Lila Grace is 6 mos old!!!

6 months old today! Here are some cute pictures of her. She is a very active baby....almost crawling!! She isn't sitting yet, but will soon. She loves her walker and has just started to appreciate the jumparoo. She started baby food and is a big fan. She still doesn't eat a lot of milk, but does eat enough. She is finally sleeping really well again at night...goes to bed by 8 pm and sleeps 12-13 hours. However, she DOES NOT take long naps during the day (which drives me crazy!). She is pretty easy going as long as she's with Mom...she's super attached! She's also super cute! She gets lots of looks, I think b/c she's still pretty small. I heard one little girl at church say, "she has the smallest head on her I've ever seen!" And it's true...she has a teeny tiny head! Still looks EXACTLY like Daddy...good thing he's cute! I'm soooo looking forward to seeing her "hair"!

Summer's Officially Over!

Cade went back to school today, so our Summer's over! Today was his 1st day back at preschool...not sure if I'm happy or sad?! I'm happy for him b/c these last few weeks have been tough with Jack gone all day (for him having no one to play with and me having to play with him a lot!). But also sad b/c I'll miss my little buddy on MWF! Hopefully he'll like it...he was a little upset when I dropped him off. Poor kid doesn't understand why, "he can't go to Kindergarten and ride the bus, like Jack!" And yes, I've heard this EVERY single day since Jack's been going!

We've had a really good Summer (besides the obvious). We ended up going on several little mini trips and the boys had a lot of fun. Luckily, Lila Grace is a good car rider! By the way, for those needing an update, she's doing really well, too! She turns 6 mos in a few days so I'll post more then. Here's a pic of her. You can see her scar. It looks really good.

I'm really looking forward to Fall...It's my favorite time of year!

Tears for Fears

Ok...last night we did see some tears about Kindergarten (1st time all week, though!). I really thought we were in the clear since every day he wakes up early w/o complaining, is excited to go, comes home excited and has had no issues. However last night he said school was too long, "feels like 10 hours instead of 7!", his class is "way to loud" and "nobody listens to the teacher". I tried to give him the whole "we're so proud of you, you're already so much smarter" speech but he was not buying it! When exactly should I break it to him that school is no longer an option!? He's got many many many more years of this!



Anyways, I sent Eric up to save the day and bribery works like a charm! E promised him he could rent not 1, but 2 Wii games after school tonight...



I just want to add that I am soooooooo sick of playing the Wii with Cade now that Jack is gone!



I really think Jack was just super tired. Here's him in the bath this morning...

Kindergarten!!

Today is Jack's first day of school. Why is this so hard for me? I'm really really sad! Is it because he's my first? Is it because he's so sweet and innocent and that's sure to change after his first year at public school? Is it because he's always been a "Mama's boy"? Or is it just that it makes me feel really really old (selfish, I know!)? But I will say, E really put this one in perspective when he told me, "Just think. When Lila Grace starts kinder, I'll be 41". That's old! He always makes me feel so much better!

I really think he's just getting to be a "big" kid and no longer my baby. I really noticed things were changing when we went school shopping. First, he informed me he no longer wants to wear undies with "things" on them. They must be, "the plain ones, like Dad wears". Then when we went to get shoes, I was looking at the cute little skechers or even Nikes. He picked out these total skater shoes with bloody skeleton heads on them! I told him absolutely not! There's no way I can send him to kindergarten with those shoes on! We agreed on some skater looking Nikes (w/o skeleton heads!).

Anyways, he was more than excited to go. He said he can't wait to learn to read. He was especially excited about the bus and absolutely could not understand why I had to take him to school and he didn't get to ride the bus! I'm like please give your Mom a break already...this is tough enough!

It's 9:09...am I going to make it till 3:15 when he gets off the bus??? And then what about tomorrow....

ps. Cade's already complaining he has nobody to play with!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CADE!!!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear sweet cute CRAZY Cade
Happy Birthday to you

Dear Cade,
Today you turn 4 years old!! You're Dad and I are so excited for you. Especially because we are out of your TER-RI-BLE 3s! You turned the corner and are a joy to be around! You are so fun and funny. You love a crowd and the crowd usually loves you! You love to tell stories, joke around and trick people. You also love to sing and dance. You have your own rendition of nursery rhyme songs that you sing to Lila Grace and it's so sweet and so funny! You love playing legos and the Wii with Jack and you really look up to him. I can't believe you're turning 4! You're getting so big too fast! Keep making Mom and Dad laugh, Lila Grace smile and Jack "lighten up" when he gets too serious! We love you so much!

Love, Mom XOXO

ps. You also have the best hair of any 4 yr old I know!!!


Here's some pictures of Cade over the years and today....







Cade at 1

at 2

3

4

4

Bumper Baby

Do not try this at home!

Wedding Weekend

After our fun filled week with Ella Kate we all loaded into the car again and headed to my cousin Lana's wedding in Hays, KS. Hays is a small town in western KS where my Dad grew up. It was about 8 1/2 hours from McKinney. On the way there we stopped in Wichita to break up our trip. We let the kids swim and ate hibachi and krispy kreme donuts (yum!). The kids were really good in the car...Thank God!!!

We made it to Hays on Friday early enough to swim at the pool with the big blue slide. It's so funny b/c Hays has this one hotel with a HUGE blue slide that twists you around and around and then dumps you in the water. The kids absolutely LOVE it. We've stayed there a lot. I believe in the times we've stayed it's been a Days Inn, a Holiday Inn and now its a Ramada. The rooms aren't exceptionally nice, but they do have poolside rooms and they do let adults drink around the pool (woohoo!)...works great for us!! Between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning the kids swam a total of about 12 hours. They had a blast swimming with all the cousins! Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the blue tube...I think I was having too much fun hanging out poolside!

The wedding was really fun! Schmidt weddings are always fun and I'm sad to say this is probably the last one (boohoo!). Lana looked fabulous! We are so happy for her and Kyle. We had a great time at the dance !


Isn't she pretty?!

Aren't we cute?!

All the cousins!


If she only knew how good those donuts were!



The kids eating hibachi. Cade actually caught a flying shrimp! We are so proud!



2 cuties doin the cha cha slide!