Moez

Introducing the newest member of our family, Moez:

We weren't totally planning on getting a dog, but I looked online and saw this little guy and simply could not resist. He is a very busy dog that turned one year old just this month. We adopted him from PAL here in Tulsa. He is a Puggle (Pug/Beagle mix) but was bigger than his siblings so he was difficult to sell and ended up being given up for adoption. He already fits right in.

Little Artist

Now that Lillie is crawling, she is enjoying discovering all that she has been missing in her stationary life. In her explorations, she has recently found a new toy that she loves....the magna-doodle! The funny thing is, she actually puts the pen on the pad, like she knows what she is doing. Maybe she has a touch of her Aunt Hannah's creative side??

Lillie Finally Crawls

We have been waiting and waiting for Lillie to start crawlings, and last night she finally decided that it was time. Dan found her in the kitchen eating cat food. YEAH LILLIE! She has been crawling back and forth to the front door, so I thought I would share this little clip of her exploring her new found freedom.

Summer is on the way!

With summer well on it's way to Oklahoma, we loaded up this week for the first of many trips to the pool. This is Lillie in her little sun bathing outfit. Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of her in her swimsuit, but I'm sure one will eventually make it to the blog. The kids had tons of fun! Madison hasn't skipped a beat on her swimming. She jumped in that freezing cold water and picked up right where she left off. Eli is going to be a handful (big surprise). Right now he is a little of leary of the water, but it is obvious that is not going to last long. We had to fish him out twice. Lillie is going to follow the other two in a love for the water, she loved to kick and splash. It will be a busy summer (which makes for some really great afternoon naps!)

Finals, T-ball, Work and Pink Eye

This week has been absolutely crazy, but it is finally over. The week started with finals; luckily, I came through with good grades in all my classes, which was a good way to start the week. Wednesday, I returned to my old job and have worked every day since. Meanwhile, Madison has had t-ball in the evening and it has been a true juggling act trying to figure out what kids were going with what person in which vehicle. CRAZY! So, finally, Saturday arrived and Dan and the kids came to visit me at work. As soon as Eli walked in the door, I knew something was wrong with his eyes. So I called Brad, our friend the optometrist (who, by the way, is getting ready to open a practice in Broken Arrow behind Panara), and he confirmed my suspicion that Eli had pink eye. As the night has progressed I have been shocked at how awful his eyes have become, so I decided to post a couple of pictures, but this hardly does it justice...they are nasty.

Needless to say, it has been a crazy week. But, what are you gonna do?

My Little Prince

This post is really just for my sister, who has recently complained about the fact that I don't really have any recent pictures of Eli posted. This weekend I had the pleasure of going out of town with a couple of other girls in my community group for a ladies conference. It was absolutely wonderful and refreshing and as a added bonus my mom let the two girls stay the night Saturday night since I wasn't home until late. Consequently, Eli was the only child that needed getting ready for church on Sunday morning, which caused us to run unusually ahead of schedule. So, I decided to take a couple of pictures of the little man, who looked especially cute that morning. So here he is, my little prince:

Silly Hair Day

This week is silly week in Madison's class, and obviously today was silly hair day. As I was ratting up her hair this morning I told her, "The scarey thing is that people used to do this to their hair for real, not to be silly." She giggled and said, "I look like a lion." Madison would have done great in the 80's!

Heartbreaker: Game 2

We have had a lot of rain, so most of our games have been cancelled. Here are a few pictures from game #2. We had lots of fun watching the girls.

This is Addie...she caught me taking her picture and had to stop and pose.

Here is Hope jumping onto first base.

Catching up

Ok, so my computer has been down the last couple of weeks, so I haven't been keeping up with my blog. Tonight I'm going to try to get caught up. Sorry!

The other morning I woke up a little late, so instead of getting to slip into the shower while the kids were still in bed, I had to wait until after Madison was at school, leaving Eli and Lillie alone while I cleaned up. Surprisingly, my shower went uninterrupted, which I really enjoyed, until it occurred to me that this may not be a good thing. Especially since I had heard the stool in the kitchen scooting across the floor.

So, I got out of the shower and dried off and headed for the living room to check on Lillie. As soon as I turned the corner, there it was .... Lillie sitting in a pool of goldfish crackers. Eli, who cares very much for his little sister decided that she needed a snack, and took it upon himself to make sure that she was provided for. So, he extracted the package of goldfish from the top shelf of the cabinet and lovingly dumped the whole bag on Lillie's head, shaking any remaining crackers free all over the rest of the living room.

Lillie, was grateful for the little treat .... upon seeing me, she quickly began picking up the crackers and eating them. My first reaction was to discipline Eli, but then I realized he was simply babysitting while I was in the shower. So, I decided to be grateful for the quiet shower and go on, thankful for a son who loves his sister.

Heartbreakers: Game 1

Tuesday was Madison's first T-ball game. It was freezing cold and wet from rain the night before, but it was tons of fun. Between our family, Hope's family and Addie's family, the bleachers were packed. Luckily, Madison was one of the first batters. This is a picture of her with Coach Dani helping her get ready.

Madison nailed the ball after a couple of attempts and then headed to first base. But, oops, what's this? Madison get nervous about getting to first base and starts skipping! Needless to say, the ball beat her to the base.

Madison's next attempt at bat went much better. We all cheered as she made it around all four bases...running the whole way! That's right Madison scored a hit and an RBI all in one game. GO MADISON!!