Happy Birthday America!!!

We started out our 4th of July festivities at Clint's work on the 3rd.  The Brigade did a 4 mile run in the morning and then his Company fed us breakfast.

 Really?  Can we get a decent picture please?

 On the morning of the 4th we headed to Belton, bright and early, to get a spot for the parade.  Morgan is waiting patiently for her hand delivered breakfast of McDonald's pancakes.

 More waiting :)

 So sleepy.  We were only 3 hours early for the parade.

 Playing monster trucks.

 Grayson was such a good boy through all the noise and heat!  Actually we were quite lucky.  It was only about 95 degrees.  It could have been way worse!

 Waiting for lunch at our favorite Mexican restaraunt!

 

 Checking out the petting zoo at the festival.



A Few Pictures from June

Morgan and Jackson ran the Race to Read again this year.  Here they are with BFF Bella and their new books!

I'm not sure if I ever mentioned it, but Morgan was selected to be on the dance team at her dance studio.  She has dance 4 days a week all summer long, and has been working very hard.  Here she is stretching during "parent observation week".  She will hopefully have her splits down by the end of summer break :)

Morgan was playing with my camera the other day and this is one of the pictures I found.  She really loves her baby brother.  I have a feeling they're going to be very close.

She really wanted Grayson to take a nap with her the other day.  She even let him snuggle with her precious Twinkle Toes pony.  Unfortunately, he never did fall asleep for her.

Grayson is 3 Months Old!!

1 Month

2 Months

3 months

Grayson is talking and smiling a lot these days.  He even laughed for us this week!  He is taking naps better during the day now and still sleeping very well at night (in his swing).  He absolutely loves people.  Especially his big brother and sister.  And they love him lots as well.  He is a little ray of sunshine beaming through our home.  He's constantly moving his legs.  And sometimes it looks like he's about to jump up and start running around with the older kids. 

Morgan's Last Day of Pre-K

I had the opportunity to go to Morgan's last day of school. They had a fun party and a talent show. Morgan is so excited for Kindergarten! She learned so much this year. I was so hesitant to send her to Pre-k but I am sure glad I did. Despite a few issues, she had a wonderful year. She can read now and do a little bit of adding and subtracting.


Morgan and her best friend Lilly.


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Just a Few Pictures

I love this little snuggle bug!


He's so happy (most of the day).


Morgan loves her baby brother and wants to help as often as she can (unless he's crying, then she covers her ears and runs away).


Jackson is little Mr Mom! He loves to help too and soothes Grayson whenever he's crying.


Grayson is becoming quite fond of his siblings. He lights up at the sound of their voices.








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2 Months Old

Grayson is 2 months old now. I hated his check up :( Those shots are nasty! He weighed in at 9 lbs 8 oz (5th percentile) and 24.4 inches long (70th percentile). We started out holding him all night to get him to sleep more than an hour, then moved him to the swing, then at 5 weeks he started sleeping through the night in his crib. He reverted back to the swing, and now he's back to wanting to be held all night. BUT, he's still sleeping all night so I don't mind holding him :)


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6-1-2013 Morgan's Dance Recital With SDC

I tried to get some pictures of Morgan at her recital but the girls were so rowdy and I was taking care of all 4 of them plus Grayson by myself. Needless to say, I won't be volunteering again to be "class mom" as long as I have a baby to deal with! I did get a few videos and this picture of my favorite outfit.  Her ballet one.  They danced to "Journey to the Past" from Anastasia and when I tried to record it I accidently only took a picture and didn't realize it until after the dance was over.

I had a lot of fun putting makeup on her and I think she enjoyed it too :)  She couldn't stop looking in the mirror!

Ha Ha Ha

Again, sorry for the poor quality.  I really shouldn't use my phone to record anything.  Morgan is on the left.