Pass the Steak...Please

Look out this sweet little girl has 7...count them 7 chompers.It's kind of hard to see, but she has 4 on top and 3 on bottom.

I think she just wants to skip the baby food and go straight to table food.

It's hard work...

...to go grocery shopping.

Sweet girl...she lasted about 30 minutes. When I saw that she was getting sleepy, I made her a little pallet in the basket. It didn't take her very long at all to tucker out. She spent the rest of the shopping trip this way.

I have to say though...she is growing so fast that by next month she will most likely be too long to nap this way.

Going to the Big D...and I DO mean Dallas!

The kids and I made our way up to Dallas a couple of weeks ago. Sydney had a check-up with her specialist in Ft Worth(She is doing great...they want to see her again in Oct.)

Since we had to make the trip anyway, we planned a family gathering. My oldest siblings(Ross had school, so he wasn't able to come...We missed ya Ra!) and I met up at Nicki's house for some fun...Fun...FUN!!! We hung out, went to see a drum line(that's what Nic called it, Ang and I say they were marching bands), and we went swimming.

Tenley wanted to be as tall as Mommy.
He didn't want to wake up...he was still sleepy.
"Hi there, Momma! Whatcha doin?"
This is Tenley's new thing...she posses with her hand in front of her face...I'm hoping it's a stage that passes quickly.
Sisters...Sisters...there were never such devoted Sisters! (What movie?) This was not a very good picture of me, but I thought they both looked nice so I sacrificed. Nicki(left, she's the oldest girl) Me(center, baby girl) and Angela(Right, middle sister).

Sweet Sydney and Aunt Anch.

Cousin Ethan and Uncle D.
Tenley must be telling a doosey, cause Sydney is pulling her ear and Ang is giving me a look.
Oh, how they love their Aunt Anch! (Ang doesn't know it yet, but she is going to be an awesome Mom)
All the kiddos with Aunt Anch.

As you might have guessed...Tenley was tired of taking pictures. She just wanted to go play! Sydeny wanted Miles' ball. Ethan on the other hand was all smiles. I'm not really sure what Miles is looking at, but it's not the camera.
Such a sweet brother...he was sharing his bouncy ball. He loves his sisters, oh so much!!
She is going to figure it out...just you wait and see.

So, I don't know why I have more pics of Ang with the kids than I do Nic or Dwayne. My only guess is they must have ran away every time I pulled the camera out.

I'm so excited Sydney is going to have a little girl cousin to play with when we go up to Colorado to visit.Finally...Aunt Nic with all the kiddos! I have to say...Nic is a pretty awesome aunt, she loves all four of her nieces and nephews so much. But then, my kids are not suffering from a lack of aunts and uncles that love them, they are blessed more than they know.

Nic, thanks for letting all of us bombard your home!! We need to plan another trip like this one(and make sure Ra can come).

Brotherly/Sisterly Love...

Does it get any sweeter...
...Well maybe if the sweet moments were not interrupted by the fights and fits!

Who's a Big Girl???

Sydney Clair...that's who!

She has several new things to report...

She sits up all by herself.

Her first tooth has made it's appearance...one down...lots more to come.

Give her a couple of weeks and she will be crawling...she gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth like a pro.

I just can't believe how much she is growing and changing. I swear it feels like I just had her, and here she is knocking on the 6 month mark.

A message from the kids to Pop...

"Pop, we miss you!"

My family reunion(Mom's side) is the first weekend in August. My Dad hates the 10 hr drive down! So the kids and I thought we would give him a little...shall we say...incentive to make the trip!

"Pop, if you don't come in August...it will be Christmas before we see you"

Clearly I don't have an eye...

...for taking pictures.

I used to think that if I just kept taking pictures that eventually I would get better at it, but I have given up on that logic...now my plan is just to snap away and hope that if I take a 100 pics I will find at least one or two "keepers".

After the wheat around our house way bailed, it looked so pretty the kids and I loaded down a stroller, grabbed the camera and headed out for a picture shoot.

I would like to point out these pictures were taken before my new concept for taking pictures was thought up...so they are what they are...sorry!

Sydney...

My little cow girl...Grandnanna bought her this adorable dress.
Poor baby...the sun was so bright that day
"MOMMA I'M DONE!!!!"

Forget it...I'll just sleep

Miles...

You know how women say they feel naked without their make-up? Well that's how I think Miles' feels without his cap.
He always has smiles to share...
"CHEEZZZ"
Where did he go?
There he is!
I don't know why, but I love profile shots.
Yup...I love profile shots...
"Super CHEEEZZZZZ"
My attempt at a clever shot...really it make me dizzy to look at it.

Laughing shots are almost as good as profile shots.

Tenley...

My pretty girl...she just hopped right up there are started smiling for the camera.

Man, that necklace is bright.

"Here Momma, take my picture"

All There...
It was a little harder trying to get this one...trying to get there kids to cooperate is like...well let's just it hard.
I'm an optimist...I CHOOSE to believe that it will be better when Sydney can hold herself up
And here we have...Miss Serious, Mr Whatever, and Little Miss Sleepy
I think this is the best one we got.

Whew...I'm tired! I now understand why photographers have assistants...