirit! Love him to pieces!
Kira recently had a birthday! She is now 9 years old, which as Ashley informed me is halfway until she moves out! Not a nice thing to say to a mother! Anyway it is so fun to watch Kira continually grow and mature. She is a wonderful sister and helper around the house. She is very good natured and loves to laugh. I love her so much and I am so proud of the young lady she is becoming. She has a soft heart and is a good friend. Sorry for the long post. Hopefull this summer I can keep up better.
