Swimming

We took our first trip to the new aquatic center in town. We went with David's friend Noel and his family and it was a lot of fun. They had a little swim area for the kids with the climbing toy in it and the big bucket of water that dumps. There was a lazy river and one big water slide. It was perfect for the kids and they both had a great time. Sierra even went on the big water slide twice, once with daddy on an inner tube and once with me without one. She definitely liked going on the inner tube better because we went under water when I took her down. She didn't cry about it, but I think she got water in her nose (I did). Reece went down the little water slide lots of times with mommy and daddy and really liked it. All in all it was lots of fun and we'll probably try to go back soon.

Bubba fell in the mud outside while we were eating lunch. He walked over with his hands out saying "Uh-oh".

Dirty fingers.

Movin' On

Well Reece is officially finished with physical therapy. We went to his last appointment today and his therapist said he didn't really need to see him anymore. Reece has done so well since starting therapy and I've really loved seeing him progress each week. I'd never realized what a big help it was, and what a difference it could make. When he started therapy in March Reece was barely able to pull up to standing and now only 5 1/2 months later and he's a walking machine. He's still going to be checked up on every few months for evaluations to make sure he's on track, but other than that we're done. Here's some shots from our last day.

He's loved climbing up onto these couches since our first day (actually on our first day he couldn't even get up, but he wanted to really badly, and now he's doing it with ease.)

Standing outside of the building after our appointment.

Here's the pictures of the damage Sissy caused. It really isn't noticeable when I do her hair in that comb over style (which is the way her hair naturally falls anyway). I think she might have got a little bit of her bangs on the right side, but you can definitely see the sections that are missing when I pull back the front.

Take a Guess!

Can you guess what happened at our house this morning? Lets start from the beginning.
I went to bed really late last night because I couldn't stop watching the Olympics, they didn't get over until 1am and I get up at 5 to get ready for work. I knew I was going to be tired, but I couldn't turn off the TV. When I finally did wake up it was to the realization that I'd hit the snooze button 4 times and was now running very late so I jumped into the shower and started getting ready as quick as possible. Sierra came into the bathroom before I was out of the shower and sat on the toilet while I was getting ready. I sent Sierra into the other bathroom to bring me my comb and it took her a little longer than it should've but I figured she just got sidetracked. I finished getting myself ready and I got her dressed and we headed to the bathroom to do her hair. She wanted to wear a particular bow so I was going to pull her hair up into a single ponytail, I wetted her hair and started combing and it all went downhill from there. As I combed her hair there were huge chunks of hair coming out in my comb. Of course, I immediately started freaking out, I couldn't see anything that looked like it had been cut, so it seemed like her hair was just falling out. I was near tears and there was obviously panic in my voice because David came in to see what was up. I showed him the hair and he asked Sierra if she'd cut her hair. She said yes and showed him a little pair of nose hair trimmers that were in the flip down drawer in front of the bathroom sink (I didn't even know we owned a pair of those). I cannot believe that my daughter cut her own hair. luckily her hair is curly and it's not really noticeable at all unless your looking for it, but she wont be able to wear her hair up for a long time probably. It didn't help that I was in a huge rush to get to work either so I didn't have a chance to really sit down and examine her head until I got there. The damage could have been a lot worse. It was her first haircut, too.
Pictures of the little hairstylist to come.

Thanks A Bunch

A big THANK YOU to my best friend Shannon for the new blog design. She made my header too and I love it. She's really talented with digiscrap too, I think I should take some lessons.

Skyfest 2008

WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES


The kids and I went to the Air Show at the Air Force Base today with Michelle, and Mel and her family. We only made it to the last few hours so we missed the parachuters, which would've been really neat, but we got to see the Blue Angels which was what I was most excited for. I wanted to get some pics of the kids in an airplane, but there were really long lines so I settled for some in front of the planes instead. Sierra was not impressed at all by the noise so I had to buy some earplugs for her. She started screaming immediately whenever a plane came near us. They were actually really loud, but Reece didn't seem as bothered with it as she was, she inherited her Daddy's sensitive ears.

Sierra leaned in and kissed him right before I took the shot, it was so sweet.

A rare glimpse of Mommy, this is where Sierra was loosing her mind, hence the fingers in the ears, she would cling tighter to me anytime she heard the planes nearby.
She spent most of the day like this, even after the earplugs.
Inside one of the planes, looking out.
Sitting in the plane withe cousin Faith
Bubba was such a good boy the whole time.

A sweet little snuggle with Auntie Melanie.
I don't think Sissy could hear me very well with those plugs in.
Blue Angels.


Cargo plane, I'd never realized they opened both from the front and back, it was pretty neat to see.
A closeup of the front of the cargo plane.

It was really hard to get good pictures of the planes in flight. This is one of the times the Blue Angels crossed by each other.

Quick Update

I haven't had a chance to blog for a while, my Internet was down this past weekend (very irritating). Not much new has been going on here. Reece is walking up a storm, I can definitely say now that walking is his preferred method of travel, he's even wanting me to put him down and not carry him everywhere when we're out. I don't always let him down out in public because he still falls quite a bit and has to put his hands down on the floor to stand back up, so he can't be down in an icky places. Sierra is doing great. Not much change with her actually other than that I found out she isn't the greatest listener in class and is a bit of a class clown. I think she's going to take after her Daddy on that one, always wanting to be the enter of attention. I've had a few words with her about her behavior in class though and I'm hoping the teacher will start laying down the rules, I think they let her get away with too much because she's cute and I work there, they probably don't want to be too strict with her, but I'd rather she be well behaved.

Sierra got a package in the mail today form her friend, Natalie, in Texas. It was a birthday present and she loves it. It's a little dolphin family, Thanks Shannon! She's played with it all evening, even wanted to take it in the tub, but I said NO.

I got the kids these little long johns from the Dollar Store today. Every now and then I get some really good finds and this was one of them. I couldn't find a matching pair in a girly color for Sierra so she ended up with Navy blue, but that way Reece can wear them when he's a little bit bigger, so it worked out. I took some pics of them together in their new Jammies.

This picture is so adorable, I love Reece's squish face. I couldn't get him to cooperate and give his sister a hug, so she had to force him.

Another forced hug, but very sweet results.

Big walking boy, he's so proud of himself.

Can you tell I was tickling them to get real smiles?