A Sunny Day

holding all her girly stuff. a doll, mirror, neclace, wand, "noclee-ars" aka binoculars, bracelet and of course wearing her new dora dress up

got a stroller for it all

her poses crack me up.

SOOO good. me and the kids stopped by chance and it was my new favorite place to eat. AND they have sweet potato fries. how cool is that?!

i put this dino up hi because abb kept taking it off. andrew said "NO its above the star now!" and then quickly corrected "its okay, he is going to heaven, and hes smiling because he can see Jesus!" i thought that was awfully sweet of him to make up.

Wouldn't you be this happy if you got to see Jesus?

'nuff said

finally a half way decent phone picture don't you think?

7 months old and 1 day!

So today was a nice and sunny 75 degrees! we spent some time shopping at costco and target, and then came home to take a breather (so tiring with all the kids and packing up all up 2 flights of stairs. i really am used to dan doing the grocery shopping. i forgot how hard it is with all 3!) anyways, it was a good day. the kids discovered Nutella. andrew also had a breakthrough yesterday. he used to like Kix cereal but when abby was nearing 1 year old, andrew saw me give her some and thought he had been duped all this time, and that they were actually BABY FOOD. he asked me everyday when she was eating baby food if there was baby food in our dinner. he was paranoid of being fed baby food... so since then he has gagged and literally ran the other way when abby would come near him with kix, or if they were anywhere near him. well sunday he came upstairs to proudly tell me he had tried one and LIKED it. was so shocked he didnt throw it up, he has such a strong gag reflex. and since then he has gladly accepted them as a snack (WAHOOOO). another breakthrough, we officially now have a way to take lunch on the road with andrew! he loves Nutella. and i made him a sandwich out of it today and it was a super hit. i am so excited. i love it too. its so delish. i mean he won't eat peanut butter of course, or ham and cheese, or cheese or any kind of sandwich, he will usually eat a hot grilled cheese but it will be so nice to be able to pack him something now when we'll be out and about. also today was BELL day for all the kids. haha. we were at target for groceries, and crystal needed to get her kids helmets, so andrew wanted a bell for his bike. then all the other kids did too of course. luckily abbys helmet came with a bell, because her bike did but it broke. so all the kids had fun ringing their bells at the park today. it was actually feeling hot. we enjoyed it. and i loved seeing Isabella in her little summer like clothes. i love a summer baby, you get to see all their little chubbiness and feel their soft skin! anyways, the other day we were getting gas and some dark hooded figure came right up to dans window and scared the crap outa me. i mean WHO does that except the person mugging you?! dan opened the window as i was having said heart attack, and then i realized its because they always pump your gas for you. so it was simply the guy pumping your gas, but he even had dark sunglasses on. sheesh. i guess because it was like cold or raining or something. but really. i now know how i would feel if i were being robbed. oh another bit of big news, andrew has learned to start riding his bike without help!!! thats huge. i no longer have to go help him get started anytime he stops. he is so proud of himself. today at costco he pushed the stroller (maclaren) and i pushed the cart. he was so proud to be my helper, and so many people commented on what a good helper he was too. he was very helpful tonight too with cleaning up, and abby was too. thats nice when they decide they will help. even if i had to remind them of privileges they might lose if they choose not to clean up their things...but even so... andrew kept giving me hugs and kisses and saying "thats for giving me my new bell" and "thats for letting me be your helper!" and such things. he does that sort of thing fairly often, he is a very very affectionate child, and misbehaves the most when he is reprimanded, and i think he is not sure how to gain favor again. ie- tonight he knocked isabella over kissing her (which is great, but he sometimes does it very roughly on purpose...he was tired and wanting to go take a bath and such, and maybe thought it would get me to hurry up if he made her cry), and i got mad at him and sent him to his room, so instead of just going, he saw isabella screaming her head off because he fell into the corner of the couch (and its pretty hard), and he saw me glaring at him for doing it on purpose, and he started shredding the tissue paper from abbys birthday last week (that yes- is still on the banister). anyways, thats just andrew. bath went well and abby put herself to bed tonight. haha. i guess she didnt get a nap, and with shopping, the park, and a warm bath plus a little melatonin (that probably wasn't really necessary tonight), i think she was pooped. i know i am! anyways, goodnight!