Journal Stuff

The past few weeks have been so busy. I am sorry that I have nothing at all clever to say, just some documenting to do for my own journaling purposes.

Mahri came to visit two weeks ago from VA. The kids all fell in love with her. She is one of those rare friends that you come across and realize that you have known before. String Cheese felt a special connection to her. Mahri always makes me feel so good about myself that I want to be stronger and better and somehow I am able to be when she is around. We had a great time and the kids are begging for her to come play again!

Loumy had his first soccer season. He took it VERY seriously. He has a lot of skill for one so young but it hasn't transferred to the field just yet. He mostly has a very serious scowl on his face as he runs quickly near the ball. It was a short Spring season and by the last game he was getting much more involved. He really loves sports and the idea of being part of a team thrills our little man.Deedle has played a full year now and seems to like it fairly well. But I'll tell you, it was not good when a little girl from another team pulled on her shirt to try to get to the ball. I don't know if I ever mentioned it, but Deedle is rather fiesty. I'll leave it at that. She likes to kick the ball, although is not necessarily concerned with the direction. And she gets really ticked off at the end of a game if she hasn't scored. But she enjoys it well enough that she wanted us to sign her up for next year. And I must mention, though I have no photos at the moment, that String Cheese is turning into a very good little player. I am so proud of her. She is quick and getting more and more skilled all the time.

Finn even came to "watch" their last game. Thanks to the soccer mom who held him for me since I also had to coach Deedle's team.

It is dance time again. We've been having lots of practices and rehearsals for various performances. The first was today and then there will be a big one in June where the girls will each perform two dances. They are doing tap this year with Mrs. Peek. She is so cool and reminds me exactly of Jackie Hearn. I hope that she doesn't have to retire soon because she is an awesome teacher. Deedle danced to "Woody's Round Up" from Toy Story 2 and SC danced to "Tip Toe Through the Tulips", which Mrs. Peek played for them on a record player while they practiced. :) Now that's my type of dance school! Old school.

When I asked Deedle to pose after her performance today I heard her saying softly to herself, "Sassy. Sassy pose." I'll say.

And now I will have to start a new post because it is way too hard to move the pics to where I want them!

So Big!!!

At Finn's appointment yesterday (just over 10 weeks now) he weighed in at 8 lbs 11 oz!!! Typically pediatricians like to see babies double their birth weight by 4 months. Since Finn started at 3, 8 we are WAY ahead of the game. Nice growing, baby boy!!!

P.S. Have I mentioned how much I adore my baby? He brought so much happiness and peace with him!

8 Weeks and Chubby Cheeks

I am loving having my baby Finn so so so much. I pretty much just hold him all day every day. When I do put him down, he is so sweet and good. I don't know exactly how much he weighs. I have a digital scale and I tried to figure it out by weighing myself and then holding him and weighing myself again. So, let's say the scale said I weigh 400 pounds (fairly accurate at this point), I would pick him up and it would say 406.5. Then I tried again and it said 407. So I tried it again and it said 406.5. Then I got way too depressed from getting on and off the scale so I stopped. Anyway, Finn weighs somewhere close to 7 pounds now. He is growing so fast!

To celebrate his 8 weeks of birth (or just because we all happened to be together at my parent's house) we took some photos of Finn with his 3 boy cousins who were all born within 4 months of each other. My niece, Amber, also had a baby girl during this time but, regrettably, she lives on the on the opposite end of the country.The boys with their mamas are Jesse & Nancy, Israel & Ashley, Lewis & Kristen, Miles & Me. Jesse and Miles are first cousins. Israel and Lewis are first cousins and cousins-once-removed to Jesse and Miles (because Kristen and Ashley are my nieces). But our kids don't know any difference between which people are their cousins and which are their aunts/uncles in this family sometimes because...well...the age differences and all that. Too much typing. The End.