Last Soccer Game of the Season

The first thing he did when he got that trophy was run over and show Doug. "Look at this Dad!" - He was so excited! He really earned that trophy this year. He has really improved since the season began and that was with minimal practice. We are so proud of him! Today was his last game and Doug hadn't seen him score a goal yet (he had to work for all but a couple of games). Noah was trying really hard today to score a goal for Doug to see and he did it! Very cool!

Rachel the Photographer

I got the coolest little camera for Christmas for photos on the run - it stays in the diaper bag and I can snap pictures when ever I want (I totally love that!). Sometimes it's just not practical to tote around my big Cannon (even though I still love it) and so it's awesome to have this little camera (Thanks again Grammy & Papa!). Lately Rachel has shown a whole lot of intrest in taking pictures and asks me constantly to take them. The other day (while safely sitting on our bed = Soft ground for the just in case) I let her snap a few pictures and she was just tickled pink. She did pretty good and soon learned to line up her subject in the lcd screen so she could see what she was taking a picture of. She actually took a couple of good ones, a few with our heads cut off and then the odd photo or two of the boppy pillow and the bedspread... Over all, for 3 years old, I'd say she did pretty darn good! ;)

6 Weeks Old

Six weeks old today - it's going fast! She is working really hard to hold her punkin head up and she's doing really well with it. She has times during the day when she is very alert and likes to watch to see what's going on. She's definitely smiling and gave some really big grins tonight, which was nice since she had a bit of a fussy day. We're praying colic isn't setting in and hoping it's just a quirky day. She's as cute as she can be and really starting to fill out (just look at the belly in that top picture!). When I took her to the doctor the other day she weighed in at 8lbs, 14.5 ounces, but she had on a onesie and her diaper at the visit.

Happy Mother's Day!

I wanted to wish all the Mama's out there a very happy Mother's Day today! I was treated to lunch at one of my favorite resturaunts and had lots of snuggles from my three favorite kiddos. Sending out special Mother's Day wishes to my Mom and also to Doug's Mom - Hope both of you had a special day as well!

First Smiles

Just in time for Mother's Day! How sweet is that?? We knew she was going to be smiling soon... she has been crinkling up her eyes at us for the last couple of days in half smiles - smiling with her eyes... Today while she was laying on the bed and I was talking to her she broke out in this little grin... I had the camera in my hand and snapped a picture without even having it to my face because I was caught off gaurd, but just happened to be holding the camera! (Cool!) So, to test that it wasn't a fluke I kept trying to coax her to smile again and she rewarded me with several more so I knew they were the real thing!

Rachel and her Pixos... Cracks me up. For the record... Pixos suck. ;)

Playdate!

Rachel, Kate and I got together with Dawn, Rylan and Austin at BK for a playdate one morning last week. It is the first playdate we've had since Kate was born and it was cute to see how curious Austin was about her - especially when his Mommy held her (ofcourse!). =) I love to watch Rachel and Rylan play together - they always seem to have so much fun! It won't be long before Austin is running around after them as well. Love that last picture of him - Isn't he a cutie?!

Tallest Kid In His Class.... And On The Soccer Team!

Check him out! A whole head taller than the rest of the kids on his team! It's just nuts, but it's cool! He's also one of the youngest on the team... Crazy stuff... The bad thing is everyone thinks he's 8 or 9 and in actuality he turned 6 in late February... As Doug likes to say, hopefully his height will win him a scholarship later on in life! =) He only has 2 more soccer games left. I have really enjoyed the season this year... he's doing AWESOME -He scored 3 goals at his game last Saturday!! Woooo hooooooo! It's been great to watch him having fun. Good times!

Sister Love

I see a lot of this during the day here at our house... Rachel loves to look at her little sister - just watch her. She sings to her when she cries and also when she's happy. She tries to help her by trying to give her her binky when she's fussy. She loves to stroke the top of her head, kiss her on the head and also give her hugs... I am loving watching this love grow each and every day. =)

5 Weeks Old

Sprinkler Weather..... Finally

Our kids love to play in water - no matter what kind of water it is... Rachel has been asking me for weeks now when we were going to be able to get a new slip n slide and also when were they going to be able to play in the sprinklers? Oh, and were we going to be able to get a pool this year? (We didn't last year due to moving... and probably won't this year for the same reason). Yesterday it was hot - hot enough to run around in the sprinklers... and the kids were thrilled. It was nice to watch them run around and enjoy themselves. Kate was happy to just lay on the bench with me in the shade. I'm so glad good weather is here!!