New pics

But I didn't take them! ;) We met a wonderful photographer, Chera, for family pics. When I say family pics, I mean, what we can get with Eli sort of looking before he whines and runs off to chase a cat.

Anyway, here's the link! Enjoy! ;)

http://www.chera25.com/galleries/81708Amy/

And so, school's over for today...

I woke up Eli at 2:20 to get ready to head up to pick up Haley. He was so excited. I think he missed her a lot. We get there and wait about 15 minutes in the carpool lane. Eli wanted to go play with the big kids on the playground! :D

Finally, she came out, looking nothing like she did when she went in! :D Not that I'm surprised. I asked her how it was and she said great. I asked if she loved it and she said, "I like it, I don't love it." "Why, don't you love it?" "No, Mom, did YOU LOVE school?" Touche, Haley, touche. I asked her favorite part, "Eating!" Then recess and her least favorite was having to take a rest (they put their heads on their desks.)

So, she's home now and seems pretty happy. Hopefully we will get to bed early and do it all over again tomorrow! (With Blake and Eli heading to school as well!)

Here's some pics!

Heading to school


Totally memorized....



By older kids! :D



Here's Blake!



Joe Cool showed up! ;)



Here she comes!! Notice the ponytail is gone and the socks are pushed down! ;)



Back home, lecturing Eli!

Big first day!!

Kindergarten is here!! Haley is at school right now. It's hard to believe that my first baby is in kindergarten. I'm a little sad, but no tears shed, actually. I'm so proud of her and she's so excited. I can't wait to pick her up and hear about her day! :D

Eating breakfast! Mommy made yummy whole wheat waffles and fruit salad with a yogurt smoothie to drink!





Ready for her day!! She looks so big!




Her super cool backpack that I love! ;)



Waiting in the gym. They have us drop them off there, then their teacher comes to pick them up. I'll have to get pictures of her at her desk another time.



Checking out the other kids



Ok, you can go now Mom, that's enough pictures! :D

Week of changes for us

I posted about all the changes that Blake's going through right now in my previous post. But this next week will be a week of changes, adventures and first in the our house, starting tomrrow night.

Haley has meet the teacher tomorrow night for Kindergarten. I can't believe it. It seems like this summer has flown by! Most likely it'll just be me taking her up there since Eli will not be the most compliant child in this situation.

Then Friday, James is heading to San Antonio and taking Eli with him! While it's not Eli's first time on a plane, he hasn't been since he was 9 months old. But it's Papa Perry's birthday party and James wanted to be there. We would all go, but with Haley starting school on Monday, I didn't want her to be tired, having just traveled. So, James decided to take Eli down for the weekend. I think it'll be good for them to spend some time together.

Then on Monday, it's the big day, Kindergarten!!!!! She has to be there at 8:20. We've already picked out her outfit and she's very excited. I am too, I know she will love it. It will be odd though only having Blake and Eli during the day.

Which brings me to another first/change. Tuesday is the boys (yes both boys!) first day of MDO!! Eli went to MDO last year, but he and Blake are both going to be at the school where Haley's in kinder. It's going to be an adjustment, especially for Blake. I am still breastfeeding him and he's never been with anyone else really. But I think it'll be good for him and for me.

The last new thing to round out our week will be next Thursday. Haley starts cheerleading. She's so excited about it and I know she will love it. I can't wait to see her learning her routines and in her cute outfit.

Oh, and the week after will be our last adjustment for a while (I hope). Ms. Katie, Eli's speech theropist for the past year, is taking her maternity leave at the end of August. So, we'll be assigned a new theropist. I'm quite sad about it because we LOVE Ms. Katie, but I'm so happy for her and can't wait to hear about her baby!!

Hmm... I think that's all that's going on! :D I'll post pictures after the meet the teacher tomorrow night! :)

Big day for Blake

Today was a big day for Blake. Not because of anything we did, but because of all the things he did! First, he started his day by saying, "Dank doo!" when I handed him his sippy cup this morning. I thought, "I must not have heard him right." Well, about 25 "Dank doo's" later, and I'm sure he's actually saying "Thank you!!" :D He actually says it when he gives you something too. So, we spent about 20 minutes earlier going back and forth with a toy, "Dank doo! Dank doo!!" It's really cute! <3

In addition to "Dank doo", he also said, "Edy, et, DOU!!" (Ready, set, go!) several times today! I was floored. I called my friend Shannon to verify that I was hearing correctly. I would say, "Ready" and pause and he'd say "Edy!" "Set!" Sometimes he'd say "Et" and sometimes he'd just say "Dou!"

And his favorite word he's been saying for a few weeks, "NO!!" He said it to Haley this morning when she tried to take a toy from him. He kicked his feet at her and yelled, "NO!!!!" :D

But I guess talking in sentences in one day wasn't enough for my little over-acheiver because tonight, as James and I sat about 6 feet apart, he spent 30 minutes walking back and forth between us!! Yep, he's almost a full-fledged toddler now! :( I tried to get some video, but he was getting tired, so it didn't work out. I'll have to try again tomorrow!!

I went out last night

with some friends for dinner. I did try to put Blake to bed before I left, but he didn't want to go. So I called on the way home to see how James did. He said Blake was asleep. I asked if he cried much and he said, "You'll see when you get home." Well, when I got home, I saw this:





James said that he, Richard, Haley and Blake were in the living room and Blake was playing one minute, then really quiet. He just laid down and went to sleep!! :D

A few from this morning

Today is a lazy day here. We are all still in PJ's (except Blake because he got them dirty, so he's in a diaper!). Haley put a Barbie movie on and she and Eli were watching it on the ottoman together! I decided to stick Blake up there and they were so cute watching TV together that I had to snap some pics. Just ignore the blank TV stares! And the fact that Blake is filthy. He ate a fruit leather for breakfast and got it all over him and all in his hair!







Eli sharing his bear with Blake! :)

Bathtime fun

Here's some pics of the kids in the bath tonight! Enjoy! :)

Haley and Eli

Here's a couple of cute pics of Haley and Eli too. I got brave and cut Haley's bangs today myself. Don't think it looks too bad. She has a cowlick on her right side, so it looks a little shorter. ;) And Eli, well, he decided that his orange shirt, and red boxer briefs needed a little something, his Thomas slippers and Batman hat, of course! Ha!

Blake's almost 1!

I can't believe it! It didn't really affect me when Haley or Eli turned 1, because I knew they weren't my last babies. But now, the age of the "zeros" as Haley refers to his age now, is almost over. Tomorrow, he will be a 1 year old. This is sad enough, but to top it off, he's sick. He started running a fever on Thursday afternoon of 102.8. I took him to the doctor on Friday and they think he has a virus. We were suppose to have his party tonight, but had to cancel it. We were also suppose to take pictures tomorrow, but had to postpone that as well. I'm hoping he wakes up happy and ready to go tomorrow and we can have a fun day!

Here's a few pics of his last day as "zero". :)