School Started!

Well today was the first day of preschool/MDO!! Ryan is in preschool 3 days a week and Emma is in MDO 2 days a week. I am sooooo glad it started, I love order and routine and love the little break it gives us. Here are some photos from the first day!

At home we are still all smiles or all goofy!

Just the big kids!! I had told them to put hands in their laps for the photo and they were sooo serious about it! I love that Emma had a ponytail in we will see if its still there when we pick her up!

Backpacks on and ready to go. Emma could barely walk with hers--too heavy!

Walking into school!

I am ready to go in my room!!

Then after that photo we put her in the class room and she started screaming. We quickly left and she was still crying--I am sure she did fine and eventually will love it. Ryan walked right into his room with no problem. I am anxious to get them to see how today went. My sweet babies are getting soooo big and to think ahead, next year they will all be there!

I want a donut too!!

The other morning Mike brought donuts home for breakfast--often he does this when he has been at work!! Well Abby thought she should have some too! For about 15 minutes she sat on the counter trying to get into the donut box!! It was too cute!

Sitting in the bumbo thinking about those donuts

Ahh I can reach them

If only my hand tasted like them

More please!

She is starting to get into things!! We are in trouble!

Abby's Baptism

We had Abby's baptism this past weekend. Family came in town and we had a small celebration afterwards at our home. It was a great event--she barely fussed, and the bigger kids were okay!! Here are some photos from the weekend

Abby's hand in mouth--constantly!! She wore the same gown Emma wore and its a family heirloom that several of my cousins have worn!! Its precious--now its sad to think I will keep it until there is another girl baby in our extended family that wants to wear it or til my girls or my nieces/ nephews have babies!!!

All around the holy water.

Momma smelling the chrism--oil they put on the babies head during the ceremony--mmm I love the smell

An attempt at a family photo--ryan was wired and acting crazy, emma was done and ready for a nap

Godparents admiring their Goddaughter!

Great Grandma Gomez--too bad Abby was soooo unhappy at this point!

Our cake for Abby which was yummy!

Sweet Anna and Ryan lovin on each other

The big boys having some fruit--Crazy that they are about to be Kindergartners!!

My girls-- too bad Ryan did not want to be in the photo!!

That about sums up the weekend, it was a great one!! Thanks family for coming and supporting our little girl at her baptism.

Food Food Food

So Abby hit the four month mark beautifully!! Wow has time flown by!! We had our four month check up and sweet chunk a dunk did great. She weighed in at 14lbs 14 oz (75%) and was 23 in long (25%). We have started all the kids on cereal at 4 months so Abby was no different. We started cereal and we are still working out the kinks!!

First Bites

I dont think I like this very much

Everyone was there to help!! Yes Ryan has work goggles on in case it got too messy!!

Really not sure about this stuff

As the days have progressed she is getting a little bit better. I know it will be here too fast and she will be eating everything her siblings eat!!

Texas Summer

Well today was a hot hot hot day!! I think it was 100' this afternoon!! So I needed my kids to run off some energy and get outside a little-- so we went swimming in the inflatable pool. They had a blast. Well Abby wanted nothing to do with the water--I dont know if it was because it was cold, or it the big kids were splashing too much or if it was when Ryan got in her floatie!! Here are some pics from the day!!

Ryan in the floatie--mind you the water is not even a foot deep so he in this sinks to the bottom!

Emma preparing for the dismount

Wee down we go

Splash!!

Sweet Abby just relaxed in the chair--she did have a fan on her!

Ryan relaxing in the pool waving--he is turning into such a goofball--wait he always has been one!

This is the setup-- three kids, two dogs, two wee woos, four chairs, a table, a fan, an umbrella, a play system and a swimming pool!!

A zoomed view!!

They had fun!! And because of that fun they are all peacefully tucked in for the night at 745pm and I will see them again in the morning at 7am to start again--to see what fun we can have tomorrow!!!

Staycation

We went on what I call a little staycation because we stayed in Texas!! We went at the end of July to San Antonio for a night then to Austin for a night. In San Antonio we went to the new JW Marriott Hill Country Resort and it was awesome!! Wish we could have stayed and swam there for a week.

Getting ready to head to the pool!! There pool had a little kid area with slides, a lazy river, big slides (Ryan and Daddy went on) and then the whole big pool was only 3 feet!!

The kids heading down a slide!

Ryan getting splashed

Abby was there too! She was sunbathing!

Heading out of the resort--my serious crew!!

I don't have any pictures from Austin!! In Austin we left all three of our kids with Jake and Sarah for a mommy/daddy night away. The kids did okay not great but thanks to jake and sarah for managing six kids for a night. Even though Mike and I had the chance to sleep in we were still up at 8 am and ready to go get our kids!! Overall it was a fun time for everyone!!

We are now just anxiously waiting for Preschool/MDO to start-- I think I am more ready than anyone!! Its so HOT here we spend lots of time watching movies and playing indoors hence why I am ready to send them somewhere for a few hours a week!!