Blake in the tree

Blake loves climbing the crepe myrtle tree in the backyard. He climbs in the tree and enjoys listening to his music and just hanging out. It's really cute!

Blake's Field Trip to the Arboretum

Blake's Kindergarten class had a field trip to the Arboretum. I was so excited to get to go with him. It was a gorgeous day and we had so much fun.

On the bus with Gabriel
The group we walked around with

Blake and Walt

We saw Miss Wolfe as we were walking around

Exploring
Miss Wolfe's class
Blake and mom
Blake and Liam

Spring Snow

Well this is the 4th time it has snowed this season, but this snow happened to be in spring. Yes, we received snow on March 21st, which was the 2nd day of spring. We didn't just receive a little snow, we got A LOT!! By this time, the boys weren't nearly as excited as the newness had worn off. We explained to them that snow 4 times in a season is Dallas is extremely rare. We bundled them up and they were off to enjoy it! I'm thinking that next year I should buy some better snow gear, but I'm sure the year I buy it we won't even have a snow day.

Snow ball fight
The snow was so thick
Another picture of our house covered in snow
Friends, Walt and Patrick, stopped by for a snow ball fight

Brooklyn's Sixth Month

Brooklyn had some major developmental milestones in her 6 month. About 2 weeks before her 1/2 birthday she started sitting up independently. She felt like sitting was not that big of accomplishment, so she needed to start doing the army crawl right after. Seriously? While I was extremely proud of her, I was really looking forward to the sitting phase without her being able to go anywhere. Oh well. She is still slow, but already getting into things. Keeping up with her big brothers has already inspired her it seems.

She continues to be a very happy baby. I am starting to see glimpses that she most likely will be a very determined little girl. Big brothers, Blake and Ben, continue to adore her and she loves to watch all that they do!

6 month stats

Weight: 17 lbs 10 oz - 75-90%
Height: 27.5 - 97%

Happy 6 months sweet girl!

Last bath in the baby tub

Ben always wants his picture taken with her. So sweet!
Still loves to jump
First time in the big bathtub

First time in her big car seat

Look who is sitting

Happy 6 months!

Playdate with College Roomies

I am so lucky that all of my college roommates live in the DFW area. We meet often for fun dinners, and we try to get together with all the kids when everyone is off school, summers, etc. So the Monday of spring break, we loaded up and headed to Syd's house in Arlington. It's always a little crazy when we have 12 kids together, but we always enjoy ourselves. It was also Brooklyn's half birthday so I brought a cookie cake for us to celebrate. I am so blessed to have such great friends and I always look forward to all of our kids getting to play together. We will soon have a bakers dozen when Jana has another precious girl in September. After that I think we might stay at 13, unless someone has a really big surprise! I never would of thought we would have 13 kiddos between the 4 of us. So fun!!

The big kids table + Milly

The little kids table
Brooklyn with her cake
Syd leading all the future Baylor Bears in a little sic'em bears! So funny!

Group shot.....all 12 of them

Silly faces

Rub a dub dub.......

three kids in the tub!!! This was the first time all 3 kids were in our bathtub. They had a blast!