50% off of $4.98 and a free slide

hannah, lauren, and kaelyn
kate being kate

The slide was free off the streets...saw it when I was driving, probably for the Goodwill, but what the hell, and the pool was half off the clearance price at Target last year. This has been the most fun my kids have ever had in our backyard.

not as easy...

with a 6 month old. We'll try again tomorrow:)

I don't know how I did this for every single occassion with Hannah. It's exhausting. Now I know why poor kelsey doesn't have any pictures of her when she was little!1

Taking pictures of a 5 year old is SOOOOOOOOOOOO much easier than any other age I have done yet:) Minus a few bits of attitude from Hannah, we were in and out of the park in about 15 minutes. No cussing, yelling, or shaking on my part...pretty good!

Meghan Grace

Today my last baby is 6 months old. Where did the time go? She could quite possibly be the BEST baby in the world. I have no problem saying that because I deserve it! Hannah and Kate give me a run for my money. There has yet to be 1 night in the entire 6 months that she has cried in her crib. She wakes up, has a little milky milk and goes back to sleep. She is napping consistently 2 times a day and goes to sleep by 7. She loves her big sisters. She is starting to laugh at them and beginning to watch them where they go. She has started solids, but not too big a fan. The other day I tried bananas, but she wanted no part of that! I am so lucky, blessed, etc to have such the perfect baby. I can not believe the love I have for this little girl. I am so enjoying watching her grow though it breaks my heart as she outgrows 'baby' things. In no time at all I will be posting her 1st birthday pictures!

We love you Meghan Grace!

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Where has the time gone. My baby girl is 5 years old. I am a day late in wishing her Happy Birthday, but I didn't have my computer. It seems like yesterday I was brand new pregnant for the 1st time. Not knowing what was in store for me. I can remember like yesterday, the day she was born. I love her more than life itself and though she isn't perfect, she is perfect for me! I have been so lucky to be able to spend the last 5 years with her. Though I can't wait to drop her off at pre school, I can't wait til I pick her up! She has become such the little girl. I can barely hold her. She will start kindergarten this year and I know it's all down hill from there!

I love you Hannah!

Bubba

Bubba, as she is affectionately known in our family, why, well because she just is a Bubba. She just chills 24 hours a day. She doesn't fuss, she just is, so we call her Bubba. Bubba had her 1st taste of food yesterday. I forget how hard it is to feed a baby and how hard it is for them to eat for the first time. I gave her puffins first and she wanted no part of it as you can tell by the look. I thought I remembered them just melting in their mouth, but that wasn't the case. It took a while to melt down. We then followed up with rice cereal this morning. I think she got some of it down, but not much. Hopefully she'll get the hang of it soon because frankly I can't take the nighttime feedings anymore. I can't complain about her because she is the BEST baby ever, but her downfall is waking up 2 times a night for a little snacky snack! I am hoping the cereal satisfies her hunger:) Meghan with her first puffin.
After the feeding was all over

I just had to throw this one in. I caught Kate in the bathroom the other day like this.

During the rice cereal

Right after the first spoon

Before the big eat

Little Bahgdad

Mart Dr. aka Little Bahgdad
Our neighbor Johnny...this could be the funniest guy you'll ever meet.

Kate was not fan. I think she actually heard them this year since she just had her surgery. Maybe I should take her back to the dr. Anything to see her ENT that I have a crush on:)

The girls with their poppers

Crocketts and Ross girls

The party gang!

To my sisters, brothers in laws, and dad, who always tease me about not having enough food!

The Crockett girls and Hannah...Kate was sleeping

The girls "Ross" swimming

Getting ready to swim...making sure the chlorine is okay:)

We had a wonderful 4th of July again. We had our annual BBQ at our house. The Crocketts and my parents came over. We made shishkabobs (spelling???) and had fruit salad, broccoli salad, bean dip, and the all important Nancy's cookies. The Crockett girls came over and went 'swimming.' They left their nice big, in the ground pool, for our 2.48 blow up pool from Target...now that's a friend. Jenn and I decided we need to start our own 'fat club.' Fat club is a club that my mom, her mother in law, and a few of their friends go to on Monday night. It used to be they would go to weigh in at weight watchers, which is why we call it fat club, and then go out to eat. Now that they are old, they just go out to eat! We're going to go out to eat and get a mani/pedi every once in a while!

We finished the night off with a package of 'poppers' and a big box of fireworks that hardly caught any one's attention. I think I got a dud box.:(

Our street continues to captivate audiences with their show of fireworks. Half of the houses have illegal fireworks. The street is lit up all night long. The kids had a great time and so did I if I do say so myself:)

Wishing you all a safe Fourth of July. We went to our annual firework show at the city park tonight. It was a lot of fun. We met up with some friends from my work to watch the show. I didn't go last year because I was pregnant and not feeling well. John took the kids and all I heard about was how bad the show was. Something must have been wrong with the display last year because watching it tonight it was just how I remembered. The kids had a great time and they are excited about lighting fireworks tomorrow. We live in one of the few cities left that allows you to light fireworks still. The Crocket Clan is coming over and we are BBQ and swimming Ross style:)