summer lovin

meet my son, superman.

As we were cuddled up on the couch, Elias leaned in, and said:

Mom, I changed my first name to Superman. Superman Benjamin is my name. Spot's name is Superman too."

happy father's day...

...To the most wonderful man I know. You are so amazing, and I'm so thankful our children have the BEST daddy in the whole world.

where's the food?

Yum!

Wait, where's the food?

I'll try again

Mom, where's the food?

I came out of my room on Sunday morning, and there was Elias making his breakfast.

Me: Elias! That is way too much bread for your tummy! That will make you so sick.

Elias: But, Mom, that's what Scooby the dog and Shaggy do!

my life

I adore my kids. I love to capture them while they're doing their thing everyday, and sometimes that means hiding behind the scenes to get photos of them. These pictures will never win any awards, but man do they make my heart sing!

may's happenings

We had awesome weather, and we also had a week where I wasn't sure if I had moved back to Portland without knowing it! So much rain, but we made it through by...

dressing in costumes and eating our new favorite snack - graham crackers. 

Raelynn will ask for one every 10 minutes. 

On one of the nice days, they played in the pool with their cousins for the first time this year.

Simon and Raelynn attended their first parade.
Raelynn ate so much candy.

Eden and Lily had their birthday party, and there were a ton of water balloons to play with

 (she bit this and it exploded in her face...it was hilarious)

On one of the super rainy days, the kids made Simon a tent to play in.

Then, I made them a tent and it lasted until we had to set the table for dinner. 

Raelynn is always trying to keep up with her big brothers. 

Oh yeah, and Bryan accidentally gave Isaiah a bald spot while starting a haircut...

So he shaved their heads. While shaving Elias's head, we found a tick. Lovely.

7 months

Little man is still weighing in at 17 pounds. I'm not sure how that is possible because he has been eating and sleeping like crazy. I'm waiting for a growth spurt. 

~ He is eating like a champ

~ He rolls all over the place, and turns himself in circles

~ He is so close to sitting up on his own

~ He started sleeping in his crib in his own room & of course, the transition didn't phase him

~ He got his first tooth! His bottom left, and it's so stinking cute

~ He sleeps flat on his back. He is my first back sleeper

~ His noises are the best. He sounds like a baby pterodactyl (I definitely had to look up how to spell that) one second and then Chewbacca the next. 

~ He is talking and giggling so much