Look What I Can Do!!

The past four months have been very busy for baby Joshua. He has learned to sleep through the night (yay!!), hold up his head, smile, and even giggle. Now, he has added a few more things to his list of accomplishments. Baby Joshua has learned to roll over!! Now, every time you put him down, he rolls over immediately. He gets a little bit frustrated when he rolls over and gets stuck on his tummy. He is not a big fan of tummy time!! Check out how good he is doing...

We went for our four month well check this week. Baby Joshua is 26 1/2 inches long and is 14 lbs and 1 oz. He is in the 95% in heighth and weight. The doctor said that we could start introducing fruits and veggies, so of course, we thought we would go for the good stuff first. Joshua had his first taste of applesauce yesterday and he LOVED it!! He started grinning and kicking his legs with his mouth wide open, waiting for the next bite.

I can't believe how fast he is growing up. Pretty soon he will be sitting on his own and crawling. I wish that he could stay little for a little bit longer...

Anna Caitlin Goes to Kindergarten!!

Today is the day I have been dreading for the past year. My baby girl's very first day of Kindergaten. It has been a long year preparing for today. I have gone back and forth many times on whether to send her to her home school or to take her with me. After ALOT of talking, deliberating, and praying, I finally decided to bring her to school with me. I am SO glad I made that decision. It is so nice to have her right down the hall where I can check in on her any time. There are so many wonderful people that I work with who keep an eye on her also.

Anna Caitlin was so very excited about starting school. We have been counting down for at least the past 11 days to her first day of Kindergarten. Last night we got everything ready, which was alot of work!! We had to pack school supplies, label some, leave some unlabeled, pack a lunch, get a snack, fill out paperwork for ASP, and pick out clothes. (That does not include everything we had to get together for her brothers!!) When I was tucking her in, she had a huge smile across her face.

At 3:00 AM, I hear little footsteps coming in my room. "Mommy, is it morning yet?" I sent her back to bed and went back to sleep. When I went to wake her up this morning, she was looking around in her bed for her notebook. She showed me the picture she drew of her school at, yep you guessed it, 3:oo in the morning. I mean a flag, school bell, windows, clouds, sun, the whole shebang. Who knows when she went back to sleep...

Anna Caitlin went right to her room this morning with her new teacher. It was definitely harder on me than it was on her. I showed alot of self control and only peeked in on her about 3 times, which I thought was pretty good for the first day :) She was all smiles when I picked her up this afternoon and said that she loved Kindergarten. Of course, her very favorite part was recess and running around the track. I am so glad that she had such a good day. I know she is going to do great in school!!

Our Last Official Weekend of Summer

I cannot believe it, the summer is really coming to an end. My baby girl starts Kindergarten tomorrow. We spent all day Saturday on the lake with Shanna, Brent, Macenzie, and Abbie. We had a great time out on the boat. The kids loved swimming and jumping off the boat.

Shanna had this great idea that we should go waterskiing. Now back in the day, I was a pretty good waterskiier. But, I have not skiied since before I was pregnant with Anna Caitlin, so at least 6 years ago. Shanna went first and did really well. Came up on the first try and was jumping the wake from side to side. I went next. I came up on the first try and did okay, but my legs were burning from about 30 seconds into the ride. I don't know how long it has been since I used those muscles. The good news is that I did not fall and let go when I was ready, which was fairly soon. Jonathan went last. He took a HARD spill on his second try and called it quits for the day. We are both SO sore today, but at least we know we are not too old to ski. I think we may teach Anna Caitlin and Macenzie next summer.

Where did the summer go??

I cannot believe that our summer is coming to an end!! Having my maternity leave go straight into the summer has given me four months with my babies and made me feel like a stay at home mommy, which I have LOVED!! We have had such a fun, busy summer. We spent ALOT of time at the pool. Anna Caitlin took swimming lessons and Drew is all of a sudden swimming on his own too!! Baby Joshua was content to just sleep for hours under the shade in his swing. Perfect afternoons with the kiddos!!

We also had a fun trip to the beach with our good friends the Riveras. The kids liked the ocean and sand, but they loved the pool and the hot tub. Not sure we had to go all the way to Florida to find that, but we had a great trip.

The rest of our summer has been packed as well. We have had lots of fun playdates with our friends, cheerleading camp, VBS, the lake, weddings, bowling, and the zoo. Daddy finally finished our playroom too!! Yay!!

And now back to real life. Back to work, early mornings, and long weeks. And my sweet baby girl is off to Kindergarten. Summer vacation is only 187 days away and counting!!