8 Mos Old

Lily is now 8 months old!

Whoo this is going by faster and faster!

She does not have a Drs appt so I do not know how long or heavy she is.

I do know she is bursting out of her 9mos PJs in length...

She is also now CRAWLING! 

She was doing her unconventional army crawl/rolling/pivoting thing.

Now she officially started crawling up on all fours backwards and forwards.

She also has her 2 upper teeth half way in.

we went to dinner for Brandon's Birthday and she grabbed a french fry and shoved it in her mouth.

So i decided to give her some real food this past week also. 

She loves the puffs! she tries to put them in herself but they stick to your fingers so its been hard.

She is happy for me to feed them to her though :)

She also says "dadada" frequently now

 (stealing a pet from holden) 

both dogs are really good with her

 i had brandon watch lily for a minute when i came back they were playing together

I also decided to make Lily a quilt since I had made brandon one.

I looked up patterns online and this is what I came up with!

It is by no means perfect, but i'm really proud of it

Brandon Turns 6!

Brandon has been referring to himself as a 6yr old for a month or two now...

finally its legit! 

He is now 47 1/2" tall (almost 4ft) 85%

and weighs 58lbs (with clothing) 95% (this has to be a first)

In the last year he has learned to Ice Skate, ride a two wheeler, tie his shoes, (last 2 thanks to daddy) 

become an AMAZING big brother. He reads to me a book every night.

does chores around the house

(make his bed, brush his teeth, feed the dogs, put his plate on the counter when done eating,

 clean up his toys) OK well that one when he is reminded...

He is so thoughtful and sweet we just have to work on his bragging :)

He can not wait until he starts baseball this month and golf lessons in July! 

For his birthday party he decided to do Chuck E Cheese and Pirate theme...

I saw these adorable invitations in a catalog so i had to make them.

It was plastic bottles with sand, ring, eye patch and a 

"message in the bottle" with the invitation info.

 we had 27 kids confirm but i think had 23 show up. 

 brandon got to grab tickets in the ticket machine. 

 His amazing cake from Annettes Cakery

 He got his crown from Chuck E

 Yelling during the Happy Birthday Chanting

He had a really great time. His favorite gift was his Skylanders game/toys for his new Wii U

More Ice Skating!

After our first skating trip Brandon had begged to go again.

This time we went to one in Columbia (where it was indoors)

Lily and I watched as Daddy got to go skating this time.

Lily and I stayed on the sidelines

 Mr. Andy and Mrs. Julia also went.

Andy plays hockey and has skated since he was a kid,

so he was a HUGE help in teaching brandon.

(this time he was on regular single blade skates)

Then about 2 weeks later we went to skate in DC where 

Mrs.Leticia works and teaches ice Skating. 

Brandon got to do a free class where he learned to properly fall 

and keep his balance.

Miss. Juli was also in town so she went on the ice with Brandon since I had Lily.

He did really well again. he did fall and hurt his head but went back out on the ice.

I hope we can keep this up and go during the spring and fall

Happy Valentines Day 2013

We had a very "sweet" Valentine's Day this year.

Brandon woke up early ran into our room and demanded that we not leave it.

He went into the living room where he made me a card

(we already bought Daddy one) then he came in and told us Happy Valentines day.

I thought it was so thoughtful of him to do that instead of just coming in and expecting 

his gift. Makes you know your doing something right!