Angry Birds Celebration

Sammy requested a bowling/Angry Birds party for his fifth birthday.  Since Amos was still recovering from his unofficial "RSV" he & I stayed home while Bobby took the kids to the bowling alley.

Then they returned to the house for presents & cake and ice cream.  It wasn't a very big celebration but he's a laid back low key little guy so it was perfect for him.

6 Month Stats

My Babies

I've been wanting to take some new pictures of the kids.  I determined today was the day. 

I bought these Angry Bird hats a few months ago.  Amos looks so darn cute in his so I thought I would get a few pics of him wearing it.  Hannah has one that matches so she wanted to wear hers as well.  She was kind enough to let Sammy have a turn with it.
I had so much fun taking these pictures.  Amos was in a good mood and Hannah & Samuel just love him to pieces.  They were more than willing to sit and pose with him.

I marvel on a daily basis that Bobby & I have such beautiful children!

 ...My Favorite...

six

Amos is 6 months old now.  How in the world has it already been SIX months?!

Anyway, Amos has changed so much and especially so in the last month or two.  At four months old he started solid foods (which I make with the Baby Bullet).  Once he started solids he began waking up once or twice a night.  Not sure why but he's finally starting to get on a good sleep routine again.  He loves sweet potatoes, carrots, avocados, bananas and apples.  He hates and refuses to eat any type of squash, pea or green bean. 

Baby boy can roll over but refuses to do so.  He rolls to the right side from his back onto his belly.  But he hates being on his tummy so he will get almost over and then fall back.  He is sitting unassisted now though.  I am always grateful for this milestone because it makes grocery shopping a lot easier.  And he is more content to be by himself with a few toys.  He can grab almost anything he reaches for and easily passes an object back and forth between his hands.

He has the sweetest personality and laughs so easily.  He loves Hannah & Samuel and will smile and laugh at whatever they're doing.  Baby boy also loves being tickled and for your face to be thisclose to his face. 

 He's getting so pudgy too.  I love it!!

Upward

Whew!  We survived our first weekend of Upward.  We were crazy busy but we survived and the kids had a ton of fun.  They passed out every night this weekend.  Bobby & I just managed to spend a little time together before collapsing ourselves.

Sammy's game was at 8:30am Saturday morning.  Because it's a pre-school team there are no refs and the coaches stay on the court with the kids the whole time.  It's also broken up into six 6 minute segments since the littles aren't going to hold out too long.
There is one kid on Sammy's team that cracks me up.  Sweet little Carlos, during the game he wondered off to get some water from his mommy.  Then we were constantly telling him to run to the other side of the court, find the person you're guarding, run back, get off the goal post...  He was a hoot.
Sammy, on the other hand, is loving basketball.  He can dribble pretty well and most of the time he can catch the ball when it's passed to him.  After each game the kids receive stars based on their performance during the game.  Sammy got the Red star for Defense.  He was getting agressive out on the court and attempted to take the ball from the opposing team several times.

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Hannah is seriously enjoying cheer leading.  She knew all of her cheers and was ready.  As I was getting her dressed she told me she was a little bit nervous.  Sweet girl.  She did just fine though.  She got the Blue star for being Christ-like.  From the moment she heard that was one of the stars she could earn she was determined to get it.  It's been all she's talked about.  What a wonderful goal for my sweet baby.  She definitely earned it too - she knew all of her cheers, encouraged the other girls and continued cheering w/o complaint when she knocked her megaphone into her mouth (she's so full of grace!)

Only 7 more weeks to go! 

:: seven ::

My sweet little girl turned SEVEN yesterday!  How is this possible?  Wasn't she just a little 6 lb 12 oz baby that I snuggled in my arms?  Strains of 'Sunrise, Sunset' are running through my mind.

Sweet Hannah wanted a Pinkalicious party.  This was my favorite party to plan by far.  I scoured the internet for ideas as well as free printables and I was pretty successful in this regard.  Unfortunately Party City only sells Pinkalicious supplies online which was nice to know when I arrived at the store one week before the party.  So we improvised.  And it turned out beautifully in my personal opinion.  Hannah loved it & her little guests had fun so I guess that's all that matters!

Thankfully there were two other boys so Sammy wasn't completely overwhelmed by pink.  And girls.

New Years Eve we decided to let the kids stay up and watch the ball drop.  Sammy was so close but didn't make it.  Hannah on the other hand was clued to to tv while clutching her glass of Sparkling Grape Juice.  She was very confused as to what kind of ball was "dropping" and why so many people were going to be watching it!

 

 --Food-- 

strawberry wafers, maraschino cherries and strawberry marshmallows dipped in vanilla almond bark then in pink sprinkles.  This picture does not to them justice b/c they were beautiful.  (If I might toot my own horn.)

--Gifts included--

 a Bible, a unicorn Cuddle-Up-It, a Rapunzel game for the Wii, lots of Disney Princess make-up and bath sets, two Pinkalicious books and plenty of money to go on a shopping spree...