My Wonderful Cuties

I could not think of a blog post around these pictures, but I think they're too cute not to share!!

I took these the Sunday I got back from Franklin... so about a month ago. When Derek picked Thomas and I up the plan was to go to our house but we got delayed in Franklin and ended up leaving later than we though. It was midnight by the time we made it through Memphis so we decided that we would just go on to Lepanto. One of the benefits of having a "second" home! :) Lepanto is only 30 minutes away from West Memphis, so our house there has come in handy!

Derek had a dress shirt in the car that he left in Franklin a while back so we stopped and grabbed him some khaki's. My cousin bought Anna-Kate a little outfit for the 4th of July and I didn't want it to get crushed when I sent her back so I had that for her to wear.

It was SO cute on her!! I absolutely love that outfit! I had to get several pictures of her wearing it to share.

I love my chubby cheeked kiddos!!

7 Months Old!!

Seems like I am always playing catch up...

Thomas turned 7 months May 14 when we were in Franklin! It seemed like he was doing all kinds of new things while we were there!

I took him to the doctor for shots last week and he weighed 18 pounds 9 oz. He was 27" long. Both of those are in the normal range but he still seems so big to me!

He's wearing size 6-12 months or 9 month things. He can wear some 12 month onesies too.

Thomas has started eating solids twice a day now. He still nurses the rest of the time. Some days he pigs out and other's he doesn't seem interested in food. He started eating Cheerios in Bible class on Wednesday nights. I made zucchini and pears today (not mixed!) and Thomas went crazy over the pears! He was hesitant about the zucchini but eventually he chowed down on those. He's not really picky, he just doesn't like different textures very much.

While we were in Franklin he had a lot of time playing on the floor and was really happy. I got so tickled watching him just roll and roll. He was pretty proud of himself too! He loves to throw himself on his tummy when he's sitting down. He has been army crawling but still is not raising up on his knees. I'm not at all anxious for him to crawl because I'm pretty sure he's going to be into everything! He's a very busy little boy!

He started pulling up in Franklin just a little but hasn't really done it since. He also learned to clap! It's so sweet! All you have to do is say patty-cake and he'll start clapping.

Thomas has been sleeping SO good!! He sleeps about 10-12 hours at night, wakes up to eat and then will sleep for another 2-3 hours!

I feel like Thomas has just really come to life this last month. He's just so happy and full of energy! I've loved watching him play. He is just so sweet! He absolutely loves his big sis! She makes him laugh and squeal!

I know this is crazy, but I did not have a baby bathtub for Thomas. I got in the habit of taking a bath with Anna-Kate because it helped calm her down when she was fussy and she would nurse really well after. So I just didn't worry about it with Thomas. If I'm in a hurry I just give him a bath in the sink! My sister had a bathtub for her baby, so Thomas got to use baby Luke's tub! I got some really cute shots of him in it!

I love his eyelashes...

and all of the rolls!!

Sweet boy!

End Of School Events

Anna-Kate has finished up her semester at Curtis Kindergarten!! I can't believe how quickly the time flew by!

I am so grateful that we were able to send Anna-Kate to school. It was amazing to see how much she was learning just from going 3 days a week. She loved singing and the art projects. I think her favorite thing was playing outside with all of the boys and girls!

In the fall my baby will start Harding Academy! I am really excited to be able to send her to their early learning program. I think that she is going to love being with the other kids and getting to learn and play. She loves being at home but she really is a social little thing.

A few weeks ago, she had her end of the year program at school. All of the 3 and 4-year olds got to sing some of the songs they learned this year. It was really cute!

Ready to go!

She didn't really know what to think of things!

It didn't take long for her to really get into it!

See the bracelet she insisted on wearing...

About halfway through she decided she wanted to put it in her pocket. She spent the rest of the program with her shirt pulled up, twisting around to put it away. haha

All of the kids got back on stage to sing together

The girls after the show

Goofy girls!

I'm so glad she wanted to take a nice picture with me!

All four of us!

Derek with his brother and sister!

Anna-Kate's school also had a picnic at the park! It was on a day that Anna-Kate didn't usually go, but we all went to see Aunt Kristen! Thomas had fun watching all of the kids play. He did really good!

Kristen was excited to be at the park!

Not so sure about this one!

But she loved it!

Lunch time!!

It was a fun afternoon at the park! Anna-Kate certainly did not want to leave!

It's sad that school is over for her, but I'm so glad we have to summer together!! She's growing up too fast!