Gregory's 8th Birthday

Gregory had two parties this year. We had a few of Greg's friends over for a party on Friday. There were five boys, plus Gregory. They were pretty excited about the party!!
Smashing the pinatas!!


Playing in the pool


Playing Rock Band



Opening presents


Eating cake


On Saturday we had another party with family.

The Spongebob cake!!(I love decorating cakes :)



Opening presents


All of the kids




Gregory



And here are some other pictures from those two days :)

Auntie Judy & Benny




Uncle Steven & Layla



Kaylea & Layla


Great Grandma & Ben


Boba & Layla

A little update....

I have been falling WAY behind on my blog....so much to do and no time to do it! Let's see....


Layla had her first haircut June 4th. That was pretty exciting. She actually sat really nice for the hairdresser.



Benny is growing up so fast. He no longer just lays in one place he is rolling over and he can pull himself anywhere he wants to go. A couple times he has even crawled a little. He is almost sitting on his own, too.





Natalie, Homer Jr and Gregory all worked really hard in school. And each of them passed their grades. So...Natalie will go into the 12th grade...Homer into the 11th grade...and Gregory into the 3rd grade in the fall!!




I think that is all for now... I will try to update more often :P

Our May Birthdays

Today is Natalie's 17th birthday!!! Here are some pictures from today.
The cake (decorated by myself)



Opening presents



All the kids



Singing "Happy Birthday"



Blowing out the candles




Yesterday was Grandma's birthday. Here are some of the pictures from that party.
The cake (another of my creations)



The birthday girl and Benny


Opening presents


Natalie & Layla blowing bubbles


Four Generations


We sure had a busy couple of days. We are all partied out!!!

A growing boy

Benjamin had to have his 2 month shots on Friday. Yes, two months old already! I can hardly believe it myself! Anyways, he is weighing in at 12lbs 10oz!! That means he has already gained 5lbs!!! Gregory and Layla were such slow weight-gainers. Gregory weighed 13lbs at four months old and Layla weighed 12lbs at four and a half months! I guess that means that Benny is going to be a healthy boy:)
A pic of him in his bouncer



And a pic of him smiling. What a beautiful smile:)




Anyway, Benji is doing great. The needle didn't bother him at all! He's one tough baby:)

Easter 2009

We had a great time on Easter. No one was sick so that was an added bonus:)

Some pics from the egg hunt Sunday morning.





Opening their presents from the Easter Bunny!!






And the kids with our beautifully dyed Easter eggs!!

10lbs 14oz

Benji and I had our 6 week checkup this past week. I can't believe that he is already weighing 10lbs 14oz. He is growing too fast! The Dr put him on medication for reflux. His tummy has been really bothering him. The meds seem to be working now, though. Overall he has been doing alright. Like I said, growing like a weed. And he has been smiling more and more.


Everyone, including Layla, is LOVING having Benny around. He is a great baby brother!

One month old!!!

So my little baby Benji is one month old today! I can't believe that a month has already passed by! He is a good baby. And he has just started to smile. He is weighing 9lbs 8oz. He has really grown! Here are a few pics from the last couple days!





Happy One-Month to you, Benjamin!