Yellow Belts!

Blake & Bryce earned their yellow belts in Tae Kwon Do! Their ceremony was Friday night & they were so proud! So were we! Next is Green Belts! We start back on Monday....

Carnival Time

We went to Athens last weekend for the Fiddler's Reunion on the square. The little carnival was going on at the same time....well...with 3 kids you know where we ended up! After corn-dogs & funnel cake & visiting with some of James' old friends from High School, we spent our evening at the "way too crowded with weird people" carnival....the kids had a blast! I was glad when it was time to go...it was fun watching them, but I just do not do crowds well! You're amazed I loved HCMC & Hanoi now, huh?!?!!!! I took a ton of pics & will upload to FB, but here are my favorites!
Also, I am thinking of starting a new blog on WordPress...for those of you who use it, do you like it better than blogger???

I *Heart* My Blog Book!

Sorry about the glare...I didn't have much time! Oh, & nothing is blurred as it appears on my pics...that's just because I still haven't figured out this fancy camera to get everything in focus!!!

I recently had my blog printed into a book....2 years worth of entries! I LOVE IT! It came in the mail today...a couple of days early as it is my birthday present to myself! This cements for me that I will continue to blog. I can make a book once every year for under $100. Much cheaper than scrap-booking & I'm not that crafty or committed to the scrapbook thing anyway...kudos to those who are as they make wonderful gifts to pass along to your children someday! Mine will get a book :) In case you are interested, I had it done using SharedBook Blog2Print....Now, I may have to read it cover to cover (200 + Pages) tonight to remember the past 2 years!

Field Day & My Big Girl!

Bryce & Caleigh working on Legos

....see, this goes here....

Looking for something.....

Ah Ha! Found It! Blake & his friend Isaac.

Bryce & one of his friend Christian at field day....

Bryce in the gym on the Roller Racer...these are cool!

Bryce & his best buddy ...

Blake's team was the Ninjas.

The Cutest Ninja!

The boys had Field Day last Tuesday at school. It was the first time I left Caleigh with a babysitter...my sweet niece is now 16 & so responsible! So, I didn't worry a bit & had a great time out with the boys. We still have another week of school...boo!

On another note, my little girl is getting so big all of the sudden! She wants to play what the boys are playing & is actually really good with Legos since she is double-jointed in all of her fingers & can manipulate the hair & hats on & off, etc. of the little "man" as she calls them. She is trying to talk like crazy & is copying everything we say...her new words she added today are "play" & "golf-ball"
She doesn't cry anymore when we drop her at her Sunday School class. Thank goodness! It took exactly 4 weeks until we took her without tears....sweet girl!

She's Been Our Little Girl For 11 Months!

It has been 11 Months since Caleigh became our little girl! Blessed, grateful, lucky, overjoyed...no word seems to be enough to describe how we feel about this little soul! She is perfectly wonderful! Her favorite toy is her new Weeble Wobbles & their town/playground. She is so cute when she plays with it! She runs around & around it "spinning" like her Weebles do! Sweet girl...we just love her so much. In a month, we will celebrate our 1st Forever Family Day! Amazing!

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When You are Little.....

When You Are Little....You Can Do This!

Beautiful Weather

Feeding the birds.

I like to pick mommy's impatients!

Blowing a kiss....

We have had absolutely beautiful weather this week & we have been enjoying it so much!!! Texas heat will hit soon enough....oh, how I wish it could stay high in the 80's forever!

Bath-Time Baby

Bath-time is surely still her favorite time of the evening! I think she will absolutely love the pool this summer! It may be difficult to get her out of it though!

That's My Girl!

In a room full of her toys, she will pick Blake & Bryce's to play with. Her new favorite is their remote control dragon & dinosaur...she's figured it out & she thinks the glowing eyes are hilarious! That's my girl!

Mother's Day Weekend

Mother's Day weekend was nice. We went to my mom & dad's on Saturday & James' family's home on Sunday after church. My first Mother's Day as a mom of 3 & the business didn't disappoint! Here are a few pictures from my mom's house (I left my camera sitting on the table by the back-door when we went to J's mom's....) Caleigh is getting more & more animated & trying to run...she is kinda at a jog right now....saying lots of words & trying to repeat everything we say. She didn't want to take a nap today at all!!! She did under duress! Sat. & Sun. threw her off schedule in a big way, so I'm hoping she'll sleep good tonight since J is out of town for the week.

Take out the Trash & Please Do Feed the Bear!

I forgot my Home 10 Months Post! I can't believe it! Well, May 4th, we have been home 10 months with Caleigh. We're only 2 months away from our 1 Year Forever Family Day! Amazing...really...time has flown. She is turning into quite the little toddler, very busy & a willing helper. She is a good 'mommy' to her "bear bear" as she calls him...she feeds him & gives him drinks & he goes absolutely everywhere she goes...even to the mailbox! She like to help me put in trash bags, feed the dogs & give them treats, put laundry away & pick out her shoes. The girl loves her shoes & has definate opinions on which pair to wear each day. I find this so funny because at 8 1/2 the boys could still care less about what they wear! (shoes included). She asks for lip gloss when I put mine on & her own necklace when I put mine on. I think she's going to be quite the girly girl....I'm so lucky to be her mommy.

Just Play Time....

Too cute.

Her new molars on the bottom are all the way in...now the top ones have started....

She has just started going & picking a book off the shelf to "read".

Now it's actual "pretend play" with her doll house instead of just crawling on it!

Still amazed at how alike my kids look...I know they're from the same town in VN, but still....

The last few days have been so nice. The weekend was crazy busy & not much down~time. Yesterday was a "Monday". We had the Jog-A-Thon fundraiser at the boys' school & Caleigh & I 'worked' from 9:30 ~ 1:00. She crashed for a nap & then after school was just "play time". The boys played the Wii (until the arguing started!) and C & I just hung out watching. She loves her hats....she got up from her nap & picked one off the hat rack in my washroom. So funny this girl!
I have forgotten how busy May is...not much sleep for me lately & I'm reminded that I'll be 39 very soon, thus turning 40 next summer. It's kinda old don't ya think? Ugh!