A week in review

Baylor has been getting quite confident with his sitting up skills. He just needed to work on his balance a little more. a friend of mine suggested I put him in the laundry basket, that way if he tipped over, he could catch himself and push back up, vs. slamming to the ground. He loves sitting in the basket, and will play very happily for 30 min. or so :o).

Hollen 3

On Sunday May 18th the boys were invited to a Birthday party for 5 children at our church. They all have Birthdays around the same time, so their parents decided to all throw a joint party since they would all be inviting the same kids anyways.

Hannah 3 (she and Hollen are twins) Claire 4 Will 4, this is Brayden's buddy! Keenan 5, he and Bennett are great friends from Sunday school

Bennett swinging at the pinata Brayden swinging at the pinata Brayden enjoying the cake yum... yum... slurp... slurp... as he would say! Bennett and blue teeth from the frosting :o).

On Monday May 19th we had our last Mommy and Me gathering until school starts back up in the fall. This is Baylor definitely enjoying the party showing his sweet gummy grin. I know it won't be to much longer before he gets some pearly whites, so I'm enjoying his gummy smiles as much as I can for now!!! This is Brayden and some of his friends. From Left to Right: Logan, Issac, Sadie, Will, Lucy, and Brayden. They were all laying there getting tickles from Logan's mommy, Mary.

When we got home from Mommy and Me, Uncle Danny and Aunt April were here for the day. They were in Tucson for a long weekend for April's grandfather's 90th B-day, so they came to spend a day with us. It also happened to be Bennett's graduation from pre-school. We went out to Red Robin's per Bennett's request for lunch. You see, we watch Jon and Kate plus 8 and on one episode they took Madi to Red Robin's on her special day and he had been wanting to go ever since for his special day. When I asked where he wanted to go, I knew he would pick there :o). The food was good, but the company was even better. Thanks Danny and April for coming to visit us.

At 4:30 that afternoon, Bennett had his promotion to Kindergarten. He is when they called his name and said, "Bennett said when he grows up he wants to be a Pastor." He has been saying this for nearly 2 yrs. now, and of course he melted all the hearts of everyone in the audience. He was the only child to pick Pastor for his future profession. It's so neat to think about what he and his brothers will become one day. Bennett and his best friend from pre-school, Owen. Owen will also be going to the same Kindergarten as Bennett. They are 2 peas in a pod :o).

This is the cake that his teachers had for the kids on their last day Wednesday May 21st. Mrs. Terre reading to the class for the last time. It was a book about going to Kindergarten. sniff sniff. That was such an emotional day for me. I could not stop crying. He has had an amazing year and has grown and learned so much. The teachers put together a video for each child which started at the beginning of the school year to the end with various activities they did. The last part was a picture of each child on their first day and a picture of them in a little cap and gown on one of their last days. It was so amazing to see how each child had grown and transformed over the last 9 months. I'll try to scan in the pictures for you all to see. We again are reminded of how blessed we are!

Bennett enjoying cake at his last day of pre-school.

Bennett with Mrs. Terre

Bennett with Mrs. Ali

Here is Baylor at the end of the week after 5 days in the laundry basket. He is now sitting well on his own. Yeah such a big boy!!!

Here is another funny picture of Baylor. He for the last 8 1/2 months has always been in the same spot I put him when I come back. The other day I came back after just a few minutes and he managed to roll and move off the blanket and was laying on the floor just looking at me, saying look what I did! I was shocked at first and then realized well big bubba, it's about time you decided to get moving :o). He is so content to just sit and watch all the activity around him.

Also notice the little burp cloth on top of him. He takes these things everywhere. I guess they are his security blanket, now he chews on a corner, so they are nice and soggy :o). He also loves the little bunny above him, he chews on the bumpy feet.

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Well that's all for now, sorry to take so long updating, I had so much to upload and knew it would take forever and had to wait until I had lots of time to do it!