The Big 7

Happy Birthday to our little grown up Audrey! She turned 7 on the 20th and I can't believe how old she's getting! She had a fun birthday which started the night before when Ethan took her to the dollar store for a shopping spree. She could pick out 7 things of her choice. I think this might be a new tradition. She loved it and came home with seven fun treasures. On her actual day Ethan made her breakfast in bed, another family tradition- pink blueberry pancakes with syrup. For lunch I took Audrey and her best friend Miriam to lunch at McDonalds for happy meals then back to our house for a play date. Later that afternoon we had a big extended family party for her. Amy and Rich kindly brought down their blow up "jumpy" from Temecula for the cousins to play in. Leah and her family were in attendance as well as both sets of grandparents. What a blessing to have so many family members living close by for these occasions! The kids got their bounces out then we had spaghetti and meatballs (Audrey's choice) and pizza for dinner. After opening one too many presents, Audrey blew out the candles on her chocolate frosted chocolate, chocolate chip cake. Got milk? I tried out a new recipe for this fabulous and easy cake. It was a hit! Audrey got some new equipment for her Zhu Zhu pet to run around in, a new Ariel barbie, shoes, paper dolls, fun girlie crafty stuff, a stencil kit and a darling tutu skirt that Grandma Fisher made. It was a happy day. We love you Audrey!

The Lost Tooth!

The day has finally come after what seemed like months- Audrey lost her first tooth! We were all very excited. Audrey's tooth had been hanging by a thread and I wanted to just yank it out but she wouldn't let me go near it. Also her big tooth was just about halfway grown in behind it as you can see from the picture. She was a little afraid and didn't know what to expect, naturally. On Friday afternoon her tooth kept doing a 180 driving her nuts so I knew the time was close. As she took her first bite of dinner that night she suddenly looked at me with surprise and a little fear in her eyes and said "It's not there!". I told her to spit out her bite and out fell her little tooth. She then had this mixed look of excitement and panic not knowing what to do next. I burst into an excited "Yay!" followed by a little happy dance in which she joined me in doing. Now she is happy to have joined the lost teeth club along with her friends and now brushing her teeth isn't quite a battle and those teeth next to the previous loose one will no longer be neglected. Now we look forward to the next one, or do we...

Baby Announcement

Here is an official announcement of our sweet Wesley that we want to share. We love him so much and are so happy he is a part of our family. The kids are so kind and gentle with him and can't get enough of him. He is well taken care of that's for sure.