Sunday at the Park

We spent the morning at the park with Carrie and Milo. It was a new park for Maddie, so she was well entertained.

John and Lindsay's Wedding

Saturday evening we attended the wedding of Kent's friends, John and Lindsay. It was a really pretty ceremony at a gorgeous location. Our kids looked pretty adorable in their dresses, too.

Maddie rearranges the flowers in the fountains while searching for "fishies."


Sophie being her usual sweetheart self.


The ceremony:


The cocktail hour is just not the same with two little ones. . .

Groovy!

Here's Sophie with her new favorite hand-me-down. It's not the groovy onesie, that's new from Grandma Connie. Her new favorite place to play is Maddie's old bouncing horse. Whee!

The Graduate!!!!

Is there a doctor in the house? Well, yes there is! My "little" sister's name is now followed by the letters: PHD!!! We are all so proud of her hard work!

You know, if you weren't such an over-achiever, your husband would have an easier time helping you with your outfit.


Here she is on her way to line up. Since she was seated on the platform, she was at the end of the line. It must be tough being so smart and beautiful at the same time!


Look closely, it's our little Jessie giving a commencement speech!! I was a bit in the back having to man my two kids and all, but I sure was one proud big sister!

Cherries Jubilee

All dressed up Monday evening for Aunt Jessie's big event!!!

Even More Father's Day Pics

Maddie discovers Cool Ranch Doritos, just try and pry the bag from her hands.

More Father's Day

Here is a picture me with my Dad.


Here's "little" Emmet. At 3 1/2 months, he is no light-weight!


Grandma Mel and Sophie


Sophie with Emmet's Grandpa. There is no blood relationship, but there seems to be a resemblance.

Daddy's Day: The Afternoon

We headed to Riverside so we could celebrate with my Dad, new Daddy Adam and his family. In the above picture Maddie dines on one of her favorite things, PBandJ, while Kent enjoys one of his favorites, you know what it is. We lounged in the yard all day and dined on pizza for dinner.

Father's Day: The Morning

Father's Day morning, Maddie took great care signing and decorating cards from her and Sophie. Then we delivered them, along with coffee, to Daddy who was under strict orders to stay in bed!

Happy Anniversary

Kent and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary this weekend. FYI, we will have been together for 15 years this fall, now that is impressive!. Grandma Connie generously agreed to babysit our girls while Kent and I went out, that's right, all by OURSELVES! What a treat! We went to our favorite Mexican restaurant and enjoyed dinner on the patio. We were scolded when we returned home at 8:30, but we had been gone for three whole hours, and at the end of the day, we love being home with our family!



We took pictures of each other at dinner. Silly, but whatever.

Bubbles

Sophie had her first experience with bubbles thanks to Grandma. She has an amazing amount of stamina when it comes to entertaining our kids.

Santa Monica

Grandma Connie arrived last Thursday for a fun filled (packed) weekend: Father's Day activities, anniversaries, and graduation events. We took her to Santa Monica on Saturday for a walk and a little shopping.

Slip and Slide

Ethan invited Maddie over earlier this month to try out the slip and slide she gave him for his birthday. The sliding part turned out to be a bit difficult, but as you can see, both girls clearly had a good time!

Father's Day 2007

An early Father's Day gift for an incredible father. I hope you enjoy it.

Saturday

I went to dinner this evening with two of my girlfriends. While we get together frequently with our kids, going out without them is pretty rare. I had a great time, and the kids had fun with Daddy, too. It looks like they must have played pretty hard while I was away because they are down for the count!

Eight Months and Counting

Sophie is eight months old! She is starting to crawl; she can get up on her hands and knees, but only goes backwards. She likes to feed herself and eats some table foods: bananas, peas, and carrots. She's a great sleeper, but an early riser. She is looking forward to spending a lot of time with her mommy this summer, only 10 more days of the school year!

Sophie Loves Barney

Sophie loves Barney, or at least this Barney book.

Park #2

After feeding the ducks, we went to a second park where the girls could play. Maddie requested I post this picture of her looking like a monkey.


Sophie apparently likes the park swing as much as the one in our yard. Here you can see her two little teeth.

Park #1

Today I took the girls to two different parks. At the first one, we, well just Maddie, fed the ducks. I kept trying to get Sophie to notice them and acknowledge that this was a special event, but she was oblivious.

Am I supposed to be excited about this? I am too cute to care!


Maddie kept shaking her bag of bread and calling, "Here duckies, I have some bread for you." Then she couldn't figure out why they wouldn't come close to her.

Pics of the Week

Madeline is resting peacefully after a day without fevers and only a few crying episodes. I think she is on the road to recovery.


Look at this sleepy head! She fell asleep in the swing this week, and although she looked a bit uncomfortable, I took some pictures anyway.


With a few adjustments, she seems to be resting a little easier.

Sick Maddie!

Well, we had an excellent run of good health with both kids since taking Maddie out of preschool. Then last Friday I took Maddie to work with me, and she has been out of commission ever since. It started Tuesday with a phone call from Betty who said Maddie was crying and wouldn't eat. Kent picked her up, she promptly threw up in the car and had a temperature of 102.5 when they arrived at the urgent care. She was diagnosed with a stomach virus, but hasn't thrown up since. Wednesday she began to complain of a sore throat, so Kent took her to our regular doctor where she was diagnosed with Hand-foot-mouth disease. I guess it is a common virus, although she has nerer had it before. So she continues to battle her fever which is worrisome because it is too painful for Maddie to swallow anything, including tylonel or motrin. She has had crying (did I say crying? I really meant screaming) episodes round the clock for the past 24 hours. She is miserable: feverish, unable to eat or drink without screaming, drooling, and coughing. Kent has been caring for her since Tuesday, but I am going to stay home with her today. I am up early to go to work to prepare sub plans and take Sophie to daycare. So far, Sophie isn't acting sick; I am keeping my fingers crossed that she and the rest of us will be spared!