Lil' G @ 4 Months

 Our little boy has been growing up way too fast! Lil' G now weighs 17 pounds, 12 ounces and is just over 25 inches long. In everyday life that translates into wearing a size 4 diaper and 12 month clothes. (Which means we have been doing a lot of going up and down into the attic for packing and unpacking clothes! Boy, are we thankful we saved them from each child!)

 Lots of milestones are happening this month. G rolled over for the first time. He prefers to be upright now, and sadly, the cute mohowk you see in the picture above has now grown out too long to stand up like that anymore.

 He prefers lots of face time...and still at this point prefers his mama's face to others. G has some of the most beautiful, blue eyes- couldn't you just stare into those forever?

And the biggest thing we have going right now...TEETHING! He has quite a few teeth on the top that are in the doctor's words "very close." (Let me tell you, we didn't have to be told that!) He gets as many fingers in his mouth as he can and he chews, chews, chews! I still can't believe he is teething this early, but we do look forward to seeing one of those precious pearly white grins soon :)

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

BA's 6th Birthday

The priceless look of surprise

Proud Ma and Pa :)

Happy Birthday, BA!

Some of the kids getting read to throw balloons

The three amigos....not sure that this is what you are supposed to do on a slip-n-slide, but they were enjoying themselves!

BA and M

Show me the $$$

Proud of his new Buzz

His new set of guns...all the children love that set!

Walkie Talkies...a must have for all boys :)

Simon Flash...our new family favorite game

BA with his grandparents

It's really hard to believe that BA just turned 6...but as much as I don't want to believe it, I know it's true. He has grown and matured so much over the past few years. He always amazes me with the questions he asks and the things he says. This year for his birthday he actually asked me for a surprise party. He even planned it all out for me...he said he wanted a tiger party, a blue cake, and water balloons. Not too hard, right?! Yeah, it was hard to pull off because he is such a smart little boy! He ended up with a tiger cake and a water party (complete with water balloons, slip-n-sides, and kiddie pools). The morning of the party his Grandma came and picked him up for breakfast. During that time we scurried around and got all of his decorations and food ready. When they pulled up, he was definitely surprised! As everyone started singing to him, he took off running- didn't even hear all of "Happy Birthday." BA said he knew there were water balloons and he ran to get his swimsuit. He enjoyed himself so much...and I think his friends did too! Happy 6th Birthday, BA!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Vacation Bible School 2012

Lil' G hanging out with G-pa

Enjoying his 1st VBS

EE with cousin A (and baby too)

CJ & BA...obligatory picture...they think they it's not cool for mom to take their picture. Can you tell ?

Captain EE

Captain CJ

Captain BA

This year's VBS was lots of fun. It was full of a lot of firsts...like Lil G's first VBS, the first time BA and CJ were in separate classes, and many others. The children loved every night of it, and they all enjoyed different parts of it too. BA preferred the missions class; CJ preferred the crafts; EE preferred the music. It seems like un understatement to say that EE liked music. She would have stayed in that class all night if she was allowed. I'll try to post a video of her dancing in there soon. Anyway, they are all already looking forward to the next VBS. Until then, I'll be hearing songs from this past year. "Everybody say Yes....Yes....to V-B-S..."